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The Family Goals Podcast
Hosted by Graham and Shay Cochrane · EN
Your family can do things differently and the payoffs are worth it! Each week on the Family Goals Podcast, Graham and Shay Cochrane share hope and actionable wisdom around the areas of marriage, family culture, parenting, money, work, and entrepreneurship.
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Our two favorite money hacks to eliminate stress
Nov 1, 202400:40:26Tap to summarizeDo you wanna hear some good news? It is completely possible to eliminate money fights. A year from now, you could literally not have had a single money fight over the course of the next 12 months. It's possible, we've seen it, we've lived it, and today we're gonna be talking about our two favorite hacks to get you there as it relates to typical money stresses and how you can just entirely eliminate them.
Transcribe →The source of ALL your MONEY fights
Oct 18, 202400:47:52Tap to summarizeWe like to talk about money on this show because money affects every single one of us, whether you have a lot of it or a little bit of it. And money fights are the number one cause of divorce in marriage. Money generally can split up families long after kids are grown and out of the house. So it's clearly something worth talking about. In today's episode, what we're going to do is help you by revealing to you the source of all of your money fights and then give you a tool to solve that problem and have more unity in your marriage when it comes to money.
Transcribe →Feeling disconnected? Do this tonight!
Oct 4, 202400:26:32Tap to summarizeWhen marriage just sucks and we're disconnected, where things are just stale, we don't know what to talk about, and it's easier to just pick up our phone instead. Maybe we're holding on to some hurt, frustration or bitterness, maybe we feel disconnected and we don't even know why. Believe it or not, even on the Family Goals podcast, we hit major ruts in marriage on the regular. If we're just stuck in that spot, this is the tool we use to get out of that.
Transcribe →Marriage Centric vs Child Centric Home
Sep 20, 202400:40:24Tap to summarizeIt's just the inevitable reality that, when you first get married, it's awesome and it's all about the marriage, but once you start having kids, your home life becomes all about the kids, their health and needs, and that's just the way it goes. Is that really the best way? And what's the difference between a child -centric home versus a marriage-centric home? What truly helps the whole family thrive? These are the questions we're diving into today on the Family Goals Podcast.
Transcribe →The Rebel Family: Uncover Your Unique Identity as a Family (Part 3 of 3)
Sep 6, 202400:38:31Tap to summarizeYour family will never have full fulfillment if you're doing what every other family's doing. Your family needs to be its own unique version of itself. You need to be a rebel family. It's time to push against the crowd and whatever everyone else is doing and be you. This is is the final part of our three part rebel family series to help you uncover your uniqueness and identity as a family so that you'll have more satisfaction, more joy, and more peace as a family. Let's dive in!
Transcribe →The Rebel Family: Uncover Your Unique Identity as a Family (Part 2 of 3)
Aug 30, 202400:27:57Tap to summarizeWelcome to part 2 of a 3 part series on how to be a rebel family. All of this in celebration of the launch of Graham's book, September 3rd, Rebel, Find Yourself by Not Following the Crowd. Last episode, we talked about the problem of conformity and really we talked about the pain that you're feeling due to decisions you're making that you may not even realize. Areas you're conforming, you may not even realize you're conforming in. This week we're gonna really dive into the power of uniqueness in the context of family. I cannot wait for this episode. Let's jump in. Pre order Graham's book Rebel here: https://www.grahamcochrane.com/rebelbook
Transcribe →The Rebel Family: Uncover Your Unique Identity as a Family (Part 1 of 3)
Aug 23, 202400:38:55Tap to summarizeWe believe so strongly that your family has a unique family identity that we're going to dedicate the next three episodes to talking about how you can find your unique family identity, be a Rebel family, by not conforming to the way everybody else is doing family these days. I am so excited. All of this is in celebration of the launch of Graham's book, Rebel, coming out on September 3rd. We've built some incredible content around what it looks like to be a rebel family in a culture of conformity. I cannot wait to jump in. Pre order Graham's book Rebel here: https://www.grahamcochrane.com/rebelbook
Transcribe →Parenting advice from a 15 year old's perspective (interviewing my daughter)
Aug 16, 202400:37:16Tap to summarizeParenting advice from parents is one thing. Getting the perspective of their teenage kids is another! Today I bring on my 15 year old daughter Chloe to ask her some pointed questions and get her honest feedback on our parenting decisions. This ought to be fun! Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Purpose of the Interview 02:03 The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Family 09:14 Fostering a Strong Sibling Bond 15:23 The Importance of Rules and Boundaries 27:23 Modeling Faith and Spiritual Growth
Transcribe →Practical Ways to Rest as a Family Part 2 - Internal Rest
Aug 9, 202400:39:26Tap to summarizeWe're talking about rest today. This is part two of a simple two -part series. We talked about physical rest last week, the external rest. How can you cultivate some rhythms or practices to create space to rest as an individual, a couple, family, et cetera. So definitely check out that episode. It's gonna be some food for thought and hopefully encourage you and challenge you to create your own forms of physical rest. We gotta fight for rest. Today, though, we're gonna slip into the internal. What are the things that will help create internal rest or peace or calm or stability? And what are the things that actually take away that internal rest and peace? Because I think that's the biggest part of it all is what we all want. So let's dive into how to have more internal rest. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Recap of Part 1 02:13 The Connection Between External and Internal Rest 08:18 Cultivating Internal Rest: Tips and Strategies 19:35 Defining Enough: Finding Contentment and Peace 29:20 Knowing Your Triggers: Protecting Your Internal Rest 36:23 The Impact of Internal Rest on Relationships and Well-being 39:20 Gratitude and Conclusion
Transcribe →Practical Ways to Rest as a Family - Part 1 - External Rest
Jul 26, 202400:40:47Tap to summarizeAnybody out there just tired? This is for you if you are like most of America, burning the candle at both ends with no real sign of any change in sight. We want to talk about rest in a two-part series. First covering external rest, rhythms of external rest, and then the second one will cover rhythms of internal mental, emotional, heart rest. Let's dive in!
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