Sadie Robertson Huff returns for a grounded, honest conversation about doing hard things before you feel ready. She and Ginny talk about raising kids in a screen-filled world, choosing media that actually shapes your family well, and what it looked like for Sadie to step into Dancing with the Stars with zero experience and keep going even when it was uncomfortable and misunderstood. They also get into the realities of public life?friendship strain, pressure, and the tension of being known?and why courage isn?t a personality trait but a practice built one step at a time. Links: https://liveoriginal.com https://minno.io https://www.aetv.com/shows/duck-dynasty-the-revival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this eye-opening and surprisingly relatable conversation, Dr. Tracy Dalgleish returns to unpack the hidden dynamic quietly straining so many marriages: the mother-in-law triangle. Drawing from years of clinical experience, she explains why even confident, capable women can feel stuck in these relationships, how family patterns long predating the marriage shape current conflict, and why so many couples end up in the same painful loop without a clear way out. This episode offers a wiser path forward?one rooted in strengthening the marriage, setting boundaries without guilt, and learning how to step out of the triangle instead of fighting harder inside it. If you?ve ever felt caught between keeping the peace and protecting your family, this conversation will give you language, clarity, and hope. LINKS: Dr. Tracy Dalgleish?s book You, Your Husband, and His Mother; Be Connected Digital community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine Caine joins Ginny Yurich for a life-giving conversation about what the olive tree can teach us about resilience, slow growth, healing, identity, and the kind of faith that keeps bearing fruit even in hard seasons. This episode is a beautiful reminder that God does some of His deepest work underground, that flourishing is possible even after pain, and that getting outside with our kids is not just good for their bodies and minds, but for their spiritual formation too. If you?ve been feeling stretched thin, discouraged, or like growth is taking too long, this one will steady you and lift your eyes again. Explore Christine?s book The Faith to Flourish, and learn more about A21 and Christine?s podcast and resources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some conversations feel like a deep breath, and this one does. In this beautiful episode, Ginny Yurich sits down with singer-songwriter and author Ginny Owens to talk about disappointment, longing, burnout, bullying, unchanging circumstances, and the faith it takes to keep going when life does not turn out the way you hoped. With warmth, honesty, and so much wisdom, Ginny Owens shares how God meets us in the plod, how our deepest aches can stop being the center of the story, and why even the most hidden seasons may be full of purpose. This is an episode for anyone who feels tired, sidelined, overlooked, or stuck and needs the reminder that the dark is not empty, and the slow parts of life are not wasted. Follow Ginny Owens at her official website, explore her book Singing in the Dark, listen to Different Kind of Water, and keep up with her on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Money habits do not magically appear at eighteen, and in this warm, practical conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with Dr. Stephen Day?author of Teach a Kid to Save?to talk about how families can help kids learn stewardship, saving, work, patience, generosity, and wise decision-making long before adulthood. What makes this episode so refreshing is that it is not just about chores, allowance, or percentages?it is about building a tiny household economy where kids get real practice making choices, creating value, setting goals, solving problems, and understanding that money is deeply connected to character and the good life. If you have ever wondered how to raise kids who are thoughtful, capable, and not ruled by impulse, this episode will give you a hopeful, hands-on framework you can actually use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Something essential has quietly slipped away and Dr. Arthur Brooks puts words to what so many of us have been feeling but couldn?t explain. In this deeply moving conversation, Ginny Yurich and Arthur explore why so many adults and kids alike feel anxious, distracted, and strangely empty in a world that?s never been more connected. The answer isn?t what we?ve been told. It?s not about money, success, or even opportunity, it?s about living almost entirely in a simulation of life instead of real life itself. Together, they unpack the hidden cost of screens, the lost power of boredom, why beauty and nature are not luxuries but necessities, and how love, suffering, and even asking big questions are the very things that give life meaning. This episode doesn?t just diagnose the problem?it offers a hopeful, practical path back to a fuller, richer, more human way of living. Get your copy of Arthur's newest book The Meaning of Your Life here Register for Arthur's virtual book launch event here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Meg Meeker returns to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a deeply encouraging conversation about motherhood in an age of guilt, exhaustion, comparison, and constant pressure. With the steady wisdom that has made her one of the most trusted voices in parenting, Meg reminds mothers that their children do not need a perfect mom?they need a present, peaceful, confident one. Ginny and