All Episodes

The Enneagram: Why You Do What You Do

Finally, a System for the Domestic Load

Why Equal Partnership Is Possible—Even With Kids and Careers

Why I Finally Went to Therapy

GLP-1s: Why I Tried Them, What Really Happened

The Paula Faris Show 2026 Trailer

Find Your People: Why Deep Friendship Is a Health Essential

From Knowing to Doing: Making Love Languages Work

Is Sex Every Man’s Love Language?

Why Love Breaks Down (Even When You’re Trying)

The Five Love Languages: Do They Feel Loved? (Part 1)

Teen Dating Is Necessary - Here’s Why

The Teen Mental Health Crisis: What Technology Is Really Doing to Our Kids

PERIMENOPAUSE: When The Real Change Begins

Midlife, Menopause & Empty Nesting: A Gen X Conversation with @PeachesAndDiesel104

Holiday Survival Guide: Why Family Is Hard… and Still Matters

Ask Us Anything, Pt 2: Parenting Fails, Holiday Chaos and Life After TV

Ask Us Anything, Pt 1: Marriage, Michigan & GLP-1’s

MIDLIFE: Why Your Relationships May Be the Key to Living Longer

MIDLIFE: It’s Not a Crisis, It’s an Evaluation

MIDLIFE: Top Signs You’re In It  (and the Weird Things We Do)

MIDLIFE: The Big Awakening – When Does It Really Begin?

GOOD GRIEF: Permission to Dream Again

GOOD GRIEF: Are We Ever the Same After Grief?

GOOD GRIEF: How To Grieve And Why You Can't Do It Alone

GOOD GRIEF: Why Grieving our Losses is Necessary and What Happens When We Don't

PERIMENOPAUSE: Why Ages 45–50 Are So Risky for Women—and How to Get Help

PERIMENOPAUSE: Is Testosterone the Game Changer Women Need?

PERIMENOPAUSE: What No One’s Saying About Weight & GLP-1s

PERIMENOPAUSE: How To Prepare for Perimenopause

PERIMENOPAUSE: The Real Change

TEENAGERS: Teen Dating & Friendship: Boundaries, Breakups and Belonging

TEENAGERS: Are We Raising Soft Kids?

TEENAGERS: Teens, Tech & the Mental Health Crisis

TEENAGERS: The Lie of 18 Summers

FRIENDSHIP: Should You Be Friends With Your Family? (featuring Professor Arthur Brooks)

FRIENDSHIP: Should You Be Best Friends With Your Partner?  (with hubby John)

FRIENDSHIP: Why You Need Friends Who Aren’t Like You (with Dan Harris)

FRIENDSHIP: Why We’re Starving for Friendship (and What to Do About It)” with Jennie Allen

Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran on Women, Money, and Why We’re Insecure Handling It

First Jobs, Janitors & Roast Beef: Why Our Kids Need to Work with Christy Wright

Easy Budgeting for Families: Rachel Cruze Talks Simple Systems to Get Your Money on Track

Allowance, Hustles, and Hard Truths: Raising Money-Smart Kids" with Rachel Cruze

The Counter-Cultural Secret of Planned Emancipation: Why Parenting Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

How to Not Lose Your Cool with Your Kids, Featuring Dr Carla Naumburg

Want All the Kids to Hang Out at Your House? Here's How!

What American Food is Doing To Us And Our Kids, Plus Easy Swaps with Dr Josh Axe

The FIght To Clean Up Our Food with Vani Hari, aka The Food Babe

The Mental Load with Paige Connell of @SheIsAPaigeTurner

Midlife, Menopause, Empty Nesting and Gen X with Instagram’s @PeachesAndDiesel104

The Fight for Paid Family Leave with Erin Erenberg, the Chamber of Mothers Co-founder

Paula & John: How To Keep it Spicy with Your Partner

Navigating our Teens Dating with Therapists Sissy Goff and David Thomas

Single in your 40’s -What Our Single Friends Want Us To Know With Annie F. Downs

Dating as a Single Mom with @Honestly.Kaitlyn’s Kaitlyn Nilles

Dating after Divorce with Podcaster and Mom, Patrice Washington

HOT TOPICS: Paula & John Talk College

HOT TOPICS: Paula & John Talk Politics

HOT TOPICS: Paula & John Talk Teenagers

HOT TOPICS : Paula & John on Menopause

Paula & John: Ask Us Anything

What’s Shocked Us Most About Going on College Tours

The Surprising Future of Family Friendly Content (with John, Paula and The Chosen’s Dallas Jenkins

Mothers-in-law And FiguringOut Whose House We’re Going To For The Holidays (with Rachel Awtrey)

How To Effectively Negotiate With Your Kids and Partner Featuring Former FBI Hostage Negotiator, Chris Voss

Answering Your Questions: Talking Sex and Our Bodies with Our Kids

Let’s Talk About Having The Sex Talk With Your Kids, Featuring the Moms from the Birds & Bees

