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
In this episode, weâre discussing teen mental health and strategies for helping them not only overcome mental health challenges but to learn to thrive despite their difficult circumstances. Weâre empathetic to the real strugg...
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#164 Teen Mental Health Strategies That WORK! Pattern Interrupts & State Changes
In this episode, weâre talking about Failure to Launch syndrome â a significant growing phenomenon among young adults who are not successfully making the transition to adulthood . Its symptoms include young adults who continu...
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#163 The Failure to Launch Epidemic and How to Prevent It In YOUR Children & Teens
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: âHow can our family create balance and not feel guilty fo...
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#162 'Entertainment Overrun' is Creating a Painful Gap Between Here and the Life of Your Dreams
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 ...
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#161 Question Everything -- Including C*vid -- Take Responsibility, And Get Healthy!
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 t...
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#160 "You're Good Enough the Way You Are" Isn't the WHOLE Truth
"Rebellion of basically any kind stems from needs that are not being met." "Which needs are commonly not met that are likely to lead to rebellion?" Is there a difference between healthy and unhealthy rebellion ? Do you consid...
In our last episode (#158), Greg hinted at doing another episode about the v*ccine. I wasn't so sure. But after thinking and discussing it, we decided to do it together -- partly because our individual views balance each othe...
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#158 The Politicization of C*vid & the V*ccine -- the episode we 'should not' be doing ;)
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 i...
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#157 Our Response to 'Incomprehensibly Stupid' Memes & Current Events
How do you know if youâre winning in life?
Itâs Easier in sports where thereâs a scoreboard, but even that isnât always reflective of true winning. You might lose the game but still be winning in personal improvements, perfor...
Misjudging people itâs so easy and most of us do it pretty often if not all the time.
Outward Symptoms can often help, but not always.
They might Look rich but are broke. Look poor but have millions. Look nice but are evil....
Here are 5 ideas about learning to like and enjoy the things you need to do but may not always want to do.
1âLike the results. You may not like the method and thatâs okay. FOCUS on the results. What you focus on you feel. N...
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#154 Learning To WANT What You NEED and LOVE What You Donât Like
Being good is not enough
Most of our default thinking is that if weâre a good person it will be enough. Thatâs 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 c...
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#153 When Being a Good Person Produces Bad Results
What are good beliefs and practices around money in your marriage? What if one spouse brings in the income and the other stays home, who should be in charge of how itâs spent? Does the non-income earning spouse have any say o...
Many marriages are merely okay, or even slowly dying simply because men are inadvertently neglecting their wives.
Gentlemen, youâre living far below your privileges in your marriage. Inadvertent negligence is costing you th...
Is sex ever a source of frustration, confusion, or contention in your marriage? It definitely was for us early in our marriage.
Most of it came because we didnât understand each other, or ourselves for that matter, and we d...
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#150 The Sex-quel. Follow Up Sex Episode With Rachel Denning
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 alw...
"Just because you've been with yourself for your entire life, doesn't mean you understand yourself." This is true about your spouse too. Just because you've been married to them for ___ years, doesn't mean you understand them...
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#148 What Wives Need to Understand About Their Husbands' Sex Drive, and What Men Need to Understand About Themselves
Every day we have a choice. In fact we have many choice moments throughout the day. Choose to be a champion, or by default we can choose to be a chump.
The champion chooses to do things in a great way, even the little things...
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#147 Choose To Be a Champion, Even In The Little Things.
My youngest brother died last week. Heâd been struggling with a drug addiction for years. I thought he was getting better. I hope he was getting better. But it came to a tragic end last week.
This last week has been brutal f...
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.â¨â¨It may be the corner of your closet or your garage, or the corners of your mind or your ...
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.
The...
While I was climbing a big peek in Ecuador with my wife we met a man who we quickly connected with. In just a few minutes he told us the short version of his life story and how he totally transformed his life.
His story is p...
Wow! Do I have some stories for you today!
Are you willing and ready to help when the situation arises? And more importantly, are you actually prepared to help? Many of us will be offered many opportunities to make a differe...