Meg talk about why simplicity matters, why friendship and faith are not extras, why so many moms are carrying expectations they were never meant to carry, and why kids flourish when their mothers actually enjoy being with them. This episode feels like a long exhale for weary moms and a gentle invitation back to joy, sanity, and the kind of family life that lasts. Get your copy of The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers here Listen and find more from Dr. Meg at Meeker Parenting and her podcast Parenting Great Kids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Purchase Ginny's trio of books: ?Until the Streetlights Come On?, ?Homeschooling?, and ?1000 Hours Outside Activity Book Public education was built to develop minds, not manage devices?and somewhere along the way, we lost that. In this powerful second conversation, Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath joins Ginny Yurich to unpack what decades of research actually say about screens in the classroom, why more technology is not leading to better learning, and how we may be unintentionally trading deep thinking, memory, and creativity for convenience. From paper vs. screens to handwriting, boredom, and the lost art of downtime, this episode offers a clear-eyed look at what kids truly need to thrive?and what we can do right now to help them get it back. Check out Jared?s INCREDIBLY book The Digital Delusion here Follow Jared on Instagram here Learn more about Jared and all he has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at www.kiwico.com  and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Get our free Top Ten 1000 Hours Outside Podcast Books from 2025?? ??????????here??????????? On this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich sits down again with Shannan Martin to talk about what it actually looks like to live inside a life that feels heavy and not run from it. Drawing from her new book Counterweights, Shannan shares the simple but profound practice of carrying both the hard and the good at the same time, from grief and church hurt to sea glass on a Michigan beach, Taylor Swift on repeat, and healing found in ordinary moments. This conversation is a reminder that we don?t need to escape our lives to endure them. Explore more of Shannan?s work at her website and Substack The Soup, and one of her earlier books Start with Hello. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at www.kiwico.com  and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Get our top ranked mobile app for iOS or Android! Poet, author, speaker, and comedian Tanner Olson joins Ginny Yurich for a warm, funny, unexpectedly tender conversation about slowing down, looking up, and finding language for the hard parts of being human. From orange groves and fresh-squeezed juice to infertility, adoption, faith, friendship, distraction, and the quiet ache so many people carry, this episode feels like a long exhale?a reminder that hope does not erase pain, but it does help us keep going. If you have ever felt a little off, a little overwhelmed, or a little tired of the noise, Tanner?s words will meet you right where you are and gently point you back to what matters most: presence, beauty, connection, and the grace to keep getting through what you?re going through. Explore Tanner?s new book Getting Through What You?re Going Through and more of his work (including tour dates) here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at www.kiwico.com  and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Get your free 2026 tracker sheet?? ??????????here???????????! In this thoughtful and deeply encouraging conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with author Jenna Lee Dillon to talk about what it really looks like to travel well with kids without numbing them out along the way. Drawing from her book Look Up: A Wild and Screen-Freed Roadmap to Enjoying Travel with Kids, Jenna shares why the journey matters just as much as the destination, how boredom and discomfort can become gifts instead of problems, and why children do not need constant entertainment to thrive. This episode is a fresh reminder that family travel can be slower, richer, more connected, and far more memorable when we choose presence over convenience and model a life our children will actually want to grow into. Learn more at Screen Freed Revolution Get your copy of Look Up here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at www.kiwico.com  and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learning to have deeper friendships, better conversations, stronger families is actually a skill we can learn. In this conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with bestselling author Charles Duhigg to unpack the science behind connection, from the surprising way our brains sync during meaningful conversations to the simple habit that instantly makes people feel seen: asking better questions. Drawing from his book Supercommunicators, Duhigg explains why most conversations fail, how to recognize the three types of conversations we?re always having, and why a 45-second moment of preparation can transform everything?from your marriage to your parenting to the way your kids relate to others. This episode is practical, hopeful, and life-changing because the people we love most don?t need us to be perfect communicators, just more intentional ones. Links: Learn more about Charles and all he has to offer here Get your copy of Supercommunicators here Get your copy of The Power of Habit here Get your copy of Smarter, Faster, Better here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this deeply moving conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with Summer Joy Gross, author of The Emmanuel Promise and host of The Presence Project Podcast, to talk about attachment, delight, childhood wounds, and the life-changing truth that God is not distant or disinterested, but fully present with us in our pain, our parenting, and our becoming. This episode is tender, wise, and immensely practical?an invitation to notice how a child?s inner world is shaped, how our own stories affect the way we relate to God, and how healing often begins with being seen, soothed, and loved. Find Summer at A Thirst for God, on Instagram, and through The Presence Project community . