Our House with The Smylies

Brian Davila made millions in real estate, paid off his house, and bought $50,000 Rolexes. And he still woke up anxious, empty, and without peace. In this episode, the real estate millionaire and host of The Way sits down with us to tell the truth about having everything the world sells as success and still feeling like something was missing, until he gave his life to God and everything changed. T...

Every parent of a teenager knows the fear: your kid is pulling away, the conversations are getting shorter, and you wonder if you're slowly losing them. In this episode we sit down with Brandon Davis, a youth expert who spends around 80 hours a week with kids as the youth director at City Light Vegas, a regional Young Life director, and a former high school teacher. He's walked thousands o...

We've hosted four au pairs over the years, and in this episode we tell the honest truth about what it's really like to invite one into your home. Our former au pair Judith lived with us for two years, flew back from Spain to surprise our boys, and the reveal went viral with millions of views. She sits down with us to talk through the good, the hard, and the parts nobody warns you about, wh...

We had a beautiful home, four healthy boys, and a good life, and Malia still searched for a bigger house almost every night. This is the story of how we stopped chasing more and finally found contentment. If you have ever told yourself "I'll be happy when we get the bigger house, the next promotion, the more comfortable life," this episode is for you. We talk honestly about discontentm...

In 2022, Omar and Aubi Foster sat in a counselor's office asking the question no couple wants to ask: how did we get here? Seven years married, two kids, a thriving gym, and a marriage quietly falling apart. This is the story of how rock bottom became the best thing that ever happened to them. In this episode of Our House with The Smylies, the Fosters share how God restored their marriage afte...

The 5 rules every Christian parent should know to protect kids from the dangers of technology, social media, and smartphones in 2026. Inspired by The Anxious Generation. Teen depression is up 134%. Teen suicide is up 121%. Kids are spending 7+ hours a day on a screen, and face-to-face time with friends has dropped in half. The data is alarming, and most parents don't know where to start. In th...

Neurofeedback helped our family heal ADHD, anxiety, rage, and trauma without medication. In this episode we sit down with licensed therapist Jillian Wendelin to break down what neurofeedback actually is, how it works, and why it transformed our marriage and our kids. Our family came to neurofeedback looking for a non-medical alternative for our son. What we found changed everything. Malia healed f...

Philip Renner is a missionary and worship leader who walks into the world's darkest festivals, including EDC in Las Vegas, to preach the gospel. In this conversation he tells Jason and Malia Smylie what he actually sees when he steps onto that ground, the night God told him one word that changed everything, and how he leads total strangers to Jesus in the last place anyone would expect. He als...

The government just released undisclosed UFO files. Pastors are being privately briefed about what's coming. And AI is quietly becoming the new false "Holy Spirit" for millions of people. In this episode, Malia interviews Jason, a former atheist who spent decades exploring Eastern religions, new-age spirituality, and transhumanism before finding Jesus, on how Christians can navigate UF...

Most Christians live with quiet anxiety about whether they're in God's will. In this episode of the Our House Podcast, Jason and Malia Smylie sit down with Daniel Knapp, a pastor's kid and Christian youth teacher, who shares the two simple questions that diagnose whether you're walking in the will of God right now. The conversation unpacks a key reframe: scripture talks about God&#...

Why do you keep having the same fight in your marriage? It might be your attachment style. And it’s quietly running your home. In this episode of Our House with the Smylies, we sit down and talk through attachment theory, the four attachment styles, and how the way you were cared for as a kid is shaping the way you love your spouse and parent your kids today. We get personal about the wounds we bo...

What if the 'wilderness' in your marriage isn't a sign of failure, but a sign of formation? In this episode, Alexis Smith (founder of Milk & Honey) our dear friend shares her journey from growing up in a secular household to discovering a bold, transformative faith. We dive deep into the 'wilderness' seasons of life. Navigating grief, divorce, and the pruning of old relatio...

If you and your spouse have read The 5 Love Languages and  still feel empty, this episode is for you. And if you've  never picked it up, this is the conversation that will  make you wish you had years ago. We break down Dr. Gary Chapman's framework through 15  years of Christian marriage and show you why most couples  are speaking the wrong dialect to each other, even when  they're try...

For over a decade, Malia prayed for her atheist husband to come to Christ. This is the episode where Jason and Malia tell you what happened. This is the final episode in the Our House series on the Five Silent Killers of a Peaceful Home, and Jason and Malia saved the biggest one for last: spiritual misalignment. It’s the killer that almost ended their marriage before it started. Jason shares the s...

We lived with a "contingency plan" for 13 years, and it almost cost us our entire marriage. In this vulnerable episode, we are sharing, for the very first time, the story of our prenuptial agreement. We’re pulling back the curtain on how a legal document intended for "protection" became a silent killer in our home, creating a wedge of resentment and mistrust that nearly led to divo...

A lot of families go decades not talking about the things that matter most. Issues get put on the back burner, they fester, and deep-seated resentment begins to build. For a long time, we tried to solve our family issues like a business, treating our home like a franchise and each other like employees. It didn’t work. In fact, it almost cost us everything. In this episode, we dive deep into the &#...

Do you ever feel like your family is constantly running from one activity to the next and you can't remember the last time you all actually sat down together? Your schedule might be the thing silently destroying your family's connection. This episode unpacks how the overscheduled family trap steals your connection and what you can do this week to start getting it back. From rethinking club...

We almost didn't make it. We were the couple that looked like we had it together. Church on Sunday. Kids in the right schools. Nice house. And behind closed doors, we were falling apart. We weren't connecting. We weren't talking. We were roommates running a household, not partners building a home. In this episode, we break down the 5 silent killers that keep homes stuck in survival mod...

Four boys. Chaos. Almost broke us. This is Our House — a channel for families who are tired of surviving and ready to start thriving. We're Jason and Malia, and we're sharing the rhythms, tools, and faith-centered practices that brought peace back into our home. New videos regularly on faith, marriage, parenting, and building a Christ-centered home. 👉 Follow us on Instagram: @ourhouse.fai...