Famous at Home

Have you discovered what brings your family alive? Perhaps it's an activity, hobby, or some type of adventure, like an annual vacation or memories on a lake house? Can you identify the life-giving moments that bring your family together? In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about how to foster a sense of purpose and deep relationships as a family in 2023.

Josh and Christi talk about:

• Simplicity on the other side of complexity
• The correlation between simplifying your life and going deeper in your relationships
• Their current rally cry as a family and practical ways they live it out

Show Notes:

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How has the screen influenced your family? On one hand, you may say you want to spend less time on your phone, but actually following through is quite difficult. Screens have infiltrated every area of our lives: communication, work email, directions, Uber, grocery orders, Amazon Prime, apps for your kids, and the list goes on. So, how does a family actually make changes when it comes to screens?

Josh recently deleted a majority of the apps on his phone, practically turning his iPhone into a flip phone. In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about the ways it has been life-giving for their family and share practical ways you can make similar changes.

Josh and Christi talk about:

• The research on "continuous partial attention" and how it's increasing anxiety in our kids
• How to let go of the hurry and allow yourself to be inconvenienced in difficult, but freeing, ways
• Simply acting on your decisions and adjusting your life according to those decisions

Show Notes:

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Am I getting parenting right? That's a question that crosses our mind quite often. Which makes anyone who decides to write a book with so bold a title as Parenting: Getting it Right, either have a lot of courage or be out of their mind.

Fortunately, Pastor Andy Stanley and his wife Sandra (authors and founders of North Point Ministries), who bravely wrote such a title, have parented successfully! Sandra joins us this week to talk to Josh about their experience as parents of now three grown children.

Sandra and Josh talk about:

• What "it" actually means
• The four seasons of parenting
• Why behavior modification is not the goal, but relationship is
• Ways to adapt your words and approach with your kids specific to their personality
• How to reflect Jesus as your kids mirror your behavior

Show Notes:

Order a copy of Parenting: Getting It Right:
https://andystanley.com/parenting/

Watch this epiosde on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@FamousatHomepodcast

Learn more about Andy and Sandra Stanley:
https://andystanley.com/parenting/

REGISTER FOR MYKIDSEQ COACHING WORKSHOP:
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The everyday mundane has a knack for keeping us comfortable. Before long, we forget to take risks, do something out of our comfort zone, or prioritize activities that actually bring us life. That's why we felt it fitting for the final episode of our Words That Matter for Your Family series to end with the word "adventure." When was the last time your family did something adventurous?

In this episode, we talk about:

• How thinking, feeling, and relating all at the same time influences brain growth
• The reward of saying "yes" to a hobby, risk, or decision that challenges you
• How "adventure" helps your kids internalize their faith and love others well
• The relationship between having fun and gaining empathy and how the two go hand-in-hand

Show Notes:

Watch this episode on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/@FamousatHomepodcast

For more insight on cultivating "adventure" in your home, purchase a copy of the Famous at Home book here:
https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Become a MyKidsEQ Coach!
https://www.famousathome.com/kids

Download the Famous at Home workbook (100 values list + Family Values Exercise)
https://www.famousathome.com/book

Individual + Marriage Coaching with Josh + Christi
https://www.famousathome.com/coaching

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There is a hard truth we all have to come to grips with: If you don't get intentional about the direction of your family, the culture will decide it for you. A culture that values individual achievement at the expense of the family unit results in families who are exhausted, fragmented, and directionless. But what if each individual's purpose in life was meant to be discovered, not outside the home, but within it? And what could this look like for your family?

In this episode, we continue the Words That Matter for Your Family series, by talking about the word "purpose" and how your family can live on purpose, not by accident.

We talk about:
• The one question that matters more than any other to determine if you’re really living on purpose
• How our values lead to our purpose
• Specific ways we (the Straub’s) live on purpose in our family
• How to cultivate your heart, make your inner circle smaller, and become more "weird"

Show Notes:

Watch this episode on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/@FamousatHomepodcast

For more insight on cultivating "purpose" in your home, purchase a copy of the Famous at Home book here:https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Become a MyKidsEQ Coach!
https://www.famousathome.com/kids

Download the Famous at Home workbook (100 values list + Family Values Exercise)
https://www.famousathome.com/book

Individual + Marriage Coaching with Josh + Christi
https://www.famousathome.com/coaching

Order a copy of Imagine Heaven
https://imagineheaven.net

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Isn't it wild how we, as humans, are drawn to prioritizing a growth mindset...well, that is, until someone (a spouse, child, coworker, or friend) delivers us some unwelcome constructive criticism. Can we be teachable when it's tempting to be offendable? How we respond as adults may very well be what we cultivate with our kids.