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this fascinating conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with MacKenzie Price, founder of 2 Hour Learning and co-founder of Alpha School, to talk about what happens when kids stop spending their best hours trapped in an outdated system and start using that time to actually live. Together they explore personalized learning, the promise and tension of AI, the loss of childhood margin, and why giving kids their time back may be one of the most hopeful ideas in education right now. If you?ve ever wondered whether school could look more human, more effective, and more aligned with real life, this episode will leave you energized, challenged, and imagining something better. Alpha?s model centers on ?2 Hour Learning,? where core academics are completed in about two hours and the rest of the day is opened up for life skills, projects, and real-world experiences. Learn more here ! A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danielle Kartes returns for her third visit to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, and this conversation is about so much more than food. Ginny Yurich and Danielle talk about cooking with kids, making do with what you have, learning through failure, feeding people as an act of love, and the surprising ways ordinary kitchen work builds confidence, resilience, creativity, and connection. They also dive into Danielle?s joyful new children?s cookbook, My Very First Baking Book, her work on Next Level Chef, and the deeper story underneath it all: that a beautiful life is often built with imperfect ingredients, open hands, and the courage to keep creating anyway. Find Danielle at Rustic Joyful Food, explore My Very First Baking Book and My Very First Cookbook. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wendy Speake joins Ginny Yurich for a rich, honest conversation about the quiet ways modern distractions shape our homes, our attention, and our souls. Drawing from The 40-Day Social Media Fast, The 40-Day Sugar Fast, and Triggers, Wendy shares why a wanting life never leads to a satisfied life, how putting down our phones helps us lift our eyes to God and the people right in front of us, and why small acts of self-control can change the whole atmosphere of a family. This episode is thoughtful, practical, and deeply encouraging for any parent who wants more peace, more presence, and a more grounded way to live. Learn more about Wendy and all she has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brittany Price Brooker never imagined becoming a widow at 25 with three boys under the age of three, but what followed is a story of grief, resilience, community, and unexpected redemption. In this deeply moving conversation, Brittany shares how sudden loss reshaped her life, how faithful friends and family stepped in during the darkest days, and how hope slowly grew again in places that once felt impossible to heal. From remarriage and a blended family of six kids to homeschooling, ministry, and helping widowers find support through Refuge Widowers (https://www.refugewidowers.com), Brittany?s story is a powerful reminder that even when life takes a turn you never wanted, the road ahead can still hold beauty, purpose, and joy. Learn more about Brittany at https://www.brittanypricebrooker.com . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at www.kiwico.com  and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this honest and deeply comforting conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with author Abbey Wedgeworth to talk about the hidden shame so many mothers carry and the hope that real change is still possible. Drawing from her new book Help! I?m Ruining My Kids, Abbey offers a tender, practical, gospel-centered word for moms who feel frazzled, regretful, overwhelmed, and stuck in patterns they wish they could break. This episode is full of relief: you are not alone, you are not beyond repair, and even the most ordinary parts of motherhood can become holy ground when guilt gives way to grace. Learn more about Abbey and her work here and find Help! I?m Ruining My Kids here . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this thoughtful and surprisingly hopeful conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with sociologist Dr. Tracy Brower to talk about why so many people feel disconnected right now?and why friendship, belonging, and real-life community matter more than ever. Drawing from her new book Critical Connections, along with The Secrets to Happiness at Work and Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work, Tracy shares practical, memorable insight on loneliness, work, friendship, empathy, optimism, and the small but meaningful ways we can build stronger relationships in every season of life. It?s an encouraging episode about what makes life richer, healthier, and more human?and why the people around us are never just extra. Tracy is a sociologist, author, and longtime contributor whose work appears through her own site and in places like Forbes. