Stay ConnectedTHE podcast for parents with big dreams who want to create an EXTRAORDINARY lifestyle but feel stuck.
Greg and Rachel Denning are parents of 7 children whom they’ve traveled with to 60+ countries on 5 continents — all while homeschooling and building a multi-six-figure location independent biz.
Let them show you how to finally break through what’s holding you back so you can achieve your biggest dreams — even with a family!
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Many marriages are merely okay, or even slowly dying simply because men are inadvertently neglecting their wives. Gentlemen, you’re living far below your privileges in your marriage. Inadvertent negligence is costing you the spark, romance, and relationship you could have. With a little awareness and a few simple habits, you can totally transform your marriage. How is your health and fitness? It is affecting your relationship!Do you have clear boundaries between work life and family life? That is affecting your marriage.Are you leading at home? Spiritually mentally, emotionally, socially, physically, and financially?Are you fully engaged or usually distracted?Do you listen? Really listen? Are you making daily romantic gestures and planning awesome weekly dates?Are you taking ownership of the condition of the house and raising the children?Your wife will admire you more as you become more admirable.Your wife will respect you more as you become more respectable.Those of you who are married to high Achieving go-getter wives are often receiving things you don’t deserve.Deserve it. Earn it!
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Is your marriage feeling more like a roommate situation than a passionate partnership?
Do you dread sex or feel like it's just one more thing on your to-do list?
You're not alone—and it doesn’t have to stay that way.
In this episode, we’re diving deep into the honest, uncomfortable, and totally transformational truth abouthow to build a great sexual relationship in marriage. This is a raw and vulnerable conversation between husband and wife—parents of 7—about what it really takes to create deep intimacy, desire, and connection even during the most stressful seasons of life.
We unpack the emotional and biological differences between men and women that lead to resentment, rejection, and miscommunication—and how to overcome them. You'll learn how to reframe intimacy as a gift instead of a duty, and how simple mindset shifts can totally change your relationship dynamic.
This isn’t about shame, obligation, or surface-level advice. It’s about education, empathy, and intentional connection—so you can create a marriage that’s emotionally and sexually fulfilling for both of you.
Whether you’ve been married 3 years or 30, this is a must-listen for anyone who wants to restore passion, rebuild emotional safety, and finally understand the REAL keys to a thriving, satisfying sex life.
🔑 Key Takeaways:
✅ Why men and women often completely misunderstand each other sexually
✅ How to rewire your thinking around sex and intimacy
✅ Why sex is NOT just “one more thing” on your to-do list
✅ The science behind male and female arousal and connection
✅ The difference between “duty sex” and passionate connection
✅ How to break out of the cycle of rejection, resentment, and withdrawal
✅ The habits that kill desire—and how to replace them with ones that cultivate it
🗣️ Memorable Quotes:
"If your man doesn’t desire you, he doesn’t really love you."
"I spent more energy trying to get out of sex than it would’ve taken to just have it."
"You’re not rejecting sex—you’re rejecting his love."
"Intimacy isn’t a duty. It’s a sacred way to receive and give love."
"It’s not one more task. It’s the glue that makes your marriage magical."
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How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE CHECKLIST: Things We Do Every Day to Raise Well-Adjusted Kids)
Rachel’s Must-Read Booklist for Well-Read Moms
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What Mark are you making in the world? What Mark are you making in your family?We all have the privilege, opportunity, and even responsibility to make a mark in the world and in the lives of others.Interestingly, we are always making a mark. We can’t not. And so we must be responsible for the mark we are making.Some of you are making a significant mark, while others are leaving an insignificant scratch that will quickly wear way. What Mark are you making? What Mark do you need and want to make?How can you actually do it?Listen to this episode today to find out
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How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE CHECKLIST: Things We Do Every Day to Raise Well-Adjusted Kids)
Rachel’s Must-Read Booklist for Well-Read Moms
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"Just because you've been with yourself for your entire life, doesn't mean you understand yourself."
This is true about your spouse too. Just because you've been married to them for ___ years, doesn't mean you understand them
And these statements are especially true when it comes to sexuality... understanding your own sexuality, and your shared relationship with your spouse.
Just because you have sex with your spouse doesn't mean you're good at talking about it or doing it.
Sexuality is a part of being human, and a pivotal part of being married.
And as such, it needs to be understood and directed. Unfortunately, many men do not understand themselves and their sex drive, and many more women do not understand their man.
Why does he think about sex so much? Why does he want to have sex every day? Why are men visually stimulated? What can we do about it?
What about the differences in sexual desires and preferences between spouses? What can you do to increase or decrease sexual desire, either in myself or my spouse? What can I do to make it great?!
These things come up all the time in the personal coaching that I do, and the work that I do with couples and it is very often a huge source of frustration and conflict, instead of an amazing source of connection and love.
In this episode, I risk being open, blunt, and bold in order to share a perspective that I hope will be very helpful for individuals and couples.
This is an episode that needs to be shared far and wide so that couples can have a clear understanding and open dialogue to understand each other and improve their sexual relationship.
