Sinopsis
Principles for creating loving, lasting relationships. Topics include love, communication, frugality, kindness, parenting, discipline, Spirituality, intimacy, and teamwork.
Episodios
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Ferris Wisdom, Slowing Planes
28/08/2021 Duración: 07minFerris bueller said it best back in the 1980's: life moves pretty fast and if you don't take time to look around you might just miss it. Part of that taking time so that you don't miss it is counting your blessings, and looking to your Maker for help in fast times. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Mountain Bikes And Triathlons
14/08/2021 Duración: 06minYou know there are many ways to measure success when it comes to running a triathlon a biathlon or perhaps mountain biking. There are group rankings, age rankings, and your personal best time. My favorite is your personal best time. Recently I've heard a few relatives talk about their personal best time. They glow and radiate as they talk about the success they've had competing against themself. Now is the time to focus on your personal best emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Seek today to be better than you were yesterday and last week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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10 Assumptions By Joshua Becker
31/07/2021 Duración: 09minBlogger Joshua Becker who often talks about minimalism gave some great advice about misconceptions and assumptions. Are in-laws really horrible? Do the terrible twos really exist? And what about faith and finances? Find out what assumptions he says are completely false and my thoughts on them as well. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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A Day In The Life
31/07/2021 Duración: 06minMelissa went out of town for about 8 hours. So what did I do? Well I didn't go golfing. Nor did I play basketball. I did spend a little bit of time with a friend at the gym. But what I spent most of my day doing is making sure that she would come back to a clean house and less stress. What do you do when your spouse goes out of town? And does your spouse know of your love? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Practicing Motorcycle Limbo
12/07/2021 Duración: 06minA motorcyclist told me that the best way to avoid an accident is to practice in a controlled environment with no one else around for the inevitable accident situations that will happen. He told me about watching videos of people playing motorcycle limbo and practicing difficult situations before they occur. And that led me to think about marriage. How can we practice so that we're ready for income loss, death of a spouse or loved one, or interfering in-laws? Furthermore how are we preparing for when children move out of our house? Or for when are best friend betrays us? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Ask? Ask! Ask?
11/07/2021 Duración: 03minAsk your children how their day went. Ask your children what you can do for them. Ask your spouse how you can be better. Ask your spouse what you can do to help. Ask your maker what you can do to see miracles in your life. Ask for forgiveness. Ask your boss how you can be a better employee. Ask yourself where you can be better than yesterday. Ask yourself what questions you're not asking that you should be asking. Ask for help. Ask other askers what questions they've had the most success with. Ask how you can make more money. Ask how you can spend less money. Ask how you can be more grateful. Ask how you can be more loving. Ask how you can be more positive. Ask how you can travel more. Ask older people how they've attained joy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Michael Jordan And Zen
28/06/2021 Duración: 05min"That is something I've learned from Phil, calming the body. No matter how much pressure there is in a game, I think to myself: It's still just a game. I don't meditate, but I know what he's getting at. He's teaching about peacefulness and living in the moment, but not losing the aggressive attitude. Not being reckless, but strategic... He believes it, the Zen, the poise. It comes from his meditating, gaining the ability to stay in touch with your body and your inner self, calming yourself when tension is all around. What I do is I challenge myself in big games. I try to find a quiet center within me, because there's so much hype out there and I don't want to fall into it. I don't want to rush. I'll start off rebounding or getting everybody else involved, until I get an easy shot, a layup or a free throw or something, then boom, I'm off and running. I will have controlled my emotions and not gotten overhyped or lost my focus. These are things Phil has taught me. I will not expend great energy until I can f
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A Sure Bet: Winning In Marriage
22/06/2021 Duración: 06minHow to win in marriage? It's like sports: chemistry over history; Psychology AND math; Fun over duty. Discipline and desire; Work not merely good looks. Leadership and teamwork; Encouragement and praise not force and coerce. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Flawed Forward Not Flawless
19/06/2021 Duración: 05minFlawed Not Flawless at work, at home, with family. Recognizing not aganozing over our flaws. We are fallible and yet fixable. Play life loose and with love not without mistakes. Errors, turnovers are to be set aside not fretted over. Track your wins, set aside losses. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Fence Be Gone
