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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Aug. 21, 2025
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
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
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
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...
July 28, 2025
TMIT 20: Daring Greatly
🎧 Episode 20: Daring Greatly In this penultimate episode of our Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto series, we reflect on one of the most courageous lines in Brené Brown’s manifesto: “The greatest gift that I can give you is to ...
July 23, 2025
TMIT Teammates #3: Noah Zaltz on Building Family Norms
🎙️ TMIT Teammates #3: Noah Zaltz on Building Family Norms In this episode of TMIT Teammates , we sit down with our friend Noah Zaltz , a fellow investor, deep thinker, and someone who brings the same intention to family life ...
July 20, 2025
TMIT 19: Belonging
🎙️ Episode 19: Belonging From the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto: “ We will always have permission to be ourselves with each other no matter what. You will always belong here. ” In this episode of The Most Important Thing ,...
July 13, 2025
TMIT 18: Facing Fear & Grief
🎙️ Episode 18: Facing Fear & Grief In this episode, we explore one of the hardest lines from Brené Brown’s Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto: “Together we will cry and face fear and grief. I will want to take away your pain, b...
July 9, 2025
TMIT Teammates #2: Julianne Annunziata Peters on Roots, Recipes & Reinvention
TMIT Teammates #2: Julianne Annunziata Peters on Roots, Recipes & Reinvention We’re joined in person by our dear friend and neighbor, Julianne Annunziata Peters . Julianne shares her family’s move from NYC to Delray Beach, ho...
July 6, 2025
TMIT 17: Spirit
🎙️ Episode 17: Spirit “When uncertainty and scarcity visit, you will be able to draw from the spirit that is a part of our everyday life.” In today’s conversation, we explore what it means to bring spirit into daily family li...
July 3, 2025
TMIT Teammates #1: Jennifer Zelman on Raising a Global Family
🎙️ TMIT Teammates #1: Jennifer Zelman on Raising a Global Family Welcome to the very first episode of TMIT Teammates —our new segment where we talk with real families we love and admire about how they’re building culture at h...
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