Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

Inspiration versus Motivation: it has been on my mind in all areas of my life.

In this episode, I share the idea of giving your child(ren) space to be inspired.

As I listened back to the episode, "inspirational parenting" came to mind to sum this up.

However, how I explain those two words here and what first comes to mind for you may be vastly different. I'd love to know your thoughts!

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "Give your children the space to be inspired to have a relationship with you: wouldn't all of us much rather be with people who love us for who we are rather than remind us who we aren't?"

This Episode is Brought To You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 01:19 Quick Reminders
• 01:57 My Wish For You Today - Wisdom from Within
• 03:57 New Things: Repairs, and more repairs - a new thing I love
• 04:45 My Lessons Learned: Inspired vs. Motivational parenting
• 10:58 Ask Coach Christine: I've Always Wanted to Be a Mother - Now What?
• 12:03 Christine, Where Are You? BabyBoomer.org
• 13:07 What's In Your Life's Toolbox? Standup Comedy
• 14:09 Two Questions For You
• bloopers 😂
• 15:38 Still listening?

Episode Questions For You To Consider

1. Was being a parent what you always wanted to do?
2. Do you allow your child - or children - the space to be inspired into a relationship with you?

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (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!

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Empty Nest Success - When You're Self Conscious about Going Gray, Would You Try a Rage Room (#159)
• New Things: Car Batter Booster Pack
• Christine, Where Are You? BabyBoomer.Org | Baby Boomer: Kids & Family Podcasts
• What's in Your C.E.O. Toolbox? About Chris Fleming | Chris Fleming - Gayle - Company is Coming | Chris Fleming - E.T. | Chris Fleming - Phantom of the Opera
• Still Listening? Community

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
• 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

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!

Podcast episode artwork is of where I recorded much of this episode - in my van!

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

This episode is packed full of content. Enjoy! 📦

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "My wish for you today is that you already understand - or are beginning to uncover - who you are and that you fully grasp and know in your soul that you are here for a reason."

This Episode is Brought To You By

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

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!

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 01:14 Quick Reminders
• 02:11 My Wish For You Today - Adjusting to Your Child Heading to College
• 02:59 New Things: Minimalistic Todo List
• 03:57 My Lessons Learned: Finding Who You Are Through The Fog
• 07:31 Ask Coach Christine: I'm Self-Conscious About Going Gray
• 10:26 Christine, Where Are You? PractiMama Podcast & a TikTok Giveaway
• 11:45 Celebrating You and Your Wins - so many! 🎉
• 13:25 What's In Your Life's Toolbox? A Rage Room!
• 14:53 Let's Find the Funny - Going Gray Silliness
• 16:45 What I Wish My Parents Knew - "Just Wait Until You Are Older"
• 18:30 Two Questions For You
• bloopers 😂
• 20:29 Still listening?

Episode Questions For You To Consider

1. Are you able to identify thoughts that don't serve you throughout the day?
2. Have you been to or would you go to a rage room?

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

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Empty Nest Success - When The Path Becomes Clear & Guest LaTrina Rogers on What She Wishes Parents of College Students Knew (#158)
• My Wish for You Today: College Student/Parent Episodes | Other Resources
• Christine, Where Are You? The PractiMama Podcast: A Parenting Tip for Being Frustrated with Your Toddler & A TikTok Givewaway
• Celebrating You & Your Wins: TikTok & Instagram
• Name Change - Members Behind the Scenes Video

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
• 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

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!

Podcast episode artwork is a selfie on a sunrise walk. This is real life.

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

​Life will continue to test your thoughts about everything. Be cognizant of what is going on in your mind, as it is game-changing.

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "No one was ever in my way more than I allowed them to be AND no one was ever in my way more than I was."

This Episode is Brought To You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 01:21 Roe versus Wade
• 02:22 Quick Reminders
• 03:30 My Wish For You Today
• 04:02 New Things: Patron Membership & Curated Episodes
• 04:46 My Lessons Learned: Sometimes things get easier the more you embrace them - my name change
• 11:52 Ask Coach Christine: I'm feeling good about the empty nest ahead
• 12:57 What's In Your Life's Toolbox? Try Something New
• 14:27 Guest LaTrina Rogers shares what she wishes parents knew
• 17:44 Two Questions For You
• bloopers 😂
• 19:02 Still listening?

Episode Questions For You To Consider

1. Are you able to identify thoughts that don't serve you throughout the day?
2. Is there something you've been wanting to try?

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (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!

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Listen to this episode when you need help in appreciating the past and need some self-prioritization tips (#157)
• PodVoices.Help
• What if Affirmation: Open Eyes - Empty Nest Success

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

LaTrina Rogers, M.S. Ed. is the Director of Residential Life at Ranken Technical College in St. Louis, MO. Driven by a passion for student success, she assists college students to find their voice for self advocacy and implement responsibility and independence while living on campus. A Student Affairs Professional with 19 years experience in higher education, LaTrina has worked in a variety of roles including Admissions, Academic Advising, Veterans Advising and currently Residence Life.

