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Empty Nest Guests

Empty Nest Guests

Welcome to your encore years! They can be your best years yet. Join Charlotte and listen and learn from encouraging guests who are helping others navigate the empty nest phase of life. Charlotte interviews guests (best-selling authors, speakers and leaders) who are blessing people mentally, physically & spiritually Charlotte’s mission and hope, through this podcast and her life, is to encourage others that they have great purpose here and now. Click here https://charlotteguest.com/about/ for more about Charlotte and to reach her regarding this podcast. PRODUCED By: LA PRODUCTIONS

Episodes

  • 65. A Heart for Eternity With Janet and Dan Hellige (The Legacy Coalition) 65. A Heart for Eternity With Janet and Dan Hellige (The Legacy Coalition) Play in Edifi Player

    65. A Heart for Eternity With Janet and Dan Hellige (The Legacy Coalition)

    A Heart for Eternity With Janet and Dan Hellige The Legacy Coalition Listen in as Charlotte, Janet and Dan talk about what it means for us as empty nesters to have a heart for eternity and to pass that yearning on to our children and grandchildren. Dan is the new CEO of The Legacy Coalition, a Christian grandparenting ministry. He and Janet have five children and seven grandchildren and a heart for what it means to parent and grandchildren with intention and the love of Christ. March 19 - …

  • 64. Let’s be Unoffendable with Author Brant Hansen 64. Let’s be Unoffendable with Author Brant Hansen Play in Edifi Player

    64. Let’s be Unoffendable with Author Brant Hansen

    Let’s be Unoffendable With Author Brant Hansen Do you find yourself getting offended easily with adult children, parents and in your empty nest relationships? Less anger and more gratitude makes for a full and joy-filled life. Being offendable is a choice. Yet it doesn’t feel that way sometimes. Anger often hinders constructive action. _Unoffendable_ gives us a concrete, practical way to live life with less stress in our easily offended, cancel-culture society. It’s never too …

  • 63. Make Sense of Your Story with Adam Young 63. Make Sense of Your Story with Adam Young Play in Edifi Player

    63. Make Sense of Your Story with Adam Young

    Make Sense of Your Story with Adam Young The personal story of your life matters. So does living a whole and healed life. Your past experiences have shaped your brain in countless ways. Your present- day life looks and feels the way it does because of your past. Yet, you can explore your past, transform your present and look to the future with hope. This podcast will get you started in how to do just that. Listen in as Charlotte and Adam talk about how you can: * Adopt a …

  • 62. Empty Nesting – Surrendered and Seen With Mary DeMuth 62. Empty Nesting – Surrendered and Seen With Mary DeMuth Play in Edifi Player

    62. Empty Nesting – Surrendered and Seen With Mary DeMuth

    Empty Nesting – Surrendered and Seen With Mary DeMuth As we empty nest, it’s often hard to live a surrendered life and to feel seen. Author, artist, agent, podcaster, speaker, shepherd, and encourager Mary DeMuth sheds some light on these commonalities of those living in the encore season of life. She has words of wisdom as well for those healing from past trauma and shares how to live a re-storied life as a follower of Christ. On this podcast, Charlotte and Mary talk about what living a …

  • 61. Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti With Pam and Bill Farrel 61. Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti With Pam and Bill Farrel Play in Edifi Player

    61. Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti With Pam and Bill Farrel

    While a man tends to deal with one problem or purpose at a time (moving from waffle square to waffle square), a woman's thoughts generally flow together (like spaghetti noodles). Once you discover how your spouse processes feelings and thoughts, you're on your way to a happy and healthy relationship! Learn to energize your communication with strategies that work, ignite romance with new ideas to spice up your marriage, and empower your parenting with your combined insights and influence. Find …

  • 60. Grief – What TO Say & What NOT To Say To Someone Who Is Grieving 60. Grief – What TO Say & What NOT To Say To Someone Who Is Grieving Play in Edifi Player

    60. Grief – What TO Say & What NOT To Say To Someone Who Is Grieving

    Grief – What TO Say & What NOT To Say To Someone Who Is Grieving It’s so hard to find just the right words to someone who is grieving. Listen in and learn from three empty nesters who have loved deeply, lost recently, and are living with hope since the passing of their loved ones. This heartfelt and faith-filled podcast will cover: * Things to say that are helpful to one who is grieving * Things to NOT say that can be hurtful * How to best help those you love who are grieving …

  • 59. Healing Life’s Deepest Hurts With Kimberly Haar, LPC, LMFT 59. Healing Life’s Deepest Hurts With Kimberly Haar, LPC, LMFT Play in Edifi Player

    59. Healing Life’s Deepest Hurts With Kimberly Haar, LPC, LMFT

    Healing Life’s Deepest Hurts Reclaiming Your Life After Grief, Loss & Trauma With Kimberly Haar, LPC, LMFT The wounds of grief, loss, and trauma may look different for each person, but the questions we ask and the pain we feel is very much the same. Yet hope and healing are possible. Podcast guest Kimberly Haar pulls back the curtain on her own devastating journey as a domestic violence survivor. Assaulted and kidnapped by her ex-husband, she witnessed seeing her new love shot ten times. …

