This Empty Nest Life Artwork

This Empty Nest Life

Your kids don't need you less. They need you differently.


This Empty Nest Life is a podcast for parents of teens, college students and young adults who want to stay close to their kids and build a life of their own after the launch.


Host Jay Ramsden, The Empty Nest Coach, spent 30 years inside independent schools and is a dad who has lived it. In solo episodes and conversations with experts and fellow parents, Jay helps you make two shifts:


The Role Shift: from managing your kids to guiding them, moving from Sage on the Stage to Mentor in the Center to Guide on the Side.


The Life Shift: from drifting to designing, using the time and energy that frees up to build a second act you won't want to retire from.


You'll hear practical ways to:


  • Step back without stepping away, and become the person your grown kids come to for advice

  • Handle the quiet house, the holidays and a family that now comes home to visit

  • Rethink work, health, relationships and purpose for your next chapter


Whether your kids are still at home, heading out the door or already on their own, this is a place to think about what comes next.


Get one idea and one question for your Sunday walk. 


Join Second Act Sundays, Jay's free three-minute letter, at thisemptynestlife.com/email


Don't forget.....Every step has purpose.

This Empty Nest Life

Latest Episodes

Fan Mail

Hi Jay. Just listening to latest episode.So true. It's hard to say ... sorry no I'm busy !!! Takes a while but I'm getting there slowly.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Contributors