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She used the transition period that we now call the empty-nest stage as an opportunity to soar.

Reposition Yourself T.D. Jakes 2007

One thing is for certain: when the season ends with the final performance of Götterdämmerung, we will experience the operatic equivalent of empty-nest syndrome, as the massive set is packed up and moved out of the opera house.

Peter Gelb: The Ring Arrives Peter Gelb 2011

Unless we really want to see Shrek and Fiona go through real marital difficulties and, deal with the inevitability of empty-nest syndrome, and then grow old and die, it's best to leave them now when they are close enough to how we remember them from back in 2001.

Scott Mendelson: Goodbye to You: Franchises That Left Us in 2010. Scott Mendelson 2011

Unless we really want to see Shrek and Fiona go through real marital difficulties and, deal with the inevitability of empty-nest syndrome, and then grow old and die, it's best to leave them now when they are close enough to how we remember them from back in 2001.

Scott Mendelson: Goodbye to You: Franchises That Left Us in 2010. Scott Mendelson 2011

Her children having departed for college and beyond, McGillis isn't suffering from empty-nest syndrome, either.

Marshall Fine: Interview: Actress Kelly McGillis in Stake Land Marshall Fine 2011

One thing is for certain: when the season ends with the final performance of Götterdämmerung, we will experience the operatic equivalent of empty-nest syndrome, as the massive set is packed up and moved out of the opera house.

Peter Gelb: The Ring Arrives Peter Gelb 2011

One thing is for certain: when the season ends with the final performance of Götterdämmerung, we will experience the operatic equivalent of empty-nest syndrome, as the massive set is packed up and moved out of the opera house.

Peter Gelb: The Ring Arrives Peter Gelb 2011

Because the cost of living for single retirees is about 40% to 50% higher than for empty-nest couples, financial advisers recommend that they save at least 15% of their pay for retirement.

Saving Strategies for Older Singles Anne Tergesen 2011

One thing is for certain: when the season ends with the final performance of Götterdämmerung, we will experience the operatic equivalent of empty-nest syndrome, as the massive set is packed up and moved out of the opera house.

Peter Gelb: The Ring Arrives Peter Gelb 2011

She touts recent research disproving the existence of the midlife crisis and the empty-nest syndrome.

Old Enough to Know Better Kay Hymowitz 2012