We all have awkward conversations from time to time, but there's got to be a better way of telling your spouse they've put on a few extra pounds than simply saying, "Hey, Honey, you're fat!" Still, maybe saying it like that isn't the worst thing.

Ah, choices. We love them, but then we hate them at the same time. Choices always have consequences, and that's the rub. The best choices are made when we stop first to ask ourselves one simple question: What do I want?

Summer vacation has changed quite a bit from when most of us were young. Gone are the days of playing outside until the street lamps light up. In this week's podcast, John and Hal discuss some productive ways to cope with your child's summer vacation.

It's one thing to keep open channels of communication in your marriage when it's smooth sailing. But how do you communicate when the water gets choppy? This week Hal and John talk about the times when communication may require a little more courage. \

Everyone knows that one day they're going to die, but no one wants to think about it. But what if there are benefits to coming to terms with your own mortality? Hal and John discuss the topic of death on this week's episode of You Must Chill.

We all know our lives would be better if we balanced work and rest, service and play, alone time and time together. But what if balance is overrated? This week Hal and John discuss an alternative to balance.

The conversation over gay rights has become headline news recently, with both sides growing more and more heated. This week Hal and John try to demonstrate how to talk about things like this -- and how not to.

We live in a world where there is sex, drugs, and violence. This week, Hal and John talk about why (and how) they've chosen to expose their kids to things a little earlier than some of their friends.

Hal and John recorded this week's podcast while snow was blanketing the metro-Atlanta area. It prompted an interesting discussion on how to best survive the snowpocalypse. (Hint: the first step is to just not freak out).

This week we celebrated the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We tend to forget that he was, among other things, a father. As a father, he was determined not to protect his children from the world but to prepare them for it -- by exposing them to its r