Officially Fenner Robin and Rudy Fenner

The busyness of life forced us into an unintentional pause! We're good, but wow! Come take a stroll down memory lane with us back to summer 2019, when music festivals and carefree drives with the top down were the norm. In our latest podcast episode, we're diving into a mix of nostalgia and resilience, reflecting on how we've coped with everything from a global pandemic to personal battles like cancer. While we might miss the old normal, we're also finding hope in the chance for fr...

Ever wonder how life's decisions impact our family dynamics? In our latest series, 'It's a Wonderful Life,' we unravel this, exploring the ripple effects of our decisions on multiple lives. From our own journey of relocating within the DMV area (Washington, D.C. /Maryalnd / Virginia), to our guests, David and Kelly's experiences of shifting homes - we tread on this journey of discovery together.David, our son-in-law and part of our multi-generational household, shares his unique insight...

Calling fans of Netflix's 'Bridgerton' and specifically those of 'Queen Charlotte, a Bridgerton Story', you won't want to miss this. On this podcast, we explore this fictional story based on the real King George III and his wife, Queen Charlotte, and the similarities between the show and what we've been talking about in terms of modern relationships and how to successfully build lives together. We found a number of similarities between what we've covered in previous episodes,...

Join us as Rudy and I reflect on how we got married at 21 and have survived 43 years of marriage!One of the things we talked about before was the influence that our family and friends had on our relationship! We didn't realize it then but the people who know you best can see the qualities each of you have that either mesh or don't. Ours wasn't an arranged marriage per se, some of the people who were closest to us saw things that they thought would make us a good match. What can als...

When we got married, we were so young we didn't think about these key building blocks! We WERE best friends, loved spending time together, and were very attracted to each other. We just ASSUMED we would last forever. But staying together for 43 years takes a lot more than that. So, we're breaking down some of the things that we figured out and can now better articulate for others to focus on...things like trust. How do you build trust? It's not just what you say, it's what you...

We celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary last summer. We have a lot of fun but no one has a roadmap for marriage that's absolute. Each relationship is totally unique. We don't know how we got here. We think there are some common threads so this ispart one of a series called "A Marriage That Lasts". Starting with how do you find the right person, in this episode we talk about how we met and what made for interesting challenges in their relationship. We realized the qualities that we lik...