Agile Always by Officially Fenner

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever noticed how just one deep breath can completely change a tough moment? One minute you’re about to snap… and the next, you choose a calmer, kinder response instead. That’s what we talked about with our dear friend and coach, Ellen Gray. In this episode, we unpack Positive Intelligence and why learning to pause—just for a few seconds—can transform how we show up in our...

Send us Fan Mail Healthy eating doesn’t have to mean giving up everything you love or memorizing complicated food rules. In this fun and relaxed episode, we’re busting some of the biggest nutrition myths out there (yes, even the one about carbs being the enemy) and sharing the simple swaps that helped us go from pre-diabetic to feeling our best—without giving up real food or taking medication. Thi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to "The Barbershop", where real men have real conversations - uncut, unfiltered and unapologetically honest. It's the spot in our Agile Always podcast where we pull up a chair, talk life, health, and everything in-between, from the deeply personal to the universally important.  Pat Riley once said, "You have to be an active participant in your own rescu...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue our journey into 2025, many of us are looking for ways to feel better, move more, and make healthier choices—without feeling overwhelmed. But what if getting healthier didn’t require drastic changes? What if a few small shifts could make a big impact on your well-being? That’s exactly what we explore in the latest episode of the Agile Always Podcast: "Simple Sh...

Send us Fan Mail Officially Fenner is starting a new chapter in 2025! First, we stand in solidarity with those impacted by the devastating California fires. We especially feel the weight of it with our granddaughter who's in college in Los Angeles, and send love and support to the people and communities who were impacted. We are also grateful for the first responders and organizations that ar...

Send us Fan Mail Ever sparked a heated debate over a favorite TV show? That's exactly how we, Robin and Rudy Fenner, stumbled into the theme of our latest podcast episode. From our own playful squabbles to the intricate dynamics of "Suits," we're unpacking the complexities of family, fame, and fictional legal drama. We're also tipping our hats to football great Darrell Gre...

Send us Fan Mail The busyness of life forced us into an unintentional pause!  We're good, but wow!  Come take a stroll down memory lane with us back to summer 2019, when music festivals and carefree drives with the top down were the norm. In our latest podcast episode, we're diving into a mix of nostalgia and resilience, reflecting on how we've coped with everything from a global pa...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder how life's decisions impact our family dynamics? In our latest series, 'It's a Wonderful Life,' we unravel this, exploring the ripple effects of our decisions on multiple lives. From our own journey of relocating within the DMV area (Washington, D.C. /Maryalnd / Virginia), to our guests, David and Kelly's experiences of shifting homes - we trea...

Send us Fan Mail Calling fans of Netflix's  'Bridgerton' and specifically those of 'Queen Charlotte, a Bridgerton Story', you won't want to miss this. On this podcast, we explore this fictional story based on the real King George III and his wife,  Queen Charlotte, and the similarities between the show and what we've been talking about in terms of modern relation...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as Rudy and I reflect on how we got married at 21 and have survived 43 years of marriage! One of the things we talked about before was the influence that our family and friends had on our relationship! We didn't realize it then but the people who know you best can see the qualities each of you have that either mesh or don't. Ours wasn't an arranged marriage...

Send us Fan Mail When we got married, we were so young we didn't think about these key building blocks!  We WERE best friends, loved spending time together, and were very attracted to each other. We just ASSUMED we would last forever.  But staying together for 43 years takes a lot more than that. So, we're breaking down some of the things that we figured out and can now better articulate...

Send us Fan Mail We celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary last summer. We have a lot of fun but no one has a roadmap for marriage that's absolute. Each relationship is totally unique. We don't know how we got here. We think there are some common threads so this is part one of a series called "A Marriage That Lasts".  Starting with how do you find the right person, in this epi...

Send us Fan Mail We tried to eat well in the past and thought we were doing okay. But there were major challenges with what Rudy could digest. After his cancer diagnosis earlier this year, we committed to being more intentional about eating in a healthier way, AND we found a way around Rudy’s challenges!  Our daughter Courtney led the charge by creating new recipes, many of which included more pla...