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Heath has spent his career helping people think more clearly about change, decisions, and what makes life memorable, and in this conversation with Ginny Yurich, he brings that wisdom straight into family life. Drawing from The Power of Moments and his podcast What It?s Like to Be?, Dan makes a compelling case that childhood, work, school, and family rhythms don?t have to blur together into flatness?we can intentionally create moments that lift, surprise, connect, and last. This episode is full of fresh insight for parents raising kids toward meaningful work and meaningful lives, and it will leave you thinking differently about everything from school and vocation to praise, transitions, and the small kinds of magic children never forget. Learn more about Dan Heath here . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this deeply moving conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with author, mother, and midwife Amanda Lancaster to talk about what it looks like to build a life around the things that matter most: birth, family, faith, food, home, and the kind of community that carries people through both joy and hardship. Drawing from her memoir A Time to Be Born, Amanda shares a beautiful vision of sustainable relationships, generational wisdom, home-centered life, and the bonds that happen when people are truly available to one another. It?s a tender, thoughtful episode about motherhood, courage, belonging, and the longing so many of us feel for a more rooted way to live. Learn more about Amanda at her website and Instagram, and find her book A Time to Be Born here. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This conversation with William Deresiewicz, author of the bestselling Excellent Sheep, gets to the heart of a question so many families are quietly carrying: what does it actually mean for a child to flourish? Ginny and Bill talk about the way college admissions can cast a shadow backward over all of childhood, turning kids into performers instead of people, and why playtime, downtime, family time, books, boredom, risk, and real freedom are not extras but essentials. It?s a deeply thoughtful episode about stepping off the treadmill, resisting fear-based parenting, and giving children the space to become fully themselves. Get your copy of Excellent Sheep here Learn more about Bill and all he has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this deeply personal and illuminating conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with Dr. Russell Kennedy?author of the bestselling book Anxiety Rx and the founder of The Anxiety MD ?to explore why anxiety has become one of the defining struggles of our time. Drawing from decades as both a physician and someone who personally battled crippling anxiety, Dr. Kennedy explains why so many traditional approaches fall short and why lasting healing requires addressing not just the mind, but the body and the old wounds stored within it. Together they discuss the rising anxiety rates in children, the powerful role of connection and touch, the hidden addictive nature of worry, and practical ways to calm the body?s alarm system and reconnect with the present moment. This thoughtful conversation offers hope and clarity for anyone who has ever felt trapped in their own mind. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Books entertain us but they also build us into the people we are. This conversation with Geoff and Janet Benge is about the kind of books that can change a family for good. In this warm and deeply encouraging episode, Ginny talks with the husband-and-wife team behind the bestselling Christian Heroes Then and Now and Heroes of History series about how true stories form courage, imagination, resilience, and faith, often in ways we don?t even notice until years later. Their own story is remarkable too: two unlikely writers from New Zealand?one dyslexic, one once in remedial reading?who went on to write dozens of biographies that have shaped readers around the world. This episode is a beautiful reminder that shared reading is never just educational; it becomes part of the fabric of a home. Explore their books at Benge Books and YWAM Publishing, and check out their teaching work through Epic Learning. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protein isn?t just for athletes or people tracking macros, it?s one of the simplest ways to feel fuller, steadier, and more energized in everyday life, and this conversation with registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, and bestselling cookbook author Rachael DeVaux makes that feel wonderfully doable. In this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich talks with Rachael about why so many women and families feel stuck in the snack spiral, how front-loading protein can calm cravings and cut decision fatigue, and why healthy eating works best when it?s practical, satisfying, and genuinely enjoyable. If dinner has felt like one more exhausting thing to figure out, this episode is a breath of fresh air?and The High-Protein Plate and Rachael?s work at Rachael?s Good Eats offer the kind of approachable help busy families actually need. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Kleiner joins Ginny Yurich for a fascinating conversation about why so many modern health struggles may have less to do with willpower and more to do with rhythm?light, sleep, hormones, timing, and the simple healing power of getting outside. Sarah shares her deeply personal story, the long road that led her into circadian and quantum health, and the small changes that helped her body begin to heal when nothing else seemed to work. This episode is thoughtful, hopeful, and practical?especially for parents who want to understand how morning light, screens, meal timing, and outdoor life shape energy, mood, metabolism, and overall well-being. Explore Sarah?s work at Sarah Kleiner Wellness, read her Substack, and learn more about MyCircadian App . