Moms May Need Help Coping with Empty Nests and Picking up Their Own Lives
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighteen years—or more—is a long time to devote to raising children. Motherhood is a role women grow into and when the need to make endless meals, pick up kids toys and backpacks and deal with adolescent angst goes away women may find themselves unsure of what comes next. A new book by Lila Reyna, Living Life for You: In Letting Your Kids Go and Be Grown You Can Rediscover You (Booklight Publishing), gives mothers of grown children permission to begin living life for themselves.
Reyna wrote the book when Chela, her youngest child, was about to go away to college. The idea for Living Life for You came from Reyna's own struggle to adjust to her new reality. "I went from wearing a 'Wonder Mom' cape and fulfilling all my children's needs to suddenly having no children at home needing my constant care and attention," she writes in the book's introduction. "I felt naked without that cape, and daily life felt like … a void."
Her book aims to help other women answer such questions as what did I do right? Where did I fail? Who will help me make the transition from mom to empty nester? She interviewed more than 50 mothers to garner information for her book.
In an interview, Reyna can discuss:
- What does it mean to be a good mother after the children have left home?
- How can women stop sacrificing themselves and feel comfortable devoting themselves to their own lives?
- Why is this transition so difficult for many women?
- What are the three steps women can use to rediscover their self-worth?
- How can women get their "sexy on" after the kids leave home?
- Why is it important to view change as a mindset instead of a challenge?
Praise for Living Life for You
"It's not just a book, it's a movement! Get ready to be inspired, uplifted, and change your life for the better."— Amberly Lago, motivational speaker and author of True Grit and Grace
"The title of 'mom' defines us. But when the kids move on, can we? Lila helps put this major life transition into perspective and makes empty-nest difficulties easier to adapt to and accept." — Megan Dickson, M.A., administrator/educator and mom
"Life is a crooked path, filled with joy, laughter, bumps and bruises! In her marvelous, inspiring new book, Lila Reyna shares her road map to finding a way through good times and challenging ones." — Dorothy M. Leveque, Ed.D, author of Journey of Hope
About the Author
Now that her three children have left home, Lila Reyna lives in Northern California with her husband Tony and dog, Hana, whom she converses with far too much. Reyna's earlier book, Street Sense: Smart Self-Defense for Children, won a 2016 Parents' Choice Award from Parents' Resource Guide. Reyna is a respected practitioner of Frequency Energy Medicine™, a martial arts expert, and a 4th-degree black belt who is currently testing for her master's degree in Kuk Sool Won™.
Contact: Lila Reyna, (530) 913-9608; [email protected]; www.lilareyna.com
SOURCE Lila Reyna
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