Love or Work

In Episode 40, we are keeping things fun! Jeff and Andre are answering questions from the listeners! Hear their thoughts on March Madness to the Tidying up trend to how to handle when a spouse changes.

Do you want Jeff and Andre to answer one of your questions or address a specific topic? If so, submit it at loveorwork.com

On Episode 38, we meet Peter and Laurel Greer. Peter is the CEO and President of HOPE International, which invests in the dreams of families in the world's underserved communities as they proclaim and live the Gospel.

Peter and Laurel have four kids, biological, adopted and fostered. We hear briefly about adoption, and we hear about the beautiful and hard work of fostering as a family.

Peter and Laurel share how their family truly found their priorities. Peter drafted a resignation letter, and Laurel is in charge of it. This episode also hits on the importance of sex in marriage, but not without an emotional connection.

This weeks episode is the final installment from the live Love or Work event in Atlanta. Jose and Nikolle Reyes are the Principals at Metaleap Creative, an agency here in Atlanta working with brands from Coca-Cola to Paste to In Touch Magazine. Jose is the Romantic Creative, while Nikolle comes from Wall Street and gets stuff done! The duo has worked together for 15 years, building this agency and building a family.

Each summer the Reyes family packs up and heads out of Atlanta for three-five weeks, setting out on an adventure. We hear how they make it happen! Nikolle and Jose also talk about what it's like to live and work together, sitting side by side. How do they navigate separating work and home, maybe they don't! Tune in and learn with us!

Meet Kaitie and Jared Bryant, a family of four that lives in Athens, Georgia. Kaitie is highly creative and always has a new idea while Jared loves stability and alludes to the idea of having the same job forever.

The Bryants are the Founders of The Known Project which creates resources to know and love others better. Kaitie says, "You love people by knowing them." The Known Project created a book of questions with different levels of depth to challenge all of us in our relationships, friends, family, and colleagues.

In this episode, Kaitie and Jared also talk about the different ways they apologize to one another, how they step when the other is in the "Red Zone," and they share their favorite question to ask people (it's not what you think...)

In this episode, we see a beautiful in-depth look at adoption, business, and influence. Meet Jonathan and Callie Rich, husband and wife and parents to six beautiful kids. They run J.Rich Atlanta, which is a team of Realtors & Innovators devoted to inventive branding strategies, a matchless knowledge of the local market, and an unconditional commitment to the care of our clients. Jonathan and Callie talk about the importance of living and working in the community you are investing in.

Beyond business and real estate, the Rich's share about their experience of adoption. They talk about many of the fears people have about open adoption and share about the challenges of trans-racial adoption. What's required when you adopt children of a different race? What's the benefit of having an open adoption.

Meet Sarah + Steve Dubbeldam. Sarah is the founder of Darling Media, which is dedicated to exploring the complexities of the art of being a woman, through digital and printed media while being committed to women being digitally un-retouched. Steve is the Founder and CEO of Wilderness Collective, which inspires character development through exploration via adventure experiences, films, and printed magazines. Both Sarah and Steve have partnered with brands like Nike, Lululemon, Aerie, Alaska Airlines and so many more.

In this duo, both are entrepreneurs and seekers of adventures. They challenge us to pick up our kids and show them the world. We shouldn't let our fear or all of the luggage, that comes with travel, stop us! Steve and Sarah also share their creative processes with us. We hope you'll dive in with us!

Meet Hannah and Tripp! Hannah is an abstract artist and Tripp is a Comedian and Filmmaker. In Episode 34, this duo gets real. Tears are had by just about everyone. They both are advocates for mental health, and they share their experiences with anxiety, medication, and counseling. We learn about their adventure to LA at the beginning of their marriage and how that shaped their identity as a couple.

And then, when we all think they have been vulnerable enough, Tripp shares about a deeply personal conversation he had with Hannah about porn. The two challenge us all to live a life without secrets so that freedom can be had by all of us in our relationships.

Meet Ken and Stacy Coleman. Stacy is the Vice President of US Imprints, and Ken is a career expert and host of the Ken Coleman Show. Ken and Stacy were some of Jeff and Andre's first friends in Atlanta over 10 years ago. In this episode, we hear about the struggle with infertility, their adoption, raising middle schoolers. The Coleman’s share vulnerably about their experiences, and they even let us in on a beautiful miracle that changed their lives.

“Our number one responsibility is to raise high-functioning, intelligent, nuanced, loving, service-oriented adults. I think that’s what we’re really trying to do.

And we think there might be an inverse correlation between safety and how we want to raise our kids to be, if we want to raise our kids in the name of protection and then suddenly expect them to flip a switch at 21 or 26 and become service-orientated, loving, nuanced, kind, worldly, and the best sense of culture and open to other ideas.”

Jeremy and Jess Courtney of Preemptive Love talk about how relationships change language, what they learned about how other families do life while living amongst another culture, and how being hopeful is a lot easier when you’re closer to the problem.

He looked perfect on paper, and she felt like throwing up in her salad on their first date because of nerves. He loved her honesty, and she knew it would be okay when he asked if there was something stuck in his teeth.

Meet, MLB pro for the Houston Astros, Collin and, calligrapher and printmaker, Ashley McHugh.

In this episode, we talk about what it's like to live a non-traditional family life with lots of traveling and physical distance in between them while being such independent individuals. We learn how important it is to have honest conversations about needs and expectations. How do you and your partner navigate seasons of long distance and travel?