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Where Has All The Kindness Gone? Can Empty Nesters Bring It Back? E160
Acts of kindness are the small, observant choices that take about 30 seconds and can turn someone's day around. So why do they feel so rare right now? On Clancy's morn...
Why University Family Engagement Offices Are Vital With Annamarie Tellez E159
Mid-semester is when a lot of families start asking these questions. What can a parent do after three weeks of silence? Why do so many students start struggling right...
Wide Open Spaces Greatest Hits E158
We just got back from Arizona. Another parents' weekend, another hike into the Grand Canyon. That trip sent us straight back to Episode 9, so we're bringing it back as...
Exploring Los Angeles With The Empty Nesters E157
Rick gave Clancy a trip to Los Angeles for Christmas, and we finally took it in September. This is our first trip as just the two of us since Mexico last year. The who...
An Empty Nest Chat With Fellow Author John Infortunio E156
John Infortunio writes about his father's Alzheimer's, and he chose fiction over memoir to do it. On this episode, he tells us why a character can hold what a memoir c...
Relationship Check In for Empty Nesters Part 2 E155
This is the second half of their relationship check in, questions Rick and Clancy come back to when it's been too long since the last one. They continue with the 5 lov...
Relationship Check In for Empty Nesters Part 1 E154
What does a relationship check-in look like in the empty nest? This episode, Rick and Clancy go through their actual check-in questions. Unrehearsed. Real reactions. ...
Why Family Experience Is Key to Your College Student's Success with William & Mary's Heather Deere E153
Your student isn't the only one at college who has someone in their corner, you might too, if you know who to call. Heather Deere spends her days on the other end of ...
How a Conference Sparked New Empty Nest Community Ideas E152
A solo move-in for Teagan and a podcasting conference happened back to back this month, and together they got Rick and Clancy thinking bigger than they have in a while...
What's A Death Doula? Empty Nesters find out with Jill McClennen E151
Rick and Clancy started rewriting their wills this year, and that's what led them to Jill McClennen, a death doula, who says you don't have to be dying to use one. "I...
Are Calendars Busy?...or Full?...in the Empty Nest E150
Busy, or full? Rick and Clancy started using that second word on purpose this episode, and it changes how the whole conversation flows. Rick names a trap he's been stu...
Moving Kids Into College? What These Empty Nesters Learned E149
Move-in day never quite goes the way you expect, even after doing it more than once. Rick and Clancy walk through what actually shifts each time, from how much to help...
Launching kids AND preparing empty nest parents the right way with Hanna Bankier E148
How is the nest empty if you're still living in it? That question from Hanna Bankier is why we brought her on this week. Hanna runs Birdie Launcher, helping parents na...
Empty nest marriage tune up and a bucket list band E147
We went into a marriage conference this weekend thinking we didn't really need it. Decades of marriage will do that to you. That assumption got proven wrong fast, espe...
Empty Nester summer isn't summering E146
We set an alarm for five forty this week. After a night out. Nobody made us do that. We keep saying we have more freedom than ever, so why does this summer feel busier...
Empty Nesters Talk Medical Procedures...some necessary, some elective E145
Rick and Clancy are both mid-recovery and mid-appointment season, and this one gets into what that's actually like in our fifties.Between the two of them, this year al...
Communicating better as empty nesters with Rebecca Mullen E144
Communication breaks down in the same few places for almost every couple. This episode is about finding those places before they turn into a fight. Rebecca Mullen join...
World Cup Mania With The Empty Nesters E143
The stadium they've seen a hundred times looks completely different through a stranger's eyes. Rick and Clancy talk World Cup fever in Dallas, from Rick's first match ...
Empty Nesters Argue E142
Three years into running a podcast together, Rick and Clancy are together constantly. That didn't stop them from arguing about cottage cheese, a dinner reservation in ...
Traveling With Adult Kids In The Empty Nest E141
Rick and Clancy just got back from ten days in Spain with both kids. This episode is about what family travel actually looks like when the kids are adults. The shared ...