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		<title>A Plan For Empty Nesters and Boomers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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You already know that planning for a fun time, makes it happen.  These photos are from a night out to see the play, IN THE HEIGHTS in Hollywood. We even bought candy which we never do and dressed up, a little.  We had a great time. Fantastic music and dancing….we were lifted!
You might have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Nesters &#8211; Little Girl Steps Into Wedding Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marriage, parents want that for their children.  They want to like the new family, the partner, the town, the freedom.  Now that is the head chatting about the upcoming wedding day , but the EMPTY NESTERS also want to sob, and quickly get over the change that leaves their home silent and old.
They have seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Can’t We Get Along?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/why-can%e2%80%99t-we-get-along/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baby boomers, empty nesters, new parents, grandparents, newlyweds, adult children, teens, divorced families, well you can add to this list, all wonder , WHY CAN”T WE GET ALONG?
You are not going to be able to change me and I won’t be able to change you. Why is that idea so difficult?  Parents want to change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feel Like Howling &#8211; Boomers and Empty Nesters?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/feel-like-howling-boomers-and-empty-nesters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/feel-like-howling-boomers-and-empty-nesters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are reaching out for someone to connect with you or crying for the missing of your children who are never home or moved away, do you think howling helps?  Have you tried it?
Summer Solstice might open that voice in you.  Warm nights and time outside.
Most parents feel so guilty crying or complaining.  They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Moving &#8211; Empty Nesters And Boomers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Would you want to move in with your children and grandchildren?  Would you want to live in the same town?
What we think might be different than when the reality of making that decision sits on our kitchen table.
No harm in looking in the cupboard for tasty and rotten nibbles.
You know with the long economic changes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers and Empty Nesters Celebrate Fourth of July</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer of fireworks, picnics, road trips and gatherings might be different if you are in a transition.
Our neighborhood makes it easy because we are a community.  Fourth of July morning we have cupcakes, popcorn, BBQ for lunch, kids decorating their bikes with ribbon, fire trucks, chalk drawings, and a parade of red, white and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Nesters and Baby Boomers – About Transitions</title>
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		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/empty-nesters-and-baby-boomers-%e2%80%93-about-transitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look for something to add beauty to your transition days.  For me, it is flowers and photos.  What is it for you that helps during changes besides for the softest Kleenex during a well needed deep cry, over and over or comfort food like Mac and Cheese? 
I start my day in my small garden looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join Natalie at Rancho La Puerta</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/join-natalie-at-rancho-la-puerta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/join-natalie-at-rancho-la-puerta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rancho La Puerta
Spa and Resort &#8211; San Diego, CA Area
Come join Natalie at this renowned location
&#8220;Favorite Spa in North America&#8221; SpaFinder 2008
You are invited to join Natalie Caine as she returns to teach LIFE IN TRANSITION, WHAT’S NEXT, at Rancho La Puerta Resort and Spa outside of San Diego, for the week of July 31, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Nesters and Boomers, What Have You Done?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/empty-nesters-and-boomers-what-have-you-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/empty-nesters-and-boomers-what-have-you-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People stop and stare at this painted building in San Francisco.  An empty nester mom said to me, &#8220;I was never allowed to paint on a building and I am an artist.&#8221;  What do you wish you were allowed to do without an authority saying, &#8220;NO, you can&#8217;t do that.”  Who do you project &#8220;authority&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Nesters, Who Would You Like To Sit With Today?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/empty-nesters-who-would-you-like-to-sit-with-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/empty-nesters-who-would-you-like-to-sit-with-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are your children back home or not coming home except for a short visit?
Are your children planning marriage, boot camp, or internships?  Season changes into summer. I always long for a vacation. Memories of family trips and splashes in the back yard pool, followed by wet feet on the house floor and burning the BBQ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers And Empty Nesters &#8211; What Do They Wish They Could Do Over?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/boomers-and-empty-nesters-what-do-they-wish-they-could-do-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/boomers-and-empty-nesters-what-do-they-wish-they-could-do-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=13400</guid>
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Empty bird house with a knob that could open what?  Parents and Boomers shared with me that the overall do over in parenting would be to worry less and simply enjoy the relationship with their children and to not compare themselves with what other families are doing.   They talked about intellectualizing parenting by over thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers and Empty Nesters, Who Stands Up For You?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/boomers-and-empty-nesters-who-stands-up-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/boomers-and-empty-nesters-who-stands-up-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this statue and felt its protection.  I wondered who is a constant in the lives of Boomers and Empty Nesters?  Children leave, friends move away, parents die, couples divorce, finances and health change, and still there is someone who stands up for you, isn&#8217;t there?