11/06/2021 Duración: 04minIt was a fence that had been built 15 or more years before. A chain link fence that separated two driveways. But at the suggestion of a teenager the fence came down and in its absence unity, fun, play and love sprung up. What fences do you have? And is today, this very minute the day the fence will come down? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Talk Frequency Drives Understanding
27/05/2021 Duración: 04minMisunderstanding your spouse because we assume we know is extremely common. True you may know your spouse's favorite color or their favorite food but have you considered talking? The more we talk to each other and the more we listen to each other the better we understand each other. And why is understanding each other important? Because we tend to respect those that we understand. And we truly deeply love intimately those we have taken the time to listen to. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Top Thriving Twogether Podcast Episodes
20/05/2021 Duración: 09minTop Podcast episodes? They were about Lincoln, Ferrari's, Intimacy, healing, mulligans, catch me if you can, cobra Kai or Miyagi do, seeing angels, and too much pruning. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Doting, Staying, Weing, and Being
10/05/2021 Duración: 03minWhat does your spouse want and need? Chocolates? Flowers? Help? How about when your spouse is stressed? More compassion less passion. More doting less domineering. More staying less scurrying. More respect less inspect. More we less me. More orchestra less solo. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Fred Rogers Pool of Compassion
05/05/2021 Duración: 06minDo you remember that episode where Mr Rogers and his neighborhood had a black man cool his feet in a pool? Do you know why he did that? Find out in today's episode and find out one of the most misunderstood and oft neglected words is in marriage. Who needs your compassion today? Will you be remembered as compassionate? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Nelson Mandela Said What?
26/04/2021 Duración: 06minWhat did Nelson Mandela say about leading? Do teachers preach and tell? In two days episode I talk about two of the most important principles of parenting and marriage. Both leadership and teaching are vital components of preventing many of the most perplexing problems. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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1982 Maxima Without Shocks
21/04/2021 Duración: 06minAvoiding some of the bumps and the challenges in life or being able to endure them more effectively depends on shocks. Shock absorbers help us endure the vistitudes of life more effectively. And so how dodaily devotions to Deity help dictate your renewal and vitality? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Vital, Permanent Partners
12/04/2021 Duración: 05minWhat's the difference between a significant other and a vital partner? Respect, permanence, and a sense of appreciation. Seek to complete not to compete with each other. Seek to compliment and enhance each other instead of finding the fault with each other. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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Stamped Concrete
06/04/2021 Duración: 05minYou know there's always that ugly spot in our yards, and in our marriage, and our relationships? What to do about them? Perhaps one of the most rewarding and peaceful experiences is noticing a weedy, patchy spot and then improving it, making it better. Make sure to enjoy the green luscious lawn but also make time and effort to improve the patchy spots. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support
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The Lost Art Of Listening
29/03/2021 Duración: 07minFrom the book The Lost Art of Listening. Empathy is part intuition part effort. It takes two people to share an emotion: one to tell and one to listen. Being listened to shapes us and not being heard twists us. Intent=impact. Beware Transference. Less well not poorly. Suspend self. Arguments are like ping pong games- it takes two to keep them going. We don't restate so that we can show we understand rather we restate so that we can try to understand. It's not differences of opinion or hot topics that can cause challenges with us, rather the emotions that it causes. It's the way hard things are said that determines if they're heard. Speaking with emotional chargedness ensures that your audience will not listen. If you interrupt then make sure it's to get them to talk more. Feelings are facts to those experiencing them. Tell me more. changing your relationship with your parents doesn't mean changing them but rather changing your reactions to them. Accept people for who they are and you will not have to keep cha
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Nine Things To Maximize
26/03/2021 Duración: 09minYou know there are certain things that we should never minimize. Certainly we can minimize debt, anger, selfishness, focus on self, or a myriad of other things so that we can maximize experiences and relationships. In today's episode I share what I learned from a blog post from a Lisa Avallan via Josh Becker's blog. She shared nine things that are vital for us to maximize so that we can have true happiness in life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-twogether/support