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Penn Holderness

Wellness

Nervous? Do It Anyway!

We talked about Penn getting out of his comfort zone for the live production the Rocky Horror Show on an earlier podcast. Now that the show has wrapped, we’re talking about post stage blues, what lessons Penn learned and how…

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Bullying in Today’s Society: What You Need to Know

Ah, bullies. Sadly, we all have some sort of experience with this dreaded battle. So, we invited youth motivational speaker Tom Thelen on the podcast this week to talk about bullying in today’s society. We shared our own personal stories…

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Exploring the highs and lows of the comfort zone

From the desk of Penn Horderness Three years ago, I went to a drugstore to buy some, um, feminine products for Kim. The barcode scanner didn’t work, so the sweet, southern woman got on the intercom and shouted, “I NEED…

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What happened when we turned to functional medicine

About a year ago, I felt like I needed a nap every day. I was a total snoozefest—tired all the time. My monthly cycles were out of whack and painful. I gained about 10 pounds over the course of a…

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This Will Change Your Mind About the Decline Call Button

In the beginning… The OG telephone was invented 169 years ago and the cell phone was invented 45 years ago. And the purpose of those inventions: voice calls. Not emojis. Not filling up your internet cart. Not Swipe Lefts. Listen,…

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Living With Boys

In case you didn’t know, this is what it’s like living with boys. This music video should be considered a documentary. This also explains my reasoning for why I wanted to build an out-house just for the boys in our…

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Food

PIZZA!

So Kim is out of town this weekend… What does that mean? That means me and the kids are only eating pizza. Why cook when you can call and have fresh pizza delivered in 30 minutes or less? Plus, doesn’t…

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Ten Quick Thoughts about Rogue One (SPOILER FREE, I THINK) from a Dad’s Perspective

For the second straight year, this one felt really good as a “family” film.  Zero bad words.  Zero sexual innuendos.  Great humor that everyone can understand.  There’s violence, but it isn’t gory. Before you go, Google CGI so you can…

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Homework. It sucks.

And we made an instant parody. Which doesn’t suck. Homework. It’s a topic so draining I can’t even form words to write this post. But I will. Because, you know BLOGGING. For all children, homework is a bore, that’s why…

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It’s so hard. Every. Single. Day.

Cue up the Boyz II Men. It’s time to talk about our morning routine. Most of our songs just write themselves. For those who follow us, you know that it’s a simple formula:  Look at what’s going on in our…

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