Healing the Empty Nester's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents After the Kids Move Out, Go Off to College, or Start Taking Flight

by Alan D. Wolfelt

You've spent most of your adult life focused on the care and raising of your children, and now they're leaving. For you and for them, this major transition is often challenging in many ways. You may feel surprised at the power of your grief—a confusing mixture of sadness, hope, emptiness, fear, excitement, and other emotions all at once. This book by one of the world's most beloved grief counselors helps parents understand their normal and necessary empty nester grief. The 100 practical tips and activities are designed to help you acknowledge and express your feelings of loss, foster love and respect, and, over time, find ways to re-instill your life with meaning. Advice is also offered for nurturing a marriage or partnership through this challenging time.

128 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2017

Reviews

[Amy Akey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good points and suggestions in this book.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although relevant, it wasn't quite what I was looking for in my search to help deal with my own empty-nestedness. Quick and easy to read but I will keep searching.

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great tips and quotes for the empty nester! Recommend!

[Bev Knight]

Some good ideas here. Little mini page-long chapters on 100 ideas of ways to heal while grieving the empty nest

[Nopadol Rompho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Out of all books related to the empty nesters, I think that this is the best. It is full of practical advices. Strongly recommended for the empty nesters.