The Emotional Energy of Your Space: Empty Nests, Divorced Bedrooms, and Baby’s Rooms
Photo by Lorna Tedder, copyright 2011. Of course, people re-arrange rooms when a relationship breaks up or a child leaves home…or a relationship solidifies into shared space or a new addition is welcomed into the…
The Surprising Shadow Side of Wonderful Things
The photo on the left was my engagment photo, taken around March 1986. It was the beginning of an era…the one where I began a family of two (my spouse and me), then added two…
What They Don’t Tell You about the Empty Nest Syndrome
Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder What they don’t tell you about the Empty Nest Syndrome is that there are generally two ways it plays out.  Most often, I see the kids trying to leave home and start…
All Alone with My Empty Nest (and Too Busy to Notice!)
I’m all alone for a few weeks. You’d think something terrible has happened. Honestly, the worst of it is trying to figure out how to make both a movie date and a yoga workout in…
This Nest of Mine Is Never Empty
D-Day. August 16, 2008. Lunar Eclipse and other earth-shaking events–like Shannon goes to college; mom stays home. My first-born has left the nest. I’m a little sad–because she’s not just my daughter but my friend…
Parallel Eclipses and How They Influence your Life (Part II)
We looked at meditation ideas for the upcoming eclipse and in part I of this series, we looked at how this eclipse parallels previous eclipses in 1951, 1970, and 1989. This post looks at how…
