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Barbara and Susan's Guide to the Empty NestBarbara and Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest By Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates Let Barbara and Susan be the friends you need to walk you through the new experiences of the Empty Nest. Together you'll discover a new purpose and passion for your next life adventure.

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Don't Get Stuck in the Empty Nest by Dennis Rainey When the kids leave, use this season of life as an opportunity to get ready for "Prime Time." More Empty nest articles

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Preparing for the Empty Nest Guests include: Dennis & Barbara RaineyAll this week on the broadcast, Dennis and Barbara Rainey, parents of six adult children, talk about their transition from bustling household full of teenagers to empty nest made for two. Hear about the challenges they've faced during this time by tuning in to today's broadcast. More Empty Nest broadcasts
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  • Celebrate the Empty Nest!
  • Have your kids all left home? If so, then it's time to celebrate! Those are the sentiments of Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates, today's broadcast guests. Barbara, a mother of six and the wife of Dennis Rainey, and Susan, the mother of five and wife to pastor John Yates, reveal what they felt as their children left one by one and compare that to what they experience now as they renew old hobbies, travel, and enjoy quality time with their husbands.
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  • Moments With You: Empty Nesting
  • Even though we had talked a great deal about this transition in advance, I discovered I needed my husband to help me evaluate this new season of life.

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  • Profiles in Empty Nest Courage
  • Series Title: Guide to the Empty Nest 2 (Day 5 of 5)
  • Walk with us down the hall of heroes as Dennis and Barbara Rainey and author Susan Yates profile just some of the women making a difference in the season of life we call the empty nest.
  • Becoming a World Changer
  • Series Title: Guide to the Empty Nest 2 (Day 4 of 5)
  • It's not too late for you to make a difference in the world. Dennis Rainey talks with his wife, Barbara, and Susan Yates, authors of the book Barbara and Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest, about the difference women can make in the Kingdom of God once they embrace their new assignment post empty nest. Tune in to find out how you can become a world changer right where you are!
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