By Rachelle Varon, LCSW-C, Therapy Services You have no idea how many times I’ve heard that if you’re not from Baltimore, it’s hard to find new friends, a companion and a niche. Does the fact that so many people have that experience make it true? Yes and no. As a transplant myself to this area, … More »
Blog Posts Tagged ‘life transitions’
Will You Have a Fulfilling Retirement?
By Marsha Gozhansky, Career Coach We all want to enjoy a fulfilling retirement. But how can we do it? We need to make different moves and decisions at different times of our lives. It’s important to start thinking about and planning for retirement well in advance, in order to be ready for this new chapter … More »
Embracing the Empty Nest
By Mimi Kraus, LCSW-C Raising children, as we know, can be much more than a full-time job. It is often a 24-7 commitment, requiring all of a parent’s physical and emotional strength, wisdom, patience and perseverance. For at least eighteen years for each child, and often longer, you have organized your life around this all-consuming … More »
Senior Moments (High School, that is) for Parents
By Jacki Post Ashkin, LCSW-C So, your child is entering his senior year in high school. Top dog. Big man on campus. The finish line is in sight. Congratulations. Now hold on to your proverbial hat. This year is a rollercoaster ride of milestones, deadlines and transitions that will test your nerves and your relationship … More »
I Hope They Have the Time of Their Life
By Jesse Ashkin This past spring I was standing in line at the campus bookstore waiting to buy my cap and gown with my best friend and roommate for 3 years. Right as I was being rung up, Green Day’s Time of Your Life came on the overhead radio speakers and I started to cry. … More »
They’re Back: Young Adults Moving Home
By Erin Lewis About a third of Americans in their 20s live with their parents at least once. Often this happens during stressful times of transition — after college graduation, between jobs or apartments, after a relationship has ended. Of course, this can be stressful for parents, too, especially for those who expected to begin … More »
When Your Child Is No Longer a Child
By Ruth Klein, Ph.D. The age of “emancipation.” So many of our children look forward to those “firsts”– the driver’s license, high school graduation, first apartment, first credit card — when they can be “liberated” from the burden of being under their parents’ rule and make decisions on their own. Yet somehow, in spite of … More »
Confessions of a Middle-aged Orphan
By Barbara Levy Gradet, LCSW Losing one’s parents in middle age is a very common passage but one that has only recently gotten serious attention. Conventional wisdom has been that losing our last parent is a very profound experience as it forces us to confront our mortality in new ways. Those of us who are … More »
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
By Faye Katz When you’re young, you have time at your disposal to train for the kind of work you may be doing for many years. So, it is a decision you want to aim to get right, the first time, because changing careers in mid-life can be difficult. If you are a high school … More »
Sunrise, Sunset: Reflections from the Mother of the Bride
By Karen Nettler, MSW I am currently in the throes of planning a wedding for my only child, a daughter. While it would be easy to focus all of my attention on the details of the wedding, I often find myself focusing on the changing relationship between my daughter and myself. No doubt, she will … More »