Greg Denning often says, âTell me your habits and Iâll tell you your future.â Habits are the MOST important thing to determining the outcomes and happiness of your life. Habits will make or break your mental, emotional, spiri...
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#188 Your Teen's Current Habits Will Make or Break Their Life Happiness & Success
In our line of work coaching families for the past 20 years, we get an up-close-and-personal look into the lives of many different types of people . Itâs a sacred privilege and we learn so much. We often experience a wide ran...
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#187 Seek an âInner Knowingâ (Insight & Intuition) And ACT On It to Avoid Sabotaging Your Life and Your Family
"I would like to be more confident but my face turns red if I am embarrassed, nervous, shy, afraid, or just talking with someone . Without that handicap, I know I would be more confident, but unfortunately, I let it stop me a...
As a parent, if you knew there was ONE major characteristic which â if developed â would drastically increase your childâs chances of success and happiness , not only now but as an adult⌠wouldnât you want to know what it is?...
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#185 Helping Children Develop Self-Control (aka The GREATEST Predictor of Future Success)
Emotions can be big and scary â for both parents and children. But it is possible to teach â and model â emotional management for your kids. Emotions are EVERYTHING. Our lives our experienced through emotions, so by default, ...
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#184 Helping Children to Manage Their Emotions (so They Can Live Happier Lives)
There is a lot of âsurface tensionâ in the media today -- social and mainstream. Lots of polarity and opposition about intense topics. And it bothers me. Because it paints the picture that there are only two sides to any issu...
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#183 Seeing BEYOND Roe Vs. Wade, Gun Control, & Other 'Surface Tensions'
We get a little serious in this episode -- and Greg sheds a few tears -- because in our work with clients, we've seen the trauma caused by yelling parents. We do not use this word lightly. âPeople are people no matter how sma...
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#182 How to Stop Yelling At Your Kids (Because You're Traumatizing Them)
Have you ever thought of chores as child abuse? I havenât either. But I shared a post on Instagram about our system for organizing chores and I was shocked at the number of NEGATIVE comments I received from people who believe...
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#181 Chores as Child Abuse?! Responses to This & Other Surprising Comments
When Greg Denning was out on his own as a teenager it wasnât difficult for him to realize that his life sucked ⌠but he desperately wanted it to be better and different. Nobody wants to live a sucky life and stay there. But i...
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#180 This is What's Contributing to All Your Parenting Problems -- And Will Solve Them When Addressed
You may have seen or heard that weâre planning a move to Portugal â and hoping to travel while making the transition. We received some questions about this: âWe would love to travel more , even long term, but I am getting mor...
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#179 Travel More? Or Prepare for the Worst? Finding the Middle-Ground Between Risk-Taking and Being Safe & Prepared
We all have blind spots. We all have things weâre doing (or not doing) that are causing or contributing to our own problems. In our coaching, we often work with people who keep doing (or not doing) the things that are keeping...
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#178 We Know It's Hard But DO WHAT MUST BE DONE! The Obstacle IS the Way
Understanding YOURSELF and the other human beings around you is one of the trickiest and most complex aspects of life and relationships â Your personality begins to form from conception, in the womb, and as you grow as a chil...
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#177 How Personality Affects Your Marriage & Parenting; Analyzing (& Laughing About) Our Big 5 Personality Test Scores
Have you ever had that inner feeling of discontent, frustration, guilt, or dissatisfaction ? (I know I have.) Have you ever thought â whatâs the point of setting goals? Iâll just be disappointed. Or have you ever tried to ach...
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#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!
We received some great questions about parenting that weâre addressing today. We love it receiving questions so if you have one please donât hesitate to ask us. You can leave a voice message for us on our podcast page, or you...
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#175 Q&A Sneaky Teens, Forbidden Apps, Pornography, Masturbation, Device Usage, Teen Sex and More! Oh My.
We regularly receive questions from parents and spouses on all sorts of topics â and we love it! If you have a question please donât hesitate to ask us. You can leave a voice message for us on our podcast page, or you can ema...
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#174 Marriage Q&A: Intellectual Conversations, Over-Helping, & Why This Famous Sexpert is WRONG
Greg and I are always fascinated by ideas , the search for truth , intellectual discussion , and meaningful connection . As intentionally as we have designed our lifestyle, itâs still rare for us to have all of those things i...
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#173 Beauty, Art, Changing World Order, & Jordan Peterson Live
Greg and I just returned from an incredible trip to Portugal to celebrate our 21st anniversary and weâre excited to record an episode about it. Weâre going to share all the romance, magic, and serendipity we experienced that ...
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#172 The Foundations for Magic & Serendipity -- Our Portugal Trip Report
Welcome to the podcast! Weâre discussing something today that is crucially important to raising healthy, well-adjusted kids . We want to teach them to NOT be quitters, to follow through , and to have grit and perseverance . B...
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#171 Force Your Kids to Finish? Or Let Them Quit? Our Surprising Answer
Hey everyone. We hope youâre 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 weâre discussing something which â at first glance â seems overly...
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#170 How to Wake Up and Overcome Sleep Depression/Inertia -- Better Mornings Equals a Better Life
Today we are diving into a detailed look at what living an âextraordinaryâ life looks like on the day-to-day . The majority of your life â and ours â is spent in daily activities that can be mundane . Dishes, laundry, errands...
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#169 How to Make the Mundane Parts of Day-to-Day Life More Meaningful
Welcome to the podcast! In this episode Greg and I are answering a question about clashing cultures â what to do when the status quo conflicts with your unconventional lifestyle choices â especially if the clash is happening ...
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#168 What to Do When People Oppose Your Lifestyle Choices
Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode Greg and I are answering some often asked questions about how to get your spouse on board . This could be getting them on board with your big dreams and goals , or simply on board ...
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#167 How to Get Your Spouse on Board -- Plus Why Your Marriage Needs a 'Breaking Point'
In this episode, Greg and I talk about one of our favorite topics â dreaming BIG and setting (and achieving) BIG goals . Greg has said that âThe size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them.â W...
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#166 The Size of Your Dreams MUST Exceed Your Current Capacity to Achieve Them
Welcome to this episode where we will be discussing a sensitive and sometimes frightening topic to many parents â and thatâs WHY and HOW to expose your children to the darkness in order to help them be stronger and more prepa...
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#165 Exposing Your Kids to the Dark Side -- WHY and HOW
