Famous at Home

"Must Be Nice!" 4 Ways to Stop Keeping Score in Marriage

He’s up at 5AM thinking, “Must be nice to sleep in.” She’s thinking, “Must be nice to leave the house.” Sound familiar? In this episode, Dr. Josh unpacks how tired spouses start keeping score, and four practical ways to get back on the same team....

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6 Practical Ways to Build Joy: Present or Just Available?

Does your family experience you as present, or just available? Do you find yourself hoping joy will one day find you once things slow down? Dr. Josh gets practical about building joy into your days, weeks, and year: 30-second habits, celebrations, and...

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Why We've Lost Our Joy (And Where To Find It)

For some reason, we inherently believe that joy is a byproduct of success. Yet, we finish the project, celebrate for five minutes, and move on to the next thing, waking up one day confused as to why the joy didn't seem to follow. In this episode, Dr....

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Go Analog: Small Shifts for a More Present Life

When was the last time you jumped in a pile of leaves without taking a picture of it? And do you know what not doing this is doing to your nervous system?  In this week's episode, Dr. Josh talks about what it means to go analog in a digital world. He...

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The 15-Minute Habit That Will Change Your Marriage

What if you could have a rock-solid marriage in just 15 minutes a day? This is not a gimmick.  Emotional disconnection rarely happens all at once. It happens through small, subtle shifts as work, kids, schedules, and the demands of life slowly pull...

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The 2-Degree Shift That Changes How You Lead

What if becoming a healthier leader at home doesn’t require a major overhaul, but simply a two-degree shift?   High-capacity leaders know how to solve problems, make decisions, and get things done. But the skills that make you effective at work don’t...

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Your Family is Busy. But is it Healthy?

Fall brings new rhythms, new opportunities, and a fuller calendar. But not every good opportunity is right for your family in this season. In this episode, Dr. Josh spends some time sharing how to wade through everything competing for your time,...

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Awakening the Tender & Fierce Parts of Your Heart: An Interview with Christi

The Tender & Fierce cohort is coming up again this fall! In this interview, Christi talks about how Tender & Fierce got started and answers questions about the Tender & Fierce cohort. She also shares how to awaken the tender and fierce...

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Raising Kids Who Walk With God | New Research Findings

A major new study just dropped on faith transmission across generations — and Josh breaks it down. Drawing from Passing the Torch (Institute for Family Studies), decades of research by Vern Bengston on relational warmth, and John Gottman's data on...

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Honoring Parents and In-Laws in a Culture of Relational Cutoff

If you've ever wrestled with complicated family dynamics or wondered how to honor your parents or in-laws while protecting your own family, this episode will encourage and challenge you with a deeply biblical perspective.   What does it really mean to...

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Why Good Parents are Raising Less Capable Kids with David Thomas

Parents today have more resources, information, and support than ever before—yet anxiety, fragility, and emotional struggles among children continue to rise.   In this conversation, bestselling author and counselor David Thomas joins Josh to explore a...

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The Emotionally Present Man

Most men were never taught how to be emotionally present. They were taught how to provide, how to perform, and how to push through. And for a long time, that felt like enough. But if you've ever come home after leading hundreds of people at work and...

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Raising Future Legends: Kids Who Carry the Kingdom Everywhere They Go

We've been asking our kids the wrong question since kindergarten. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" confuses identity with performance, and Josh argues we've been setting them up for anxiety and false selves ever since. This episode reframes...

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Letting Go of Old Assignments to Lead Your Family Into New Seasons

After a break with family and a slower pace of life, Josh returns with some existential questions, one in particular that's been sitting heavy: Am I conforming to what everyone else around me is doing, or am I "appointing" my time well with the people...

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Why Your Communication Type Matters with Jason VanRuler

Have you ever had a conversation with a loved one go in a completely different direction than what you saw coming? Your intention was there, but the way your loved one received it was nothing in the way you intended it?    Our good friend, Jason...

Calling Out Purpose in Your Children

Quick note: We announced the Tender and Fierce fall cohort. See show notes below. What’s the first question we ask our kids in kindergarten? “What do you want to BE when you grow up?” We do our children a disservice by asking this question because...

Raising Confident, Resourceful, and Resilient Kids

We all want our kids to be confident, resourceful, and to know what they’re good at. The trouble is that we make two big mistakes as parents: We either don’t give them enough challenge, or we burn them out with too much.   Do your kids know that they...

The Feeling of Joy: Why it Scares us + How to Pass it on

Get ready for the early episode pivot in this one, folks. Talking about their marriage a few minutes into recording, Josh and Christi had a moment that sent them spiraling into laughter. The atmosphere shifted, so they shifted with it. And the result?...

Inner Child Parts, Epigenetic Transmission, and Parenting

Have you felt yourself revert back to a child in the way you react to your kids, or a particular situation? Watching from the sideline, Josh recently had a moment where his inner child wounds collided with the reality of the his son’s experience on...

Why Emotional Safety is the Bedrock of Parenting

In this episode, we lay the foundation for what really matters most when it comes to raising Gen Alpha kids—emotional safety. It’s also the beginning of how we got started with Famous at Home — discovering the power of, and talking about how to...