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From Birthdays to Brackets… March in the Empty Nest - E129
March is full in a different way when you’re in the empty nest.Rick and Clancy talk about birthdays that don’t carry the same weight, even while they still show up for...
Sandwich Generation Life Events in the Empty Nest - E128
Rick and Clancy talk about a different side of the sandwich generation.Not caregiving… life events.More funerals connected to parents and their friends.More celebratio...
Empty Nest Solo Travel Life Inspiration with Tracy Smith - E127
At 49, Tracy Smith booked a trip to Ireland with friends. Then she changed the flight. Then she changed it again. What began as a group vacation slowly turned into arr...
Empty Nest Olympics Seconda Parte - E126
The Olympics just wrapped… so Rick and Clancy stepped back into their own arena.Two years ago, they created the “Empty Nest Olympics” and ranked themselves in five eve...
Empty Nesters Staying Connected With Kids From Afar - E125
When your kids leave home, the communication changes. Sometimes it slows gradually. Sometimes it feels abrupt. In this episode, Rick and Clancy talk about what staying...
Valentine’s Day Take It or Leave It - Greatest Hits E124
Valentine’s Day shows up every year with expectations attached. Reservations. Prix fixe menus. Cards that say more about obligation than affection.In this Greatest Hit...
The Four Intimacies with Dr Amy and Roy - E123
Intimacy changes over time… especially when the house gets quieter. What once felt automatic often needs more intention, more conversation, and sometimes a better fram...
Empty Nest Snow Days – E122
We spent several days at home during an ice storm in North Texas.Sweats instead of real clothes. Garage workouts because the gym was out. Too much food because that’s ...
Empty Nest sadness returns when college kids spring back to school – E121
Spring semester drop-offs don’t get the same attention as fall move-in… but for a lot of parents, they’re tougher than they expect. The house was full again. The routi...
Extended Holiday Overindulging and Return to Routine in the Empty Nest – E120
The holidays are over, the fridge is still full of leftovers, and the routine hasn’t quite found its way home yet.In this episode, Rick and Clancy talk about what happ...
Empty Nest Reminder...Your Young Adult’s Success Isn’t Always Linear - Joanna Lilley - E119
Your young adult’s path may look messy, stalled, or off-script… and that doesn’t mean something is wrong.In this guest episode, we’re joined by Joanna Lilley, a therap...
2025 Reflections and 2026 Launching in the Empty Nest - E118
That weird stretch between Christmas and New Year’s… when no one knows what day it is, the snacks never stop, and you start thinking about what just happened and what ...
Fa La La Full Nest – Greatest Hits E117
We’re releasing this episode on Christmas Day, and it felt like the right time to bring this one back.This is a Greatest Hits re-release of Episode 20, originally reco...
Enhancing Empty Nest Communication with Raffi Bilek – E116
When the kids are grown and the house is quieter, the way couples talk to each other starts to matter in new ways. Some patterns get easier. Others get harder to ignor...
Empty Nest Nostalgia: The Holiday Foods We Still Crave - E115
Holiday food has a way of anchoring a season. We make certain things every year without even thinking about it… and the kids now expect them just as much as we do. In ...
Empty Nesters Go To A Rave – E114
Sometimes saying yes takes you somewhere you never expected… like an EDM show on a Sunday night, surrounded by people half your age and a bass that makes your clothes ...
Feasts, Phase 10 and Football – Greatest Hits Episode 113
Some Thanksgivings are predictable… this one definitely wasn’t. For this Greatest Hits episode, we’re flashing back to our 2023 Thanksgiving trip to Arizona, a holiday...
Relationship Insights: Boardroom Concepts for the Empty Nest with Dr. Robin Buckley - E112
Using business ideas for a personal relationship. It sounds unusual at first, but Dr. Robin Buckley makes it feel surprisingly natural. She talks about relationships i...
Thanksgiving Apart: When Your College Kid Can’t Come Home - E111
For a lot of families, Thanksgiving week feels like it should be a given… everyone comes home, the same sides hit the table, the Cowboys disappoint us again. But for s...
Did We Reconnect in Mexico? – Empty Nest Couple’s Getaway - E110
This episode is a little different... it’s a two-parter.We recorded the first half before leaving for our empty nest getaway to Mexico, talking through what we hoped f...