How to Talk Politics with Our Kids, Family and Friends with America’s Gov’t Teacher, Sharon McMahon

Paula and John: Why Parenting in America is So Tough, with Stephanie May Wilson

America’s record low birth rates: should we care? Featuring Sociologist Dr Jennifer Glass

What We Can Learn From Australia About How Supporting Families Grows the Economy with Prime Minister Scott Morrison

HOT TOPICS: Why Women Are Leaving the Workforce with Neha Ruch from Mother Untitled

LET'S TALK MENOPAUSE: Nutrition, Exercise, and Supportive Partners with Dr. Jen Ashton and my husband, John

LET'S TALK MENOPAUSE: YOUR Questions Answered by Dr. Mary Claire Haver (Part 2)

LET'S TALK MENOPAUSE: The Shocking Reasons Your Symptoms are Dismissed with Dr. Mary Claire Haver

LET'S TALK MENOPAUSE: Not Feeling Like Yourself Anymore

Let’s Talk College: Why College Isn’t for Every Kid with Carlos Whittaker

Let’s Talk College: Taking a Gap Year and Why the Admissions Process Has Gone Mad, featuring my daughter Caroline and Becky Sabky, Dartmouth’s former College Admissions Director

Let's Talk College: The Emotions of Dropping Your Kid Off At College with Comedian Chip Leighton of The Leighton Show

Let's Talk College: Making a Case For and Against College with New York Times Money Columnist Ron Lieber

TREY KENNEDY “SCHOOL’S OUT FOR PARENTS–Why baby gear is impossible to assemble

JESSE PALMER : SCHOOL’S OUT FOR PARENTS–How Jesse Palmer Has Prepped For Fatherhood

JAMES CLEAR : SCHOOL’S OUT FOR PARENTS–James Clear’s Top Habit For Raising Kids

WHOOPI GOLDBERG : SCHOOL’S OUT FOR PARENTS–How Whoopi Got Her Nickname!

ROB THOMAS : SCHOOL’S OUT FOR PARENTS–MatchBox 20’s Rob Thomas Gives His Best Life Advice, But Worst Parenting Advance

Paula and John ASK US ANYTHING Part 2 - Moving to a Small Town and How We Get Through Tough Times

Paula and John ASK US ANYTHING Part 1 : Toxic work, saving our summer and advice for our kids

Shawn Johnson and Andrew East: The Olympics, Life with Littles and Youth Sports

Our Ongoing Journey to Being Equal Partners At Work and At Home

Answering Your Questions About Tween and Teen Boys, PT 2

Making Sense of Tween and Teen Boys (with author and counselor David Thomas) Part One

Three Steps to Creating the Life You LOVE

Should You Give Your Kids A Safe Space To Drink?

The Sandwich Generation: What To Do When You’re Caring For Your Kids and Your Parents

The #1 Reason Your Kid Should Play Youth Sports with Husband John

Why Mario Lopez is a Strict Parent

Dan Harris on What to Do When Your Career Conflicts with your Family

How To Ditch The Guilt Of Being A Working Parent with Jon Acuff

The ONE Thing You Must Have In Any Relationship With Dr. Henry Cloud

The #1 Issue That Strains Most Relationships with Fairplay’s Eve Rodsky

Touch Me and Tell Me How Great I Am…The Five Love Languages According to John

Should Social Media be Banned? Thoughts on Screens and Phones…

Answering Your Questions about Teen (and TWEEN!) Girls with Sissy and Caroline

How To Connect With Your Moody Teenage Daughter (with Sissy Goff & Caroline)

Losing Stephen and Parenting Through Loss with Allison Holker Boss

How to Build ATOMIC Habits in our Kids with James Clear

Things I’m Learning About Feeling Unqualified

Things I’m Learning About Trying New Things

Things I'm Learning About Relationships

Things I'm Learning As A Mom

The One Thing I'm Taking Into This New Year!

Paula & John on Parenting, Work-Life Balance, and Why You’ll Never Date Our Daughter

Paula & John on Relationships, Family, and Why We Gave Our Marriage Another Chance

Julie Chen Moonves: Big Brother, Messy Endings and A Spiritual Awakening

Colton Dixon on American Idol, Millennial Dads, and Dealing with Setbacks

Rutledge Wood on The Floor Is Lava, Craigslist, and Being a Girl Dad

Aarti Sequeira on The Food Network and Feeling Unqualified

Jenna Kutcher on Creating the Life You Want and The Power of Being a Beginner

Jesse Palmer on The Bachelor, College Football and Becoming a Father

Trey Kennedy on Fatherhood, Comedy, and Finding Your "Thing"

Sazan Hendrix on How to Juggle Kids, Careers, and Finding the Good Life in Both

Whoopi Goldberg on Why We Got Along and HOW We Worked through Our Differences

Jana Kramer on One Tree Hill and Finding Love after Divorce

Rob Thomas on Matchbox 20, Parenthood, and New Music

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