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March 14, 2023
#214 Where We've Been and How We've Made it Extra Special -- Celebrating 22 Years of Marriage
Every year on special occasions like our birthdays and anniversaries, we love to reminisce and ask ourselves, " Where were we celebrating last year? I wonder where we'll be next year?" Last year we celebrated in Portugal whi…
March 7, 2023
#213 What to Eat Part 2 -- Snacks, Recipes, Rules, & When to Break Them
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 to improve your health, such as: What if I'm lactose intolerant? What…
Feb. 28, 2023
#212 True Balance Looks Like Yin & Yang and Walking 'The Labyrinth'
In this episode we address how to have better balance in your life. 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 fam…
Feb. 21, 2023
#211 What to Eat & How -- What's ACTUALLY Healthy? Our Food Journey
In many of our episodes, we often reference food, its connection to behavior and emotion, and what to eat to make improvements in these areas. So it’s not surprising that we received this request: “I would LOVE to hear an ep…
Feb. 7, 2023
#209 How to Get Your Kids (& Spouse) on Board with Charts & Systems (+ Why You NEED Them Even if You Think You Don't)
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…
Jan. 10, 2023
#205 The Price of Mastery -- Is It Worth the Cost?
In this episode we talk about the mastery of well-being instead of the mastery of activities. We’re coming to you today from the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. We have loved traveling through the Baltic States. Today we’re goin…
Jan. 3, 2023
#204 Family Travel is an Investment in the Development of Yourself & Your Children + Logistics, Tips & FAQs
Invest In Development - the development of yourself, the development of your family and the development of your Extraordinary Life. Welcome to a New Year! We’re keeping the Denning family dream alive with family adventures .…
Nov. 22, 2022
#201 Toxic Masculinity & the Epidemic of Gaming Addictions & Unmotivated, Underachieving Boys & Young Men
Toxic Masculinity - How is it effecting our boys? We like to get our podcast topics from issues that really ‘fire us up’ (it makes for better discussions). This week, I was fired up by some comments left on an Instagram Reel…
Nov. 1, 2022
The Rewards (& Risks) of Pursuing a Life of Comfort & Luxury
I remember the first time I realized that humanity’s desire for comfort and luxury was actually a driving force for improving the world. Previous to that I often felt that wanting luxury and comfort was wrong or bad… perhaps…
Oct. 18, 2022
#197 How to Not Let Your Children’s Moods Affect You (Grumpy & Otherwise)
We’ve all had the experience of being around someone who’s grumpy — even our spouse or children — and then soon we’re feeling grumpy as well. Is it possible to turn that around and be a forse of positive influence? A mother …
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 family …
Oct. 4, 2022
#195 Fear is a Traitor & is Holding Back Your Family & Your Life
Fear is a universal emotion. We’ve all experienced it at some point. It is very real and very relevant. As a teenage girl, Edith Eger was a prisoner in Auschwitz Concentration Camp. She said that after she was released once …
Sept. 27, 2022
#194 The Hero's Journey -- Leave the Ordinary World Behind and Live a Great Story
Every great story, movie, or book contains elements of what’s been called the ‘Hero’s Journey’ — a series of events and experiences that makes the story meaningful and transformational . It’s the process by which the heros-t…
Sept. 20, 2022
#193 How to STOP CARING What Other People Think About You
In this episode we five deep into social conditioning. All of us have been ‘conditioned’ by society when it comes to things such as HOW to behave and WHAT to care about. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. It fact, social co…
Aug. 9, 2022
#187 Seek an ‘Inner Knowing’ (Insight & Intuition) And ACT On It to Avoid Sabotaging Your Life and Your Family
In this episode we dive deep into the soul to help you draw out your inner knowing and develop your insight and intuition. n our line of work coaching families for the past 20 years, we get an up-close-and-personal look into…