
Team Us: A Christian Marriage Podcast
Ted and Ashleigh SlaterHow to Prepare Your Marriage for the Empty Nest with Mike and Kate Battistelli
May 27, 2025 ● 23 minShare this episode
Author, speaker, and podcaster Kate Battistelli and her husband Mike are back on the podcast to give us practical wisdom on why preparing for the empty nest starts while the nest is still full.
TAKE THE “US TIME” CHALLENGE
Invest in your relationship this week by watching either the sunrise or the sunset together.
ABOUT MIKE AND KATE BATTISTELLI
Mike and Kate met as active professionals in the NYC Music and Broadway Theatre world. But when God called them to follow Him and lay down those dreams, they did! They’ve now been married forty-one years. Today, Mike is a realtor in the Nashville area, and Kate is a speaker, podcaster, and the author of Growing Great Kids, The God Dare, and The After Party of the Empty Nest. They are also the parents of Grammy and Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter and Contemporary Christian recording artist Francesca Battistelli and grandparents to seven grandkids.
CONNECT WITH MIKE AND KATE BATTISTELLI
- Visit Kate’s website (https://katebattistelli.com/)
- Receive FREE sample chapters of The After Party of the Empty Nest by texting GODDARE to 44144
- Follow Kate on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/KateBattistelli/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katebattistelli/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/katebattistelli)
CONNECT WITH TED AND ASHLEIGH
Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and get the FREE resource Five Simple Marriage Tools You Should Know here: https://ashleighslater.com/5-simple-marriage-tools-you-should-know/
TEAM US RESOURCES
- Team Us: The Unifying Power of Grace, Commitment, and Cooperation in Marriage (https://ashleighslater.com/team-us/)
- FREE Team Us Study Guide (https://ashleighslater.com/team-us/free-team-us-study-guide/)
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