The Open Nesters

Choices That Matter with Kim DeYoung (Season 3 | Episode 136) [TESSA] Our guest this week, Kim DeYoung, is the Choice coach, author of The Book of Choice and host of The Voice of Choice . Kim’s particular kind of genius is helping thoughtful people make intentional choices that allow them to live more examined lives. By making conscious choices, they become who they want to be. Kim shar...

Creative Passions in Act III Tessa and PJ Chat it Out (Season 3 | Episode 135) [TESSA] It’s like bringing the band together – in this case for the first time on the air. Tessa, Amir… and Mr. PJ. PJ Ewing has been a part of our podcast troop since the beginning. We have learned so much about how to build our show to the success that it is together. We feed off one another. Th...

Dream Big, Live Courageously! with Marni and Jeremy (Season 3 | Episode 134) [TESSA] Courage… friend of the podcast… courage!!! These two, Jeremy Crane and Marni Batista, are just like you. They want a lot out of life. They know that there are risks to making big decisions. They are not “made of money.” What defines them is that they have this little thing called coura...

Living from the Wisdom of Silence with Edi Pasalis (Season 3 | Episode 133) [TESSA] The wisdom of silence. It brings so much to mind. When you consider that word what do you think about? Yoga? A pause in your day? A morning ritual? The times in between? Contemplation. As it turns out silence is a thing you can practice. It can help you become more familiar with your own self. A means of feeli...

Failure is Our Friend with Terry Clarke Murphy (Season 3 | Episode 132) [TESSA] A dear friend as a guest means a meaningful episode. Terry Clarke Murphy. I know this lady so well. From the time that our children were running around the backyard naked and we were breastfeeding on the back porch to recent days following her passion and practice of helping people. Soulful Sidney Explores Diversi...

Act III: Dream Big, Dream Small with Tessa and Amir (Season 3 | Episode 131) [TESSA] Gloves off! Amir and I go at it (in the most loving way possible) about the nature of dreams. Big and small. Dreams of life’s Act III. We have very different approaches to many things, including this idea of a dream. While we have a robust conversation about the topic, maybe it is helpful to see what th...

Evolutionary Family, Partnership & Vision for Earth with Alia & Hayden (Season 3 | Episode 130) [TESSA] This is our second entry into our new Voices of Millennials and Gen Z series. Hayden and Alia visit us from two very different places for this interview. Hayden in Durango, Colorado. Alia in Latk Atitlan, Guatemala. The word that comes to mind from our conversation with these two hi...

Women & Community with Lillian Taylor (Season 3 | Episode 129) [TESSA] Women live longer. Just a fact of life. That means that there are a lot more women than men living deeper into ACT III of life. And that can lead to loneliness. Enter Lillian Taylor and community building among women. Lillian takes us through how her interest in an online life many years ago has translated into new mea...

Monogamish 101 with Dan and Mary (Season 3 | Episode 128) [TESSA] This week: Mary and Dan, two people who are living their best lives… after the kids have left the nest. To me, it seems like these two are “finally” living their best lives. And I appreciate the lives they lived before finding each other. Marriages and child-rearing are all-encompassing and absolutely worthy o...

The Precipice of Readiness with Nancy Colier NOTE: THIS ONE IS FOR MOMS (Season 3 | Episode 127) [TESSA] We are so pleased to introduce to you the psychotherapist, interfaith minister, and author Nancy Colier. And let me say this too, as you will hear in this episode, Nancy is an incredible mom of a 12 and 20-year-old (both girls). A Mother’s Individuation And we start there. How to cre...

Aligning Our Values in Act III of Life (S3 | E126) Series: Are You Ready for Act III? (Season 3 | Episode 126) [TESSA] This is the beginning of a new series that we will return to over many months. In the three years that we have been working on this podcast, we have learned a lot about the third act of life. We’re there now as are so many of our guests. But what about you? Are you...

Laughing and Dancing with Life and Death with Lynnea Brinkerhoff (Season 3 | Episode 125) [TESSA] Lynnea Brinkerhoff played an important role in my life. Specifically when my mother died. Lynnea was there to help manage the impact of this incredibly challenging and momentous occasion. I asked Lynnea to join me on this program to talk through “Laughing and Dancing with Life and Death.&#8...

