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EPISODE · Sep 8, 2026 · 17 MIN

4 Simple Strategies to Connect With Your Adult Child

from Create Your Best Empty Nest · host Marianne Iverson

Your kid used to need you for everything. Now they need you for almost nothing, on their schedule, in ways you don't control. If that whiplash has you lying awake wondering how to stay close to your adult children without hovering, this episode is for you.Marianne Iverson, certified life coach and host of Create Your Best Empty Nest, breaks down four simple, doable strategies for building real connection with your adult child in this new season of parenting. Drawing on her own experience navigating a son's wedding, a new grandbaby, and a daughter serving a mission overseas, Marianne walks you through the exact shift from worry to trust that changes how your adult child actually experiences your love, not just how it feels to give it.This episode is for you if you've ever wondered how to let go without losing the relationship, how to stop checking in so much it feels like checking up, or how to handle that anxious wait for a text back. Whether you're newly in the empty nest or you've been here a while, these are strategies you can start using today.In this episode, you'll learn:How to tell the difference between checking in and checking up, and why the line moves faster than you thinkWhy worry, even well-intentioned worry, often lands as distrust instead of loveHow to build a boundary that protects your relationship with your adult child in both directionsA simple way to separate your anxiety from how long they actually take to respondWhat it really means to build the adult-to-adult relationship you'll have for the next 40 yearsIf you've been circling this question of how to relate to your grown kids without losing yourself or the relationship, this episode gives you real, practical language and tools you can use this week.🌿 READY TO STOP CIRCLING AND ACTUALLY START?If the kids have left and you're sitting with that quiet "now what," you've probably thought about this call more than once already.On a free Next Chapter Jumpstart Call, we'll find the one place the empty nest has you feeling stuck, and you'll walk away with one small shift you can start today. Not someday. Today.You don't need to have it figured out first. That's what the call is for.👉 marianneiverson.com/call

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