The Most Important Thing
The Most Important Thing is a podcast about building intentional family culture. We explore how ambitious, busy families can create connection, meaning, and resilience at home—just as intentionally as they do in other aspects of life. Each episode blends personal stories, research, and experiments you can try in your own family. Because when the world is moving fast, the most important thing is what we build at home.
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Oct. 6, 2025
TMIT 30: Mindset Reset Part 2 – Building a Culture of Growth at Home
In the first part of our Mindset Reset series, we broke down common misconceptions about growth mindset and explored how it plays out in the everyday dynamics of family life. Now in Part 2, we’re taking things further by shif...
Sept. 29, 2025
TMIT 29: Mindset Reset – What We Get Wrong About Growth Mindset
Mindset isn’t just “fixed” or “growth.” It’s a spectrum—and once you see that, you’ll understand yourself, your kids, and your family in a whole new way. In this episode of The Most Important Thing , we translate insights fro...
Sept. 22, 2025
TMIT 28 : How We Divide, Conquer, and Connect – The Shared Operating System Behind Our Marriage
Every couple has to navigate how to divide responsibilities, whether it’s managing groceries, handling finances, or aligning on long-term goals. For us, the breakthrough happened when we shifted away from addressing everythin...
Sept. 14, 2025
TMIT 27: Parenting Gurus and the Business of Anxiety
TMIT 27: Parenting Gurus and the Business of Anxiety This week, we explore a topic that hits close to home and raises big questions: the booming industry of parenting advice and how it’s built on the back of your anxiety. But...
Sept. 8, 2025
TMIT 26: Sometimes Adults Suck – Leading Our Kids Through Conflict With Grownups
🎙️ TMIT 26: Sometimes kids run into conflict with other kids. But sometimes kids run into conflict with grownups—teachers, coaches, camp counselors, even random adults in the community. And when that happens, most of us as pa...
Sept. 1, 2025
TMIT 25: Culture Eats Parenting for Breakfast
TMIT 25 🎙: This week we’re talking about the difference between parenting and building family culture, using a framework from Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson. Parenting is a lot like management—it creates stability th...
Aug. 25, 2025
TMIT 24: How to Build a Dopamine Moat Around Your Family
TMIT 24🎙️: From sugar crashes to screen-time meltdowns—what’s really going on in our kids’ brains? In this episode, we unpack dopamine: the energy juice that fuels motivation (and sometimes chaos). We explore how to build a “...
Aug. 21, 2025
TMIT Teammates #4: Celebrating Girlhood with Tween Magazine Founder Mary Flenner
What happens when your 10-year-old asks for a magazine and you realize there is not a single one you feel good about handing her? That is the moment Mary Flenner faced, and it led to Tween Magazine. Mary is a mom of three gir...
Aug. 18, 2025
TMIT 01: Family Meetings (Re-Release)
Family Meetings (Re-Release) TMIT 01 🎙️: Our very first episode, now with video! (Spotify and YouTube only) “What works about the family meeting is that it’s a regularly scheduled time to draw attention to specific behaviors....
Aug. 11, 2025
TMIT 23: Why We Started The Most Important Thing (The Backstory Episode)
Why We Started The Most Important Thing (The Backstory Episode) TMIT 23 🎙️ Every journey has a beginning, and this is ours. We recorded this episode a few days after 01 Family Meetings . We didn’t release it at the time becau...
Aug. 3, 2025
TMIT 22: Turning Family Vacations into Family Adventures
Turning Family Vacations into Family Adventures TMIT 22 🎙️ What if your next family trip could be more than just a change of scenery? In this episode, we’re talking about how to transform a typical family vacation into a true...
July 31, 2025
TMIT 21: Seeing & Being Seen
Show Notes – Episode 21: Seeing & Being Seen In this final episode on the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto, we talk about what it means to truly see and be seen. “I will not teach or love or show you anything perfectly, but I...
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