Did you know that being socially isolated is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day! What's really sad about this is that we're seemingly more "connected" than we've ever been, but research shows we're also more isolated.  

Friend, it should be obvious by now that being "connected" does not equal relational intimacy. 

That's why we're addressing the beauty found in friendship as we continue our series on The People Who Shape Us. In this episode, Christi hosts her dear friend turned sister, Courtney Smallbone (author of Technicolor Woman Devotional of which you'll want to grab a copy!) to talk about the beauty and goodness of deep, safe friendship. 

Christi and Courtney talk about:

• The struggle of finding friends you can have deep connection with
• The surrender and fight for healthy friendship
• Authenticity and vulnerability
• What it looks like to both champion and step onto the battlefield on behalf of your friends
• And the beauty and goodness of finding Kingdom friends who are moving lock and step in the same direction fighting for each other for the sake of transformation, and for the sake of seeing God's glory lived out through deep relational connection

Time Stamps: 
0:00 Introduction
3:30 Vulnerability, authenticity, and the search for deep connection
7:20 How to discern if a friend is “safe”
15:15 Moving from silos to friendship
29:20 Wombs, midwives, and the necessity of female friendships
47:02 Conflict in friendship and the transformation of healed wounds
1:04:05 Carrying the burden of a friend through intercession
1:11:45 Hosting the glory and presence of God in everyday life
1:20:00 Christi and Courtney digress into some joyous conversation about their current diet
1:26:00 Concluding thoughts

Show Notes:  
Order a copy of Technicolor Woman Devotional by Courtney Smallbone.
Click here: https://technicolorwoman.com/products/technicolorwoman

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Ladies, interested in the fall Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort?
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Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

This episode boasts the MOST influential people we’ve ever had on the podcast! Ray and Lora Lee Wood, aka Christi’s Dad and Mum, join us for the first time ever to talk about what it was like parenting Christi (quite a trip) and the lessons they learned from being parents.

This is a fantastic multigenerational episode for parents, grandparents, and in-laws alike. Ray and Lora Lee share practical and life-giving insights for parents across all ages and stages, and the secrets to keeping all three generations of their adult children and grandchildren so relationally close.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to Christi’s parents and the people who shape us
4:30 Ray and Lora Lee reflect on their early years of parenting Christi
12:12 The lessons Ray and Lora Lee learned from being parents and the values they tried to instill 
38:05 Parenting teens & older kids and strengthening bonds with adult children

Show Notes: 
Men, interested in the next coaching and discipleship cohort? Join the waitlist:
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Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

As we continue our series on “The People Who Shape Us,” John Eldredge joins us. He is someone who has shaped how we pray and ultimately how we relate with Jesus ourselves. He’s been a mentor and spiritual father to many, and has significantly shaped how we lead even our children to experience Jesus for themselves.

In the beautiful, kind words of a spiritual father, John shares stories about how he healed while raising his own kids, and what that healing did for how he started to relate to and experience the love of Abba in his own life. He also describes his own spiritual journey as having walked through what he calls “wardrobe doors,” a nod to C.S. Lewis’ pathway into Narnia. 

He also shares how to find the people who can shape you in your pursuit and experience of Jesus. The key question John leaves us with is: “What has worked for you?”
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to John Eldredge and how he’s shaped us
6:30 The beginning of John’s story to knowing Jesus
7:34 The first wardrobe door
11:47 John’s journey to healing and leading his family at same time
16:26 The second wardrobe door
23:23 The antidote to “rallying” and “living spent”
28:06 The fight for the human soul
33:02 The third wardrobe door
37:37 The beautiful ways Jesus transforms us and the ways we self-protect
57:12 How to find the people who can shape you 

Show Notes: 
Get a copy of John’s new book Experience Jesus. Really. 
Click here: https://amzn.to/4ioAHDX  

Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia

Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

Welcome to season 4, where we spend each episode either honoring or talking to “The People Who Shape Us.”

Make no mistake, we are who we spend time with — for better or worse. Whether it’s parents, mentors, friends, or extended family, we take time this season to let you in on the people who shape us, why connection is so difficult to find, and why we have to war for healthy relationships.
 
In this episode, we introduce season 4 talking about why healthy relationships seem so elusive, and what we have to do to find them.
 
Note: Registration for Cohort II of Tender & Fierce and The Field Experience ends soon. See show notes for details.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to Season 4
1:41 Registration for cohorts closing soon!
2:38 Honoring how our parents shaped us
6:17 The desire for connection and the lament of not having it
10:23 Honoring the people who have shaped you
15:30 Finding local people who shape us and we get to shape
19:20 Exposing the lies of close relationships and how they develop
24:38 How to war for healthy relationships
 
Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia
 
Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open! Register here:  https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage.  Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

What a bizarre encounter with our dental hygienist taught Josh about prayer, and why we cannot attune to both God and our kids at the same time—but the encouraging insight this offers us.

This week’s episode offers lessons Josh and Christi are learning in their own spiritual journeys as parents, and a few behind the scenes happenings of what’s coming with Famous at Home.

Registration for Cohort II of Tender & Fierce and The Field Experience ends soon. See show notes for details.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Behind-the-scenes updates from Famous at Home
5:15 Introduction to what’s happening in season 4
7:00 Josh’s lesson of the week 
10:12 Christi’s lesson of the week 

Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia

Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open! Register here:  https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage.  Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

Every individual is given gifts and talents, ways they can influence the lives of those around them for the better. Even more, every family is unique. The currencies you value as a family define how you live.

