Parenting teens can feel like walking a tightrope—balancing rules, trust, and emotional connection. But it doesn’t have to be a battle. In this insightful episode, we share 6 proven strategies for parenting teens that help you build a deep, lasting bond with your child. From earning respect to givi…
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6 Things You MUST Do to Raise Responsible, Respectful Teens
Are you wondering why your 18-year-old still acts like a teenager? Science confirms it—they’re not fully adults yet. So how do you parent emerging adults ages 18–25 with wisdom, influence, and connection? In this powerful epi...
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Science Shows: Your Kids Are NOT Adults at 18!!! How to Parent and Prepare ‘Emerging Adults ages 18-25'
Finding happiness in family life doesn’t happen by accident—it requires intention, strategy, and daily practice. In this episode, we share 7 powerful tools we use as a couple and family to reconnect with joy and meaning, even during stressful or exhausting seasons. From using mundane chores as emot…
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#319 7-Strategies for Finding Daily Happiness and Meaning in Family Life
Are you ready to enjoy family life more fully, even when the days feel chaotic or overwhelming? This episode offers practical parenting peace strategies and ways to cultivate family joy through simple daily habits. We explore how mindfulness for parents and genuine emotional connection can help you…
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#318 How to Have More Joy in Family Life—Even During the Hard and Messy Moments
Building healthy relationships at home starts with deep emotional and physical connection between spouses. In this honest conversation, we explore how unmet sexual needs, porn, stress, and lack of intimacy silently erode connection, leading to grumpiness, frustration, and disconnection in both marr…
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#317 How Sexual Frustration (or Porn) are Causing Dad’s to Be Grumpy & Disconnected
This episode centers on improving communication to transform recurring patterns of family conflict. By exploring the Family Drama Triangle and the emotional triggers that fuel it, listeners learn how reactive roles—like victim, villain, or rescuer—undermine connection. Through three simple steps an…
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#316 How to Step Out of the Family Drama Triangle in 3 Simple Steps
This episode explores conflict-resolution through the lens of natural consequences, offering parents a compassionate and effective alternative to traditional discipline. Rather than resorting to punishments or power struggles, the episode highlights strategies that transform family tension into tea…
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#315 Can’t Get Your Kids to Stop Fighting? Try These 10 Scripts to Create Peace
This episode delves into how different parenting styles profoundly impact a child's emotional development and family dynamics—especially when parents disagree on how to raise their children. It breaks down the four core styles, highlighting why authoritative parenting best supports resilience, self…
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#314 Getting on the Same Parenting Page —While Honoring the Important Roles of Mom and Dad
Do your kids struggle with tantrums, power struggles, or emotional meltdowns—and you’re not sure how to stop the cycle without yelling or harsh discipline ? After posting on Instagram about how we raised our 7 kids without ye...
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#313 How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles
Feeling torn between your big dreams and the tiny humans in your care? Do you ever wonder if you’ll ever have the time, energy, or space to pursue the big dreams in your heart — while you're still night nursing, co-sleeping, ...
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#312 Ambitious Moms: Big Dreams & Little Kids — How to Navigate the Baby/Toddler Years Without Losing Yourself or Letting Go of Your Big Dreams
Do your kids constantly bicker, tattle, or compete for attention? Are you tired of breaking up fights and wondering if sibling rivalry is just normal ? In this episode, we dive deep into how we've navigated sibling dynamics w...
