Living MaxJoy

As a pediatric sleep medicine specialist at Nemours Children’s Health and a mom, Dr. Abigail Strang knows what it takes to help kids sleep well. Her advice to parents is refreshingly simple: a steady, calm bedtime routine does more than any supplement. In this episode, ESF Co-Founder Michael Rouse sits down with Dr. Strang to unpack how much sleep kids really need, the two simple signs your child...

Paul Assaiante built the most dominant dynasty in college sports history — 17 national titles and a record 252-match win streak at Trinity. Yet his advice to parents is refreshingly simple: let kids play everything, and keep it fun. In this episode, ESF Co-Founder Michael Rouse sits down with the legendary coach and Run to the Roar author to unpack why early single-sport specialization backfires,...

In this episode, ESF Co-Founder Michael Rouse and Dr. Muniya Khanna sit down with Lee Brower — speaker, author, entrepreneur, and family legacy expert known for his role in The Secret — to explore how gratitude shapes families, businesses, and generations. Lee shares the origins of the gratitude rock tradition now woven into ESF camp traditions, and opens up about his son Nick's battle with cancer...

What do sports really teach us about life? Two-time NCAA national champion, former Team USA lacrosse player, and lifelong ESF camper Jordan Wolf joins ESF Co-Founder Michael Rouse to trace his journey from camp fields to championship locker rooms, and the lessons in work ethic, resilience, and accountability that outlasted the game.

When Sarah Stuebe's son Oscar collapsed during a baseball game, she did what no parent ever imagines having to do, she performed CPR on her own child. In this episode, Sarah shares her powerful story of the day everything changed, and what she's done since to make sure other families are prepared. Joining the conversation is Karen McCandless, CRNP, a cardiac nurse practitioner at Nemours Children'...

Why are so many kids more anxious than ever, and what can parents actually do about it? In this episode, ESF Co-Founder Michael Rouse sits down with Dr. Muniya Khanna, clinical psychologist, founder & director of the OCD and Anxiety Institute and one of the country's leading voices on childhood anxiety, for an honest conversation about raising emotionally healthy kids in a world built on compa...

Screens are everywhere — and so is the anxiety that comes with them. In this episode, ESF Co-Founder Michael Rouse and Nemours Child Psychologist Dr. Lian Liu dig into what the research really shows about kids and technology, what children lose when unstructured time disappears, and what parents can do right now to help their kids build focus, resilience, and connection in a digital world.