"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
After nine months of traveling outside of the USA (to 17+ countries from TromsĆø to Cairo), we return to take care of some things that will help us make a permanent transition to our home base in Portugal... But as usual, ther...
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#234 College, Drug Lords, Billboards & Totalitarianism in America
In this episode, we philosophize (are you surprised?) about observations we've been making for the past decade or more as we've read, studied, and traveled to 50+ countries. It's kind of like putting together a puzzle. You ta...
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#233 The Impending Unraveling (and Collapse?) of Society -- How to Protect Your Family
In this very important episode, Greg and I discuss first-hand knowledge we have about the growing industry of human trafficking . We also talk about sexual abuse, how it happens, and how to protect your kids. If you think it ...
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#232 PROTECT Your Kids NOW from Traffickers & Sexual Abusers
We've never told any of our 7 children there is a Santa Clause or a Tooth Fairy.
That's because we always wanted to be seen as people our children can believe and trust -- NO MATTER WHAT -- especially when it comes to discer...
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#231 Stop Lying to Your Kids ā Speak ONLY Truth to Gain More Influence
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 have a podcast episode or advice somewhere where you talk about how you instilled a love of reading in your children ? As parents love reading and have read a lot to our children when they were young. Sometimes we sti...
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#228 How to Help Your Kids LOVE 'Reading' (aka Stories, Learning, & Growing)
In Greg's work as a coach, he often hears something like this: "Yes I agree, but how do I talk to my spouse about that??? " Sometimes we're shocked that a spouse feels like they can't bring up a topic with their 'better half'...
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#227 Babe, I Want to Be Able to Talk to You About ANYTHING -- Let's Listen & Discuss This
Greg received an email from a friend who said, " My son needs a life coach :) " His response was, " EVERYONE needs a life coach." The stigma is that only people with problems or those who 'can't figure it out' need a life coa...
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#226 Please Don't Be Offended That I Shared This Episode With You -- Here's Why YOU (and I) Need a Coach
No matter if you homeschool or send your kids to public or private school, YOU are responsible for the outcomes of their education. The first step is for YOU to define what EDUCATION means to you . Is it academic learning? Gr...
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#225 How to Help Your (Public or Homeschool) Kids Get a World-Class Education
This episode would not be complete without listening to these episodes as well: What Wives Need to Know About Their Husband's Sex Drives And What Men Need to Know About Themselves Sex-quel Follow-Up Episode with Rachel Dennin...
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#224 How (& WHY) to Have Sex 3-6 Times a Week EVEN with Kids, Businesses, Homeschool, Jobs, Activities, and More
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 itās not always easy to give it up. As one mom said: āā¦the sweet tooth got the best of me. I donāt drink soda and have...
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#222 How Sugar Contributes to Disease & How to Give it Up FOR GOOD
At work, home, family life, and marriage, itās easy to blame the circumstances of life or to say āThatās just the way things areā ā¦ But the reality is that weāre often participating in, perpetuating, or creating our own chaos...
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#221 Specific Strategies & Tools to Make Your Marriage Good, Better, Great & EXTRAORDINARY
Conflict is often seen as an unavoidable part of family lifeāwhether itās sibling rivalry, marital disagreements, or parenting struggles. But what if fighting isnāt natural, just common? In this episode, Greg and Rachel Denning challenge the belief that conflict is inevitable and share the deeper tā¦
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#220 "My Kids Are Fighting So Much!" How to Put and End to Fighting & Rivalry -- For Good
We received a great question from a mom which we answer in todayās episode. Just a reminder ā we love receiving questions. Feel free to ask us anything by visiting podcast.extraordinaryfamilylife.com where you can leave us a ...
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#219 How to Get Your Kids to Do What They Should (Homework, Chores, the 'Right' Thing) WITHOUT the Battle
This topic is one that can be sensitive so we want to handle it appropriately . As usual, the subject came up because of an activity in Gregās online class for teens ā Habits for a Successful Life ā and a resulting email from...
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#218 Body Shaming? How to LOVE Your Body AND Want to Get in Your Best Shape
In our podcast episodes, we like to answer questions weāre asked or to discuss topics that impact ā or fire ā us up. Lately, weāve been discussing together the most recent school shooting in the United States (and the resulti...
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#217 To Control Guns or Not to Control Guns? -- This is NOT the (Right) Question
In this episode, it seems as though we start talking about one subject and end with another. Yet, they are connected. We begin discussing how to deal with children who are āhigh spiritedā with minds of their own (which can so...
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#216 Why Encouraging Your Kids to 'Talk Back' Develops Critical Thinking & Decision Making Skills
In our work with couples and clients, we often come across marriages that are struggling. One of the MANY reasons this happens (or at least continues as an issue) is because of the husbandās inability or lack of skill in list...
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#215 A Message to Husbands: How to Actually Listen to Your Wife
Every year on 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 while we were scouting out t...
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#214 Where We've Been and How We've Made it Extra Special -- Celebrating 22 Years of Marriage
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 weekās que...
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#212 True Balance Looks Like Yin & Yang and Walking 'The Labyrinth'