Her goal to encourage student independence led to the creation of her brand "The Dorm Mom". LaTrina's brand has launched with the goal of coaching parents to transition from leading their students to supporting them as they embark on independence while experiencing student housing on their college campus. She also writes for CollegiateParent a magazine and website for parents preparing their students to attend college.

Dedicated to encouraging and helping others, LaTrina serves the community with several organizations. She serves on the Board of Directors of Valeda's Hope, a community support breast cancer organization. As the President of the Board of Advisors for The Hurston & Hughes Literary Circle, LaTrina supports the literary exposure to students of authors of the Black and Brown diaspora. LaTrina also served the American Heart Association in St. Louis over 15 years as a volunteer with the Multicultural Committee (Chair 2012-2014) and winner of the Community Impact Award. She is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.which serves the community based on its founding principles of Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, and Finer Womanhood.

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 amazing friend. 👋

My goodness, you are amazing. Seriously! You are showing up in your own life and doing the thing. You are worth the joyous investment in who you are.

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

This is a FULL episode with a brand new "empty nest news" section for our consideration. I'd love your thoughts.

Have a presence-filled day!

💬 "I want to tell you, my beautiful, amazing friend, that any discomfort that comes up through conversations to make this happen for you - for you to allow yourself to have this time - you are so worth the incredible investment to become who you are. [Remember] we are working on your evolution of becoming you. It's not going to end tomorrow; it will keep going."

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!

This Episode is Brought to You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 02:28 New Things: Changing the affirmations & And an apology about the word "work."
• 06:47 My Lessons Learned: An analogy for appreciating the past (vehicles)
• 13:50 Ask Coach Christine
• 21:36 Christine, Where Are You? Hint: C.E.O. Training Team
• 22:25 Celebrating You and Your Wins
• 23:42 What's In Your Life's Toolbox? 5 Things of Joy
• 25:55 Let's Find The Funny
• 26:09 What I Wish My Parents Knew
• 27:10 Empty Nest News (?): Should I make this a new segment?
• 28:08 Two Questions For You
• bloopers 😆
• 29:22 Still listening?

Episode Questions For You To Consider

1. Whose vehicle are you currently riding in?
2. How good are you at making yourself a priority?

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

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Checking In 👋 Regular Episodes Return Soon 💚 (#156)
• Empty Nest Success Community Information
• My Lessons Learned: Abraham-Hicks YouTube Channel - although not sure where I found the analogy exactly - let me know if you find it.
• BadAss 110-Year-Old Grandmother
• Ask Coach Christing: Self -Prioritization Workshop
• Celebrating You and Your Wins
  • Tik Tok Share
  • Hot Flashes and Cool Topics
• Find the Funny: SNL Old Enough
• Empty Nest News Segment: Empty-Nesters Aren't Saving for Retirement Like they Promised. That's a Problem

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

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!

Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine shares that the podpause is almost over!

This Episode is Brought To You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 00:31 Thank you for your patience & an update
• 01:00 Affirmation videos
• 01:52 Thank you C.E.O. Training Team Members
• 02:15 Still Listening?

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (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!

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Empty Nest Success Means Re-Evaluation, But There's A Catch (#155)
• Coach Christine Guest Appearances

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

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 amazing friend. 👋

I'm wrapping up 2021 with an announcement or two. I'll be busy with the C.E.O. Training Team to Empty Nest Success membership, curating content from these 155 episodes, creating videos for TikTok, and other things over the next six months. I will be back after June with a podcast series or two.

All the details are in this episode. Thank you for listening. I appreciate you!!

💬 "So, my question to you now is why in the world do we spend so much energy protecting our physical world, while the majority of us - we don't spend more than ten-seconds learning how to care for and protect our thoughts? Ugh. It pains me. it pains me!"

This Episode is Brought To You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:47 Podcast intro
• 01:43 My wish for you today
• 02:11 New things (Podcast & Community Updates)
• 07:48 My Lessons Learned: Empty Nest Re-evaluations
• 14:06 Christine, Where are You?
• 15:30 Celebrating You and Your Wins
• 16:18 Two Questions for You
• 17:39 Bloopers
• 18:09 Still Listening?

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (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!

Questions for You:

1. What do you need to re-evaluate in your life?
2. Will you be joining us in the C.E.O. Training Team?

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: How To Disentangle Through Divorce In The Empty Nest (#154)
• Future-You
• Simmering
• Wellness While Walking hosted by Carolyn Cohen
• Listeners to Leads hosted by Alesia Galati
• Coach Christine Guest Appearances
• Celebrating You and Your Wins: TikTok 🎉

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

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 amazing friend. 👋

I almost didn't publish this one.

However, it has given me a bit of closure, and if it helps one person, it is worth sharing. 💚

In this episode, I share some of my personal journey as my husband and I transition toward divorce. I also share things that have helped me - and much more.

