All Episodes

MFP 398: Discovering Your Child's Unique Gifts

MFP 397: The No-Resentment Rosary

MFP 396: The Great Family Reboot

MFP 395: Who Comes First? Navigating the Hard Choices of Family Life

MFP 394: NFP- Love, Life, and Learning Self-Control

MFP 393: Helping Kids Grow Through Hard Things

MFP 392: Faith at Home: No Degree Required

MFP 391: Jesus Take the Wheel! Being Overwhelmed

MFP 390: What Happens After the Romance Fades?

MFP 389: 33 Days to Consecration to the Holy Family

MFP 388: Your Husband is Not a Home Improvement Project

MFP 387: The Truth about Toddlers

MFP 386: How to Have a Whole and Happy Marriage

MFP 385: Fighting the Slow Drift in Marriage

MFP 384: Paul McCusker and the Power of Story

MFP 383: How Play Time Shapes Prayer Time

MFP 382: The Shape of a Growing Family

MFP 381: The Secret to Raising Kids Who Love the Sacraments

MFP 380: The Hidden Power of Family Culture and How to Shape It

MFP 379: Lord, Save Me from the Complaining Child!

MFP 378: Training Children to Master Themselves

MFP 377: When Kids Take Control: What To Do and How to Stop It

MFP 376: Raising Kids Without Raising Your Voice

MFP 375: The Family and the Sexual Revolution

MFP 374: Raising Kids Who Know Who They Are

MFP 373: Parenting is Your Mission

MFP 372: Prayer for Beginners - Interview with the Science of Sainthood

MFP 371: How Vulnerability Is Built in Small Moments

MFP 370: The Path to Healing our Broken Hearts

MFP 369: Marriages Don't Accidentally Communicate Well

MFP 368: The Four Horsemen in Busy Marriages

MFP 367: The Need for Belonging in Marriage

MFP 366: God is Love

MFP 365: Five Ways to Begin Again

MFP 364: Live Intentionally in 2026

MFP 363: Growing Up Hernon - What it's like in a large, loud, loving family

MFP 362: Choosing to Be Wrong Together, Over Being Right Alone

MFP 361: The Story of All Stories: Catholic Parenting & Hospitality with Emily Stimpson Chapman

MFP 360: Don't be Afraid of Screwing Up Your Kids (because you already are!)

MFP 359: How to Choose Toys for Christmas

MFP 358: Thriving, not just surviving with lots of littles

MFP 357: Marriage Q&A: When It Feels Hard, How Do You Stay Connected?

MFP 356: Twenty Minutes to Change a Kid's Life – the Importance of Family Dinners

MFP 355: Making Your Marriage #1

MFP354: How Can I Have a Relationship with God?

MFP 353: Why are Kids so Anxious?

MFP 352: Laughter and Limits in the Family with Dr. Ray

MFP 351: Why Parents Need to Lead, Not Just Accompany

MFP 350: Satan Has a Plan for Your Family

MFP 349: Why Have Kids? an Interview with the author of Hannah's Children

MFP 348: Field of Dreams for Families

MFP 347 Families Under Fire - Facing Cultural Challenges

MFP 346: Jake & Heather Khym on Discipleship, Parenting, and Authentic Connection

MFP 345: The Tech Exit with Clare Morell

MFP 344: From Control to Connection: Disciplining Teens with Heart

MFP 343: How to Love Your Family

MFP 342: Guidance on Tricky Topics

MFP 341: Unleash the Holy Spirit in Your Family w/ Dr. Sean and Nicole Tobin from Encounter Ministries

MFP 340: Providence Over Panic

MFP 339: Movies, kids, and imagination

MFP 338: Sharing the "Mental Load"?

MFP 337: The Invincible Family

MFP 336: What Would You Say to Your Younger Self? An Interview with Suzanne Bilodeau

MFP 335: Safety-ism

MFP 334: An Addiction, a Marriage, and a Priest

MFP 333: The Family Meeting

MFP 332: The Seven Marks of Christian Forgiveness

MFP 331: Let's Talk About Husbands! Listener questions answered

MFP 330: What Will Your Children Remember?

MFP 329: Who is "God the Father"?

