Extraordinary Lifestyle Episodes

We all experience emotional pain as we journey along through life but very few of us have been given the tools in the training to know what to do with it. So unfortunately most people turn to unhealthy patterns and behaviors and buffering. Listen to this episode to learn what you can do and how to do it and why you must! RESOURCES: Let us help you in your extraordinary family life journey. How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE C...

I recently returned from a life-changing adventure in Mongolia. While I was there I learned several great lessons that have really impacted my life and remind me about the things that really matter. These are the things that matter for all of us and can change your life too!

Many developing countries struggle with corrupt infrastructure. No clean water, electricity is a hit and miss, a garbage or sewage system is needed and an internet connection can be even harder to access. One rainstorm and the power is out for weeks. Now let's apply this on a smaller level... How is our own Infrastructure? What are we missing? Some of us are like developing countries, we are missing a few systems. Some light rain on our day and the rest of our afternoon is spoiled because of our...

If you’re ready to break bad habits—from entertainment overload to junk-food energy crashes—this episode gives you a bold blueprint to reclaim your personal freedom. Learn how to stage a powerful pattern interrupt, write your own Declaration of Independence, upgrade fuel and fitness, and move from dependence to interdependence in marriage and family life. Model self-reliance at home, trade distraction for growth, and start living fully awake and fully free—today.

In this episode, Greg Denning explains why success always comes with a cost—and why making the right sacrifices matters more than achieving fast results. Drawing from history, biographies, and real-life examples, he shows how many people accomplish impressive goals while sacrificing the wrong things: their values, health, family, or spirituality. Greg challenges listeners to stop trading what matters most for status, comfort, or entertainment, and instead sacrifice distractions, laziness, wasted time, and frivolous spending. The result is a life where growth, achievement, and integrity move forward together—without selling your soul for “whales.”

If you’re ready to reach your potential, stop fighting symptoms and fix the root. Stabilize your core needs first, then swap box-checking for transformational habits. Use stronger protocols to beat addiction and distraction, redesign your environment to win by default, and build daily capacity so motivation returns. Do this, and you’ll feel real progress—in your energy, parenting, relationships, and life.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Esteem: Respect, Status, Recognition, Strength and Freedom. Strength: That's Real strength comes from within - but includes physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually etc. Are you doing things that strengthen you or weaken you in your everyday life? When you say you are getting up at 6AM and then the first thing you do when you wake up is press the snooze button. Don't break your commitments to yourself. Freedom: Being in a free country doesn't do you any goo...

This message is a powerful reminder that even in hard seasons, you can build strong relationships by choosing real connection over superficial “busy-ness” and online scrolling. Greg breaks down the love-and-belonging level of Maslow’s hierarchy—friendship, intimacy, family, and connection—and explains how fear, walls, and past hurt can create artificial ceilings in your relationships. With practical encouragement, he invites you to invest daily through vulnerability, appreciation, meaningful conversations, and intentional effort—because relationships don’t thrive by accident, they thrive because you build them.

In this episode, Greg Denning explores personal safety through a deeper lens, revealing why so many people feel stuck even when their basic needs seem met. Using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, he explains how emotional chaos, toxic words, lack of meaning, fear, insecurity, unhealthy environments, and misplaced attachment to possessions quietly undermine personal safety and block growth. Greg challenges listeners to recognize hidden threats—mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual—and shows how reclaiming safety in these areas unlocks clarity, confidence, and the ability to reach your full potential.

If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or low-energy, the problem may be your foundational habits. Before pursuing bigger goals, it’s essential to optimize the basics — sleep, food, hydration, breathing, and your environment. Strengthening these foundational habits gives you the clarity, motivation, and energy you need to unlock your potential and finally move into the higher levels of personal growth.

"We do not rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training." - Archilochus We automatically become who we do not want to be as human beings. How? By never moving away from default. When somebody provokes us, we react and get angry. When things don't go how we wanted them to we get frustrated. When somebody is rude, we are rude back. This is our automatic reaction to many different situations in life. By default we become who we do not want to be. To rise from...

In this episode, Greg Denning shares a powerful story from the Dennings’ time living in Costa Rica that illustrates why we must choose kindness even when life is difficult. While struggling financially themselves, Greg and Rachel looked for ways to serve others and helped bring hundreds of books to a small village school. When Greg gave a few special books to a local family, the mother immediately called the neighbors to celebrate together, explaining that sharing joy strengthens the entire community. The experience became a powerful reminder that kindness spreads goodness, generosity builds connection, and even small acts can create meaningful ripple effects in the lives of others.

