11: Your Story’s not Finished: Finding Miracles in the Mundane.

7: Facing Our Greatest Fears: Married Life Year One Pt 1 of 2: Road Trip!!! Get ready as we begin to explore the first year of Justin and Abi’s marriage! Beginning with the first two stops of a completely unorganized road trip, we learn all about how this was the year of Justin having meltdowns, how a potty... by The Connected Life

49 min listen

17: Learning to Have Realistic Expectations of Yourself: Every person is different and because of this we all have a different capacity. Sometimes it seems like everyone is conquering the world, while all we’re doing is dropping the ball. For others it seems like we’re running on a hamster wheel, while... by The Connected Life

73 min listen

27: Redefining Dating: For many people, dating is a game to be played with a singular goal in mind, winning. The game is one of proving we can get someone or get someone to choose us. This often leads to needless tug of wars that end in grief and a sense of feeling... by The Connected Life

58 min listen

21: Redefining Your Weakness: For many people the word “weakness” is repulsive. Being “weak” is seen as a flaw in our humanity. Having an area of “weakness” is seen as unacceptable. For the majority of people, our ability to “be strong” and perform is directly... by The Connected Life

59 min listen

22: How Our History Shapes Us Pt 1 of 2: In this incredibly raw and exposing episode Justin opens up the doors to his personal life like never before! During a live recorded counseling session Justin speaks out about his deep wounds with his father. Through blunt honesty and tears he purges... by The Connected Life

59 min listen

13: Anger- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.: Have you ever "Hulked out"? Have you ever seen someone "Hulk out"? Somewhere inside all of us is a little person with the potential to become a big scary green monster. Anger is one the most commonly expressed human emotions. It is socially seen as... by The Connected Life

69 min listen

9: Foundations for a Great Sex Life! Pt 1 of 2: Have you ever wondered how to have a good sex life? Good, us too. Culture bombardes us with a lot about sex, unfortunately it's full of conflicting viewpoints, unrealistic expectations, and a heavy dose of fake examples portrayed on screen. Join... by The Connected Life

52 min listen

1: The Disconnect in Creating The Connected Life-Intro: In this vision casting Connected Life episode, Justin and Abi openly share about the disconnecting meltdown they experienced while gearing up to record the first episodes of The Connected Life. Come join in to hear about "why" The Connected Life came... by The Connected Life

38 min listen

5: The Battle with Our Bodies: Winning the War with Weight. Pt: 1 of 2: For many of us, one of the biggest battles in our lives is with the person in the mirror. As a culture we are in a never-ending war with our looks and our weight. In this two part series, Justin and Abi start a dialogue with Abi’s long time... by The Connected Life

67 min listen

14: A New Approach to Parenting with Pietze Duffield: Parenting is simple, right? Just follow the instruction manual that comes with your kid and you’re good to go. Yours didn’t come with a manual? Surprise! None of them do. In this episode Pietze Duffield, Abi’s best friend and a mother of two,... by The Connected Life

78 min listen

8: Redefining Success: Married Life Year One Pt 2 of 2: Success is seemingly defined by culture as doing a lot, and doing it well. Because of this, so many of us feel the pressure to be going somewhere or doing something "important" with our lives. But what happens when life hits the brakes and we're faced... by The Connected Life

50 min listen

29: Beginning a Healthy Relationship: We all have triggers around emotions, money, and other people's behavior… and we’d like to blame them for how they affect us. But truth is, that our triggers are our responsibility. Join us for round two of a blame free lifestyle. In this episode... by The Connected Life

69 min listen

3: The Process of Choosing Each Other. Pt: 2 of 3: How does “Never ever will I date you.”, turn into Justin officially asking Abi out? Tune in to this juicy episode where we learn how to manipulate people into choosing and loving you… Wait, no…never do that. But what we will tell you is how to... by The Connected Life

51 min listen

10: Shattering Shame and Creating Connection in the Bedroom Pt 2 of 2: Hop back into bed with us as we continue our two part conversation about Sex! Sex is a beautiful and important connection point within relationships! So what happens when disconnection and shame are present? What do we do when our beliefs and emotions... by The Connected Life

67 min listen

11: Your Story’s not Finished: Finding Miracles in the Mundane.: What do you do when your world feels like it has fallen apart and nothing in life is what you imagined it would be? How do you still trust that everything will work out when the circumstances unfolding before you tell you a different story. Come join... by The Connected Life