MFP 328: Let Your Life Be a Witness, An interview with Chris and Molly McMahon

MFP 327: Five Steps to Give You More Time

MFP 326: The Art of Raising Humans

MFP 325: Let's Get Intimate…

MFP 324: Moving from Isolation to Unity

MFP 323: Desires, Vices, and Holiness for Parents

MFP 322: Dealing with Mouthy Teens

MFP321: Fifty Years and Going Strong!

MFP 320: Super Habits for the Family

MFP 319: How Husbands Lead

MFP 318: Families as Missionaries

MFP 317: Who are These Messy Families? 2024 Survey Summary

MFP 316: A Manual for Catholic Families

MFP 315: 10 Things to Stop Doing in 2025

MFP 314: Seasons of Prayer for Parents

MFP 313: Surviving the Holidays with Grace

MFP 312: The Well Ordered Family

MFP 311: Family Roots - Mike's Irish Experience

MFP 310: Marriage, Teamwork, and Business - an interview with Dan and Brenda Vansteenburg

MFP 309: How Busy is Too Busy?

MFP 308: The Power of Asking for Forgiveness

MFP 307: Navigating Family Life Challenges: Q&A with Real-Life Struggles and Faith-Filled Solutions

MFP 306: What Teens/Tweens Really Need with Mark Hart

MFP 305: Should You Correct Your Spouse?

MFP 304: Enjoying your Toddler

MFP 303: How to Parent Like a Catholic Pt. 2

MFP 302: A Parent's Guide to Temperaments

MFP 301: How to Parent Like a Catholic

MFP 300: Loving with Boundaries: Navigating Tough Parenting Decisions & Friendships

MFP 299: Beauty, art, imagination and your kids with Andrew Peterson

MFP 298: How to Really Love Your Teenager

MFP 297: Expectations in Marriage

MFP 296: Talking to Your Kids About Sex - an Interview with Jason Evert

MFP295: The Key to Your Child's Success

MFP 294: Building Families That Last: Insights from the National Eucharistic Congress | Messy Family Podcast

MFP 293: What To Do When Your Kids Lie

MFP 292: Managing Kids Activities

MFP 291: Finding the Lord in Others

MFP 290: Creating a United Front for Your Kids - Parenting as a Team

MFP 289: Fr. Mike Schmitz on Parenting and Marriage

MFP 288: Sisterhood - an interview with the Doman Women

MFP 287: Training for Virtue and Giving Freedom

MFP 286: Learning to Love by Being Loved

MFP 285: Tech Traps for Boys and Girls

MFP 284: Is Your Child Addicted to Screens?

MFP 283: Marriage, Divorce, and Hope

MFP 282: These People are Driving Me Crazy! Growing in Patience

MFP 281: Your Intimacy Questions Answered

MFP 280: 12 Parenting Tips

MFP 279: What do Families Need? Interview with Archbishop Naumann

MFP 278: Conversations with Kids

MFP 277: Girl Power! An interview with the Given Institute

MFP 276: Why are Boys so Aggressive?

MFP 275: Where do Bishops Come From? An interview with Bishop Joseph Coffey

MFP 274: Leaving a Legacy of Faith

MFP 273: Tools for Family Bonding - an Interview with the Marianist Family Retreat Center

MFP 272: Disciplining Children without Shame

MFP271: Why an Intentional Culture is Essential

MFP 270: Do Catholic Wives Have to Obey their Husbands?

MFP 269: Headship - Navigating the Beautiful Chaos of Marriage

MFP 268: Angels Watching Over Us with Fr. Wolfgang Seitz

MFP 267: Toys and imagination with Regina Doman

MFP 266: The Importance of Wonder to Celebrate Christmas

MFP 265: Brothers and Sisters - Our First Community

MFP 264: Dealing with Toxic Parents as an Adult

MFP 263: A Wise Parent's Approach to Tantrums

MFP 262: Men, Women, and Marriage

MFP 261: When Should Teens Date? Lessons Learned

MFP 260: Dare To Surrender - from Addiction to Freedom

MFP 259: Handling Parenting Crises Like a Pro

MFP 258: Seven Ways to Get More Out of Your Marriage

MFP 257: How to Change Your Heart - Lessons from the Sacred Heart of Jesus

MFP 256: Growing Your Family Culture - Questions Answered

MFP 255: The Best Partner for a Great Marriage

MFP 254: Journeying with Your Spouse - an interview with David & Margaret Bereit

MFP 253: Mentoring Mothers - Mom of Ten Tells All!

