by Marguerite Elisofon | Oct 31, 2014 | candy, cats, costumes, dogs, Ebola, empty nest, Equinox, Ever Ready battery, flamenco dancers, Frozen, Halloween, hazmat suits, Maltese, Michael Jackson, ninjas, Ricky's, Rocky Horror Show, The Addams Family
Just because your kids leave for college doesn’t mean you have to stop celebrating Halloween. You can still put a pumpkin outside and decorate your door with cottony spider-webs or a cardboard skeleton. Greeting trick-or-treaters can still be fun long after your...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Oct 24, 2014 | Andy Warhol, blogs, empty nest, Equinox, Fox 5 News, Huffington Post, internet, Jennifer Lahmers, mommy bloggers, PR firms, Skype, social media. Romper Room, television, trophies, Twitter
How did one mommy blogger get plucked from the many to go on TV and talk about empty nests? I got lucky when Fox 5 news reporter Jennifer Lahmers googled “empty nest blogs,” and voila!“The Never-Empty Nest” popped up on her screen. In true 21st century style,...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Jul 11, 2014 | anti-depressants, Baskin Robbins, CBT, dance, DBT. Behavioral, depression, Equinox, exercise, Freud, Jung, mental disorders, psychiatrists, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapists, shrinks, Skinner, Woody Allen
Why weren’t psychotherapists included in my lament about all the time and money our family has spent on doctors? (See “Doctored Up,” 6/27/13). The answer is both simple AND astonishing. Thanks to the mind-boggling variety of practitioners we affectionately (and...
by Marguerite Elisofon | May 9, 2014 | All That Jazz, Broadway, dance, Equinox, exercise, Hair, hobbies, James Darling, manicures, massage, Matthew Johnson, Meg Ryan, mothers, music, rap, self-mothering, stress, When Harry Met Sally, women's magazines
What’s the best way for a stressed out mom of difficult kids to escape and find some relief? Short of flying the coop and permanently abandoning your offspring, every mother should avail herself of a temporary release. Dare I say “me time?” I’m not talking about...
Marguerite Elisofon is a New York City writer and the author of My Picture Perfect Family, a memoir about how her family navigated life with a child on the autistic spectrum before the internet and support groups existed. She also blogs about parenting young adults and disability related issues in The Never Empty Nest. Her writing has been featured in a variety of publications, including Time and NY Metro Parents magazine, and her family’s story has been featured by the NY Post, Fox News, The Daily Mail, and on Jenny McCarthy’s Dirty Sexy Funny radio show. A Vassar graduate, Marguerite was born and raised in New York City, where she still lives with her husband, Howard, in their mostly-empty nest. She is available to speak about a wide variety of issues relating to twins, parenting, and autism. 