Welcome to The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living

Season 1

Sept. 21, 2023

Change of Address - E7

Ch Ch Ch Changes . We talk with Aeryn and JP Shiffer about bold choices as they enter the empty nest. Selling a house. buying land to build on. And a job change? And they’re only a few weeks into the empty nest! It was our da...

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Sept. 14, 2023

Great Expectations - E6

We all carry ideas of what we think stages of life should be or what we want them to be. Listen as we touch on some realistic and unrealistic expectations of the empty nest life. Why can’t we go to Belize on a Wednesday? What...

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Sept. 7, 2023

One and Done - E5

Hear from our first ever guests, Ward and Ashley, as they talk about their experiences as empty nesters of an only child. Listen as Ashley shares her sober journey and the challenges to maintain that through the summer that c...

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Aug. 31, 2023

Role Reversal - E4

Alzheimer's sucks! Our goal is to be transparent with the good times and the bad. Alzheimer’s sucks and we never expected it to affect our immediate family. Listen as Rick gets raw discussing the transition our family has had...

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Aug. 24, 2023

Routine...ish - E3

We experienced our first week/weekend as empty nesters. What is routine? How have things stayed the same? How are they different? Where did we spend our first empty nester Saturday and which one of us had a drink named after ...

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Aug. 17, 2023

Blue Bags, Big Tears, Bright Futures - E2

We’re back from Arizona where we have left behind our two most precious items. How many blue bags fit in one car? How many Targets and Walmarts did we visit? What did the Jersey Mike’s guy tell Teagan about Tucson? In Epis...

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Aug. 8, 2023

We're Not Professionals - E1

When you're less than 7 days from taking your last kid to college, you start to wonder what the empty nest life will be. What are weekends like now? How do we live, not as parents, but as a couple? Who will cry first? Well......

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