Back To The Nest: Holiday Coping With Your College Student
I don’t have kids of any age much less college age kids, but even I can imagine the challenges of having your college student home for the holidays after their first semester of being their own boss. Whew, sounds like there could be some reality checks on both sides!
Natalie Caine became and expert on empty nesting and runs Empty Nest Support Services to help parents and college age kids how to make the transition from parent-teenager to parent-young adult.
Death is a very uncomfortable subject for most of us. We don’t really ‘do’ death very well in our culture. And yet, in midlife, it is a presence that confronts us more and more frequently through our own loved ones, the loved ones of friends and perhaps even our own terminal illness.
Deanna Cochran is an RN skilled in palliative care and end of life issues and her calling is comforting and supporting those who are dealing with a dying loved one or perhaps their own dying process. In this article, she shares her insights into the types of comfort most important to the dying.
Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult experiences we can go through. The emotional impact can be devastating. But, confusion about what the options are or even that there are options for managing the physical aspects of dying can make a hard time much worse.
In this article, Deanna Cochran, a skilled hospice and palliative care RN, helps us understand the invaluable supportive role of midwives and doulas when we are facing the death of a loved one.
I don’t have kids of any age much less college age kids, but even I can imagine the challenges of having your college student home for the holidays after their first semester of being their own boss. Whew, sounds like there could be some reality checks on both sides!
Death is a very uncomfortable subject for most of us. We don’t really ‘do’ death very well in our culture. And yet, in midlife, it is a presence that confronts us more and more frequently through our own loved ones, the loved ones of friends and perhaps even our own terminal illness.
Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult experiences we can go through. The emotional impact can be devastating. But, confusion about what the options are or even that there are options for managing the physical aspects of dying can make a hard time much worse..jpg)
