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Our Family Invests Podcast
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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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Shark Tank Rejected His Invention. NASA and SpaceX Didn't. - Dr. Rob Yonover | Our Family Invests Podcast
3d ago01:11:01Tap to summarizeDr. Rob Yonover is a PhD geochemist, inventor of the military-approved SeeRescue Streamer, Shark Tank veteran, and full-time caregiver for 19 years while building a company, raising two kids, and carrying $600,000 in debt. His invention was rejected by all five Shark Tank sharks. It later flew to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket.Rob has taken the ALVIN submersible two miles below the ocean surface, navigated DARPA funding and military contracts, and written four books, including the Caregiver's Survival Guide, a love letter to his late wife Cindy, who was paralyzed by MS. He runs his business lean, without investors or employees, and has no plans to change that.What you'll learn in this episode:What Rob and Cindy's partnership looked like before and after her MS diagnosisHow an accidental gluing mistake made the SeeRescue Streamer actually workWhy all five Shark Tank sharks passed, and what happened nextWhat outside capital really costs beyond the equityHow to protect an idea before you have money to spend on attorneysWhat it looks like to take your business back and run it entirely on your own termsSubscribe 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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077: Fear Guards The Door - Mike Neubauer | Our Family Invests
1w ago00:14:29Tap to summarizeSelf-doubt doesn't go away when you get more successful. It just gets louder at each new door. Mike Neubauer opens up about the confidence gap that has followed him through every chapter of his life: the kid who worked out alone so no one could laugh at him, the guy who almost didn't apply to the real estate mastermind, the firefighter who paused at the door while everyone else ran in.This solo episode is about what actually builds confidence, and why waiting for it to show up before you act is the wrong move entirely. Mike shares the Four C's framework, his morning meditation practice, what Dan Martell still struggles with, and the one reframe that changed how he thinks about doubt.What You'll Learn:Why doubt signals growth, not failureThe Four C's framework for building confidence before you feel readyHow fear and excitement are the same thing, differently framedWhy the people around you already see the version of you that you're still working towardA simple meditation practice that takes 10 minutes and actually worksWhy where you are right now is the perfect place to teach the person you used to beSubscribe 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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076: $60 Trillion Is Changing Hands - Mario Sicari | Our Family Invests
2w ago01:19:23Tap to summarizeA massive wealth transfer is already in motion. Over the next 10 to 15 years, an estimated $60 trillion will move from the silent generation to baby boomers and Gen X. The question isn't whether you'll see some of it. The question is whether you'll know what to do when you do.Mario Sicari has been a wealth manager since 1994. He oversees more than $300 million in private client assets, holds an Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation, and just finished his second book on building and preserving wealth. He's been through every major market cycle since dot-com and still shows up because he genuinely loves talking to people who want to learn.This conversation covers what a fiduciary advisor actually does, the three-bucket strategy for managing money across your lifetime, what Mario does with his own portfolio during market volatility, and why the Roth conversion decisions you make at 65 directly affect your Medicare costs at 73.What You'll Learn:Why a fiduciary designation changes what your advisor is legally required to do for youThe three-bucket strategy for short, intermediate, and long-term wealth managementWhat a 30-year wealth manager does with his own money when markets get loudThe $60 trillion wealth transfer already underway and how to receive it wiselyWhy Roth conversions between 65 and 73 can save you tens of thousands in Medicare premiumsHow couples who invest together, on the same page, consistently build more wealth than those who don'tConnect with Mario: www.bgscapitalmanage.com | LinkedInSubscribe to The Weekly Compass, our free weekly newsletter with short practical tips for building wealth, aligning your family, and living intentionally: https://OurFamilyInvests.com/newsletterWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TPTkNkfb4y0
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075: Flourishing in the Desert - Brien & Emily Sonzogni | Our Family Invests
3w ago01:09:27Tap to summarizeBrien 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
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074: An Introvert With $250m in AUM - Jens Nielsen | Our Family Invests Podcast
Jun 200:51:07Tap to summarize74: A Bike Crash Built His Empire - Jens Nielsen | Our Family InvestsJens 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
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073: #1 Marriage Doctor - Secret of a Thriving Marriage - Lee Baucom | Our Family Invests Podcast
May 2600:55:07Tap to summarizeWhat 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 likeSubscribe 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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072: Leukemia. Bankruptcy. Divorce. And Still No Bad Days - Jeff Holst | Our Family Invests Podcast
May 1900:55:37Tap to summarizeJeffrey 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
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071: Love, Alzheimer's and Cappuccino - Susan Obrant | Our Family Invests Podcast
May 1200:32:39Tap to summarizeSusan 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
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070: Functional Health Expert on How To Fix Brain Fog, Fatigue and More - Ryan Kennedy | Our Family Invests Podcast
May 501:06:00Tap to summarizeFunctional 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 habitsSubscribe 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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069: $2200 to Millions: The ONE Thing - Jay & Wendy Papasan | Our Family Invests Podcast
Apr 2801:07:07Tap to summarizeJay 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/newsletterWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G57N6ERMdjo
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