Find a comfortable position,
Sitting or lying down,
Let your body land wherever you are today.
You don't need to fix anything.
You don't need to feel grateful,
Strong or put together.
Just be here.
If you feel cold,
Gently close your eyes or soften your gaze.
Take a slow breath in through your nose and a long steady breath out through the mouth.
Let your shoulders drop,
Let your jaw soften and let yourself arrive.
This season might feel quieter,
The house sounds different.
The rhythm of your days have shifted.
If your child recently went back to college,
Moved out or started a new chapter of their own,
It's okay if your heart feels heavy.
You can feel proud and sad at the same time.
You can miss them deeply and still know you did something right.
Nothing about this ain't means you failed,
It means you loved well.
Place one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly.
Feel your breath moving beneath your hands.
As you inhale,
Silently say,
I am here.
And as you exhale,
Gently remind yourself,
I am enough.
Let your body feel supported by the chair,
The bed,
The floor beneath you.
Even in the quiet,
You are still held.
You showed up over and over again in big ways,
In quiet and visible ways.
This chapter doesn't erase who you've been,
It expands on who you are becoming.
You are still a parent,
Still connected deeply,
Still needed,
Even when love stretches across distance.
And now there is space,
Not emptiness,
Just space.
This is your reminder that you don't have to feel it,
You don't have to fear it all out today,
Just breathe inside it.
Take one slow breath in and let it go.
The house feels quieter,
But the love didn't leave,
It still echoes.
Gently repeat these in your mind or out loud if you wish.
I love deeply and that love still lives here.
I'm allowed to breathe what was and trust what's becoming.
Even in the quiet,
I am whole and I am enough.
Let those words settle,
You don't need to feel better right away.
Simply notice your breath,
Inhale slowly through the nose,
Feeling the chest gently rise.
And exhale through the mouth as if you're fogging a mirror.
You are not behind,
You are not failing at this season,
You are learning how to hold love in a new shape.
Take another slow breath in and a long steady breath out.
If the quiet feels heavy,
Let it be heavy.
If it feels peaceful,
Let it be peaceful.
And if it feels like both,
That's allowed too.
Now sit in the stillness for a few moments.
No fixing,
No reframing,
Just breathing and being.
This stillness is not empty,
It's filled with everything you gave and everything you're becoming.
As you gently return to the room,
I want you to carry this with you.
The quiet doesn't mean you're alone,
It means love has learned how to travel.
You showed up,
You loved well,
And you are still becoming.
Carry that with you,
Darling.
Nothing about you is missing.
