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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 joins...
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 i...
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 m...
An Unexpected Employment Idea for Empty Nesters with Michelle Puccinelli E140
Almost sixty percent of Michelle Puccinelli's virtual assistant students are empty nesters. She didn't design it that way. They just kept showing up.Michelle runs Virt...
10 Travel Points For Empty Nesters Greatest Hits E139
10 Travel Tips...This is a Greatest Hits episode. It originally aired as Episode 87 in May 2025 and we're bringing it back because the tips hold up.Ten travel tips fro...
When Home Doesn’t Feel like Home...Empty Nest Kids Return E138
Every summer, the kid who comes home is not the kid who left. And the house they're coming back to isn't the one they remember either. Rick and Clancy have navigated t...
From Raising Kids to Rebuilding Connection - A guest appearance on The Pastor’s Studio with Paul Basden E137
This episode is a flip. Rick and Clancy are in the guest seat, interviewed by Paul Basden, their pastor of nearly 20 years. He knows their kids. He knows their story.A...
Foster Care, A Full Life and an Empty Nest Second Chance at Love with Lisa Guzman E136
Lisa Guzman didn't come to the empty nest the usual way. She came through foster care, homelessness at 17, building a life from scratch, 25 years as a wife and mother,...
Empty Nester Tips To Get Ready For Graduation - E135
Graduation week has a way of swallowing you whole if you let it. Rick and Clancy have been through it and they're headed into it again.The logistics are real. Multiple...
Podcasts These Empty Nesters Love - E134
Rick and Clancy listen to a lot of podcasts.In this episode they run through their current favorites, from Bravo recaps to business professors to flight attendants spi...
What To Do When You're Feeling Stuck In The Empty Nest - The Loud Quiet E133
Some Mondays just arrive with a layer of meh. No obvious reason. This is what Rick and Clancy did about it.They get into why stuck feels different in the empty nest, w...
Kids Showing Empty Nesters New Experiences - E132
Teagan's 21st birthday trip to Tucson turned into something neither of us expected. A wheelchair basketball national championship. Online friends who flew in from Cali...
A Different Version Of The Empty Nest with Shara and Aaron Goswick - E131
Not every empty nest looks the same.In this guest episode, Shara and Aaron Goswick share their story of building a marriage that began right after high school, raising...
Still a Student…Still Our Responsibility? Empty Nesters Debate - E130
A blown tire turns into a bigger question… what do you actually owe your kids once they’re out of the house but still in school?Rick and Clancy find themselves on oppo...
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...