Connecting with Mike & Adrian

Sometimes, life or tasks can be extra challenging and require perseverance.  We discuss tools that have helped us and how we applied them to keep pushing on.

Oh the family vacation!  Camping, road trips with Adrian's family of five squishing into a Dodge Omni, Mike bouncing around in the rear seat of the family station wagon, and high school mission trips.  We share our stories and talk about the process of building relationships and making connections along the journey.

Playing games together has been an important way that we connect as a family and spend quality time with friends.  Hear about some of the different types and a few of our favorites.  Game play is good for keeping our brains active and helps with our cognitive skills.  The pandemic reduced our in person play, but there are many ways to play together across the miles, and we discuss how we made it p...

Come on in, we're glad you're here, make yourself at home.  Join us as we talk about hospitality and the impact it can have on those who visit.  Adrian shares her stories of growing up in a home where welcoming others was her family culture.  We'll talk about how we carried that model forward into our home and also sharing the feeling wherever we go.

Traditions are one of the many threads that run through a family, society, and cultures.  When we are intentional about our traditions we create more shared experiences, which can strengthen our connections to each other.

Communication is a vital part of our lives and it's everywhere in advertisements, TV shows, radio, podcasts, social media, and most importantly in our relationships.  We identify the different ways we communicate with each other, and discuss methods to be a better communicator and listener.

Happiness & Joy is probably something we could all use a little more of in our lives and many times can be a challenge.  Mike talks about his early struggles with finding it and how he turned it around.  We discuss the traps we make for ourselves and ways to increase our own happiness

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In our first episode we will be talking about Identity.  We thought it only fitting as we introduce who we are and what we are about.  We'll explore the things we don't have control over like our family of origin and also talk about the voices that can influence us like the world around us and our own self talk.