Support for
Empty Nest Stages
Navigating the empty nest with purpose and possibility
When the threads of parenthood shift
The empty nest isn't a single moment—it's a series of waves. Your child leaves for college or a new adventure, then returns, then leaves again.
Like the tide rising and falling, this pattern can leave you feeling unmoored. You may experience a tangle of emotions: loss and grief alongside excitement and relief.
The identity you've woven around being an active parent is shifting, and you may find yourself wondering:
“Who am I now? What comes next?”
Beyond parenting: rediscovering you.
Working together, I can help you weave a new pattern—one that honors your parenting journey while creating space for rediscovery, purpose, and joy.
As a life transitions coach, I walk alongside you through this multi-stage process, helping you rediscover yourself and expand into the possibilities of this new chapter.
We’ll work together on:
Acknowledging and processing your emotions
We create space to grieve what's shifting without judgment and explore your feelings at your own pace.
Shifting perspectives to discover new goals
We reframe the empty nest as an opportunity for personal growth. What dreams have been on hold? What interests are beginning to call to you?
Building new routines and relationships
With your old routine disrupted, we create a new one centered on your interests, goals, and connections—partnership, friendships, community.
Embracing your new chapter
You’ll learn to focus on the joy of conversations with your young adult rather than the sadness of their absence, finding fulfillment in this new freedom.
Developing a new relationship with your young adult
This stage means building an adult-to-adult relationship based on respect, evolving boundaries, and deeper connection. I help you navigate this shift with intention and grace.
You’re not losing your purpose, you’re expanding it.
This chapter holds profound possibilities.
The same care you've poured into parenting can now be directed toward your own passions and growth.
“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it myself.”
— Joyce Maynard
