Famous at Home

Awakening the Tender & Fierce Parts of Your Heart: An Interview with Christi

The Tender & Fierce cohort is coming up again this fall! In this interview, Christi talks about how Tender & Fierce got started and answers questions about the Tender & Fierce cohort. She also shares how to awaken the tender and fierce...

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Raising Kids Who Walk With God | New Research Findings

A major new study just dropped on faith transmission across generations — and Josh breaks it down. Drawing from Passing the Torch (Institute for Family Studies), decades of research by Vern Bengston on relational warmth, and John Gottman's data on...

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Honoring Parents and In-Laws in a Culture of Relational Cutoff

If you've ever wrestled with complicated family dynamics or wondered how to honor your parents or in-laws while protecting your own family, this episode will encourage and challenge you with a deeply biblical perspective.   What does it really mean to...

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Why Good Parents are Raising Less Capable Kids with David Thomas

Parents today have more resources, information, and support than ever before—yet anxiety, fragility, and emotional struggles among children continue to rise.   In this conversation, bestselling author and counselor David Thomas joins Josh to explore a...

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The Emotionally Present Man

Most men were never taught how to be emotionally present. They were taught how to provide, how to perform, and how to push through. And for a long time, that felt like enough. But if you've ever come home after leading hundreds of people at work and...

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Raising Future Legends: Kids Who Carry the Kingdom Everywhere They Go

We've been asking our kids the wrong question since kindergarten. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" confuses identity with performance, and Josh argues we've been setting them up for anxiety and false selves ever since. This episode reframes...

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Letting Go of Old Assignments to Lead Your Family Into New Seasons

After a break with family and a slower pace of life, Josh returns with some existential questions, one in particular that's been sitting heavy: Am I conforming to what everyone else around me is doing, or am I "appointing" my time well with the people...

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Why Your Communication Type Matters with Jason VanRuler

Have you ever had a conversation with a loved one go in a completely different direction than what you saw coming? Your intention was there, but the way your loved one received it was nothing in the way you intended it?    Our good friend, Jason...

Calling Out Purpose in Your Children

Quick note: We announced the Tender and Fierce fall cohort. See show notes below. What’s the first question we ask our kids in kindergarten? “What do you want to BE when you grow up?” We do our children a disservice by asking this question because...

Raising Confident, Resourceful, and Resilient Kids

We all want our kids to be confident, resourceful, and to know what they’re good at. The trouble is that we make two big mistakes as parents: We either don’t give them enough challenge, or we burn them out with too much.   Do your kids know that they...

The Feeling of Joy: Why it Scares us + How to Pass it on

Get ready for the early episode pivot in this one, folks. Talking about their marriage a few minutes into recording, Josh and Christi had a moment that sent them spiraling into laughter. The atmosphere shifted, so they shifted with it. And the result?...

Inner Child Parts, Epigenetic Transmission, and Parenting

Have you felt yourself revert back to a child in the way you react to your kids, or a particular situation? Watching from the sideline, Josh recently had a moment where his inner child wounds collided with the reality of the his son’s experience on...

Why Emotional Safety is the Bedrock of Parenting

In this episode, we lay the foundation for what really matters most when it comes to raising Gen Alpha kids—emotional safety. It’s also the beginning of how we got started with Famous at Home — discovering the power of, and talking about how to...

The One Factor For Raising Resilient Kids

One of the most intriguing, humbling, and challenging aspects of being a parent is how our kids mirror who WE are.   And what’s really difficult are the societal — or cultural — norms shaping who we are as humans. Who are we becoming as adults? How...

The Spiritual and Emotional Influence of Parental Fear

The stats of anxiety, depression, and stress on Gen Z (ages 14-28) are scary and higher than ever before. That’s not hyperbole.   What have been the cultural, familial, and individual influences at work, and what can parents of Gen Alpha (ages 0-13)...

Kids, Fear, and Helping Your Adult Children with Max Lucado

Epigenetics is real. In other words, there’s a trickle down effect onto our kids based on our beliefs, feelings, and the environment in which we raise them.   In this episode, Pastor Max Lucado joins the show to talk about helping parents meet...

The Love Language That Matters Most with Dr. Gary Chapman

What is the love language that matters most?!   That’s the focus of this week’s episode, as our friend, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, joins us to talk about his new book by the same name, The Love Language That Matters Most.  ...

Being a Victim of Parenthood & Bringing Order to Chaos

Quick note: If you haven't yet downloaded the Famous at Home app, see show notes below to download. Be sure to turn notifications on for the latest encouragement from Famous at Home.  Welcome to a brand new season called Loving Well! In this...

A Christmas Message From Josh + Christi

What does the star have to do with your soul? What does it mean to "make room" in your heart? In this episode, Josh and Christi each offer a personal Christmas reflection and message to you, our Famous at Home family.   May this Christmas be filled...

Helping Kids Think Critically with Tuttle Twins Show Creator Daniel Harmon

We have three special guests this week to share with you content and a TV series that has created such helpful, engaging, and at times, challenging dialogue between us as parents and our children.   In the episode, Josh and Christi’s kids, Landon and...