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Dr. Joel and Casey discuss their highly caffeinated marital confrontation over — of all things — coffee! This married duo, vulnerably bears all — in true Messy Life fashion. In this hilarious episode you will learn how healthy confrontation can produce more marital trust. Trust is the foundation of every great marriage. Trust yields more love, more joy and more sex in a marriage.

When you really listen to your spouse’s perspective, take the time to understand them, (apologize if need be) and then humbly share your own perspective — a beautiful marriage is bound to develop.

What could be waiting on the other side of your messy marriage conversation?

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In this episode, Dr. Joel and Casey talk about how to heal, set healthy boundaries and reengage!

When you heal, set healthy boundaries and reengage, you emerge more authentic, more real and more powerful. Reengagement casts off all of the power that a person, organization or wound has over you! Reengaging is refusing to remain a character in your own story. Reengaging is the choice to become the author of your own story and write your own daring ending.

How will your story to end? That’s entirely up to you.

Will you reengage?

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In this episode, Casey and Joel share the lessons they are learning in the wilderness. How to navigate the shame-storm that gathers for every wilderness sojourner. Answering these howling questions: Why didn't I fight for myself sooner? What's wrong with me? How did I allow myself to get into that situation in the first place?

The desire to "belong" is primal. We intrinsically desire to belong to something greater than ourselves and to find "true belonging." We all look for our group, our people, our tribe.

Because the desire to belong is so primal, it's easy to give up one's authenticity, freedom and power - and not even recognize it - to fit in with the group.

But . . . true belonging only happens, as Casey says in this episode, "When we present out true authentic selves to the world." Finding your squad is important, but it should never come at the expense of your authenticity, freedom and power.

As Brene Brown says, "True belonging is not about fitting in, pretending, or making the people around us comfortable because that's safer."

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In this episode, Casey share's her story of finding the courage to belong to herself first - to stand alone - and brave the wilderness.

"True belonging is not about fitting in, pretending, or making the people around us comfortable because that's safer," says Brene Brown.

One day, Casey chose to deny what felt comfortable and chose courage instead. Her life instantly changed as she discovered true belonging doesn't require you to change who you are. No, it requires you to be who you are! This is her story of when she chose to belong fully to herself - the day she started braving the wilderness.

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Joel dives deep into his story, his pain and his healing. With no holds barred vulnerability, he reveals how by pressing into his pain he found his power.

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There is purpose in your pain. "Professor Pain" has something to teach you, if you'll let her. Pressing into your pain can make you more powerful than you ever imagined.

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