Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub
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We all long to put our families center stage. Yet, in a world that competes for our time, attention, and identity, we often give our family the leftovers instead of our full, undivided hearts. 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 set healthy rhythms between work and home, be fully present with your kids, and build a rock-solid marriage, the Famous at Home podcast will awaken your own heart and revive your family. Because we all need to find our way back home.

  1. 7H AGO

    Why Emotional Safety is the Bedrock of Parenting

    In this episode, we lay the foundation for what really matters most when it comes to raising Gen Alpha kids—emotional safety. It’s also the beginning of how we got started with Famous at Home — discovering the power of, and talking about how to cultivate, a posture of emotional safety in our homes for our kids. As we continue season 8 on Parenting Gen Alpha, we define what emotional safety is and why it matters for getting every outcome we desire in our kids.  We also talk about the four walls of parenting, the importance of reparenting our own inner child, and why emotional safety is so important to who our kids are becoming.   Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction and insight into Josh and Christi’s current day-to-day as parents 3:20 Setting the stage for today's topic  7:21 What emotional safety is and why it matters 11:13 Being able to bring the fullness of who you are to the relationship 13:50 Support and challenge in parenting 16:55 Reparenting our own inner child 21:02 Leading in grace and following in truth 25:49 Emotional safety and the need for community Show Notes: Get Safe House: How Emotional Safety is the Key to Raising Kids Who Live, Love, and Lead Well: https://amzn.to/4rc52c9   Ladies, sign up here for Spring Tender & Fierce Cohort! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce   Interested in our Spring Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now. Starts March 30. https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage   Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now.  https://www.famousathome.com/coaching   Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort: https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching   Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    32 min

  2. FEB 25

    The One Factor For Raising Resilient Kids

    One of the most intriguing, humbling, and challenging aspects of being a parent is how our kids mirror who WE are.   And what’s really difficult are the societal — or cultural — norms shaping who we are as humans. Who are we becoming as adults? How are the decisions we make shaping our kids? Do our unrealized emotions influence how resilient our kids are becoming?  As we continue our series on Raising Gen Alpha Kids, these are questions Dr. Josh and Christi address. Some highlights include: What it means to “choose your hard”How loneliness becomes a byproduct of self-protectionHow silence plays itself out in marriage and the cost it has on our kidsWhat if you’re exhausted and can’t choose the hard thing?The joy and “hard” of helping our kids build resilienceTime Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:28 Ways to go deeper 7:30 Choosing your hard 11:40 Loneliness and the environment of the home 16:19 How loneliness becomes a byproduct of our self-protection 20:03 How silence plays itself out in marriage and the cost it has on our kids 23:10 What if you’re exhausted and can’t choose the hard thing? 27:48 Choosing a different kind of “hard” 32:41 The joy and “hard” of helping our kids build resilience   Show Notes: Ladies, sign up here for Spring Tender & Fierce Cohort! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce   Interested in our Spring Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now. Starts March 30. https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage   Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now.  https://www.famousathome.com/coaching   Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort: https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching   Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter   Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394   Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US   Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    43 min

  3. FEB 18

    The Spiritual and Emotional Influence of Parental Fear

    The stats of anxiety, depression, and stress on Gen Z (ages 14-28) are scary and higher than ever before. That’s not hyperbole.   What have been the cultural, familial, and individual influences at work, and what can parents of Gen Alpha (ages 0-13) learn from where we find ourselves?   We believe that parents hold the keys to influencing the next generation. And there is much more hope than might appear at the surface.   But the way through is by first addressing what may be our greatest adversary: Our own parental fears.   In this episode, we ask the question, “Why are we doing what we’re doing as families?” We address issues like the self-fulfilling prophecy, the role of epigenetics in child outcomes, and the spiritual laws that influence our decisions.   Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:03 Christi and Josh introduce a NEW season 5:40 The mental health of Gen Z 9:57 Parenting and mental health 16:20 The effects of the decisions we make as parents and addressing parental fears 25:30 Spiritual laws that influence our parenting 31:00 Running into our fears and the hope of being a parent today 35:25 Conscious and unconscious choices we make as parents 40:00 How fear-based narratives influence our parenting 44:34 What is God’s role in how you parent?  Show Notes: Ladies, sign up here for Spring Tender & Fierce Cohort! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce   Interested in our Spring Love Your Marriage Cohort? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage   Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now.  https://www.famousathome.com/coaching   Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort: https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching Subscribe to Dr. Josh's Substack:  https://substack.com/@drjoshuastraub   Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394   Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US   Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter   Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    51 min

  4. JAN 28

    Kids, Fear, and Helping Your Adult Children with Max Lucado

    Epigenetics is real. In other words, there’s a trickle down effect onto our kids based on our beliefs, feelings, and the environment in which we raise them.   In this episode, Pastor Max Lucado joins the show to talk about helping parents meet children in their anxious thoughts. Having written multiple books on anxiety, Pastor Lucado has a new 90-day devotional called Calm Thoughts for Kids, and joins the show to talk about what he’s seeing as a grandparent and how parents today can help their kids with their anxious days.   Having just become a grandparent for the sixth time, and about to be the seventh time, Pastor Lucado also talks about how grandparents can come alongside their adult children in raising their grandchildren.   Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 3:51 Max Lucado talks about fear and kids 9:50 How raising kids has changed 13:40 How grandparents can support their adult kids in raising their grandkids 19:00 How parents can disciple their kids and meet them in fear 23:45 The power of story to help kids grow 28:07 What is your strategy? Show Notes: Get Calm Thoughts for Kids: 90 Devotions for Anxious Days by Pastor Max Lucado by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3Maf13l   Get Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear by Pastor Lucado: https://amzn.to/49YHtgp   Get What Do I Do With Worry by Dr. Josh and Christi: https://amzn.to/4k3UGJD   Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394   Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US   Sign up for our email list: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter   Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    32 min

