Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast

Hello, my Empty Nest Friend! Life can be filled with lousiness sometimes. Right when you begin to feel like you are getting somewhere, suddenly something happens that has you feeling like you are back at square one. This is beautiful: it is real; it is life. Nowhere are we guaranteed smooth sailing or perfection, did you get that guarantee? Because I didn't. But we get to live it - ALL of it. I encourage you to live through it, not run from it - the good, the bad, and the ugly - all of it because, you are ALIVE. It all comes down to who you want to be in each moment. I know you can be amazing, but you have to choose to live in it fully to level up in your life. In this episode, I share how I feel life is like Donkey Kong. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• How life is like Donkey Kong
• To notice that when you are sent back to the beginning of a level in your life, that how you show up is everything
• The power in leveling up
• To remove the drama as you play the game

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. Do you feel like you are continually back where you started
2. Have you noticed (or do you now notice) the leveling up in your life?

Episode Resources

• Episode #29: Sit in the Simmer, What will You Do With Your Time?
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p35/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my ah-mazing Empty Nest Friend! Last week, April Force Pardoe shared tips on how to prepare your home for the empty nest. This week, I thought I would share some thoughts I have about your child's room: how to adapt it as they head off to and attend college. Enjoy! Take a listen, or read the full transcript on my website! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• What you can do now to prepare your child's room for college, for the college years and beyond
• Why you should talk with your child about their room
• How to assist your child in letting go of and organizing items accumulated over the years
• The importance of recognizing that boundaries will change when your child returns home

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. If your child is heading off to college, or in college, what is the condition of their space in your home?
2. Do you have long-term plans for that space that your child may not be aware of?

Episode Resources

• Episode #33: How to Prepare Your Home For The Empty Nest with April Force Pardoe
• Episode #3: Empty Nest Prep, Part I: Your Thoughts
• Episode #29: Sit in the Simmer, What will You Do With Your Time?
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p34/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my Empty Nest Friend! As you sit in the simmer of your life and work on things for the next version of you, one of the areas you may want to begin to consider is how you want your home to look in the empty nest years. You may start dreaming about this early and make changes over time - or all at once if that is how you roll. Is your home set up to accommodate those dreams of yours? If not, why not begin making some changes now? My guest, today, April Force Pardoe, is your Designer Bestie. April has fantastic suggestions in this episode where she also shares impactful tips and tricks with us. She is a ball of energy, and I can't wait for you to hear this episode. Take a listen, or read the full transcript on my website! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• To Consider Changes to Your Master Bedroom Space
• The Importance of Lighting
• The Importance of One Cozy Space
• Common Decorating Mistakes
• Why April is Happy For You
• To Dream About Your Home
• If April Likes Waffles or Pancakes

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. Is your home your retreat?
2. Have you thought about your home in the empty nest (years)?

April Links

• Visit April's Website
• Follow April on Instagram
• Follow April on Facebook
• Check out April's Video Strategy Session Service

Episode Resources

• Episode #29: Sit in the Simmer, What will You Do With Your Time?
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p33/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my Empty Nest Friend! This episode topic comes from a Green Popsicle Stick Group Facebook member. Once again, when I sat down to organize and script this out, I had no idea that I had so many thoughts on the subject. Too funny. Katie asked, "What skills are you glad you taught your daughter before she went off to college? And, is there anything you wished you'd spent more time on with her?" These are fantastic questions from Katie, whose daughter is already ahead of the game, as you will hear in this episode. Take a listen, or read the full transcript on my website! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• Christine's thoughts on useful life skills needed for college
  • Laundry: remember the bedding!
  • Consider limited food options and how your child will handle this
  • Cleaning and supplies
  • Money management
  • Future Document Preparations
    • I-9 Form
    • W-4
    • Memorize Social Security Number
    • Safe Storage of Documents
  • Ditch the "Mom Organization Method"
  • School/life balance
  • Encourage hobbies
  • Tools for emotional health
  • Familiarity with Medical Appointments

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. Do you have something to add to my life skills for college list?
2. If you attended college, did you feel prepared?

Episode Resources

• Facebook Group: The Green Popsicle Sticks
• Tool Kit
• Blue Vacuum
• I-9 Form
• W-4 Form
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p32/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my Empty Nest Friend! This episode topic is from a fellow listener who asked about finding friends in the later years of life. When I sat down to organize and script this out, I had no idea that I had so many thoughts on the subject. But then, I do have a lot of opinions on many topics, don't I? Ha! Anyway, remember that some friendships serve seasons of our life, and others are in for the long haul. Either way, if you are looking to add friends to your life, take a little bit of time to figure out what you are looking for in a friend, and then enjoy looking for those new friendships! Take a listen, or read the full transcript on my website. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• To understand that some friendships are meant to serve seasons of your life
• Ways to find new friends in the empty nest
• To consider your current friendships
• To figure out what you are looking for in a friend

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. How are you doing with your friendships?
2. Do you have other suggestions for meeting new friends?