71 min listen

6: The Battle with Our Bodies: Diving Deeper into the Root of The Problem. Pt: 2 of 2: In this second part of a two part series, Abi and Justin are joined by Abi’s childhood best friend Pietze Duffield as they dive deeper into the poverty mindset and many of the other roots that drive an unhealthy relationship with our bodies. As a... by The Connected Life

44 min listen

24: Finding Life in Grief with Laura Duncan: As humans, tragedy and loss are unavoidable. Because of this, pain is a universal part of life. For most of us, we feel lost in a sea of these painful moments that we have no tools to navigate through. We stumble through life surviving the bumps and... by The Connected Life

76 min listen

31: Creating and Keeping the Romance Alive: We’ve all been guilty of venting about the negative things that happen in our lives and rarely verbalizing the positive aspects. This can be especially harmful when it comes to romance. Everything is butterflies and rainbows in the beginning of a... by The Connected Life

54 min listen

44: The Lifelong Journey to Great Sex Pt 1 of 2: We all have varying experiences of marriage. For many of us, we didn’t have the best examples growing up. For others, marriage looked like land of the happy people where nothing was ever wrong. No matter what side of the pendulum you’re on, one... by The Connected Life

42 min listen

20: Finding Connection Through Clashing Cultures: They often say men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but what if all humans, regardless of gender, came from their own planet, much like a gathering of Star Wars characters. When two worlds come together it can often feel like an explosive... by The Connected Life

64 min listen

12: Abi and Justin's Explosion: Candid talk about an aggressive and angry mini-explosion between Justin and Abi? Sounds like a dose of reality TV drama to me! What do you do when assumptions, judgments, and misunderstandings lead to an all out war? We’ve all thrown grenades and... by The Connected Life

69 min listen

18: Looking Back to Move Forward: Have you ever found yourself trying to move forward in life only to feel like you’re bashing your head into a wall? Have you ever had hurdles in marriage, finances, friendships, or career that you can’t seem to jump over? Are we all “just” who... by The Connected Life

67 min listen

4: Learning Surrender and Trust as a Lifestyle. Pt: 3 of 3: From eight months of “Fading” to three weeks of Dating, and then "BAM" engaged! Tune in as we share the wild ride of how we learned to listen to our intuition and let surrender, wisdom, and trust guide us in the timing that was the best for both... by The Connected Life

53 min listen

30: Creating Rules to Live By: For most of us, life is experienced through a lens of traditions and rules established by family and culture at large. Rarely do we stop to question why we do what we do. Many traditions are beautiful and the rules that govern us can be very helpful.... by The Connected Life

57 min listen

52: How to Win in the New Year: Every year is marked by the unexpected. Some years are filled with the celebration of babies, marriages, adventures, and opportunities we’ve never dreamed of. Some years are filled with sickness, tragedy, and loss that we couldn’t plan for.... by The Connected Life

40 min listen

39: Courage, Confrontation, and Compassion-The Mother Series Pt 2: The relationship between a parent and a child is a special one. If you’ve ever been a parent or a child, then you know how easily things can get messy! Continuing with The Mother Series, we have a special guest, Barbara Stumvoll, Justin’s mom with... by The Connected Life

46 min listen

33: Overcoming Trauma: Self-sufficiency and the victim mentality often keep us from experiencing true freedom. It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of self-protection when people in our lives hurt and disappoint us. Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot of conversation... by The Connected Life

74 min listen

19: Sex, Sex, and More Sex: Creating a Sex Life You Love: Sex is for men right? Men need it, want it, and are driven by it. Women are subjected to it, put up with it, and mostly dislike it, right? But what if we’re all wrong about sex. What if sex was made for women? What if sex was an opportunity to have... by The Connected Life

78 min listen

41: Stumbling Blocks to Connection-The Mother Series Pt 4: Mom’s are an intricate part of the fabric of our lives. Our bond with them is woven into the interactions with our most intimate connections, whether we’re aware of it or not. Moms are known for creating the road map for nurturing, when left... by The Connected Life

63 min listen

40: The Courage to Own Your Life-The Mother Series Pt 3: Having the courage to take ownership for our life, and the mistakes we make, is difficult for many of us. Justin’s mom, Barbara, had to decide between taking ownership for her failings or lose the relationship with him altogether. In this episode... by The Connected Life

61 min listen

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