This week we discuss how life can be mundane in the empty nest. From clipping cat's nails to going to a kids movie-that’s life and with it comes ups and downs-laughs and loss. Text is from Tanner. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Rediscoveringhobbies #Relationshipafterkids #Self-discovery #Preparingforanemptynest #Re...
Mar 21, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 31
We recap our fun trip with Teagan to New York for her spring break week. We touch on Tanner's last spring break as a college senior. You will be HUNGRY after this one as we always talk about food when we travel. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Rediscoveringhobbies #Relationshipafterkids #Self-discovery #Preparingfor...
Mar 14, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Even Empty Nesters need a break so we hope you enjoy this episode replay. One of our favorite ones as we filmed on location at the Grand Canyon and Saguaro National Parks Filming On location! Coming to you from our travels to Arizona in some of the most beautiful parts of the world. We want to share the natural beauty and our experiences that we enjoyed as parents and empty nesters. Travel in the off season IS AWESOME! Reliving the college life with our kiddos is fun and exhausting at the same t...
Mar 07, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 29
What is Grey Divorce? 10 Ten Causes for a Grey Divorce and 6 Ways to Prevent Grey Divorce Find out what's making Tanner feel old Top 10 reasons for Grey Divorce https://www.equitablemediation.com/blog/empty-nesters-divorce 6 Tips to Prevent Empty Nest Divorce https://bluemoonseniorcounseling.com/6-tips-to-help-prevent-a-gray-divorce/ #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newc...
Feb 29, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 28
We’ll recap our true to form V-Day. Teagan’s text falls right in line with her mama’s heart. Rick’s 99 year old Nana tells us a story that has us saying, wait, what?? Do you know that man? Cut that guy off! Two things we never thought we’d hear at a birthday celebration in memory care. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose...
Feb 22, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 27
❤️This will be our 27th Valentine’s Day together. Why did we say no to going out on this high pressure holiday? What are some of our favorite love songs? How has the day of love looked different over the years? Texts from both kiddos this week. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Rediscoveringhobbies #Relationshipafterk...
Feb 14, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 26
🚗We are coming at you from the road-literally! We had a great weekend in Arizona with the kids and their friends but are we getting too old to hang with the college crowd? Did we see fossils or are we just calling ourselves that?? #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Rediscoveringhobbies #Relationshipafterkids #Self-dis...
Feb 08, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Clancy talks about how she handled Rick traveling this week. Rick took the initiative to plan an evening out-where did they go? Met Clancy’s parents for lunch and discussed some “not so fun” topics. Text is from Tanner.
Feb 01, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Clancy and Rick go through 5 questions geared for empty nesters. How is this phase going, what are some needs and what does the future look like? Text is from Teagan.
Jan 25, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 23
What??? Listen to hear the answer. Rick and Clancy reminisce about their favorite albums during the dating/young married years. Our musical tastes cross several genres and will spark memories for many of you. Text of the week is back and from Tanner. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Rediscoveringhobbies #Relationship...
Jan 18, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 22
It’s the second week of 2024. There are several big events coming up for the Denton fam in 2024. We’ll fill you in on a few. We discuss our goals (not resolutions) and some micro enhancements for the next year. It’s on the pod now so out there for all to hear and for us to see how we did next year.
Jan 11, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Clancy and Rick will recap the Holiday season with both kids being back in the house. We both agree this season was so much fun with no high school stuff controlling our schedules. Our New Year’s Eve was an obvious contrast with Tanner’s. You'll see why in the text (picture) of the week. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpo...
Jan 04, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 20
What do Fridays mean to you? How have Fridays changed over the stages of life? We discuss four different phases and how Fridays have changed for us in each one. 👀Watch for the surprise guest this week
Dec 21, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Rick and Clancy talk us through some of their favorite and their family’s favorite Christmas movies. Shocker that they heavily fall in the comedic category and one may be a surprising choice for some. Text is from Tanner #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Rediscoveringhobbies #Relationshipafterkids #Self-discovery #Pre...
Dec 14, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 18
We’ve been at this empty nester thing for one semester (using our college kids’ calendar). Clancy takes us through an article of the Top 30 Best Empty Nester Date ideas she found with some good and not so good ideas for empty nester dates. 🤣Laugh with us as we discuss all and discard some. Text is from Teagan Top 30 Empty Nester Date Ideas: https://www.thedatingdivas.com/30-fun-exciting-date-ideas-empty-nesters/ #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafte...
Dec 07, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 17
We had a great time celebrating the week of Thanksgiving in Arizona. As always...lots of fun with the kids and their friends. 🏈Tons of football, 🍗food and no one threw any 👊punches during Phase 10. So glad that BiBi and PopPop could join us-even though one of them always cheats-listen to find out which one.
