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HappiNest provides a road map to help parents navigate new paths, evolving relationships and existential challenges when their kids leave home. This book distills the latest research and presents vignettes from interviews with more than 300 experts, including psychologists, sociologists, seasoned empty nesters, and fledglings.
List of contents
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1: Finding Yourself in the Empty Nest
Chapter One: Empty Nest Awakening
Section II: Empty Nest Relationships
Chapter Two: Reinvigorate Your Marriage
Chapter Three: The Dreaded D-Word: Divorce
Chapter Four: Don't Suffocate Your Spouse
Chapter Five: Empty Nest Birds of a Feather
Section III: Guiding your Fledglings
Chapter Six: Now That Your Kids Have Moved Out
Chapter Seven: What Young Adults Need and Want
Chapter Eight: Obstacles in the Way
Chapter Nine: The Nest that Never Empties
Section IV: Words of Wisdom
Chapter Ten: Words From the Wise
Chapter Eleven: Lessons Learned
About the author
Judy Holland has been a journalist for more than 30 years, having spent 13 years in the Washington Bureau of Hearst Newspapers, where she was national editor, preparing stories for 600 newspapers over The New York Times wire. She also served as Capitol Hill Correspondent and was elected president of the Washington Press Club Foundation, a nonprofit celebrating female pioneers in journalism and providing scholarships for women and minorities. She has been a Capitol Hill commentator for C-Span and CNN and won the Hearst Eagle Award for excellence in journalism. Judy's stories have appeared in dozens of publications, including the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Tampa Tribune, and Washingtonian magazine. Her work includes hundreds of stories about teens, including a piece for Washingtonian about the pressures that teenagers face. She also was founder and editor-in-chief of Parentinsider.com, an online magazine for parents of teens, for which she wrote stories, edited columns, and co-produced videos. She lives in Washington, D.C., and is married to orthopedic spine surgeon John Starr. They have three children: Lindsay, Maddie, and Jack, who left their Great Dane Hudson at home to fill the empty nest.
