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Podcast 3:4 – It all began in Panama
Play our podcast episode here or Subscribe. We recently had Facebook and Google give us reminders of where we were 2 years ago today. What came up is the inception of our podcast. On a trip to Panama for a “getaway” of time “alone together”, we dreamt up a crazy idea of podcasting our experiences […]
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Podcast 3:3 – Pass the Xanax – Dealing with Anxiety in Blended Families
Blended families bring lots of new stressors into a relationship. Anxiety is high and sometimes your attempts to help your family to blend just increases the anxiety for everyone. In this episode, Darren & Paige talk about causes of anxiety and how to deal with anxiety in your family.
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#4.17 Understanding Differences Between Men and Women
Most marriage difficulties center around one fact, that men and women are totally different. There are emotional, mental and physical differences. We can have happier marriages if we make an effort to understand the differences.
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#4.16 It’s Summer!! How Screen Time is Too Much?
Ok, so here we are again in the summertime!! It is a beautiful time of year. Kids are home, enjoying a nice break from school. It’s time for them to relax and chill. But what happens when their chillin involves hours and hours of screen time each day? How much is too much? Do we as parents ban screen time completely? Or limit it? Do we keep them super busy with other things? Let’s dive in and see what we can figure out.
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#4.15 What Not To Do When you Travel
Darren & Paige are in Portugal for a week away from work and kids, but not podcasting. In this week’s episode. Find out what they learned not to do when they travel. Some of it from personal experience. Some of it by watching other tourists standing out. 🙂
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#4.14 – Travel Tips from Portugal
This week Darren & Paige are in Portugal. Why Portugal? You have to listen to find out. They talk about some of the travel tips they have learned over the last eleven years of traveling together, including what not to pack and how to tip your waiter.
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#4.13 Wise Considerations before Blending Families
Darren and Paige decided to tackle, “should you blend these two families?” It can be a colossal mistake to blend families too quickly. (says the couple who combined very quickly) There are some essential things to know before agreeing. (Do you like camping, do you want a dog, or do you want more kids??) The need for companionship can drive you too quickly.
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#4.12 Success in Marriage!!
Is there a magic secret to a happy marriage? If we are told to do A, B, and C to make our marriage work would we do it? Do we do it? Or is it different for every single couple? Darren and Paige were curious about the tips that couples would give on how to keep a lasting marriage happy. They asked a lot of their friends and family that have been married for decades to see if there was some advice or if it is entirely different for each couple. Maybe a sense of humor isn’t that important to a more severe couple but essential to another.
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#4.11 Why is Mother’s Day so hard???
Darren and Paige had a different podcast subject planned for today. However, after Mother’s Day came around, we saw a lot of feelings around this day and thought we would do another episode on this topic. This day is hard for many, how can we make it better????
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#4.10 Co-parenting with an ex you don’t see eye to eye with.
This week, Darren and Paige discuss tips and tricks to help with a problematic co-parenting situation. This is hard stuff!! You are divorced for a reason, and now you still have to make many decisions together around the children. Let’s dive in!
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#4.9 Perspective…Hard to Maintain!!
This week Darren and Paige talk about how to maintain perspective when things don’t go the way you planned or want. They will talk about some challenges and disappointment over the past few weeks. How do you maintain perspective??
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#4.8 Selfishness in Marriage
This week Darren & Paige explore selfishness in Marriage with a quiz. Are you selfish in your marriage? Is your marriage about you or about your spouse?
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