Ep. 86: For Better, For Worse, For Outkast: Marriage Meltdowns, Parenting, and Atlanta Vibes

This week’s episode dives deep into faith, family, and fun; from navigating the hardest moments in marriage to learning how to regulate our emotions as parents, and even a firsthand look at a major music festival experience!

💍 Forever Segment — When the Fantasy Fades, Does Your Faith Remain?

We explore what the “worse” in “for better or for worse” truly means. When life tests your marriage through loss, stress, distance, or disappointment. . . how do you safeguard your relationship before those moments arrive? This segment is all about building faith-based resilience when the fantasy fades.

🧘🏾‍♀️ Roots & Bloom Segment — Pause, Breathe, Then Parent

Parenting starts with emotional regulation. . . ours. We discuss the power of pausing, breathing, and modeling calmness for our children. How do our emotions shape theirs? And what steps can we take to make emotional balance a daily practice, not a reaction?

🎶 Lifestyle Segment — The ONE MusicFest: Atlanta Edition

Keonte shares his surprise birthday trip to Atlanta, GA to attend his very first music festival! From legendary performances by Outkast and Mary J. Blige to the rising sounds of newcomer Leon Thomas, he gives us the full behind-the-scenes on what the experience was like and whether he’d ever do it again.

Today we’ll be touching on: 

• When's The Last Time You Did Something For the First Time?
• Raising People From The Dead: The Essie Dunbar Story
• Why Are Kids So Messy? Help!
• For Better or For Worse: When the Fantasy Fades, Does Your Faith Remain?
• Emotional Regulation In Parents
• ONE MusicFest: Outkast, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige & Swag Surfing In Atlanta

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