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July 31, 2024

#271: Adventures in Mongolia & Beyond: Building Relationships, Learning from Travel, and Some Current Events

Join Greg and Rachel Denning as they take you on a thrilling journey through their recent bucket list adventure and travel across London, Kazakhstan , Mongolia , China & Qatar . In this episode, they share captivating stories...
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July 17, 2024

#270 So You Want to Change Your Spouse? Here’s How You Can Have a Positive Influence For Change in Your Relationship

In this enriching episode, Greg and Rachel delve into invaluable strategies for supporting your spouse's personal growth and enhancing your relationship . What strategies do Greg and Rachel recommend for supporting your spous...
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July 10, 2024

#269 'Next Level' Strategies for Raising Teens Today: Building Trust, Connection & Competence

Welcome to "Raising Teens Today," where Greg and Rachel Denning challenge the norms of parenting teens in today's world and give you strategies for thriving, not just surviving. The Dennings share personal anecdotes that unra...
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July 3, 2024

#268 I’m Tired of Being a Lonely “Roommate With Benefits” For My Husband

If you’re feeling lonely in your marriage, like a roommate ‘with benefits’ instead of partners, best friends, and lovers, then you’ll want to listen to this episode! We received this great question from one of our podcast lis...
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June 27, 2024

#267 The Challenges (& Lasting Impact) of the Baby/Child-Rearing Phases on Your Marriage & Parent/Child Relationships

If you're NOT a new parent, you still want to listen to this episode -- because it may help you to understand WHY you have the current relationship you do with your children and/or your spouse because of things that happened ...
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June 20, 2024

#266 You WANT to Need (& Be Needed By) Your Spouse -- How & Why to Be Interdependent Instead of Autonomous

"I have a follow-up question to podcast 264 . Greg talked about kids being more autonomous, but that you don't want your spouse to be autonomous. This is a new concept to me. What I've heard (from [well-known life coach]) is ...
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June 12, 2024

#265 How to Get Out of 'Blah' & Live Each Day with More Meaning & Happiness

It's easy to get stuck in a rut and to fill that your days blur together... especially while raising a family. So how do you change that? How do you have more happiness, meaning, and joy in the day-to-day 'to do's that otherw...
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June 6, 2024

#264 I'm Spread Too Thin!! How Can I 'Do It All' & Stop Neglecting the Most Important People in My Life???

This week's question came from a member of Rachel's 28-Day Challenge who said: "I really struggle with trying to do everything . I feel like when I was doing the M1 (Marriage Level 1) Challenge my marriage was great. But I ca...
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May 28, 2024

#263 My Spouse Doesn't Respect Me, I Crave Intimacy & Feel LONELY in My Marriage

We received this via email: " I read the book The Untethered Soul and I understood that the main idea is letting go of our thoughts and just feeling the emotions and letting them be . Realising some kind of detachment to them...
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May 21, 2024

#262 Improve Communication with Your Spouse & Process Emotions to Build an Extraordinary Life & Marriage

This week's awesome questions come from wives asking, "What do you do when your spouse tells you that you need to get a backbone and manage your own emotions when you tell him that the demeaning way he looks at you is hurtful...
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May 14, 2024

#261 How to Have the Hard Talks With Your Spouse About Money (+ Teach Your Kids Healthy Mindsets About It)

"One thing I did have a question about is teaching kids finances and even talking to my spouse about it . We have no communication when it comes to finances . My husband is an entrepreneur businessman and very smart and I don...
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May 8, 2024

#260 How to Know Which Science to Believe About What's Healthy & What's Not??

I received this excellent question in my Instagram DM "How do you decide which scientific research to listen to? Particularly when it comes to health-related topics like what is healthy to eat and what is not? It seems there ...
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May 1, 2024

#259 How to Motivate Your Teenager to WILLINGLY Help Out & Take Responsibility

This week's topic came from Rachel's recent experiences with their 13-year-old son who has been very motivated to help out around the house lately (because of very specific strategies, which she shares in this episode). AND s...
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April 23, 2024

#258 How to Prevent & Manage Overwhelm as a Parent of Young (or Old) Kids, While Pursuing BIG Dreams & Goals

"Thanks for this episode . I wanted to get in touch to ask if you could share any advice for when your kids were younger and babies? I run a food business and recently had my first baby. I am struggling to manage the disparit...
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April 17, 2024

#257 Practicalities of Travel as a Family, Budget Saving Tips, + How to Worldschool (No Matter Your Schooling Choice)

"I'm writing to tell you both what an inspiration you've been to me over the last year! I've listened to almost all your podcasts and am working my way through the family systems and charts course . All your information is cl...
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April 9, 2024

#256 How to Become More CAPABLE So You Can Do The Work to Achieve Your Extraordinary Life, Marriage & Family

As a follow-up question to a recent episode about helping your spouse 'show up' or invest in your extraordinary life , we were asked: "I love listening to your podcast. I'm a stay-at-home mom of four and I homeschool. I reall...
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April 3, 2024

#255 Stop Calling it 'ADHD' -- It's NOT a Disorder, It's Normal

This much-needed episode addresses something we've been concerned about, thinking about, and researching for years regarding ADHD/ADD in adults and children . Based on our own experience (having at least 3 kids with ADHD, and...
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March 27, 2024

#254 What to Do When Your Spouse is Not 'Showing Up' or Investing in Your Extraordinary Marriage/Life

In this episode, Greg and Rachel Denning answer this question: "Wondering if you have advice for someone who has been trying to pour everything into life/marriage to make it extraordinary but the spouse is not showing up and ...
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March 20, 2024

#253 Sex IS a NEED for an Extraordinary Marriage

On Instagram, I saw a reel that stated " Myth: Sex is a need. Fact: Sex is a desire, not a need." "All of us can live without sex; we cannot live without water, food, or belonging." I had to disagree and responded: "It depend...
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March 13, 2024

#252 "No Job for Our Teens" How We Teach a Wealth & Entrepreneur Mindset

A member of my 28-Day Challenge coaching program asked: "I'm curious: what do your kids do for work or how do they learn work ethic? Our oldest is almost 16 and starting a job this summer which is flexible (thank goodness) bu...
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March 5, 2024

#251 Managing (& Modeling) Screen Time Usage & Addiction in Kids & Adults

"I wanted to know what you guys think about screen time ... I stopped letting my son (6) watch but then we reintroduced it as my husband said that if it’s in a foreign language it can be beneficial exposure to the language .....
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Feb. 27, 2024

#250 Wokeism is a Cult that is Destroying Society

It wasn't too long ago that I would have been hesitant to make such a bold statement -- that wokesim is a dangerous cult. That's because I have many beliefs that are in line with the underlying viewpoints, such as open-minded...
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Feb. 27, 2024

#249 Here's Why You & Your Spouse Disagree (Understanding the Values Hierarchy) PLUS Tips to Motivate Teens

In this unique episode, I'm sharing a coaching session from my ⁠ 28-Day Challenge ⁠ because Greg is currently trekking to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro with four of our teens and a group of 18 other people. In this coaching sess...
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Feb. 14, 2024

#249 Here's Why You & Your Spouse Disagree (Understanding the Values Hierarchy) PLUS Tips to Motivate Teens

In this unique episode, I'm discussing how to motivate your teen and sharing a coaching session from my 28-Day Challenge because Greg is currently trekking to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro with four of our teens and a group of 1...
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