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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

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46. Aging Faithfully with Alice Fryling 45:02 November 8, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

46. Aging Faithfully with Alice Fryling

Aging Faithfully with Alice Fryling Would you like to grow even as you age? Even in the empty nest you can have the courage to receive God’s love in new ways. Join Charlotte and best-selling author and spiritual director, Alice Fryling as they discuss aging faithfully. Aging is a holy invitation to growing older. We still have undiscovered country to experience in our later years. If we listen to God’s voice in this vulnerable time, God will renew us from within. Friends, …
45. Are We Really Friends? - Rev. Dr. Patricia McLeod 49:59 October 16, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

45. Are We Really Friends? - Rev. Dr. Patricia McLeod

Are We Really Friends? The Road to Godly Friendships With Rev. Dr. Patricia McLeod Empty Nesters, most of the time, our friendships are a blessing. Sometimes, though, they are hard. Listen in as Charlotte and the Rev. Dr. Patricia McLeod talk about friendships. God has a wonderful design for friendships. Satan does his best to destroy them. This conversation covers these truths as well as: * How do we place false expectations on friends and have unrealistic presuppositions? * …
44. What Are Adult Kids are Looking for From Fathers? with Grant and Connor (My Son & Son-in-Law) 24:11 October 9, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

44. What Are Adult Kids are Looking for From Fathers? with Grant and Connor (My Son & Son-in-Law)

Listen in as my son and son-in-law share what they desire to receive for from their fathers. At the time of this recording, my son is 27 and my son-in-law is 30. Both are new fathers. I asked them to reflect about what fatherhood means to them. They share from the heart about what their fathers taught them. They offer what they want to teach their kids and how they are leaning into the Heavenly Father to help them in their journey as a father. Big thanks, Grant and Connor, for …
43. Empty Nesting and Fatherhood (Jim Burns & Gordy Guest) 51:03 October 2, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

43. Empty Nesting and Fatherhood (Jim Burns & Gordy Guest)

**Empty Nesting and Fatherhood** Especially for fathers, this podcast is for you. Now that your children have grown and flown, are you wondering “What’s next regarding my role as a father? Good news! Your role as a father isn’t over, it’s evolving. Join Charlotte, her husband Gordy, and Jim Burns from HomeWord as their meaningful conversation explores the answers to these common questions: * It feels like my “job” as a father and raising them is over now that they are out of …
Episode #42 - Parents of Estranged Adult Children (Aimee Palmer) 38:45 July 24, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #42 - Parents of Estranged Adult Children (Aimee Palmer)

Episode #42 Parents of Estranged Adult Children With Aimee Palmer Estranged from her daughter, on and off for five years, Aimee Palmer has walked a long, confusing, hard, and hurtful road. So have countless other parents whose children have walked away from a relationship with them. All too often, a rejected parent or parents often don't know what they did wrong to warrant this type of treatment. Many times, that same child has walked away from faith, everyone in the family and …
Episode #41 - (Guest: Laurie Beth Jones) 41:51 May 22, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #41 - (Guest: Laurie Beth Jones)

Episode #41 (Guest: Laurie Beth Jones) How Do We Stay on His Path & Hear His Voice? Join International best-selling author, speaker, coach and trainer, Laurie Beth Jones, and Charlotte on this episode. They discuss how to be mission-minded and hear God’s voice on the path the Lord has for each of us. Full of wisdom, insight and experience, Laurie Beth shares about the importance of having a personal mission statement. She reminds us that sometimes our world is noisy, making it …
Episode #39 How To Handle Mother-Daughter Relationship Struggles (Dr. Helen McIntosh & Blythe Daniel) 53:36 April 13, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #39 How To Handle Mother-Daughter Relationship Struggles (Dr. Helen McIntosh & Blythe Daniel)

As we get closer to Mother’s Day, this podcast is super insightful. Tune in to hear: Are You Struggling with A Difficult Mother-Daughter Relationship? Join Charlotte as she visits with Dr. Helen McIntosh and Daughter Blythe Daniel, authors of Mended – Restoring the Hearts of Mothers and Daughters. (This wonderful book is endorsed by Lysa TerKeust, Stasi Eldredge and other best-selling authors.) Relationships between mothers and daughters can be messy and hurtful. In their book, …
Episode #38 Loss, Grief and Living Your Gospel 19:26 February 17, 2023 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #38 Loss, Grief and Living Your Gospel

