Empty Nesting

Your nest may be empty, but your life can still be full. Your kids may have left the family home for college, marriage, or a new job. You might find yourself with feelings of loss and sadness.

In this episode, we turn the microphone on co-host Brett Johnson, and his wife, Dr. Angie Beumer Johnson, and how they are working through empty nesting with their last child now entering his first semester of college.

How do parents adjust to an "empty nest" and how do kids perceive "home?"

What is empty nesting and does everyone go through it?

How has technology helped the transition for both parents and the college student?

What could current empty nesters do to make it through this family transition stage?

Why you shouldn't feel guilty about realizing it is now time to focus on you and your relationship with your spouse.

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Recorded in Studio C at 511 Studios. A production of Circle 270 Media® Podcast Consultants.

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