Empty Nest Guests

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 - 21, 2026, in Stonebriar, Texas, is the Legacy Coalition's Grandparenting Summit in Frisco, Texas. It's the only national conference on grandparenting. This year's theme, "A Heart for Eternity" invites us to invest our time, energy, and resources in what lasts. Because what we do now impacts not only our children and grandchildren, but untold generations to come. It's a wonderful opportunity to invest in your grandchildren's forever and to grow deeper in Christ as a couple as you do. At the summit you will receive wisdom, find hope, and learn from incredible speakers and breakout presenters. There will be a resource center, offering tools to help your grandparenting journey. And it's also uplifting to gather with other Christian grandparents who want to build their spiritual legacy. There is comfort in community!

Janet and Dan encourage others to "be the gospel." There is much to learn from the Helliges, at the grandparenting summit and as you listen to this conversation. Thanks for sharing your time with us!

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 late to learn how to replace perpetual frustration and anger with refreshing humility and gratitude.

Giving up our "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things we can do. It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own "righteous anger" and is a problem in our societies today.

Listen in as Charlotte and Brant discuss that relinquishing the right to be offended can be liberating. Brant’s book, Unoffendable, offers concrete suggestions to view frustrating moments and opportunities for personal growth.

But…what if Christians were the most unoffendable people on the planet?

In this conversation, you will find concrete, practical ways to live life with less stress, including:

• Adjusting your expectations to fit human nature
• Replacing perpetual anger with refreshing humility and gratitude
• Embracing forgiveness and beginning to love others in unexpected ways

Newly revised with two brand-new chapters on forgiveness and what Hansen has learned since writing his original book, his updated edition of the bestselling book is a must-read for every Christian. With short chapters, this book is easy to slip into a daily routine or commute to spend time deepening in God’s Word.

In a humorous and conversational style, Unoffendable seeks to lift religious burdens from our backs and allow us to experience the joy of gratitude every single day of our lives—flourishing the way God intended.

A mindset of forgiveness can be adopted, in the empty nest, and at any age. Let’s be unoffendable and adopt a mindset that prioritizes forgiveness and understanding over anger.

What the Bible says about being offended:

Proverbs 12:16 - "Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.

Proverbs 19:11 - "A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense."

Matthew 5:38-39 - "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."

Matthew 18:21-22 - "Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."

Colossians 3:13 - "Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."

1 Peter 4:8 - "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

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 posture of curiosity and kindness toward your story

• Experience relationships where you can be your true self

• Understand, express and regulate your emotions

• Bring any anger and disappointment to God and receive comfort

• Find true connection with others

Engaging your story helps you experience true healing and freedom. 

Now is the time to dig deep, to see the truth your story reveals about you and discover the different future, full of freedom, that you desire. 

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 surrendered life looks like as well as what it is like to feel overlooked. 

In her latest book, The Freedom of Surrender, Mary helps readers remember: 

• God is in control, even when we are scattered and distressed.
• There is joy and freedom when we let go of what we tightly grip.
• God desires to flourish you.
• Freedom is possible through prayer. 
• You are not alone in your struggles.

Now is the time to seize a surrendered life. The more you relinquish your grip, the more peace floods in. Jesus promises us that he will bear our burdens in such a way that they will become light and that He sees us. Relief comes through the power of surrender and remembering that He has His eyes on us, every day. 

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 all the ingredients for creating a fabulous recipe of loving, working, and winning together!

This conversation is based on a book that will forever change the way you relate to the one you love. Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti helps you:

• Lower the stress in your home
• Turn frustration with your spouse into fascination
• Create an environment of mutual support and achievement
• Stop conflict before it starts
• Lighten the mood and lower stress in your home
• Laugh together more often
• Enjoy sex more often with your spouse
• Use forgiveness to make your relationship easier.

Listen in as the Farrels explain why a man is like a waffle (each element of his life is in a separate box), and a woman is like spaghetti (everything in her life touches everything else). These principles learned in this discussion will enhance your marriage and provide strategic insight into your relationships at work, at home, at church, and with your friends. May your faith and your marriage grow stronger using the key points from this podcast.