If you've been a parent long you know that parenting often feels like a series of problems to solve. This is accurate. So it only makes sense that if you become a better problem-solver, you will become a better parent. Contin...
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#236 Creating Stability: Become a Better Problem Solver to Become a Better Parent
"My kids are having a hard time adjusting to _______ (moving, traveling, homeschooling, divorce, death, etc). How can I help them?" We've received a question like this dozens of times over the years. Parents the world over wo...
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#235 Creating a Family Culture of Stability, Safety, Trust, & Well-Adjusted Family Members
I (Rachel) cried today. It was because of the stress and pressure and overwhelm of 'all the things' I have to get done by a looming deadline, and it was sparked by the small irritations of family life. So Greg and I do what w...
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#230 How to Handle the Stress & Pressure of Family Life and to Move Into Higher Level Emotions
After posting reels on Instagram about our most recent 6-month trip to 17 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, I've had many people ask: "How do you even BEGIN planning a trip like that?" "What was your budget for this expe...
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#229 How to Plan BIG Adventures for Your Family (+ Budget & Costs)
Do you feel stuck? Or like you're constantly dealing with the same problems -- in your marriage, with your kids, or your finances? Does it feel like you can never 'afford it' -- no matter what it is? Or that you keep having t...
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#223 How to Prevent 80% of Problems & Find Lasting Solutions When Challenges Do Arise
As part of the 28-Day Challenge we ask participants to choose one food to give up. Some choose sugar. But itâs not always easy to give it up. As one mom said: ââŚthe sweet tooth got the best of me. I donât drink soda and have...
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#222 How Sugar Contributes to Disease & How to Give it Up FOR GOOD
After episode #211 about What to Eat we received a lot of follow-up questions (thank you!) and were asked to do a follow up episode to clarify some things, such as: What if I'm lactose intolerant? What do you recommend to rep...
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#213 What to Eat Part 2 -- Snacks, Recipes, Rules, & When to Break Them
Thanks for all of the questions! They help us to have relevant conversations in these podcast episodes. If you have a question about anything in life or family, send them to support@extraordinaryfamilylife.com This weekâs que...
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#212 True Balance Looks Like Yin & Yang and Walking 'The Labyrinth'
In many of our episodes, we often reference food and its connection to behavior and emotion. So itâs not surprising that we received this request: âI would LOVE to hear an episode on food! YES it is confusing and hard to navi...
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#211 What to Eat & How -- What's ACTUALLY Healthy? Our Food Journey
We truly love receiving emails and questions from followers, clients, and listeners because it gives us specific situations and challenges to address. Weâve learned that even though we (as humans) often feel that weâre the âo...
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#210 A Message (with a Strategy) for Swamped, Overwhelmed Moms (and Dads)
We received another question from a mom who was interested in joining my Family Charts & Systems course and community . In an email I sent out, it said: As a mother of seven children, my life seriously changed forever once I ...
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#209 How to Get Your Kids (& Husband) on Board with Charts & Systems (+ Why You NEED Systems Even if You Think You Don't)
Welcome to todayâs episode, weâre coming to you from Vienna, Austria this time. We just finished leading a WWII trip where we learned about the start of the war with the invasion of Warsaw, visited Auschwitz & Birkenau concen...
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#208 How to Respond to, Stop, & Prevent Misbehavior in Young (& Old) Children -- Strategies that WORK!
You might not realize it, but as a parent, YOU have a moral obligation to make sure that your child (or children) are NOT annoying. Why? Because in order for your children to function normally in the world â and to have a hea...
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#207 How to Make Sure Your Kids Are NOT ANNOYING (Because It's Crucial to THEIR Adult Happiness)
Weâre coming to you today from the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. We have loved traveling through the Baltic States. Today weâre going to continue answering some questions (since we were accidentally cut short in the last episod...
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#205 The Price of Mastery -- Is It Worth the Cost?
This content is taken from a recording of a live coaching session with our Extraordinary Family Life Formula coaching group. It is member-only content. If you would like to access it you can join The Formula or you can subscr...
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COACHING SESSION: Boys Adrift: Why Boys & Men Turn to Video Games and What to Do About It
We like to get our podcast topics from issues that really âfire us upâ (it makes for better discussions). This week, I was fired up by some comments left on an Instagram Reel I created about allowing âboys to be boysâ with au...
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#201 Toxic Masculinity & the Epidemic of Gaming Addictions & Unmotivated, Underachieving Boys & Young Men
Weâve all had the experience of being around someone whoâs grumpy â even our spouse or children â and then soon weâre feeling grumpy as well. A mother of multiple children recently asked us, âWhen the people around me (aka my...
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#197 How to Not Let Your Childrenâs Moods Affect You (Grumpy & Otherwise)
We are busy people. And so are you. We have a LOT going on, as Iâm sure you do too. Human nature often makes us feel that weâre âtoo busyâ to do things like morning routines or rituals. Weâre âtoo busyâ to do morning discussi...
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#196 How & WHY to do Morning Family Devotionals (Discussions)
Getting things done is one of the most critical ingredients for achieving your dreams and goals and building a lasting family legacy . Yet itâs also one of the hardest things to do because of the natural ebbs, flows, and inte...
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#189 How to Get Stuff Done & Be Productive (Even With a Family)
Greg Denning often says, âTell me your habits and Iâll tell you your future.â Habits are the MOST important thing to determining the outcomes and happiness of your life. Habits will make or break your mental, emotional, spiri...
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#188 Your Teen's Current Habits Will Make or Break Their Life Happiness & Success
"I would like to be more confident but my face turns red if I am embarrassed, nervous, shy, afraid, or just talking with someone . Without that handicap, I know I would be more confident, but unfortunately, I let it stop me a...
We all have blind spots. We all have things weâre doing (or not doing) that are causing or contributing to our own problems. In our coaching, we often work with people who keep doing (or not doing) the things that are keeping...
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#178 We Know It's Hard But DO WHAT MUST BE DONE! The Obstacle IS the Way
Greg and I are always fascinated by ideas , the search for truth , intellectual discussion , and meaningful connection . As intentionally as we have designed our lifestyle, itâs still rare for us to have all of those things i...
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#173 Beauty, Art, Changing World Order, & Jordan Peterson Live
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
