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The Extraordinary Family Life Podcast Episodes
Feb. 18, 2020
#91 Life Changing Lessons From Thailand
There’s nothing quite like an international adventure to be a pattern interrupter, a wake up call, and a reality check. It’s when we are exposed to new and different things, and to wonderful people that we remember to think,…
Feb. 9, 2020
#90 Will You Be Broken or Beautiful? Picking up the pieces of your life.
What will you do with the broken fragments of your life? Each of us experiences many things in life that feel broken and irreparable. That gives us a choice. We can amass a pile of rubbish or erect a pillar of beauty! You an…
Feb. 5, 2020
#89 Living In Joy
It’s TOTALLY possible, though still surprisingly rare, to live in real joy day by day. The kind of joy that permeates your being and radiates through you and from you; that feeling—no, more than a feeling—that flows through …
Feb. 1, 2020
#88 Overcoming Doubt, Discouragement, Distraction, and Disobedience
Those four D words represent the sources of so much heartache and disappointment and failure. And we are all plagued by them at some point in our lives. How many dreams have been wasted, how many hopes abandoned, how many ac…
Jan. 27, 2020
#87 The First Thing That MUST Happen Before Any Success— Awareness
Most people are unaware that they are unaware. I was! But awareness is the first ingredient in the recipe of success and happiness! We absolutely must become perfectly aware of the connection between our thoughts, feelings, …
Jan. 24, 2020
#86 Everything you do has a cost!
Very few people accurately do the math to figure out what their choices and actions are costing them. In fact, most people are completely unaware that every thought, every word, every choice, every action, and every habit ha…
Jan. 16, 2020
#85 The REAL risk of living an Unfulfilling and Unexciting life and what to do about it
The risk is real! We are all at risk of living in unfulfilling, disconnected, and unexciting life. That is unacceptable for high performers! But if we are not deliberate and intentional about setting up systems, practices, a…
Jan. 11, 2020
#84 How Do You REALLY Measure If You Are Truly Successful?
How does one measure progress, status, growth, improvement, standing, high-performance, wisdom, greatness, and true success? How do I see past my Blind spot’s, my erroneous perceptions of myself, my mistaken conclusions? Wit…
Jan. 6, 2020
#83 Pursuing Your Potential
As a human being you have the incomparable privilege of pursuing your potential! Sadly many of us go along through life unaware of the privilege and so we merely exist in survival mode and ultimately fall far short of where …
Dec. 30, 2019
#82 BEWARE of These Pirates & Hijackers That Rob Your Focus, Freedom, & Joy
Many of us are being attacked by pirates and hijackers on a daily basis! They are subtle and cunning. They rob us of our focus in our freedom and our potential. We end up living in perpetual self sabotage and slavery because…
Dec. 29, 2019
#81 An extraordinary marriage is a matter of choice, not chance
Many people sit around hoping their marriage will get better, wishing things will change. But transforming your marriage will happen by choice, not by chance! You have far more power to improve your marriage than you think y…
Dec. 25, 2019
#80 The BEST Thing You Can Do For Those You Love
I love giving gifts and doing things for the people I love most of my life! I’m sure you do too. We spend a lot of time and effort thinking about gifts that we can give and about ways we can serve the people we love. But we …
Dec. 21, 2019
#79 The Truth is... You’re Afraid
Is fear holding you back? Do you find yourself burdened or even consumed by fear, worry, doubt? It’s easy to slip into a dark negative space we were constantly afraid of what might happen or what others might think. We get a…
Dec. 15, 2019
#78 Putting Family First ... For Real
We often say that our family is the most important thing in our lives, but we don’t always show it. The reality is that we prove our priorities with our actions. I want to invite and challenge all of us to put our families f…
Dec. 11, 2019
#77 The ‘I Don’t Know’ Syndrome
Have you ever used ‘I don’t know’ as a way to escape answering a tough question? If you have, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common answers to challenging questions. But more often than not it’s just an escape. It’s …
Dec. 9, 2019
#76 Are You Actually Doing What MUST Be Done?
I blew it. 10 years ago I wrote down in my journal the thing I knew I needed to do. But I didn’t do it. I had good reasons a.k.a. excuses. I told myself stories to justify and to rationalize why I couldn’t get it done. But t…
Dec. 5, 2019
#75 How to Get Into The BEST Health of Your Life And Stay There
Your body is your vehicle for life. Therefore much of the quality and outcome of your life will be determined by the condition of your vehicle. The more you care for your body the more you will get out of life! It’s totally …
Dec. 4, 2019
#74 Seven People You Need To Have In Your Life
We all need to have certain people our life, especially if we want to live an extraordinary family life! There are 7 people that we ideally want to have in our lives. 1. A friend 2. A partner 3. A dependent 4. Someone to ser…
Dec. 2, 2019
#73 Living With The Power of Gratitude
Gratitude is one of the most motivating forces in the world! When we are deeply grateful we take action. When we have gratitude for our bodies we take care of them better. When we have gratitude for our spouses we cherish th…
Nov. 24, 2019
#72 How to Deal With Hurtful Words and Difficult Interactions
Whether it’s with your family or your friends or your coworkers, it can be hard to interact with other human beings. Sometimes it’s especially hard when you get together for family gatherings. And what do you do with the pai…
Nov. 18, 2019
#71 Never Settle For Less Than Your Best
Do you ever feel like you’re settling for less than you could be? Have you ever felt like you’re on a plateau just coasting to get through life? It’s actually easy to settle for less than our best. But the cost of that choic…
Nov. 14, 2019
#70 How to Build or Rebuild Trust
Trust is one of the most important things in all of our relationships and therefore in every part of our lives. We work with people and in order to work well with people whether in family or in business we have to trust. We …
Nov. 11, 2019
#69 How To Start Your Days With Power
The best way to have a productive day is to start it with Power! This principle applies to anyone and everyone, night owl or morning person, beginning your day off with a good start determines the success of your day. How to…
Nov. 9, 2019
#68 Ambition and Balance
I hope you are ambitious! I hope you have big dreams and goals! I hope you are hungry to be your very best self and create and maintain your extraordinary family life! But don’t ever compromise your values, standards or the …