Rachel was still a teenager when we got married 2 days after my 22nd birthday! This rubbed many the wrong way and also empowered others to try and dictate how we dated, arranged our wedding and lived our life! Did we listen to them, yes. Did we do as they dictated, NO! we were young but not stupid and started this journey together 24 years ago and are still going strong! Come along for this spicy episode where we go over our dating trials, engagement fiascos and marriage lessons we've learned al...
Aug 18, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 12
What kinds of things do you do to keep you and your family busy during the summer break, and not getting on each others nerves? We talk about our schedules, how we keep our kids engaged and busy during the summer days. How we organize and plan out our days. We also add in fun and family adventures, whether they are small or big, it doesn't matter, we plan them out to make sure we get in good family fun. We also make sure to plan dates with one another for some one on one time.
Aug 14, 2025•43 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Did you talk to your parents about hard things? Do you want your kids to feel safe confiding in you with some of the harder things they are going through? We have tested eating at the table together daily, creating a separate safe space to talk about the hard things, going on individual dates with each kids and many more ways to create relationships that will allow our kids to feel comfortable talking to us. we share all of them here hoping that one or even a few may help others! Join in the con...
Aug 12, 2025•50 min
We lived in the UK for 18 months and learned more lessons than we had hoped to! There were some incredible experiences and wonderful people but, there were some terrible experiences and we've listed them here!
Jun 10, 2025•57 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In my family we have multiple generations of family members who have served missions for The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or if you prefer the uneducated term... a Mormon mission. Our Church has kept the same name since the 1830's but the catchy phrase Mormons stuck with detractors of the church and still remains.
Jun 07, 2025•57 min•Season 4Ep. 9
We have 6 children and each of them continually tells us how that "when they are married," or "When i'm married" they are going to do this or that. We'll we took all of those quotes literally and started helping our children gain habits that would prepare them for that marriage in years or decades down the road. Listen in to hear all of the ways we prepared them in todays episode. we go over sharing bedrooms, chores and chore lists and wheels. we go over so many things weve done that we cant eve...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 8
We have been parents of 6 kids for over 20 years and in this episode we go over what we set up when the kids were young to prepare them for the time they would move out, find their path and eventually get married if thats what they wanted! We made so many mistakes along the way and so many great choices... and well line them up in todays episode.
May 31, 2025•51 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In this episode of Raising Ohana we get together as the Ohana Adventure and go over our kids unfiltered thoughts. do they love being youtubers or hate being youtubers? did they love being on youtube and now hate it or vise versa. We go over all of the details and as our kids say... we spill all the tea!
May 29, 2025•45 min•Season 4Ep. 6
How have you seen being vulnerable help others? Or you?
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 5
We discuss what impacted us growing up, and why we feel what we need to do with our kids. We have our tips as well. What's your thoughts on when you should have "the talk" with your kids? What was it like for you growing up?
Jan 27, 2025•48 min•Season 4Ep. 4
What if finding balance in life meant moving halfway across the world? Our journey from the fast-paced hustle of YouTube fame to the serene landscapes of Scotland has been nothing short of transformative. We kick off Season 4 of Raising Ohana by sharing personal stories from our whirlwind collaborations with household names like Disney and Lego, and the toll that lifestyle took on our health. Hear how the pandemic brought an unexpected pause, forcing us to reevaluate our priorities and embrace a...
Jan 24, 2025•58 min•Season 4Ep. 1
We are talking about our teen boys, the next two in the lineup. Shae and Wyatt. These two teen boys are incredible young men but... teaching them to be responsible has been an entirely new experience for us.
Sep 25, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Each of our kids has moved out at 17yrs old. Each of them has graduated Highschool early and left to College early. We were told this wasn't possible for "home schoolers" and have loved how this has happened over the years to each of our kids. What is so interesting is that each one of our children is so different from the rest but this has worked so well for each of them in different ways. tune in, comment down below and join the conversation.
Sep 18, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 2
FINALLY we are restarting The Ohana Adventure Podcast but have changed the name to RAISING OHANA! WHY? Because we will always be raising our Ohana (family) regardless of age or situation. We launched it on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@RaisingOhanaPodcast finally so that we could have more of a community with comments and the ability to interact more openly with you directly! If you love audio you can catch all other seasons on any platform you consume podcasts on. And we will be sharing here...
Sep 12, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 1
After serving and doing hard work we always try to have a fun adventure to solidify the earlier experiences and lace them with adventure! An African Safari is one of the most adventurous things weve done! Lions eating Zebras, Elephants chasing you and Baboons almost jumping into your vehicle was only the beginning!
Sep 09, 2021•32 min
After helping the children of our first village draw and bring water to their village and realize how hard and time consuming it was... We decided that instead of donating what we did, we needed to raise $100,000.00 towards giving 30 more.
Sep 02, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 14
We left our home full of hope and excitement for our humanitarian trip to Uganda Africa! Whatever could go wrong did! Stay tuned for tips and tricks of what to do while travelling internationally in the new normal!
Aug 26, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Jase is always on the upside and I have to figure out how and if he's being real or what his secret is?
May 18, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 12
The universe, our planet, our continent, even the Atom are filled with mostly blank space. Why don't we make time and space for it!? Here's how!
May 11, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Today we are in Dallas Texas with Charan Prabhakar
May 04, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 10
We got caught in the TEXAS frozen storm and nearly died. But you won't believe the blessings we have seen in our life and how if we open our eyes you can see divine intervention in beautiful ways. We have been fortunate to help a friend in the most unexpected ways, to meet the perfect person for our upcoming business venture.
Apr 29, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 9
We have been married for 19 years, owned multiple businesses, we homeschool our 6 children & life is not always rainbows & lollipops. We share the ups and downs & give you the REAL lessons we've learned. We talk about dating, sex, traveling with and without children...you want to listen to the very end because it gets awkward!
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 8
Our most groundbreaking Parenting tip, the Safe Couch. Every parent and child dread the conversation of telling someone something bad happened. When you need to have the hard conversations, feeling safe and loved is the only way to go. The safe couch is a place for you and your children to feel safe and share the hard conversations while keeping that love.
Apr 22, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 7
We have been so excited to be working with Paul Cardall on our upcoming music releases. We have wanted to talk to Paul about his musical journey, how he got to 3 billion music streams, multiple best-selling albums, and been able to work with all of the amazing humans he's worked with in the past decade!! So sit back and have fun listening to us converse about music, drive, determination, and all things the lead to each in today's episode!
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 6
We get hate for it but we have been as careful as one can be and have still been able to keep our business alive and ourselves and others too!
Apr 15, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
We travel and still take the time to turn them into work-cations but we also stay in the room until schoolwork is done as well... WELCOME to our WORLD SCHOOL!!
Apr 13, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Well, we dropped her off, remodeled her apartment, and are heading home with no regrets! do we miss her already... NOPE!
Apr 08, 2021•11 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Our 17yr old graduated early and got accepted into a great university. The process... Here it is!
Apr 06, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We are changing EVERYTHING! Kid’s going to University, new content styles on social media, new homeschooling techniques... It’s all changing and here’s why!
Mar 30, 2021•13 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Switching from sending kids to school every day to homeschooling them full-time. There can be an overwhelming feeling as you realize that you are now 100 percent responsible for your child’s education. “How will I keep them busy and learning all day?” This is a common misconception many first time homeschoolers have when they switch from public school to homeschool. Over the years we have homeschooled our kids, then sent them to public school, then homeschooled them again. We have transitioned b...
Aug 19, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 11