I think you only need one person that no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What About Adult Children &#8211; Empty Nesters And Boomers?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/what-about-adult-children-empty-nesters-and-boomers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/what-about-adult-children-empty-nesters-and-boomers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
College is over. High school is over. Faded memories for everyone.  Summer weddings and new families joining.  Boot camp and service.  Parents are asking me, now what? How do I have a good summer with my adult children and enjoy it when I know they will leave?  Who am I?
Transitions will never end, so don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Handle Their Significant Others?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/how-do-i-handle-their-significant-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/how-do-i-handle-their-significant-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<title>Father&#8217;s Day for Boomers and Empty Nesters</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/fathers-day-for-boomers-and-empty-nesters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/fathers-day-for-boomers-and-empty-nesters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These two sons forgot to call their dad on Father&#8217;s Day.  Can you feel their stress in this photo? Parents ask me, &#8220;At what age will my children remember to call without my reminding them to call?&#8221;  I bet you guess the answer&#8230;there is no documented age for children who remember to call home.
For parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dad Is An Empty Nester – Son Knows</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/dad-is-an-empty-nester-%e2%80%93-son-knows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I am heading to college in August, miles away from Dad.  I know he wants this &#8220;last&#8221; Father&#8217;s Day to be over the top. He wrote it on the refrigerator, bathroom mirror, and my sock drawer in peanut butter.  DO SOMETHING FOR ME.  What am I suppose to do, turn back the clock?&#8221;
As you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Find My New Community?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/how-do-i-find-my-new-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/how-do-i-find-my-new-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With Me?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/whats-wrong-with-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/whats-wrong-with-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<title>Who Am I Now?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/who-am-i-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/who-am-i-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<title>Empty Nester Boomers Ask How to Fix It</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/empty-nesters-ask-how-to-fix-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/empty-nesters-ask-how-to-fix-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ A sweet mother called and said, “Tell me what is going on with me and how to fix it?”  She isn’t the only mother in tears or father weeping wondering, how did we get here?  How is it we are empty nesters and sad?  We always knew they would leave home but we did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Can I Reclaim Their Room?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/when-can-i-reclaim-their-room/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/when-can-i-reclaim-their-room/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<title>Graduation Day</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/graduation-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/graduation-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all of you!
Tips of the Day:
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer

Carry extra Kleenex. I passed out cotton handkerchiefs to my immediate family while we were waiting for the ceremony to begin.
Bring throw away cameras and give them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weddings and the Boomer&#8217;s Empty Nest</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/weddings-and-the-empty-nest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/weddings-and-the-empty-nest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=12127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you think you would feel this way?
A mother called me sobbing, “she will never sleep in her room again and I thought I was prepared for her leaving but I’m a wreck.”  She went on to share how beautiful her daughter looked and that she loved picking out the dress and location for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduation, Marriage, and Empty Nesters</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/graduation-marriage-and-empty-nesters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/graduation-marriage-and-empty-nesters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=12075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Change is around the corner.  The excitement of planning and celebrating, laughs and tears, leads to great memories and endings.  Fears of no dream jobs or any job, living at home, needing another car, privacy, independence, routines shifting, finances draining, you want solutions and sometimes it is a trial and error before peace arrives. Peace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Build Healthy Relationships With My Adult Children?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/how-do-i-build-healthy-relationships-with-my-adult-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/how-do-i-build-healthy-relationships-with-my-adult-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 23:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<title>Relief For Empty Nesters and Boomers</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/relief-for-empty-nesters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/relief-for-empty-nesters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 20:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;ve tried volunteering, book groups, swimming, and of course my work, but nothing is relieving me from missing being their daily parent.&#8221;  This is one of the statements parents share with me while traveling this challenging transition.
Our mind has the shoulds and coulds chattering away. The heart weeps and feels comfort from others.  You aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Persistent Good For Boomers And Empty Nesters?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/is-persistent-good-for-boomers-and-empty-nesters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/is-persistent-good-for-boomers-and-empty-nesters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My cat is the model of being persistent.  I think that is why I chose her, and she is a cuddler. I, too, am persistent. Sophie, my cat, leaps to get water in vases more than her bowl. It doesn&#8217;t matter how jammed the water is with my garden flowers, she pushes her face to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Helps For Empty Nesters?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/what-helps-for-empty-nesters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/what-helps-for-empty-nesters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been speaking with parents for years and I, too, travel the transition of an empty nest.  My daughter is a happy college graduate.
&#8220;What can help me?&#8221;  That is a question often asked and for good reason.
&#8220;Is this normal?&#8221;
Each life is unique and a container.  Containing memories, actions, hopes, losses, surprises of joy, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers And Empty Nesters, You Know Your Child Is Not You, But&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/boomers-and-empty-nesters-you-know-your-child-is-not-you-but/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/boomers-and-empty-nesters-you-know-your-child-is-not-you-but/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 05:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that statement is obvious and when you read it, hopefully it serves as a reminder to keep a perspective.
