{"id":393714,"date":"2026-03-19T19:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/393714\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:32:12","slug":"stay-active-and-reach-out-how-to-adjust-to-living-alone-later-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/393714\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay active and reach out \u2013 how to adjust to living alone later in life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Expert advice on how to thrive during this new chapter of life\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Be proactive about connecting with other people. Photo: Alamy\/PA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MQ5ZH7RKW91N3N4D8Y0.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Be proactive about connecting with other people. Photo: Alamy\/PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Transitioning to living alone later in life after a major life change \u2013 such as divorce, bereavement, or an \u201cempty nest\u201d \u2013 can be profoundly unsettling, often prompting a mix of grief, loneliness, and reflection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">However, while this period can be difficult, it also brings new opportunities for personal growth, re-evaluating goals and building self-reliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Expert advice on how to thrive during this new chapter of life Be proactive about connecting with other&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,99378,18,19,17,23,6796],"class_list":{"0":"post-393714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-daily-features","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-latest-news-ticker","14":"tag-service-journalism"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}