In many of our episodes, we often reference food and its connection to behavior and emotion. So itâs not surprising that we received this request: âI would LOVE to hear an episode on food! YES it is confusing and hard to navi...
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#211 What to Eat & How -- What's ACTUALLY Healthy? Our Food Journey
We truly love receiving emails and questions from followers, clients, and listeners because it gives us specific situations and challenges to address. Weâve learned that even though we (as humans) often feel that weâre the âo...
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#210 A Message (with a Strategy) for Swamped, Overwhelmed Moms (and Dads)
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 ...
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#209 How to Get Your Kids (& Spouse) on Board with Charts & Systems (+ Why You NEED Them Even if You Think You Don't)
Welcome to todayâs episode, weâre coming to you from Vienna, Austria this time. We just finished leading a WWII trip where we learned about the start of the war with the invasion of Warsaw, visited Auschwitz & Birkenau concen...
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#208 How to Respond to, Stop, & Prevent Misbehavior in Young (& Old) Children -- Strategies that WORK!
You might not realize it, but as a parent, YOU have a moral obligation to make sure that your child (or children) are NOT annoying. Why? Because in order for your children to function normally in the world â and to have a hea...
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#207 How to Make Sure Your Kids Are NOT ANNOYING (Because It's Crucial to THEIR Adult Happiness)
Welcome to the podcast! Weâre coming to you from Warsaw, Poland. Our kids are on the other side of town in an Airbnb and weâre spending the weekend at a luxury hotel to celebrate Gregâs 45th birthday. (Please excuse any sound...
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#206 Inspire, Not Require... Sounds Ideal, But Does it Actually Work?
Weâre coming to you today from the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. We have loved traveling through the Baltic States. Today weâre going to continue answering some questions (since we were accidentally cut short in the last episod...
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#205 The Price of Mastery -- Is It Worth the Cost?
Welcome to a New Year! Weâre keeping the Denning family dream alive with family adventures . In December, we traveled through NYC, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, & Estonia. Weâve had some questions about the logistics of t...
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#204 Family Travel is an Investment in the Development of Yourself & Your Children + Logistics, Tips & FAQs
Greg and Rachel are still in Norway leading two trips. The first took place in Tromsø, 225 miles north of the Arctic Circle where they fed reindeer, went dog sledding, and saw the Northern Lights while cruising the harbor. Th...
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#203 Creating a Real Life 'Happily Ever After' Marriage (It's Not a Pipe Dream)
Hey everybody! Greg and I are in Oslo, Norway with our family, recovering from jet lag. In a few hours, we fly to Tromsø, 220 miles north of the Arctic Circle . Tomorrow begins our first Norway trip where 18 other people will...
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#202 Video Games & Virtual Worlds -- How to Get Our Sons & Husband's Back
This content is taken from a recording of a live coaching session with our Extraordinary Family Life Formula coaching group. It is member-only content. If you would like to access it you can join The Formula or you can subscr...
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COACHING SESSION: Boys Adrift: Why Boys & Men Turn to Video Games and What to Do About It
We like to get our podcast topics from issues that really âfire us upâ (it makes for better discussions). This week, I was fired up by some comments left on an Instagram Reel I created about allowing âboys to be boysâ with au...
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#201 Toxic Masculinity & the Epidemic of Gaming Addictions & Unmotivated, Underachieving Boys & Young Men
"My husband and I have been struggling a great deal in our marriage, mostly over parenting issues . We have specifically been struggling with our 13 year old daughter who told us she is gay ." Many emails and questions we rec...
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#200 Disagreements in Parenting Approaches Around LGBTQ Issues
I remember the first time I realized that humanityâs desire for 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 from generat...
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#199 The Rewards (& Risks) of Pursuing a Life of Comfort & Luxury
Weâve been asked several times over the years by coaching clients and others regarding masturbation . Specifically, they want to know how to approach masturbation in general â with their children or teens , and in their marri...
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#198 Masturbation & Cheap Sexual Acts Are a Poor Substitute for Real Connection â A Message for Teens AND Spouses
Weâve all had the experience of being around someone whoâs grumpy â even our spouse or children â and then soon weâre feeling grumpy as well. A mother of multiple children recently asked us, âWhen the people around me (aka my...
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#197 How to Not Let Your Childrenâs Moods Affect You (Grumpy & Otherwise)
We are busy people. And so are you. We have a LOT going on, as Iâm sure you do too. Human nature often makes us feel that weâre âtoo busyâ to do things like morning routines or rituals. Weâre âtoo busyâ to do morning discussi...
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#196 How & WHY to do Morning Family Devotionals (Discussions)
Fear is a universal emotion. Weâve 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 t...
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#195 Fear is a Traitor & is Holding Back Your Family & Your Life
Every great story, movie, or book contains elements of whatâs been called the âHeroâs Journeyâ â a series of events and experiences that makes the story meaningful and transformational . Itâs the process by which the hero-to-...
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#194 The Hero's Journey -- Leave the Ordinary World Behind and Live a Great Story
All of us have been âconditionedâ by society when it comes to things such as HOW to behave and WHAT to care about. Thatâs not necessarily a bad thing. It fact, social conditioning can be very positive . Caring what other peop...
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#193 How to STOP CARING What Other People Think About You
Can we start with a âslapâ in the face? In all sincerity, most of us suck at communicating with other people, especially in our family relationships. Plus, âcommunicationâ seems like such a vague or broad topic. What exactly ...
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#192 EVERYTHING In Life Gets Easier & Smoother When You Can COMMUNICATE Better. Here's How to Do It
Many, if not all of us, know of someone â are ARE someone â who has dealt with the devastating effects of anxiety and depression. Methods for dealing with these issues can be very charged. Itâs a subject thatâs often difficul...
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#191 The Truth (& Myths) About Overcoming Anxiety & Depression
Many of us have been taught or grown to believe that unconditional love is the highest of virtues. And in many ways it makes sense. Loving others â without conditions â seems to be the highest level of love possible , partly ...
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#190 Unconditional Love is NOT the Highest Form of Love; Deep, Meaningful Love is CONDITIONAL
Getting things done is one of the most critical ingredients for achieving your dreams and goals and building a lasting family legacy . Yet itâs also one of the hardest things to do because of the natural ebbs, flows, and inte...
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#189 How to Get Stuff Done & Be Productive (Even With a Family)
