The Family Standard

What standard does your family live up to? Does it feel like it belongs to you or a set of rules you are “supposed’ to live by? Is it a standard that expects the bare minimum or one you must work toward? What if your family standard meant everyone in your household might transform into […]

Resilience, Leadership, and Parenting

resilience, leadership, and parenting

How can we help our children learn from failure, build resilience, and become excellent leaders? We model it. We do the work ourselves! Here we talk with coach and former U.S. Navy SEAL Richard Thompson about mastering ourselves in service to our most important team: our family. Listen in. Resilience, Leadership, and Parenting You’ll learn […]

The Power of Grey Thinking

The Power of Grey Thinking

Between the hard edges of black-and-white thinking is a world full of possibility. Here author Sandra Wigg joins us to share insights and tools from her book, The Power of Grey Thinking: Elevate Your Perspective Elevate Your Life. We learn how grey thinking can make us more resilient, create more opportunities for learning and growth, […]

Live an Unshakeable Life

live an unshakeable life

Hers is a heroic story. Jessie is the epitome of fierce grace. She left a life of abuse and trauma to create a life full of strength and power. She is full of fire, wisdom, forgiveness, and light. This mother’s journey will inspire you to remember who you are and let your life tell a […]

New Parenting Paradigm

new parenting paradigm

Ready for more connection, joy, and freedom in parenting? Dayna Martin will have you rethinking the traditional authoritative parenting paradigm that leaves you exhausted and disconnected. Instead, she invites us to consider a new parenting paradigm of partnership and an environment where everyone’s needs matter. You will learn how to: Move from the paradigm of […]

Shift Stress to Success

shift stress to success

We live in a world that tells us we can do it all. Not only that we can, but that we should. That we must. To keep up, we often run ragged, giving from the very last of our nearly empty cup. It isn’t sustainable. As we hear in today’s episode, this way of living […]

Growing as a Husband and Father

“Good. Fine. Busy.” Could these words be your response to how you, your family, and your job are? Distant, disconnected? Well, our guest Larry Hagner hears a lot of that. Here he shares lessons hard-earned as an imperfect man committed to learning and growing as a husband and father. Larry founded The Dad Edge – […]

OODA Loop Parenting

What does a military strategy tool have to do with parenting? More than you might expect. The OODA Loop was developed by Colonel John Boyd of the United States Air Force to aid decision making in uncertain and chaotic environments. Ah, there’s the parenting connection! There are few things more chaotic or completely uncertain than […]

Peaceful Parenting Tactics

Think back to the first few days with your first newborn baby.  All the new items from the crib to the baby swing came with detailed instructions on assembly, use, and troubleshooting.  Then, a little human entered your life, and you might have wondered where the manual for that little love was!  (Or was that […]

Technoference: Technology & Parenting

As parents, we monitor and control our children’s access to devices and screen time diligently.  We are less rigorous with ourselves.  We often let ourselves off the hook after a “hard day” or because of “work needs”.  But let’s not fool ourselves…our kids are watching.  When technology and parenting collide, there can be serious affects […]