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#311 How to Get Your Kids to Stop Fighting and End Sibling Rivalry
This episode explores the critical role of psychological safety in parenting, highlighting how well-meaning strategies can unintentionally harm a child’s sense of trust and connection. Using a listener’s painful experience as a springboard, the discussion clarifies that true attachment parenting re…
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#310 The Dark Side of ‘Attachment’ Parenting — How to Protect a Child’s Free Will & Psychological Safety
This episode centers on the power of emotional connection as the foundation for addressing challenging behavior in children of all ages. Instead of viewing meltdowns, defiance, or withdrawal as problems to discipline away, Rachel and Greg reveal them as signs of a weakened parent-child bond. Listen…
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#309 'Bad' Behavior is a Symptom of THIS Problem -- Fixing the Parent/Child Connection (ages 3-25) Fixes the Behavior
This episode highlights the core principles of attachment parenting, especially for parents feeling overwhelmed by their child’s emotional intensity. Responding to a listener’s struggle with burnout and clinginess, Rachel and Greg unpack how behaviors like tantrums or constant reassurance-seeking a…
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#308 ‘Touched Out' or Tired of Tantrums? Here’s How We Still Show Up for Our Kids
his episode explores how self-directed learning can transform education into a personalized, empowering journey for children. Responding to a driven mother’s struggle to balance homeschooling, career, and presence, Rachel and Greg share how moving away from rigid, traditional models allows kids to …
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#307 Things You MUST Do if You Want Your Kids to Have an EXTRAORDINARY Education
This episode tackles the real-life challenges of achieving work-life balance as a mompreneur striving to excel in both business and motherhood. Through the lens of a listener juggling a demanding real estate career and homeschooling aspirations, Rachel and Greg explore how burnout, control, and gui…
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#306 How to Achieve Work-Life Balance as a Mompreneur Without Burning Out
Are you struggling with finding the balance between 'guiding' your kids' choices and empowering them with real (but frightening) agency? In this episode, we answer a listener’s thoughtful question about how to support their k...
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#305 Helping Kids Develop and Use Their Agency to Make Good Choices
This episode focuses on how to raise emotionally resilient children by avoiding common parenting habits that unintentionally undermine trust, confidence, and connection. Drawing from their experience raising seven kids, Rachel and Greg share what they never do—like using sarcasm, harsh discipline, …
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#304 Things We NEVER Do As Parents Who Are Raising Resilient, Well-Adjusted Kids
This episode explores the deep connection between marriage and parenting and a meaningful life, challenging the modern notion that these roles lead to unhappiness and should be avoided. Drawing from personal experience and cultural trends, Rachel and Greg argue that while family life is undeniably …
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#303 Being Married And Having Children Makes You Unhappy. The Shocking Truth?
This episode centers on self development as the key to navigating today’s divisive political and social climate. Instead of getting lost in the noise of opposing viewpoints and endless debates, Rachel and Greg invite you to turn inward and focus on personal growth. They emphasize that truth isn’t s…
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#302 Trump/Zelensky? Find REAL Truth and Power in a Divided World
In this episode, Greg and Rachel Denning highlight the importance of Emotional Awareness in transforming family dynamics and improving parenting. They explore why changing our emotional state can feel unnatural and difficult, and how to make those changes authentically rather than masking our true …
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#301 Transform Your Parenting with Emotional Awareness & Intelligence: The Key to Family Harmony
In this powerful episode, we delve into the concept of EXTREME Gratitude — a mindset that can shift the way we experience life's challenges and blessings . Join us as we reflect on the fragility of life and howtragedy can ser...
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#300 Practice EXTREME Gratitude for Your Child’s Life & Health: A Sobering Message
In this eye-opening episode, Greg and Rachel Denning challenge conventional nutrition wisdom and share how abandoning vegetables led them to the best health of their lives. They explain their shift to an animal-based diet, why they believe the food pyramid is a scam, and how their radical approach …
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#299 Why We STOPPED Eating Vegetables to Get into the BEST Health of Our Life
In this inspiring episode, Greg and Rachel Denning reveal how to unlock true marriage magic by moving beyond mediocrity and intentionally building a thriving, fulfilling relationship. They share powerful insights on conflict resolution, overcoming self-sabotage, and turning challenges into growth o…
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#298 Get on the Same Page With Your Spouse to Create Marriage Magic & a Family Legacy