Knowing who you are and who your child is, can be an entry into a better relationship as they prepare to leave or have left home sweet home.
Eloise isn’t organized. She is more of an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers and College Grads Living Together</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/boomers-and-college-grads-living-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/boomers-and-college-grads-living-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 20:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Empty Nesters and their chicks are sitting on a fence.  No one really knows what will happen in regards to the job market or how long they will fluff their nest, again.
It is not looking good for some grads and for others; they are living their dream launch of the paycheck. They might have four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Empty Nest Support Group Forming in Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/new-empty-nest-support-group-forming-in-los-angeles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/new-empty-nest-support-group-forming-in-los-angeles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Graduation is around the corner.
Time to build a new community and support for this major life transition.

How do you discover what is uniquely next for you?
Are the thoughts and feelings you are having, &#8220;normal&#8221;?
Does your relationship need an over haul , course correction, or ending?
How do you build a healthy adult relationship with your children?
Who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/empty-nesters-how-do-you-celebrate-mothers-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/empty-nesters-how-do-you-celebrate-mothers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boomer Relationships]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11050</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My daughter lives too far away for us to get together this year.  Sweet mom died.  Are you in this emptiness for Mother&#8217;s Day?
What is on your wish list to celebrate your devotion to your children?  One mom bravely told me she doesn&#8217;t mean to sound ungrateful but this year she doesn&#8217;t have to entertain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate Mothers</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/celebrate-mothers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/celebrate-mothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of baby boomers,  parenting, grand parenting, aunting, empty nesters , and those about to empty their nest, let’s  say who you are!
I have inner strength and compassion, frosted in humor and caked in curiosity.  What would you say you have? Don’t be shy about naming it.
Here is what other mothers told me:

Friendly
Beautiful thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EARTH DAY &#8211; What Inspires Empty Nesters And Boomers?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/earth-day-what-inspires-empty-nesters-and-boomers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/earth-day-what-inspires-empty-nesters-and-boomers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 05:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Earth Day is a celebration of our environment.  For me, a big shift came when my daughter doesn’t live at home since she is a college graduate. Her teaching me has had apositive effect.
Recently, a strong impact and inspiration, is my looking at what I am photographing from would bring home her excitement from school, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers and Empty Nesters Find Their Inner Artist</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-and-empty-nesters-find-their-inner-artist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-and-empty-nesters-find-their-inner-artist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=10681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When my nest emptied and the tears stopped occupying my thoughts, I started taking photos.  I had no idea how much I would love grabbing a camera, especially at sunrise, walking out the door to my yard or neighborhood, and teaching myself about photography. 
Two years ago, I finally stopped using my throw away camera and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers And Empty Nesters Found A Tool To De-Stress?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-and-empty-nesters-found-a-tool-to-de-stress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-and-empty-nesters-found-a-tool-to-de-stress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=10459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I chose this photo as an exercise for being in the moment. When you are in the moment and open , more choices and creative ideas come to you, as well as quieting the voices in your head and calming your racing heart. Stress isnormal. Chaos and anxiety arrive. What can help you?
Open the photo: Spend a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You, BOOMERS and EMPTY NESTERS, Didn&#8217;t Know About NATURE?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/what-you-boomers-and-empty-nesters-didnt-know-about-nature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/what-you-boomers-and-empty-nesters-didnt-know-about-nature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring cleaning triggers a part of you that wants to toss the old, clear out your space, and then pick a new, to decorate and bring in beauty. Beauty feeds your peace and your creativity. A plant, like rosemary, chamomile, or basil in your home can calm you. We forget to take in the scents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomers And Empty Nesters Leap</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/baby-boomers-and-empty-nesters-leap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/baby-boomers-and-empty-nesters-leap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan called with excitement that her daughter got into the college of her choice.  Now the family is leaping into details for their daughter&#8217;s move out of state and the celebration in June.  A couple shared last week that
they finally made a plan.   They are renting a flat, rather than a hotel in
Paris, and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martha Stewart Chicken Show – Is It Like Boomers And Empty Nesters Being On The Hunt?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/martha-stewart-chicken-show-%e2%80%93-is-it-like-boomers-and-empty-nesters-being-on-the-hunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Holidays bring gatherings and memories.  I have received calls of what do you do if you have no family around for Easter or Passover and tears fall.
Crying is a good thing. Let yourself feel what you need to feel whenever and wherever.  Who wouldn&#8217;t be sad missing traditions that have changed.
A woman shared she feels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Boomers and Empty Nesters Have a Peaceful Place?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/do-boomers-and-empty-nesters-have-a-peaceful-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/do-boomers-and-empty-nesters-have-a-peaceful-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These three photos show where I take an hour and a half drive to walk a place I call paradise. I feel refreshed, and get reminded of the bigger picture of life. ENDLESS and GREATER than my personality, needs, and woes.
