This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. At self-work, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-Works is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes

today for your own self-work.

Hello and welcome to self-work. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas

and I've been podcasting now since October of last year. I wanted to extend the walls of my practice to reach out to those of you who might already be in therapy and very interested in psychological issues, but also to those who might be searching, who might never have talked to a therapist,

and who might be curious about what someone like me would have to say.

In fact, some of you have let me know in your reviews that you found self-work because you

were looking for a podcast on anxiety or depression, something that you're newly dealing

with.

And so I'm so glad that all of you are here. I want to say at the beginning of

this podcast today that you can always reach out to me at Ask Dr. Margaret at

Dr. Margaret Rutherford.com. I will answer your questions and I love

getting to know who you are, what you're dealing with, and really who is my

audience. I love to get suggestions from you about what you like to hear about as well.

So please write me at ask Dr Margaret at Dr Margaret Rutherford.com.

Today we're going to be talking about Emptiness. Now I'm six years out of

experiencing Emptiness so I'm an old hand at handling it but I'll mention some of my

experiences along the way.

Episode 24, which was quite a while ago,

discussed how to avoid empty nest in general

by what I termed relishing each stage of childhood.

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