The EXTRAORDINARY Family Life Podcast

Are you stuck in a cycle of dreaming about the life you want —but never actually taking action to create it? Do you tell yourself,  “I’ll do it someday…”   but that day never comes because you’re waiting to feel ready or less afraid? In this episode, we dive deep into  why courage is the missing ingredient in most people’s lives —and how to cultivate the kind of courage that helps you pursue your...

 You never graduate from learning. Though, sometimes we feel childish when we get to start something new.  Very few adults learn new talents.    Why is it that when we get older we think that because we never had the chance when we are young, that we missed it?  We didn't miss it, we are afraid of the discomfort that will come from starting something new.  You are never to old to be a rookie!...

Drove from Dallas, TX all the way to New York City.  When he found he couldn't get a job or even get into school, he called a buddy and that friend drove all the way up to get him!  They almost crashed on the way home, but neither were injured.  With another buddy, they were on a road trip out west and crossed the Colorado River.  They decided they were going to jump.  They were 100-150 feet i...

What group or people do we de-humanize?  Democrats? Republicans? Muslims? Black people? White people? The list goes on, why do we objectify people?  During WW2 the Germans strategically under social strategy got the general population to dehumanize many groups of people. People with brown hair, the elderly, the handicapped and mainly the Jews.  That society thought they were better...

Greg and Rachel met in college, you could say Greg was struck at first sight.   Growing up Greg didn't have a lot examples of what a good marriage should look like, or if it was even possible.  In his late teens he was terrified of talking to girls, so in his early twenties he pushed himself to date a lot and meet a lot of people.  He had a list of qualities he wanted his spouse to have, he wa...

In this episode, host Greg Denning discuss how emotion is the driving force in our lives. He asks: "What emotions do I feel most of the time? Is that how I WANT to feel?"  If emotion is a choice -- and in this episode Greg will show you why that's true -- then why not choose the better options? Discover how letting go of the negative emotions will clear space for you to get those pos...

When someones poor choice effects you, it's hard not to react in an outburst, or hold it against them.  People carry hate for people their entire lives. Maybe you are in the right, but how does keeping that chip on your shoulder help you?   A time comes where you have to move on, not to take that anger with you anymore.  It's not good to bottle emotions, its healthy to release them....

Caution! Awesome stories and reality checks lay ahead!  While playing football, Greg's hand got smashed between two helmets and broke four metacarpals.  When he saw that his back up wasn't doing too well, he headed back into the game. broke his leg.  What do we take for granted every day?! Movement of our fingers and legs? Mobility to do what we want? Reality checks are important to...

Everyday you have the choice to between mediocrity and excellence.  When Greg was just twelve years old, he was out late in a bad part of town with some friends.   He ended up getting beat up pretty bad by some older teenagers.   In that moment, as a kid, he was the victim.  Then from the moment after that, he chose not to be the victim again.  He chose to learn some...

The common thread of how people end up at rock bottom.  How do people's lives crumble and ultimately lead to the giant train wreck at the end of the tunnel?  The cause has been around since humans first began. Juvenal, a Roman poet, was alive for the downfall of Rome and wrote about the pitfalls in that society.  Translated from Latin his phrase is "bread and cheap circuses."    Roma...

At the end of our life, most hope to say it was meaningful, filled with love and accomplished. Whatever your goal is, your passion to complete, you need more than ambition to get there! You need a game plan. You have to know where you are. You have to know where you are going. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.  Goals and plans in your life will lead you to places you never thought you would g...

There are times in our life where we get so busy with one goal, that every other area in life gets thrown off balance.  Some people work so hard at their job that they neglect their health - on the other hand, others spend so much time on their health and working out that maybe they neglect their marriage or family time.   It's all about balance.   Once in a while,  to keep us balanced is real...

 What are your dreams if you had no limits? What are those limits and how can you get them out of the way?  T hen there is the hard question, how many of our obstacles are there because we put them there?  When we do stupid things we get the consequences.   We can choose our choices but not our consequences. The chief case of unhappiness in life is giving up what we really desi...

Do you ever get  so busy  chasing your goals that you start taking your loved ones for granted? In this heartfelt episode,  Greg Denning  shares a painful childhood memory that taught him one of life’s most important lessons — the need to  cherish the people you love before it’s too late. We live in a world that glorifies hustle and busyness. But when we forget to slow down and  invest in our rela...

 There is nothing holding you back but you. Give yourself permission and do it!  Maybe one of the reasons that is keeping you is your energy levels.  It's hard to keep going sometimes, life gets busy.   Every thought, every emotion and every action comes with an energy consequence.  Like in The Power of Full Engagement, there are energy bursts that are possible to acc...

"They'll stop. We're in the United States where people follow traffic laws and we have the right of way." Those were my (Rachel's) exact thoughts as I saw headlights coming fast toward us as we drove through a sleepy fishing village in Alaska. We'd previously spent five months living in India where driving was a hazardous activity.  But in the U.S., people follow the rule...

Life all blends together when things are the same every single day.  Then when we look back, the few things we remember were the oddities to the norm -good or bad.   Our memories are something that no other human being can take away from you.  At the end of your life, when all your 'stuff' is gone what kinds of memories and thoughts are you left with?   So how can we live...

 The goal is to share my story to help inspire you, everyone, to get out and live!  This story starts off in a broken home and eventually out of the house at sixteen.  The turning point was on the cold, dark night of Christmas Eve.  When out alone, with no one to turn to, the love of God was found. From that moment he decided that he would never be in this situation again. &nbs...