If you think you are doing this life alone, you are mistaken. We are designed by God to be in relationship and work as many parts of one body. Rock Solid Families thanks all of their supporters, partners, and donors that have allowed the vision to become a reality. Let's keep it going! Support the show #Rocksolidfamilies, #familytherapy, #marriagecounseling, #parenting, #faithbasedcounseling, #counseling, #Strongdads, #coaching, #lifecoach, #lifecoaching, #marriagecoaching, #marriageandfamily, #...
Jul 25, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 195
Spousal abuse is no small matter. Research indicates that 1 in 4 marriages have a level of physical abuse, 1 in 3 have some form of abuse ranging from physical, emotion, psychological, or spiritual. these numbers are staggering when you consider how abuse wrecks the lives of everyone involved. http://rocksolidfamilies.org Dr. David Clarke: Enough Is Enough: Leaving an Abusive Relationship - Part 1 https://subspla.sh/4y255mz Part 2 https://subspla.sh/p2665kp Support the show #Rocksolidfamilies, #...
Jul 18, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 194
Dr. John Delony, noted author, speaker, and radio show host from Ramsey Solutions, joins Rock Solid Radio for an empowering show. John is smart, well-spoken and as common as they come. He doesn't let his 2 PhD's get in the way of speaking common sense to real people with real problems. Check out his latest book: Own Your Past Change Your Future He can also be found at: https://www.ramseysolutions.com/ To contact Rock Solid Families go to: https://wwwrocksolidfamilies.org Support the show #Rockso...
Jul 10, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 193
What is freedom? It sounds like a fairly easy and straight forward question, but the reality of it is that is can be very complicated. Listen in to this week's show as we celebrate Independence Day, July 4th, 2022. We discuss freedom from a variety of perspectives and attempt to see how and what we need to teach about freedom to our children. http://rocksolidfamilies.org Support the show #Rocksolidfamilies, #familytherapy, #marriagecounseling, #parenting, #faithbasedcounseling, #counseling, #Str...
Jul 03, 2022•34 min
What is the next step we as Christians need to take as Roe v Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022? http://rocksolidfamilies.org Support the show #Rocksolidfamilies, #familytherapy, #marriagecounseling, #parenting, #faithbasedcounseling, #counseling, #Strongdads, #coaching, #lifecoach, #lifecoaching, #marriagecoaching, #marriageandfamily, #control, #security, #respect, #affection, #love, #purpose, #faith, #affairs, #infidelity...
Jun 26, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 191
Does your anger get the best of you? How about someone in your family? What's behind that anger? Check out this week's show to hear more about the conversation. http://rocksolidfamiies.org Support the show #Rocksolidfamilies, #familytherapy, #marriagecounseling, #parenting, #faithbasedcounseling, #counseling, #Strongdads, #coaching, #lifecoach, #lifecoaching, #marriagecoaching, #marriageandfamily, #control, #security, #respect, #affection, #love, #purpose, #faith, #affairs, #infidelity...
Jun 20, 2022•39 min
Father's Day, 2022 - It's time we celebrate and encourage the dads in our lives. Our culture is sick due to the void of healthy father figures in the home. If we want better, we must encourage and expect better from our dads. http://rocksolidfamilies.org Support the show #Rocksolidfamilies, #familytherapy, #marriagecounseling, #parenting, #faithbasedcounseling, #counseling, #Strongdads, #coaching, #lifecoach, #lifecoaching, #marriagecoaching, #marriageandfamily, #control, #security, #respect, #a...
Jun 12, 2022•41 min
Being Christian is about loving people as Christ would love others. It is about showing compassion and service to others. It is also about choosing God's nature for mankind over man's nature for mankind. This sounds easy until you find yourself in conflict with God's nature. The topic of Gay pride is becoming bigger and bigger with each passing year. We now have the month of June dedicated as Gay Pride Month. Should we be okay with this or does this contradict God's Word? During this show Linda ...
Jun 06, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 188
This show airs one week after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Yet another tragic story in the moral decline of the United States. We look around and wonder, "why?" Then we begin to seek answers. We are waiting for some incredibly smart person to come up with the greatest idea, law, or proclamation that will end the evil. Yet, to this point, we are empty handed. At the risk of sounding like we know more than what we really do, we attempt today to empower every family across this nation. Dur...