MFP 252: Managing Relationships - Your Questions Answered!

MFP 251: Every Parent Needs Healing: An interview with Dr. Bob Schuchts

MFP 250: Catholic Manhood and Brotherhood

MFP 249: JPII's Secret to Catholic Family LIfe

MFP 248: You Need a Family Retreat

MFP 247.5: Why You Need a Getaway with Chris and Natalie Stefanick.

MFP 247: Lessons from the School of Love: an Interview with Peter & Debbie Herbeck

MFP 246: Catholic Social Teaching for Kids

MFP 245: How to Give Words of Affirmation

MFP 244: Everyday Heroism for Moms with Christine Hanus

MFP 243: Family Fun Day!

MFP 242: The Importance of Date Nights

MFP 241: 7 Questions to Evaluate Your Child's Behavior

MFP 240: Building Family Culture with Catholic Family Crate

MFP 239: Getting Kids to Obey

MFP 238: Empowering Your Children

MFP 237: How to Parent When You are Exhausted

MFP 236: Why Families Need to Know the Blessed Mother

MFP 235: Surviving Infertility, Toddlers, and House Renovations - an interview with Chris and Emily Chapman

MFP 234: How Can We Afford a Child

MFP 233: Getting on the Same Page

MFP 232: Dreaming vs. Fantasizing

MFP 231: Teens and the Moody Blues

MFP 230: Questions from Families in the Capital

MFP 229: Stories from Saints Alive!

MFP 228: Educational Choices

MFP 227: Parenting Adolescents and Artists

MFP 226: Lent and Your Marriage

MFP 225: Encouraging Femininity

MFP 224: Not Managing Boys, But Making Men

MFP 223 : Dating Your Spouse

MFP 222 : Dealing with Anger

MFP 221: Just a Kid in a Big Family

MFP 220: Game Night!

MFP 219: The Curious Podcast

MFP 218: Family Culture Focus: Holidays

MFP 217: Family Finances with Jonathan and Amanda Teixeira

MFP 216: Listener Questions - "The Witching Hour", Wayward Adult Children, Child Development, and Simple Dinners!

MFP 215: Living Beyond Sunday with David and Pamela Niles

MFP 214: Do not worry or be anxious

MFP 213: A Conversation on Intimacy with Dr. Edward & Beth Sri

MFP 212: Parenting Toddlers with Maggie Radzik

MFP 211: The Working Genius for Your Family

MFP 210: The Essential Virtue

MFP 209: What Does a SAHM Look Like?

MFP 208: Forming Missionaries - Some Great Craic!

MFP 207: Fall Family Reset 2022

MFP 206: Why Romance is Essential

MFP 205: Nine First Fridays to Change the World

MFP 204: When Loving Your Spouse is Hard

MFP 203: Will My Kids Ever Get Along?

MFP 202: I Hate Being a Parent (sometimes)

MFP 201: Dinner Conversation with Fr. Leo Patalinghug

MFP 200: A Living Legacy - the Role of Grandparents in the Family

MFP 199: Training Kids in Virtue the Dominican Way: An interview with Sr. John Paul, O. P.

MFP 198: Ask Mike and Alicia - Spiritual Leadership, Surprise Pregnancies, and Gender Confusion

MFP 197: A Salute to Military Families

MFP 196: Ask Mike and Alicia - Sleep, Hazards of Big Families, and Family Fun

MFP 195: Why You Should Argue with Your Spouse

MFP 194: A Mother's Tale: Finding Freedom from Depression and Anxiety

MFP 193: How to Vacation

MFP 192: The Holy Spirit and Your Marriage - an Interview with Deacon Larry and Andi Oney

MFP 191: Making Time for your Marriage

MFP 190: Healthy People Make Great Families, an Interview with Dr. John Delony

MFP 189: Marriage as a Healing Sacrament: an interview with Chris and Natalie Stefanick

MFP 188: Cheerios in the Pew: Wrangling Kids at Mass

MFP 187: You're a Better Parent Than You Think! An Interview with Dr. Ray Guarendi

MFP 186: The Role of a Catholic Husband

MFP 185: "I Will Survive!" Life with Toddlers and Infants

MFP 184: Creating a Safe Place to Make Mistakes

MFP 183: Catholic Home Management

MFP 182: Witnesses to Grace - Couples Overcoming Challenges

MFP 181: The Role of a Submissive Wife

MFP 180: Monks, Parents and Prayer

MFP 179: Adolescence is Coming (if not already)

MFP 178: Marriage is a Great Mystery

MFP 177: Kids & Money - the Messy Family Take

MFP 176: Intentional Family Life

MFP 175: It's All Worth It! an Interview with the Hernon Kids

MFP 174: Epic Intimacy with Damon & Melanie Owens

MFP 173: Preparing for Christmas through Advent

MFP 172: The Bible & Your Family with Jeff & Emily Cavins

MFP 171: Ask Mike & Alicia: Addiction in Marriage, Fun Moms, Laundry Strategies, and Navigating Secular Christmas!