Do hard things is more than a motivational phrase—it’s a life skill that determines confidence, resilience, and long-term success. In this episode, Greg Denning shares powerful personal stories and family experiences that show how voluntary challenge builds mental, emotional, and physical toughness. He explains why comfort makes life feel harder, why young adults struggle to launch, and how parents can intentionally create a family culture where doing hard things becomes normal—and empowering.

If you’ve been trying to change your life with willpower and good intentions alone, life coaching for parents adds the structure you’re missing. By intentionally surrounding yourself with a coach who sees your blind spots, a community that lifts and supports you, and healthy competition through challenges, you move from “I’ll figure it out someday” to real, measurable growth in your parenting, marriage, mindset, and habits. Instead of drifting or settling, you create a system around your success—so progress becomes normal, not accidental.

You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat and take care of themselves. We all have an obligation to work on ourselves more than anything else. Good Input = Good Output, (and vice versa) are you building yourself up or tearing yourself down? Time is precious. Don't waste it! Henry David Thoreau says "As if you could kill time without injuring the eternities." Time is what life is made up of, if you waste time, then you don't know the true meaning of your life! There are so many thing...

If you’re serious about living your legend, this episode will show you how to turn purpose into progress one step at a time. Drawing inspiration from The Alchemist, Greg explains how to set DUMB goals (Demanding, Unrealistic, Meaningful, Bold), use pattern interrupts to break free from autopilot, and replace distractions with growth. Whether you’re a parent, spouse, or entrepreneur, these daily habits will help you move from survival to significance and model a life of passion and purpose for your family.

In this powerful rant-style message, Greg Denning explains why servant leadership is a moral obligation anytime you hold authority—at work, in an organization, in church, or at home as a parent. Using real stories from airports, border crossings, and leadership roles, he shows how uniforms, titles, and power can tempt people to misuse control—yet the highest form of influence is kindness, empathy, and gentle persuasion. He challenges listeners to lead like the “sun” instead of the “north wind,” making people feel seen, valued, and understood—because how you treat people is how you’ll be remembered.

Are you stuck in a cycle of dreaming about the life you want —but never actually taking action to create it? Do you tell yourself, “I’ll do it someday…” but that day never comes because you’re waiting to feel ready or less afraid? In this episode, we dive deep into why courage is the missing ingredient in most people’s lives —and how to cultivate the kind of courage that helps you pursue your goals and dreams, even when fear is screaming at you to stay small. Most people think you need more time...

Most people say they want a better life, but their self improvement habits don’t match their dreams. In this episode, Greg shows you how to upgrade those habits using CAVE—Consistent And Vigorous Improvement—so growth becomes a daily non-negotiable instead of a “someday” wish. When you treat your potential as a moral obligation, not a luxury, everything shifts: your health, your marriage, your parenting, your finances, and your sense of purpose.

What group or people do we de-humanize? Democrats? Republicans? Muslims? Black people? White people? The list goes on, why do we objectify people? During WW2 the Germans strategically under social strategy got the general population to dehumanize many groups of people. People with brown hair, the elderly, the handicapped and mainly the Jews. That society thought they were better and the slide started slowly. First it was shunning them, then it was abusing them, then it was plundering and finall...

In this episode, host Greg Denning discuss how emotion is the driving force in our lives. He asks: "What emotions do I feel most of the time? Is that how I WANT to feel?" If emotion is a choice -- and in this episode Greg will show you why that's true -- then why not choose the better options? Discover how letting go of the negative emotions will clear space for you to get those positive emotions back into your life. Emotion is so important and having it be a positive driving force -- instead of...

When someones poor choice effects you, it's hard not to react in an outburst, or hold it against them. People carry hate for people their entire lives. Maybe you are in the right, but how does keeping that chip on your shoulder help you? A time comes where you have to move on, not to take that anger with you anymore. It's not good to bottle emotions, its healthy to release them. Sometimes You get so boiled up that you forget that you must forgive to move forward. Carrying that emotional burde...

Caution! Awesome stories and reality checks lay ahead! While playing football, Greg's hand got smashed between two helmets and broke four metacarpals. When he saw that his back up wasn't doing too well, he headed back into the game. broke his leg. What do we take for granted every day?! Movement of our fingers and legs? Mobility to do what we want? Reality checks are important to see how much we really have. At fourteen years old, he was with some friends and a fight broke out about racism. A ...

Everyday you have the choice to between mediocrity and excellence. When Greg was just twelve years old, he was out late in a bad part of town with some friends. He ended up getting beat up pretty bad by some older teenagers. In that moment, as a kid, he was the victim. Then from the moment after that, he chose not to be the victim again. He chose to learn some martial arts and workout. He still travels world to all sorts of places! "We are cautious but I refuse to live in fear." We have oppor...