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Extraordinary Parenting Episodes

Oct. 11, 2022

#196 How & WHY to do Morning Family Devotionals (Discussions)

We are busy people. And so are you. We have a LOT going on, as I’m sure you do too. Human nature often makes us feel that we’re “too busy” to do things like morning routines or rituals. We’re “too busy” to do morning discussi...
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#196 How & WHY to do Morning Family Devotionals (Discussions)
Sept. 13, 2022

#192 EVERYTHING In Life Gets Easier & Smoother When You Can COMMUNICATE Better. Here's How to Do It

Can we start with a ‘slap’ in the face? In all sincerity, most of us suck at communicating with other people, especially in our family relationships. Plus, ‘communication’ seems like such a vague or broad topic. What exactly ...
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#192 EVERYTHING In Life Gets Easier & Smoother When You Can COMMUNICATE Better. Here's How to Do It
Aug. 30, 2022

#190 Unconditional Love is NOT the Highest Form of Love; Deep, Meaningful Love is CONDITIONAL

Many of us have been taught or grown to believe that unconditional love is the highest of virtues. And in many ways it makes sense. Loving others — without conditions — seems to be the highest level of love possible , partly ...
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#190 Unconditional Love is NOT the Highest Form of Love; Deep, Meaningful Love is CONDITIONAL
July 26, 2022

#185 Helping Children Develop Self-Control (aka The GREATEST Predictor of Future Success)

As a parent, if you knew there was ONE major characteristic which — if developed — would drastically increase your child’s chances of success and happiness , not only now but as an adult… wouldn’t you want to know what it is?...
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#185 Helping Children Develop Self-Control (aka The GREATEST Predictor of Future Success)
July 19, 2022

#184 Helping Children to Manage Their Emotions (so They Can Live Happier Lives)

Emotions can be big and scary — for both parents and children. But it is possible to teach — and model — emotional management for your kids. Emotions are EVERYTHING. Our lives our experienced through emotions, so by default, ...
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#184 Helping Children to Manage Their Emotions (so They Can Live Happier Lives)
June 14, 2022

#182 How to Stop Yelling At Your Kids (Because You're Traumatizing Them)

We get a little serious in this episode -- and Greg sheds a few tears -- because in our work with clients, we've seen the trauma caused by yelling parents. We do not use this word lightly. “People are people no matter how sma...
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#182 How to Stop Yelling At Your Kids (Because You're Traumatizing Them)
May 31, 2022

#181 Chores as Child Abuse?! Responses to This & Other Surprising Comments

Have you ever thought of chores as child abuse? I haven’t either. But I shared a post on Instagram about our system for organizing chores and I was shocked at the number of NEGATIVE comments I received from people who believe...
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#181 Chores as Child Abuse?! Responses to This & Other Surprising Comments
May 24, 2022

#180 This is What's Contributing to All Your Parenting Problems -- And Will Solve Them When Addressed

When Greg Denning was out on his own as a teenager it wasn’t difficult for him to realize that his life sucked … but he desperately wanted it to be better and different. Nobody wants to live a sucky life and stay there. But i...
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#180 This is What's Contributing to All Your Parenting Problems -- And Will Solve Them When Addressed
April 19, 2022

#175 Q&A Sneaky Teens, Forbidden Apps, Pornography, Masturbation, Device Usage, Teen Sex and More! Oh My.

We received some great questions about parenting that we’re addressing today. We love it receiving questions so if you have one please don’t hesitate to ask us. You can leave a voice message for us on our podcast page, or you...
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#175 Q&A Sneaky Teens, Forbidden Apps, Pornography, Masturbation, Device Usage, Teen Sex and More! Oh My.
March 1, 2022

#171 Force Your Kids to Finish? Or Let Them Quit? Our Surprising Answer

Welcome to the podcast! We’re discussing something today that is crucially important to raising healthy, well-adjusted kids . We want to teach them to NOT be quitters, to follow through , and to have grit and perseverance . B...
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#171 Force Your Kids to Finish? Or Let Them Quit? Our Surprising Answer
Dec. 28, 2021

#165 Exposing Your Kids to the Dark Side -- WHY and HOW

Welcome to this episode where we will be discussing a sensitive and sometimes frightening topic to many parents — and that’s WHY and HOW to expose your children to the darkness in order to help them be stronger and more prepa...
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#165 Exposing Your Kids to the Dark Side -- WHY and HOW
Dec. 21, 2021

#164 Teen Mental Health Strategies That WORK! Pattern Interrupts & State Changes

In this episode, we’re discussing teen mental health and strategies for helping them not only overcome mental health challenges but to learn to thrive despite their difficult circumstances. We’re empathetic to the real strugg...
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#164 Teen Mental Health Strategies That WORK! Pattern Interrupts & State Changes
Dec. 14, 2021

#163 The Failure to Launch Epidemic and How to Prevent It In YOUR Children & Teens

In this episode, we’re talking about Failure to Launch syndrome — a significant growing phenomenon among young adults who are not successfully making the transition to adulthood . Its symptoms include young adults who continu...
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#163 The Failure to Launch Epidemic and How to Prevent It In YOUR Children & Teens
Nov. 3, 2021

#159 Teenage Rebellion & "Restaurant Parenting"

"Rebellion of basically any kind stems from needs that are not being met." "Which needs are commonly not met that are likely to lead to rebellion?" Is there a difference between healthy and unhealthy rebellion ? Do you consid...
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#159 Teenage Rebellion & "Restaurant Parenting"
March 4, 2020

#95 What it means to be a REAL man

With so many misconceptions about what it means to be a man, and so many men living far below the standard, we all need to put forth the greatest effort to help boys and men be real men! "At each moment in man's life, he is e...
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#95 What it means to be a REAL man
Dec. 25, 2019

#80 The BEST Thing You Can Do For Those You Love

I love giving gifts and doing things for the people I love most of my life! I’m sure you do too. We spend a lot of time and effort thinking about gifts that we can give and about ways we can serve the people we love. But we ...
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#80 The BEST Thing You Can Do For Those You Love
Dec. 15, 2019

#78 Putting Family First ... For Real

We often say that our family is the most important thing in our lives, but we don’t always show it. The reality is that we prove our priorities with our actions. I want to invite and challenge all of us to put our families ...
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#78 Putting Family First ... For Real
Nov. 14, 2019

#70 How to Build or Rebuild Trust

Trust is one of the most important things in all of our relationships and therefore in every part of our lives. We work with people and in order to work well with people whether in family or in business we have to trust. We...
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#70 How to Build or Rebuild Trust
Oct. 26, 2019

#64 Transform Insecurities Into Strengths

Do you have an insecurity that is holding you back from who you want to be and how you want to live? I used to have loads of them, and they were preventing me from progressing. So I learned how to lean into them and transform...
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#64 Transform Insecurities Into Strengths
Sept. 14, 2019

#56 Watch Your Words—Understanding the true effects of sarcasm, mockery and jest.

Your words are more powerful than you realize they are! But most of us have been trained and conditioned -- through society and other people -- to use sarcasm and mockery all the time. We’re so used to it that we unconsciousl...
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#56 Watch Your Words—Understanding the true effects of sarcasm, mockery and jest.
March 13, 2019

#21 Never treat people this way, especially when you’re in a leadership position!

Seems to be that going through security into any country can be a nightmare the U.S., the UK, Hungry you name it. Something that seems to be a common thread between all these stories is that once someone has a little bit of p...
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#21 Never treat people this way, especially when you’re in a leadership position!