The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living

10 Travel Tips...This is a Greatest Hits episode. It originally aired as Episode 87 in May 2025 and we're bringing it back because the tips hold up.Ten travel tips from our trip to Germany. Not a general list. Specific things we did, tools we used, and habits that made the trip work. A lot of it applies well beyond Germany.The thread running through all of it is flexibility. The empty nest changed what's possible when you travel. This episode is about making the most of it.Resources From This EpisodeThe Points Guy: http://thepointsguy.com/Google Flights: https://www.google.com/travel/flightsGet Your Guide (affiliate link): https://gyg.me/Y9Q0XJGFViator (affiliate link): https://www.viator.com/?pid=P00252693&mcid=42383&medium=linkPointsYeah (affiliate link): https://www.pointsyeah.com/?linkId=lp_919533&sourceId=theloudquiet&tenantId=pointsyeahSchwab Checking Account: https://www.schwab.com/client-referral?refrid=REFERFD9HKNNDBuy The Loud Quiet: Love, Laughter, and Life in the Empty Nest at https://www.theloudquiet.comBuy the book and you get three free bonuses:-Empty Nest Bingo Card-Video series: Empty Nesting - Living The First Month-Live webinar in SeptemberAlready bought the book? The bonuses are yours too. Head to https://www.theloudquiet.com to claim them.If the points and flexibility conversation from this episode resonates, come share what's worked for your travel in the empty nest years at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theloudquiet🎧 Find all episodes, podcast apps, and YouTube links here: https://www.theloudquiet.comCHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome and Newsletter Announcement 01:20 Tip 1: Finding Flights with Google Flights 04:36 Tip 2: Using Points for Business Class 08:05 Tip 3: Maximizing Long Layovers 10:10 Tip 4: Using Technology to Plan Your Itinerary 13:14 Tip 5: Rail Passes 15:55 Tip 6: Walking Tours 19:52 Tip 7: Apps for Getting Around 22:03 Tip 8: What Food Is This City Known For 24:21 Tip 9: Go One Block Extra 26:42 Tip 10: ATMs and Getting CashWant to be a guest on The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living? Send Rick and Clancy Denton a message on PodMatch: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/theloudquiethostDisclaimer: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests and should not be taken as legal, financial, or professional advice. Always consult with a qualified attorney, financial advisor, or other professional regarding your specific situation. The opinions expressed by guests are solely theirs and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the host(s).

Every summer, the kid who comes home is not the kid who left. And the house they're coming back to isn't the one they remember either. Rick and Clancy have navigated this seven times across two kids. This episode is what they've learned.They recorded this one mid-drive to Tucson, on their way to help Teagan move out of her apartment for the summer. Transition season in real time.The adjustments around time, roles, friends, and expectations don't sort themselves out. They have to be talked through.What to expect when your college kid comes home:-The house rhythms have changed. So have theirs.-Roles from high school don't automatically apply anymore.-Their hometown friendships may have cooled. Their college ones are running hot.If they call their college town home, brace yourself. It stings.Buy The Loud Quiet: Love, Laughter, and Life in the Empty Nest at https://www.theloudquiet.comBuy the book and you get three free bonuses:-Empty Nest Bingo Card-Video series: Empty Nesting - Living The First Month-Live webinar in SeptemberAlready bought the book? The bonuses are yours too. Head to https://www.theloudquiet.com to claim them.CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome and Recording from the Road 01:03 Seven Summers of Transitions 02:41 Set Expectations Before They Arrive 03:19 House Rhythms and Quiet Hours 04:03 Modified Rules for Young Adults 05:29 Roles, Chores, and Patience 07:29 Their Mental Snapshot Froze in Time 09:28 New Foods, New Interests, New Music 11:44 Hometown Friends vs. College Friends 14:56 College Trauma Bonding 15:47 When They Call College Home 17:33 Stories, Connection, Safe LandingIf this is your first summer navigating the return, there are a lot of parents in the same moment in the Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/theloudquiet🎧 Find all episodes, podcast apps, and YouTube links here: https://www.theloudquiet.comWant to be a guest on The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living? Send Rick and Clancy Denton a message on PodMatch: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/theloudquiethostDisclaimer: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests and should not be taken as legal, financial, or professional advice. Always consult with a qualified attorney, financial advisor, or other professional regarding your specific situation. The opinions expressed by guests are solely theirs and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the host(s).

