The Relentless Pursuit Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jordan Catapano and Rosanna Catapano
A life lived on purpose requires daily intentionality, especially when you add a spouse, kids, a career, and a host of big dreams. Join Jordan and Rosanna – high-school sweethearts, educators, entrepreneurs, and parents – each week as they take life off autopilot and explore in unscripted conversations how to thrive as a couple while hustling after their passions. If you’re looking to make the most of your self, your relationships, your dreams, your marriage, and your parenting – you’ll find examples and inspiration as they relentlessly pursue a life worth living, together.
This week we take a survey of modern culture and current events - everything from AI actresses to protein foam - and decide whether we want to applaud them...or cringe at them.
It's time to thinking about how you're "stretching yourself" - literally! While many of us often make time for workouts, walks, sleep, and hydration, we also make the case in this episode for the values that stretching and yoga can bring into our lives.
No two generations are the same, and their perspectives and mentalities are largely shaped by the conflicts, economics, and technologies surrounding them. Let's dive into understanding ourselves - especially Millienials and Gen Z - and appreciate not just where we're from, but "when" we're from.
We tend to see patterns and tend to distrust those in power - and therefore tend to see conspiracies everywhere we look. We're hear to remind you that healthy skepticism can be a good thing, but make sure to think critically, ask meaningful questions, and seek out quality evidence!
It has been said that "To be great is to be misunderstood." So maybe, when we stop following the crowd and trying to make sure everybody "gets us" is when we're taking a step in the right direction.
Walking - just the act of walking - is a powerful form of meditation, exercise, and self-improvement...and one that we've underrated for most of our life.
Today we celebrate our 20th anniversary! That's a lot of years of being married, and we love being together. We've accumulated some degree of experience and wisdom through those years about sharing life together that we discuss through today's episode.
Even though stress is a mental experience, it has a very physical manifestation as well. Today we talk about what it's like to "feel" stress in our bodies, and what those things are that induce those feelings.
When times get tough, then it's time to round up the people in your life who matter, because it is in the power that others give to us that helps shape our resiliency.
We return to the podcast for our summer season by making two bold - and ultimately healing - declarations. "Here I Am" helps remind us of who we are and who we're capable of being. And "This I Resolve" will be our mantra to repeat to ourselves when the challenges of life inevitably come our way.
Life hasn't exactly handed us a smooth, glamorous path this year. But - just like the Morton Salt girl whose anti-caking salt still pours in the rain - we too are learning to cope, recalibrate, and look towards the future with optimism.
For us, college used to just be an assumption. When we grew up, we assumed we would attend college, and - up until recently - we've made the same assumption about for our children. But times are changing, and we have to confront the fact that, at least when it comes to college, there are no safe assumptions any more.
Two years ago we asked ourselves "Should we give our high school freshman social media?" The answer at that time was an angsty NO. But now as that child is finishing his sophomore year and about to turn 16, our answer may change...
What does it mean to be an informed citizen? Today we get the latest from what's going on in the world, and seriously consider to what extent it is our responsibility to maintain an understanding of current events.
It can be hard to hear feedback, especially when it challenges our version of who we are. But all feedback is information - even when it's messy, hurtful, or unexpected - that can be used to help shape us into an even better version of ourselves.
We're all for positive self-talk...but it has its limits. While there are plenty of ways you can talk to yourself, hype yourself, love yourself, we've also learned that there are some things you just need to hear from someone else.
Ever feel like putting your foot in your mouth? Or that you failed to adequately "read the room?" Yeah...so have we. Today we admit the times we were tone deaf to the cares and concerns of the people around us, and how we can try to speak in ways that are more attuned others.
How can we "exceed expectations" and offer sweet, non-essential add-ons to the experiences others have through us? Today we discuss what it means to go "above and beyond" in all domains of of life.
We don't suck our thumbs anymore (we hope!), but there are plenty of ways we coping - healthily and unhealthily - with the stressors of life.
When we reach our limits, find failure and frustration, and live in the reality of the challenges our dreams require, we might find ourselves experiencing burnout.
It's a lot of fun to start a new, hopeful endeavor. But it's a lot of work to sustain it through to the end. Today we sort out the romance from the reality in all we hope for 2026.
Taking our inspiration from our home team - the Chicago Bears - we follow their "Good, Better, Best" mantra and apply it to our scope for 2026.
As we review 2025 and look towards 2026, we reflect on the victories, let downs, and lessons of the past year and how they guide us toward better versions of ourselves.
Culture is like a river that winds us this way and that without us realizing it. Today we discuss 6 "norms" in cultural - from sports gambling to Door Dash - and explore our approach to wading through the river of modern culture.
One super basic principle of a healthy mind and spirit is simply drinking enough water. But how much hydration is enough, and how can we make sure we're getting the all the water that we need?
What do people mean when they say "Rizz," "Huzz," and "6-7?" Our slang is global, and changing faster than many of us can keep up with - but we're here to translate for you!
We find ourselves saying asking certain questions as winter approaches ("Why am I so tired?" and "Have I had any water today?"). This week we take a look at how wintertime affects our bodies, emotions, and behaviors.
November is the month to say "no" to the things that have cluttered our lives. As the year begins to draw to a close, we have a chance to recalibrate our priorities and prune what doesn't belong.
When was the last time you had a good cry, and what caused it? Today we discuss the different ways we cry, and specific things that are likely to induce us to tears.
The polls are clear: Americans are having less sex now than ever before. It doesn't matter if you're old or young, single or married. Less sex - unfortunately - is our new reality, UNLESS we choose to reprioritize it in our relationship.
Millions of Americans own pets, and whether they are dogs, cats, fish, reptiles, or birds, they tend to provide a net benefit for the right families who welcome them in.
We're back with a new season, and we start by challenging ourselves to lean toward AUTHENTICITY in how we live and present ourselves to the world.
Today we celebrate our 200th episode! After 5 years of recording, we celebrate this milestone, and take turns interviewing one another about the our experience on the podcast, in life, and with a grab bag of hilarious topics.
Our bank recently flagged some "suspicious activity," on our account. The activity: Rosanna finally bought herself something personal. This event inspired our quest into how "suspicious" it is or isn't to actually do something for yourself.
What should our relationships to our parents look like once we're all grown up? We discuss the possibilities, the joys, and the boundaries of enjoying an ongoing relationship with mom and dad in this week's conversation.
We worry a lot about being the best possible parents for our kids...or at least trying not to mess up our children too much. In this conversation we discuss the pros and cons of what's commonly called "Gentle Parenting," and offer our personal - if imperfect - experiences as parents.
Chances are you're not alone in the things you struggle with most. Today we talk about 10 battles every adult faces, and name the things that can often make life so challenging.
Viral moments - often featuring other people's sins, mistakes, and misfortunes - capture our attention. We gossip, we investigate, we judge. But does how we respond to these moments say more about US than it does about THEM?
