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Famous at Home

Famous at Home

By: Josh + Christi Straub
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We all long to put our families center stage. Yet, in a world that competes for our time, attention, and identity, we often give our family the leftovers instead of our full, undivided hearts. Welcome to the Famous at Home podcast, with marriage and leadership coaches, Dr. Josh and Christi Straub.

With a realistic, grace-filled look at the struggles families face, the Famous at Home podcast is like having a cup of coffee with authentic friends who just “get you,” yet with the practical and life-changing coaching strategies Josh and Christi use to help spouses, parents, and leaders stay emotionally engaged and connected to their biggest fans.

With topics designed to help you set healthy rhythms between work and home, be fully present with your kids, and build a rock-solid marriage, the Famous at Home podcast will awaken your own heart and revive your family.

Because we all need to find our way back home.Josh + Christi Straub Christianity Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Raising Future Legends: Kids Who Carry the Kingdom Everywhere They Go

    Raising Future Legends: Kids Who Carry the Kingdom Everywhere They Go
    Jun 10 2026
    We've been asking our kids the wrong question since kindergarten. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" confuses identity with performance, and Josh argues we've been setting them up for anxiety and false selves ever since.

    This episode reframes the whole parenting mission around the theme of Jesus's central message: the Kingdom of God. When kids understand their personal role in building for the kingdom of God, their identity stops depending on what they do, what they have, or what anyone thinks of them. It's a parenting paradigm shift that gives our kids a purpose bigger than anything the world has to offer.

    We also announce the launch of a brand new parenting platform for raising emotionally healthy and spiritually mature kids called Raising Future Legends.

    *Once again, thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode. Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
    https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/

    Time Stamps:
    0:00 Introduction
    1:03 Life updates
    4:03 Identity and purpose for our kids
    7:40 What did Jesus mean by the kingdom of God?
    13:28 Who our children become and what it means for building for the kingdom of God
    17:50 An exciting announcement about Raising Future Legends
    24:07 An invitation into a new way of living and parenting

    Show Notes:
    Sign up for Raising Future Legends!
    www.raisingfuturelegends.com

    Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2

    Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
    https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching

    Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching

    Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub

    Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub

    Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter

    Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    Thanks to our sponsor: Bernhardt Watches! Use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
    https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/
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    31 mins
  • From Spy to King: Releasing the Assignments of Old to Lead Your Family Into What's New

    From Spy to King: Releasing the Assignments of Old to Lead Your Family Into What's New
    Jun 3 2026
    After a break with family and a slower pace of life, Josh returns with some existential questions, one in particular that's been sitting heavy: Am I conforming to what everyone else around me is doing, or am I "appointing" my time well with the people who need me most?

    Drawing from Isaiah 43, Psalm 90, and Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, Josh walks through what it looks like to grieve the past well, release the assignments of old, and step fully into the season God has for your family right now.

    He further unpacks how sweetening retrospect—or nostalgically living in the past—can breed depression, how anxiety about the future keeps us from the present, and why the mundane drive-time moments are shaping the hearts of your children more than you realize. A practical, honest reset if you're catching yourself distracted or not as intentional as you wish you might be.

    ** Thank you to Bernhardt Watches for sponsoring this episode! Click here and be sure to use the code FAMOUS at checkout for free shipping!
    https://www.bernhardtwatch.com/

    Time Stamps:
    0:00 Introduction
    1:05 A podcast and Straub family update
    4:00 What we learned being out of the country and the lessons it’s teaching me
    8:45 Upcoming Famous at Home cohorts
    10:20 The existential questions about what matters and why we make the decisions we do
    15:03 How the nostalgia of the past keeps us from moving into a new season with our kids
    21:20 Practicing the presence of the moment without your mind racing
    23:40 “Appointing” versus conforming
    30:42 How God builds our faith now to prepare us for what He’s preparing for us in the next, new season
    34:12 Stepping into the “new season” for your marriage
    37:15 Practical ways to “appoint our days” and be present in the moment with our kids
    41:00 Number 1 regret of the dying


    Show Notes:
    Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2

    Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
    https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching

    Sign up for the Your Family Purpose online video series to build emotional safety and set your family values
    https://www.famousathome.com/your-family-purpose

    Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching

    Follow Josh on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joshua.straub

    Follow Christi on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/christistraub

    Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter

    Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome

    ** Grab your Bernhardt Watch: http://bernhardtwatch.com/
    Use code FAMOUS at checkout for FREE shipping
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    44 mins
  • Why Your Communication Type Matters with Jason VanRuler

    Why Your Communication Type Matters with Jason VanRuler
    Apr 29 2026
    Have you ever had a conversation with a loved one go in a completely different direction than what you saw coming? Your intention was there, but the way your loved one received it was nothing in the way you intended it?

    Our good friend, Jason VanRuler, started to see this pattern in many of the people he had come into therapy. Conversations between people -- where everything was at stake -- and the intentions were there, but someone inevitably walked away feeling hurt, unseen, or even abandoning the relationship altogether. What one person meant isn’t what the other person heard.

    So Jason asked himself, “Why does it sometimes land well, and other times not?”

    The more research he did, the more he learned predictable patterns that led to 5 primary communication types: Peace, Advocate, Thinking, Harbor, and Spark. Each one with a strength and each one with an opportunity. Not only that, each person has their own primary and secondary type.

    In this episode, Jason unveils each type, how we develop our own, and how we can better understand how our spouse, kids, and loved ones communicate with us. We get into marital dynamics and why we usually marry someone with similar secondary type, but the trouble that can arise when we realize we don’t have the same primary one. We also talk about how knowing the types can help us communicate at a deeper level with our kids.

    Time Stamps:
    0:00 Introduction
    1:18 Jason VanRuler joins the show!
    4:34 Why these communication types matters
    6:00 Jason introduces the 5 PATHS of communication
    11:16 Where our personal communication style comes from
    14:05 Strengths and weaknesses of each communication type
    20:20 The communication types in our children and how we give what we didn’t get
    25:05 How different communication types serve us in marriage

    Show Notes:
    Get Jason’s new book Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships: https://amzn.to/4sZzbwc

    Check out Jason’s website: www.jasonvr.com

    Reserve your seat for Tender & Fierce Fall Cohort beginning August 17, 2026: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/V75F6bY2

    Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. https://www.famousathome.com/coaching

    Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort:
    https://www.famousathome.com/menscoaching

    Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: https://www.famousathome.com/newsletter

    Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here: https://bellpartners.ffm.to/findmywayhome
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    31 mins
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