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. 3D AGO

    Raising Confident, Resourceful, and Resilient Kids

    We all want our kids to be confident, resourceful, and to know what they’re good at. The trouble is that we make two big mistakes as parents: We either don’t give them enough challenge, or we burn them out with too much.   Do your kids know that they have what it takes to overcome struggle? Do they feel confident in knowing what to do when it comes to life skills and everyday tasks like cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, or taking care of animals? Do they know what they’re good at and have a healthy sense of what to do with things they’re not good at?   We call this resourcefulness, and it’s one of the most important traits to cultivate in our kids. What is resourcefulness? How do we offer a healthy dose of both support and challenge to help our kids build resilience? What do you do when you see things in your kids they don’t see in themselves?   These are the questions we tackle in this episode.   Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:24 What resourcefulness is and the two extremes we tend to take as parents 7:40 The good and hard of giving children responsibility 12:03 Giving kids support while offering challenge 19:38 How to know if you’ve over-supported or over-challenged 24:15 When you see things in your kids they don’t see in themselves 30:00 When you push beyond what you think you’re capable of  Show Notes: Get 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week https://amzn.to/4lpPGQf   Join our KidsRQ Community: www.kidsrq.com   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

    37 min

  2. MAR 20

    The Feeling of Joy: Why it Scares us + How to Pass it on

    Get ready for the early episode pivot in this one, folks. Talking about their marriage a few minutes into recording, Josh and Christi had a moment that sent them spiraling into laughter. The atmosphere shifted, so they shifted with it. And the result?   A conversation about joy!   In this episode, Josh and Christi talk about why joy can be so difficult to feel. “We’re actually scared of joy,” Christi says. “It is such an intense emotion that our bodies feel under threat.” Christi goes on to say, “The feeling of joy is so big that you can’t start at 95%, you have to begin by micro-dosing it at about 5%.” But feel it we must. The Bible says that the joy of the Lord is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10). If it strengthens us, it must be dangerous for darkness. No wonder it takes courage to feel it. Like anything else, joy is caught, not taught. Josh and Christi talk about how to overcome the fear, shift the atmosphere, and pass joy onto our kids.   Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:24 10 Days of the Easter Story 2:53 Josh & Christi’s wedding story 5:55 The unexpected pivot into joy 7:30 Shifting the spiritual atmosphere for joy 13:10 Left brain knowledge of versus right brain experience of joy 17:52 How joy is birthed within us 21:16 God is a joyful God 28:14 Why we’re afraid of joy 31:30 How to micro-dose moments of joy in your life 34:01 Practical ways to experience joy and pass it onto your kids 42:55 Ways to make joy not feel threatening  Show Notes: Get 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week https://amzn.to/4lpPGQf   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

    48 min

  3. MAR 11

    Inner Child Parts, Epigenetic Transmission, and Parenting

    Have you felt yourself revert back to a child in the way you react to your kids, or a particular situation? Watching from the sideline, Josh recently had a moment where his inner child wounds collided with the reality of the his son’s experience on the soccer field. When we come face-to-face with the dissonance between the way we REACT, and the way we want to ACT, something deeper is often at play. Becoming mindful of those moments, and how we respond to them, influences what we pass onto our kids.   In this episode, Josh & Christi talk about how to identify an unhealed inner child “part” of yourself, give examples of redeemed and unhealed epigenetic transmission, and provide a beautiful example of how Jesus meets us right where we are.   Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:15 The messages we picked up in childhood in order to fit in 6:15 How to identify an unhealed inner child “part” of yourself 9:13 Examples of epigenetic transmission of unresolved inner child pain 17:37 The motivation of our parental decisions 20:30 Disappointment, condemnation, and the feelings of Holy Week 28:56 How Jesus’ restoration of Peter is for all of us  Show Notes: Easter is coming up! Get 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week https://amzn.to/4lpPGQf   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

    36 min

  4. MAR 4

    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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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
    450
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Josh + Christi Straub
  • Show Website
    Famous at Home

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