The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living

Some signs of fall are comforting. Some are kind of annoying. And some, like the flashing yellow school zone lights, just make you groan.In this episode, Rick and Clancy share the little markers that ...

11 Syys 202523min

Retirement isn’t just about 401(k)s and Social Security. It’s also about your identity, your routines, your relationship, and that strange feeling of waking up with nowhere to be.In this episode, Rick...

4 Syys 202528min

The house is quiet again... and we’re back in the studio. The return of the empty nest, even for the 3rd time, stirs up a wide range of feelings. In this milestone 100th episode, we reflect on how muc...

28 Elo 202525min

You’re a couple again... but it doesn’t feel quite the same.This Greatest Hits episode takes us back to the early weeks of our empty nest life. The routines technically returned... but everything abou...

21 Elo 202531min

Some parenting lessons don’t hit until you’re in a parking lot, crying with your kid, trying to help them through something you can’t fix.This Greatest Hits episode from our first season walks through...

14 Elo 202536min

The IKEA bags. The ramen in the pantry. The horse figurine in the car. This is the episode we recorded just days after becoming official empty nesters... and let’s just say, the tears were flowing.Ori...

7 Elo 202544min

Whether it’s your first college drop-off or your last, move-in season is a major milestone in empty nest life... and it comes with a LOT of moving parts.In this episode, we walk through our favorite p...

31 Heinä 202527min

You’re never too old... or too deep into the empty nest... to go back to school.In this episode of The Loud Quiet, we’re joined by our friends Scott and Eileen Nichols, fellow empty nesters, public sc...

24 Heinä 202521min