Building Family Together

Reggie and Tanora Polk have been married 25 years, are raising nine children, and run a business together. In Episode 3 of Building Family Together they sit down for the honest version of how a family actually holds together.We get into choosing both family and business, the glass balls you cannot drop, building systems that survive a full house, raising kids inside the family business, keeping Mama T's tank full, the mental load moms carry, and why date night is how you stay married to the person standing in front of you.Chapters00:00 Welcome and cold open03:38 Nine kids and how the family came together07:03 Family or business: the choice Tanora made13:08 The reality check and the glass balls rule21:57 Twenty five years at the dinner table27:12 Family systems: chores, mornings, communication34:24 Raising kids inside the business43:55 Mama T on self care and mom guilt48:27 Moms vs dads and the mental load58:27 Date night and legacy61:27 Closing wisdom: be patient with the person you are becomingFollow Building Family Together:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BuildingFamilyTogetherInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildingfamilytogetherFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildingfamilytogetherNew episodes every two weeks. Subscribe and turn on the bell.#BuildingFamilyTogether #PolksOnPurpose #ChristianFamily #FamilyBusiness #ChristianMarriage

What happens when the project you bet your company on takes a six figure loss?In Episode 2, Reggie and Tanora Polk pull back the curtain on the part of business nobody posts about. Early in Polk and Associates Construction, they underestimated a project and ended up owing six figures. It almost broke the company. Years of beans and rice, lean payroll, and praying through Friday paychecks followed. What pulled them through was a line of credit they had set up before the storm, a personal house already in order, a wife who chose encouragement over bashing, and a faith that did not remove the pressure but gave them the strength to endure it.This is the conversation about marriage, business, and the long road of building something that lasts when the wins are still years away.In this episode:00:00  Intro01:02  Welcome back. Bridesmaid duty, baby fevers, life check in05:10  Why we wanted to talk about what nobody else posts about06:18  Trust the process. But the process has to be accurate08:48  Entrepreneurship magnifies your personal weaknesses09:53  Let me tell you about the potholes I stepped in11:11  Marriage and business is the ultimate pressure cooker11:32  The six figure loss13:48  The business line of credit that saved us16:23  Having your house in order17:11  The beans and rice years22:53  Sometimes your best bid is a no bid23:38  Overhead rates and the true cost of running a business28:23  Sometimes trying to save money will cost you money30:03  Faith didn't remove the pressure. It gave me the strength to endure it33:50  We get to provide a life for other people. That's humbling36:34  Legacy takeaway: Proverbs 22:1, a good name is rather to be chosen than riches40:00  WrapBuilding Family Together is hosted by Reggie and Tanora Polk, married 25 years, parents of nine, founders of Polk and Associates Construction in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes every two weeks.Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. Tap save and share with the couple in your corner.Follow on Instagram: @buildingfamilytogetherListen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and wherever you get your podcasts.#BuildingFamilyTogether #BFTpodcast #ChristianMarriage #Couplepreneurs #FamilyBusiness #FaithLedFamily #BusinessFailure #BusinessLessons #NashvillePodcast

How do you work together, live together, raise nine kids together, run a company together, and still like each other at the end of the day?Welcome to Building Family Together. In Episode 1, Reggie and Tanora Polk introduce themselves and the show they have been building for years. After 25 years of marriage and 15 years running Polk and Associates Construction in Nashville, they open up the real rhythm of couplepreneurship. How they got started. The tension of working side by side. The framework Tanora calls the three Cs. What they do when they hit gridlock. And why their marriage will always be the bigger build.In this episode:01:02  Welcome to the podcast02:38  Why we named it Building Family Together03:51  The most asked question we get05:05  A logo sketched on a paper tablecloth07:34  Five kids, custom homes, and stepping back09:12  The transition from residential to commercial11:06  How we still manage all of this14:04  Mama Tea, structure, and running the office like the house17:18  The morning Reggie had to start making his own coffee18:30  Zoning out at the office and what it did to the marriage19:30  The three Cs: communication, collaboration, consideration21:08  The realities nobody likes to talk about22:11  How many times Tanora has quit the company23:27  What we do when we are gridlocked25:28  Who does what, and why27:43  If the business failed tomorrow, would the marriage hold29:30  Legacy takeaway: when you find your people, you find your purposeBuilding Family Together is hosted by Reggie and Tanora Polk, married 25 years, parents of nine, founders of Polk and Associates Construction in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes every two weeks.Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. Tap save and share with the couple in your corner.Follow on Instagram: @buildingfamilytogetherListen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and wherever you get your podcasts.#BuildingFamilyTogether #BFTpodcast #ChristianMarriage #Couplepreneurs #FamilyBusiness #MarriagePodcast #FaithLedFamily #NashvillePodcast

Building Family Together is a new weekly podcast from Reggie and Tanora Polk on marriage, business, faith, and the long work of building a family that lasts. The conversations behind the conversations. The kind of talk we wish we had heard a decade ago. Episode 1 drops Wednesday May 13. Follow now so it shows up in your feed automatically.