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kerry McDonald makes a calm, compelling case for something many parents can feel but struggle to name: kids don?t need more pressure?they need more trust. In this conversation with Ginny Yurich on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Kerry (author of Unschooled and Joyful Learning, and host of the LiberatED Podcast) unpacks how modern schooling became increasingly standardized?and why families are steadily walking toward homeschooling, microschools, hybrid models, and learner-led environments that bring curiosity back to the center. You?ll hear why ?seat time? and one-size-fits-all metrics can miss what matters most, what joyful learning actually looks like in real life, and how freedom?paired with meaningful community?can turn education from compliance into aliveness. (Explore Kerry?s writing at Forbes and The 74.) Check out The Liberated Podcast here Get your copy of Joyful Learning here Get your copy of Unschooled here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennie Allen is back on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, and this conversation goes straight for the thing most of us can?t name?but feel every day: the hidden ?core lie? running beneath our thoughts. With warmth, honesty, and that signature Jennie clarity, she helps us spot the patterns that keep showing up (striving, spiraling, numbing, isolating), trace them back to what we?re really believing, and start fighting for actual freedom?especially because our kids are absorbing more than we realize. You?ll hear the three core lies that tend to drive us (worthless, helpless, unlovable), why ?trying harder? is a trap that burns you out, and why surrender can be the most practical, clear-headed path forward. Get your copy of The Lie You Don't Know You Believe here Learn more about Jennie and all she has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We weren?t built to live in a constant state of ?what?s next.? Yet that low-grade restless hum has become normal in modern family life. In her third appearance on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Michaeleen Doucleff ? author of Hunt, Gather, Parent ? returns with a powerful conversation about her new book Dopamine Kids and the science behind why screens and ultraprocessed foods leave us chasing instead of satisfied. This episode unpacks the overdrive of wanting, the illusion of pleasure, and the practical shifts that can help you take back the steering wheel of your home. Less frantic scrolling. Less food noise. More calm. More creation. More real joy. We deserve better than Netflix. Get your copy of Dopamine Kids here . It's one of the best books I've ever read! Get your copy of Hunt, Gather, Parent here Learn more about Michaeleen and all she has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at www.kiwico.com and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ginny Yurich sits down with writer and researcher Alex Soojung-Kim Pang to reclaim something our culture keeps treating like a reward: real rest. Drawing from Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less and his work on the four-day workweek, Alex makes the case that rest isn?t what you do after life finally calms down?it?s the engine that makes good work, good parenting, and a good life possible. You?ll hear why history?s most creative people didn?t grind nonstop (they worked in focused bursts, then walked, napped, played, and protected their attention), why shorter workweeks tend to make people more present and ?ridiculously wholesome,? and why kids? independence and unscheduled time are not luxuries but developmental fuel. This conversation will make you want to put your phone down, step outside, and start building a life where work and rest are equals on purpose. Get your copy of Rest here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Bevere joins host Ginny Yurich on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with the kind of story that wakes you up?in the best way: a kid who struggled with writing (his SAT English score was a 370) becoming the author of 25 books? because he couldn?t shake the sense that God was asking him to put something on paper. From an unexpected college conversion to a decades-long reluctance to talk about end-times, John explains why his newest message isn?t about charts, dates, or fear?it?s about preparation, eager anticipation, and living with an eternal perspective that actually makes you kinder, steadier, and more alive right now. You?ll hear a surprisingly beautiful ?relationship, not religion? moment, a fresh picture of eternity that sounds nothing like floating on clouds, and why ?the King is coming? is meant to produce courage?not escapism. Explore The King Is Coming and The Awe of God and check out MessengerX - the free discipleship app John mentions. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ?www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS?  