  5. JAN 21

    The Love Language That Matters Most with Dr. Gary Chapman

    What is the love language that matters most?!   That’s the focus of this week’s episode, as our friend, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, joins us to talk about his new book by the same name, The Love Language That Matters Most.   In this episode, Dr. Chapman drops some serious one-liners to teach us how to practically identify and love our spouse in their own dialect. Sound intriguing to you? The insights are profound.   Here are some of the gold nuggets Dr. Chapman shares: Why our agenda takes precedence over our valuesHow to know what your spouse needs to really feel lovedWhy the misbehavior of both children AND adults grows out of an empty love tankHow to be a great listenerThe three ways to help your children feel lovedAnd the most sobering question Dr. Chapman asked of himself while raising his kids As he stated, “The question is not, ‘Do you love your children.’ The question is, ‘Do your children feel loved?’” Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:19 What’s coming up with Famous at Home 4:02 Dr. Gary Chapman joins the show 10:13 What is the love language that matters most? 18:30 The dialects of each love language 23:02 The emotional love tank 27:40 The qualities of being a great listener 35:00 How to help your children feel loved 42:57 The most sobering question Dr. Chapman would ask of himself raising kids  Show Notes: Purchase The Love Language That Matters Most by Dr. Gary Chapman by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4bHmXDy   Take the Love Language Premium Assessment: https://5lovelanguages.com/store/premium-assessment Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage   Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter   To download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394   To download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here.  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    46 min

  6. JAN 14

    Being a Victim of Parenthood & Bringing Order to Chaos

    Quick note: If you haven't yet downloaded the Famous at Home app, see show notes below to download. Be sure to turn notifications on for the latest encouragement from Famous at Home.  Welcome to a brand new season called Loving Well! In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about bringing order to all of the things in your home and life that might feel disordered. Why order? Because love gets smothered where chaos reigns. When we're in survival, we have a limited ability to look outward and love well.  Josh and Christi share what we need to love well, talk about being victims of parenthood, and discuss very practical ways to move from "survival mode" to order and love.  Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction to a new season 2:43 Calling back to order that which feels disordered 9:00 Upcoming guests on Season 7 of “Loving Well” 10:11 The foundation of loving well 16:56 Are we victims of parenthood? 27:42 We are what we focus on 33:00 Ways to work through “survival mode” and lead your family into order and love 40:45 Ways to love your spouse well  Show Notes: To download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here.  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famous-at-home/id6502221394   To download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kj2147486660.app2&hl=en_US   Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage Sign up for our newsletter and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter   Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    46 min

  7. 12/21/2025

    A Christmas Message From Josh + Christi

    What does the star have to do with your soul? What does it mean to "make room" in your heart? In this episode, Josh and Christi each offer a personal Christmas reflection and message to you, our Famous at Home family.   May this Christmas be filled with wonder and awe for you and your family.  Merry Christmas from Famous at Home! Show Notes: Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce   Want a marriage you love in 2026? Fill out this form and we'll be in touch: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter   Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    10 min

  8. 12/17/2025

    Helping Kids Think Critically with Tuttle Twins Show Creator Daniel Harmon

    We have three special guests this week to share with you content and a TV series that has created such helpful, engaging, and at times, challenging dialogue between us as parents and our children.   In the episode, Josh and Christi’s kids, Landon and Kennedy, join the show to interview Daniel Harmon, the creator of the Tuttle Twins TV show. The Tuttle Twins book series and TV show tackles topics we often don’t know how to address with our kids.   If you’re looking for family friendly content you can engage with your kids, check out Tuttle Twins on Angel Studios. Seasons 1-3 are free. See link in show notes.   Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:59 Daniel Harmon describes behind the scenes of Tuttle Twins TV show 8:00 Teaching kids to think critically 14:06 How topics, like entrepreneurship, are chosen and developed for the TV show 18:20 Inflation, bitcoin, college, personal responsibility, civil disobedience, and other favorite topics 20:33 How rhymes keep kids remembering lessons 24:23 Other behind-the-scenes questions related to Tuttle Twins TV 35:20 Disagree does not mean enemy Show Notes: Check out the Tuttle Twins Show on Angel Studios: http://www.angel.com/tuttletwins Register for Tender & Fierce 2026! https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce Get 25 Days of the Christmas Story! https://amzn.to/49kHiO1 Want a marriage you love? Fill out this form: https://www.famousathome.com/loveyourmarriage Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter childDownload NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    43 min
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We all long to put our families center stage. Yet, in a world that competes for our time, attention, and identity, we often give our family the leftovers instead of our full, undivided hearts. 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 set healthy rhythms between work and home, be fully present with your kids, and build a rock-solid marriage, the Famous at Home podcast will awaken your own heart and revive your family. Because we all need to find our way back home.

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  • Creator
    Josh + Christi Straub
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    447
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Josh + Christi Straub
  • Show Website
    Famous at Home

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