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Extraordinary Lifestyle Episodes

3 Strategies to Stop Family Drama in 3 Days (Seriously)
Dec. 17, 2025

3 Strategies to Stop Family Drama in 3 Days (Seriously)

If you’re trying to stop family drama but feel like the same arguments keep repeating, the issue isn’t the conflict—it’s the pattern. In this episode, Greg and Rachel explain how the drama triangle traps families in roles of victim, rescuer, and persecutor, preventing real resolution. By learning h…
School, Pharma, Religion: Finding the Courage to Leave Institutions That Limit You & Your Family
Oct. 29, 2025

School, Pharma, Religion: Finding the Courage to Leave Institutions That Limit You & Your Family

If you want to raise critical thinkers, stop outsourcing growth to institutions and start building inner authority at home. Keep what truly serves your family, question the rest, and move from transactional routines to transformational habits that create palpable progress in education, health, spir…
What We Gave Up to Build an Extraordinary Family Life
Oct. 8, 2025

What We Gave Up to Build an Extraordinary Family Life

If you want lasting change, sacrifice for success is the mindset shift that unlocks it. In this video we show how trading comfort and entertainment for growth—investing in yourself, strengthening marriage and family culture, and facing the fear of change—produces compounding returns: more energy, p…
The Nuclear Family is NOT Normal or Healthy!! Here’s What the Future Looks Like for Extraordinary Families
Sept. 23, 2025

The Nuclear Family is NOT Normal or Healthy!! Here’s What the Future Looks Like for Extraordinary Families

If you’re feeling the strain of doing family alone, multigenerational living offers a practical, time-tested alternative: more support, stronger mental health, richer relationships, and real pathways to generational wealth. In this video, Greg & Rachel show why the nuclear family is a modern outlie…
Overcoming Your Fears: What It Really Takes to Live Your Dream Life
Sept. 11, 2025

Overcoming Your Fears: What It Really Takes to Live Your Dream Life

Overcoming fear is the real key to an extraordinary life. In this episode, Rachel and Greg show how to turn overwhelm into progress through exposure in small reps, the “exchange rate” test for big decisions, and the builder’s mantra—find a way or make one. When you treat obstacles as the training g…
Why Being “Content” Is Secretly Keeping You (and Your Family) Stuck
Sept. 4, 2025

Why Being “Content” Is Secretly Keeping You (and Your Family) Stuck

If you’re tired of feeling “grateful but stuck,” this conversation shows how personal growth for parents unlocks real joy. Greg & Rachel explain why divine discontent is healthy, how to raise your standards without losing gratitude, and how to pursue better habits across the six core domains so you…
Raising Spiritually Resilient Kids in a Chaotic & Confused World
July 15, 2025

Raising Spiritually Resilient Kids in a Chaotic & Confused World

Are you worried you’re “not spiritual enough” to lead your kids in faith? Do you wonder if you’ve messed up too much to guide them in hearing God’s voice? The truth is—y ou don’t have to be perfect to raise spiritually confid...
Guest: Jennilee Samuel
How to Create the Life You Really Want for Your Family
July 10, 2025

How to Create the Life You Really Want for Your Family

Are you sacrificing family life balance just to keep up with what society says you “should” do? In this episode, we explore how choosing to live deliberately—rather than conforming to traditional expectations around work, school, and success—can lead to a more fulfilling and united family life. We …
7-Strategies for Finding Daily Happiness and Meaning in Family Life
June 26, 2025

7-Strategies for Finding Daily Happiness and Meaning in Family Life

Finding happiness in family life doesn’t happen by accident—it requires intention, strategy, and daily practice. In this episode, we share 7 powerful tools we use as a couple and family to reconnect with joy and meaning, even during stressful or exhausting seasons. From using mundane chores as emot…
#306 How to Achieve Work-Life Balance as a Mompreneur Without Burning Out
April 2, 2025

#306 How to Achieve Work-Life Balance as a Mompreneur Without Burning Out

This episode tackles the real-life challenges of achieving work-life balance as a mompreneur striving to excel in both business and motherhood. Through the lens of a listener juggling a demanding real estate career and homeschooling aspirations, Rachel and Greg explore how burnout, control, and gui…
#305 Helping Kids Develop and Use Their Agency to Make Good Choices
March 26, 2025

#305 Helping Kids Develop and Use Their Agency to Make Good Choices

Are you struggling with finding the balance between 'guiding' your kids' choices and empowering them with real (but frightening) agency? In this episode, we answer a listener’s thoughtful question about how to support their k...
#304 Things We NEVER Do As Parents Who Are Raising Resilient, Well-Adjusted Kids
March 19, 2025

#304 Things We NEVER Do As Parents Who Are Raising Resilient, Well-Adjusted Kids

This episode focuses on how to raise emotionally resilient children by avoiding common parenting habits that unintentionally undermine trust, confidence, and connection. Drawing from their experience raising seven kids, Rachel and Greg share what they never do—like using sarcasm, harsh discipline, …
#302 Trump/Zelensky? Find REAL Truth and Power in a Divided World
March 5, 2025