As we continue the Words That Matter for Your Family series, this week we talk about the word "teachable" and why it matters for your family.

We talk about:

• The interconnectedness of teachability and calm
• How and why saying sorry to your kids is the gift that keeps on giving
• How to let go of self protection when your spouse points out a flaw
• Being curious about what you don't want to learn and processing it in prayer

Show Notes:

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@FamousatHomepodcast

For more insight on cultivating "teachable" spirit in your home, purchase a copy of the Famous at Home book here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Become a MyKidsEQ Coach! https://www.famousathome.com/kids

Individual + Marriage Coaching with Josh + Christi https://www.famousathome.com/coaching

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Conversation about faith is inevitable with your kids. The trouble is when we, often unintentionally, attach shame and pressure with it, perhaps feeling inadequate about the topic. But what if living it out is more simple than we realize? To continue the Words That Matter for Your Family series, we talk about the word "faith" and why it matters for your family.

They talk about:

• Deciding what 3 things you want to implement and not implement from your family origin faith background
• The correlation between your experience with grace and your kid's experience with grace
• Transparency about your faith journey with your kids
• How to move from shame to experiencing the tender love of God

Watch this episode on YouTube here.

Show Notes:

For more insight on cultivating faith in your home, get a copy of the Famous at Home
book here:
https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Become a MyKidsEQ Coach!
https://www.mykidseq.com

Download the Famous at Home workbook (100 values list + exercise included)
https://www.famousathome.com/book

Individual + Marriage Coaching with Josh + Christi
https://www.famousathome.com/coaching

Order a copy of 25 Days of the Christmas Story
https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/25-days-of-the-christmas-story-P005829480

Order a copy of Abba's Child
https://a.co/d/csZDS8w

Order a copy of Discipline of Grace
https://a.co/d/hQuxFRz

Download the Pray As You Go app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pray-as-you-go/id865934048

Download the Wild at Heart app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wild-at-heart/id427657975

Download the Lectio 365 app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lectio-365/id1483974820

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What activities foster a sense of "togetherness" for your family? In this episode, we continue the Words that Matter for Your Family series, and talk about the word "cohesive."

Here are some highlights:

• How to identify family values and practically live by them
• Ways to invite your kids in on goal setting, meal prepping, worshipping, volunteering, and other responsibilities you have as a parent
• How to discover what makes your kids feel connected to you
• How to make "alone time" intentional, and "togetherness" the norm as a family

Watch this episode on YouTube here.

Show Notes:

For more insight on cultivating "cohesiveness" in your home, purchase a copy of the Famous at Home book here:
https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Become a MyKidsEQ Coach! Sign up for our MyKidsEQ Coaching Workshop today!
https://www.mykidseq.com

Download the Famous at Home workbook (100 values list + exercise included)
https://www.famousathome.com/book

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Do you want to work yourself out of a job as a parent? Best selling author and educator Esther Wojcicki describes the one rule she used as a parent with her three daughters, "Don't do anything for your kids that they can do for themselves."

As we continue our series, Words that Matter for Your Family, we talk about the word "resourceful," and why training your children to accomplish tasks on their own develops confident, but not entitled, kids.

In this episode we talk about:

- The specific ways it pays off when you intentionally teach your kids resourcefulness
- The "I do, we do, you do" model of kids learning to do things on their own
- The patience it requires to let your kids try things on their own
- How to come alongside your kids and supervise when they don't do something right in a way that doesn't make them feel incompetent
- The importance of teaching your kids to bring you solutions when they present you with a problem

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@FamousatHomepodcast

Show Notes:

Sign up for our MyKidsEQ Workshop!
https://www.famousathome.com/kids

Order a copy of 25 Days of the Christmas Story:
https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/25-days-of-the-christmas-story-P005829480

For more insight on cultivating "resourcefulness" in your home, purchase a copy of the Famous at Home book here:
https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

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Does life feel too complex, perhaps even chaotic, at times? As we continue our series, Words that Matter for Your Family, this week we talk about the word "simplicity," and why it's important to take inventory over what is exhausting you.

In this episode we talk about:
•Identifying the areas of your life that feel more complicated than they need to be.
•The correlation between added layers of complexity and added layers of anxiety
•Even paying attention to how the things in your physical space are making you feel emotionally heavy
•Ways your schedule might be overloaded
•Practical ways to simplify your lifestyle as a family in a way that brings life

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@FamousatHomepodcast

Show Notes:

Order a copy of 25 Days of the Christmas Story:
https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/25-days-of-the-christmas-story-P005829480

For more insight on cultivating "simplicity" in your home, purchase a copy of the Famous at Home book here:
https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.