Coparenting vs Parallel Parenting
Blended & SHOOK
The differences between #coparenting and #parallel parenting and when you should consider implementing each. Text Blended to 66866 to join the mailing list!
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Chaotic Households - No More Yelling and Screaming!
Blended & SHOOK
Today we're unpacking how we keep our house calm. We don't yell and scream at our kids. They're respectful because of it.
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Catching up, Traditional Values, Control Issues, and Morning Sex
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Catching up Setting Expectations 6:40 2 Be Better Podcast Trip 9:40 Traditional Values 13:00 Control vs Boundaries 16:45 Kids 16:45 Hot and Cold 30:40 Morning Sex 31:25 Cell phones 38:00
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Being a Husband & Father
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Welcome to , the podcast centered around blended families of all kinds. We met online and our relationship progressed quite quickly, (thank you, Covid catalyst). Our family consists of the couple in their mid-30s, a daughter from previous marriage, and 3 bi-racial children from Kayla’s previous marriage. The fact remains, we are not professionals in any capacity; just a happily married couple hoping to foster a support system for families in similar walks of life by opening up a dialogue regarding love, spirituality, parenting, marriage, sexuality, struggles, and anything else...
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Picking your Fights & Surviving to Thriving
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On this episode we unpack some tiktok videos about the importance of being direct with your partner & children, why we need to be picking fights, & how you may actually be coming across to others when trying to sugar-coat your requests. Brandon opens up about the exact moment he realized he was a condescending prick and how that realization has changed the way he speaks to others. When the couple shifts gears to talk about the transition from survival mode to thrive mode Kayla is confronted about her frugal ways, such as methodically measuring out tin foil and saving every unused...
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Church Hunting and Home Wreckers
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Today we’re giving an update on our current search for a church home that suits our family. This can be mentally, spiritually, and even physically exhausting, but we’re hanging in there. We also spill the tea on home-wreckers who have ALREADY tried to infiltrate our marital bliss, (and yes, the two are unfortunately related). Find out how we have handled these situations and how we enforce our boundaries with members of the opposite sex.
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Parenting a Teen Daughter
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Raising teens ain’t easy. In this episode we discuss our personal experience with our teen daughter and what it has been like for Brandon being catapulted into this responsibility. I think we can all agree the teen years are quite a challenge, so we’re going to talk specifics of some of the adversities we personally face and let you all know how things are going so far. The fact remains, we are not professionals in any capacity; just a happily married couple hoping to foster a support system for families in similar walks of life by opening up a dialogue regarding love, spirituality,...
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Communication Styles
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Today on we dissect one of the time-honored tools for maintaining healthy relationships: communication. We’re opening up about our childhoods, lessons learned, and the progress we’re making to speak and listen to one another in loving ways, even when we don’t feel so loving. The fact remains, we are not professionals in any capacity; just a happily married couple hoping to foster a support system for families in similar walks of life by opening up a dialogue regarding love, spirituality, parenting, marriage, sexuality, struggles, and anything else we encounter along the way...
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Who are we? Scratching the Surface.
Blended & SHOOK
Welcome to , the podcast centered around of all kinds. A couple who met online and whose relationship progressed quite quickly, (thank you, catalyst), the Churches are coming up on their first year of marriage. The family consists of the couple in their mid-30s, a daughter from Brandon’s previous marriage, and 3 bi-racial children from Kayla’s previous marriage. In this premier episode newlyweds Brandon and Kayla Church scratch the surface of their own family dynamic and their vision for this very podcast. In future episodes listeners can look forward to discussions covering all...
info_outlineWe also spill the tea on home-wreckers who have ALREADY tried to infiltrate our marital bliss, (and yes, the two are unfortunately related). Find out how we have handled these situations and how we enforce our boundaries with members of the opposite sex.