So many of our conversations begin with generic, predictable, scripted questions that lead...nowhere. We'll share which 10 questions we're trying to avoid, and which 10 better questions we've been sprinkling into our conversations.
We look at ourselves all the time - but what are we looking for? In today's conversation we explore how much our appearance maters, and what happens when we prioritize how we look above other attributes.
When we purchase a "luxury," we feel a little different about it. We treat the item or experience a little better than the commonplace. But what if we thought of OURSELVES as a luxury brand, and treated ourselves with the same awe and reverence?
As much as we love our spouse, there are just some things they do that give us "the ick" - the gross feeling that is an immediate turnoff. In this episode, Jordan and Rosanna confess their icks to one another and share how they like to broach the subject.
We all procrastinate, telling ourselves a story about who we are in the process. But, when we rethink our relationship to those tasks we just can't seem to get around to, we can actually rewrite the script and beat procrastination.
You've heard of this ChatGPT thing...it has to do with AI or something? Today we'll discuss ChatGPT and all the wonderful uses you might find for this intriguing tool in your personal life.
As we enter the summer season, the routines of life change. Kids are off of school, the sun is out for longing, and we have a fresh opportunity to reset our minds and spirits. Today we discuss 6 specific intentions we're setting for ourselves for the summer.
While pursuing our big dreams for 2025, it's inevitable you're going to encounter obstacles along the way. Are you ready to confront and overcome the barriers in your life?
Is it us, or does it seem like everything is just more expensive these days? Well, thanks to inflation, interest, taxes, and tariffs, tough financial times may just be beginning.
Today we share 8 simple little "rules" - guidelines, habits, standards - we have for ourselves that help us make sure we're making the best decisions as often as we can. Which of these also work for you? Which of your own would you add?
Love is difficult to quantify, but we can answer the question "How much do you love me?" by our CONSISTENT ACTIONS that show our spouse we care.
Parents have always lived vicariously through their children, but how much of what our children do should be "for their parents?" Today we look at how we might best strike the balance between passing on our values to our chidren and allowing them to develop values, preferences, and passions all their own.
There might be some fashion trends, electronic habits, and physical capabilities we just might not be cut out for after a certain age. But there also might be more serious areas of life where, now that we're old enough, we just can't use age as an excuse any longer.
What if you could meet your 15-year-old self for a cup of coffee? What would you say? What would you notice? Today Jordan and Rosanna hop on the viral TikTok trend and compose poems visualizing meeting their teenage selves in this thought provoking and emotional reflection.
We have often sought to label ourselves and one another as either introverted or extraverted...but the truth is that most of us are somewhere in between, and we need to become aware of our social tendencies, our strengths, our weaknesses.
Our relationships are made of thousands of "bids," requesting connection from one moment to the next. How we seek and respond to these bids may just be the most important thing in our marriage and parenting.
Everyone gets a little lonely sometimes...but in today's era, loneliness is a downright epidemic that is sweeping across the population. With more ways to connect than ever, you'd think we'd feel less lonely, but the truth is we've replaced any of our opportunities for interaction with tech-based conveniences, isolating ourselves. Today we examine the causes of loneliness and the things we can do to combat the corrosive habits of our culture.
*We apologize for the audio glitches throughout the episode!
Sometimes we're climbing, sometimes we're growing...and sometimes we're simply maintaining what we have. There's nothing glamorous about the maintenance phases of life, but they are a healthy and necessary part of the long game toward self-fulfillment.
Let's dream big dreams for ourselves in 2025...AND let's make sure we actually put the WORK into turning those dreams into realities!
One year ago, we ended 2023 with an episode expressing some disappointment over how much effort we put into our goals but weren't seeing the results. BUT at the end of 2024, we ARE seeing the results we had worked towards. In this final episode of the year, we share what we're proud of and what we credit our progress to.
We explore our understanding and relationship to sex in marriage by making 12 accurate, creative, and humorous analogies.
We know everything costs money...but consider what ELSE our desires, goals, impulses, and decisions may also be costing us.
When we think about it, many of the most significant aspects of who we are stem from relatively small, forgettable, quirky things we might not even notice. Today we recognize the unrecognized and reflect on those quirky things we usually leave off our Thanksgiving Day gratitude lists.
Even though we'd rather avoid agony and find ecstasy, these two experiences are interwoven. Today we talk about how we might appreciate - even lean into - the agony in pursuit of those ecstatic moments of life.
We take so much in our lives for granted, assuming they'll always be there and telling ourselves we'll appreciate them "tomorrow." But taking something for granted means that we don't actually appreciate it until it's gone...and too late. This episode is about not waiting until we lose something - or someone - to fully appreciate it.
There are a lot of things we think only children do...but we adults do them, too. Sure, we think we're justified, or that it's different when we're all grown up. But is it? This episode is all about what it means to grow old, and to grow up.
There is not a lot that we think of as sacred, but our body is the vessel of our soul and the union of the physical and divine. Today we consider what "sacred" means and how we might treat ourselves differently if we thought of our bodies that way.
Don't wait for a problem to arise before you think, "We should work on our marriage!" Problems will arise, but if you work on your marriage when things are good, then you will be ready to confront, together, whatever life throws at you.
When we're young, we worry about what people think. As we grow up, we stop worrying so much. And when we're old...we realize no one was thinking about us in the first place.
October starts the fourth quarter the year. The fourth quarter! That means it's "go time." Time to push hard, dig deep, and finish our year strong. What goals did you start 2024 with? Now it's time to push hard and feel proud of ourselves on December 31.
Election years in America are known for causing stress, division, and confusion. On this season's finale episode, we talk about how true Relentless Pursuers can stay engaged in the democratic process while maintaining their health, sanity, and fidelity to what they believe is best for themselves and the nation.
When we trust our gut, there are little warning bells that sometimes go off that tell us perhaps we should proceed with caution. In today's conversation, we list (a little tongue-in-cheek) some of the flags we identify in others, and some of the flags we confess to having in ourselves.
Our oldest child is 14 years old and starting high school, and he has been asking to get a SnapChat account. We've resisted, and now we are officially deciding if it's time yet to allow him to enter the world of social media.
When you combine yourself with something that is more than just you as an individual, you are locking your futures and your outcomes together. Marriage is perhaps the best illustration of two people syncing their lives 0- and their futures - with one another.
How much of your time is spent with media and entertainment? What is the quality and the format of all that content you're consuming? We compare our media consumption to a diet, reflecting on what is good for us or what might be downright harmful.
"Be careful, little eyes, what you see" is the old advice to our own eyes to make sure that they are not exposing themselves to things that harm us. In this episode we discuss what kinds of media and entertainment we're regularly exposing ourselves to, and consider the CONTENT and FORMATS that may or may not be so good for us to consume.
