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Introducing The Thriving Family podcast

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 • Duration 00:35

Check out Focus on the Family Canada’s NEW podcast featuring authentic Canadian content, coming this June! This space – where faith, family, and culture intersect – will be available on our mobile app, website, and wherever you get your podcasts!

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7 Things to Remember When Your In-Laws Can't Let Go

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 • Duration 13:25

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Whether you’re engaged, newlywed, or have been married for years, you know that spouses come with attachments: in-laws. These relationships have the potential to offer support to the married couple, but the reality is many couples struggle with in-law dynamics. Similar to having a newborn child, there is no instruction manual for how to navigate the complexity of this particular relationship. What can you do, then, when your in-laws won’t let go? And how do you navigate this issue without creating a divide that feels too big to cross?

This is a big topic, so we’ve included a relevant resources in our show notes for this episode so you can continue learning and growing even after today’s episode ends.

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How to Set Marriage-Strengthening Boundaries With Your Spouse

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 • Duration 10:44

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Boundaries, both personal and mutual, are expressions of our values. They enable us to build a healthy relationship by feeling safe and secure. But what do healthy boundaries look like in marriage? How do we set them, and how do we maintain them?

Today’s episode, “How to Set Marriage-Strengthening Boundaries with Your Spouse,” comes from Vicki Hooper. Vicki Hooper is a Certified Clinical Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, and holds a Masters in Education in School Counselling. She currently works as a marriage therapist with Focus on the Family Canada's Hope Restored marriage intensives. She also has an extensive background in teaching and ministry settings. Vicki and her husband, David, have been married over 25 years and are parents to two grown children.

This is a big topic, so we’ve included a relevant resources in our show notes for this episode so you can continue learning and growing even after today’s episode ends.

Understanding Healthy Boundaries PDF booklet

https://info.focusonthefamily.ca/understanding-healthy-boundaries-pdf

Hope Restored marriage intensives

https://hoperestoredcanada.ca/

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Intro: Conversations on Communication, Conflict, Faith, and Stronger Relationships

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 • Duration 02:38

In the first season of The Thriving Family podcast, we explore one of the most pressing topics that people ask us about – conflict and communication. Whether you need help in your marriage, as a parent, or in your relationships with loved ones, we want to help you with practical advice, real-life stories, and encouraging conversations.

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How to Respond When a Friend Reveals Tension in Their Marriage

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 • Duration 14:10

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Picture this: You and your friend are hanging out, talking like you always do, when suddenly, your friend is divulging serious stuff about their marriage. What should you say – and what should you not say – if you want to help your friend?

Today’s episode can help guide us through this relational tightrope.

Just a note: Referrals to websites not produced by Focus on the Family Canada do not necessarily constitute blanket endorsement of the sites' content.

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What to Do When Your Adult Child Won't Grow Up

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 • Duration 07:28

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

It’s natural for parents to step in and ensure our children will be okay. So, how do we balance that tightrope of protective parental instinct, and preventing our children from launching into adulthood?

Today’s episode, “What to Do When Your Child Won’t Grow Up,” tackles these questions with love and care thanks to the wisdom of our in-house counsellors at Focus on the Family Canada.

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Special Guest Sam Owusu: A Pastor's Thoughts on Grief, Community And Change

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 • Duration 41:52

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Today’s episode features Pastor Sam Owusu, who took the time to sit down for a truly encouraging conversation.

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Silent Storm: When Your Spouse Won't Talk

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 • Duration 10:04

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

They say silence is golden, but in the context of marriage, silence can be devastatingly painful.

There’s a lot you can say about saying nothing. Since silence can be used both constructively and destructively in a relationship, it's important we understand what is going on behind the silence.

Today’s episode, “Silent Storm: When Your Spouse Won’t Talk,” can help guide us through this challenging path. We’ll look at the negative sides of silence, how silence can be used for good, and how to decipher between good and bad silence in a marriage.

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Special Guest Andrew Montgomery: A Conversation of Vulnerability, Team Culture and Fatherhood

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 • Duration 52:16

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Today’s special guest is Andrew Montgomery, who came to our Canadian office for a special visit from Focus on the Family’s U.S. headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. As director of organizational development and communications, Andrew creates opportunities for Focus on the Family staff to grow in their knowledge, skills, and abilities in the workplace, and oversees the ministry’s employee communications. He has been with the ministry since 2000. Prior to his current role, he served as the organization’s director of public relations.

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What is a Family of Origin?

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 • Duration 08:28

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Whether we realize it or not, the family we grew up in still impacts us today and it can be difficult to know how to create a family that thrives when we’re repeating unhealthy patterns of the past.

Today’s episode dives into the meaning of our family of origin and how to navigate these intricate relationships. This is a massive topic, so if this episode sparks an interest to learn more, Focus on the Family Canada has created a free digital booklet that further explores this subject. It is free to you thanks to generous supporters of this ministry.

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