(Rerun from 05/28/22) After a family week in Costa Rica and a few days in LA for Richard's national tennis tournament, the Eyre's are casting today from Phoenix where their granddaughter's high school graduation. They are joined on today's podcast by their daughter Shawni, a prominent mom-blogger (71toes.com) in a discussion of UNITY in politics, in communities, in Church, and in Families. Are we more divided than ever before, and what is the path to more UNITY?

In this episode, the Eyres begin by talking about their return from New York and their week with family as a granddaughter leaves for a mission in Australia. They then shift to an online seminar Richard is preparing called "How to LIVE" with month-long sections on How to LIVE physically, How to LIVE mentally, How to LIVE emotionally, How to LIVE socially, and How to LIVE spiritually. Write to [email protected] if you want to participate.

In this episode, the Eyres talk about the power and recent popularity of three-generation families--of parents and grandparents working together for the good of the grandkids. Richard and Linda will keynote a national online Grandparent's Day conference on September 10 at GrandparentsAcademy.com where you can register for free. The best experts on grandparenting and on parent-grandparent communication will be featured from Sept. 10 to 16.

Lots of people have heard of "Joy School" and the Eyres are constantly asked exactly what it is. On today's episode they talk about the origins of "social-emotional learning" and how important it has become in modern education. Then they tell the story of how the non-academic preschool curriculum of Joy School came about and how moms form neighborhood co-op Joy School groups and rotate as teacher.

Richard flies solo today and talks about the brand new book that he edited, called NO DIVISION AMONG YOU. He feels like the polarization--and the "five D's" that go with it: discord, division, dissension, dismissal, and disrespect, are tearing apart our country, our communities, and even our churches and families. This new book, now available on Amazon, and at Deseret Book, contains 14 essays from diverse but committed Church members that can help us find UNITY.

The 29th installment in their ongoing series on "3-letter lessons" is the dual success formula "W&P" which on the temporal level is WORK AND PLAN, involving setting goals, creating plans, and working to achieve our own ends. But the Eyres suggest a higher, more spiritual formula for success where W&P stands for scriptural couplets: WATCH AND PRAY, WONDER AND PONDER, WAIT AND PATIENCE, AND WORSHIP AND PRAISE.

In today's episode, the Eyres tackle the question of whether AI is our friend or foe, of whether Artificial Intelligence can control us, can develop intimate relationships with us, and can eventually destroy us. Richard and Linda juxtaposition the hopelessness of an atheist view where we are overmatched by the first Alien Intelligence to ever exist with the hope of a faith-based view where there is a Divine Intelligence that has a plan for us all.

Today the Eyres return to their series on 3-letter lessons--simple three letter "word-pegs" that we can think about often and that can influence our priorities and actions. Today's word is the ever-interesting question of WHO. Who are you? Who are you becoming? Richard and Linda suggest an exercise where you answer the question ten times, prioritizing your answers, and then ask how much time you are spending on the important answers.

The Eyres are casting today from Bear Lake where their annual reunion is just concluding, and they are looking back over the chaos, confusion, learning and beauty of having all their kids and grandkids together in one confined space for a week. They explore the many different ways and means by which families can get together and communicate, and how they are always a mixed bag, but always, in the end WORTH THE EFFORT.

(Rerun from 10/15/22) In this new episode, Richard and Linda continue their series of three-letter concepts, and focus on our attitudes toward AGE, which is perceived so differently in various parts of the world. Then they drill down to the personal level and discuss "the joys of growing older" and the ways that parents and grandparents can form synergistic teamwork in how children and grandchildren are raised. Go to Grandparenting101.com for more information.