Rock Solid Families - EP254 - Calming Your Child's Emotional Storms Co-Host - Meredith Scudder - Assistant Director at Rock Solid Families Regulating our emotions is not about suppressing them, but rather about learning to respond instead of react. By modeling calmness and practicing co-regulation, we can create a safe space for our children to navigate the storms of life. In this episode of the Rock Solid Families podcast, Merrill and Linda are joined by guest co-host and returning contributor,...
Sep 18, 2023•46 min•Season 5Ep. 254
"Stand firm on your values and convictions, even when it's difficult. Show the love of Christ to your young adults, guiding them with truth and grace." - Rock Solid Families In this episode of the Rock Solid Families podcast, hosts Merrill and Linda Hutchinson discuss the topic of parenting young adults in the context of sexuality and relationships. They emphasize the importance of establishing clear values and rules within the home before addressing these topics with young adults. The hosts enc...
Sep 11, 2023•33 min
Teaching our children about physical relationships is not about imposing rules, but about guiding them towards God's perfect design. It's about equipping them to make wise choices and protecting their hearts, minds, and bodies. Let's empower our children to understand their value and purpose, so they can navigate the challenges of this world with grace and integrity. In this episode of the Rock Solid Families podcast, hosts Linda Hutchinson and Merrill discuss the challenges of talking to teenag...
Sep 04, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 252
Christian parents, are you wondering how to have "the sex talk" with your school-age sons and daughters? Merrill and Linda delve deeply into this question, offering candid insights in the latest Rock Solid Families episode. They underscore the urgency of addressing this subject, especially as kids today encounter sexual content far earlier than past generations. The episode spotlights the need for accurate terminology and the emphasis on principles of modesty and self-respect. Beyond just discus...
Aug 28, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 251
"Teaching our children about sex is not just about the act itself, but about instilling in them a deep understanding of their worth and purpose as beautifully created beings in God's image." - Linda Hutchinson Welcome to the Rock Solid Families podcast! In this episode, Linda and Merrill Hutchinson kick off an important new series called "Sex: The Right Talk at the Right Time." They understand that talking to our kids about sex can be a challenging and uncomfortable topic, but it's crucial for p...
Aug 21, 2023•46 min
“As parents, you've got to know what your values are before you can set healthy boundaries,” says co-host Linda Hutchinson. The art of instilling and maintaining healthy boundaries with children can be challenging for parents. Merrill and Linda reflect on personal experiences, emphasizing the detrimental consequences of overindulgence and the importance of letting children experience the ramifications of their actions. As parents, it's essential to differentiate between occasional favors and hab...
Aug 14, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 249
Hosts - Merrill and Linda Hutchinson Guest - Meredith Scudder - Assistant Director at Rock Solid Families In today’s episode, your hosts Merrill and Linda welcome back special guest Meredith Scudder to join their discussion on defense mechanisms. Together, they emphasize that defense mechanisms are unconscious ways to reduce internal stress, acting as protective barriers against uncomfortable emotions or experiences and encourage listeners to acknowledge their own defense mechanisms and understa...
Aug 07, 2023•39 min•Season 5Ep. 248
“God designed marriage to be a covenant modeled from the one that He made with us,” explains co-host Linda Hutchinson. Nowadays, 50% of all marriages end in divorce. This is a startling statistic. The good news is that when you consider only the marriages of couples who pray together, less than 1% of those marriages end in divorce. In the first 4 parts of their Summer of Love Series, co-hosts Merrill and Linda Hutchinson introduced their Summer of Love Marriage Assessment for evaluating the qual...
Jul 31, 2023•45 min
Rock Solid Families - Ep 246 - Summer of Love - Part 4 - Physical Intimacy “We're called to be unconditionally loving and respectful but when we're hurting each other, we start to throw conditions,” shares co-host Merrill Hutchinson. When it comes to building intimacy within a relationship, men and women often approach the idea from very different perspectives. Men tend to be more focused on sex as the main form of physical intimacy whereas women tend to combine physical, emotional, and spiritua...
Jul 24, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 246
“There's a lot of evil and hopelessness out in the world, but we don't have to experience that when we have each other and when we know Christ,” explains co-host Linda Hutchinson. Emotional wellness within a relationship is what keeps marriages healthy and strong year after year. In Parts 1 and 2 of their Summer of Love Series, co-hosts Merrill and Linda Hutchinson shared their Marriage Assessment tool for evaluating the quality of a marriage, breaking it down into four categories, emotional con...