Nov 30, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Holidays look a little different as empty nesters. Hear what we did for Halloween and how we are changing things up for Thanksgiving. Text is from Teagan and shows how different college is for these kiddos. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Rediscoveringhobbies #Relationshipafterkids #Self-discovery #Preparingforanemp...
Nov 16, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 15
How do we help our kids through disappointment with distance in between What’s our role with adult children and how do we deal with the new roles/boundaries? Giving them a virtual hug (gifting money to enjoy the World Series game) and listening are the only things we could do. Text is from Tanner and we tried something new over the weekend. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselve...
Nov 09, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 14
📺TV is Clancy’s love 😍 language and she’s slowly gotten Rick to come to the dark side. We’ll talk about what we are watching now and discuss a couple of our go to oldies(from the 90s). The proclamation of our undying love of one show could not be more timely. What are you watching? Text of the week is back and comes from Teagan. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchap...
Nov 02, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 13
🚗Take a ride (literally!) with us as we drive down memory lane. Travel has always been important and a necessity for us as a couple. Laugh along with us as we reminisce about our pre kid travels and hear about some LIFE CHANGING decisions that were made on some of those trips. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #Redisc...
Oct 26, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
We are so excited to have our friends...who also happen to be our neighbors (16 years and counting)... Jim and Ibby Gill on the show this week. Their episode really could be 3 - so much good insight and info. We’re sure listeners will relate to having... -A successful son who hasn’t left home -Another son who transferred colleges and -Retirement dreams insight. No text of the week this week because there was too much to talk about. #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #Emp...
Oct 19, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Helping your kids through stormy seas is difficult at any age. Listen to how we discovered our new role co-captain as we assisted Teagan while she navigated through a difficult situation while she’s 1600 miles away from us. Text of the week is between the two kids-very entertaining! #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #Parentingjourney #Reinventingourselves #Newchapterinlife #Emptynestchallenges #Findingpurpose #R...
Oct 12, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Filming On location! Coming to you from our travels to Arizona in some of the most beautiful parts of the world. We want to share the natural beauty and our experiences that we enjoyed as parents and empty nesters. Travel in the off season IS AWESOME! Reliving the college life with our kiddos is fun and exhausting at the same time.
Oct 05, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 9
One last Parents’ Weekend for Tanner…and the first for Teagan. We are so excited to see our kiddos that we left six weeks ago… Listen as we talk about what our expectations are with one place we know very well and one that we are just learning. We love seeing Tanner’s friends and families. Now we add to this as we are looking forward to meeting Teagan’s new group. How will relationships be different? Text of the week…another fun one from Tanner
Sep 28, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Ch Ch Ch Changes . We talk with Aeryn and JP Shiffer about bold choices as they enter the empty nest. Selling a house. buying land to build on. And a job change? And they’re only a few weeks into the empty nest! It was our daughters’ friendship that brought us together and created a lot of living life together over the last four years. So how does the connection stay in place between us and the Shiffers? Listen to some of our adventures together and how they…and their kids…are handling the big d...
Sep 21, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We all carry ideas of what we think stages of life should be or what we want them to be. Listen as we touch on some realistic and unrealistic expectations of the empty nest life. Why can’t we go to Belize on a Wednesday? What’s the S word that everyone thinks about but doesn’t want to talk about? It’s a fun chat delving deeper into our thoughts and Teagan gets the text of the week.
Sep 14, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Hear from our first ever guests, Ward and Ashley, as they talk about their experiences as empty nesters of an only child. Listen as Ashley shares her sober journey and the challenges to maintain that through the summer that completely changed her life. We also get a special text of the week from their son. Ashley’s sobriety journey podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YjuPci30XaqNZcDSeTmRA?si=v7VYcqH-QVCGGNY9psSRbw #sobriety #sobrietyjourney #onlychild #alcoholism #relationships #m...
Sep 07, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Alzheimer's sucks! Our goal is to be transparent with the good times and the bad. Alzheimer’s sucks and we never expected it to affect our immediate family. Listen as Rick gets raw discussing the transition our family has had to go through since his mom was diagnosed 3 1/2 years ago. There will still be laughs, the kid text of the week and a blooper or two. #Alzheimer #austin #relationships #marriage #recreation #podcast #EmptyNesters #EmptyNesting #Lifeafterkidsleave #Transitiontoanemptynest #P...
Aug 31, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 4
We experienced our first week/weekend as empty nesters. What is routine? How have things stayed the same? How are they different? Where did we spend our first empty nester Saturday and which one of us had a drink named after them ? Join our journey in Episode 3 as we recap the new routine and fun we’ve had...and the “text of the week” from Teagan.
Aug 24, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
We’re back from Arizona where we have left behind our two most precious items. How many blue bags fit in one car? How many Targets and Walmarts did we visit? What did the Jersey Mike’s guy tell Teagan about Tucson? In Episode 2, listen to the highs and lows of move in weekend and the “text of the week” from Tanner.
Aug 18, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 2
