The EXTRAORDINARY Family Life Podcast

Most of us have aspects of our life that are frustrating or disappointing. Why is that? Why is it that that part of our life sucks? Honestly, because we suck at it! That’s actually really great news because once we realize that we lack skill set in that area, we can begin doing something right away to improve the skill. You have way more power than you think you do! The quality and outcome of ever...

If we don’t understand how the brain works, we don’t understand how life works. New brain scanning technology is revolutionizing what we know about human performance and how the brain is affecting our bodies and our lives. Brain scanning is the future! And I believe that at some point every one of us ought to have our brain scanned. The condition of your brain is literally determining the conditio...

Almost every single choice we make will lead to freedom or limit freedom. Each of us has the potential freedom to lead life on our own unique terms. But many of us make choices that drastically limit our freedoms. This is true in every aspect of life. From health and fitness to finances. From education to contribution. The danger is that many of us are making choices every day unconsciously. We ar...

There’s nothing quite like an international adventure to be a pattern interrupter, a wake up call, and a reality check. It’s when we are exposed to new and different things, and to wonderful people that we remember to think, act, and live differently and better. My wife Rachel and I recently led a couples trip to Thailand over Valentine’s Day and had some absolutely amazing adventures and experien...

What will you do with the broken fragments of your life? Each of us experiences many things in life that feel broken and irreparable. That gives us a choice. We can amass a pile of rubbish or erect a pillar of beauty! You and I literally have the power to choose what we will do with the broken pieces of our lives! We can use them to complain and bemoan our lives and even fall into self-loathing, o...

In this episode, host Greg Denning explores the concept of experiencing profound, daily joy that permeates one's entire being . He emphasizes that such joy is attainable but often overshadowed by distractions, conflicting emotions, and unmanaged thoughts. Greg encourages parents to become "generators of light and warmth ," allowing joy to radiate from within and positively impact tho...

Those four D words represent the sources of so much heartache and disappointment and failure. And we are all plagued by them at some point in our lives. How many dreams have been wasted, how many hopes abandoned, how many achievements lost because we have doubted, become discouraged, gotten distracted, or were disobedience to the laws of success? There are proven ways to overcome these dreadful D’...

Most people are unaware that they are unaware. I was! But awareness is the first ingredient in the recipe of success and happiness! We absolutely must become perfectly aware of the connection between our thoughts, feelings, choices, actions, and habits. Those things create our circumstances! Yet most people are absolutely unaware of that fact. Awareness will bring greater power and potential into...

Very few people accurately do the math to figure out what their choices and actions are costing them. In fact, most people are completely unaware that every thought, every word, every choice, every action, and every habit has a cost. Everything has an exchange rate! I invite you to carefully and thoroughly examine the cost of everything in your life. Is what you have and do bringing you the value...

The risk is real! We are all at risk of living in unfulfilling, disconnected, and unexciting life. That is unacceptable for high performers! But if we are not deliberate and intentional about setting up systems, practices, and habits that eliminate the risk, then we are destined to live on for filling and unexciting lives. Most of us are drowning in a sea of distraction that leads to a swamp of di...

How does one measure progress, status, growth, improvement, standing, high-performance, wisdom, greatness, and true success? How do I see past my Blind spot’s, my erroneous perceptions of myself, my mistaken conclusions? With so many opinions out there how can I know which ones are accurate in order to measure my own standards of success in my own life? There is most definitely a wrong way to do t...

As a human being you have the incomparable privilege of pursuing your potential! Sadly many of us go along through life unaware of the privilege and so we merely exist in survival mode and ultimately fall far short of where we could have arrived. Thoreau said “most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them.” Not only is it a blessing and privilege and op...

Many of us are being attacked by pirates and hijackers on a daily basis! They are subtle and cunning. They rob us of our focus, our freedom, and our potential. As a result, we end up living in perpetual self-sabotage and slavery because of pirates that masquerade as food, entertainment, and efficiency. The most dangerous hijackers are little indulgences. Like this quote by James Allen: “The foolis...

Many people sit around hoping their marriage will get better, wishing things will change. But transforming your marriage will happen by choice, not by chance! You have far more power to improve your marriage than you think you do. One person can create a tremendous amount of positive change in marriage. Take full ownership and responsibility. Don’t focus on what your spouse needs to do differently...

I love giving gifts and doing things for the people I love most of my life! I’m sure you do too. We spend a lot of time and effort thinking about gifts that we can give and about ways we can serve the people we love. But we often miss the very thing that would be the best thing that we could do for the people we cherish and appreciate the most. Hands down, the best thing you can do for those you l...

Is fear holding you back? Do you find yourself burdened or even consumed by fear, worry, doubt? It’s easy to slip into a dark negative space we were constantly afraid of what might happen or what others might think. We get afraid about the future, our health, our family, or the world. But most of our fears are irrational and only serve as a self-made prison. I challenge you to face your fears! Jus...

We often say that our family is the most important thing in our lives, but we don’t always show it. The reality is that we prove our priorities with our actions. I want to invite and challenge all of us to put our families first with our words, our attitudes, our thoughts, our emotions, our actions, our reactions, and our habits. Are you putting your family first? What will you do this month, this...

Have you ever used ‘I don’t know’ as a way to escape answering a tough question? If you have, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common answers to challenging questions. But more often than not it’s just an escape. It’s a story we tell ourselves, and sometimes it’s even a lie. Most of the time we do know, but we just don’t want to know. We use ‘I don’t know’ when we’re afraid, apathetic, or me...

I blew it. 10 years ago I wrote down in my journal the thing I knew I needed to do. But I didn’t do it. I had good reasons a.k.a. excuses. I told myself stories to justify and to rationalize why I couldn’t get it done. But the reality was I just didn’t do what I needed to do. When I finally got after it and did what I knew I needed to do, the results came right away! I wish I would’ve done them so...

Your body is your vehicle for life. Therefore much of the quality and outcome of your life will be determined by the condition of your vehicle. The more you care for your body the more you will get out of life! It’s totally possible in the next 12 months to get in the best health of your life and to stay there! And it’s far simpler than you think it is. But first you have to understand a few misco...

We all need to have certain people our life, especially if we want to live an extraordinary family life! There are 7 people that we ideally want to have in our lives. 1. A friend 2. A partner3. A dependent 4. Someone to serve 5. A cheerleader 6. A mentor 7. A coach RESOURCES: Let us help you in your extraordinary family life journey. How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums,...

Gratitude is one of the most motivating forces in the world! When we are deeply grateful we take action. When we have gratitude for our bodies we take care of them better. When we have gratitude for our spouses we cherish them more. When we are grateful for our children we give them time and attention. When we are thankful for our jobs we work harder. Gratitude really is the great motivator! Let’s...

Whether it’s with your family or your friends or your coworkers, it can be hard to interact with other human beings. Sometimes it’s especially hard when you get together for family gatherings. And what do you do with the painful things that people say to you?! How do you prevent that from poisoning you? RESOURCES: Let us help you in your extraordinary family life journey. How We Raised 7 Well-Adju...

Do you ever feel like you’re settling for less than you could be? Have you ever felt like you’re on a plateau just coasting to get through life? It’s actually easy to settle for less than our best. But the cost of that choice and those actions is a heavy heavy price! What is your full potential? What could you achieve if you really went after it? I you want to give you the tools and resources, the...

Trust is one of the most important things in all of our relationships and therefore in every part of our lives. We work with people and in order to work well with people whether in family or in business we have to trust. We need to be able to trust ourselves, trust others, and have others trust us. Do I trust myself? Do I trust others? Do others trust me? In order to trust yourself you have to mak...