We come to terms with the ultimate truth of the phrase "we are what we eat," and we cautiously explore what we are really putting into our bodies.
We discuss the passive influence our environment has over us - from our photos to our food to our clutter - and how we can exert control over the factors that control us.
As American Independence Day (July 4) comes around again, we ask ourselves, "What does it mean to be American?" We have 4 different answers that explore the history and meaning of this beautiful, vigorous, complex nation and the people that make it what it is.
This summer we're making a few "vows" to ourselves to make sure we maintain the right mentality when it comes to living our healthiest and most successful lives this season.
June 19th is also known as "Juneteenth" - a holiday often called "America's second Independence Day" commemorating the end of American slavery. While it has been celebrated since 1866, it was only recently recognized as a federal holiday, and we were excited to learn more about the history and tradition of this worthwhile American celebration.
Although a lot has changed for dads over the past few generations, a lot has remained the same as well. Kids still need the love, guidance, and unique attention that only fathers can bring! Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!
Ordinary families might have ordinary conversations...or none at all. But what are the kinds of words and interactions that GREAT - healthy, happy, prospering, together - families share with one another? This week we take a look at the power that words have, as well as the role that parents specifically play toward ensuring the conversations between spouses, from parents to kids, and between kids all rise above the typical and ordinary
With Mother's Day around the corner, we reminisce on what we learned from our mothers, what kids at different stages of life need, how mothers can uniquely influence their sons and their daughters, and what moms really want their children to say about them when they're older.
We love learning, and we especially believe in the power of the "I can do anything" mentality. But at a certain point, we reach our limit with how much we can learn and grow on our own, and we have started to realize...we can't do it on alone anymore!
Knowing when we should be saying "yes" to opportunities and when we should be saying "no" is one of the important arts of life. Saying "yes" brings us opportunities, experience, reputation, confidence, and knowledge. But saying "no" brings us boundaries, peace, and options.
In this conversation we explore the difference situations where a "yes" or a "no" would be more appropriate, and our own experiences with leaning into each.
How do we pursue all the good things in life? Our responsibilities can make us feel "busy" and drained, but with some strategy, management, passion, and communication, it is possible to make time for it all.
In this episode, we give an overview of what the Catapano's are currently involved in and how we spend our days...and why.
Parenting is hard! Shout out to all you parents out there, doing your best for your children. Helicopter...Tiger...Snow Plough...Elephant...There are a variety of parenting styles (and nicknames). Today we discuss which parenting styles we have embraced over the years, and whether or not our household is "kid-centric."
Recent events surrounding The Princess of Wales remind us that the world is full of conspiracy theories, and it's getting harder for us to distinguish fact from fiction, and reality from hypothesis.
The human brain is remarkably inclined to see conspiracies everywhere, thanks to our desire to build order from chaos and our skepticism towards institutions that control our lives. But we need to remind ourselves to take a breath, do our research, and not believe everything we hear.
Frugality is something of a lost virtue these days. We confuse it for being cheap, or stingy, or a minimalist, or self-depriving. But when we think of frugality as something to avoid, we might unfortunately be erroring on the side of excess and consumption.
Listen in as we talk about what frugality might truly mean and look like in this day and age.
We speak with Brad Nelson, the Debt-Free Dad this week. Brad is down-to-earth and full of practical wisdom when it comes to our relationship to debt, and he shares his advice on getting out of and staying out of debt for good.
Brad has dedicated his life to serving and helping people with their personal finances. He provides an eye-opening outlook on debt and money that challenge today's popular thinking through speaking, The Debt Free Dad Podcast, social media, and his online membership site, Roots of Personal Finance, which has helped people save and pay off tens-of-millions of dollars.
Find Brad on social media at: @DebtFreeDad
Learn more at: https://www.debtfreedad.com/
Like many, Brad struggled with living paycheck-to-paycheck, debt, and the constant hamster wheel of never-ending payments for much of his adult life. After losing his home to foreclosure and his first marriage ending in 2012, Brad decided enough was enough and went on a journey to become debt-free. After 4-5 years of hard work, he paid off all his debt and has been debt-free for over ten years outside of his mortgage.
Many people struggle with money and debt. Brad teaches a simple process to help people develop a healthier financial mindset. Learn how to save money and eliminate debt, allowing them to take control of their finances so they can do more of what they love. Brad uses his personal story to relate to others. He provides practical steps and advice for a new financial plan that shows people how to win and live a stress-free and debt-free life.
Humans have a limitless appetite for stories, but the quantity and quality of the stories we consumer - from streaming platforms and social media - are splintering our connections to one another. It's time to focus more on what brings us together.
We ask each other a series of thoughtful, silly, and hypothetical questions with the goal of having fun and learning more about one another. Listen in and laugh with us, and borrow your favorite questions to ask others!
Today we sit down with bestselling author Danielle Walker and discuss the impacts of food on our bodies, long term health goals and health crises, and the important balance that couples strike to support one another at their highest and lowest moments.
As she struggled with an autoimmune disease, Danielle discovered beautiful ways to radically alter what and how she ate. She has pioneered a rich set of recipes that offer delicious alternatives to the Standard American Diet, helping millions of people improve their health and overall wellbeing.
We enjoyed our conversation with Danielle and learned so much from her! We strongly encourage you to pick up her memoir Food Saved Me, and to grab one of her cookbooks or check out her website where you can find more recipes.
Danielle Walker is an entrepreneur, mother, and 4x New York Times bestselling cookbook author (Against All Grain, Meals Made Simple, Celebrations, Eat What You Love, Food Saved Me, Healthy in a Hurry). She was featured on the coveted Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2015 and has sold over 1 million copies of her cookbooks.
For more information, please visit: https://daniellewalker.com/
Follow Danielle on Instagram: @daniellewalker
The "first place" is your home. Your "second place" is your work. And your "third place" is where you go when you're escaping the pressures of the first two places. Unfortunately, our "third place" is disappearing from many of our lives. What's your Third Place?
If The Relentless Pursuit Podcast is about anything, it's about the importance of conversation with those significant in your life (namely, your spouse). But regular, quality conversation does not happen by itself. In this episode, we offer a few core principles we believe about conversation, and some general guidelines we try to remind ourselves of to make sure that quality conversation happens.
Even though it seems like we have a lot that makes us feel happy, accomplished, and focused...we often find ourselves asking, "What are we even doing with our lives?"
This, as it turns out, isn't so uncommon. In this conversation we discuss why even when things seem to look good on paper, our feelings of satisfaction and contentment don't always match up. And sometimes - even though it feels like on the surface we "have it all together - we still wonder if we're doing any of it right after all.
We can often be surprisingly bad at relaxing. Why is that, and what can we do - especially around the holidays - to make sure we're prioritizing what recharges and fulfills us?
This week we focus on how to come to be a better understanding of what it truly means to relax, and to delve deep into this fine and overlooked art.
