play Play pause Pause S E Aug 18, 2026 How to Find Balance When Everything Feels Important | Season 2 Favorites One of you is strict, the other is more relaxed, and the kids are watching you sort it out in real time. In this episode, we revisit a favorite conversation with Cindy...
play Play pause Pause S E Aug 13, 2026 When the House Is a Mess and You Feel Like You’re Failing | Season 2 Favorites If you believe that being a Christian means a clean house, well-behaved kids and mostly happy feelings, this week's episode with Dr. Philip Mamalakis may come as a rel...
play Play pause Pause S E Aug 11, 2026 When Your Child’s Life Is in God’s Hands | Season 2 Favorites If you've ever sat across from a doctor and heard news you weren't prepared for, you know how quickly your world can come apart. This week we're revisiting some of the...
play Play pause Pause S E Aug 06, 2026 The Real Purpose of Your Child’s Education | Season 2 Favorites Ask most people what school is for, and they'll say it's about getting into a good college and landing a well-paying job. But Liz Caddow, founder and head of school at...
play Play pause Pause S E Aug 04, 2026 What Your Marriages Teaches Your Children | Season 2 Favorites If you've ever apologized to your spouse in front of your kids, you've taught them something about forgiveness no lecture ever could. This week's episode revisits some...
play Play pause Pause S E Jul 30, 2026 Why Perfectly Behaved Kids Aren’t the Goal | Season 2 Favorites If you've ever struggled to keep a wiggly four-year-old quiet during the Anaphora, you know how easily our sense of success as parents can get tangled up with how our ...
play Play pause Pause S E Jul 28, 2026 How to Repair the Moments You Get Wrong as a Parent | Season 2 Favorites If you've ever snapped at your child over nothing and then watched their face fall, you know how much damage one harsh word can do. This week's episode revisits some o...
play Play pause Pause S2 E21 Jul 21, 2026 Why Harvard Isn’t the Goal: An Orthodox Christian Approach to Choosing a College With Christopher Chiakulas If you've got a teenager, you know how quickly the college search can take over: the rankings, the essays, the pressure to get into the "right" school. But what if thi...
play Play pause Pause S2 E20 Jul 14, 2026 What Should Orthodox Parents Let Their Kids Watch? With Paul and Cindy Karos Your kid asks to watch the show everyone else is watching, and you want to say yes. But should you? Paul and Cindy Karos understand the tension of that moment, and the...
play Play pause Pause S2 E19 Jul 07, 2026 Surrounding Your Son With Holy Men With Father Jacob Saylor Can one parent—or even two—raise a faithful son alone? Father Jacob Saylor says no family was ever meant to. In this episode, he explains why boys need faithful men be...
play Play pause Pause S2 E18 Jun 30, 2026 How to Stay Peaceful When Life Feels Chaotic With Dr. Philip Mamalakis Some days the sacred feels impossibly far away—buried under the laundry, the backpacks, the dishes in the sink. In this episode, Dr. Philip Mamalakis returns to the po...
play Play pause Pause S2 E17 Jun 23, 2026 Loving a Child Through a Medical Crisis Part 2 With Elias & Joy Hajjar When their daughter needed a heart transplant, Elias and Joy Hajjar learned what it looks like for an Orthodox Church community to truly show up. In part two of this c...
play Play pause Pause S2 E16 Jun 16, 2026 Loving a Child Through a Medical Crisis Part 1 With Elias & Joy Hajjar As parents, we all have a plan for how our lives will unfold. But how do we hold onto faith when those plans shatter? In this episode, Elias and Joy Hajjar share their...
play Play pause Pause S2 E15 Jun 09, 2026 How to Raise Children Who Can Share Their Faith With Confidence and Joy With Fr. Constantine Nasr How do we raise children who love the Faith and aren't afraid to talk about it? Fr. Constantine Nasr, a ninth-generation priest, shares why we don't need to turn our c...
play Play pause Pause S2 E14 Jun 02, 2026 What Your Marriage Is Teaching Your Kids With Paul & Karen Kinan One of the greatest gifts you can give your children is a healthy marriage. In this episode, Paul and Karen Kinan join the podcast to explain how investing in their ma...
play Play pause Pause S2 E13 May 26, 2026 Why Orthodox Church Camp Changes Kids for Life With Father Andrew Andrews Church camp offers an incredible opportunity to give your children a break from the noise of the world and surround them with a community of believers. In this episode...
play Play pause Pause S2 E12 May 19, 2026 How Perfectionism Hurts Parents and Their Kids With Dr. Philip Mamalakis It's easy to get caught up in perfectionism in a world that gives us so much to worry about and so many "perfect" families to measure ourselves against. The question i...
play Play pause Pause S2 E11 May 12, 2026 Who Your Children Are Becoming Matters More Than Grades With Liz Caddow Whatever schooling option your family has chosen, you are your children’s primary educator! In this episode, Liz Caddow joins the podcast to talk about her work as the...
play Play pause Pause S2 E10 May 05, 2026 What Time With Grandparents Does to a Child's Faith With Dr. Josh Mulvihill We were never meant to raise our children alone, and one of our most valuable resources is one we often take for granted: grandparents! In this episode, Dr. Josh Mulvi...
play Play pause Pause S2 E9 Apr 28, 2026 What the Middle Way Means for Orthodox Christian Parents With Paul and Cindy Karos Paul and Cindy Karos are back—and this time they're talking about one of the most quietly liberating teachings in the Orthodox tradition: the Middle Way. What does it ...