"My wish for you today is that you discover, or rediscover, something about yourself that you love."

This Episode is Brought to You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:42 Podcast intro
• 01:47 My wish for you today
• 02:29 New things
• 04:17 My Lessons Learned: divorce in the empty nest
• 13:30 5 Things that have helped me in separation/divorce
• 19:42 Sunk costs and final thoughts
• 22:23 Ask Coach Christine: Telling your parents you use new pronouns
• 23:15 Christine, Where are You?
• 24:45 Find the Funny
• 24:31 Two Questions for You
• 26:53 Bloopers
• 27:11 Still Listening?

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (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!

Questions for You:

1. How do you feel about divorce - in your life and the lives of others?
2. What area of your life do you need to take a closer look at?

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Listen to this episode when the holidays are approaching (#153)
• Helix Sleep Mattress Unboxing Video
• Helix Sleep Empty Nest Offer
• Episode 119: Does the Empty Nest Cause Divorce?
• YNAB
• Sunk Costs Video
• Ask Coach Christine: New Pronouns Congratulations Video
• Ask Coach Christine: Sally's Hotline about A Pronoun Change
• Where's Christine: The Pursuit of Evolution with Casey Jourdan
• Find the Funny: Wonka Watch

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

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 amazing friend. 👋

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd love to know if you find this episode helpful in any way.

Looking for the printable transcript? Click here for holiday empty nest help.

• Your adult/emerging adult child is home for the holidays
• Your family stresses you out
• You are alone
• Dealing with parental guilt
• Mourning a loved one

"My amazing friend, I'm not here to become your guru or advice provider. Nah, that's way too much pressure for me, to be honest. I'm here to guide you on a path to discover how to use you as your own internal GPS, and I'll cheer you all along the way."

This Episode is Brought to You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:42 Podcast Intro
• 01:10 Why am I creating these episodes?
• 03:23 How to use the GPS Reset exercises/affirmations
• 05:13 The topic is holidays
• 05:50 When your emerging adult child is home for the holidays
• 08:30 When visiting family stresses you out
• 10:52 When you are alone during the holidays
• 13:25 When you have parental holiday guilt
• 16:56 When you are mourning a loved one

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (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!

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Powerful Pauses in Your Life (#152)

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

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 amazing friend. Thanks for stopping by!

I'm popping in with a fun new segment, and sharing about the pause in my life.

"My beautiful, amazing, resourceful friend, I'm impressed by you. You made time to do something for you. Do more of that, and then do even more. You deserve it. You deserve rest. You deserve trying new things, you deserve peace. You won't be given it - you'll have to make time for all of these things but you - YOU ARE WORTH IT."

This Episode is Brought To You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 01:11 Quick Reminders
• 02:43 Pauses
• 04:56 Opportunities
• 06:38 Celebrating You and Your Wins
• 07:23 Thank Yous
• 10:27 Random Book Segment Two Questions for You
• 14:54 Two Questions for You
• 16:46 Bloopers
• 17:17 Still Listening?

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (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!

Questions for You:

1. Are you pausing anything in your life right now? Should you be pausing something?
2. Do any of the quotes resonate with you?

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: College Students Missing Home & It is Time to Shine (#151)
• Podcast Episode: Sitting in the Simmer
• She Podcasts Live | See my Instagram Stories from She Podcasts Live
• GPS (Green Popsicle Stick) Episode
• CEO Analysis Tool/Illumination Mode: Part 1 | Part 2
• TikTok Wins |​ Instagram Wins
• My Podcasting Friends and Their Podcasts:

Elaine Best: Angus Eye Tea | Sloshbucklers

Carolyn Kiel: Beyond 6 Seconds Elaine & Felicia: Wonka Watch - coming soon! Follow on Instagram

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

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 amazing friend!

🗨 "Always take deep breaths - for your own sake. Process through your emotions of their (your child's) homesickness. What are you making it mean?"

This Episode is Brought To You By

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

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 01:05 Quick Reminders
• 02:14 My Wish for You Today
• 02:44 New Things (personal)
• 09:55 New Things (Your Empty Nest Coach)
• 11:53 My Lessons Learned - It is Time to Shine
• 16:12 Ask Coach Christine: My Emerging Adult is Missing Home
• 18:41 Christine, Where are You?
• 19:37 Celebrating You and Your Wins
• 22:05 What's in Your C.E.O. of Your Life Toolbox?
• 23:24 Find the Funny
• 24:03 What I Wish My Parents Knew
• 24:31 Two Questions for You
• 25:53 Bloopers
• 26:02 Still Listening?

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Celebration & Summer Break Time (#150)
• Podcast Episode: Sitting in the Simmer
• Hotline Video: College Student Missing Home
• GPS (Green Popsicle Stick) Episode
• CEO Analysis Tool/Illumination Mode: Part 1 | Part 2
• TikTok Wins | Instagram Wins
• Find the Funny: Task Master New Zealand

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

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!