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What Are Your Anchors?
with Sondra & Victor
(Season 2 | Episode 79)
Sondra – “I listened to a couple of your episodes and I became very intimidated because I felt like I was 22 again out of college. And I thought holy crap these people have their third act all together and I don’t even know what I am gonna do. Everyone seems to have it all planned out. And I don’t know….”
What Are Your Anchors?
Tessa – Sondra and Victor are a delightful couple that are so authentic. I am so excited for you to hear this particular interview because it is just very real. I met Sondra at a networking event. She was doing some incredible work with charities. Then I learned that she and Victor are Open Nesters. Their kids have left the nest and the opportunities are wide open for these vital people.
Their kids left and came back… like ping pong balls. It was revolving. It was disturbing to Sondra but not to Victor. She wanted a clean cut. She wanted to be done with the child raising. And so It was very confusing trying to deal with adult kids with social lives, sex lives… yet still living in their parents’ home.
Act III: A Mission in the Dominican Republic
The non-profit. This is work that Sondra has been doing for 30 years. She works with nonprofit organizations with their business operations. Helping them with their business models, strategy, leadership, financial, HR, funding and program development. It is good work. Yet she finds herself daydreaming about doing something else.
Sondra got involved on her own first with a school in the D.R. And then Victor spent time helping, doing a lot of work for a school there.
However – the question at hand, really, is are the anchors in the U.S. enough of a priority to stop them from actually moving to the Dominican Republic. They disagree on the kids being enough of an anchor… however aging parents… yes – they do hold these two back from diving into an ACT III fully abroad.
Resources for You
We want to provide you with support and many many resources for your own Open Nesting Journey. Our resource page has so much to offer as does our private discussion group on Facebook about queerness and other topics of interest:
About Tessa
Tessa Krone is the engine behind and the face of The Open Nesters.
Tessa holds an MA in Consciousness Studies and is a speaker, coach, program and journey facilitator & leader, author and, of course, Podcaster.
Her offerings are based in her mission to help people open to their most self-expressed, loving selves. Tessa’s specialties include embodiment from all the senses and elements of our inner and outer lives, ranging from mindfulness, dance, play, and sensory exploration in nature. If she had one superpower, it would be to help people, especially as they age, to live more open hearted lives.
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