MFP 170: The Art of Hosting (or overcoming Hostess Anxiety!)

MFP 169: Keys to Freedom in Christ: a Conversation with Matt & Jenn Lozano

MFP168: Spiritual Freedom for Parents: a Conversation with Matt & Jenn Lozano

MFP167: The Irreplaceable Family

MFP 166: Join the Rebellion! Raise a Family!

MFP 165: Forgiveness Brings Freedom and Transformation

MFP 164: Embracing the Messiness of Family Life

MFP 163: Overcoming Fear in Marriage

MFP162: Life-Giving Wounds - An Interview with Dan and Beth Meola

MFP161: Can Kids Use Technology with Virtue?

MFP 160: Spending Less and Living More - An Interview with the Fatzingers

MFP 159: Lesbian Aunts, Socializing Kids, and Dealing with Big Emotions

MFP 158: Oh Baby! How many babies should we have?

MFP 157: Earth Day aka "Creation Day"

MFP 156: Being an Adult Child of Divorce

MFP 155: The Frantic Family - an interview with Pat and Laura Lencioni

MFP 154: St Joseph, Patron of the Family

MFP 153: God's Vision for Marriage

MFP 152: First Time Obedience

MFP 151: Lent and Your Family

MFP 150: Reclaiming the Lord's Day

MFP 149: It's a New Year! How are you doing?

MFP 148: Bring Your Kids to Christ, an interview with Colin and Aimee MacIver

MFP 147: Judgy Parents, Toddlers in Stores and Mean Teens

MFP146: Liturgical Living with Kendra Tierney

MFP 145: What every parent needs to know about screens and technology

MFP 144: Personal Prayer for Parents

MFP 143: Wisdom for Couples and Parents from Scott and Kimberly Hahn

MFP 142: Kids and Kindness

MFP 141: Honest Talk about Physical Intimacy: An interview with the founders of Smartloving, Byron and Francine Pirola

MFP 140: Dealing with Failure

MFP 139: The Honor of Accompanying a Soul to Eternity

MFP 138: Non-practicing Spouses, Mouthy Teens, and Keeping Kids Catholic

MFP 137: Toxic Relationships, Social Media, and Talking to Kids about Sex

MFP 136: Rituals and Connection - Family Culture

MFP 135: Your Family's Unique Calling

MFP 134: Talking to your kids about Racism, Riots, and Real Reparation

MFP133: The Play + Pray Challenge

MFP 132: Learning to Trust

MFP 131: The Power of "NO"

MFP 130: Parents: Become Who You Are!

MFP 129: Parenting During Crisis - The Corona Diaries

MFP 128: Make Love not War: A Field Guide for Marriage

MFP 127: Celebrating Lent and Easter with your family

MFP 126: Sharing Your Story

MFP 125: Tough Topics

MFP 124: Praying as a Couple: A threefold cord is not easily broken

MFP 123: Parenting and Appreciating the Giftedness of Boys and Girls

MFP 122: They Sure are Different! Boys and Girls in a Messy World

MFP 121: Lessons Learned from our Jewish Brethren

MFP 120: Raising Happy Kids in a Messy World

MFP 119: Babies Can Rock Your World

MFP118: Know Your Enemy: Spiritual Warfare for Parents

MFP 117: Pursuing Your Spouse

MFP 116: Habits: Let Us Begin Again

MFP 115: Mom - More Than Meets the Eye

MFP 114: Blessed in Our Brokenness Counseling and the Catholic Family

MFP 113: Parenting Essentials

MFP 112: Mike and Alicia Answer Your Questions

MFP 111: Made for Family LIVE

MFP 110: Teens and Drama

MFP 109: Our Lent is on FIRE!

