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Mark and Janie discuss how marriage goes through many seasons and changes, and how we can stay in love and prioritize our marriage through those seasons.

Mark sits down with Kevin A. Hinckley LPC-NCC, to discuss how understanding the true nature of God can help us with our mental health.

Mark sits down with author Randall Wright to discuss the power of being an early riser.

Mark and special guest and author, Matthew Cook, discuss themes from their book, “Christ’s Miracles: Yesterday and Today”. Mark and Matt present stories and lessons from the bible and present day to show how Christ’s miracles never cease, and how we can better have a miracle mindset. They even dive into what we can do when miracles don’t come.

Mark and Janie use teachings on leadership from Mark’s new book, “The Leadership Legacy of Lavell Edwards” to learn how we can be better parents. Lavell lived his life built around relationships, and building others up. By learning about the life and teachings of Lavell, we can better improve our parenting and leadership skills.Find Marks new book, written with Dave Mccan, on Amazon. Out Now!

Mark reviews several general conference talks to discuss how we can make our homes a refuge for our families, and how doing so will strengthen and protect our families.

Mark and Janie tackle a tough topic, discussing how we can stop the cancel culture we have created in families. Many family members have felt the need to cut their family members out of their lives because of small and reconcilable issues or differences. There are instances where cut off from family members may be appropriate, but Mark and Janie discuss how we can better practice forgiveness and seeing the best in well meaning family members.

Mark sits down with Kevin Hinckley to discuss new excerpts from his book, “The God Who Wants You Home”. Mark and Kevin dive into great doctrine of the church, and review how culture has impacted our views of who God is, that may not be correct. Joseph Smith said, "If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.” When it comes to judging ourselves, or understanding our relationship with God, we must understand His true nature.

Mark uses a talk from Elder Uctdorf to frame his discussion on the 3 biggest regrets people have before leaving this life. Mark dives into how we can avoid these 3 regrets and live our lives to the fullest.

Dr. Dave Schramm sits down with Mark to discuss how we can all attain greater happiness as the world seems to get darker. Dave is a professor, author, marriage expert, and hosts his own podcast called, “Stronger Marriage Connection”. Dr. Dave shares great insights on things we can do to find the peace and happiness in our lives

Mark and Janie talk about the parable of grass licking and how to set the best example we can for our children.

Mark and Janie talk about the importance of having dreams and goals as couple. They go over studies and statistics, and discuss how happier couples, are the ones that are working together to reach goals to create the life they want.

Mark and Janie review great stories and experiences of the Smith Family and individual members of the family that demonstrate the character and values they carried. Joseph was well prepared and trained in his home to seek God, revelation, and to do what was right. As we look to the Smith family, we can find examples of faith, strength, and diligence in family life.

Mark discusses why boys need real heroes. In a recent study polling young boys, when asked the question, “who is your hero?”, the most common response was “no one”. Mark shares lots from his book, The Making of a Man: A Guide to Raising Strong, Resilient Sons, to express the importance of having heroes, not just famous kind, but the ones in our communities and at home.

Mark discusses how we can help our children start preparing now, while they are in the home, prepare to be adults. Many children, as soon as they leave the house, struggle to live away from home, or have life skills that can prepare them to live on their own. Mark gives great ideas and examples of things we can teach our kids now to help them become capable adults.