Jul 17, 2023•31 min
Rock Solid Families - Ep 244 - Summer of Love Series - Part 2 - Communication “We're not saying you're not going to have conflict. It’s how you resolve the conflict and the tools that you have in your toolbox,” explains co-host Linda Hutchinson. Healthy communication strategies are pivotal for maintaining and building intimacy within a marriage. In Part 1 of their Summer of Love Series, co-hosts Merrill and Linda introduced their Marriage Assessment, a tool for couples to determine their strengt...
Jul 10, 2023•39 min
Rock Solid Families - Ep 242 - Summer of Love Series - Part 1 Summer of Love Assessment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MqDxgddfmr7rzbQRFV1jC0VaUdok3XnG/view?usp=sharing “You take your car in for regular oil changes, you go to the doctor for your regular checkups and go to the dentist for your regular cleanings. Why are we not being as intentional or really focused on our marriage and keeping it fresh?”, asks co-host Linda Hutchinson. Continuing to grow love and intimacy within your relationsh...
Jul 03, 2023•37 min
God has designed all living creatures to fight for life. Built in to our creation is the idea that life should be valued and protected. We have intrinsic responses to danger such as our fight or flight responses, to help us in life threatening moments. We make it a priority to have protective measures in place to keep us from harm. We are motivated to spend time, money, and energy to protective ourselves from threats to our lives and potential harm. At what point does our fear of dying become ob...
Jun 26, 2023•43 min•Season 5Ep. 242
Rock Solid Families - Ep 241 - Father's Day 2023 “We would do very well for the next generation to start celebrating the women and men for how God designed them to be,” explains co-host Merrill Hutchinson. Research shows that 31% of children in the US are being raised without their biological father in their home. This is an alarming statistic, as fatherlessness has been shown to have direct correlations to hardships such as drug use, homelessness, and crime. Today, co-hosts Merrill and Linda Hu...
Jun 19, 2023•37 min
Rock Solid Families - Ep 240 - Preparing Your Kids for Battle “As Christ followers, it's important that we band together and equip our kids for the culture war that we are in today,” shares co-host Linda Hutchinson. When you were growing up, you may never have needed to defend your faith because Christianity was more accepted. Nowadays, kids are growing up in a very different world where Christianity is no longer the dominant culture. Most alarmingly, those who stick by God’s Word are now often ...
Jun 12, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 240
Rock Solid Families - Ep 239 - The 5 Essentials of Trust Merrill and Linda Hutchinson “If you are a person who can't trust people, you live a life of paranoia. If you are a person who can't be trusted, you live a life of frustration and anger,” explains co-host Merrill Hutchinson. Trust is the foundation for all healthy relationships. Without it, you are unable to form relationships with others and will end up isolated. On the other hand, if you give your trust too freely, you open yourself up t...
Jun 05, 2023•39 min
Rock Solid Families - Ep 238 - Identity in Christ Alone - Welcoming Meredith Scudder to the RSF Team Meredith Scudder - Assistant Director and Coach at Rock “What I'm seeing a lot of the youth struggle with is identity. And they're not going to know their identity until they know Christ,” explains Meredith Scudder, the new Assistant Director and faith-based coach at Rock Solid Families. Meredith chose to get a Masters in Social Work after seeing firsthand the challenges facing elementary school ...
May 29, 2023•34 min
Rock Solid Families EP237: Life Transformation - Their Stories Merrill and Linda Hutchinson “Trust is not rebuilt overnight. We’ve got to just keep showing each other that we have the right intention, and we're going to try, and we're going to relearn some new practices,” shares co-host Merrill Hutchinson. Periods of life transformation are often uncomfortable and take time and hard work. But God is ready to walk with you every step of the way. Today co-hosts Linda and Merrill Hutchinson discuss...
May 22, 2023•41 min
Rock Solid Families Podcast EP236: Life Transformation - Sharing Our Stories Merrill and Linda Hutchison “The idea of going through the transformation oftentimes means you're going to go through a difficult time. And if you right now are in a difficult time, rather than looking for quick fixes, just start your talk with God,” explains co-host Merrill Hutchinson. Transformation is often uncomfortable and it definitely is not easy, but it can open your life to possibilities you never would have im...
May 15, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 236
Rock Solid Radio - Ep 235 - Intimacy Builders and Intimacy Busters Merrill and Linda PodAmp “Everybody has a desire for emotional intimacy and physical intimacy and even spiritual intimacy, but the amount that you need could be different. And neither one is right or wrong,” explains co-host Merrill Hutchinson. Men and women tend to have very different ideas when they hear the word intimacy. These differences mean that oftentimes husbands and wives end up busting the intimacy in their marriage ra...
