Beautiful Step (Making Together Better)

On the heels of reading the most influential book of her life (Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson), Charity shares her big takeaways and her and Kris discuss the idea that closeness breeds creativity.

In today’s episode, Kris and Charity talk about the idea of unknowingly being mothered by your spouse. Also, Kris shares what it was like for him growing up with a single mom and then going right into marriage at the ripe age of 21.

We all know that sleep is a huge aspect to our lives. Especially GOOD sleep! And with good sleep usually comes better decision making. In today’s episode, Kris and Charity talk about the dream Kris had that birthed the idea of the sleep committee.

Do you have a vision for your relationship? If so, do you know how to get there? In today’s episode, Kris and Charity talk about how to move towards your vision, and also discuss some of the things that might be stopping you from getting to said vision!

In today’s episode, Kris and Charity are talking about what it means to meaningfully connect with people and how to go deeper in your relationships via the relationship cycle! This tool will help you identify which phase of the process you're in and know kind of where you need to go.

Is criticism killing your relationship? Are you unknowingly (or knowingly) building contempt towards your partner? Kris and Charity bust out the whiteboard in this episode and give you tools to become a power couple that has the perfect balance between collaboration and confrontation.

Different parenting styles can threaten the wellbeing of your relationship and even impact your kids. In one study, 90% of couples reported to have more disagreements after having a baby. Kris and Charity discuss how they were brought up, their different parenting styles with their own kids, and the importance of creating boundaries together whenever possible. If you have children, you don’t want to miss this episode!

Anger is such a powerful force and emotion in our lives, and we all deal with it to some degree. Kris and Charity discuss what their anger looks like, how they receive each other’s anger, and how to deal with it knowing that anger is destructive in its nature.

Kris and Charity have a Zoom coffee date talking about their views on gains and losses.  They discuss the ideas of hikikomori or the Peter Pan syndrome, which is all about failing to launch.  Why have anxieties caused so many to fail to start?  How do we view success and more importantly, what is meaningful success?  If you are interested in why you or someone you love is having a hard time, this conversation is for you.

In part 2 of this series, Kris and Charity continue the conversation on marriage as ownership. They talk thru the idea of ownership as fear, if they are glad they got married so young, and the new freedom they feel 25+ years into their marriage.