The Connected Life

There's no definitive manual on how to raise children. Often times parents find themselves feeling overwhelmed and out of control. More discipline, or more rewards, is the usual approach to behavioral correction. But what if learning how to regulate your inner world brought a level of resolution to theirs?

In this episode Jonny and Pietze share how their road to self-discovery, and finding healing for their triggers, restored the peace and balance in their children's lives. Through self-reflection, Jonny highlights the parallels of his parenting towards his son and his experience as a child with his own parents. In a moment of tenderness he shares his powerful conclusion that forever redirected the course of his relationship with his son.

If you're a parent, or wanting to understand more about your own childhood, this episode will change the way you see parenting and equip you to feel capable and confident to face the hardest circumstances head on.

What if resolve and reconnection after years of pain, misunderstandings, and disagreements was possible? What if the relationships that matter the most, yet have been the messiest, could be restored?

In this epic finale to our five part series, Jonny and Pietze share about their powerful revelations as Jonny came to the end of himself and exposed his greatest fears. Through serendipity, Jonny explains how his time editing the video for an emotional health course radically enlightened his reality and forever changed the trajectory of his life and marriage. Ending the battle with his circumstances, while accepting them for what they were, thrust Jonny into a season of facing life head on as he began to learn how to make the best out of the cards he was dealt.

Through ownership, transparency, and trust, Pietze and Jonny found a way back to their first love, giving hope for anyone else that's been to hell and back. Don't miss this profound and hopeful conclusion that will leave you forever impacted!

Life occasionally has a way of dealing us one blow after another until we're lying face down in a pool of our own blood and tears. No matter how hard we try, changing our outward circumstances is nothing more than a short term bandaid. But there is hope!

In part 4 of 5 Pietze and Jonny expose the hardest parts of marriage and highlight their failed attempts at trying to reconcile their difficulties. They reflect on the external chaos that consumed their lives and discuss how they awakened to the reality that a better life was only possible through facing their internal world.

If you've ever felt stuck in the trials life hands you, this episode will remind you that you're not alone and there is something you can do about it.

Every great story of fiction has a protagonist and an antagonist, a villain and a hero so to say. But real life isn't quite that cut and dry. Just like a coin, every story has two sides. When each side is examined, often times, black and white suddenly becomes grey.

In part three of this five part series, Pietze and Jonny shine a light on their hidden fears that drove so many of their actions. Without any sense of shame they model what it looks like to take ownership for what they co-created while extending grace, compassion, and forgiveness to one another.

This episode is a refreshing guide at how to navigate any friendship, relationship, or marriage. You won't want to miss a moment of it!

We all do things to the people we care about the most that we wished we hadn't. Often times we avoid looking back because the past is riddled with blame, shame, regret, and condemnation. But what if a return to our history, with the right perspective, could repair the life right in front of us?

In part two of this five part series, Pietze and Jonny dive into the messiness that ensued after getting married. They share about the effects of their coping skills and explore some of the motives behind their actions. Through the clarity that's created by looking back, they acknowledge their mistakes while having compassion on themselves.

This riveting series will help you to humanism yourself and the people you care about the most. You won't want to miss an episode!

Getting married and starting a new life together can be brutal for anyone. Navigating how to surrender your life to a partnership of give and take is difficult as it is. But, for an ever growing select few that choose to get married very young, the hurdles could be insurmountable.

In this episode Pietze, Abi's best friend, and her husband Jonny join the podcast for this five part series. They shine a spotlight on their teenage romance and the survival tools they used to get through their formative years. Together they touch on Jonny's lifestyle of dissociation and set the stage to understand the long term problems for being ill prepared for married life.

This series will make you laugh, cry, and reflect like never before. You don't want to miss out!

The institution of the church has a history of feeling unsafe and judgmental for many people. Like any system, it has humanity's thumbprint of messiness all over it. But sometimes the systems that hurt us, have a gift within to heal us.

In this episode, Pietze joins Abi and Justin once again to discuss her return to the institution of the church. They process how Pietze found resolution and examine together what it is to follow a redeeming God we can trust. Through a humble acknowledgment of their own messiness, they invite people to let go of the hierarchy they have that keeps them believing they're better than others.

If you need resolution with any kind of institution, this episode is a massive step to getting there.

There comes a time for all of us when everything we know is challenged. Our world is shaken and the foundation that we've stood on for a lifetime begins to crumble below us.

In this episode, Pietze joins the crew once again to dive deeper into her story. She opens up about her life shattering season that redefined her relationship with God. Together they investigate the ways she explored her connection to her creator outside of the religious institution and the lasting impact of this vital experience.

If you could use a dose of authenticity surrounding faith and self discovery, this episode is just what the doctor ordered!

Religion has a way of stripping individuals of their humanity and demanding perfection through performance. This behavior is detrimental to everyone involved.

In this episode Abi's lifelong friend, Pietze, joins Abi and Justin. Pietze shares about her upbringing as a Pastor's kid and the painful affects institutionalized religion had on her family. Together they take a gracious look at the driving force behind people's destructive actions, while humanizing everyone involved.

If you've ever felt like you've had to throw out your personality, desires, and voice to become acceptable in the sight of any group, this episode is for you.

Being single is great when you want in to be that way, but when you're looking for a long term commitment, it can start feeling difficult real quick. Though there can be many reasons for long term singleness, not all of it has to be inexplicable.

In this episode, Abi and Justin shine a light on some of the mysteries surrounding undesired singleness. Through reflecting on years of investigative work with single clients, they share some of the repetitive reasons they see people inadvertently staying single. Through humor and a non-judgmental approach they give nuggets of wisdom to reflect on and apply to your own unique scenario.

If you're wanting to understand yourself or your single friends better, this compassionate conversation is just the thing to bridge the gap!