Season Two
Episode 01
Trauma, Triggers, + AI Therapy (Part 1)
In this conversation, Josh + Katie sit down to unpack the effects of trauma with licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Andie McQuitty. Katie shares how her own flashbacks completely stopped after going through the process of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). As a trained practitioner of EMDR, Andie pulls back the curtain on what's actually happening when trauma gets stuck in the body: why the brain creates a disturbance loop, what triggers really are, and how something as simple as back-and-forth eye movement can wake the brain up and let it do what it was actually designed to do.
Episode 02
Trauma, Triggers, + AI Therapy (Part 2)
In part two of this conversation, Katie and Josh continue with Andie, moving from EMDR into something just as foundational: the words we use to describe our pain. They talk about what "trauma" actually means in a culture that's started applying the word to everything, the difference between describing an experience and naming an identity, and why kids who never get to struggle through something hard end up more fragile, not less. They also get into where the "healing journey" can quietly become a ditch, and the moment Andie knows a client is finally ready to walk out her door for good.
Episode 03
Gentle Parenting, Making Obedient Disciples, and the Language of Behavior with Abby Christian
In this conversation, Katie and Josh sit down with Pastor Abby Christian to dismantle one of the most common (and most exhausting) lenses parents carry: that bad behavior just means a bad kid. Abby walks through what's actually happening underneath the outburst — an unmet need, a lie the child believes, even an immature gift trying to take shape — and what it looks like to respond to all of it with both connection and structure. They explore how to "scaffold" a child toward a skill instead of expecting them to have it immediately, why surprising kids with transitions sets everyone up to fail, and what to do the moment things start to escalate.
Episode 04
Private vs. Public vs. Homeschool: Choosing Your Child's Education Path
In this episode, Josh and Katie walk through the three paths every parent eventually has to weigh: homeschool, private, and public school. No single answer, no universal right choice, just an honest look at what each path offers, drawn from their own experience in all three. They get specific about the con nobody likes to say out loud about Christian schools, the exhaustion that quietly erodes discipleship in public school, and why homeschooling—if you can do it—might be the most underrated way to stay in the driver's seat of your kid's heart.
Episode 05
Stop Writing My Husband Love Letters, Boundaries in Marriage, and P*rn in the Bedroom
In this conversation, Josh and Katie get specific about what protecting your marriage actually looks like in practice, not as a list of rules, but as a posture. They walk through workplace dynamics, friendship lines, what p*rn does to intimacy, and what to do when your spouse pushes back on any of this. The goal isn't paranoia. It's clarity — knowing where the line is before you're anywhere near it.
Episode 06
Life Audits, Nuclear Families, and Threats of Womanhood with Jo Saxton
In this conversation, Josh and Katie sit with special guest Jo Saxton to talk about what it actually looks like to know yourself, why so many women hold back, and what's quietly eroding our culture that's become too individualized to lean on anyone. They unpack how to take a real-life audit, find your chaos points, and what to do when you realize you need a different voice in the room.
Episode 07
Healing from Betrayal, Slashing Tires, and a Roadmap to Mentorship with Jo Saxton
In part two of this conversation, Josh and Katie continue with Jo Saxton through what it actually takes to heal from betrayal, why reconciliation can't happen without someone naming the gravity of what happened first, and what gets left unattended in leaders who eventually fall. Then the conversation shifts to mentorship, and Jo gets specific about what most people looking for a mentor are actually looking for (it's not a mentor), what mentees get wrong about their role, and what mentors owe the people they pour into.
Episode 08
20 Years Single, Navigating Unmet Longings and Sexual Desire with Nicole Dols
In this conversation, Katie sits with a guest who has walked the road of singleness with honesty and openness. Nicole unpacks the ache of watching a younger sister get married first, the "vulnerability hangover" of finally letting people see the struggle, and the long work of learning to be present to an emotion without being consumed by it. They talk about navigating sexual desire without shame, what it means to mother in ways that don't require biology, and the Prayer Room encounter that changed Nicole’s perspective on relationships.
Episode 09
Church Kid Hacks, "I Don't Want to Go!" and What's Caught Not Taught
In this conversation, Josh and Katie talk about what it actually looks like to build a family culture around worship and prayer as a rhythm, not a rule. They get practical about Sunday sports, when the kids say they don’t want to go, how to narrate worship to a two-year-old, and what to do when you're face-down in the Prayer Room and your kid climbs on your back. They also go after something most parents quietly avoid: the question of what it costs long-term to let the world set the schedule.
Episode 10
Kissing in the Kitchen, Giving Kids Sightlines, and Sneaking into Disney
In this conversation, Josh and Katie get into what it actually looks like to let your kids see your relationship — the affection, the disagreements, the apologies, and the repair. They talk about why kids need to watch conflict get resolved (not just avoided), how to regulate your own emotions in a way that teaches your kids something instead of scaring them, and why speaking well of your spouse behind their back might be one of the most powerful things you can do for your children.
Episode 11
"It Messed with My Politics”, Loving People Across the Line + What We Lost When We Stopped Listening
In this two part conversation, Josh and Katie sit down with Eric and Becky Watt to talk about what happened when Becky realized someone had seen her as a person before they saw her politics — and how that one experience messed with everything she thought she believed. They get into what it looks like to love people across a dividing line instead of fighting them across it, why becoming a constant learner from another generation might be the thing that keeps you from getting stuck, and how their family's first real "mission trip" started with something as small as raking a neighbor's leaves. Eric and Becky also open up about discerning what's actually theirs to carry, and the daily temptation to build your kids' lives instead of building alongside them.