**Episode #38** **Loss, Grief and Living Your Gospel** Losing my cousin Michael has left such a void in my life and in that of our family. Michael was a blessing and his life was a bright light in this world. In this short episode, I share some thoughts about loss, grief and how that affects our lives. Hopefully, with every loss we experience, we are reminded that our lives matter and how we live does too. Thankfully, I served at a hospice facility with my therapy dog, Fitz shortly …
Episode #37 Mothers, Adult Sons & Empty Nesting (Guest: George Stahnke from Focus on the Family) 45:00 November 10, 2022 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #37 Mothers, Adult Sons & Empty Nesting (Guest: George Stahnke from Focus on the Family)

Episode #37 Mothers, Adult Sons & Empty Nesting (Guest: George Stahnke from Focus on the Family) As a son grows into a young man, he needs his mother’s love and, now, more than ever, her respect. This respect needs to be unconditional. We need to understand our son’s: * masculine drives. * their desire to achieve, provide and protect. * and his need for friendship with us. Listen in as Charlotte and George Stahnke from Focus on the Family discuss some key points from Dr. Emerson …
Episode #36 (Guest: Health and Wellness Coach - Jana Love) 34:40 November 9, 2022 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #36 (Guest: Health and Wellness Coach - Jana Love)

Personal trainer and health coach, Jana Love offers inspiration and insight regarding our health and wellness during the empty nest years. Charlotte & Jana discuss what is unique about self-care during this phase of life. More about Jana: \- Certified Whole Food Plant-Based Health Coach \- Married to husband Rich for 30 years \- Mom to two adult sons \- BSF Leader for 5 years \- Youth Mentor \- Women’s Ministry Deacon \- Jana Love, M.S. Exercise Physiologist \- Certified Personal …
Episode #35 Let’s Rebuke & Pray: A special message for those dealing with illness 13:27 September 27, 2022 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #35 Let’s Rebuke & Pray: A special message for those dealing with illness

Let’s Pray AND Rebuke When times are tough, most of us know about the power of prayer. But… What about when times are REALLY tough? \- What do you do with a health diagnosis that is unexpected? \- How about when you feel oppressed, stressed and sense something bigger is at play? You know what? It probably is. Spiritual warfare is swirling about us all every day. In this video, Charlotte discusses the importance of rebuking illness and dis- ease. Recently diagnosed with RA and a strange …
Episode #34: Resting and Writing 16:49 September 20, 2022 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #34: Resting and Writing

Let’s Stay Encouraged in These Encore Years & Please Stay In Touch Thank you listeners for joining Charlotte on her podcasting journey! In this episode, Charlotte recaps the key messages shared on her past 33 episodes. She has been so blessed with incredible guests who have shared wisdom and insight for living our best lives now. Charlotte is excited as she will be on a hiatus for a bit and plans to concentrate on some writing. (Please keep her in your prayers as she writes.) She’ll be …
Episode #33 (Guest: Carole Jeanne Runnels) 42:15 July 18, 2022 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #33 (Guest: Carole Jeanne Runnels)

Getting Beyond Burnout When You Are Barely Hanging On As a Caregiver Adult caregivers, you can avoid burnout as you care for your loved one. It’s sure not easy and, often, we forget to care for ourselves in the process. “Honor your father and mother,” in Exodus 20:12 is a commandment with a promise. The Lord shares that if we honor our parents, our days may be long in the land He gives us. Being a caregiver of your own parents or an aging adult is both a labor of love and a …
Episode #31 (Guest : Jim Burns) 36:12 May 12, 2022 Play in Edifi Player

Episode #31 (Guest : Jim Burns)

Finding Joy in the Empty Nest Discover Purpose and Passion in the Next Phase of Life Join best-selling author and President of Home Word, Jim Burns, and Charlotte as they talk about JOY! Sometimes, in the empty nesting years, you need to look for joy to find it, as well as purpose and passion. Jim and Charlotte will discuss some treasures from his latest book: Finding Joy in the Empty Nest, Discover Purpose and Passion in the Next Phase of Life. Whether you've been looking forward to it, or …

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