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Your biggest fans already live under your roof.
Welcome to the Famous at Home podcast, hosted by marriage and leadership coaches Dr. Josh and Christi Straub. In a world competing for your time, attention, and identity, it’s easy to give your family the leftovers instead of the best of you.
Josh and Christi bring clarity to the rat race we live in with an honest, grace-filled, and often humorous perspective to the real-life challenges families face today. They offer practical coaching strategies you can put into practice right away to have an emotionally safe marriage, be fully present with your kids, and lead with purpose.
Each episode explores topics like marriage, parenting, emotional safety, work-life rhythms, connection, relational joy, and leading well outside the home without sacrificing the people you love most. Think of it as sitting down for coffee with friends who encourage you, challenge you, make you laugh, and help you grow.
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Miss Who You Were Before Kids? 5 Types of Loneliness with Ann Somers Hogg
You love your kids. So why do you miss who you used to be? Researcher Ann Somers Hogg, in her latest study on parental loneliness, found that for many parents, loneliness isn’t about friends. It’s about losing …
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You love your kids. So why do you miss who you used to be? Researcher Ann Somers Hogg, in her latest study on parental loneliness, found that for many parents, loneliness isn’t about friends. It’s about losing yourself and your identity. She shares the five types of parent loneliness, why “go make more friends” isn’t the fix for everyone, and what helped parents find their way back. Take the screener in the show notes to find your type.
Here are some highlights:- Isolation is objective. Loneliness is the gap between the connection you want and the connection you feel.
- You can be surrounded by people and still be lonely.
- About two-thirds of parents say they’re lonely.
- A parent’s loneliness can predict their child’s loneliness years later.
- There are 5 types of loneliness found in the research.
- Left unnamed, loneliness turns into apathy.
- Parents tried AI along the way, but nobody credited it with solving their loneliness.
Find your type of loneliness: Download the five-question screener from the Christensen Institute: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/publication/parental-loneliness/
The research: Unbundling Parental Loneliness: Specific Diagnoses for Effective Treatment: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/publication/parental-loneliness/
Get a copy of the 25 Days of the Christmas Story: An Advent Family Experience:
https://link.amazon/B03YgMGYb
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*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/Someone Has to Go First: Luke Smallbone on Forgiveness
Luke Smallbone of for KING + COUNTRY shares the story of forgiveness with his own brothers and takes us behind the scenes of Drummer Boy, in theaters November 6. A film about reconciliation, Luke shares how he …
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Luke Smallbone of for KING + COUNTRY shares the story of forgiveness with his own brothers and takes us behind the scenes of Drummer Boy, in theaters November 6. A film about reconciliation, Luke shares how he had to live it first. He shares why forgiveness puts your pride on the line. And if there’s someone in your family you haven’t spoken to in a long time, why someone has to go first.
Here are some key takeaways:- Drift starts small. Creative and business differences crept into the brothers’ relationship.
- Reconciliation started with an uncomfortable conversation and owning their part.
- Forgiveness isn’t one and done. Rebuild trust, keep forgiving, and pick up the phone when suspicion creeps in.
- “I got my brother back.” The film was already a win before it hit theaters.
- When two people can’t get along, often one or both just has to be right.
- Learn to forgive the people you once thought were unforgivable. That’s where freedom is.
Show Notes:
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*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/Why You Get Defensive With Your Spouse (And What to Say Instead)
Your spouse brings you a hurt, and before you know it, you’re defending yourself or rushing to fix it. Dr. Josh uses an example from his own marriage and unpacks why we do this: an old wound gets stirred up …
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Your spouse brings you a hurt, and before you know it, you’re defending yourself or rushing to fix it. Dr. Josh uses an example from his own marriage and unpacks why we do this: an old wound gets stirred up, and we react to the past instead of the person in front of us. When we jump to fixing, our spouse can feel like a problem to solve or a burden to get through. Plus, Dr. Josh shares the three words that get you back to what’s really broken: the connection.
Here are some key takeaways:- Most criticism carries a feeling. Listen for the feeling, not just the words.
- Defensiveness keeps the pain cycle spinning.
- We often react to an old wound, not the person in front of us.
- The two three-word phrases that help you respond to the hurt.
- How to give your spouse the benefit of the doubt.
- Name the opponent (illness, stress, a hard week), not your spouse.
Check out our new online marriage coaching option.
https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriageexperience
Sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort. Starts Jan. 2027. Seats are limited.
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Need a marriage intensive? Apply now.
https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Get a copy of the 25 Days of the Christmas Story: An Advent Family Experience:
https://link.amazon/B03YgMGYb
Looking for one-on-one coaching with Dr. Josh?
https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Get Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd: https://link.amazon/B0198ebp4
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/"Must Be Nice!" 4 Ways to Stop Keeping Score in Marriage
He’s up at 5AM thinking, “Must be nice to sleep in.” She’s thinking, “Must be nice to leave the house.” Sound familiar? In this episode, Dr. Josh unpacks how tired spouses start keeping score, and four …
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He’s up at 5AM thinking, “Must be nice to sleep in.” She’s thinking, “Must be nice to leave the house.” Sound familiar?
In this episode, Dr. Josh unpacks how tired spouses start keeping score, and four practical ways to get back on the same team.
Here are some key takeaways:- “Must be nice” is where scorekeeping starts.
