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In this episode we talk about our 90-day self-assessment system which we created and worked on over the past 3 years to help us avoid falling in the pit and becoming troll humans. We use this to foster growth and self-awareness in our personal and family life. We share why we started this practice, the insights we've gained from doing it regularly,…
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We met Xavier about 3 years ago, he was in the air force and decided to try out van life. Immediately he became a regular at our weekly family dinners and a part of our community group. Fast forward to now and he's a personal trainer and coach in LA working on writing a book. In this episode, we talk about how to find your purpose. Xavier has a lis…
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By now we should be pro's, at arguing at least. We're still not relationship experts and are struggling along trying to do our best. Here are the top 3 reasons we get into arguments: Miscommunication Unmet expectations Lack of healthy conflict Recommendations: My new devotional podcast This Is The Way How To Break Up With Your Phone Ten Arguments f…
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Your mindset affects your potential pros and cons of responding to COVID-19. How we think has the ability to positively affect or negatively affect all 12 areas of wellness. How is your thinking affecting different areas of life during COVID-19? Han's recommendations: Coffee Recipe Mission House Band Zach's recommendations: Stay Sane Challenge Clut…
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Q: What is most important for us right now? A: Survival and balance. As parents with 3 kiddos, its A LOT with both of us working from home, homeschooling, making healthy meals, cleaning the house, trying to be intentional, and not dying/going insane. Here's some tips for how we're handling these strange times. Wake up and start your day positive (d…
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Sometimes we're #bestfreindteaminc and sometimes we're just hanging on. Here are our three tips to help you focus more on helping each other thrive: Assume the other person is just trying their best Communicate your specific needs and/or desires Make a habit of asking each other: what/how can I help you tomorrow? We would love to hear from you!!! F…
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This week we talk about time! Prioritizing, schedules, habits, being intentional! Recommendation: Apple TV Shows Dumb Phone Cold Water Exposure Plant Nanny App Big Water Bottle Screen Time Limits Bridgetown Podcast Episodes We would love to hear from you!!! Follow us on Instagram! Like us on Facebook! If you have questions or suggestions or jokes o…
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Over the year, we have had various goals for different areas of life, and pretty much all of our achievement goals, we either reframed, rewrote, or rejected. We talk about how the goals that had the most impact and affected the most change were small little habits that were fruitful and multiplied via compound interest. It's funny when they say sho…
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Well, we were going to talk about supporting small business. Then the conversation evolved and we ended up talking about gift-giving, personal mission statements/rule of life, and Spartan racing. Recommendations: Our Christmas Playlist 2019 Bridgetown Church Audio The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Atomic Habits Spartan Fit Han's Faves We would love…
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We had a miscarriage, celebrated our 5th anniversary, then what happened? We stopped doing the podcast. To be honest, it was like a hurricane of a couple of months, here we are at the end of the year, 23 days until Christmas. We decided it's probably time for us to write down our vision for the life we desire and build purposeful habits around that…
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For our five year anniversary, we went to Kauai, without kids. It was such a beautiful place, and we had such a nice time. But it was weird and it took some time to actually just stop and relax. We were removed from our normal life and we weren’t distracted by business and work and all the things that go on. We used to travel a lot, but not so much…
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I remember when we were young and took naps just because, but this is a little different. Having two kids, and two jobs, and a house to take care of and bills to pay and a puppy and a million things to do we recognized our need for purposeful rest. We want our house to be peaceful and we want to set good examples of healthy rhythms and rituals. We …
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This week, we talk about routines vs rituals vs habits, how having a bad five minutes doesn’t mean you gotta have a bad day, but also that it is good to set yourself up for success by being intentional. Recommendations: Mint Tea About Time Movie Steeped Coffee January 2019 Playlist We would love to hear from you!!! Leave us a voicemail at 1(805) 24…
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WE’RE BACK 🤘🏼 this week, we talk about GOALZ - specifically our marital goals, and also a little bit about minimizing and a home project we’re working on. We would love to hear from you!!! Leave us a voicemail at 1(805) 242-6559 Follow us on Instagram! Like us on Facebook! If you have questions or suggestions or jokes or ideas, ask us or email us a…
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This week we talk about clothes + minimizing again, specifically fit, fabric, and function! Are clothes just tools? What are clothes for you? Han’s recommendations: Key Lime LaCroix, Rice Dish Recipe Zach’s recommendations: Start investing with Acorns today! Get $5 when you use my invite link: https://acorns.com/invite/D4N3NL We would love to hear …
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This week we talk about positive distractions - do they exist? Can we intentionally set aside time to be positively distracted? What is the difference between rest and a positive distraction?! (PS if I had a nickel for every time we say the word ‘distraction’ on this episode 😬) Han’s recommendations: Acorns account Moment Free Time Collection Zach’…