This episode is a flip. Rick and Clancy are in the guest seat, interviewed by Paul Basden, their pastor of nearly 20 years. He knows their kids. He knows their story.A question Clancy asked Rick in the car sits at the center of everything. So does the sadness both of them felt, the identity shift Clancy navigated, the dad connections Rick had to relearn from a distance, and how their faith guides them through all of it.Paul also digs into how they chose to approach the empty nest differently... the Year of Yes, staying connected as a couple, building new friendships, and finding freedom and fun in this new season.Paul also gets their perspective on the consultant stage of parenting, finds out their favorite verses, and what changes when you pray for your adult kids.Paul's podcast, The Pastors Studio with Paul Basden, is worth your time beyond this episode. Find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pastors-studio-with-paul-basden/id1765354517If you're sitting with your own version of that question Clancy asked, come find others doing the same. https://www.facebook.com/groups/theloudquiet🎧 Find all episodes, podcast apps, and YouTube links here: https://www.theloudquiet.comCHAPTERS 00:00 Rick and Clancy Intro 00:50 Paul Introduces the Episode 02:19 Church as a Family Rhythm 03:32 Honesty and Transparency at Home 05:55 The Question That Started Everything 09:06 Building the Foundation Before the Nest Empties 10:09 Choosing Joy Over Regret 12:13 Where the Name Came From 15:39 Best and Hardest Parts for Clancy 18:35 Best and Hardest Parts for Rick 23:58 Cop, Coach, Consultant 27:27 How Faith Shapes This Chapter 29:37 Prayer for Adult Kids 33:46 Scripture That Has Held ThemWant to be a guest on The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living? Send Rick and Clancy Denton a message on PodMatch: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/theloudquiethostDisclaimer: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests and should not be taken as legal, financial, or professional advice. Always consult with a qualified attorney, financial advisor, or other professional regarding your specific situation. The opinions expressed by guests are solely theirs and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the host(s).

Lisa Guzman didn't come to the empty nest the usual way. She came through foster care, homelessness at 17, building a life from scratch, 25 years as a wife and mother, and then losing her husband and her last kid leaving home within a year of each other.When the roles are gone, who are you? Lisa had to find out. This is that conversation.Rick and Clancy talk with Lisa about what it actually feels like to redefine yourself after decades of being everyone else's. They get into trust, dating in your 50s, reconnecting with a first love after 37 years, and how approaching a relationship like a business isn't unromantic... it's just smart.Lisa came up with nothing and built something real. The empty nest, for her, isn't a loss. It's the first time she gets to be herself.Lisa is a champion of The Place, a Colorado organization providing shelter and transitional support for young people aging out of the foster care system: https://theplacecos.org/📖 Pick up our book, The Loud Quiet – Love, Laughter and Life in the Empty Nest, now available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4rpo7rA (Amazon affiliate link)Also mentioned in this episode: Dr. Robin Buckley on running your relationship like a business: https://www.theloudquiet.com/relationship-insights-boardroom-concepts-for-the-empty-nest-with-dr-robin-buckley-e112/If you're navigating the empty nest and want to be part of the conversation, this is where that happens: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theloudquiet🎧 Find all episodes, podcast apps, and YouTube links here: https://www.theloudquiet.comCHAPTERS 0:00 Foster care, a full life, and a second chance at love2:07 Growing up in foster care and aging out at 17 4:42 When the roles of wife and mother disappear at once 8:33 Deciding never to date again... then 1987 called 15:15 What dating in your 50s actually looks like 18:49 Age is a state of mind 21:47 Approaching a new relationship like a business 29:37 Supporting young people aging out of foster careWant to be a guest on The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living? Send Rick and Clancy Denton a message on PodMatch: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/theloudquiethostDisclaimer: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests and should not be taken as legal, financial, or professional advice. Always consult with a qualified attorney, financial advisor, or other professional regarding your specific situation. The opinions expressed by guests are solely theirs and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the host(s).

Graduation week has a way of swallowing you whole if you let it. Rick and Clancy have been through it and they're headed into it again.The logistics are real. Multiple ceremonies, ticket limits, restaurant reservations, parking, accessibility for grandparents. Get that handled early and you can actually be there when your kid walks across the stage.Because what can get lost in the chaos... your graduate is saying goodbye to four years of their life. They need space for that, even when you've traveled across the country to be there. The parents who enjoy graduation are the ones who planned enough to let go.The Loud Quiet book, The Loud Quiet: Love, Laughter and Life in the Empty Nest, is available on Amazon. Rick and Clancy share their full graduation week story with Tanner in the book.https://amzn.to/4cKyp0c (Amazon affiliate link)If you're navigating graduation season and want to compare notes, this is the place to do it.https://www.facebook.com/groups/theloudquiet🎧 Find all episodes, podcast apps, and YouTube links here:https://www.theloudquiet.comCHAPTERS 00:00 When One Graduation Became Three01:44 Mining the Parent Pages05:41 Dress for Both Extremes07:22 Restaurant Reservations and Thinking Beyond the Bubble10:18 Accessibility and Mobility Planning13:07 Kleenex and Portable Chargers14:54 Parking, Satellite Images and Hidden Hacks16:37 Book Hotels a Year Out19:10 Give Your Graduate Room to Say Goodbye21:31 Be Present, Not Behind a Screen22:39 Flexibility and the Non-Negotiables24:54 The Small Stuff That Doesn't MatterWant to be a guest on The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living?Send Rick and Clancy Denton a message on PodMatch:https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/theloudquiethostDisclaimer: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests and should not be taken as legal, financial, or professional advice. Always consult with a qualified attorney, financial advisor, or other professional regarding your specific situation. The opinions expressed by guests are solely theirs and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the host(s).