- When we don’t feel seen, we cope: sarcasm, martyrdom, attacking, or going silent.
- Ask yourself: do I really believe this is their character? Usually, it isn’t.
- Swap “you” for “we, us, our," and an "us-against-the-world" attitude.
- Walk the tightrope of responsibility. Own your part without falling into blame or shame.
- Name your opponents: kids, work, travel, in-laws, money, addiction. Bring them into the light.
- Every day, say one moment you felt seen, heard, loved, or appreciated.
Sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort. Starts Jan. 2027. Seats are limited.
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Need a marriage intensive? Apply now.
https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Get a copy of the 25 Days of the Christmas Story: An Advent Family Experience:
https://link.amazon/B03YgMGYb
Looking for one-on-one coaching with Dr. Josh?
https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/6 Practical Ways to Build Joy: Present or Just Available?
Does your family experience you as present, or just available? Do you find yourself hoping joy will one day find you once things slow down? Dr. Josh gets practical about building joy into your days, weeks, and …
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Does your family experience you as present, or just available? Do you find yourself hoping joy will one day find you once things slow down? Dr. Josh gets practical about building joy into your days, weeks, and year: 30-second habits, celebrations, and what he calls "enthusiastic welcoming." This is part two of our joy series. Don't try it all. Pick one and start there. It's the two-degree shifts that make all the difference.
Here are some key takeaways:- Joy is built relationally.
- Numb the hard feelings and you numb the good ones too.
- Receive, relive, remember. Don't just list what you're grateful for. Step back into the moment.
- Microdose joy. Thirty seconds watching a bird or your kid's wonder counts.
- Welcome your people like you're glad they're here.
- Sabbath lets your soul catch up to your body.
- Ask yourself: who needs to feel my delight?
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort. Starts Jan. 2027. Seats are limited.
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Need a marriage intensive? Apply now.
https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Looking for one-on-one coaching with Dr. Josh?
https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/Why We've Lost Our Joy (And Where To Find It)
For some reason, we inherently believe that joy is a byproduct of success. Yet, we finish the project, celebrate for five minutes, and move on to the next thing, waking up one day confused as to why the joy …
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For some reason, we inherently believe that joy is a byproduct of success. Yet, we finish the project, celebrate for five minutes, and move on to the next thing, waking up one day confused as to why the joy didn't seem to follow.
In this episode, Dr. Josh shares why so many leaders and parents lose joy, and what joy really is: not a feeling or a byproduct of success, but a present-tense experience rooted in our trust in God. Where happiness depends on circumstances; joy depends on position.
Here are some takeaways and highlights:- Ask: does my family experience me as proud of what they do, or delighted that they exist?
- Screens keep us in the left brain. Relational joy lives in the right brain.
- Gratitude has to be experienced, not just listed.
- Your calendar is discipling you. What is it teaching you about joy?
- How and why God scheduled joy.
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort. Starts Jan. 2027. Seats are limited.
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Looking for one-on-one coaching with Dr. Josh to be famous at home? https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Get a copy of The Other Half of Church:
https://link.amazon/B0fjHFamO
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/Go Analog: Small Shifts for a More Present Life
When was the last time you jumped in a pile of leaves without taking a picture of it? And do you know what not doing this is doing to your nervous system? In this week's episode, Dr. Josh talks about what it …
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When was the last time you jumped in a pile of leaves without taking a picture of it? And do you know what not doing this is doing to your nervous system?
In this week's episode, Dr. Josh talks about what it means to go analog in a digital world. He covers why our screens have quietly become our masters, what half-attention teaches our kids, and the small two-degree shifts that bring us back to our own soul, our spouse, and our kids. You don't have to get rid of your devices. But you may need to get rid of your vices.
Here are some highlights:- Anything you can't fast from owns you.
- Connection comes from small two-degree shifts, not one radical decision.
- Kids notice your continous partial attention. When they say "look at me," they deserve all of you.
- Go analog: find what works for you (e.g. no dings, phone stays inside when you play, one screen-free room, one screen-free time of day.)
- Boredom isn't the enemy. It's where creativity starts.
- Use screens to create, not just consume.
- God often speaks in the silence, and our noise can drown Him out.
Looking for one-on-one coaching with Dr. Josh to be famous at home? https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort. Starts Jan. 2027. Seats are limited.
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/The 15-Minute Habit That Will Change Your Marriage
What if you could have a rock-solid marriage in just 15 minutes a day? This is not a gimmick. Emotional disconnection rarely happens all at once. It happens through small, subtle shifts as work, kids …
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What if you could have a rock-solid marriage in just 15 minutes a day? This is not a gimmick.
Emotional disconnection rarely happens all at once. It happens through small, subtle shifts as work, kids, schedules, and the demands of life slowly pull us away from each other.
In this episode, Dr. Josh shares the fundamental exercise he's seen help marriages grow by leaps and bounds. It's a simple daily practice he calls the 15-Minute Exercise.
You’ll learn:- The simple daily question every couple can ask each other
- Why your spouse is a person to love, not a problem to solve
- The three most powerful words to transform a difficult conversation
- How to listen without fixing, defending, or becoming defensive
- How this simple practice can become a lifestyle rather than another item on your to-do list
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode!
Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/
Show Notes:
Looking for one-on-one coaching to be famous at home? https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort. Starts Jan. 2027. Seats are limited.
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletterThe 2-Degree Shift That Changes How You Lead
What if becoming a healthier leader at home doesn’t require a major overhaul, but simply a two-degree shift? High-capacity leaders know how to solve problems, make decisions, and get things done. But the skills …
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What if becoming a healthier leader at home doesn’t require a major overhaul, but simply a two-degree shift?
High-capacity leaders know how to solve problems, make decisions, and get things done. But the skills that make you effective at work don’t always translate at home. That’s because your greatest strengths, like your drive, capacity, and ability to fix things, can keep you from slowing down, listening, and connecting with the biggest fans under your roof.
In this episode, Dr. Josh explores how small relational shifts can change the way you lead in your marriage and family. He also provides small, practical, two-degree shifts that can change the trajectory of your family and the atmosphere of your home. You don’t need a 90-degree turn. You just need two degrees.
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece! https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/
Time Stamps:
0:00 The 2-Degree Shift That Changes Everything
1:30 Why High-Capacity Leaders Struggle at Home
2:28 You Don't Need a 90-Degree Turn
4:38 The Rubber Band That Changed How I Parent
8:00 The Three Most Important Words You Can Use in Your Home
9:30 Why Leadership at Work Doesn’t Translate at Home
11:10 From the Pain Cycle to the Peace Cycle
13:50 How to Pay Attention to Your Unrealized Emotions
21:00 The 2-Degree Shift That’s Gold for Your Children
22:45 The Most Powerful Two-Degree Shift for Your Marriage
24:05 Find Your “Adirondack Chair” Moment
25:15 Pick One Shift. Practice It for 30 Days
Show Notes:
Looking for one-on-one coaching to be famous at home? https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort. Starts Jan. 2027. Seats are limited.
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeYour Family is Busy. But is it Healthy?
Fall brings new rhythms, new opportunities, and a fuller calendar. But not every good opportunity is right for your family in this season.In this episode, Dr. Josh spends some time sharing how to wade through …
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Fall brings new rhythms, new opportunities, and a fuller calendar. But not every good opportunity is right for your family in this season.
In this episode, Dr. Josh spends some time sharing how to wade through everything competing for your time, attention, and identity. He leaves us with one question: "Is your schedule helping your family live out of who God called you to be"?
He helps you find clarity in your decisions, protect your marriage, connect with your kids, and build a schedule around what matters most.
Here are some highlights:
• Clarifying your family’s yeses and nos
• Protecting intimacy in your marriage
• Getting on the same team with your spouse
• Connecting with your kids in everyday moments
• Protecting peace without missing what matters
• Letting your values, not your calendar, set the pace
• Abiding in Jesus to discern what belongs in this season
Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
2:30 Are Christian families much different than the rest of the world?
4:15 Why this season requires clarity
11:30 When successful leaders feel like their family gets the leftovers
15:30 How family values bring clarity to your schedule
20:00 Identifying the opponents to intimacy in your marriage
25:30 Creating an “Us Against the World” attitude in your marriage
30:30 Why we sometimes choose chaos over quiet
33:00 “Let your yes be yes and your no be no”
37:00 The ordinary moments that create extraordinary connection
42:00 What your tongue reveals about your heart
46:00 How to lead your family with peace and joy
Show Notes:
Looking for leadership coaching to be famous at home?
https://www.famousathome.com/individualcoaching
Men, sign up for the next Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book:
https://amzn.to/4cm9mRS
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for $100 off your timepiece!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/famousAwakening the Tender & Fierce Parts of Your Heart: An Interview with Christi
The Tender & Fierce cohort is coming up again this fall! In this interview, Christi talks about how Tender & Fierce got started and answers questions about the Tender & Fierce cohort. She also shares how to …
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The Tender & Fierce cohort is coming up again this fall! In this interview, Christi talks about how Tender & Fierce got started and answers questions about the Tender & Fierce cohort. She also shares how to awaken the tender and fierce part of who you are, why it begins with curiosity, and how it is enhanced through community.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
4:08 The genesis of and meaning behind Tender & Fierce
10:04 What you can expect from Tender & Fierce
16:42 Who is Tender & Fierce for?
18:29 Why a Tender & Fierce retreat?
21:25 How to awaken your heart to be tender & fierce
Show Notes:
Sign up for the Fall 2025 Tender & Fierce Cohort! Sign up here.
https://www.famousathome.com/offers/dDt2Aobj/checkout
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeRaising Kids Who Walk With God | New Research Findings
A major new study just dropped on faith transmission across generations — and Josh breaks it down. Drawing from Passing the Torch (Institute for Family Studies), decades of research by Vern Bengston on …
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A major new study just dropped on faith transmission across generations — and Josh breaks it down. Drawing from Passing the Torch (Institute for Family Studies), decades of research by Vern Bengston on relational warmth, and John Gottman's data on repair, this episode answers the question we’re all asking as Christian parents: Will my kids keep the faith when they leave home?
Josh not only covers the key research findings, but more importantly offers practical strategies and connects the dots between your own spiritual growth and the faith your kids carry into adulthood.
