Ep. 88: Is Marriage Worth It? Raising Kids Who Still Choose You & A Disney Cliffhanger

This week, we’re diving into the realities of marriage, the long-term heart work of parenting, and a quick tease for what’s coming next!

💍 Forever Segment — Marriage: Benefit or Burden?

We unpack the age-old question: Is marriage something that elevates your life or something that weighs you down? We explore how perspective, partnership, and personal expectations shape the way couples experience marriage and why the answer isn’t as simple as it seems.

🌱 Roots & Bloom Segment — Raising Children Who Keep Coming Home, Pt. 2

In part two of our series, we talk about what it really takes to build a bond with your children that lasts long after they’ve grown up. From emotional safety to shared experiences, we dig into how parents can cultivate lifelong connection.

🎢 Lifestyle Segment — To Be Continued…

We ran out of time this week but be sure to catch our next episode where we break down our full Disney vacation experience! From rides to parenting wins (and fails), you won’t want to miss it.

Today we’ll be touching on:

• Who Was Your Favorite Rapper Before The Age 13?
• The South Korean Military
• Marriage: Benefit or Burden?
• Raising Children Who Keep Coming Home Pt. 2
• Our Disney Trip (To Be Continued)

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Song of The Week: Laufey "Forget-Me-Not"

https://music.apple.com/us/album/forget-me-not/1834263082?i=1834263123

Show of the Week: Barry (HBO Max)

Ep. 87: Escaping the Roommate Stage, Raising Kids Who Still Call & TikTok Church Experiment

This week’s episode is all about connection: rediscovering it in marriage, sustaining it with our children, and questioning it in the age of viral faith and social media.

💑 Forever Segment — The Silent Drift & The Intentional Return

We’re unpacking one of the quietest relationship killers: emotional distance. How do couples go from passionate partners to polite roommates and, more importantly, how do they find their way back? We talk about the small choices that rebuild intimacy and the daily habits that turn drifting into direction.

🌱 Roots & Bloom Segment — Raising Children Who Keep Coming Home

What does it mean to raise securely attached children who still want to be around you when they’re grown? We explore how emotional safety, consistent love, and healthy boundaries create relationships that last well beyond childhood.

🙏 Lifestyle Segment — The Appalachian Grandpa & The TikTok Church Experiment

“The Appalachian Grandpa” and the “TikTok Church” experiment. Would your church give a single mother a can of formula for her starving child? What do these trends say about faith, influence, and the way people are finding (or performing) spirituality online?

Today we’ll be touching on:

• The Mary Crystie mystery
• The Silent Drift & The Intentional Return: The Roomate Marriage
• Raising Children Who Keep Coming Home
• The TikTok Appalachian Grandpa

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Song of The Week: Leon Thomas "My Muse"

https://music.apple.com/us/album/my-muse/1847991335?i=1847991347

Film of the Week: All Her Fault (Peacock)

Ep. 86: For Better, For Worse, For Outkast: Marriage Meltdowns, Parenting, and Atlanta Vibes

This week’s episode dives deep into faith, family, and fun; from navigating the hardest moments in marriage to learning how to regulate our emotions as parents, and even a firsthand look at a major music festival experience!

💍 Forever Segment — When the Fantasy Fades, Does Your Faith Remain?

We explore what the “worse” in “for better or for worse” truly means. When life tests your marriage through loss, stress, distance, or disappointment. . . how do you safeguard your relationship before those moments arrive? This segment is all about building faith-based resilience when the fantasy fades.

🧘🏾‍♀️ Roots & Bloom Segment — Pause, Breathe, Then Parent

Parenting starts with emotional regulation. . . ours. We discuss the power of pausing, breathing, and modeling calmness for our children. How do our emotions shape theirs? And what steps can we take to make emotional balance a daily practice, not a reaction?

🎶 Lifestyle Segment — The ONE MusicFest: Atlanta Edition

Keonte shares his surprise birthday trip to Atlanta, GA to attend his very first music festival! From legendary performances by Outkast and Mary J. Blige to the rising sounds of newcomer Leon Thomas, he gives us the full behind-the-scenes on what the experience was like and whether he’d ever do it again.

Today we’ll be touching on:

• When's The Last Time You Did Something For the First Time?
• Raising People From The Dead: The Essie Dunbar Story
• Why Are Kids So Messy? Help!
• For Better or For Worse: When the Fantasy Fades, Does Your Faith Remain?
• Emotional Regulation In Parents
• ONE MusicFest: Outkast, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige & Swag Surfing In Atlanta

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Song of The Week: Luke Chiang "Never Tell"

https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-tell/1741674901?i=1741674910

Film of the Week: They Call Him Mostly Harmless (HBOMax)