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ?www.quince.com/outside? and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to? woom.com? and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ?www.kiwico.com ? and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ?www.ixl.com/1000hours? to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ?www.wayfair.com? and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ?www.curehydration.com/outside? to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Youth sports can feel like a treadmill you can?t step off?more time, more money, more pressure, and a nagging fear that if you don?t start at age six, you?ve missed your chance. In this episode, Ginny Yurich sits down with Pure Athlete co-founder and Parenting the Pure Athlete author Britt Lee to zoom out and ask the question parents rarely get to ask: what is this really all for? Britt unpacks why most kids quit organized sports by early adolescence, why ?early dominance? doesn?t predict much before puberty, and how the real ROI isn?t a scholarship?it?s the transferable stuff: resilience, belief, coachability, leadership, and learning to handle nerves when it matters. They talk time audits, parental body language, why the car ride home can make or break a kid?s love of the game, and how to keep sports from stealing family culture while still letting it build something lasting. Learn more about Britt and all he has to offer here Get your copy of Parenting The Pure Athlete here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne-Laure Le Cunff?founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments?joins Ginny Yurich to offer a freeing alternative to the ladder-climbing, goal-obsessed script so many of us are living by. Drawing from her own pivot from Google to startups to neuroscience, she explains why uncertainty isn?t a problem to solve?it?s a place where you can learn who you actually are, one tiny experiment at a time. This conversation is super practical and it's hopeful?especially for parents raising kids in a world that worships productivity. If you?ve been pushing hard, feeling behind, or quietly wondering if you?re building the wrong life, this episode will help you trade pressure for curiosity?and make room for more play, presence, and real progress. Get your copy of Tiny Experiments here Learn about Anne-Laure and all she has to offer here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this warm, science-backed conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with developmental researchers Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Dr. Roberta Golinkoff?the longtime collaborators behind the newly revised Einstein Never Used Flashcards?to name what so many parents feel but can?t quite put into words: childhood has been sped up, pressured, optimized, and drained of joy. They unpack why ?earlier? doesn?t mean ?better,? how screens and constant distraction are reshaping family life and even college campuses, and why play isn?t extra?it?s the way kids build flexible, future-ready brains (and calmer homes). If you?ve been parenting with a low-grade panic that your child is falling behind, this episode offers something better than another checklist: relief, perspective, and a simple path back to connection. Get your copy of Einstein Never Used Flashcards here Learn more about Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and all she has to offer here Learn more about Dr. Roberta Golinkoff and all she has to offer here Follow their practical parenting clips at @drkathyanddrro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ginny Yurich sits down with neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Majid Fotuhi to flip the script on what most of us assume about memory: it isn?t something you either ?have? or ?lose??it?s a skill you can build. Drawing from decades of work with brain health, ADHD, concussion recovery, and cognitive decline, Dr. Fotuhi explains why everyday forgetfulness is often normal (and not an automatic sign of Alzheimer?s), then gives a clear, doable framework for getting sharper at any age through his five pillars of brain health?exercise, sleep, nutrition, stress reduction, and brain training. You?ll hear why movement supercharges the brain, why racquet sports and ?thinking + motion? activities are especially powerful for kids and adults, how to make names and information stick by adding emotion and play, what?s actually happening during menopause brain fog, and why optimism and purpose aren?t just nice ideas?they?re linked to real changes in the brain. This episode is practical, hopeful, and immediately motivating?you?ll finish it feeling like your brain isn?t fragile? it?s trainable. So exciting!! Get your copy of The Invincible Brain here Learn more about Dr. Fotuhi and all he has to offer here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ginny Yurich sits down with Dr. Ross W. Greene to examine a hard truth: if consequences were going to fix chronic behavior challenges, they would have worked by now. Greene?s central premise?kids do well if they can?shifts the focus away from motivation and toward lagging skills and unsolved problems. In this conversation, they unpack why the same students are repeatedly punished, why taking away recess often makes things worse, and how reacting in the moment keeps adults ?late? instead of proactive. You?ll hear a practical framework for identifying predictable triggers, listening in a way that builds clarity rather than conflict, and solving problems collaboratively without lowering expectations. This episode is a thoughtful look at what actually changes outcomes?for the kids who are struggling most and for everyone around them. https://livesinthebalance.org/Get your copy of The Kids Who Aren?t OkayGet your copy of The Explosive Child Get your copy of Lost at School Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Easter returns for his third appearance, and