A Conversation with Tessa Krone, Educator and Co-Founder of "The Open Nesters," Co-Creating Their Vitality in Act 3 of Their Lives

Tessa Krone, MA, Speaker, Educator, Podcaster and Coach, is the co-founder of The Open Nesters Podcast. Tessa and her partner Amir have a successful podcast in which they discuss the stage of life as kids become adults, as ACT III, or the OPEN, rather than empty, NEST. They have created new lives for themselves in many ways and, as their adult kids say, they are "living [their] best lives!" The Open Nesters Podcast (available wherever you get your podcasts) has a mission to empower and inspire others whose children are now adults. They seek to imbibe this stage of life, ACT III, with curiosity about the new possibilities and surprises yet to be experienced. Their personal goals are also a part of their mission as they believe that being open minded and open hearted, and connecting more deeply, as well as uniquely, to new experiences and people will keep them healthy and vital. They welcome others to integrate these goals into their lives, as individuals, and a couple. Another aspect of their mission is to inspire more fun, exploration and the building of a new community of open nesters around the world. By hearing about the possibilities others are exploring as Open Nesters, they hope you will be inspired to live at the edge of your curiosity.

Tessa teaches a wide range of offerings around the world, many of which incorporate the aspect of play. Tessa helps women, men & their partners embrace their sexual desires, and awaken the playful dimension of love, touch, and creativity in and out of the bedroom.

She suggests that we think back to what we used to do to spark joy when we were children, and incorporate those activities into our lives. Dance, creating art, laughing in the mirror, laughing yoga and playing games are examples. She observes that, when we laugh, we surrender from our bodies and release natural feel-good hormones. Because hugging can have similar effects, Tessa created "hum-hugs" as a modality for increasing good feelings. She had participants, in a recent seminar at a Burning Man event, hug on the left, so that they could feel the heartbeats of the person whom they were hugging, and simultaneously hum while hugging. Humming, she maintains, neurologically clears space within. Worth a try!

Tessa encourages us to become our best selves by sharing our light with others, and accepting ourselves with compassion. She suggests we become "permissionaries."

See https://theopennesters.com/ to learn more. Connect with Tessa on @theopennesters on Facebook and Instagram and search for Stacey Tessa Krone Battat, M.A. on LinkedIn. To check out some of the resources Tessa mentioned, see https://theopennesters.com/open-nest-resources/. To learn more about her next event that she spoke about during the show, the Radiant Women's Day Long Retreat: Gathering Mothers & Daughters for Embodied Holiness, go to https://www.facebook.com/events/534171515041927.