

Episode #221 - How Honest is too Honest
Click the picture to listen to the episode. Since we’re all doing school from home now, please answer the following questions: Honey, do these new pants make my butt look big? No, I left your gift at the office. Do you really think I’d forget our anniversary? Mommy, are some of the kids on my team better than me? Daddy, I’m so sad that Fluffy died. Is he in heaven with Jesus? Hey, Babe, I can’t see the back of my head. Am I balding at all? So how did you do? Answer honest


Episode #220 - If You Loved Me, You Would...
Click the picture to listen to the episode. We’ve all done it. Looked at how our spouse is behaving and wondered, “Wow, if he really loved me, he wouldn’t be doing that.” Some of us have felt that so strongly that we actually say those word to our spouse. Making their momentary behavior a referendum on “if” they love us or not. Full disclosure, I have done this myself. Just the other night I told my wife, Beth, “If you really loved me, you wouldn’t make me watch the Down


Episode #219 - Apologizing
Click the picture to listen to the episode. I’m so sorry its taken so long to get this episode out, BUT there were many reasons why it couldn’t get done sooner…Listen, I said I was sorry. What do you want from me? You feel hurt that we have kept this life-changing podcast from you for this long? Well, I’m sorry you feel that way. To hurt you was not our intent, so really, you have to own your own feelings. Am I right? Ok, fine, drop it. This week the boys discuss how t


Episode #218 - What if They Don't Launch?
Click the picture to listen to the episode. Here’s a parent’s worst nightmare. You look upstairs one day and your 27 year old son is still living in the same bedroom in your house that he occupied since the 8th grade! Somewhere along the line, this young man…failed to launch. Listen in this week as the guys discuss this growing phenomenon. ----- Helicopter parenting - hovering over your child to rescue whenever bad happens Lawnmower parenting - clearing the path for your c


Episode #217 - Boundaries
Click the picture to listen to the episode. The boys follow up with their co dependency talk from last week by discussing boundaries today. What are boundaries? How do you institute them? Won't that make matters worse? Listen in. ----- Boundariless families are dysfunctional. These families are tired. Lack of boundaries finds its way into most, if not all, relational problems we have. We mistakenly believe that if we set a boundary, it is unloving. 10 Laws of Boundaries 1. La


Episode #216 - Co Dependency
Click the picture to listen to the episode. What is co-dependency? We’ve all heard about, accused others of being it, but what exactly is it? I mean, we should depend on each other…right? “Lean on me, when you’re not strong…” Hello?! But what is it, really? Listen in this week as the guys unpack the sometimes misunderstood topic of co-dependency, and see if you can recognize your relationship…uh, I mean recognized a “friend’s” relationship. ----- Enchiladas Y Mas Closed


Episode #215 - Accepting Spouse's Faults
Click the picture to listen to the episode. In our society today, we love us some tolerance! Vive la Difference! I always like to say, except when those differences we’re “Viveing” are behaviors in our spouse that are driving us up the wall during this sheltering in place experience. How can we “let go and let God” sooth our relational differences while we’re all boarded up inside our houses 24/7? Listen in this week as the guys discuss how to accept our spouse’s faults…Tha


Episode #214 - When Storms Strike
Click the picture to listen to the episode. What happens when things don't go as expected? When God doesn't make sense? When our worst fears are realized? What then? How do we respond? What's more, how do we lead our family/kids during such a time? Listen in this week as the guys discuss how to handle the storm when it hits. ----- As parents, we set the emotional tone within the home. When something bad happens, it's not simply about you, surviving. But as a parent, it is abo


Episode #213 - COVID Couple
Click the picture to listen to the episode. I know we discussed last week some ideas on how to cope with the entire family being at home due to the COVID, but what about working with, playing with, eating every meal with, parenting with, sitting and relaxing with, and every other activity you can think of with your spouse…every day, all day, with no breaks. Sounds fantastic right?! Or does it sound like you might need a case of Xanax airlifted to your location. So, what a


Episode #212 - COVID-19
Click the picture to listen to the episode. Okay, the COVID…how do we NOT talk about this? We’re all now working from home, schooling from home, going to church from home, and oh yea, performing all other human activity during every waking moment…from home. So how do we make it through? Other than monitoring Twitter all day? Listen in this week, as the guys discuss ways to cope with the COVID confinement. I mean, what else ya got to do? ----- 5 Things Your Family Can Do