May 27, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 187
What are you doing this summer? Do you have your kids busy and attending camps and activities? Or, are you kids going to be spending a lot of time sleeping in, watching television and playing video games? These are the kinds of questions that every family will encounter once the kids get out of school for summer. Somewhere in the middle of these questions is a happy medium of work, fun, and relaxation. During this show, Linda and Merrill talk about "anchor" activities that can help you and your ...
May 23, 2022•32 min•Season 4Ep. 186
Mental health has been slow to get the attention that so many other bodily health systems receive. We have regular check-ups to our dentist, dermatologist, hair salon, and general practitioner, but what about mental health? When was the last time you went for a check up for your mental health? Mental health has shown its importance more in the past couple of years than ever before in recent history. Between the daily stresses of life and then adding in things like Covid, the economy, and vastly ...
May 16, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 185
Church hurt is a very real thing. At one point or another most all of us can think of a time in which someone in our church or the direction of the church hurt us. This can be devastating as we often give the church such permission to be part of our lives. During this show, Linda and Merrill discuss church hurt and how we can, one, prevent it, two, heal from it. This may be a difficult topic for many, but avoidance and turning your back on the church can have longer lasting negative effects. The...
May 06, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 184
Many people are in a position to give others advice. Whether a parent, teacher, coach, or boss, but that doesn't mean we are always ready to receive this well-intended advice. In fact, many times when people are offering advice, we are quick to turn them off. We don't see it as giving advice as we might see it as meddling in our business. We often can feel like well- meaning people can overstep their bounds and attempt to insert their ways in to our ways. When we experience this we can feel anno...
Apr 29, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 183
In this day of throw away and replace we have found it more and more difficult to stick with things when they are not working well. We quit on our jobs, our friendships, our fitness, our faith, and even our marriages. We have the screaming of instant gratification yelling at every cell in our body. The question might be, "Should I ever give up? If so, when?" This can be a very difficult question. Some will tell you to never give up and others will tell you that if something is not working, you'r...
Apr 25, 2022•31 min•Season 4Ep. 182
When something is brand new does that make it better than something that is old? At first thought we might think yes, but the older we get the more often we see that just because something is new does not mean it is better. In today's show we get to learn more about this idea through one of the most notable parenting experts of our times. During this show John Rosemond joins us to share his experiences, knowledge, and wisdom that he has gained through his years as a psychologist in the area of p...
Apr 14, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 181
Most of us would look at a mouse in our house as an undesirable thing. We may think of him as an unwelcome intruder. Besides just being a little creepy, he could cause damage, make a mess, and worst of all, help make many more mice that could intrude into your house. It's hard to imagine that many of us would intentionally allow the mouse in our house with an open invite. Something about that just seems to go against common sense. This show begins by discussing the most famous of mice, Mickey Mo...
Apr 11, 2022•37 min
How often do you find yourself frustrated or anxious about things not going to plan? Either the timing, the process, or the outcome, are not what you expected. This is part of the human condition. It is experienced by every thinking human on earth. "Why aren't things going my way?" In this show Linda and Merrill talk about how this has been such a big part of their life. How it continues to be a daily struggle even though they logically understand God's Word and what they should be doing, but so...
Apr 04, 2022•33 min
When working with families we often see similar patterns that produce the good outcomes and those that produce the not so good outcomes. When you work long enough in this field you can begin to make predictions of future outcomes based on current behavior patterns. That doesn't make us a prophet, it just makes us aware of the simple concept of cause and effect. In this show, Linda and Merrill introduce their approach to helping parents raise children with the greatest probability to success. Thi...
Mar 27, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 179
Are you feeling exhausted or overwhelmed? Are you losing sight of the things that you say truly matter to you? You are not alone. Our culture has sold us many different things, but one of the most dangerous is that of being overly busy. At times it's as if we wear it as a badge of honor. "He everybody, look how busy I am." We allow our work schedules, kids' schedules, and every other schedule to get jammed into each and every day. We allow the cost of keeping up with our neighbors to own us and ...
Mar 21, 2022•31 min•Season 4Ep. 178
What's on your bucket list? What motivate's you and drives you to wake up and live another day? Do you live for the weekends, or vacations? How about the idea of a great journey or project, maybe even a particular experience in your life? These are sometimes referred to as your dreams. Why should we have them and what happens when we aren't having them? Dreams or visions for your future are critical to giving people purpose and hope. They allow us to work through many of the menial tasks of life...
