Scott and Cindy discuss sex and intimacy: the messages we receive as youth, the issues that come up in marriage, and the tools they use to continue building a healthy relationship.

Scott and Cindy discuss The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin and how it changed their marriage for the better.

Cindy and Scott discuss beginning a marriage with two totally different ideas about money. They give resources and ideas for adjusting your budget as your finances change.

Cindy and Scott discuss the patterns they set up early in their marriage and how they didn't set them up to have equal stewardship as life become more complicated.

Do you have bad habits that you'd like to get rid of and good habits you'd like to start? Scott and Cindy discuss the research and tools presented in The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.

Scott and Cindy discuss the difficulty of parenting when consequences don't seem to work. What do you do when you're caught in a spiral of stubbornness? How should parenting change as children grow?

Scott and Cindy discuss how chronic struggle changes us and allows us to have more compassion for others. How can we be better listeners and is there a way to view our own issues differently?

In times of stress, or even in normal life, where do we find the balance between taking care of ourselves and making sure that we show up for others? Are we using self-care to make ourselves truly happy or is it simply a distraction?

Scott brings up the fact that the Gunderson kids are way too quick to throw each other under the bus. Why is this happening and is there something we, as parents, can do to help?

Scott realizes that much of his self-worth is tied up in his ability to earn money for the family. In the face of his underemployment during COVID-19, he and Cindy discuss ways that he can reframe and create resiliancy.