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction of faith
5:18 Happenings with Famous at Home
6:20 How God concept and relational warmth influences faith transmission
9:31 The spiritual growth connection to faith transmission especially when we mess up
12:45 Josh explains key findings from a new study by The Institute for Family Studies
17:37 The influence of church attendance
18:29 How the quality of the marriage influences faith transmission
21:15 The practical implications of the research in our homes with our kids
28:00 How healthy community influences faith transmission
Show Notes:
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Passing the Torch research study by The Institute for Family Studies:
https://ifstudies.org/report-brief/passing-the-torch-how-faith-moves-across-generations#:~:text=Children%20who%20grew%20up%20in,in%20the%20divinity%20of%20Jesus
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Sign up for Raising Future Legends!
www.raisingfuturelegends.com
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeHonoring Parents and In-Laws in a Culture of Relational Cutoff
If you've ever wrestled with complicated family dynamics or wondered how to honor your parents or in-laws while protecting your own family, this episode will encourage and challenge you with a deeply biblical …
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If you've ever wrestled with complicated family dynamics or wondered how to honor your parents or in-laws while protecting your own family, this episode will encourage and challenge you with a deeply biblical perspective.
What does it really mean to honor your father and mother in a culture that often encourages us to walk away from difficult relationships? In this episode, Josh explores why honoring your parents doesn't mean denying your pain—but it does require a biblical perspective on love, boundaries, forgiveness, and generational legacy.
In this episode, Josh discusses:- How your children are learning from the way you treat your parents
- Why we've inflated words like toxic, trauma, and boundaries
- The difference between honoring someone and enabling unhealthy behavior
- Why healing doesn't always require cutting people off
- The power of reframing your family story
- Practical ways to navigate difficult relationships with parents and in-laws
- How to discern between characterological versus circumstantial expectations of your parents / in-laws
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:12 Being a living legacy
4:15 Language inflation and the trend of severing relationships when it’s “not serving me well”
7:31 What it really means to “honor” our parents, in-laws, & grandparents
10:38 Josh gives an example from his own lineage
15:32 The supernatural implications of what you’ve been given generationally
19:47 Practical strategies for talking to your parents / in-laws, etc.
27:57 Discerning characterological versus circumstantial expectations of your parents / in-laws
31:10 Your most useful takeaway
Show Notes:
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Sign up for Raising Future Legends!
www.raisingfuturelegends.com
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeWhy Good Parents are Raising Less Capable Kids with David Thomas
Parents today have more resources, information, and support than ever before—yet anxiety, fragility, and emotional struggles among children continue to rise. In this conversation, bestselling author and …
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Parents today have more resources, information, and support than ever before—yet anxiety, fragility, and emotional struggles among children continue to rise.
In this conversation, bestselling author and counselor David Thomas joins Josh to explore a difficult question: Have our good intentions as parents unintentionally gotten in the way of raising capable, resilient kids?
Together they discuss:- Why confidence grows from competence—not constant praise
- How over-helping can undermine a child's resilience
- The surprising connection between failure and emotional health
- Why happiness should never be the primary goal of parenting
- The dangers of "rescuing" kids from every struggle
- How healthy boundaries create security
- What today's anxiety epidemic reveals about modern parenting
- Why children need opportunities to struggle, fail, and recover
- Practical ways to build capability at every age
If you've ever wondered whether you're helping your child too much—or how to raise kids who can thrive in an increasingly fragile culture—this episode is for you.
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 David Thomas joins the show
4:00 The extreme swing parents took to rescue kids from hardship and rob them from being capable
9:50 Why youth mental health became the crisis of our day
13:50 The decrease in stress around the house when kids are capable
16:28 The problem with being committed to your child’s happiness
20:27 The two consequences of kids raised to be happy and the resultant relational fallout we’re unknowingly preparing them for
26:28 The most effective 19-word phrase to use with your kids
30:20 The strategy for helping your kids F.A.I.L.
34:45 How family estrangement and language inflation is impacting relationships
42:05 The most practical way to start building capability in your kids
Show Notes:
Get Capable: How to Teach Your Kids the Strengths, Skills, and Strategies to Build Resilience https://amzn.to/4vwTyDk
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for Raising Future Legends!
www.raisingfuturelegends.com
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4vZUQql
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeThe Emotionally Present Man
Most men were never taught how to be emotionally present. They were taught how to provide, how to perform, and how to push through. And for a long time, that felt like enough. But if you've ever come home after …
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Most men were never taught how to be emotionally present. They were taught how to provide, how to perform, and how to push through. And for a long time, that felt like enough. But if you've ever come home after leading hundreds of people at work and felt completely lost in your own living room, you're not alone. This is why famous at home exists in the first place.
In this episode, Josh discusses the tension men feel between the demands of their professional lives and the deeper call of their homes. Drawing on decades of research—including what one USC longitudinal study found is the single greatest factor for passing faith across generations—his own coaching work with high-capacity men, and two personal moments where he heard the quiet voice of God, Josh unpacks the three relationships every father must tend: with his wife, with his kids, and with Jesus.
Whether you lead hundreds at work and feel lost at home, or you're simply trying to figure out what a present, emotionally engaged husband and father looks like in practice — this one's for you.
*Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:03 What it means to be famous at home
7:35 What research shows for men as dads and husbands
9:46 How to be emotionally safe for your wife
13:53 How to be emotionally safe for your kids
19:05 Hearing and obeying the voice of God as you lead your family
23:30 The Living Legacy Cohort
25:48 A special message to fathers
Show Notes:
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for Raising Future Legends!
www.raisingfuturelegends.com
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Get a copy of the Famous at Home book: https://amzn.to/4vZUQql
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeRaising Future Legends: Kids Who Carry the Kingdom Everywhere They Go
We've been asking our kids the wrong question since kindergarten. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" confuses identity with performance, and Josh argues we've been setting them up for anxiety and false …
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We've been asking our kids the wrong question since kindergarten. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" confuses identity with performance, and Josh argues we've been setting them up for anxiety and false selves ever since.
This episode reframes the whole parenting mission around the theme of Jesus's central message: the Kingdom of God. When kids understand their personal role in building for the kingdom of God, their identity stops depending on what they do, what they have, or what anyone thinks of them. It's a parenting paradigm shift that gives our kids a purpose bigger than anything the world has to offer.
We also announce the launch of a brand new parenting platform for raising emotionally healthy and spiritually mature kids called Raising Future Legends.
*Once again, thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode. Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Life updates
4:03 Identity and purpose for our kids
7:40 What did Jesus mean by the kingdom of God?
13:28 Who our children become and what it means for building for the kingdom of God
17:50 An exciting announcement about Raising Future Legends
24:07 An invitation into a new way of living and parenting
Show Notes:
Sign up for Raising Future Legends!
www.raisingfuturelegends.com
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
Thanks to our sponsor: Bernhardt Watches! Use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/Letting Go of Old Assignments to Lead Your Family Into New Seasons
After a break with family and a slower pace of life, Josh returns with some existential questions, one in particular that's been sitting heavy: Am I conforming to what everyone else around me is doing, or am I …
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After a break with family and a slower pace of life, Josh returns with some existential questions, one in particular that's been sitting heavy: Am I conforming to what everyone else around me is doing, or am I "appointing" my time well with the people who need me most?
Drawing from Isaiah 43, Psalm 90, and Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, Josh walks through what it looks like to grieve the past well, release the assignments of old, and step fully into the season God has for your family right now.
He further unpacks how sweetening retrospect—or nostalgically living in the past—can breed depression, how anxiety about the future keeps us from the present, and why the mundane drive-time moments are shaping the hearts of your children more than you realize. A practical, honest reset if you're catching yourself distracted or not as intentional as you wish you might be.
** Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:05 A podcast and Straub family update
4:00 What we learned being out of the country and the lessons it’s teaching me
8:45 Upcoming Famous at Home cohorts
10:20 The existential questions about what matters and why we make the decisions we do
15:03 How the nostalgia of the past keeps us from moving into a new season with our kids
21:20 Practicing the presence of the moment without your mind racing
23:40 “Appointing” versus conforming
30:42 How God builds our faith now to prepare us for what He’s preparing for us in the next, new season
34:12 Stepping into the “new season” for your marriage
37:15 Practical ways to “appoint our days” and be present in the moment with our kids
41:00 Number 1 regret of the dying
Show Notes:
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for the Your Family Purpose online video series to build emotional safety and set your family values
https://www.famousathome.com/your-family-purpose
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub
Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
** Grab your Bernhardt Watch: http://bernhardtwatch.com/
Use code FAMOUS at checkout for FREE shippingWhy Your Communication Type Matters with Jason VanRuler
Have you ever had a conversation with a loved one go in a completely different direction than what you saw coming? Your intention was there, but the way your loved one received it was nothing in the way you …
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Have you ever had a conversation with a loved one go in a completely different direction than what you saw coming? Your intention was there, but the way your loved one received it was nothing in the way you intended it?
Our good friend, Jason VanRuler, started to see this pattern in many of the people he had come into therapy. Conversations between people -- where everything was at stake -- and the intentions were there, but someone inevitably walked away feeling hurt, unseen, or even abandoning the relationship altogether. What one person meant isn’t what the other person heard.
So Jason asked himself, “Why does it sometimes land well, and other times not?”
The more research he did, the more he learned predictable patterns that led to 5 primary communication types: Peace, Advocate, Thinking, Harbor, and Spark. Each one with a strength and each one with an opportunity. Not only that, each person has their own primary and secondary type.
In this episode, Jason unveils each type, how we develop our own, and how we can better understand how our spouse, kids, and loved ones communicate with us. We get into marital dynamics and why we usually marry someone with similar secondary type, but the trouble that can arise when we realize we don’t have the same primary one. We also talk about how knowing the types can help us communicate at a deeper level with our kids.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Jason VanRuler joins the show!
4:34 Why these communication types matters
6:00 Jason introduces the 5 PATHS of communication
11:16 Where our personal communication style comes from
14:05 Strengths and weaknesses of each communication type
20:20 The communication types in our children and how we give what we didn’t get
25:05 How different communication types serve us in marriage
Show Notes:
Get Jason’s new book Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships: https://amzn.to/4sZzbwc
Check out Jason’s website: www.jasonvr.com
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeCalling Out Purpose in Your Children
Quick note: We announced the Tender and Fierce fall cohort. See show notes below. What’s the first question we ask our kids in kindergarten? “What do you want to BE when you grow up?” We do our children a …
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Quick note: We announced the Tender and Fierce fall cohort. See show notes below.