PLUS these are things that need to be understood and then taught to youth so that they can go into adult life understanding themselves and others better.
Listen to this critically important (albeit uncomfortable) episode on men's sexuality.
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How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE CHECKLIST: Things We Do Every Day to Raise Well-Adjusted Kids)
Rachel’s Must-Read Booklist for Well-Read Moms
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Every day we have a choice. In fact we have many choice moments throughout the day. Choose to be a champion, or by default we can choose to be a chump.The champion chooses to do things in a great way, even the little things that seem not to matter much. By default when we choose to be the chump we cut corners, we cheat ourselves and others, we take the easy way, and of course we end up with mediocre results. This is true even in how we start our day and how we choose to feel at the beginning of our day and throughout the day independent of how we slept or what’s going on. Adopt the mindset and attitude of a champion. Refuse to acquiesce, to settle for less than your best. Set up your tool bag, get the training, and surround yourself with the team it will help you live like a champion, starting with the little things.
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How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE CHECKLIST: Things We Do Every Day to Raise Well-Adjusted Kids)
Rachel’s Must-Read Booklist for Well-Read Moms
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My youngest brother died last week. He’d been struggling with a drug addiction for years. I thought he was getting better. I hope he was getting better. But it came to a tragic end last week. This last week has been brutal for me and for my family. I miss him so much! There’s so much I wish I could say and do but now it’s too late. The intensity and reality of this experience Has reminded me of a lot of important things and I wanna share those with you so that you can learn from my experience as well. Listen to this episode today and share it with someone you know who needs to hear it.
We all have little corners in our lives where the dust and the dirt and the stuff begin to gather. This is both literal and figurative. It may be the corner of your closet or your garage, or the corners of your mind or your spirit. Which “corners” of your life are unattended and neglected? Which “corners” have piled up with dirt and garbage and unused things? Which corners have you been avoiding, and have become chaotic and disorderly? Examine the corners of your rooms, your garage, your yard, your body, and even your mind, where mental atrophy, ignorance, fixed mindsets, negative attitude, and inappropriate thoughts may be lurking. Examine your whole world today.Carefully examine your entire life mentally and then literally, making a list of the corners that need clearing out and cleaning. Start on one of those 'corners' immediately and then work on the list.Mind, spirit, body, bed, bedroom, closet, bathroom, kitchen, pantry, family room, office, storage room, garage, yard, car, etc. Keep going until there are no hidden 'corners' of your life left uncleaned. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised how much efficiency and effectiveness and optimization you’ll bring to your entire life as you clean out the neglected corners of each area of your life.
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Let us help you in your extraordinary family life journey.
How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE CHECKLIST: Things We Do Every Day to Raise Well-Adjusted Kids)
Rachel’s Must-Read Booklist for Well-Read Moms
Join the 12-Week Habits Challenge for parents of kids 13+
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This is the account of an unbelievable experience we had in Ecuador while preparing to climb a big mountain. I had an opportunity to go back up and help someone who had fallen. She later died in my arms on the mountain. There are a lot of great lessons from this incredible experience that you and I can use to prepare ourselves for life and for emergencies. And there are several things that are extremely urgent and important and are worth a small rant. Listen to this episode today, take notes, identify the areas where you want to or need to seriously level up your life, and share it with someone you know who needs to hear it.
While I was climbing a big peek in Ecuador with my wife we met a man who we quickly connected with. In just a few minutes he told us the short version of his life story and how he totally transformed his life.His story is packed with proven principles and practices for all of us to transform ourselves into who we can really become. You have the power and the potential to take your greatest weaknesses and your greatest struggles in transform them into strengths and power!There are a few things that each of us can do to really level up and become who you know you are capable of becoming.Listen to this episode and share it with someone you know who needs to hear it and be reminded of the power they have to become who they truly are. Who are you without all the external stuff, titles, achievements?What are the vices you have turned to? What are you using to buffer?What do you need to aim for to reach upward?What do you need in your life to propel you upward?
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How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE CHECKLIST: Things We Do Every Day to Raise Well-Adjusted Kids)
Rachel’s Must-Read Booklist for Well-Read Moms
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Wow! Do I have some stories for you today!Are you willing and ready to help when the situation arises? And more importantly, are you actually prepared to help? Many of us will be offered many opportunities to make a difference in the lives of people around us. This happens to me all the time. Just in the last 10 days I was given the opportunity when lives were literally on the line. But the thing I’m reminded of every time is that we need to have the knowledge and skills to be able to really make a difference when it matters!
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Let us help you in your extraordinary family life journey.
How We Raised 7 Well-Adjusted Kids - Without Yelling, Tantrums, Punishments or Power Struggles (+ get THE CHECKLIST: Things We Do Every Day to Raise Well-Adjusted Kids)
Rachel’s Must-Read Booklist for Well-Read Moms
Follow us on Instagram: @worldschoolfamily or @greg.denning
Don’t miss out on the Extraordinary Parent Mentoring Method class!
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