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Relationship Lessons from Taylor & Travis

As a man who is a lifelong fan of the NFL, I have been here for every moment of the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce romance. I have heard other men on our platforms call the coverage “exhausting” and I have seen…

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We’re Doing Boundaries Wrong

Over the past couple years, the phrase “setting boundaries” has been extremely popular. To me, it always felt like a list of absolutes. Walls you put up to protect yourself and supposedly, lead to a happier life. But to be…

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Wartime vs. Peacetime

Before Penn and I went on The Amazing Race, we trained and planned as much as our work and home schedules would allow. We rewatched old episodes and talked to experts (even learned how to do an oil change on…

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Marriage Through Ted Lasso Quotes

When it comes to our marriage it sometimes feels like we “fell out of the lucky tree and hit every branch on the way down, ended up in a pool of cash and Sour Patch Kids.” Penn and I are…

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Treat Your Partner Like A Stranger

Penn and I have been married for 16 years, so we’ve gotten real comfortable with each other. (Like he sees me in 20-year-old sweatpants and still thinks I’m hot.) We have gotten so comfortable, in fact, that one day while…

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How We Make Our Time Together Count

At the start of a relationship, you move mountains to spend more time together. Sleep? Never heard of her! That errand I need to run, let’s do it together! The couple that picks up their dry cleaning together, stays together.…

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How to Ask For What You Want

When Penn and I first got married we would tiptoe around one another a lot. We both wanted to make the other person happy all the time. So when it came to wanting to do something just for ourselves, we…

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Sorry Kids, You’re Stuck With Us

Our family just got back from a much-needed trip away together this week. We got to visit my family in Florida and take the kids to Disney World. While we were there, we got a compliment from a friend who…

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Did We Say Too Much?

We share a lot of our lives online. It’s the shiny, happy, three minutes at a time sort of glimpses of our lives. It’s impossible to know the real us if you are only seeing us singing and dancing in…

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Announcing Our Book

It sounds so crazy to say, but WE WROTE A BOOK! If you’re used to seeing us in three minute bursts, dancing like complete goofballs in our videos, brace yourselves.  Don’t get me wrong, that is the real us. But…

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