The EXTRAORDINARY Family Life Podcast

We are all aware of our weaknesses.  Becoming a better person is a simple mindset shift to say "Ok, I'm going to work on those."  Make a plan, get it done! Never settle when you are working on yourse…

Life is not one grand event, it's a journey.  In the book The Alchemist, it talks a lot about finding your dream, more specifically, pursuing your legend.  All of our stories are different but we all…

Seems to be that going through security into any country can be a nightmare the U.S., the UK, Hungry you name it.  

Something that seems to be a common thread between all these stories is that once s…

Enmity:  The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something. 

We should not feel enmity towards other people,  in fact we should judge ourselves by how we treat people …

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 …

 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 …

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 crash…

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 …

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 hi…

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 -- a…

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 keepi…

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 …

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 …

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 fi…

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 ga…

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 o…

 What are your dreams if you had no limits? What are those limits and how can you get them out of the way?  Then there is the hard question, how many of our obstacles are there because we put them th…

[0:38] We need to cherish our relationships and the people that mean so much to us.

[0:49] Do we sometimes take them for granted? Get too comfortable?

[1:16] Bad memory of an act of selfishness.

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 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…

"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…