Empty Nest Marriage: Turning Toward Each Other Before the Kids Leave with Charlotte and Gordy Guest

Will your marriage be ready for the empty nest?

Charlotte and Gordy Guest are here to help us navigate and prepare for a happy and fulfilling empty nest. They've been married more than 37 years and have three adult kids, all living in other states, who left home around the same time. 

Charlotte hosts the Empty Nest Guests podcast. She and Gordy co-wrote A Little More Room for Us – 100 Devotions for the Empty Nest Couple. In this episode they talk about how to find shared hobbies, why they started rebuilding friendship while their kids were still home, and how the empty nest affects men and women differently. They also cover how to be available to your grown kids without giving much advice, how to recognize spiritual warfare in a marriage, and small daily ways to turn toward your spouse.

2:10 Going to the movies as teenagers together (they saw ET!) 

4:10 How to find hobbies in common as a couple 

8:45 Arlene skiing on the greens while her family on black diamonds

13:30 The sudden transition to empty nest with their three kids leaving at once 

16:45 The great loud quiet 

17:19 The way empty nest hits men and women differently 

22:53 How to move towards one another as a couple before the empty nest 

26:30 Recognize spiritual warfare in your marriage 

29:20 Arlene opens up about going to a marriage course 

Learn more about Charlotte and Gordy Guest's book, A Little More Room for Us - 100 Devotions for the Empty Nest Couple at CharlotteGuest.com 

Listen to Charlotte's podcast, Empty Nest Guests

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