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This week, we talk alllll about simplifying, getting rid of stuff, capsule wardrobes, the two types of ‘comfort’, and sentimental attachment to things!!Join our Thankful Closet Project FB group here! We would love to hear from you!!!Leave us a voicemail at 1(805) 242-6559Follow us on Instagram Like us on FacebookIf you have questions or suggestions…
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Jordan and Aneila are back! This time they drove from Virginia to California on their motorcycle and we talk all about their trip and motivation to start something/roadblocks we set up for ourselves. You can follow along with their photography and adventures over on Instagram @weddingandadventure & @theseachers.co Recommendations: Waterpick Yeti 14…
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YO this week we talk about goals (what else is new) and WHAT stops us from reaching them - is it excuses? distractions? circumstances beyond our control? WHAT IS IT? well, listen and maybe you’ll find out - but also maybe not, cause we don’t know all the answers either. Han's recommendations: Good On You appZach's recommendations: email zach@decisi…
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"Do one thing every day that scares you" - Eleanor RooseveltWhen you get stuck, you just need a little jumpstart to get out of the pit. Starting something new is the most uncomfortable part about change. Seth Godin says: “Change your mind, change your life. The only way to get better is to do things differently.” You can’t grow if you can’t change.…
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Especially for this episode.But for real, in this episode, we answer a voicemail about relationships. Then we talk about how our unspoken expectations can disappoint us. We would love to hear from you!!!Leave us a voicemail at 1(805) 242-6559 Follow us on Instagram! Like us on Facebook! If you have questions or suggestions or jokes or ideas, ask us…
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Why is it difficult to make friends? Why is it important to make friends? As a married couple with kids, it’s difficult to make friends, but we think a lot of the reasons why begins with our avoidance of stepping out into potentially awkward situations. We could use the fact that we’ve moved 4 times in the first two years of our marriage, but to be…
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Traditions are important and help make dull, monotonous things memorable. Sometimes all it takes is adding a little routine or rule and including more people to create a tradition. Like Friendsgiving or barefoot walks, or brushing your teeth together before you go to bed, folding laundry and watching parks and rec together. We would love to hear fr…
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WOW! It's been a long time. We have our own house now and are getting back on track, but first, we had to purge our belongings and reorganize our lives.It's good to be back, we miss you guys.We would love to hear from you!!!Leave us a voicemail at 1(805) 242-6559Follow us on Instagram)!Like us on Facebook)!If you have questions or suggestions or jo…
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This week, we talk about interpersonal differences, specifically about the MBTI, Five Love Languages, and the Enneagram! We are both learning a lot about each other and our differences through conflict and conversation and thought it might be helpful for someone else too. Let us know what you think! Recommendations: Woman Code Your Best Year Ever B…
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On this week’s episode, we talk about our recurring argument!!! we each share our point of view of the fight and how we are going about fixing it! we are literally the opposites of experts in this area and think it’s worth talking about, in case anyone else out there also has a recurring fight with their significant other!! we’d love to hear your t…
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Sometimes the beliefs you hold, end up holding you back. “I’m not good enough, I can’t, I don’t have enough time, I’m not as good as _____, I would if I had more money, this is how I am, I can’t change, if my circumstances were different I could”... etc.These beliefs cause us to think with a scarcity mentality which in turn causes depression, compa…
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Do you know when you are trying to get someones attention and they just aren’t getting it? Maybe their social skills are off, maybe they’re tired, maybe your gesture or question wasn’t direct enough or maybe they’re distracted. Whatever the case, it’s kinda frustrating and can lead to not only miscommunication- but also missed communication. This w…
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Everyone is selfish to a degree, some have more selfish motives than others but… Is wanting to have kids selfish? A listener brought up a great question that we discuss in this episode along with a couple voicemails and even a listener submitted joke! You guys are the best! Recommendations: Acorns app: https://acorns.com/invite/D4N3NLDrop app: http…
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095: Finding A Mentor & Making FriendsIt’s 10:10PM on a Sunday night, everyone else is in bed because I guess the time change hit us harder than expected. I’m sipping coffee and bourbon (mixed obvi). Daylight savings time is sweet because we get more time to catch the sunset but it also messes up our nap and wake up time schedules for the kiddos. H…
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Using friends and making social media, wait, scratch that reverse it. The Babcocks are back with us again, its crazy to think its been two years since they first joined us. We talk about their recent trip and social media obvs.We would love to hear from you!!!Leave us a voicemail at: 1(805) 242-6559Instagram: @thewayfampodcastLike us on: facebook.c…
