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.

Intercessory Prayer

Reframes prayer as active partnership with God. It helps you turn worry into purposeful intercession for your family and your calling.

Some seasons require quiet reflection. These books have helped us rediscover identity, strengthen faith, and navigate midlife with purpose.

The Purpose Driven Life

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.

Get Out of Your Head

Guides you from parenting to partnering. It helps you release control and build healthier, more mature relationships with your adult children.

Defined

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.

Done with the Crying

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.

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Audible Membership

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.

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.

Jennie Allen, New York Times bestselling author and founder and visionary of IF: Gathering

The Unfolding-Meredith Foster of WBGL

you are what you listen to

Midlife Worthy Moms Podcast with Kim Damon, founder of Midlife Discoveries

The Midlife Momma Podcast with Pamela Henkelman

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

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.

doTerra Lifelong Vitality Pack

Lifelong Vitality Pack

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Aroma Essentials Collection

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