This time of year around the holidays can make us feel obligated instead of excited, and stressed instead of satisfied. Today we talk about intentionally refocusing on the true holiday magic, establishing limits and boundaries when it comes to traditions, and making sure our good old fashioned values remain centerstage during the winter season.
This week we look at the biggest struggles challenging modern men, from the education system to the job market, to the morphing definitions of fatherhood and masculinity, to the double standards for emotional expression.
This modern era brings modern challenges to women, particularly in the areas of family roles and expectations, body image, and barriers in work, politics, and social issues.
Women have come a tremendously long way in terms of our rights, opportunities, and influence. Yet there is still seem to be struggles and barriers that stand in our way.
In this week's episode, we discuss several aras where we see and experience this. First, we look at the new challenges that have arisen for women due to their increased education and professional opportunitieis. On the one hand, it's phenomenal to have unprecendented opportunites to get out of traditional household roles and make a way for ourselves in the world. On the other hand, those traditional responsibilities related to childcare and household work still fall largely on women's shoulders, adding stress and remolding what family dynamics need to look like. And now that women have much more choice in what they do...what do they want to do?
Women also struggle with their relationship to their bodies. The female body has always been the subject of reverence and scrutiny, but the addition of limitless cameras in our culture has made us hyperaware of our own bodies and the bodies of other women - namely the bodies of glorified social media women who implicitly set an unreachable standard for most of us. Yet we can't seem to look away from ourselves or from them.
And finally we re-examine the perennial problems of representation, career advancement, and social issues - those stubborn problems that, despite us feeling like we've come so far, still seem to show us how far we have to go.
How many minutes of your day are just quiet? Without distractions - without noise - even without productivity? If you're like most of us, silence is RARE. But the truth is that silence is also GOLDEN.
In this episode we spend talk about the value and the rarity of silence. In today's era of devices, work, and havoc, we have no shortage of noise. But we might also realize that the sound of our own thinking - the sound that we can only hear when the rest of the environment is quiet - is something we must intentionally seek.
Today we are excited to bring you a conversation with Casey and Meygan Caston, the couple behind Marriage 365, an incredible resource of tools and coaching for every marriage.
Casey and Meygan’s story is one of a marriage on the verge of divorce to becoming a strong and stable beacon for so many other couples. After investing so heavily into their own marriage, they knew they had developed the tools and techniques for success as a couple and wanted to share them with others, leading them to create Marriage365. This is an incredible resource you’ll hear us talk more about, that includes books, questions, coaching, an app, lots of stories and strategies, and courses.
One of the things they focus on and you’ll hear them address is how making a better you can help make a better marriage.
Other things we talk about include:
- modern marriage challenges
- why divorces happen
- how to schedule your lives (including sex)
- not settling for an “average” marriage
- spousal “business” meetings
- budgeting and household management
- the impact of children
- the influence of social media and modern culture
- how to talk about hard things
- marital coaching vs therapy
- unpopular opinions about marriage
They are a truly engaging and animated couple with a lot of wisdom. We learned a lot from them in a short time, and we hope you do as well. One of those couples we could easily spend hours with and not realize it. After you’re done listening we hope you check about Marriage365.com or find them on Instagram, Facebook, X, or Youtube.
When you boil it all down - everything comes down to the love that we bear for the human standing in front of us.
As conflict breaks out in Israel, we are reminded of one unfortunate truth: the world is a dangerous place. For as much as we wish there were only peace, love, and happiness, new violence and ongoing bloodshed bring us back to the reality of human nature and society.
This week we focus on breaking out of our safe - and often ignorant - little bubble, and taking whatever small steps we can to make the world a better place and ourselves better people within it.
How often are we spreading compliments to those around us, and what makes a compliment have the truly positive impact we want it to? This week's conversation explores why compliments matter, how to give the best ones, and whether or not spouse's compliments count for more or less than everyone else's.
We launch into Season 11 with some BIG questions. And topping the list is asking ourselves, "Are we good people...or GREAT ones?"
With everything we do, we want to move forward with the mindset of understanding the difference between "good" and "great." And we want to wisely understand the vision, demands, and sacrifices it takes to become great as spouses, friends, parents, in our careers, with our health, our ambitions, and as people overall.
We close out Season 10 by discussing one of our favorite metaphors for life: The Garden. While we try to grow beautiful, precious, and sacred flowers in our garden of life, we are constantly threatened by weeds, the elements, and by our own ignorances.
The social conventions for tipping are confusing to navigate. I’m this weeks conversation we try to determine who and how much to tip, and untangle the relationship between our money and our heart.
Healthy boundaries in and between the domains of our life are necessary - but where do we draw the line? Our conversation gives an overview of our experiences and perspectives with the role of boundaries in helping us thrive.
Spiders, Lightning, Public Speaking, Sharks...there are so many common (but unlikely) fears we have. But what are our deepest, darkest fears? What are the worries that secretly drive so much about what's best, and worst, about us?
The experience of boredom is extremely common, extremely human. And what boredom presents to us, above all else, is an opportunity to examine our interests, defaults, drive, and purpose.
Many of us find networking to be awkward or tedious - but it is an essential component of our personal and professional growth, and it's time to dive in!
Ever wonder what women actually want when it comes to intimacy? Ever wonder what goes through men's minds when it comes to sex? In this episode, we lay it all bare and explain to women how men perceive and relate to sex, and explain to men how women perceive and relate to sex.
Americans buy lots and lots of things...but how many of them do we actually need? In this episode we discuss our relationship culturally and individually to materials, and the hidden forces that drive us to consume.
Divorce rates have been on the decline...however, they are still really high. If anything, it proves that marriage can be a really difficult journey, and today we explore the facts, stats, and trends surrounding why many couples are choosing divorce (with plenty of our own perspectives on marriage peppered in).
We all know that moms and dads are not the same, but what strengths can each parent expect to bring to their children? We ask ourselves this question and explore how we can raise our awareness of and appreciation for what we bring as moms and dads to our kids.
The technology revolution is coming! At least...we think so. New tools like ChaptGPT have the capacity to radically change the landscape of society, and many experts suggest we begin to educate ourselves on what's ahead and we begin to ask ourselves some critical questions about what it means to be human.
Today we speak with Jordan Syatt, an elite powerlifting, precision nutrition and Westside Barbell Certified Coach, he is well-known as a personal and physical fitness trainer. He began his online coaching business in 2011, and since then has grown to become one of the industry's leading experts in strength training, nutrition, and behavioral psychology. He is the author of EAT IT, and has been featured on CNN, The Huffington Post, Men's Health and many other media outlets.
Jordan helps us discuss the role of "consistency" and how a long-game mentality can help us reach our fitness goals and become the people we want to be.
We launch Season 10 with a serious dialogue about how little we realize when we do something we cherish for the final time.
We tell ourselves stories - fake, made up stories - all the time. And it's actually an extremely valuable experience.
