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The Extraordinary Family Life Podcast Episodes
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 mundane daily activities . Dishes, laundry, errands. Even with…
Jan. 11, 2022
#166 The Size of Your Dreams MUST Exceed Your Current Capacity to Achieve Them
In this episode, Greg and I talk about one of our favorite topics — dreaming BIG and setting (and achieving) BIG goals . Greg has said that “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them.” …
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 strug…
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…
Nov. 30, 2021
#161 Question Everything -- Including C*vid -- Take Responsibility, And Get Healthy!
Under duress, Greg agreed to do ANOTHER podcast touching on issues around C*vid -- but only because someone was confused about our 'statement' and position during the last one. They also believed there were some holes in our…
Nov. 9, 2021
#160 "You're Good Enough the Way You Are" Isn't the WHOLE Truth
It IS true that 'you are good enough the way you are'. You are special. You are lovable. You are allowed to just be YOU. But those ideas are INCOMPLETE truths. You were also designed, created, and evolved to continually aim …
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 …
Aug. 7, 2021
#154 Learning To WANT What You NEED and LOVE What You Don’t Like
Here are 5 ideas about learning to like and enjoy the things you need to do but may not always want to do.
1—Like the results. You may not like the method and that’s okay. FOCUS on the results. What you focus on you feel. …
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 …
June 8, 2021
#149 Making Your Mark
What Mark are you making in the world? What Mark are you making in your family?
We all have the privilege, opportunity, and even responsibility to make a mark in the world and in the lives of others.
Interestingly, we are al…
April 18, 2021
#145 The Corners Of Your Life
We all have little corners in our lives where the dust and the dirt and the stuff begin to gather. This is both literal and figurative.
It may be the corner of your closet or your garage, or the corners of your mind or your…
April 3, 2021
#144 She Died In My Arms
This is the account of an unbelievable experience we had in Ecuador while preparing to climb a big mountain.
I had an opportunity to go back up and help someone who had fallen. She later died in my arms on the mountain.
Th…
Feb. 14, 2021
#141 Failing Your Way To Success
Failure hurts. A lot. It’s not some thing any of us want to do, but I think it’s something we all need to do.
We attempted to Summit Orizaba and failed. Epic story. But in that failure were many successes—if we look for the…
Feb. 10, 2021
#140 Find a Way or Make one
If you’re on the right path and it’s the appropriate time for you, find a way to make it work or make a way to make it work!
Too many of us give up too often and too soon. We give a first attempt or maybe a feeble second an…
Dec. 15, 2020
#136 The Greatest Tragedy and How To Avoid It
What is the greatest tragedy in life? If we look at the whole picture of life, it seems to me that the greatest tragedy is when an amazing human being fails to live a life that is meaningful, fulfilling and maximized. Each p…