Recommended Favorites for Empty Nesters
In this season of transition, the right resources matter. Below you’ll find books, podcasts, tools, and products we personally use and recommend to support faith-centered growth, intentional living, and renewed purpose in midlife.
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Doing Life Your Adult Children
Guides you from parenting to partnering. It helps you release control and build healthier, more mature relationships with your adult children.
Reframes prayer as active partnership with God. It helps you turn worry into purposeful intercession for your family and your calling.
Books for the Midlife & Empty Nest Season
Some seasons require quiet reflection. These books have helped us rediscover identity, strengthen faith, and navigate midlife with purpose.
Reorients your life around God’s eternal purposes. It helps you move from self-focused living to faith-centered direction, grounding your identity and daily choices in what truly matters.
Guides you from parenting to partnering. It helps you release control and build healthier, more mature relationships with your adult children.
Clarifies where true identity is found — not in roles, achievements, or seasons, but in Christ. It helps you release misplaced definitions and embrace who God says you are.
Offers honest guidance for navigating difficult adult-child dynamics. It helps you establish boundaries and regain emotional strength.
One Word That Will Change Your Life
Introduces a focused, single-word approach to intentional growth. It transforms scattered goals into clear, purposeful direction.
Turn everyday moments into growth moments. Whether you’re walking, traveling, or settling into a quiet home, Audible lets you carry encouragement, wisdom, and faith-centered insight with you — transforming the empty nest into a season of learning and renewal.
Podcasts for Encouragement
Midlife is not a season to drift — it’s a season to grow deeper. These podcasts offer biblical insight, practical wisdom, and thoughtful conversation for Christian empty nesters navigating identity, faith, and purpose.
Life is Meant to be Lived Together-Made for This with Jennie Allen
Because we are loved by God, we should be people who love others well. In this episode, learn how to show up for your people and see your own needs get met in the process. You can also get a peek inside Jennie’s small group from her friends Ellen Lee and Carla Moss and hear how they live connected.
Check out Jennie’s book: Get Out of Your Head Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts & learn to choose hope in the chaos.
The Unfolding-Meredith Foster of WBGL
God is writing a great big story and you have a standing invitation to be a part of it. Every week, host Meridith Foster sits down with a guest to share their chapter in God’s Unfolding story.
The Midlife Momma Podcast - Pamela Henkelman
Grace for the Next Phase of Parenting.
Do It Scared - Ruth Soukup
Ruth Soukup is the podcast created to help you face your fears, overcome adversity, and create a life you LOVE.
Tools & Technology
These tools help us serve well, stay organized, and create meaningful content rooted in faith and clarity. Whether you’re building something new or simply simplifying your rhythms, these are reliable favorites.
OnGuard Products
Natural Products & Wellness
Caring for your body supports caring for your calling. These natural products and essential oils are part of our everyday rhythms for rest, focus, and intentional living.
Lifelong Vitality Pack
Aroma Essentials Collection
Deep Blue Stick