Tag: middle age

• Oh, here I am…Empty nesting is a chance at rediscovery

  

  The kids are out of the house and off to uni and adulthood. My parenting job is done. Suddenly, I feel like a whole new me.

  Sharlene Zeederberg

  March 10, 2025

  Empty-Nest, Getting Older, Life Lessons, On Life, Parenting

  blog, cognitive load, Family, life, Life Lessons, mental-health, middle age, Mindfulness, Parenting, sense of self

• The Fabulousness of Fifty Two

  

  Yup, I turned 52 and what a joy it is to be in this decade of life surrounded by people I love.

  Sharlene Zeederberg

  July 23, 2024

  Getting Older, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, On Life

  Family, gratitude, joy, life, Life Lessons, middle age, Mindfulness

• Flown the Coop – The nest is half empty

  

  Last week our eldest child flew the coop. Empty nester stage looms large. But that nomenclature annoys me. I’m renaming it Graduated, and thinking of parenting as flight school, instead.

  Sharlene Zeederberg

  April 28, 2024

  Empty-Nest, Family, Getting Older, Life Lessons

  Empty-Nest, Family, life, Life Lessons, middle age, motherhood, Parenting

• Exercise …and why I’ve stopped apologising for being slow.

  

  Running and cycling made me realise that just turning up is good enough… so I’ve stopped apologising for being slow.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  Sharlene Zeederberg

  November 7, 2022

  Getting Older, Health & Fitness, On Life

  cycling, exercise, good enough, Life Lessons, middle age, Mindfulness, personal growth