Healthy Homes

HEALTHY HOMES PODCAST
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Tools for the Heart - Strength for the Home This podcast grew out of a desire to see every home become a place of connection, freedom, and ongoing transformation. Each conversation is filled with practical tools for cultivating healthy hearts, healthy relationships, and healthy homes. No matter your season—single, married, parenting, a student, a single parent, or an empty nester—you were made for a vibrant life that is led by the Spirit and deeply connected to Jesus. Join Pastors Josh + Katie Krehbiel for an honest and authentic look at an integrated Kingdom lifestyle that starts at home.

  1. 2d ago

    Kissing in the Kitchen, Giving Kids Sightlines, and Sneaking into Disney

    Most parents try to hide conflict from their kids. But kids don't need a perfect marriage modeled, they need a resilient one. In this conversation, Josh and Katie get into what it actually looks like to let your kids see your relationship — the affection, the disagreements, the apologies, and the repair. They talk about why kids need to watch conflict get resolved (not just avoided), how to regulate your own emotions in a way that teaches your kids something instead of scaring them, and why speaking well of your spouse behind their back might be one of the most powerful things you can do for your children. Your home doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to feel warm. In this episode: Why kids should see you disagree, and what they should see immediately after What direct conflict looks like when it isn't yelling, and why that distinction matters How to tell your kids you're dysregulated without making it their problem Why building gratitude for a spouse is a parenting strategy Letting kids see your faith, your finances, and the real cost of life

  2. Aug 11

    Church Kid Hacks, "I Don't Want to Go!" and What's Caught Not Taught

    We don’t always feel like going to church, but some of the most formative moments happen on the Sundays you almost didn't show up. In this conversation, Josh and Katie talk about what it actually looks like to build a family culture around worship and prayer as a rhythm, not a rule. They get practical about Sunday sports, when the kids say they don’t want to go, how to narrate worship to a two-year-old, and what to do when you're face-down in the Prayer Room and your kid climbs on your back. They also go after something most parents quietly avoid: the question of what it costs long-term to let the world set the schedule. This one is for the parents who want their kids to love God's presence, not just know about it. In this episode: Why consistency in the room matters more than how you feel when you walk in "Tithe your time" and what it looks like to orient your family schedule around church first The Sunday sports conversation, and the preemptive work that makes it less of a fight What to do when your kid says they don't want to go How to narrate worship to small kids by describing what you see Why inviting kids to serve changes how they experience church

  3. Aug 4

    20 Years Single, Navigating Unmet Longings and Sexual Desire with Nicole Dols

    Putting on a happy face long enough doesn't make the pain smaller. In this conversation, Katie sits with a guest who has walked the road of singleness with honesty and openness. Nicole unpacks the ache of watching a younger sister get married first, the "vulnerability hangover" of finally letting people see the struggle, and the long work of learning to be present to an emotion without being consumed by it. They talk about navigating sexual desire without shame, what it means to mother in ways that don't require biology, and the Prayer Room encounter that changed Nicole’s perspective on relationships. This one is for anyone sitting with an unmet longing they don't know what to do with. In this episode: Why stuffing pain and wearing a happy face doesn't protect you  The vulnerability hangover: what happens right after you let the walls down How to avoid building your whole life around an area of lack Practical tools for navigating singleness, one night a week, by yourself, on purpose Removing shame from the conversation around sexual desire "God, you don't owe me a husband" — the prayer that changed everything

  4. Jul 28

    Healing from Betrayal, Slashing Tires, and a Roadmap to Mentorship with Jo Saxton

    "Lord, how do we feel about slashing tires?" That's where Jo started: honest about how crushing it is to be misrepresented, to lose people over something you never got to defend, and to watch everyone move on while you're still living in it. In part two of this conversation, Josh and Katie continue with Jo Saxton through what it actually takes to heal from betrayal, why reconciliation can't happen without someone naming the gravity of what happened first, and what gets left unattended in leaders who eventually fall. Then the conversation shifts to mentorship, and Jo gets specific about what most people looking for a mentor are actually looking for (it's not a mentor), what mentees get wrong about their role, and what mentors owe the people they pour into. In this episode: What Jo felt when she was misrepresented, and why silence ended up being the answer Why you can’t heal what you can’t name What leaders who fall have in common The real reason most mentorship searches fail What mentees can offer, and why “Here's what I have. Would you mentor me?" changes everything The check every mentor needs to run on themselves

