Dalen and Kelsey take a deep dive on the holidays. Their discussion of family traditions and the Magic of Christmas evolves into an emotional conversation of how holidays can be a milestone and reminder of things lost and gained, plans that worked out and dreams that haven’t been realized. Plus Dalen’s favorite Christmas Eve mass story is one you’ve got to hear, and why decorating a Christmas tree has so much more meaning when you do it with people you love.

Kelsey and Dalen try to answer the age old question: why are men so bad at being sick? That somehow evolves into a discussion about Notre Dame being left out the College Football Playoff (if you don’t know, don’t worry- you will). The focus of the big conversation though is what happens when you find yourself in the middle of somewhere you didn’t ask for or didn’t plan to be? How can you handle it when your plans don’t work out? The couple talks through what it means to believe God is making space for something better and the challenges for believers and nonbelievers, how to be self motivated and gain perspective through the hard. Also, a real conversation about the letdowns after pregnancy loss.

Kelsey and Dalen discuss their family trip to Atlanta over Thanksgiving and some lessons learned. Most importantly, how to prioritize each other as we move into the most hectic but wonderful time of the year. Also, what do you do when your daughter thinks she's created a great name for her Elf on the Shelf but it's actually a body part?

Kelsey and Dalen discuss their birthday week, perspective on aging, how their birthday desires have evolved and why chaos isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Plus, is imposing on your friend’s family Thanksgiving just too much?

On this episode of TFEs, Dalen and Kelsey dive into the mental shift of you HAVE to, versus you GET to. The couple also opens a letter they wrote themselves three months ago on a retreat and dives into the TFEs of looking back and comparing to the present. Plus, itchy sweaters, snow, holiday explorations, and should being considered a below average singer be a reason to start a fight.

After sickness, Halloween, and a grandparents visit, Dalen & Kelsey are back with goals set for the future and a hope of honing in on how to make them attainable. They discuss the letdown of feeling like a homework assignment was incomplete, and the hope that goal setting will have on the whole family. But is there a danger in being TOO goal oriented? Plus- it’s date night!

Kelsey and Dalen discuss the importance of setting and writing down their goals.  Ironically, they do this while consistently getting sidetracked with random stories, life anecdotes and why Back To The Future is a philosophical work of art.

Dalen and Kelsey dive into a complex emotion that took center stage during a children’s movie: anxiety. How do you navigate the anxieties of adulthood, learn from past traumas and explain the complexities to your kids?  Plus- what do a thong and a bush have in common? Hold on, it’s a wild ride.

Another week, another episode of Kelsey dragging Dalen into some Taylor Swift dialogue- but this one is a little different. Exit signs and kaleidoscopes lead the way, while the couple looks back on a crazy work week that brought one thing into focus thanks to a college basketball player: the importance of being present

Dalen and Kelsey talk about something Dalen is doing and just assumed Kelsey had done in the past…therapy. The couple gives their TFEs on therapy, stigma, the impact, the need and desires that fuel finding a therapist. Also, what happens when you finally reach out to a therapist, and you get ghosted. Plus, Taylor Swift’s new album comes out Friday and one of them cares.