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title: "The Emptying Nest: A Conversation with Danielle Bean"
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# The Emptying Nest: A Conversation with Danielle Bean

Sep 29, 2020 7:00:00 AM  |  by [Pat Gohn](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/pat-gohn)

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*On the Among Women podcast, Pat Gohn speaks with Danielle Bean about parenting young adults.*

I recap a little about the ups and downs of my pandemic experience and talk about adapting spiritual practices, including “virtual streams” of Adoration and a renewed love for St. Joseph as a spiritual patron. Beyond that I’m happy to catch up with author Danielle Bean about a wonderful book about facing the empty nest (or the emptying one) and what might be next: **[*Giving Thanks and Letting Go: Reflections on the Gift of Motherhood.*](https://amzn.to/3cop5zC)**

 

#### **Links for this episode:**

[Adoration livestream from Philadelphia](http://www.savior.org/), the Pink Sisters

[Adoration livestream from Lithuania](http://www.gailestingumas.lt/media-en/live-broadcast/), where the original Divine Mercy image is

**[*Consecration to St. Joseph*](https://amzn.to/3chBANb)** by Donald H. Calloway, MIC

**[*Giving Thanks and Letting Go*](https://amzn.to/3cop5zC)** by Danielle Bean

[DanielleBean.com](http://daniellebean.com/)

[CatholicMom.com](https://www.catholicmom.com/)

[The Gist ](http://www.catholictv.org/shows/the-gist)– on Catholic TV

**The Catholic Moms Summit** – [free registration link](https://www.cardinalstudios.org/a/34145/U8sLwRDs)

**The Catholic Moms Summit** – [ALL ACCESS PASS link](https://www.cardinalstudios.org/a/34146/U8sLwRDs)

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#### **Other shows of related interest:**

[AW 186:](https://amongwomenpodcast.com/2014/10/30/among-women-186-on-faith-grace-and-prayer-in-marriage-and-family-life/) On faith, grace, and prayer in marriage and family life

[AW 196:](https://amongwomenpodcast.com/2015/10/20/among-women-195-praying-with-your-children/) Praying with your children

[AW 76:](https://amongwomenpodcast.com/2010/10/27/aw-76-raising-saints-for-the-church/) Raising saints for the Church

[AW 151](https://amongwomenpodcast.com/2012/11/17/among-women-151-the-mid-life-madres/): The Mid-life Madres

> [Facing the empty nest (or the emptying one) and what might be next: a conversation with @daniellebean #catholicmom](https://ctt.ac/bpcY4)

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Pat Gohn is a married empty-nester with three adult children and four grandchildren. An author, catechist, speaker, and host of the Among Women podcast since 2009, her books include the award-winning Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: Celebrating the Gift of Catholic Womanhood, and All In: Why Belonging to the Catholic Church Matters. She works in Catholic publishing as an editor. Visit [PatGohn.net](http://patgohn.net)

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