Mar 14, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 177
Alisa Childers is no stranger to talking and singer about her faith. Alisa began her career as a singer in the Christian band, Zoe Girl. From there she led worship in church while raising her kids and being a wife. But when Covid came and many churches stop holding public worship, Alisa began talking and writing about her faith walk. Now, Alisa is the host of her own Alisa Childers Podcast and has written multiple books on faith and our culture. Her passion to dig deep to the authentic word is t...
Mar 07, 2022•45 min•Season 4Ep. 176
It's everywhere! Everywhere we seem to turn technology is putting a new spin on our way of life. So much of it is amazing as it makes our life more efficient and many tasks much faster. However, we have discovered that all of the good comes at a cost. Not just a financial cost, but a cost to many other areas of life. During this show, Merrill and Linda confess their challenge of using technology in so much of their work, but trying to be a better example to their own kids. With work now losing i...
Feb 26, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 175
Do you have a perfect practice of staying connected to Christ? I know I don't. Just like I do not have a perfect practice of exercise and diet. I know many of the things I should do, but the fact is, I don't always do the right things. And, if I have to be honest, consistency is always a struggle for me. Let's take this conversation out of the gym and into our relationship with Christ. In order to take care of anything, whether it is our body, our car, our marriage, or our faith, we must put pra...
Feb 21, 2022•44 min
Linda and Merrill are excited as they take the opportunity to introduce their new online marriage coaching program, Rock Solid Marriages! In this show they discuss why they felt the need to create the program. What the foundation for the program is. And how every couple can rebuild and restore their marriage. The "Why" for the program is simple; broken marriages lead to hurting people. People that are hurt and living in the pain on a daily basis. Sometimes the pain almost seems to make you numb ...
Feb 13, 2022•36 min
Who's running your house? Is it you, your spouse, the two of you combined, or maybe it's the kids. What! Kids running the house seems like a crazy notion, but all too often this is what we see with parentings coming into our office with parenting concerns or children behaving poorly. When we begin to boil it down we often see very similar patterns; unclear values, lack of unity between parents, confused authority, no boundaries, inconsistent follow through on consequences, and often a lot of arg...
Feb 07, 2022•49 min
You and your spouse get along fine. You have a great relationship and trust each other at all times. Then you hear and see signs that make you start to have doubts and questions. Maybe the marriage is not as strong as you thought. What happened? Research indicates that about 50% of marriages will fail. It is safe to say that no one goes into a marriage thinking the marriage is going to fail. We all start with great intentions and faith that this marriage is forever. But then we see the reality o...
Jan 30, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 171
As Christians, we are called to live with the values given to us through God's Word. Many of those seem commonsensical, such as "thou shalt not kill", but others seem more challenging, "love your enemy". What do we do when we are confronted with a person or situation that challenges our Christian values but we still want to love the people involved? In this show, Linda and Merrill take on the difficult topic of how we should speak and interact with friends and family that are coming out in a lif...
Jan 24, 2022•41 min
When was the last time you felt lost? How did that feel to you? Confused, frustrated, concerned, even worried. Being lost can be a scary and exhausting experience. Because of this, people will begin to do whatever they can to find their location. They will make guesses on what direction is best. They will make U-turns in the middle of the road. They will sometimes keep pressing with the belief they will eventually recognize something that looks familiar. And, worse case, they will ask for direct...
Jan 16, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 169
Have you ever felt like you're the only one that doesn't have your act together? We look at TV personalities and people on social media and we often come away thinking they have the best version that life has to offer. Rock Solid Radio had the opportunity to host celebrity, Rachel Cruze to the show. The main thing we walked away with from our show is just how down to earth and authentic she is. Rachel is the daughter of Dave Ramsey that introduced Financial Peace University and a host of many ot...
Jan 04, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 168
2020 was considered by many to be among the most challenging of years. Everyone was praying that 2021 would bring a respite from the Covid scare and the uncertainty in politics and world affairs. But, as life would have it, not everything was as peachy as we would have liked. Covid continued to be on the front page, the economy took some of the steepest declines we have seen in decades, our job market was completely turned upside down by people not going back to work as the government subsidized...
Jan 02, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 167
