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Rick and Clancy are both mid-recovery and mid-appointment season, and this one gets into what that's actually like in our fifties.Between the two of them, this year alone brought a procedure Clancy ha…

Rick and Clancy are …

Rick and Clancy are both mid-recovery and mid-appointment season, and this one gets into what that's actually like in our fifties.Between the two of them, this year alone brought a procedure Clancy had been putting off for years, a colonoscopy, and more skin checks than either of them expected to need yet. Some of it was elective. Some of it wasn't.Neither of them feels their age, but their test schedules keep suggesting otherwise. That gap between how they feel and what the doctors are asking of them runs through most of the conversation.They land on a distinction that reframes the whole thin…

Communication breaks down in the same few places for almost every couple. This episode is about finding those places before they turn into a fight.Rebecca Mullen joins Rick and Clancy to talk about th…

Communication breaks…

Communication breaks down in the same few places for almost every couple. This episode is about finding those places before they turn into a fight.Rebecca Mullen joins Rick and Clancy to talk about the three roles inside a Marriage, partner, lover, and friend, and how easily one of them gets neglected once kids leave the house. The conversation moves into why couples assume their partner can read their mind, why apologies so often fall flat, and how something as small as the way you say hello can set the tone for everything else.Rebecca walks through her four steps to an apology that actually …

The stadium they've seen a hundred times looks completely different through a stranger's eyes.Rick and Clancy talk World Cup fever in Dallas, from Rick's first match in 1994 to watching tourists fall …

The stadium they've …

The stadium they've seen a hundred times looks completely different through a stranger's eyes.Rick and Clancy talk World Cup fever in Dallas, from Rick's first match in 1994 to watching tourists fall for ranch dressing and a screen they stopped noticing years ago.The conversation moves through ticket prices, FIFA's reputation, and how different the sport felt before the US started hosting. It lands on something simpler: hosting gave them a reason to look at their own city again.📖 Our book is here! The Loud Quiet – Love, Laughter and Life in the Empty Nest. https://www.theloudquiet.comHas …

Three years into running a podcast together, Rick and Clancy are together constantly. That didn't stop them from arguing about cottage cheese, a dinner reservation in Spain, and a birthday gift for th…

Three years into run…

Three years into running a podcast together, Rick and Clancy are together constantly. That didn't stop them from arguing about cottage cheese, a dinner reservation in Spain, and a birthday gift for their son.None of those arguments were actually about the thing they were about.In this episode, Rick and Clancy walk through three real arguments unrehearsed, raw, on mic, in real time. What comes out underneath all three is the same: they hadn't been feeling heard by each other. And the deeper they go, the more they find the actual root cause. They've been going out, traveling, staying busy... but…

Rick and Clancy just got back from ten days in Spain with both kids. This episode is about what Family Travel actually looks like when the kids are adults.The shared memories are still the point. They…

Rick and Clancy just…

Rick and Clancy just got back from ten days in Spain with both kids. This episode is about what family travel actually looks like when the kids are adults.The shared memories are still the point. They always have been. But the logistics are different now. The scheduling is a negotiation. The kids have opinions about destinations. And somewhere between the Sagrada Familia and the Picasso Museum, you realize their personalities have calcified into something very distinct and permanent.Rick and Clancy get into why they have always chosen travel over stuff, what independence looks like when your k…

Rick and Clancy just got back from ten days in Spain with both kids. This episode is about what family travel actually looks like when the kids are adults. The shared memories are still the point. Th…

Rick and Clancy just…

Rick and Clancy just got back from ten days in Spain with both kids. This episode is about what family travel actually looks like when the kids are adults. The shared memories are still the point. They always have been. But the logistics are different now. The scheduling is a negotiation. The kids have opinions about destinations. And somewhere between the Sagrada Familia and the Picasso Museum, you realize their personalities have calcified into something very distinct and permanent. Rick and Clancy get into why they have always chosen travel over stuff, what independence looks like when yo…

Almost sixty percent of Michelle Puccinelli's virtual assistant students are empty nesters. She didn't design it that way. They just kept showing up.Michelle runs Virtual Work Studio, a marketing agen…

Almost sixty percent…

Almost sixty percent of Michelle Puccinelli's virtual assistant students are empty nesters. She didn't design it that way. They just kept showing up.Michelle runs Virtual Work Studio, a marketing agency with a training program that prepares women to work as specialized virtual assistants. When she built the program, she was thinking career changers and moms returning to the workforce. What she found was a wave of empty nesters who wanted flexible work, on their own terms, without the grind they'd left behind.The episode gets into what virtual assistant work actually looks like, what skills tra…

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 gene…

10 Travel Tips...Thi…

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/flightsGe…

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 g…

10 Travel Tips... Th…

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 Episode The Points Guy: http://thepointsguy.com/ Google Flights: https://www.google.com/travel…

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. …

Every summer, the ki…

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.-R…

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 …

This episode is a fl…

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 an…

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 …

This episode is a fl…

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 an…