Our Family Invests Podcast

Our Family Invests
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The Our Family Invests Podcast is a conversation with couples who have built meaningful lives and are thoughtful about how they invest their time, energy, relationships, and capital. Hosted by Mike and Caroline Neubauer, each episode features honest, casual conversations about how people think, make decisions, stay aligned, build wealth and legacy, and what it actually takes to build an intentional life together. New episodes every Tuesday.

  1. 075: Flourishing in the Desert - Brien & Emily Sonzogni | Our Family Invests

    2d ago

    075: Flourishing in the Desert - Brien & Emily Sonzogni | Our Family Invests

    Brien Sonzogni is a nationally recognized marketing strategist who helped put Black Desert Golf Course on the PGA Tour map. Emily Sonzogni is the founder of Prickly Pear Pediatric Therapy and the first speech language pathologist in southern Utah certified in Childhood Apraxia of Speech. They are also two college athletes who sold their house on a Thursday, bought one on Monday, and moved to a city they had never visited. This episode covers the marketing strategy behind one of the fastest-rising golf brands in the country, what it looks like when a child who has never spoken finds their voice in a clinic for the first time, and what it actually takes to build two thriving businesses while raising two kids and staying aligned as a couple. What you will learn: How Brien turned down a VP role in Dallas to move to St. George on a gut feeling, and what followedWhy Emily went an inch wide and a mile deep in a small market with a rare specialtyThe story behind Black Desert Golf Course and its first PGA Tour event in Utah in over 60 yearsHow Brien used AI to preserve the voice of golf architect Tom Weisskopf after his passingWhat relationship-driven entrepreneurship actually looks like in practiceHow this couple balances two businesses, two kids, and intentional family time without burning outSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    1h 9m
  2. 074: An Introvert With $250m in AUM - Jens Nielsen | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Jun 2

    074: An Introvert With $250m in AUM - Jens Nielsen | Our Family Invests Podcast

    74: A Bike Crash Built His Empire - Jens Nielsen | Our Family Invests Jens Nielsen left Denmark at 23 with a backpack and no particular plan. After 27 years building a career in IT and telecom, a mountain biking accident in Colorado put him in the ICU and forced a question he'd been avoiding: what do you actually want? By 2020, he walked away from corporate for good. Today he's a general partner on over 2,000 apartment units valued at more than $250 million, a Certified High Performance Coach, and one of the more candid voices on what syndication really looks like when the tide goes out. Mike and Jens talk through the real story behind leaving a 27-year career mid-pandemic, why Jens stopped doing multifamily deals for over two years while most syndicators kept pushing, and what he's building instead in industrial and flex-space real estate. What You'll Learn: How a near-fatal crash compressed a 10-year exit plan into two yearsWhat changes inside you when you're investing other people's moneyWhy Jens walked away from multifamily and what he found in flex-space and industrialThe $80K broker commission surprise and how to hedge tenant risk during due diligenceWhat to look for in a syndicator before you commit as an LPHow high performance coaching helped him stop talking himself out of his own next moveSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    51 min
  3. 073: #1 Marriage Doctor - Secret of a Thriving Marriage - Lee Baucom | Our Family Invests Podcast

    May 26

    073: #1 Marriage Doctor - Secret of a Thriving Marriage - Lee Baucom | Our Family Invests Podcast

    What does it actually take to build a marriage that thrives? Lee Baucom has spent 30 years answering that question for thousands of couples, and he's been testing his answers inside his own 38-year marriage the whole time. Lee is a PhD, marriage coach, author of seven books, and host of the Save The Marriage Podcast and Thriveology Podcast. In this episode he breaks down the Pause Button Marriage, the three levels of connection every relationship needs, and what it genuinely looks like to move from surviving to thriving as a couple. He also shares the question his wife Kathy stopped him mid-argument with. Short, direct, and worth stealing. What You'll Learn• What the Pause Button Marriage is and why it sneaks up on couples with the best intentions• The three levels of connection (physical, emotional, spiritual) and how to rebuild them• Why "you and me" becomes "you vs. me" and how to build a real "we"• The difference between understanding your spouse and agreeing with them• How to lead with your values instead of your emotions in conflict• What a genuinely thriving marriage actually looks like Subscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    55 min
  4. 072: Leukemia. Bankruptcy. Divorce. And Still No Bad Days - Jeff Holst | Our Family Invests Podcast

    May 19

    072: Leukemia. Bankruptcy. Divorce. And Still No Bad Days - Jeff Holst | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Jeffrey Holst hasn't had a bad day since he was 17. Not through leukemia. Not through personal bankruptcy. Not through a divorce he didn't see coming. If that sounds like a bumper sticker, this episode will change your mind. Jeff is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and author of No Bad Days. He went from negative net worth to financially retired in six and a half years, has visited all seven continents, climbed Kilimanjaro, and built a life most people only postpone. He did it through a framework he calls the Extraordinary Life Formula, and in this conversation he breaks it down from the ground up. We cover the night he was 17 with a knife in his hand and made a decision that changed everything, what happened when he nearly broke his 30-year streak while packing suitcases in Puerto Rico, and why he says the bankruptcy hit harder than the cancer diagnosis. What You'll Learn: The real origin of "no bad days" and why it has nothing to do with toxic positivityHow Jeff rebuilt from negative net worth to retired in 6.5 yearsThe Extraordinary Life Formula: EXT + RA + ordinaryThe "Morocco Moment" filter for saying yes before you're readyWhy integrity is alignment between thought, word, and actionHow to start living more intentionally without blowing up your lifeSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    56 min
  5. 071: Love, Alzheimer's and Cappuccino - Susan Obrant | Our Family Invests Podcast