MFP 108: Men! Called to the Battle

MP 107: It's Not About You - Lent and Cana 90

MFP 106: Family Operations

MP 105: Deepening Unity in Our Marriage

MP 104: Parenting Fails

MP 103: Family Board Meeting 2.0

MP 102: The Spiritual Life of Children

MP 101: Principles of Discipline

MP 100: Greatest Influence on our Parenting

MP 099: Yelling - The Lazy Approach to Parenting

MP 098: Parenting as a Team

MP097: Elements of a Family Culture

MP 096: Building a Family Culture Part 1

MP 095: Sibling Challenges

MP 094: The Myth of the Play Date

MP 093: Leisure, Life, and Games We Love

MP 92: High Powered Parents

MP 091: King of the Home

MP 090: Teaching Your Children Self-control

MP 089: 7 Ways to Spice Up Your Marriage

MP 088: Questions on Friendships, Godparents, and Special Needs Kids

MP 087: Fathers be good to your daughters

MP 086: Navigating Family Relationships when Values Clash

MP 085: We didn't lose a son, we gained a daughter

MP 084: Screens and Your Child

MP 083: Decisions, decisions, but what does God want?

MP 082: What can you give this Christmas?

MP 081: Advent – Making the Word of God Flesh in Your Home

MP 080: Making Room for Jesus

MP 079: The Irreplaceable Role of Parents

MP 078: Raising Resilient Kids

MP 077: Preparing to Launch

MP 076: Anger in Parenting

MP 075: Godparenting

MP 074: Busy-ness

MP 073: Reaching Out: Evangelizing as a Family

MP 072: Chastity- its not just for teenagers

MP 071: Enjoying your Toddler

MP 070: Where do priests come from?

MP 069: Food, Family, and Faith

MP 068: What does it take to get married

MP 067: Evangelizing Your Kids

MP 066: Keeping Your Love Alive

MP 065: Discipling and Disciplining Our Teenagers – Part 2

MP 064: Discipling and Disciplining Our Teenagers – Part 1

MP 063: Fr. Mike Scanlan, our spiritual father

MP 062: Family History

MP 061: Listener Questions Answered

MP 060: Forgiveness

MP 059: Prepare the Way of the Lord

MP 058: Becoming a Parent

MP 057: A Messy Parenting Election Guide

MP 056: To Tithe or Not to Tithe

MP 055: Overwhlemed

MP 054: Vulnerability in Marriage

MP 053: Teaching Respect for Authority

MP 052: YES, Your Kids CAN be Best Friends

MP 051: Worrying is Against My Religion

MP 050: The Hidden Cross of Infertility

MP 049: Different Strokes for Different Folks

MP 048: Age Appropriateness

MP 047: Building Community

MP 046: Every Mother is a Working Mother

MP 045: The Aggressive Child

MP 044: Criticizing Your Husband

MP 043: Raising confident kids who aren't full of themselves

MP 042: Family Routine

MP 041: Messy Wedding Story

MP 040: Introducing our children to the Blessed Mother

MP 039: Family Board Meeting

MP 038: Music in the Home

MP 037: The Courage to Correct

MP 036: Holidays with In-laws and Out-laws

MP 035: Natural Family Planning in a GMO world

MP 034: Challenges of Being a Millennial Parent

MP 033: Educational choices: how do you know what's best for your child?

MP 032: You can't "Be anything you want to be": Kids and Activities

MP 031: Family Pilgrimages

MP 030: Pope Francis, Controversy, and the Family

MP 029: Scripture and the Family

MP 028: Messy Parenting Guide to Dating

MP 027: Date Night

MP 026: Words Matter

MP 025: Creating Order in a Messy World

MP 024: Party On!

MP 023: Friendship and our kids

MP 022: Dealing with Loss

MP 021: Visiting Family

MP 020: Marriage - Now What?

MP 019: Fatherhood

MP 018: Games

MP 017: Listener Questions

MP 016: Technology and Kids

MP 015: Love Languages

MP 014: Chores

MP 013: Submission in Marriage

MP 012: Passing on the Faith

MP 011: Family Meals

MP 010: Lying

MP 009: Arguing in Marriage

MP 008: Large Families

MP 007: Family Prayer

MP 006: The Survival Zone

MP 005: Preparing your Tween (and yourself!) for Adolescence

MP 004: Toddlers

MP 002: When Kids Fight