Home Sweet Home - Helping People & Families Thrive
Home Sweet Home is a weekly podcast by Rod and Scott. We seek to help people live better lives at home, work, and in any relationship by discussing various topics related to everyday life. Join us for our next conversation on Mondays, or listen to one of our many previous podcasts.
Episodes
146 episodes
Can How You Learn Impact Memory?
Today we discuss the way we learn and how that impacts memory.
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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29:50
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Is Soccer Good For Your Kids And You? With Special Guest Coach Laura Mauldin
Join Rod and Scott as they welcome Coach Mauldin back to the studio to discuss Soccer and its benefits for kids and students from a young age into college and beyond!
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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36:44
Is This One Phrase the Key to Saving Your Relationships?
Join in as Rod and Scott talk about the power of apology and forgiveness. Why it’s so hard to say “I’m sorry,” and how to model healthy forgiveness in the family context for stronger, more resilient bonds.
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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31:41
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Can You Really Stop Fighting and Start Connecting?
Join in as Rod and Scott discuss conflict resolution 2.0: a deeper dive into calmly resolving disagreements—whether in marriage, with extended family, or in the workplace—using new communication approaches.
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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34:58
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Are You and Your Partner Secretly Undermining Your Parenting?
Join Rod and Scott as they talk about when parents disagree on parenting styles. Exploring topics like: Navigating conflicts or contradictions in discipline, communication, and routines without sending mixed messages to kids.
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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33:43
Part 2 - Are Cell Phones A Problem For Kids With Special Guest Cameron Gibson
Join Rod, Scott, and Cameron as they continue the conversation from last week about kids and phones.
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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33:50
Part 1 - Are Cell Phones A Problem For Kids? With Special Guest Cameron Gibson
Today Rod and Scott are joined by Cameron Gibson, a school counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor. The discussion is about cell phones in school and the use of cell phones by children. Cell phones are here to stay and now we have to le...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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35:21
What Causes Relationships to Fail
Rod and Scott talk about ten situations that cause relationships to fail. Since this is Valentine's week be sure not to commit these or maybe correct them instead! Happy Valentine's Day!
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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32:28
Do Small Problems Cause Large Feelings
Have you ever seen a child temper tantrums over a relatively small issue? Maybe you've seen an adult meltdown over a seemingly insignificant situation. Today, we talk about this mostly for kids, but it applies to adults as well.
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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35:03
How to Talk to Your Children
Rod and Scott discuss how to talk with your kids, about school or their day. Can we get kids talking positively and learning to reflect on their day to learn and grow?
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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34:39
How to Worry Less
Join Rod and Scott as they talk about worry and it's affects on us and how to worry less in our lives to be happier.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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34:05
Are Your Kids Anxious?
Join Rod and Scott as they discuss kids and students who get anxious about this time of the year (3rd quarter of school). How do we handle this as parents and guardians? Should we attempt to fix the anxiety? What tools can help the child?
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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30:13
Happy 2025! What Do You Resolve?
Join Rod and Scott as they begin season 5 with a discussion about resolutions. Do you resolve to change anything? How do you stick to them or not? What do you think about looking into a new year?
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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30:17
Happy New Year & Season 4 Review
WOW, 2024 is drawing to a close and so is our first year of weekly podcast episodes! This completes 50 episodes for 2024 and we are excited about what we've accomplished and where we are headed. Join us as we look back on the top 11 most listen...
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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32:40
Reflections on Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Rod and Scott reflect on Christmas this Christmas Eve Eve.
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Season 4
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Episode 49
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32:58
Ways to find Joy and Balance during the 2024 Holidays
As we approach the Christmas Holiday Rod and Scott discuss ways to find Joy and Balance. These can be stressful times, but they are supposed to be joyous. Join us to see what we have done to create the joy and maintain a balance.
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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34:27
Focusing on Holiday Family Traditions
Rod and Scott get into the holiday spirit by looking at family traditions. What are your favorite family traditions, join us as we share some of ours.
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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30:35
Being Thankful and Generous
Join Rod and Scott as they reflect on Thanksgiving while looking forward to the holiday season and discuss generosity.
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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31:20
Having An Attitude Of Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving Week! We hope you have a Home Sweet Home feeling around your table this Thursday and throughout the week. Take a listen to these tips for having Gratitude in our lives and during this week and season.From Rod an...
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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32:36
How To Cope With Family Drama
With Thanksgiving coming up next week (WOW), we thought we would discuss family drama and some ways to cope with it. The Holidays can be challenging, and with disagreements so prevalent in families and relationships today, this is a good time t...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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30:06
What Causes Depression?
Today we discuss depression and what might be causing it. While we are not experts, we have experienced and observed depression. If you believe you have depression you should seek a counselor, therapist, or physician to help you with diagnosis ...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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31:37
What Can We Learn From Older People's Greatest Regrets?
Rod and Scott discuss some of the top regrets of older people as they reflect on life. What can we learn from them? How should we adjust to ensure that we have no regrets?
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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32:04
Do you have the 5 Elements of a Happy Life?
Rod and Scott discuss the 5 factors of a Happy Life according to Carl Jung. Do you have these elements?
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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31:43