Famous at Home Josh + Christi Straub
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- Kids & Family
We all want to put our families center stage. Yet, in a world competing for our time, attention, and identity, our families often get our leftovers instead of our best. Welcome to the Famous at Home podcast, with marriage and leadership coaches, Dr. Josh and Christi Straub.
With a realistic, grace-filled look at the struggles families face, the Famous at Home podcast is like having a cup of coffee with authentic friends who just “get you.” yet with the practical and life-changing coaching strategies Josh and Christi use to help spouses, parents, and leaders stay emotionally engaged and connected to their biggest fans.
With topics designed to help you become a rockstar in your own home, set healthy rhythms between work and home, and build a rock-solid marriage, the Famous at Home podcast will encourage and inspire you.
Because the greatest red carpet you’ll ever walk, is through your front door.
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Helping Kids When They Feel Alone with Max Lucado
Pastor Max Lucado joins us to talk about his new children’s book Just in Case You Ever Feel Alone. Josh’s 9-year-old daughter, Kennedy, joins the show this week to interview Pastor Lucado.
In this episode, Pastor Lucado describes the consequences of anyone’s given worldview, and how the framework we give to our children influences how they view God and consequently sets them up to handle loneliness.
Pastor Lucado discusses:
A framework for helping our children and grandchildren develop a biblical worldview.How screens are contributing to the epidemic levels of loneliness of children and teens.Why it’s important to take initiative to start conversations.An assignment we can all do to establish a culture that combats loneliness. Show Notes:
Get a copy of Just in Case You Ever Feel Alone by Pastor Max Lucado.
https://amzn.to/4ctKDtj
Ladies, sign up for Tender & Fierce Group Coaching Cohort with Christi! Begins April 4, 2024:
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Get a copy of the 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week.
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From Broken to Wholehearted Living with Christi Straub
Christi joins us this week to walk through insights she's gaining from Isaiah 61. In doing so, she shares more about her heart behind and the process of Tender & Fierce.
In Isaiah 61, Isaiah prophecies Jesus as the One to come and bind up all the broken pieces of our heart so that we can heal and live wholeheartedly. What does it mean to experience and walk in that freedom?
In this episode Christi discusses with Josh:
What it means to live freely, and the one way to know when we’re not walking in our freedom.The real reason Jesus wants to set us free and live out His identity for us.Why living with global high activation can be deceiving.A paradoxical definition of what it means to “run.”Show Notes:
Ladies, sign up for Tender & Fierce Group Coaching Cohort with Christi! Begins April 1, 2024:
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Get a copy of the 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week. https://amzn.to/3IDTmLI -
Raising Mentally Strong Kids with Dr. Charles Fay
Should we argue with our kids? How do we set boundaries with them? What kind of parent does it take to raise a strong and loving child?
The President of Love & Logic Institute, Dr. Charles Fay joins us to talk about his new book, with colleague Dr. Daniel Amen, Raising Mentally Strong Kids.
This might be one of the most light-hearted conversations we’ve ever had around what is arguably the most shaming role on the planet—parenting.
Dr. Fay provides super practical insights on raising strong and loving kids.
Here are some key quotes from this episode:
On the goal of parenting: “We bond with people who are strong and loving. We don’t bond with people who are strong but they’re cold. And we don’t bond with people who are loving but they’re permissive and wishy washy. We want to, in the best way we can, emulate God. We want to be strong, and we want to be loving.”
On cultural busyness: “Families don’t go off the rails because they do too many bad things; it’s because they do too many good things.”
On sibling rivalry: “When it comes to sibling rivalry, who owns the relationship problem? When we jump in all of the time and become the hero, it makes it worse.”
Dr. Fay helps us understand:
What mental hygiene looks like for our kids.Why kids are going to fight the boundaries they know they need the most.The two ways to not get pulled into arguing with your kids and why they are so important.How to set boundaries with kids.What to do with phones and technology.How to manage sibling rivalry in innovative ways that help them own the relationship problem.Show Notes:
Grab a copy of Raising Mentally Strong Kids by Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Charles Fay.
https://amzn.to/48QldTx
Ladies, sign up for Tender & Fierce Group Coaching Cohort with Christi! Begins April 4, 2024:
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Grab a copy of Famous at Home: 7 Decisions to Putting Your Family Center Stage in a World Competing for Your Time, Attention, and Identity.
https://amzn.to/438Crdt -
The Spiritual Development of a Father & Mother
As a parent, what are we truly aiming for? What really is the goal of all this stuff we put into a bucket called “parenting?”
And, at a deeper level, have I thought about how my own spiritual journey influences how my children live out their faith and find purpose for how they live their lives? Does this matter to me as I think about how I’m engaging the task of “parenting?”
In this episode, I (Josh) talk about what I'm learning from my own spiritual journey right now. From this, I propose a developmental spiritual growth model for fathers and mothers that moves us from a journey of being self-focused (fear) to others-focused (joy).
I have seen these three stages of spiritual development come to light through my own spiritual growth in the past few years and would love to share them with you to see if, and how, you might resonate with them. They are:
Becoming (internal healing and growth).
Present (external presence where others feel seen).
In community (inviting others into our journey).
Show Notes:
Ladies, sign up for Tender & Fierce Group Coaching Cohort with Christi! Begins April 1, 2024:
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Grab a copy of Famous at Home: 7 Decisions to Putting Your Family Center Stage in a World Competing for Your Time, Attention, and Identity: https://amzn.to/438Crdt -
Living Tender & Fierce
Christi introduces a phrase God gave her in prayer for what it means to grow into fullness of life as a woman, wife, and mother—tender and fierce.
In this episode, she defines both words, describes their function, and talks about how we can reclaim tenderness where we lost it and fierceness where it’s gone sideways. Christi also talks about why tenderness is critical for loving others but has become rare in today’s world, and how we can embrace fierceness not as a weapon, but as a gift to love others and ourselves.
What does it mean to be tender & fierce? What is the structure of her new group coaching program? We talk about this and more in this episode. All of the information about Tender & Fierce can be found by clicking here or visiting www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Show Notes:
Ladies, sign up for Tender & Fierce Group Coaching Cohort with Christi! Begins April 1, 2024: https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
The MyKidsEQ Coaching Cohort launches March 4! Get first 8 weeks of KidsEQAcademy curriculum. Sign up here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/7izP4Puk/checkout
Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ROWDc1UbeSY -
Lessons From the Road: A Straub Fam Update
Christi is back this week!
Not only that, we have a new “studio” (check it out on Youtube).
This week, Christi and I (Josh) sit down and talk about the lessons we’ve learned since God told us to “jump” last year and sell our house. The last six months have been a wild adventure. At first, we thought we’d be RV’ing the country. But, as God would have it, a different path was laid out before us. And on that path came lessons we may never have learned if we hadn't obeyed and jumped.
In this episode, we talk about where we are now, why we pivoted, and the lessons we’re learning.
God uniquely walks with each of us. We hope this episode is an encouragement to you that not only is He indeed walking alongside your family, but that He delights in it! We just have to be willing to listen and say yes.
Show Notes:
The MyKidsEQ Coaching Cohort launches March 4! Get first 8 weeks of KidsEQAcademy curriculum. Sign up here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/7izP4Puk/checkout
Ladies, sign up for Tender & Fierce Group Coaching Cohort with Christi! Begins April 1, 2024:
https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
Watch this episode on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/ZFhonjE82M8