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Why do you feel unappreciated?We would love to hear from you!!!Leave us a voicemail at: 1(805) 242-6559Instagram: @thewayfampodcastLike us on Facebook!: If you have questions or suggestions or jokes or ideas, ask us : Tumblror email us at thewayfampodcast@gmail.comwe love ya!! xoxoSupport the show--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify…
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Are you a free spirit or a nerd? What’s important and what’s urgent and how do you differently between the two? If something isn’t urgent it seldom gets done, even if it’s important. By scheduling out our time we have the ability to make prevent something important from becoming urgent. Do you want to be fighting fires all the time or preventing fi…
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This week we talk about emotions, how we deal with them, both unhealthy and healthy ways, aaaaaaand Han has the weirdest laugh of her life.This topic is one we REALLY want your input on, so please - send a message or an email, leave a voice mail, comment on Insta! We wanna know your thoughts on this one!Han’s RecommendationsUnroll.meInstagram.com/w…
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We answer some questions, we talk about our wedding and Ireland, and a little bit more about personality tests!Han’s recommendations: Philz CoffeeFirst Aid Kit new album : https://open.spotify.com/album/5l2Ts5Hd4BN2O28rZksznR?si=bR_6SHfsS7avDGuKhRiyHQinstagram.com/MorganHarperNicholsZach’s recommendations: Udemy.comMophie Powerstation USB-C https:/…
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DISC, Myers Briggs, 5 Love Languages, Introvert/Extrovert, Enneagram, Gems, etc… There’s a million different types, why should you bother and how should you use the results?Recommendations:Reading People: http://a.co/3qr6lPjThe Road Back To You: http://a.co/0Xp7KH0Sleeping at Last: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sleeping-at-last-podcast/id…
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What makes you anxious ?What can you do to avoid that?What can you do if you can’t avoid it?Recommendations:Risen Motherhood Podcast: risenmotherhood.com/podcast/Read Scripture App: readscripture.orgPermission To Screw Up: http://a.co/1vk5wNdAnxious For Nothing: http://a.co/dn34KWSStarbucks/Skittles Sweet Heat Detox BathWe would love to hear from y…
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The average American is faced with 35,000 decisions a day. What do you you base your decisions on? What things are you DECISIVE about and what things are you INDECISIVE about? Do you have a hard time making decisions? Do you spend a lot of time thinking about what to wear or what to eat or what to post?? Do you procrastinate making big decisions be…
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Good goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant( be yours) and time-bound. Set goals early, write them down and display them publicly. Only 3% of Americans do this, most Americans fail at their New Years resolutions by January 15. Here’s some categories, define what your areas are, then list them in order of value. 1. Spiritual: 2. …
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Hey, we're back for a quick episode, well okay, its not SUPER quick but we were reflecting on thanksgiving, black Friday, small business Saturday, cyber Monday and giving Tuesday and wanted to share a little. We recorded this on the last day of November. And we will get back to the podcast soon, but in the meantime keep all of us southern and centr…
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Adam the founder of Have Fun Do Good (www.havefundogood.co) joins us and we chat about patience and stepping out of your comfort zone. Recommendations: Have Fun Do Good: instagram.com/havefundogoodShoe Dog: http://a.co/g7nDHIhDON’T DRINK COCONUT WATER BECAUSE IT TASTES LIKE WARM PEE! Oat Mama: www.oatmama.comM4 Is My Favorite Preset: instagram.com/…
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Ordinary people can still live extraordinary lives when they learn patience & perseverance. We value continual personal growth, relational growth, spiritual growth, intellectual growth etc, but what do you do when you feel like you’re stuck in a “season” and not able to see any progress? Do you give up? Do you roll over? Do you make rash decisions?…
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It’s important to be honest with ourselves and be able to identify things that we actually value vs. things we wish we valued more. Once we identify our core values- making decisions is a lot easier, but if we haven’t defined what we value we run the risk of drifting in the unknown. For creatives and business minded people to be unclear is to be un…
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Zach’s recommendations:Moment Battery Case www.shopmoment.com/shop/battery-photo-caseTay Oskee- Shelter open.spotify.com/album/2YXWEgaHBzcL2KTYqMhhXh?si=PVWebAtNWillie Nelson- Mind Your Own Business open.spotify.com/track/7zik13tflpSAlRC75jnRUk?si=mrs6N8l3Han’s recommendations:Sakura bloom ring sling sakurabloom.com/collections/basics/products/ster…
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This is a special life update episode, we don’t have a topic but we talk about Fern being born and Zach quitting his job at the church. Hopefully next week we will be back on track. We would love to hear from you!!!Leave us a voicemail at: 1(805) 242-6559Instagram: @thewayfampodcastLike us on: facebook.com/thewayfamIf you have questions or suggesti…
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Yo! Our baby arrived a week early but luckily we had already recorded this episode in advance. This week Zach talks with his internet buddy Chris Ross, we talk about moving, making friends, humility and the art of listening. We would love to hear from you!!!Leave us a voicemail at: 1(805) 242-6559Instagram: @thewayfampodcastLike us on: facebook.com…
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How often are we intentional on social media? What are our motives for what we post? What are the benefits of being vulnerable, and why we care sooo much about what people think about us. Han thinks out loud a lot. Let us know what you think about this subject!Han's recommendations:New music - Aaron Espe, Joseph, David RamirezInstagram.com/jennakut…
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