May 08, 2023•47 min•Season 5Ep. 235
Merrill and Linda Hutchinson on Leaving The Nest on Rock Solid Families Podcast Merrill and Linda Hutchinson of Rock Solid Families podcast discuss the six keys to successfully launching a child into adulthood. Rock Solid Families Podcast https://www.rocksolidfamilies.org/podcast/rock-solid-radio Merrill and Linda are the co-hosts of Rock Solid Families Podcast as well as the co-founders of Rock Solid Families, a 501c3 nonprofit, faith-based organization. Combined, they have over 70 years of exp...
May 01, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 234
Rock Solid Families - Ep 233 - Rock Solid Families - The Heaviness of Grief Merrill and Linda Hutchinson “Everyone grieves differently, and there's no one right way to grieve. We're just here to give you permission to grieve, whether that be in anger, depression, denial, or acceptance. It’s not meaning you didn't love that person, it means that you have decided to keep moving on in life,” explains co-host Linda Hutchinson. When you are dealing with a tragedy like a death or loss, there are sever...
Apr 24, 2023•36 min
Merrill and Linda Hutchinson on Insecure Parenting on Rock Solid Families Podcast Caption: Rock Solid Families https://www.rocksolidfamilies.org/podcast/rock-solid-radio Merrill and Linda are the co-hosts of Rock Solid Families Podcast as well as the co-founders of Rock Solid Families, a 501c3 nonprofit, faith-based organization. Combined, they have over 70 years of experience in teaching, counseling, ministry, coaching and public speaking. In 2018, they left their full time positions in the Chu...
Apr 17, 2023•44 min•Season 5Ep. 232
Becky Brown on Discovering Your Attachment Style, with Merrill and Linda Hutchinson on Rock Solid Radio Podcast Becky Brown, Development Director of New Life Ministries, was interviewed by Merrill and Linda Hutchinson of Rock Solid Radio podcast on attachment styles. Caption: Rock Solid Radio https://www.rocksolidfamilies.org/podcast/rock-solid-radio Becky has been a Professional Clinical Counselor for 25 years. She has worked as a CoHost of the national radio show, New Life Live for the past 3 ...
Apr 10, 2023•50 min•Season 5Ep. 231
“There's a lot of couples out there who have left their relationship unprotected,” shares co-host Linda Hutchinson. Whether you are married yet or not, there are likely ways that you have left yourself open to temptations within your relationship. Today, co-hosts Linda and Merrill Hutchinson talk about how to protect your relationship from a train wreck by creating a marriage protection plan with your significant other. There are so many things that can cause a relationship to fall off the track...
Apr 03, 2023•42 min
Rock Solid Radio - Who's The Boss in Your Home? Hosts - Merrill and Linda Hutchinson “We parent out of a sense of fear, or guilt, or obligation. And that's not how God has called us to parent and lead our family,” explains Linda Hutchinson. Throughout their 70 combined years of life coaching, ministry, and counseling, hosts Merrill and Linda Hutchinson have seen a major shift in the parents’ authority over their homes. This dysfunction bleeds out from the family and creates discord in society on...
Mar 27, 2023•37 min
It's great to dream! Dreaming about your future, your family, your adventures to come! These are the things that can give us motivation and hope for better days. But, it might be worth asking yourself this question. Are you living your dream or God's dream? In this show, Linda and Merrill take a break from the regular studio and head south to Florida with their family for a little vacation. While on vacation it is common to dream of things to come. But, as discussed during the show, do you inclu...
Mar 20, 2023•29 min
We've all been injured at some point in our lives. Broken bones, stitches, or just a heavy bruise. Injuries are a sign that we are out there living our life in the elements. No one particularly seeks to get injured, but when we are injured we want to recover as quickly as possible. So is the case with emotional, relational, and spiritual wounds. Physical wounds are often the easiest to heal from. We can seem them and therefore have a benchmark to work from towards healing and recovery. But, the ...
Mar 13, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 227
Storms seem to be everywhere these days. Whether it's the latest snowstorm, flooding, tornados, or storms such as earthquakes, fires, temperature extremes, whatever it is, we seem to be having our fair share. But this show is not just about the natural storms and disasters we face, it is about all the storms we face whether natural or manmade. Storms are the events that happen in our lives that we didn't necessarily plan on and to some degree or another, they knock us off from our desired coarse...
Mar 06, 2023•38 min•Season 5Ep. 226
When was the last time you had a good belly laugh? Often times when someone has experienced such a laugh, you will hear them say, "that felt really good!" We have known for years that laughter is a great medicine, but why don't we use it more than we do? Being more intentional about adding laughter and a variety of other ideas, can help you change your darker days and add more light to your darkness. Exercise, laughter, rest, praying, and meditating, are just a few ways to help. Check out more a...
Feb 27, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 225