Open Bi Kinky Over 50 with CJ and Linwood (Season 3 | Episode 124) [TESSA] Many years ago CJ and Linwood by chance met online. And that could have been it. But… there… was… something… Now they are together. Truly a grand partnership. After 7+ years. Across the globe. From Australia to California. A dominant and submissive relationship. A non-monogamous relationship. Wi...

Josh Miller Changemaker (Season 3 | Episode 123) [TESSA] We’re all about the 50+ crowd… right? Well, yes. We are. Certainly. That is until we turn the eye of The Open Nester Podcast to the lives, missions, relationships, love, and romance of our children. Welcome to Voices of Millennials and Gen Z . A new category (and a new series) for The Open Nesters Podcast. And I could really...

Paradise on Earth with Sharman Hawk (Season 3 | Episode 122) [TESSA] I met Shaman Hawk on the beach in Florida. I am so grateful that I did because I can now introduce this remarkable man to you, dear Open Nester Podcast listener. I called this episode ‘Paradise on Earth’ to try to capture the point of view of Shaman Hawk. In this brief episode, Hawk and I cover a lot of ground, f...

Love’s Not Color Blind with Kevin & Antoinette (Season 3 | Episode 121) [TESSA] Kevin and Antoinette are a couple. A polyamorous couple… with children. And from what you will hear in this episode… this all works… just fine. When they were first carving out this lifestyle for themselves they didn’t even know it was a “thing.” Then they found the po...

Dance Love Heal with Toni & Antoinette (Season 3 | Episode 120) [TESSA] This week I finally can share a conversation with Toni Bergens and Antoinette Sims . We cover a lot of ground, but center our discussion on conscious dance, movement, and healing. And yet. These two women are so wise. Later in this episode, you will hear such a healthy point of view on the end of our lives … the...

The Open Nest EVOLVING and REVOLVING Door with Tessa & Amir (Season 3 | Episode 119) [TESSA & AMIR] Every once and a while we get to treat ourselves to an episode with just the two of us. And it is such a joy (!) to get some ideas out into the open that have emanated from our recent podcast work. In this short podcast entry, we reach way back to our earliest episodes (could that reall...

Adventures and Fun without Dick and Jane When kids are part of life, but not the center of life. with Christie Mellor (Season 3 | Episode 118) [TESSA] Christie Mellor and her husband Richard have an unusual and beautiful open nest. She is a writer, an actor, and a painter – I’d call that a “triple threat.” And Christie is our guide to a delightfully empty (and possibly...

About Motherhood with Tessa (Season 3 | Episode 117) [TESSA] With Mother’s Day in the Air… I want to focus attention on the state of motherhood in the open-nester stage of life. How can we not let our own scars get in the way of our relationships with our children? And how can we let our children lead their own lives (with a sense of our own detachment ) while caring for them in a...

Wild Monogamy Like when you go to a play party and just play with your partner. with Mali and Joe (Season 3 | Episode 116) [TESSA and AMIR] Getting sexy in this one! And very loving. Imagine this. You worry about your aging body and have lost touch with what your partner thinks of it. After all those sexy years you are over 60 and, just saying it out loud, sagging a little bit. And your partn...

Let’s Talk Money Getting our financial longevity on track! with Joe Soricelli  and Jim Licata (Season 3 | Episode 115) [TESSA and AMIR] We are on our third year of this life-changing podcast adventure. And all of us are the lucky ones. We’ve explored so many life paths, human stories, strategies, tips and plans. Each one has offered us the opportunity to grow. To find ourselves. T...

Dating and Living in Midlife and Beyond with Junie Moon (Season 3 | Episode 114) [TESSA] Junie Moon has had one interesting journey so far. Marriage. Monogamy. An evolving relationship with options open. A Child. The early emptying of the nest and then a divorce. And then… Open Nesting and all that comes with that. All the possibilities. Junie and I focus on ‘midlife,’ that...

Life as a Polyamorous Elders with Kathy Labriola (Season 3 | Episode 113) [TESSA] So what happens as we get older? What happens to the libido? What about poly people? Do people become more open? Do they just maintain their relationships with multiple partners? Do they become more conservative sexually? We consider these questions with our guest this week, Kathy Labriola.  We discuss the pract...

Becoming Beloveds with Kari and Steven Cardinale (Season 3 | Episode 112) [TESSA] This week we have Kari and Steven Cardinale. About This Episode You are going to hear about the concept of a “beloved.” You’ll hear that Steven is a Tigger and Kari is an Eore… at least sometimes. And you’ll hear about casting spells. And some chat about long-range decisions. Both K...