In this week’s episode, summer is coming to an end and the school year is on the horizon. Dalen and Kelsey reflect on what it means to be present with the kids, and make time for each other. They dive into the emotions of the first day of school as kids and adults.  Also, they reflect on how a single day in the first week of high school shaped Dalen’s next four years.

On this week’s episode, when a text message seemingly threatened to derail Kelsey and Dalen’s marriage.  The pair talked through it and laughed about the context it lacked and the purpose of text. Which led to a bigger conversation: what do you do, and how do you handle change in relationships, friendships and with family. The couple gets to what they think the foundational piece of navigating change successfully comes down to and how to take the first step towards it.

Dalen and Kelsey are back, but with chaotic schedules not for long as another trip is on the horizon. They dive through the emotions of a fun family filled week, and the realities of having the full family time be something that is always split when you’re coparenting. Plus, why worrying and a good partner do mix. And is it better to have said I love you rarely, or in multiple relationships growing up?

On this episode, Kelsey and Dalen dive into a question nearly every wife can relate to: what to do with my husband’s golf obsession?  Is it healthy for a hobby to also have a negative effect? Shockingly only one of them agrees with even asking these questions. Plus, a loving, patriotic, fulfilling convo centered around the World Cup and getting to have a once in a lifetime experience with the person you love.

On this episode, Kelsey and Dalen tackle the hard conversation surrounding what life would look like in a world without the other after a scare rocked the couple over the weekend. What questions do you ask yourself when you’re fearing the worst could have happened? How do you reconcile the need to have life planning conversations while hoping that plan will never been enacted? Plus, a hard pivot to the World Cup beginning and so are their hopes for a little boy loving sports.

On this week’s episode, Kelsey and Dalen’s expected topics for the podcast were derailed by sharing their thoughts, feelings and emotions.  They take an introspective look on a two week period where things felt a little off, discuss the ebbs and flows of marriage, fighting old habits and why choosing each other daily is so important.

In this episode, Dalen and Kelsey semi-productively argue through party planning for a two year old. Their TFEs with a child getting a year older. Also, How does a small gathering become a full party so quickly and what do we take from our childhood that is meaningful when we get older?

With Mental health awareness month here, Kelsey and Dalen discuss what kelsey describes as the worst day of her life and the toll that took on her mental health. They dive into the different levels of prioritizing mental health, and what happens when you are taking positive steps and something is still missing. Is religion the missing piece? And apparently Dalen gets shook easily…”Man Down!”

On this week’s episode, Kelsey and Dalen look back on a weekend rooted in male friendships made over two decades ago. How those changed, what kept them together, and why has masculinity become a negative term?  Plus they discuss morality, morals, consequences and what comes next. Also, doesn’t everyone cry at weddings?

Kelsey and Dalen reflect on the last week of support and community, and discuss what they felt after sharing last week that they recently had another miscarriage. They also reflected on Spring Break, and while it’s different than your college years, they discussed how gratifying is it to get to be the family taking the trip. Plus- what do you hope your kids remember from these trips decades later? And out of left field, how important is your hose length?