    May 12

    071: Love, Alzheimer's and Cappuccino - Susan Obrant | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Susan Obrant is a Grammy-nominated illustrator, fine artist, and creator of wearable crochet sculptures so original they're unreproducible even by her. She built her career as a single mother, showed in galleries and museums, and dressed a New York City dance company. Through it all, including the years her husband Robert's Alzheimer's has quietly progressed, she hasn't stopped creating. Every morning she carries cappuccino up two flights of stairs to Robert. He used to make it for her. That ritual says everything about what this episode is really about: what commitment looks like when circumstances change and love doesn't. What you'll learn: Why Susan never stopped creating even as Robert's Alzheimer's progressedHow a single crochet stitch at age 8 became a decades-long creative legacyWhat it means to have a partner who believes in your work more than you doHow to stay focused on building when caregiving demands everything elseThe one word Susan says is the foundation of everything she has ever createdSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    33 min
  6. 070: Functional Health Expert on How To Fix Brain Fog, Fatigue and More - Ryan Kennedy | Our Family Invests Podcast

    May 5

    070: Functional Health Expert on How To Fix Brain Fog, Fatigue and More - Ryan Kennedy | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Functional medicine practitioner Ryan Kennedy breaks down the real reasons behind brain fog, chronic fatigue, and poor sleep and what you can actually do about them. This episode covers the gap between a standard 30-marker blood panel and the 120+ markers that reveal what's really going on in your body, plus why some of your "healthy" foods might be working against you. Ryan explains how stress, gut health, meal timing, and your breathing mechanics are all connected, and why the biggest needle movers are usually simpler than people expect. He also gets into breathwork as a nervous system reset, the truth about longevity supplements, and what it means to show up fully as a parent and partner when your own tank is running low. What You'll Learn: Why your annual blood panel is missing the markers that matter mostThe root causes of brain fog and fatigue that have nothing to do with agingHow meal timing and sleep environment affect your recovery more than most supplementsWhy kale, spinach, and kombucha may not belong on your superfood listThe breathwork technique that calms your nervous system in under three minutesHow to track your sleep data and actually use it to change your habits Subscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

    1h 6m
  7. 069: $2200 to Millions: The ONE Thing - Jay & Wendy Papasan | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Apr 28

    069: $2200 to Millions: The ONE Thing - Jay & Wendy Papasan | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Jay Papasan co-authored one of the best-selling business books of the last decade. Wendy leads one of Austin's top real estate teams and co-founded Her Best Life. Together they have 18 rental properties, six businesses, and 26 years of building wealth as a couple. It started with a net worth of $2,200, including a Toyota Tercel. Six and a half years later, they crossed the millionaire threshold. This episode is the honest story of how they did it: tracking the number that matters, staying aligned across multiple businesses, surviving 2008 with their conviction intact, and the one mistake Jay says most couples make when they think they're building wealth together. They also get into Wendy's take on why women stepping out of the workforce is one of the most underestimated financial decisions a couple can make, and why Jay, at this stage of life, is deliberately re-engineering his friendships from scratch. What You'll Learn: How a $2,200 net worth became the starting line, not an obstacleThe ONE Thing framework applied to marriage, time, and investingWhy most couples building wealth together are more siloed than they realizeWhat Wendy would tell women about earning, stepping back, and financial independenceHow Jay and Wendy stayed aligned across 18 rentals and six businessesJay's "missing persons report" for re-engineering community on purposeSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G57N6ERMdjo

    1h 7m
  8. 068: He Changed His Flight. She Changed His Life. - Bob Andersen + Hilary Saxton | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Apr 21

    068: He Changed His Flight. She Changed His Life. - Bob Andersen + Hilary Saxton | Our Family Invests Podcast

    Bob Andersen woke up from a car accident with five dollars in his bank account and spent the next 40 years building over $1.3 billion in completed property developments. Hilary Saxton raised her kids alone, renovated her way out of survival mode, and eventually built a mentoring program that helps everyday people step into property development from wherever they are starting. They met on a plane, argued over a taxi, and built a life and a business so integrated they can't always tell where one ends and the other begins. This is a conversation about property development, partnership, and what it actually looks like to build something real together. No prerequisites required. Their oldest active mentoring student is 85 and currently running three deals at once. What You Will Learn Why Bob believes property development is open to anyone regardless of background or starting capitalHow a car accident with $5 left in the bank became the catalyst for a 40-year careerWhat Hilary brought into the business that Bob's operation was missing and why the combination worksHow they structure their intentionally small 20-client mentoring program and what unlimited access really meansThe common thread Bob and Hilary see in every student who succeedsWhat Bob would tell his younger self about moving at a thousand miles an hour with no time to breatheSubscribe to The Weekly Compass our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletter

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The Our Family Invests Podcast is a conversation with couples who have built meaningful lives and are thoughtful about how they invest their time, energy, relationships, and capital. Hosted by Mike and Caroline Neubauer, each episode features honest, casual conversations about how people think, make decisions, stay aligned, build wealth and legacy, and what it actually takes to build an intentional life together. New episodes every Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    Our Family Invests
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Our Family Invests
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