Hey everyone. We hope youâre having a great week. I know Greg and I are excited to have some sunshine and warmer weather after two cloudy and cold weeks. Today weâre discussing something which â at first glance â seems overly...
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#170 How to Wake Up and Overcome Sleep Depression/Inertia -- Better Mornings Equals a Better Life
Today we are diving into a detailed look at what living an âextraordinaryâ life looks like on the day-to-day . The majority of your life â and ours â is spent in daily activities that can be mundane . Dishes, laundry, errands...
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#169 How to Make the Mundane Parts of Day-to-Day Life More Meaningful
Welcome to the podcast! In this episode Greg and I are answering a question about clashing cultures â what to do when the status quo conflicts with your unconventional lifestyle choices â especially if the clash is happening ...
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#168 What to Do When People Oppose Your Lifestyle Choices
We often receive emails from parents or spouses asking questions -- we love it. (Email us your questions at support @ extraordinaryfamilylife.com) This email asked us: âHow can our family create balance and not feel guilty fo...
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#162 'Entertainment Overrun' is Creating a Painful Gap Between Here and the Life of Your Dreams
In our last episode (#158), Greg hinted at doing another episode about the v*ccine. I wasn't so sure. But after thinking and discussing it, we decided to do it together -- partly because our individual views balance each othe...
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#158 The Politicization of C*vid & the V*ccine -- the episode we 'should not' be doing ;)
What happens when you share a 'controversial' meme on social media? Lots of comments and ensuing arguments. In this podcast, Greg and Rachel respond to comments on a meme that was shared which said: "If you've ever wondered i...
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#157 Our Response to 'Incomprehensibly Stupid' Memes & Current Events
How do you know if youâre winning in life?
Itâs Easier in sports where thereâs a scoreboard, but even that isnât always reflective of true winning. You might lose the game but still be winning in personal improvements, perfor...
Being good is not enough
Most of our default thinking is that if weâre a good person it will be enough. Thatâs just not true!
You can be a good person and a piss poor husband
You can be a good person and a lousy lover
You c...
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#153 When Being a Good Person Produces Bad Results
What are good beliefs and practices around money in your marriage? What if one spouse brings in the income and the other stays home, who should be in charge of how itâs spent? Does the non-income earning spouse have any say o...
Many marriages are merely okay, or even slowly dying simply because men are inadvertently neglecting their wives.
Gentlemen, youâre living far below your privileges in your marriage. Inadvertent negligence is costing you th...
Is sex ever a source of frustration, confusion, or contention in your marriage? It definitely was for us early in our marriage.
Most of it came because we didnât understand each other, or ourselves for that matter, and we d...
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#150 The Sex-quel. Follow Up Sex Episode With Rachel Denning
What Mark are you making in the world? What Mark are you making in your family?
We all have the privilege, opportunity, and even responsibility to make a mark in the world and in the lives of others.
Interestingly, we are alw...
"Just because you've been with yourself for your entire life, doesn't mean you understand yourself." This is true about your spouse too. Just because you've been married to them for ___ years, doesn't mean you understand them...
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#148 What Wives Need to Understand About Their Husbands' Sex Drive, and What Men Need to Understand About Themselves
Every day we have a choice. In fact we have many choice moments throughout the day. Choose to be a champion, or by default we can choose to be a chump.
The champion chooses to do things in a great way, even the little things...
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#147 Choose To Be a Champion, Even In The Little Things.
We all have little corners in our lives where the dust and the dirt and the stuff begin to gather. This is both literal and figurative.â¨â¨It may be the corner of your closet or your garage, or the corners of your mind or your ...