A white belt in martial arts means you are a beginner, and have lots to learn from everyone else. Keeping this mentality in all we do opens our willingness to learn and sheds our ego.
Things seem to have changed since we were kids when it comes to youth sports - the level of competition, the intensity of dedication, the commitment to winning, and the cost...oh the cost...
In our relentless pursuit, we have to ask ours, "How much is enough?" Are our values aligning with our behaviors? Are our commitments matching our anchors?
In our relentless pursuit, we have to ask ours, "How much is enough?" Are our values aligning with our behaviors? Are our commitments matching our anchors?
Is there a point where your spouse transitions into being more of a...roommate? Being married can be very, very rewarding, but if we let the slow erosion and familiarity and busyness get in the way, we might just end up with a roommate instead.
Setting boundaries, enforcing rules, and supervising our children's behavior does not rank high on our list of "things we love as parents." But it is our job, and when we work as a team, our children will flourish.
What are the boundaries that we live in between? What are the habits and rules that we subconsciously live by? Today we talk about the "floors and ceilings" we instill in our lives that limit how high we'll achieve, or how far we'll fall.
When it comes to family finances, there's nothing more important than having a team mentality. Today, Rachel Cruze joins us and helps us navigate how couples can lead more fulfilling lives together by managing their finances and unifying their visions of their future.
Rachel Cruze is a financial expert and New York Times bestselling author of Know Yourself, Know Your Money and Love Your Life, Not Theirs. She is a Ramsey Solutions personality, where she hosts The Rachel Cruze Show and cohosts the Smart Money Happy Hour.
As you'll hear, Rachel is full of wisdom and practical ideas for couples controlling their finances and enhancing their relationship to one another. You can connect with Rachel, learn more, and access resources by going to RachelCruze.com.
Today we examine our relationship to alcohol. What does alcohol do to us, and why do we drink it so much in the first place?
As we kick of Season 9, we're inspired to head into 2023 with the motivation to find dreams big enough to be worth failing at.
Today we celebrate our 100th episode, and share the story and behind-the-scenes on why we decided to start our podcast and what keep us going.
This podcast is essentially about conversation and the power it has to transform our connections to others and understanding of the world. We are joined today by Chad Littlefield to explore exactly what conversations are and how to become more adept and making them count.
Chad Littlefield is the co-founder and Chief Experience Officer of We and Me (www.weand.me)—an organization whose mission is to help leaders, educators, and events make connection easy. Forbes calls Chad a “global expert on asking questions that build team trust and connection.” He is a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and creator of the Connection Toolkit™, which is now being used to create conversations that matter on campuses and companies in over 80 countries around the world.
You can connect with Chad through his free resources and weekly videos right here.
We also loved reading Ask Powerful Questions: Create Conversations That Matter, a book by Chad and his co-author the late Will Wise.
Sex is an essential ingredient to any monogamous relationship. But how do we take it from "eh" to "ahhhhh"? Today we talk with author Ashleigh Renard about how we can keep monogamy hot, and we learn much more about motherhood, marriage, and growing as a person.
A former figure skating coach and choreographer, Ashleigh took the quest for perfection into marriage and motherhood, with some disastrous and hilarious results. Through her book Swing and Keeping it Hot: The Workbook and her viral Keeping it Hot video series, she's built a committed mass-following who tune in daily for her fresh, no- fuss advice on everything from keeping monogamy hot, to renegotiating a marriage, to getting kids to clean the house.
Learn more from Ashleigh:Instagram/TikTok/Facebook: @ashleighrenard
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Well, we're turning 40. Today Rosanna says goodbye to her 30's, Jordan will too in just 6 short weeks. Here's to remembering at what our 30's did for us, and what we see for ourselves in the next decade (besides wrinkles).
In this season of gratitude we've come to realize one thing...that gratitude is more fulfilling and meaningful when we put energy and effort into it. We experimented with gratitude journals and mindfulness, and are ready to share the impacts.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Take yourself OUT of your home and into NATURE. Whether it's for a walk around the neighborhood, a jaunt into a local forest preserve, or a sojourn into the far reaches of the wild, we are far more likely to lead happier, healthier lives when the great outdoors are part of the picture.
Ever thought to yourself: "I don't belong here?" Most of us have. That feeling is called Imposter Syndrome, and it's time we discover the truth that we DO belong.
The Metaverse is a loaded word promising a bright, immersive future while at the same time raising important questions about the very nature of humanity. We are joined today by Professor Andrew Maynard to help us unpack what the Metaverse is and what might be in store for us for the future.
Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and founder of Arizona State University’s Future of Being Human community, where he’s also a professor in the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society. Andrew is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Advisory Council, has served on a number of National Academies of Sciences committees, and has testified before congressional committees on several occasions.
Although he trained as a physicist, Andrew’s work increasingly cuts across boundaries as it explores the ethical and socially beneficial development and use of transformative new technologies. He has worked with a number of organizations on approaches to ensuring new technologies benefit as many people as possible, and is a regular contributor to the WEF annual list of top ten emerging Technologies.
In addition to his academic writing, Andrew’s work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post and Scientific American, to Slate, Salon, and OneZero. He co-hosts the podcast Mission: Interplanetary with former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, and is the author of the books Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow. He can be found online at andrew.maynard.net, on twitter at @2020science, and in real life buried in a good book!
In this conversation we explore what manifesting is - and isn’t - and how it plays a role toward helping us achieve our dreams. We are joined by guest Angelina Lombardo who helps us navigate the power of manifesting and discern fact from fiction in harnessing this potent tool.
Angelina is a spiritual advisor who is centered in trauma-informed, psycho-spiritual health, intersectional justice, and spiritual business leadership. You can learn more about Angelina and her work by visiting AngelinaLombardo.com.
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After talking about adult friendship in general, we extend the conversation into Part 2 and zoom in specifically on male and female needs of and barriers to friendship.
What helps or inhibits us from forging friendships as busy adults? We talk about the changing nature of friendships, and how despite having jobs, kids, and obligations, friendship should still play a central portion to our lives.
While many people are choosing to keep their jobs, they're certainly reconsidering the nature of their relationship to them. We discuss what's fueling this trend, as well as the ups and downs of putting too much - or too little - of yourself into your work.
In our final conversation in Season 7, we tackle what we've heard dubbed as "Millenial Ennui" - that feeling of listlessness and disillusionment so common amidst that generation.
We often consider what's valuable to pursue based on how much money we can get from it. But what are the essential elements of culture that pay little or nothing? In this conversation we discuss the idea of those things that are truly priceless - namely Literature and Motherhood - that earn little in the marketplace, but help shape humanity into all that it can be.
Many of us consume caffeine - through coffee - every day. But what effect on us and on society is our consistent ingestion of psychoactive chemical having on us?