OK, I also fantasize about who lives here and what their life must be like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passover and Easter for Empty Nesters and Baby Boomers</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/passover-and-easter-for-empty-nesters-and-baby-boomers-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/passover-and-easter-for-empty-nesters-and-baby-boomers-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my weekend walk, I wanted to find a cloud that looked like a bunny.
I did. You might need to use your imagination in the photo to see the bunny.
Passover and Easter are festivals of Spring.  I think it is also a reminder of endurance and freedom.
Who doesn&#8217;t want to get outside and celebrate Spring?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers and Empty Nesters Are Trying to Move On</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-and-empty-nesters-are-trying-to-move-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-and-empty-nesters-are-trying-to-move-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 05:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=9633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Changes stop us whether for a good change or challenging. Some parents I speak with say they RISE UP no matter what and then collapse. The collapse shows itself in anxiety, fatigue, isolation, and depression. They wish they had a way to prepare so they wouldn&#8217;t hurt or feel off from who they usually are. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Your Story, Boomer And Empty Nester?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/what%e2%80%99s-your-story-boomer-and-empty-nester/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/what%e2%80%99s-your-story-boomer-and-empty-nester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=9625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My hope in speaking engagements, retreats, consultations, writing, and teaching, is to provide safe spaces, resources, and ongoing support in finding your dormant parts, peaking into your freedom and joy that is just ahead of you, and being with what you are thinking and feeling today. You are forced into a major life transition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Nesters And Boomers Repeat Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/empty-nesters-and-boomers-repeat-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/empty-nesters-and-boomers-repeat-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=9478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I was done posting my Spring Jasmine, but I just can&#8217;t help myself. Beauty wins.
It reminds me of times I thought I was done telling my daughter or husband that I wasn&#8217;t going to clean the dishes after dinner. Your turn. I cook.
You clean up. You cook. I clean. Actually, I don&#8217;t follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers and Empty Nesters Surprise</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/boomers-and-empty-nesters-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/boomers-and-empty-nesters-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=9235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My surprise is this photo.  Jasmine are invisible outside my window until they burst like a wedding bouquet.
I have been celebrating warm days, dahlias, and peaks of vegetable seeds coming up green that I started in my garage. I love the surprise of looking at them daily, like newborns&#8230;well not exactly like that, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ideas Empty Nesters and Boomers Share about Spring</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/5-ideas-empty-nesters-and-boomers-share-about-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/5-ideas-empty-nesters-and-boomers-share-about-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=9372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is slowly showing herself. Parents have been sharing with me what they look forward to doing for fun. Most feel embarrassed to say it out loud, &#8220;I don&#8217;t really know what I like doing that is simply for fun.  I am such a worker bee, and doer.&#8221;  Can you relate?
Work is fun so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You, Baby Boomer And Empty Nester, Choose To Be Visible And Walk The Red</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/do-you-baby-boomer-and-empty-nester-choose-to-be-visible-and-walk-the-red/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/do-you-baby-boomer-and-empty-nester-choose-to-be-visible-and-walk-the-red/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a woman once said to me,&#8221;If you don&#8217;t feel nervous , you aren&#8217;t really becoming more of who you might be.&#8221;
Well, for now, I choose not to be judged on a Red Carpet for how I look or act and yet if I were nominated to walk the Red Carpet, I would work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you, Baby Boomers and Empty Nesters, Over Think An Idea?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/do-you-baby-boomers-and-empty-nesters-over-think-an-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/do-you-baby-boomers-and-empty-nesters-over-think-an-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Spring Break. Some parents are vacationing with their children. That is not true for me. 
I am trying to stop the chatter in my head that keeps me indoors rather than out during these peaks of Spring.
Here is some of my inner clatter:
It looks too windy.  I need to finish my article. I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Patrick’s Day Brings The Question: &#8220;Do Empty Nesters And Boomers Believe In Luck?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day-brings-the-question-do-empty-nesters-and-boomers-believe-in-luck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day-brings-the-question-do-empty-nesters-and-boomers-believe-in-luck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you find the four leaf clover in the photo?
Would you feel lucky if you did?
When I asked about luck on telephone consults, these were some of the responses: 
1. I don&#8217;t believe in accidents.  Everything happens for a reason.
2. I don&#8217;t believe in luck. I have to make it.
3. I for sure believe in luck. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Dreams Have Come True for Empty Nesters and Baby Boomers?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/what-dreams-have-come-true-for-empty-nesters-and-baby-boomers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/what-dreams-have-come-true-for-empty-nesters-and-baby-boomers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Caine, M.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked this question in a group and many said, “When my children got into college, married, loved their job out of college, had grandchildren, moved close to them, vacationed without their children, got healthy, downsized, made a career change, finally learned how to grow organic vegetables, took up ceramics, wrote their book, were featured [...]]]></description>
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