#302 Trump/Zelensky? Find REAL Truth and Power in a Divided World

This episode centers on self development as the key to navigating today’s divisive political and social climate. Instead of getting lost in the noise of opposing viewpoints and endless debates, Rachel and Greg invite you to turn inward and focus on personal growth. They emphasize that truth isn’t s…
#300 Practice EXTREME Gratitude for Your Child’s Life & Health: A Sobering Message
Feb. 19, 2025

#300 Practice EXTREME Gratitude for Your Child’s Life & Health: A Sobering Message

In this powerful episode, we delve into the concept of EXTREME Gratitude — a mindset that can shift the way we experience life's challenges and blessings . Join us as we reflect on the fragility of life and howtragedy can ser...
#299 Why We STOPPED Eating Vegetables to Get into the BEST Health of Our Life
Feb. 12, 2025

#299 Why We STOPPED Eating Vegetables to Get into the BEST Health of Our Life

In this eye-opening episode, Greg and Rachel Denning challenge conventional nutrition wisdom and share how abandoning vegetables led them to the best health of their lives. They explain their shift to an animal-based diet, why they believe the food pyramid is a scam, and how their radical approach …
#297 Is It a 'Sin' That We Are So CERTAIN About What We Preach on This Podcast?
Jan. 29, 2025

#297 Is It a 'Sin' That We Are So CERTAIN About What We Preach on This Podcast?

In this thought-provoking episode, Greg and Rachel Denning dive into the question of how certainty shapes our lives and beliefs, boldly stating, " We Are So CERTAIN "—yet also exploring what that really means. They reflect on a listener’s challenge about whether strong convictions leave space for t…
#296 How to Respond to/Deal With In-Laws and Others Who Oppose Your Extraordinary Lifestyle Choices
Jan. 22, 2025

#296 How to Respond to/Deal With In-Laws and Others Who Oppose Your Extraordinary Lifestyle Choices

In this episode, hosts Greg and Rachel Denning tackle a question from a listener about navigating family dynamics, particularly when your lifestyle choices conflict with those of your in-laws. The listener expresses frustrati...
#295 Refuse to Participate in the Destruction of YOUR Family
Jan. 15, 2025

#295 Refuse to Participate in the Destruction of YOUR Family

In this episode, hosts Greg and Rachel Denning dive into the vital concept of taking control of family life and prioritizing family values over societal norms. They encourage listeners to refuse to participate in the pressure...
#292 You Can’t Get to an Extraordinary, Significant Life if You’re Stuck in the Matrix
Dec. 25, 2024

#292 You Can’t Get to an Extraordinary, Significant Life if You’re Stuck in the Matrix

In this thought-provoking episode of the Extraordinary Family Life podcast, hosts Greg and Rachel Denning explore the profound impact of societal systems on parenting and family life. They delve into the concept of “the matri...
#288 Toujours Prét: How and Why to Be “Always Ready” (a Recap of the Portugal Training)
Nov. 27, 2024

#288 Toujours Prét: How and Why to Be “Always Ready” (a Recap of the Portugal Training)

In this episode of the Extraordinary Family Life podcast, hosts Greg and Rachel Denning reflect on the wildly successful Toujours PrĂŞts training event and dive into the importance of lifelong learning as a key to becoming an ...
#286 Attain Highly, Sacrifice Greatly: Here’s What We’ve Sacrificed to Create an Extraordinary Family Life
Nov. 13, 2024

#286 Attain Highly, Sacrifice Greatly: Here’s What We’ve Sacrificed to Create an Extraordinary Family Life

Are you willing to sacrifice greatly in order to attain highly and achieve your biggest goals? We received this great question from one of our viewers: “ “He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would ach...
#284 Building Family Culture and Emotional Intelligence
Oct. 30, 2024

#284 Building Family Culture and Emotional Intelligence

Are you struggling with building family culture? Emotional intelligence plays a crucial role in fostering a healthy environment where everyone thrives. This episode of The Extraordinary Family Life Podcast is a recorded live ...
#283 When and Why to Consider Divorce
Oct. 23, 2024

#283 When and Why to Consider Divorce

Welcome to the Extraordinary Family Life podcast! In this compelling episode, hosts Greg and Rachel Denning address a heartfelt listener question that strikes at the core of personal development and the complexities surroundi...
#281 Facing Your Fear and Moving Through It: The Path to an Extraordinary Life
Oct. 9, 2024

#281 Facing Your Fear and Moving Through It: The Path to an Extraordinary Life

In this empowering episode of the Extraordinary Family Life podcast, hosts Greg and Rachel Denning explore the essential theme of facing your fear in the pursuit of an extraordinary life. Through heartfelt personal stories an...