THE EMPTY NESTERS

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EPISODE 116:  CARLEY KNOBLOCH - Get to know tech expert and super mom Carley Knobloch while she chats it up with Jill and Leah. Carley has great advice and some common sense reminders to protect your family against digital predators (SPOILER: Jill’s husband was hacked!) Lessons learned and shared here. Also discuss Carley’s reinvention journey and her return to singing with kids all off to college...

Join Leah and Jill for a catch up session.  Lots going on since Jill has moved out of town… some happy, some sad.  A celebration of life, remodel, cruises, dance lessons, pickleball, kid updates and more!  LINKS TO SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouTube: @EMPTYNESTERSSHOW theemptynesters.godaddysites.com

Welcome to the Mother of Mothers, Jill’s mom Carol Whelan Garret! Awesome stories from the front lines of parenting in the 70’s & 80’s, being a reluctant stage mom, how she got through the empty nest period, and the many differences today.  We also hear the joys of grandparenting and how she earned a red card at her grandson’s soccer game.  Listen in!  LINKS TO SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @o...

Actress Bellina Logan joins Jill and Leah to talk about her empty nesting experience.  Remembering what it was like taking her only child away to college, and the cultivating of her marriage while living their new quieter normal.  We’re also very excited about her one woman show ‘ Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child’. BELLINA’S  SOCIALS: @bellinamlogan LINKS TO SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @offic...

Actor, awesome dad and cool human Pat Finn joins Leah and Jill to talk about being an empty nester “on paper” ... and the boomerang effect.  Lots of laughs and funny stories. Listen in! .   Instagram:  @mrpatfinn EN SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouTube: @EMPTYNESTERSSHOW theemptynesters.godaddysites.com

Health and lifestyle guru Maggie Tanielian joins us today.  She has so much great advice on nutrition, strength training and self care. Staying healthy physically is vital, but so is looking out for yourself emotionally.  Times are tough when these kids fly the coop, we need our network of nurturers to help us get through it all!   Instagram @ askcoachmaggie , @polystrength Polystrength.life LINKS...

LA based makeup artist, Brett Freedman, helps Leah and Jill out with age appropriate make up and skincare tips. He has worked with some of the world's most beautiful and famous women, like Jodie Foster, Taylor Swift, Amy Poehler, Reba McEntire, Selma Blair, Patricia Heaton… and so many more. He also launched Brett Glam Beauty, which is an amazing line of brow and lip products. Listen in!    In...

Actress, podcaster, and super mom to a toddler, Alessandra Torresani joins Leah and Jill today.  Our two empty nesters try to give her advice on parenting a youngster, but she ends up giving them some amazing insight that we can all benefit from!  She also tells us about her amazingly therapeutic EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PODCAST!  EN SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouTube:...

Podcaster, life coach and overall guru Leigh Koechner joins Jill and Leah with great advice on self care and hopeful stories about raising 5 kids through divorce, and sending them one at a time out of the nest!   LEIGH’S SOCIALS: Instagram & Threads:  @leighkoechner EN SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouTube: @EMPTYNESTERSSHOW theemptynesters.godaddysites.com

Super talented voice actor, and awesome mom/empty nester Jill Talley Zoom's in to talk about sending her youngest off  to college, and how it differed from sending the oldest 4 years earlier. We also talk about how she navigated the pandemic with her kid across the country, and handling the online college graduation. Listen in!  EN SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouT...

Empty Nester, IT Expert and host of Tech Top 10 Podcast, Jay Tannenbaum joins Jill and Leah.  He has some great tips on what to do when your own in-house tech guru goes off to college. It’s good stuff, so listen in! TECH TOP 10 PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-top-10/id1719899168 EN SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouTube: @EMPTYNESTERSSHOW theempty...

Mom, podcaster, actor, artisanal olive oil entrepreneur and wellness enthusiast  Alecia Spendlove joins Leah and Jill today.  They talk all things parenthood and prepping for the pending empty nest they all face. Alecia tells us about her delicious adventure with Olive & Lavender Farms and her amazingly therapeutic podcast, Taste of Recovery, with partner Eden Sassoon.  Listen in!   JILL WHELA...

Dance Mom,  and awesome human Melissa Gisoni tells us all about her empty nester experience, her fun podcast Dear Dance Mom (with cast alumni Kelly, Holly and Jill), and we get an update on her super talented girls Maddie and Mackenzie.   MELISSA’S SOCIALS & SHOWS: Instagram & Threads:  @melissagisoni YouTube:  @MelissaGisoni13 EN SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmang...

Leah’s husband, actor/comedian Jonathan Mangum joins the show to talk about how he is preparing (or not) for their soon to be empty nest, and what he’ll miss most (or not) about the boys moving out. LINKS TO SOCIALS: @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouTube: @EMPTYNESTERSSHOW theemptynesters.godaddysites.com JONATHAN'S SOCIALS & SHOWS: @jonathanmangum @letsmakeadealcbs...

Welcome! Join Jill Whelan and Leah Mangum on their tumultuous journey as they prepare to launch their birds and become Empty Nesters.  Follow us on things social!  @emptynesterspodcast @officialjillwhelan @leahmangum YouTube: @EMPTYNESTERSSHOW theemptynesters.godaddysites.com   Featured Song: Games People Play – Alan Parsons Project- https://open.spotify.com/track/2gQsUHVFY4tpXc3AFU2mcS?autoplay=t...