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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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How to Navigate the Awkward Years

Let’s be real, middle school was (all-caps) AWKWARD. Between the braces (and for me, a bad perm) and hormones, it’s a wonder we survived. But can you believe it? We talked to someone on this week’s podcast who has made…

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9 Questions To Ask Your Partner In 2021

The last year has been…a lot. We spent more time together than ever before, so why does it feel like we haven’t had as many good conversations? (Yes, I know we wrote a book on communication in relationships… I see…

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When to Push Through, and When to Pause

A major theme of this years’ Olympics has been mental health and the pressure athletes face. We wanted to know – what’s the right balance between working hard and performing, but also listening to your gut and taking care of…

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Behind-The-Scenes with Our Team

Penn and I get asked all the time, “How do you make so many videos all by yourselves?” The short answer is, we don’t. It’s not that we aren’t the ones writing, shooting, and editing the content we create. We…

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Crossing The Finish Line… On Fumes

The end of the school year is finally here, and I feel like we are crossing the finish line being held together with tape and glue. Last August, I wrote a blog post about what I hoped my kids would…

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Wanting To Want It More

With most couples quarantining together in the last year, you would expect we’d see some sort of baby boom out of this pandemic. I mean, after all, that’s what happens with big winter snowstorms when people are locked in with…

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Knowing When To Get Help

Early on in my marriage, if one of my friends would mention they were in marriage counseling I immediately assumed the worst. I thought, that will never be me. Even though I had started counseling in college for anxiety and…

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ADHD vs. Anxiety Couples

As everyone knows, my husband has ADHD. It’s what makes him creative. It’s what gives him hyper-focus to turn around a video edit in mere hours. It’s what keeps our whole family laughing. Basically it’s his superpower. My superpower? Constant…

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What the Holidays Will Look Like For Us

My kids have all sorts of questions about life these days.  “When can we visit Grammy?” “Will I be able to have a party for my birthday?” “Will school be back to normal next year?” My reply is always the…

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