What’s the first question we ask our kids in kindergarten? “What do you want to BE when you grow up?” We do our children a disservice by asking this question because the very nature of the phrase implies that what you DO is who you are.
What about for ourselves as adults? What does it means to live in “fullness of life,” even when our circumstances might not match our heart’s desire? Perhaps Teresa of Avila held a clue to this mystery when she said, “God is among the pots and the pans.”
In this episode, Josh and Christi define what we mean by the word “purpose” and also identify other flaws of our modern cultural understanding of purpose and how it influences how we shepherd the hearts of our kids. One question to consider, “Is our understanding of purpose, especially when raising our children, filtered through a biblical lens?” In other words, who is God calling our children to “become?”
Josh and Christi also discuss Christi’s own “mid-life” crisis, the many layers of purpose, what the Bible tells us about meaning, and how we squelch our children’s desire for purpose even in early childhood.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Welcome to our own mid-life crisis
4:40 Tender & Fierce fall cohort announcement!
5:40 Christi’s mid-life crisis and rethinking what “purpose” really is
13:00 The layers of purpose and helping our children find theirs
20:00 Ecclesiastes and the discovery of meaning
23:20 Finding “fullness of life” no matter your life circumstances or current occupation / role
29:07 What keeps us from living in purpose
33:00 What multiplication and expansion of our purpose actually means
Show Notes:
Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeRaising Confident, Resourceful, and Resilient Kids
We all want our kids to be confident, resourceful, and to know what they’re good at. The trouble is that we make two big mistakes as parents: We either don’t give them enough challenge, or we burn them out with …
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We all want our kids to be confident, resourceful, and to know what they’re good at. The trouble is that we make two big mistakes as parents: We either don’t give them enough challenge, or we burn them out with too much.
Do your kids know that they have what it takes to overcome struggle?
Do they feel confident in knowing what to do when it comes to life skills and everyday tasks like cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, or taking care of animals?
Do they know what they’re good at and have a healthy sense of what to do with things they’re not good at?
We call this resourcefulness, and it’s one of the most important traits to cultivate in our kids.
What is resourcefulness?
How do we offer a healthy dose of both support and challenge to help our kids build resilience?
What do you do when you see things in your kids they don’t see in themselves?
These are the questions we tackle in this episode.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 What resourcefulness is and the two extremes we tend to take as parents
7:40 The good and hard of giving children responsibility
12:03 Giving kids support while offering challenge
19:38 How to know if you’ve over-supported or over-challenged
24:15 When you see things in your kids they don’t see in themselves
30:00 When you push beyond what you think you’re capable of
Show Notes:
Get 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week
https://amzn.to/4lpPGQf
Join our KidsRQ Community: www.kidsrq.com
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeThe Feeling of Joy: Why it Scares us + How to Pass it on
Get ready for the early episode pivot in this one, folks. Talking about their marriage a few minutes into recording, Josh and Christi had a moment that sent them spiraling into laughter. The atmosphere shifted …
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Get ready for the early episode pivot in this one, folks. Talking about their marriage a few minutes into recording, Josh and Christi had a moment that sent them spiraling into laughter. The atmosphere shifted, so they shifted with it. And the result?
A conversation about joy!
In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about why joy can be so difficult to feel. “We’re actually scared of joy,” Christi says. “It is such an intense emotion that our bodies feel under threat.” Christi goes on to say, “The feeling of joy is so big that you can’t start at 95%, you have to begin by micro-dosing it at about 5%.”
But feel it we must. The Bible says that the joy of the Lord is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10). If it strengthens us, it must be dangerous for darkness. No wonder it takes courage to feel it. Like anything else, joy is caught, not taught. Josh and Christi talk about how to overcome the fear, shift the atmosphere, and pass joy onto our kids.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 10 Days of the Easter Story
2:53 Josh & Christi’s wedding story
5:55 The unexpected pivot into joy
7:30 Shifting the spiritual atmosphere for joy
13:10 Left brain knowledge of versus right brain experience of joy
17:52 How joy is birthed within us
21:16 God is a joyful God
28:14 Why we’re afraid of joy
31:30 How to micro-dose moments of joy in your life
34:01 Practical ways to experience joy and pass it onto your kids
42:55 Ways to make joy not feel threatening
Show Notes:
Get 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week
https://amzn.to/4lpPGQf
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeInner Child Parts, Epigenetic Transmission, and Parenting
Have you felt yourself revert back to a child in the way you react to your kids, or a particular situation?Watching from the sideline, Josh recently had a moment where his inner child wounds collided with the …
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Have you felt yourself revert back to a child in the way you react to your kids, or a particular situation?
Watching from the sideline, Josh recently had a moment where his inner child wounds collided with the reality of the his son’s experience on the soccer field. When we come face-to-face with the dissonance between the way we REACT, and the way we want to ACT, something deeper is often at play. Becoming mindful of those moments, and how we respond to them, influences what we pass onto our kids.