What are your values? The currencies that shape your family? Is it time together? Certain hobbies or activities? Adventure? Or perhaps achievement? You may even find that the values you live by are not the values you want to be living by. That’s what the matrix does. It sucks us into living a burdened life. 

As we keep looking to move “Beyond the Matrix,” asking the question, “Why are we doing what we are as a family?” this episode is a conversation on vision, direction, and purpose. In other words, “What is your family’s uniqueness?” We start the episode with a humbling exercise and end it with the most purposeful and life-giving question of all, “How is our individual family uniquely designed to build for the Kingdom of God?” 

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to a joyful home
1:38 An opening exercise for your family
8:00 Pacing — How to maintain forward motion toward the life we want without burning out
13:45 What the matrix wants for you and how to come out of it
19:00 Dreaming again
24:48 Setting family values
25:27 What is the uniqueness of YOUR family? 
30:00 The regrets of dying
31:14 Your family building for the Kingdom of God
 
Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia
 
Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open! Register here:  https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn
 
Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage.  Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz
 
Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
 
The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

The fruit of modern-day parenting, statistically speaking, is an anxious generation. The Surgeon General even said as much of parents in an August 2024 “Advisory on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Parents.”

Why we’re trending in this direction is the focus this season of the podcast. In this episode, we cover another way to defy this cultural imposition by expanding joy capacity. 

What if “joy” became a metric for what defines your family, and for how you raise your kids? How would your life, and family, look different? 

As we keep looking to move “Beyond the Matrix,” asking the question, “Why are we doing what we are as a family?” this episode is a conversation on cultivating a joyful home.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to a joyful home
3:55 New coaching cohorts open now
5:23 What happens when we grow in joy
12:35 How we grow in relational joy
23:15 How joy capacity expands slowly over time 
29:00 Responsibility, screens, and distractions 

Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open! Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia

Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open! Register here:  https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage. Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

Is your life marked by celebration? Do you genuinely believe that everything you need for today, including enough time, is already given to you? Or do you end your day frustrated by what didn’t happen rather than celebrating what did?
 
We’re in a series on the 5 shifts families long for, and in this episode we talk about why people are longing for more celebration in their everyday lives.

As we keep looking to move “Beyond the Matrix,” asking the question, “Why are we doing what we are as a family?” this episode is a conversation on learning to celebrate the good.
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 A conversation about dogs and living in our purpose
7:35 Going beyond the matrix and living in our purpose
9:05 Upcoming coaching cohorts and Famous at Home app
11:10 Christi’s recent experience in Tender & Fierce
14:15 A foundational understanding of what it means to celebrate the good
20:25 Why we have trouble celebrating the good 
25:32 Strategies for celebrating the good and shifting the atmosphere of your home
37:47 Passing the good onto your kids in everyday life
42:30 The good doesn’t have to be big

Show Notes: 
Men, registration for The Field Experience Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/6fze43ia

Ladies, registration for Tender & Fierce Coaching Cohort II is now open!
Register here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/9J9Dwypn

Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage. 
Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz
 
Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
 
The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

We’re in a series on the 5 shifts families long for today and in this episode we talk about why people are longing for a more simple life.

“We’re too busy,” or “There’s not enough time,” is the heart cry of many families today. Sadly, there’s also a ripple effect of the stress we feel as parents that gets passed onto our children. Our kids feel the busyness.

As we keep looking to move “Beyond the Matrix,” asking the question, “Why are we doing what we are as a family?” this episode is a conversation on the return to simplicity.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:00 The number one greatest parenting struggle today
5:35 The two ways we view “time” and how it influences how we live
9:00 The contemporary ways we fill our “margins”
11:24 What is the filter for how you make decisions?
15:28 Practical ways to simplify
23:03 Trying new life-giving practices in seasons 

Show Notes: 

Order a copy of the Famous at Home book to put your family center stage. Click here: https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Men, interested in The Field Experience? 

Sign up for the waitlist: https://www.famousathome.com/thefieldexperience

Ladies, interested in a Tender & Fierce Cohort in 2025? Sign up for waitlist: https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/

Do you live in a perpetual state of rest with exhausted moments, or do you find yourself living in a perpetual state of exhaustion with restful moments?
 
In Season 3, we’re looking to move “Beyond the Matrix,” asking the hard questions about how we lead our families. Unfortunately, for many families, a chorus of words seem to ring out of what people today long for, but can’t seem to attain. The word we cover today is “rest.”

This episode is the first of 5 familial shifts we’ll be talking about as we continue to ask the question: “Why are we doing what we are as families?”
 
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Living in survival mode versus longing for more
7:25 What it means to live in “restedness”
12:48 How exhaustion keeps us in a state of delayed joy
17:55 Internally moving to a base line of rest
26:22 Breaking through exhaustion in your marriage
28:08 How to give your exhaustion to God in prayer
29:47 The Genesis 1 paradigm for living in daily and weekly rest
33:08 Practices for a state of restedness 

Show Notes: 

Men, interested in The Field Experience? 
Sign up for the waitlist: https://www.famousathome.com/thefieldexperience

Ladies, interested in a Tender & Fierce Cohort in 2025?  Sign up for waitlist: https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce
 
Download NONAH's brand new single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
 
The Famous at Home podcast is made possible by listeners like you. We'd be honored to have you partner with us in helping bring revival to today's family. Click here to donate. https://newhorizonsfoundation.com/project/single-project/2504/