  5. Jul 20

    Life Audits, Nuclear Families, and Threats of Womanhood with Jo Saxton

    The "oughts" and "shoulds" can break us if we’re not careful. Not all at once, but slowly under the weight of a life built around what we’re supposed to be doing instead of who we actually are. In this conversation, Josh and Katie sit with special guest Jo Saxton to talk about what it actually looks like to know yourself, why so many women hold back, and what's quietly eroding our culture that's become too individualized to lean on anyone. They unpack how to take a real-life audit, find your chaos points, and what to do when you realize you need a different voice in the room. In this episode: What it means to lock into identity and lose sight of purpose Why rest isn't the enemy of good work, and how to give yourself permission to take it The threat facing women right now, and why not knowing yourself is at the center of it What the West gets wrong about community and what it cost us when the nuclear family became the only unit that mattered How to do a life audit The real cost of "oughts" and "shoulds"

  6. Jul 14

    Stop Writing My Husband Love Letters, Boundaries in Marriage, and Porn in the Bedroom

    Every affair started as "no big deal." Sending a reel. Grabbing lunch. Writing a letter. The line between honoring your covenant and crossing is blurred by a hundred small choices that each felt fine in the moment. In this conversation, Josh and Katie get specific about what protecting your marriage actually looks like in practice, not as a list of rules, but as a posture. They walk through workplace dynamics, friendship lines, what porn does to intimacy, and what to do when your spouse pushes back on any of this. The goal isn't paranoia. It's clarity — knowing where the line is before you're anywhere near it. In this episode: The workplace boundaries they actually hold, and why "it's just lunch" is never just lunch Why the greatest protection in a marriage isn't a list of rules, it's connection What sharing reels, prophetic words, and personal updates with the opposite gender have in common The case against porn in marriage What zero defensiveness actually looks like when a spouse raises boundaries The two-prong approach to covenant: nothing hidden, and fighting for real connection

  7. Jun 23

    Private vs. Public vs. Homeschool: Choosing Your Child's Education Path

    Three education paths, no perfect choice: an honest look at homeschool, private, and public school from parents who've done all three! In this episode, Josh and Katie walk through the three paths every parent eventually has to weigh: homeschool, private, and public school. No single answer, no universal right choice, just an honest look at what each path offers, drawn from their own experience in all three. They get specific about the con nobody likes to say out loud about Christian schools, the exhaustion that quietly erodes discipleship in public school, and why homeschooling—if you can do it—might be the most underrated way to stay in the driver's seat of your kid's heart. Wherever you land, this conversation will give you a better lens for the decision and what to watch for once you do. In this episode: Why homeschool shame is fading and what's actually changed about it The biggest con of private school: when the lived culture doesn't match the Kingdom it claims to represent How quickly educators label kids and why that label can do real damage The kindergarten "my day was fine" story that reveals how exhausted kids really are Why the drive to school might be doing more discipleship than you think The question every parent should ask before choosing a path for schooling

  8. Jun 16

    Gentle Parenting, Making Obedient Disciples, and the Language of Behavior with Abby Christian

    That meltdown isn't defiance — it's a message. And until we learn to read it, we'll keep correcting the behavior while missing what it was trying to tell us. In this conversation, Katie and Josh sit down with Pastor Abby Christian to dismantle one of the most common (and most exhausting) lenses parents carry: that bad behavior just means a bad kid. Abby walks through what's actually happening underneath the outburst — an unmet need, a lie the child believes, even an immature gift trying to take shape — and what it looks like to respond to all of it with both connection and structure. They explore how to "scaffold" a child toward a skill instead of expecting them to have it immediately, why surprising kids with transitions sets everyone up to fail, and what to do the moment things start to escalate. In this episode: Why "gentle parenting" can quietly leave kids feeling unsafe — and what to do instead The lens shift that changes everything about behavior Scaffolding — what it actually means to build a child up to a skill instead of expecting them to already have it What to do with your eyes, voice, and body the moment a child's brain goes into fear mode The surprising truth about repetition: it takes 400 reps to build a skill, but only 20–30 if you're having fun What it looks like when you're the one who's dysregulated — and how to bring yourself back online Follow Healthy Homes on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-homes/id1876981230 Follow Healthy Homes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1nKIVlz66IqkkXzpti7QEu?si=7a8bdc61449244c8 Subscribe to Healthy Homes on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheHealthyHomesPodcast New episodes every Tuesday. Send us your questions: DM @healthyhomespodcast on Instagram.  Find us: @healthyhomespodcast • healthyhomespodcast.com

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Tools for the Heart - Strength for the Home This podcast grew out of a desire to see every home become a place of connection, freedom, and ongoing transformation. Each conversation is filled with practical tools for cultivating healthy hearts, healthy relationships, and healthy homes. No matter your season—single, married, parenting, a student, a single parent, or an empty nester—you were made for a vibrant life that is led by the Spirit and deeply connected to Jesus. Join Pastors Josh + Katie Krehbiel for an honest and authentic look at an integrated Kingdom lifestyle that starts at home.

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    HEALTHY HOMES PODCAST
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
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