We know we shouldn't, but we still compare our money, possessions, families, achievements, and everything else to those around us. Usually this makes us feel worse about ourselves, but there may be some healthy forms of comparison we can strive towards.
The "stream" is the flow of human experience and conversation, that if we tap into it will expand our knowledge, skill, and influence. Are you in the stream?
"I'm Fine" are the infamous words uttered by many of us when, in fact, things are not fine at all.
We've all heard the conventional marriage wisdom - and most of it is good. Though often tips like "date your spouse" or "communication is key" can be vague or idealistic. Here is Jordan and Rosanna's break down of their unconventional marriage tips that you're unlikely to hear...and they just might work.
So many times we feel like we're constantly responding to lire rather than doing what we want to with it. Today we discuss how we can help each other make proactivity and action a priority.
"The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack!" We've described our family to our kids as a wolf pack - here's our conversation unpacking everything we mean by this.
We constantly protect our kids from getting hurt - but what if better advice was to allow them (and ourselves) to do potentially dangerous things, with appropriate precautions?
Getting on the same page with what's "in bounds" or not in a relationship takes effort and communication. In this conversation we discuss how we establish boundaries and expectations for one another, and talk about the basic ground rule of keeping no secrets.
Sometimes we find ourselves on repeat…but not liking the results. In this conversation we talk about these loops we find ourselves tuck in and how to bring a new level of awareness and change to the routines that aren’t serving us.
We all deal with money, but are we financially literate? Today we speak with financial consultants and married couple Mar and Jake Privette, who share with us some approaches for our mentality toward money, steps we can take to more responsibly manage it, and how we can continue to learn more.
Jake and Mar Privette are Senior Marketing Directors of a massive leadership, marketing, financial company: Revolution Financial Management. They reached the 6 figure milestone their first year in the industry and achieved the broker position in the same time frame. Jake and Mar partner with individuals and families from all walks of life who are looking to either become financially secure themselves, or help equip others to do the same. Their team is expanding its reach daily and looking for motivated individuals. Revolution Financial Management is a North American company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, but has hundreds of offices nationwide and has served tens of thousands of families.
You can connect with Mar on Instagram at @marprivette or TikTok at @moneymarprivette
You can connect with Jake on Instagram at @jakeprivette
Today we speak with Tracy Litt - author and success mentor for visionary female leaders - and put the hammer down on Mom Guilt, exploring where it comes from, how it holds moms back, and how we can embrace our power to CHOOSE.
Tracy Litt is a sought-after success mentor for visionary women leaders that are navigating huge paradigm shifts and elevating into the next level of themselves, so they can seamlessly generate the next level of their impact, wealth, and holistic success. Tracy is a science & spirituality teacher, rapid transformational hypnotherapist, best-selling author, and TEDx speaker.
She is the Founder of The Litt Factor, and creator of Mind Magic ®, a proven methodology that marries metacognition and spirituality, neuroscience and quantum law to expand and elevate more quickly.
Her work has served thousands of women across the globe and has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, FastCompany, Thrive Global, Success 125 and Inc.com. Her book Worthy Human is a #1 best seller in Spiritual Growth and Mindset. We read it and loved it! You should seriously check it out.
You can learn more by visiting https://thelittfactor.com
Sign up for Tracy’s Elevate Experience too! We discuss this in the show - and Rosanna is attending!
We speak with licensed therapist Niro Feliciano and learn about the impacts of COVID on families, and how we can begin to recover.
Niro Feliciano is a psychotherapist, author, podcast host of “All Things Life”, and expert on anxiety, brain science, and spirituality. She is often interviewed on relationships, parenting, mental health, and faith, having appeared in national media outlets including Parents Magazine, Today, Today Parents, and NBC News. Her blog “The Good Enough Life” can be found on Psychology Today online. Feliciano has been in private practice for sixteen years, treating both adults and adolescents. Feliciano graduated from Columbia University with a masters degree in social work, completing her internship at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Her first book “This Book Won’t Make You Happy- 8 Keys to Finding True Contentment” will be released on April 5, 2022. A first-generation Sri Lankan American, Niro and her husband Ed have four children and live in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
You can find Niro's new book, "This Book Won't Make You Happy" is available at Amazon.
For more from Niro follow on Instagram @niro_feliciano, FB: Niro Feliciano, The Good Enough Life and at nirofeliciano.com
We know we're not supposed to multitask (or do we?)...but we keep doing it! Time to figure out what's accurately working for us.
Here’s an honest conversation between us about the pros and cons of whether or not we should get our 11-year-old son a cell phone of his own.
Attraction matters in a relationship, but it requires work and attention to effectively maintain. We share a list of what might make us attractive to each other, and give each other feedback and tips for keeping that fire burning.
We saw the build up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and now it’s happening. Here are our thoughts on what’s going on, and what we - in our limited capacity - can do in response.
When life gets serious, we break out the Family Meeting, gather at the table, and talk it out.
At some point we have to admit that we are…well…average. In this episode we discuss what it means to be average, and whether it’s something to celebrate, accept, or resist.
Who do you spend most of your time with, and what kinds of influences do those people have on you? In this episode, we discuss the role our friends, family, co-workers, and community play towards influencing us for better or worse.
As 2021 comes to a close, we look at how the year turned out for us, how we did towards the goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year, and what our focuses will be for 2022.
The generation of middle-aged adults who are “sandwiched” between taking care of their parents AND their children are supporting their families financially, physically, and emotionally, but at what cost?
We both can tell you that, at any given moment, we are most likely feeling tired. But why? Let’s explore what quality sleep is, and how we can get more of it.
So much of our time is spent trying to “do” or trying to “have” - but how often do we pause from all that hustle and ask ourselves who we really want to be at our core?
Every page has it’s margins - those white spaces on the side that frame the page and give the content shape and meaning. But in the chapters of our lives, are we giving ourselves enough margin?
While we think about what we’re grateful for this Thanksgiving, let’s not take our spouses for granted and be sure to express our gratitude for them.
In this conversation Jordan and Rosanna explore the topic of advocacy. To what extent should we advocate for others around us? Are we responsible for taking care of others - even strangers?
Jordan and Rosanna interview confidence coach Trish Blackwell, exploring how confidence is a “muscle” we can exercise, barriers to having confidence, habits anyone can have to build confidence, and so much more.
Trish Blackwell is an expert at empowering people to get past self-doubt, overcome self-limiting beliefs and perform at their highest levels. Confidence coach to Olympic and professional athletes, Ironman champions, CEOs, high-achieving entrepreneurs, and cultural influencers, she has been featured by TLC, Entrepreneur and Elite Daily as one of the top confidence coaches in the world. Her approach to confidence has equipped and empowered an audience of over 3 million people worldwide through her top-ranked podcast The Confidence Podcast, her books, her coaching and her online confidence university, The College of Confidence, also considered "the most encouraging place on the Internet." Wife. Mom. Runner. Surfer. Snowboarder. Ironman triathlete. Christian. She equips and empowers people to confidently show up in the world through thought work, through resisting the hustle culture and through confidence based in the Bible.
