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11 Tips to Emotionally Prepare for the Holiday Season
HOLIDAYS, SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER 11 Tips to Emotionally Prepare for the Holiday Season The holidays can elicit so many emotions for us. Happiness, joy, jubilation...but how about anxiety? stress? overwhelm? sadness? With the holidays can come a lot of...
Surviving the Holidays with an Empty Nest
With your kids out of the house, has the start of the holiday season brought up some melancholy for you? Do the new decorations in the stores and the change in the weather make you feel blue? If this is an unusual feeling for you, it may be because you have less...
How to Host an Empty Nester Halloween Party
With the kids celebrating their own new type of Halloween, it’s time for you to as well! Chances are that if you are now empty nesters, that your friend is too. So what better way to celebrate your empty nests than with an empty nest Halloween party! ...
New Holiday Tradition Ideas for Empty Nesters
Is your home feeling a little extra empty this year? Have the kids have gone away and the old traditions just aren’t the same? This is the perfect time to reconnect with your spouse and breathe new life into the holidays. The holidays were amazing with...
4 Inspiring Quotes from Real Moms About Anxiety
Each of us has probably felt some form of anxiety and depression in our lives, but often feel alone even though we know so many people deal with it too. Sometimes it helps to hear real stories, real advice from real people to help us through. Just knowing...
Why Your Empty Nest Needs a Pet
With an empty nest can also come a feeling of a void of love. You showered your little person with all of your love and attention for years upon years. Although that love will continue, there is a void for that love on a daily basis. As an empty nester, one great...
7 Quotes to Help Rebuild Your Empty Nest
Whether you had one or six little birds leave your nest, an empty nest is still an empty nest. It can feel quiet and lonely as you get used to your newfound freedom. Some wonder what they will do with their time, while others wonder what they will do with all this...
11 Helpful Quotes for a Better Marriage
Whether you have been married for twenty years or for five minutes, every marriage can use a relationship boost from time to time to remind us of what we have, what we want, and how to nurture it. Because marriage is a long-term commitment, you are bound to go through...
Benefits of Animal-Assisted Therapy
We've all seen or experienced the image of a pet eagerly awaiting the return of its owner. The happiness and warmth the pet and the owner both feel when they embrace after a long day. The feeling is joyous, calming, and centering. Having a pet has been shown to lift...
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