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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...
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...
Self Love and Relationships with Chaya Garcia - E109 (Empty Nest)
Most of us were never taught how to love ourselves... and yet, it’s the foundation of every healthy relationship we’ll ever have. In this week’s conversation, Rick and...
Smart Not Scary: AI for Empty Nesters - E108
Can AI save you $1,400? It did for Rick.This week, Rick and Clancy talk about how AI is showing up in real life for empty nesters, including stories from The Loud Quie...
The Question That Started It All - E107
Every podcast starts somewhere… and this week, we’re sharing exactly how The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living came to be.It all goes back to one late-night drive, a litt...
How Do We Reinvent Ourselves? - E106
How Do We Reinvent Ourselves?What does it really mean to reinvent yourself once the house goes quiet? In this episode, Rick and Clancy talk about what reinvention has ...
Text Messages To My Sons - E105
Parenting doesn’t come with a guidebook... but sometimes it comes with text messages. In this episode, we sit down with Tammy Cohen, author of Text Messages To My Sons...
College Game Day Road Trip - E104
What started as “just a quick drive” turned into a full-on Baylor game day adventure… complete with tailgates, rivalries, bugs that wouldn’t quit, and a whole lot of l...