In this episode, Josh & Christi talk about how to identify an unhealed inner child “part” of yourself, give examples of redeemed and unhealed epigenetic transmission, and provide a beautiful example of how Jesus meets us right where we are.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 The messages we picked up in childhood in order to fit in
6:15 How to identify an unhealed inner child “part” of yourself
9:13 Examples of epigenetic transmission of unresolved inner child pain
17:37 The motivation of our parental decisions
20:30 Disappointment, condemnation, and the feelings of Holy Week
28:56 How Jesus’ restoration of Peter is for all of us
Show Notes:
Easter is coming up! Get 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week
https://amzn.to/4lpPGQf
Interested in our Spring Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now. Starts March 30.
https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeWhy Emotional Safety is the Bedrock of Parenting
In this episode, we lay the foundation for what really matters most when it comes to raising Gen Alpha kids—emotional safety. It’s also the beginning of how we got started with Famous at Home — discovering the …
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In this episode, we lay the foundation for what really matters most when it comes to raising Gen Alpha kids—emotional safety. It’s also the beginning of how we got started with Famous at Home — discovering the power of, and talking about how to cultivate, a posture of emotional safety in our homes for our kids.
As we continue season 8 on Parenting Gen Alpha, we define what emotional safety is and why it matters for getting every outcome we desire in our kids.
We also talk about the four walls of parenting, the importance of reparenting our own inner child, and why emotional safety is so important to who our kids are becoming.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction and insight into Josh and Christi’s current day-to-day as parents
3:20 Setting the stage for today's topic
7:21 What emotional safety is and why it matters
11:13 Being able to bring the fullness of who you are to the relationship
13:50 Support and challenge in parenting
16:55 Reparenting our own inner child
21:02 Leading in grace and following in truth
25:49 Emotional safety and the need for community
Show Notes:
Get Safe House: How Emotional Safety is the Key to Raising Kids Who Live, Love, and Lead Well:
https://amzn.to/4rc52c9
Ladies, sign up here for Spring Tender & Fierce Cohort!
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Interested in our Spring Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now. Starts March 30.
https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeThe One Factor For Raising Resilient Kids
One of the most intriguing, humbling, and challenging aspects of being a parent is how our kids mirror who WE are. And what’s really difficult are the societal — or cultural — norms shaping who we are as …
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One of the most intriguing, humbling, and challenging aspects of being a parent is how our kids mirror who WE are.
And what’s really difficult are the societal — or cultural — norms shaping who we are as humans.
Who are we becoming as adults?
How are the decisions we make shaping our kids?
Do our unrealized emotions influence how resilient our kids are becoming?
As we continue our series on Raising Gen Alpha Kids, these are questions Dr. Josh and Christi address. Some highlights include:- What it means to “choose your hard”
- How loneliness becomes a byproduct of self-protection
- How silence plays itself out in marriage and the cost it has on our kids
- What if you’re exhausted and can’t choose the hard thing?
- The joy and “hard” of helping our kids build resilience
0:00 Introduction
1:28 Ways to go deeper
7:30 Choosing your hard
11:40 Loneliness and the environment of the home
16:19 How loneliness becomes a byproduct of our self-protection
20:03 How silence plays itself out in marriage and the cost it has on our kids
23:10 What if you’re exhausted and can’t choose the hard thing?
27:48 Choosing a different kind of “hard”
32:41 The joy and “hard” of helping our kids build resilience
Show Notes:
Ladies, sign up here for Spring Tender & Fierce Cohort!
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Interested in our Spring Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now. Starts March 30.
https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeThe Spiritual and Emotional Influence of Parental Fear
The stats of anxiety, depression, and stress on Gen Z (ages 14-28) are scary and higher than ever before. That’s not hyperbole. What have been the cultural, familial, and individual influences at work, and what …
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The stats of anxiety, depression, and stress on Gen Z (ages 14-28) are scary and higher than ever before. That’s not hyperbole.
What have been the cultural, familial, and individual influences at work, and what can parents of Gen Alpha (ages 0-13) learn from where we find ourselves?
We believe that parents hold the keys to influencing the next generation. And there is much more hope than might appear at the surface.
But the way through is by first addressing what may be our greatest adversary: Our own parental fears.
In this episode, we ask the question, “Why are we doing what we’re doing as families?” We address issues like the self-fulfilling prophecy, the role of epigenetics in child outcomes, and the spiritual laws that influence our decisions.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Christi and Josh introduce a NEW season
5:40 The mental health of Gen Z
9:57 Parenting and mental health
16:20 The effects of the decisions we make as parents and addressing parental fears
25:30 Spiritual laws that influence our parenting
31:00 Running into our fears and the hope of being a parent today
35:25 Conscious and unconscious choices we make as parents
40:00 How fear-based narratives influence our parenting
44:34 What is God’s role in how you parent?
Show Notes:
Ladies, sign up here for Spring Tender & Fierce Cohort!
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Interested in our Spring Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now.
https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching
Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching
Subscribe to Dr. Josh's Substack:
https://substack.com/@drjoshuastraub
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeKids, Fear, and Helping Your Adult Children with Max Lucado
Epigenetics is real. In other words, there’s a trickle down effect onto our kids based on our beliefs, feelings, and the environment in which we raise them. In this episode, Pastor Max Lucado joins the show to …
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Epigenetics is real. In other words, there’s a trickle down effect onto our kids based on our beliefs, feelings, and the environment in which we raise them.
In this episode, Pastor Max Lucado joins the show to talk about helping parents meet children in their anxious thoughts. Having written multiple books on anxiety, Pastor Lucado has a new 90-day devotional called Calm Thoughts for Kids, and joins the show to talk about what he’s seeing as a grandparent and how parents today can help their kids with their anxious days.