You can learn more about Trish by visiting her website at http://www.trishblackwell.com
We so often focus on the negatives, on the next big goal, or on someone else's successes that we don't stop to congratulate ourselves on our hard-fought successes, however small. In this conversation we talk about why that's the case, and how we do a better job of celebrating our wins.
Perhaps the best question we can ask ourselves as parents is, “Are we doing this right?” In this conversation Jordan and Rosanna read an article and discuss its recommendations for raising kids who are happy and healthy.
We all have our strengths, but is there a point where the traits that make us so good at what we do turn into detriments? Jordan and Rosanna share with one another what they admire so much in the other...and where that admiration turns sour when that strength becomes too much of a good thing.
"Thank you, I love you...and goodbye" were the final sentiments expressed by Jordan to his mother who passed away on September 10. While this show has focused on our own ends and the legacy we would like to leave, Jordan and Rosanna discuss their experience of losing a close family member and how recognizing the transience of all relationships can impact how we live with meaning, value, and intentionality.
As we celebrating publishing our 50th episode, we reflect on the power of conversation in our lives and the importance of talking through our biggest thoughts with our significant other.
It's important to talk about what we're hearing and feeling, especially when it comes to our kids. We broach the subjects of masks and Critical Race Theory, and how they are (or aren't) impacting our children in their school experience this fall.
Some of the strongest influences in our lives are the ones we do not see, through the community connections we are brought into alongside our elders when we are young, and the ones we share with our youth as we age. In this episode we discuss how interactions with a community of family, institutions, and culture help us to define our identities and mold our characters.
After being married for 15 years, we've learned a little bit about marriage. The vows we swore to one another on our wedding day in 2006 were were very traditional, and this conversation fantasizes over what we would include in our vows were we to write them today.
One fascinating irony is that although we might enjoy luxurious vacations, we do not want to stay there forever. In this conversation, we talk about why we prefer to come back to normal life and why challenge, creation, and community are ultimately more precious.
In this conversation we talk about the role that food and drink play as more than just physical nourishment. We talk about how they are a sort of social glue that helps to bring people together and why the can forge bonds of kinship.
What does it mean to “find fulfillment?” The answer isn’t as easy as we may think at first, and in this episode we use the help of a thought-provoking parable to help us consider what we truly want to get out of life, and what gets in the way.
Moving in harmony with one another requires coordination and being in sync…unfortunately to get there you need communication, practice, and some stepping on toes along the way.
Our minds can bully our bodies, condemning us to perpetually feel like our bodies do not live up to society’s ideals. Jordan and Rosanna talk about where they struggle with their own body images, and how we can work together to gift our bodies true health and not be prisoners to someone else’s ideal.
In this inspiring conversation we invite Brett and Christine Bowman into our kitchen and sample their delicious Insatiable and Decadent gourmet cashews, all while hearing the story behind how B's Gourmet Nuts was born out of passion, strife, and a desiring to bring good into the world.
Today’s guests are Brett and Christine Bowman - a married couple and parents to three children who opened their own gourmet nut business after experiencing multiple health-related challenges. In 2016 Christine had open heart surgery to address a rare heart defect, and almost exactly a year later Brett was diagnosed with throat cancer. After Brett was diagnosed for a second time in 2019, Brett and Christine decided to take their hobby for making delicious cashews and turn it into something special, all while still working their full time careers and raising their three children. Today B’s Gourmet Nuts can be found in over 140 stores in 26 states, and a portion of all proceeds goes towards the Cancer Wellness Center, a non-profit that has supported Brett and the entire Bowman family during their health challenges.
Check out their website, learn more about Brett and Christine, and order some of their gourmet nuts! https://www.bsgourmetnuts.com/
We all experience #FOMO more often than we’d like to admit, but the grass is not always greener. Social media and confirmation bias can perpetuate a cycle of FOMO that leads to depression and anxiety, and Jordan and Rosanna discuss how they can better recognize when this occurs and counteract it with their own contentment.
One of the topics couples fight the most over is money. But if we can learn to talk productively about it instead of argue, we just might help make ourselves more successful.
“Begin with the end in mind” is one of the core principles Stephen R. Covey writes about in his classic 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. On today’s show we take this literally and think about what we want in our eulogy to commemorate the life we want to live.
Talking about sex as a couple is hard. So hard, in fact, that we often end up arguing about it or remaining silent on the topic, not communicating our own desires and expectations. In this episode we try to break the ice and share an intimate conversation - it might be awkward, but it can be done!
What do we do when life hits us hard, and unimaginable tragedy becomes our new reality? While few of us can fathom the loss of a child, this is exactly what happened to Dana Vavalle and her husband John. On this episode we hear their story and how they navigated their grief after the loss of their young son Francesco and their founding of their non-profit Cesco’s Heart to honor the memory of their son.
Learn more about Cesco's Heart here!
Cesco's Heart was founded by John and Dana Vavalle in 2012 when their first-born son, Francesco lost his battle with his heart defect. They began this non-for-profit organization to support the research and advancements in treatments for children with heart disease. Cesco’s Heart donates 100% of their proceeds to Advocate Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute. John and Dana Vavalle are members of Advocate Children’s Hospital’s Presidents Society and often visit the patients and their families bringing them special items during the holidays and other occasions. Cesco’s Heart holds their annual fundraiser every fall to raise money and raise awareness for this important cause they hold dear to their heart.
The human mind is insatiably prone toward bias - but in this conversation we attempt to expose what our minds may be doing without our permission and figure out ways to truly be the kinds of people we genuinely want to be towards others.
Our habits and routines can be constructive...or they can be harmful to us. In this conversation we share what our habits and routines are, for better or worse, and set our sights on making sure they’re as beneficial to us as possible.
We share our wide-ranging conversation we have with three-time Olympian Lauren Regula and her husband Dave. We cover the Olympics, age and experience, changing careers, moving your family, mom guilt, the importance of community and coaching for self-growth, depression and perseverance, the mental game, family planning and date nights, and much more from this inspiring couple.
Lauren Bay-Regula is a performance, mindset, and health coach for professional women and moms. She is a mom-of-three, wife to Dave, business-owner of TrAk Athletics. Lauren is also a 2x-Olympian for the Canadian Women’s Softball Team (2004 and 2008) and knows the meaning of “hard-work.” She’s a left-handed pitcher who’s been exposed to some of the best training programs, nutritionists, and mental performance coaches and incorporates what she has learned into her mission at trAk athletics. In 2016, with 3 kiddos aged 7, 5 and 4, Lauren came out of retirement and pitched for Team Canada in the World Championships, earning a Bronze Medal. And now, in 2021, at 40 years old, she is heading to her third olympics.