  • 58. The After Party of the Empty Nest With Kate Battistelli 58. The After Party of the Empty Nest With Kate Battistelli Play in Edifi Player

    58. The After Party of the Empty Nest With Kate Battistelli

    Join Charlotte and Kate Battistelli, speaker, author, podcaster, and mother to Christian singer Francesca Battistelli as they discuss the second act of the empty nest. Listen in and learn from Kate who’s also a grandmother to seven grandchildren. She’s also been a young actress in New York City in the early 80’s and toured with Yul Brynner with the production of The King and I. Kate and her husband, Mike, live in Franklin, Tennessee. She has much wisdom to share. In her new book, The After …

  • 57. Everything You Need Know About Midlife With Dr. Mikala Albertson 57. Everything You Need Know About Midlife With Dr. Mikala Albertson Play in Edifi Player

    57. Everything You Need Know About Midlife With Dr. Mikala Albertson

    Everything You Need Know About Midlife With Dr. Mikala Albertson (This is for women but…husbands listen in so you can best understand your girl.) Ladies, this podcast is for you if: You are overwhelmed by midlife changes and are feeling a bit lost. You desire to navigate perimenopause and mood disorders. You would like to address preventative health measures unique to YOU. You would like to learn how to manage co-occurring life stressors like relationships issue and shifting roles. …

  • 56. Is Your Marriage Empty? You can move from frustrated to fascinated. With Jill and Mark Savage 56. Is Your Marriage Empty? You can move from frustrated to fascinated. With Jill and Mark Savage Play in Edifi Player

    56. Is Your Marriage Empty? You can move from frustrated to fascinated. With Jill and Mark Savage

    Are you feeling empty in your empty nest marriage? Have you experienced a slow fade regarding your feelings for each other? Would you like to move from being frustrated with your spouse to being fascinated? Jill and Mark Savage can help with that. If you are missing your wedding day connection and have turned into roommates instead of lovers and loving partners, this podcast is for you. It’s time to: * Stay Curious * Learn Each Other & * Grow Together In the empty nesting years, …

  • 55. A Special Holiday Message: Tracing His Promise Unveiling the Presence of Jesus Throughout the Bible with Donna Amidon 55. A Special Holiday Message: Tracing His Promise Unveiling the Presence of Jesus Throughout the Bible with Donna Amidon Play in Edifi Player

    55. A Special Holiday Message: Tracing His Promise Unveiling the Presence of Jesus Throughout the Bible with Donna Amidon

    A Special Holiday Message: Tracing His Promise Unveiling the Presence of Jesus Throughout the Bible With Donna Amidon Join Charlotte and Donna as they discuss how Jesus is not confined to the Gospels alone but weaves His presence throughout the entire Bible, even in the most unexpected corners of the Old Testament. Isn’t it special…He does this in our own lives too doesn’t He? While the stories of Jesus in the New Testament may feel like familiar friends, the ancient tales of …

  • 54. How to Love My Spouse When I Don’t Like Them with Janis Sharpe M.S., LMFT 54. How to Love My Spouse When I Don’t Like Them with Janis Sharpe M.S., LMFT Play in Edifi Player

    54. How to Love My Spouse When I Don’t Like Them with Janis Sharpe M.S., LMFT

    Unfortunately, life stressors can cause us to lose our ability to like each other in a marriage. Empty nesters often become more like roommates than a thriving, connected couple. Often, both have gotten out of the habit of appreciating each other and spending meaningful time together. Join Charlotte and Janis Sharpe. M.S., LMFT as they have an authentic conversation about how to love your spouse when you don’t like them. Whether you are going through a rough patch or are in a valley, this …

  • 53. Being Real > Being Perfect with Justin Davis 53. Being Real > Being Perfect with Justin Davis Play in Edifi Player

    53. Being Real > Being Perfect with Justin Davis

    **It’s time for Christians to let go of pretending and enjoy a freeing, authentic relationship with Jesus and others.** Are you tired of trying to be someone you’re not? Many of us spend a lot of energy—especially at church—trying to hide the fact that we’re struggling. We can’t share our problems, our sadness, our hurts and hangups and our sense of distance from God. In  _Being Real > Being Perfect_ , Justin Davis reminds us that God doesn’t heal what we don’t admit is broken. As …

  • 52. Mothers, Daughters & the Empty Nest 52. Mothers, Daughters & the Empty Nest Play in Edifi Player

    52. Mothers, Daughters & the Empty Nest

    **Mothers, Daughters & the Empty Nest** **** _What We Need From Each Other_ _& What We Need to Offer_ **** With Dr. Helen McIntosh and Charlotte’s Daughters, Kate and Cambri As empty nesting moms, we find ourselves in unique spaces and places. Many of us are doing life with our own parents and our adult daughters. Some of us have more time on our hands and some have less. As we pour out and love our families, we also must manage our own expectations and emotions. Listen in as Helen and …