The Relentless Pursuit Podcast

June 19th is also known as "Juneteenth" - a holiday often called "America's second Independence Day" commemorating the end of American slavery. While it has been celebrated since 1866, it was only recently recognized as a federal holiday, and we were excited to learn more about the history and tradition of this worthwhile American celebration. 

Although a lot has changed for dads over the past few generations, a lot has remained the same as well. Kids still need the love, guidance, and unique attention that only fathers can bring! Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!

Ordinary families might have ordinary conversations...or none at all. But what are the kinds of words and interactions that GREAT - healthy, happy, prospering, together - families share with one another? This week we take a look at the power that words have, as well as the role that parents specifically play toward ensuring the conversations between spouses, from parents to kids, and between kids...

With Mother's Day around the corner, we reminisce on what we learned from our mothers, what kids at different stages of life need, how mothers can uniquely influence their sons and their daughters, and what moms really want their children to say about them when they're older. 

We love learning, and  we especially believe in the power of the "I can do anything" mentality. But at a certain point, we reach our limit with how much we can learn and grow on our own, and we have started to realize...we can't do it on alone anymore!

Knowing when we should be saying "yes" to opportunities and when we should be saying "no" is one of the important arts of life. Saying "yes" brings us opportunities, experience, reputation, confidence, and knowledge. But saying "no" brings us boundaries, peace, and options.  In this conversation we explore the difference situations where a "yes" or...

How do we pursue all the good things in life? Our responsibilities can make us feel "busy" and drained, but with some strategy, management, passion, and communication, it is possible to make time for it all. In this episode, we give an overview of what the Catapano's are currently involved in and how we spend our days...and why.   

Parenting is hard! Shout out to all you parents out there, doing your best for your children. Helicopter...Tiger...Snow Plough...Elephant...There are a variety of parenting styles (and nicknames). Today we discuss which parenting styles we have embraced over the years, and whether or not our household is "kid-centric."

Recent events surrounding The Princess of Wales remind us that the world is full of conspiracy theories, and it's getting harder for us to distinguish fact from fiction, and reality from hypothesis.  The human brain is remarkably inclined to see conspiracies everywhere, thanks to our desire to build order from chaos and our skepticism towards institutions that control our lives. But we need t...

Frugality is something of a lost virtue these days. We confuse it for being cheap, or stingy, or a minimalist, or self-depriving. But when we think of frugality as something to avoid, we might unfortunately be erroring on the side of excess and consumption.  Listen in as we talk about what frugality might truly mean and look like in this day and age.

We speak with Brad Nelson, the Debt-Free Dad this week. Brad is down-to-earth and  full of practical wisdom when it comes to our relationship to debt, and he shares his advice on getting out of and staying out of debt for good. Brad has dedicated his life to serving and helping people with their personal finances. He provides an eye-opening outlook on debt and money that challenge today's pop...

Humans have a limitless appetite for stories, but the quantity and quality of the stories we consumer - from streaming platforms and social media - are splintering our connections to one another. It's time to focus more on what brings us together. 

We ask each other a series of thoughtful, silly, and hypothetical questions with the goal of having fun and learning more about one another. Listen in and laugh with us, and borrow your favorite questions to ask others!

Today we sit down with bestselling author Danielle Walker and discuss the impacts of food on our bodies, long term health goals and health crises, and the important balance that couples strike to support one another at their highest and lowest moments. As she struggled with  an autoimmune disease, Danielle discovered beautiful ways to radically alter what and how she ate. She has pioneered a rich...

The "first place" is your home. Your "second place" is your work. And your "third place" is where you go when you're escaping the pressures of the first two places. Unfortunately, our "third place" is disappearing from many of our lives. What's your Third Place? 

If  The Relentless Pursuit Podcast  is about anything, it's about the importance of conversation with those significant in your life (namely, your spouse). But regular, quality conversation does not happen by itself. In this episode, we offer a few core principles we believe about conversation, and some general guidelines we try to remind ourselves of to make sure that quality conversation ha...

Even though it seems like we have a lot that makes us feel happy, accomplished, and focused...we often find ourselves asking, "What are we even doing with our lives?"  This, as it turns out, isn't so uncommon. In this conversation we discuss why even when things seem to look good on paper, our feelings of satisfaction and contentment don't always match up. And sometimes - even...

We can often be surprisingly bad at relaxing. Why is that, and what can we do - especially around the holidays - to make sure we're prioritizing what recharges and fulfills us?  This week we focus on how to come to be a better understanding of what it truly means to relax, and to delve deep into this fine and overlooked art. 

This time of year around the holidays can make us feel obligated instead of excited, and stressed instead of satisfied. Today we talk about intentionally refocusing on the true holiday magic, establishing limits and boundaries when it comes to traditions, and making sure our good old fashioned values remain centerstage during the winter season.  

This week we look at the biggest struggles challenging modern men, from the education system to the job market, to the morphing definitions of fatherhood and masculinity, to the double standards for emotional expression. 

This modern era brings modern challenges to women, particularly in the areas of family roles and expectations, body image, and barriers in work, politics, and social issues.  Women have come a tremendously long way in terms of our rights, opportunities, and influence. Yet there is still seem to be struggles and barriers that stand in our way. In this week's episode, we discuss several aras wh...

How many minutes of your day are just quiet? Without distractions - without noise - even without productivity? If you're like most of us, silence is RARE. But the truth is that silence is also GOLDEN.  In this episode we spend talk about the value and the rarity of silence. In today's era of devices, work, and havoc, we have no shortage of noise. But we might also realize that the sound...

Today we are excited to bring you a conversation with Casey and Meygan Caston, the couple behind Marriage 365, an incredible resource of tools and coaching for every marriage.  Casey and Meygan’s story is one of a marriage on the verge of divorce to becoming a strong and stable beacon for so many other couples. After investing so heavily into their own marriage, they knew they had developed the to...

When you boil it all down - everything comes down to the love that we bear for the human standing in front of us. 

As conflict breaks out in Israel, we are reminded of one unfortunate truth: the world is a dangerous place. For as much as we wish there were only peace, love, and happiness, new violence and ongoing bloodshed bring us back to the reality of human nature and society.  This week we focus on breaking out of our safe - and often ignorant - little bubble, and taking whatever small steps we can to make...