Growing up in Akron, Dave developed an early love of competition and coaching. He went on to become a three-time All-Ivy-League Football player as well as Ivy League record holder. From Dartmouth, Dave went to the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade where he traded options on short term interest rates for 16 years. His time spent in the pressure cooker of the trading floor gives him a unique perspective on maximizing health and career at the same time. He believes that individual attention and education about training, nutrition, and lifestyle are the keys to implementing sustainable change in his clients--whether your an athlete, business owner, or parent.
We discuss some of our observations and research related to "kids these days" and how challenging - and rewarding - modern parenting can truly be.
One year ago the infamous COVID "lockdown" was initiated, and life has not been the same since. We survey the past year societally and personally, and ask ourselves, "Are we okay?"
We share our conversation with couple Shannon and Greg Buth, learning so much from them about building a business, supporting and inspiring one another, and "never quitting your day dream."
Shannon and Greg have known each other since we were just kids, growing up in Minnesota. They are high school sweethearts who found their way back to each other in their late 20’s and now raise an incredible, spirited, crazy crew of four boys together in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood.
Check out House of Shan for yourself here!
Shannon made a career out of her passion for fashion, and worked for a California based clothing company for most of her 20’s, and then was the very first stylist at Trunk Club. She stepped back from work after the birth of their twins, born just 19 months after their first son.
Greg has worked in the trading industry for the last 20 years and has traded everything from Soybeans to Eurodollar options on the floor of the Board of Trade.
In January of 2020, Shannon started House of Shan and is empowering others to 'live what you love' on a daily basis. Shannon has designed apparel that includes an imperfect heart on every piece, and this heart signifies a daily reminder to 'live your passion, laugh everyday, love deeply, and to never quit your day dream'. House of Shan donates $5 from every purchase to a women’s charity. The company was founded in January of 2020, and since then Shannon has donated over $20,000 to organizations in their first year!
We discuss how the Enneagram has become a helpful tool for helping us better understand the strengths and dispositions of ourselves and of one another.
For this season’s Book Club episode, we finish off LOVE MONTH by reading Bob Goff’s inspiring book that reminds us that love is simple when we commit to loving everybody, always.
Loving ourselves often falls at the bottom of our list...if it even makes it on our list at all. In our conversation with Julie Gentile, we learn why self-care should only be at the top of our list, but how it helps us maximize everything else.
Julie Gentile is an award-winning author, yoga instructor, and self-care advocate. Her books include 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas and How to Stay Calm in the Chaos: An Everyday Self-Care Guide, which you’ll hear us talk about on the show today. She received the 2019 bronze medal in the Exercise/Fitness/Yoga category from IPPY Living Now Book Awards, which recognizes “books for better living” and authors “changing lives and changing the world,” and is a 2019 Book Excellence Awards Finalist in the Mind, Body, Spirit category for her book 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas. She’s been featured in numerous media and has many published articles, and has been a guest on the Chicago Parent Masters in Parenting podcast and the Strong as Mothers podcast. You can learn more about her and benefit from her works by subscribing to her Nourish Note to get a monthly boost of self-care found on her blog www.JulieGtheYogi.com and her YouTube channel “Stand Up for Your Self-Care,” which she maintains in addition to being a wife and a full-time working mom of two young children.
Who is my neighbor? It's an easy enough ideal to extend love to others, but in this conversation we explore many of the barriers that may come between our love and our neighbor, and how we can overcome them.
In our opening episode of Season 3, we share another unscripted conversation with one another about what it means to have someone who you call "your person" in your life, and how we fulfill this for one another!
It feels like 2021 can’t come fast enough. In this final conversation of Season 2 of the podcast, we share our vision of the upcoming year, asking “Who do I want to be in 2021?”
Before we say goodbye to 2020 for good, it’s important we spend some time reflecting on what we were hoping this year would be...and on what we actually got.
We sit down with Jason Waller, US Army veteran and founder of his executive coaching and leadership development practice, and explore what it truly means to have “resiliency” - especially in the context of what 2020 brought to us.
Jason R. Waller is a US Army combat veteran and intelligence officer who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas of Asia during his 15-year military career. After working as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company, he founded an executive coaching and leadership development practice and today serves CEOs, corporate executives, startup founders, professional athletes, recording artists, special forces commanders, and more. He’s also a top writer on leadership topics on the online publication Medium.com. You can connect with Jason and learn more about what he’s working on by visiting www.jasonrwaller.com.
We often talk about developing our leadership skills, but at the same time we are far more likely to be a follower in one way or another. Do we ever talk about how to follow?
Why does everything have to be a side hustle? How do we get back to hobbies - those self-driven, non-monetized interest - as a virtue?
We have realized that it is so, so important for us genuinely express gratitude for the all the love, wonder, and beauty in our lives.
We get pretty honest with each other and with all of you as we share the (many) ways we’re far, far from perfect.
From videos, blogs, courses, podcasts, and the full wealth of the Information Age, we have a conversation about how we see learning as an ongoing and essential part of our lives.
We speak with positive psychologist Kasey Lloyd about the meaning of minimalism and the relationship between a person and their possessions.
We might speak English, but are we learning to speak the languages of love, gratitude, apology, and more in the way others would speak them?
Humans have an enormous appetite for stories. The most powerful stories are the ones we tell about ourselves.
Quality relationships require us to maintain a steadfast combination of two important ingredients.
Our relationship to our beloved screens can get...complicated. Especially when it inhibits us from appreciating the people and the beauty right in front of us.
Every great achiever is influenced by those who came before them. Who are the people who influence and inspire your pursuits?
We loaded up our minivan and took a family road trip this summer. Here’s how it went and what we learned.
We always say we have things that matter to us, but do they actually get the attention they deserve? Here how we’ve been making room for the values and priorities in our life.
We sit down with Randy and Dawn Witt, the founders of Illinois’s largest water park, Raging Waves.
We discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s famous description of “The Man in the Arena” and how courage, confidence, and engagement lead to the experiences worth living for.
We sit down with Melisa and Leo Spizzirri, masters in their respective industries and pursuing the most out of themselves, their careers, and their family.
Your quality of life is often based on the quality of questions you ask yourself. What questions are you engaging yourselves with? Here are our top six.
We are always investing our TIME and ENERGY into something. Are we investing in what matters?
In their first unscripted conversation, Jordan and Rosanna talk about appreciating and taking advantage of these days - whatever they are - before they pass us by.
A life lived on purpose requires daily intentionality, especially when you add a spouse, kids, a career, and a host of big dreams. Join Jordan and Rosanna each week as they take life off autopilot and explore how to thrive as a couple while hustling after their passions. If you’re looking to make the most of your self, your relationships, your dreams, your marriage, and your parenting – you’ll find examples and inspiration as they relentlessly pursue a life worth living, together.