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May 17, 2022
#179 Travel More? Or Prepare for the Worst? Finding the Middle-Ground Between Risk-Taking and Being Safe & Prepared
You may have seen or heard that we’re planning a move to Portugal — and hoping to travel while making the transition. We received some questions about this: “We would love to travel more , even long term, but I am getting mo…
May 3, 2022
#177 Analyzing (& Laughing About) Our Big 5 Personality Test Scores
Understanding YOURSELF and the other human beings around you is one of the trickiest and most complex aspects of life and relationships — how personality tests can help you understand yourself and others better. Your persona…
April 26, 2022
#176 How Frustration, Guilt, & Discontent Guide You to Your Best Self -- Don't Assuage the Pain or 'Accept What Is'. This is Your Soul Calling!
Have you ever had that inner feeling of discontent, frustration, guilt, or dissatisfaction ? (I know I have.) Have you ever thought — what’s the point of setting goals? I’ll just be disappointed. Or have you ever tried to ac…
March 24, 2022
#172 The Foundations for Magic & Serendipity -- Our Portugal Trip Report
Greg and I just returned from an incredible trip to Portugal to celebrate our 21st anniversary and we’re excited to record an episode about it. We’re going to share all the romance, magic, and serendipity we experienced that…
Feb. 22, 2022
#170 How to Wake Up and Overcome Sleep Depression/Inertia -- Better Mornings Equals a Better Life
Hey everyone. We hope you’re 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 we’re discussing something which — at first glance — seems overl…
Feb. 8, 2022
#169 How to Make the Mundane Parts of Day-to-Day Life More Meaningful
Today we are diving into a detailed look at what living an ‘extraordinary’ life looks like on the day-to-day . The majority of your life — and ours — is spent in daily activities that can be mundane . Dishes, laundry, errand…
Jan. 25, 2022
#168 What to Do When People Oppose Your Lifestyle Choices
How do you handle the unavoidable conflict that arises from your unconventional choices?
Dec. 7, 2021
#162 'Entertainment Overrun' is Creating a Painful Gap Between Here and the Life of Your Dreams
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: “How can our family create balance and not feel guilty f…
Sept. 25, 2021
#158 The Politicization of C*vid & the V*ccine -- the episode we 'should not' be doing ;)
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 oth…
Sept. 13, 2021
#157 Our Response to 'Incomprehensibly Stupid' Memes & Current Events
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 …
Sept. 5, 2021
#156 How to know if you’re WINNING in life
How do you know if you’re winning in life?
It’s Easier in sports where there’s a scoreboard, but even that isn’t always reflective of true winning. You might lose the game but still be winning in personal improvements, perfo…
Aug. 5, 2021
#153 When Being a Good Person Produces Bad Results
Being good is not enough
Most of our default thinking is that if we’re a good person it will be enough. That’s 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 …
July 16, 2021
#152 Your Money & Your Marriage
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 it’s spent? Does the non-income earning spouse have any say …
July 9, 2021
#151 What husbands NEED to know about their wives
Many marriages are merely okay, or even slowly dying simply because men are inadvertently neglecting their wives.
Gentlemen, you’re living far below your privileges in your marriage. Inadvertent negligence is costing you t…
June 16, 2021
#150 The Sex-quel. Follow up sex episode with Rachel Denning
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 didn’t understand each other, or ourselves for that matter, and we …