Having just become a grandparent for the sixth time, and about to be the seventh time, Pastor Lucado also talks about how grandparents can come alongside their adult children in raising their grandchildren.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:51 Max Lucado talks about fear and kids
9:50 How raising kids has changed
13:40 How grandparents can support their adult kids in raising their grandkids
19:00 How parents can disciple their kids and meet them in fear
23:45 The power of story to help kids grow
28:07 What is your strategy?
Show Notes:
Get Calm Thoughts for Kids: 90 Devotions for Anxious Days by Pastor Max Lucado by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3Maf13l
Get Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear by Pastor Lucado: https://amzn.to/49YHtgp
Get What Do I Do With Worry by Dr. Josh and Christi: https://amzn.to/4k3UGJD
Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Sign up for our email list: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeThe Love Language That Matters Most with Dr. Gary Chapman
What is the love language that matters most?! That’s the focus of this week’s episode, as our friend, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, joins us to talk about his new book by the same name …
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What is the love language that matters most?!
That’s the focus of this week’s episode, as our friend, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, joins us to talk about his new book by the same name, The Love Language That Matters Most.
In this episode, Dr. Chapman drops some serious one-liners to teach us how to practically identify and love our spouse in their own dialect. Sound intriguing to you? The insights are profound.
Here are some of the gold nuggets Dr. Chapman shares:- Why our agenda takes precedence over our values
- How to know what your spouse needs to really feel loved
- Why the misbehavior of both children AND adults grows out of an empty love tank
- How to be a great listener
- The three ways to help your children feel loved
- And the most sobering question Dr. Chapman asked of himself while raising his kids
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:19 What’s coming up with Famous at Home
4:02 Dr. Gary Chapman joins the show
10:13 What is the love language that matters most?
18:30 The dialects of each love language
23:02 The emotional love tank
27:40 The qualities of being a great listener
35:00 How to help your children feel loved
42:57 The most sobering question Dr. Chapman would ask of himself raising kids
Show Notes:
Purchase The Love Language That Matters Most by Dr. Gary Chapman by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4bHmXDy
Take the Love Language Premium Assessment: https://5lovelanguages.com/store/premium-assessment
Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
To download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
To download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeBeing a Victim of Parenthood & Bringing Order to Chaos
Quick note: If you haven't yet downloaded the Famous at Home app, see show notes below to download. Be sure to turn notifications on for the latest encouragement from Famous at Home. Welcome to a brand new …
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Quick note: If you haven't yet downloaded the Famous at Home app, see show notes below to download. Be sure to turn notifications on for the latest encouragement from Famous at Home.
Welcome to a brand new season called Loving Well!
In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about bringing order to all of the things in your home and life that might feel disordered. Why order? Because love gets smothered where chaos reigns. When we're in survival, we have a limited ability to look outward and love well.
Josh and Christi share what we need to love well, talk about being victims of parenthood, and discuss very practical ways to move from "survival mode" to order and love.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to a new season
2:43 Calling back to order that which feels disordered
9:00 Upcoming guests on Season 7 of “Loving Well”
10:11 The foundation of loving well
16:56 Are we victims of parenthood?
27:42 We are what we focus on
33:00 Ways to work through “survival mode” and lead your family into order and love
40:45 Ways to love your spouse well
Show Notes:
To download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394
To download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US
Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Sign up for our newsletter and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeA Christmas Message From Josh + Christi
What does the star have to do with your soul? What does it mean to "make room" in your heart?In this episode, Josh and Christi each offer a personal Christmas reflection and message to you, our Famous at Home …
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What does the star have to do with your soul? What does it mean to "make room" in your heart?
In this episode, Josh and Christi each offer a personal Christmas reflection and message to you, our Famous at Home family.
May this Christmas be filled with wonder and awe for you and your family.
Merry Christmas from Famous at Home!
Show Notes:
Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Want a marriage you love in 2026? Fill out this form and we'll be in touch: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhomeHelping Kids Think Critically with Tuttle Twins Show Creator Daniel Harmon
We have three special guests this week to share with you content and a TV series that has created such helpful, engaging, and at times, challenging dialogue between us as parents and our children. In the …
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We have three special guests this week to share with you content and a TV series that has created such helpful, engaging, and at times, challenging dialogue between us as parents and our children.
In the episode, Josh and Christi’s kids, Landon and Kennedy, join the show to interview Daniel Harmon, the creator of the Tuttle Twins TV show. The Tuttle Twins book series and TV show tackles topics we often don’t know how to address with our kids.
If you’re looking for family friendly content you can engage with your kids, check out Tuttle Twins on Angel Studios. Seasons 1-3 are free. See link in show notes.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Daniel Harmon describes behind the scenes of Tuttle Twins TV show
8:00 Teaching kids to think critically 14:06 How topics, like entrepreneurship, are chosen and developed for the TV show
18:20 Inflation, bitcoin, college, personal responsibility, civil disobedience, and other favorite topics 20:33 How rhymes keep kids remembering lessons
24:23 Other behind-the-scenes questions related to Tuttle Twins TV
35:20 Disagree does not mean enemy
Show Notes:
Check out the Tuttle Twins Show on Angel Studios: http://www.angel.com/tuttletwins
Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Get 25 Days of the Christmas Story! https://amzn.to/49kHiO1
Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage
Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter
childDownload NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
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