Send us Fan Mail The past 12 months have been a whirlwind for us. One of the biggest changes that we've had is seeing our first granddaughter leave for college. Our relationship might be closer than some families because Malani and her mom lived in our home for most of her formative years. We were lucky to have that time together and were involved in supporting her as she prepared for this tr...

Send us Fan Mail The summer’s one of our favorite times of the year with warm weather, longer days, concerts and more. However this summer has been very different: Rudy has been dealing with an unexpected health challenge that’s actually taken us back to things we talked about in our Fitness Roadmap series (Season 1) - LIFE. IS. COMING!  We can't control everything that happens to us but we C...

Send us Fan Mail Have you or your family ever found yourselves itself in the midst of something and then realize, “This is bigger than us”? That is an attempt to describe this Officially Fenner podcast. When our 7-year-old granddaughter asked, “When are we going to see the new Spider Man movie?”, it was such a Deja vu moment! That's because I said the same thing about Morbius!  Our 17-year-ol...

Send us Fan Mail As we noted in our first episode on this topic, Marvel productions drive a lot of our dinner table conversations. Who knew that the Marvel franchise would be this generation's "Andy Griffith", "Fresh Prince", or even "Modern Family" in way that it draws families of all ages together to enjoy movies and shows, and continue to talk about them later...

Send us Fan Mail In the first two episodes of the "Kitchen Chronicles" series, we shared our recent experience with our kitchen renovation. Today, we have the pleasure of introducing our guests, Janice Harvey of Janice Harvey Designs, and Shereen Farahani of Premier Floors and Home, who worked with us on this project! In this conversation Shereen and Janice share how they started working...

Send us Fan Mail Our recent kitchen reno was a big job that a lot of people can relate to, so we decided to start with a mini-series that we call The Kitchen Chronicles. In our last episode, we talked about why we renovated the kitchen, what we were up against in terms of time,  our pain points with the old kitchen, and figuring out whether we would piece-meal the work on hire a full contractor. H...

Send us Fan Mail When people listened to our Fitness Roadmap podcast during the past year, some heard more than fitness stories – they heard about us as a couple and suggested that we expand our conversations beyond fitness.  We thought about it and decided to do just that!    We’ve renamed this space  “Officially Fenner” to share more of our personal lives.  We’ve been married for 42 years, with...

Send us Fan Mail We're a three generation family living together that just survived a total kitchen  remodel, with a new baby in the house...during Covid (and supply chain shortages)? What made us do THAT? In this episode we talk about our "why", and the pain points of our old kitchen. Then we had to balance what we wanted vs. what we could afford (and there was a big list!). Before...

Send us Fan Mail We train to be our best - to be physically and mentally sharp - and to avoid and prevent health challenges that are inevitable as we age. But training itself results in stress on the body that requires recovery. That stress can mean fatigue and soreness, resulting in less-than-optimal physical performance. With strength training , the muscle fibers you damaged must be repaired. Al...

Send us Fan Mail The use of apps, tools, equipment, monitoring, and wearables that bring together your fitness and digital lives – also known as connected fitness – has exploded during the Coronavirus pandemic. Even though many of us are back in the gym, a lot of us are combining those workouts with work we found we could do outside of a gym. This can make your routine, well…feel like less of one....

Send us Fan Mail Fitness options have exploded recently, especially during Covid! Join us as we break down high-end workout equipment and smart gyms, at-home fitness experiences, including equipment you can use in small spaces, apps and more. Rudy weighs in on holistic recovery products and mind-body connections, and we round it out with a focus on virtual training apps, active video games, and so...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for this episode of "The Fitness Roadmap" as our daughter Kelly Lottahall talks about working out during her recent pregnancy. Can you believe that it used to be that medical professionals didn't recommend that women work out when pregnant?! Now everyone sees the benefits and it can be part of expectant mamas' routines. Note that we understand that ther...