Episode Resources

• Gretchen, The Planner Freak on Instagram
• Gretchen, The Planner Freak, on Twitter
• The Green Popsicle Sticks Facebook Group
• Meetup.com
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p31/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my empty nest friend! As a mom, unappreciative humans may surround you at all times. Some days it may feel like it is part of the job description. Is there even the slightest chance that you have created that yourself? Let's think about that in today's episode where I give you a little bit of tough love because feeling unappreciated is a lousy place to be. Take a listen, or read the full transcript on my website! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• What your thoughts have to do with how appreciated you feel
• To think about who you want to show up as in the world even when your mind is confident that you are unappreciated
• Consider using Pinterest for your future-you dreams (listener suggestion

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. Do you currently identify with not feeling appreciated?
2. When you have the thought that you are unappreciated, how do you feel?

Episode Resources

• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p30/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my Empty Nest Friend! I can't begin to tell you how much I needed this episode when I wrote it. Throughout our life, we experience change. Sometimes it is expected, sometimes it is not. When we are unable to be patient with ourselves through the transition, things can get a little off course and "boil over." In this episode, I talk about the importance of a simmer in a beef stew and what that has to do with your life. Take a listen, or read the full transcript on my website! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• The importance of "sitting in the simmer" in your life
• Why beef stew is a good analogy for transitions in our life
• Future you is your navigation system not the predictor of your future

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. Have you found future you yet?
2. What was or is your biggest obstacle in finding her?

Episode Resources

• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p29/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my empty nest friend,

I am thrilled to bring you this episode!

Not only is if full of content that I wish I had known before my daughter headed off to school, but I also learned a few things.

My guest, Katy Oliveira, Host of the Collegehood Advice podcast, shares her advice and tips on navigating the first semester and how we, as mothers, may help our children.

Take a listen, or read the transcript, below.

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• Your role as benefactor
• How grade notifications are handled in college, and a quick chat about FERPA
• Campus resources that parents should be aware of for their child
• What are challenges our child might face in the first semester
• Katy's best piece of advice

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. What are you most focused on for your child's first semester?
2. If you went to college, what are some defining moments from your first semester? Do you remember any?

Where to find this episode's guest: Katy Oliveira, Host of the Collegehood Advice Podcast

• Collegehood Advice Website
• Collegehood Advice Podcast
• Follow Collegehood Advice on Instagram
• Like Collegehood Advice on Facebook

Episode Resources

• My favorite episode so far of Katy's: Is Your Major Causing You Low Motivation?
• Episode #3. Empty Nest Prep Part 1: Your Thoughts
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website:https://youremptynestcoach.com/p28/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my Empty Nest Friend!

So, I wonder if this episode is the one that gets my listeners worked up. These are thoughts that we don't hear often, so I'm putting them out there. If you aren't a fan of my approach - it is all good, differences are what makes this world interesting.

However, if you can barely stand to listen to my take on grades, I challenge you to take a look at your thoughts and be curious as to the why. Ask yourself, "Who would I be in the world, if for a moment, I tried on these new thoughts and could find myself in a space where I believe them?"

Let me know where you are and let's chat about it. If you are happy with who you show up in the world as with your thoughts on this topic, then you are all good!

Take a listen, or read the transcript, below.

Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (920-543-3946).

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• To question what you are making a GPA/grades mean
• To challenge your thinking about the 4.0
• To think about who gets to walk across the stage at graduation
• To question what you make grades mean in your life

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. How much does your child's grade change your mood?

2. How were your grades in school?

Episode Resources

• Episode #3. Empty Nest Prep Part 1: Your Thoughts
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p27/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my Empty Nest Friend! We change our mind all of the time, don't we? But how do you treat yourself when you do change a decision that you have made? Guess what? It isn't time to beat yourself up. It is time to be curious, to question it, check it and then be all in on your new decision: whether it is to stay the course or do something different. Easy? Maybe not, but I've got you! Take a listen, or read the transcript, below. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review this podcast!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

What You Will Learn in this Episode

• How the path to future you is like a spider web.
• To be kind to yourself when you question if you are on the right path to future you
• Things you need to do in order to expand your future (rest, plan, adjust & repair)
• About spider webs

Episode Questions for You To Consider

1. How do you normally treat yourself when you change your mind?
2. How do you feel about spiders? :)

Episode Resources

• BBC Earth: Beautiful Spider Web Build Time-lapse
• Spider building a web
• Episode #3. Empty Nest Prep Part 1: Your Thoughts
• Episode #13. Future You Has All The Power
• Episode #17: Green Popsicle Sticks Community

For detailed show notes, full transcription and more, visit my website: https://youremptynestcoach.com/p26/

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

Between shows spend time with me on:

• Instagram: @EmptyNestCoach
• TikTok: @EmptyNestCoach
• Linkedin: @EmptyNestCoach
• Facebook: @EmptyNestCoach

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!