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Tim & Denise

Life is lived in stories. Relationships are built through conversations.

We're Denise and Tim. We met while working in Seattle in our twenties and have been writing our story together ever since.

Over the years we've built careers, raised three sons, navigated military life, moved from Washington to Arizona, written books, cheered from countless sidelines, and learned that life's biggest lessons are usually found in ordinary conversations. Today, our family is growing in new directions, our two Labrador retrievers keep life interesting, and we're still convinced that summer, travel, sports, and a good story make almost everything better.

You'll usually find us around the table with a cup of coffee, a good bourbon, or a glass of wine in hand. Denise tends to notice the meaning woven through everyday moments. Tim naturally looks for the practical lessons and the patterns beneath them. We don't always see the same story in the same way, and somewh

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Episodes

47 episodes

  1. Should Leaders Always Eat Last? 38:57
  2. What Do We Hope for Our Kids as They Leave Home? 26:15
  3. Finding Your People Without Losing the Bigger Picture 52:27
  4. Consume & Engage With More Real Life 53:31
  5. Put Yourself Out There 55:23
  6. The List Versus a Plan 57:05
  7. What are you still working on? 50:48
  8. What makes a memory worth keeping? 46:44
  9. We Don't Check Grades 52:24
  10. The Things That Make a Home 37:31
  11. How'd You Go To War 56:46
  12. When You Forget Yourself 46:03
  13. Living Beyond Outrage 44:25
  14. The Story Behind One of the Heard 42:39
  15. The Expectations We Never Say Out Loud 37:41
  16. What Makes a Family Feel Like Home? 39:44
  17. Why Shared Adventures Matter 44:09
  18. Finding Our Way Back to Each Other 34:44
  19. What the Road Is Teaching Me 37:47
  20. The Questions We Ask the People We Love 44:20
  21. When Time Doesn't Matter 46:20
  22. What Makes A Place Feel Like Home? 52:39
  23. Episode 25: What 25 Years of Marriage Has Taught Us 53:54
  24. The Courage To Be Read 50:24
  25. The Quiet Moments that Change Us 41:02
  26. What Are We Carrying? 46:51
  27. What's Next 41:31
  28. What We Keep 40:06
  29. The Roads We Didn't Take 57:10
  30. Holding it Loosely 55:55
  31. The Stories We Share 49:06
  32. Stories of Us 55:56
  33. More Than "Thank you for your sevice." 41:54
  34. A Life of Service 39:50
  35. When Work Breaks Your Heart 59:15
  36. The People Who Changed Our Lives 40:43
  37. The Way We Are Wired 50:14
  38. Travel Changes You 43:49
  39. The Places That Change Us 41:18
  40. Listening To Understand 40:44
  41. Raising Brothers 33:10
  42. The Family Stories We Inherit 33:33
  43. Meet Tim 9:44
  44. The People We Meet On The Ball Field 34:18
  45. The Families We Carry With Us 11:11
  46. The Myth of Balance 30:09
  47. The Story We Keep Telling 32:24