this one feels like a relief: a simple way to get stronger, steadier, and more clear-headed without adding another complicated ?wellness? project to your life. Ginny Yurich and Michael talk about the Two Percenter mindset, why walking is already powerful, and how adding a reasonable load can quietly upgrade nearly everything?muscle, bone density, core strength, endurance, mood, and even the way you move through everyday life (yes, even airports and errands). They also get practical about getting started with what you already own, why this works especially well for busy parents, and how time outside can turn down the mental noise and help you hear yourself again. Check out Walk with Weight , follow Michael?s Two Percent newsletter/substack , and learn more about Walkfully Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Archaeologist and author Amanda Hope Haley joins Ginny Yurich for a conversation that makes the Bible feel both more historically grounded and more alive. From sixth-grade ?digs? and a life-changing biblical archaeology class to fieldwork near ancient sites and fresh discoveries that keep rewriting what we think we know, Amanda explains how archaeology doesn?t ?prove? Scripture?it illuminates it, clears away centuries of assumptions, and restores the texture of the ancient world. They talk Noah?s Ark (and why the obsession misses the point), the surprising power of stone memorials, why traditions sometimes get mistaken for text, and how new finds?like the excavation of Magdala?can sharpen our understanding of familiar stories without shaking faith. Plus, an unforgettable Amish family story, a quick, mind-bending detour into space and the James Webb telescope, and a closing childhood memory under the stars that perfectly fits the 1000 Hours Outside message. Find everything Amanda Hope Haley offers here: https://www.amandahopehaley.com Get your copy of Stones That Speak here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hope isn?t a personality trait?it?s a practice, and Dr. Julia Garcia is here to show us how to build it when life feels heavy. In this honest, energizing conversation with Ginny Yurich, Dr. Garcia shares her own journey from deep hopelessness to earning a PhD in psychology and helping families, students, and leaders strengthen what she calls our ?goal-directed? brain circuits?the ones that help us regulate emotions, make plans, and keep going. You?ll hear the science behind loneliness and despair and how simple habits like risk (letting yourself be seen) and release (finding healthy outlets?from poetry to nature to movement) can change everything. Learn more about Dr. Julia Garcia and her work: https://journeywithdrj.com Get her book The Five Habits of Hope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get our top ranked mobile app for iOS or Android! Healthcare shouldn?t be the thing that decides whether you can take a risk, build a business, stay home with your kids, or say yes to the life you actually want?and in this conversation, Ginny Yurich talks with real-life friend Dustin Garrett from Samaritan Ministries about a different way forward. Instead of paying premiums into the ether and hoping the fine print works out, Dustin explains how healthcare sharing works person-to-person?real families helping real families?often with surprising clarity, freedom of choice, and a kind of human connection you don?t get from an insurance portal. They dig into why the system feels so broken, why price transparency matters, how Samaritan has been doing this for decades, and what?s new with Redeem Healthshare, the next-generation, all-digital option that adds features many families have asked for. If you?ve ever felt boxed in by ?good benefits,? this episode will feel like someone opening a door. Learn more about Samaritan Ministries: https://samaritanministries.org Explore Redeem Healthshare: https://redeemhealthshare.org A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Purchase Ginny's trio of books: ?Until the Streetlights Come On?, ?Homeschooling?, and ?1000 Hours Outside Activity Book Leadership isn?t just for boardrooms?it?s for breakfast tables, hard conversations, and the million tiny decisions that shape a home. In this powerful, practical conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with Jamie Cochran, COO of Echelon Front, the leadership company founded by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, to talk about why Extreme Ownership changes everything?especially for parents. Jamie shares how SEAL-proven principles like taking ownership instead of blaming, simplifying communication, role-playing hard conversations, and ?seeing a need and filling a need? can transform family culture from the inside out. You?ll also hear the story behind Echelon Front?s growth, why women?s leadership needed a clearer on-ramp, how Warrior Kid equips kids with discipline and courage, and the surprising freedom that comes when you realize: if you?re the problem, you can be the solution. Get your copy of Extreme Ownership here Find Echelon Front resources, events, and training at https://echelonfront.com/ Explore the Online Academy at https://academy.echelonfront.com/ Learn more about The Assembly (Women?s Leadership) at https://echelonfront.com/the-assembly/ A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get our free Top Ten 1000 Hours Outside Podcast Books from 2025?? ??????????here??????????? Kartik Hosanagar has been tracking AI long before ?ChatGPT? became a household word, and in this conversation with Ginny Yurich, he helps parents see what?s already shaping their homes (and possibly children). AI can affect what we watch, what we buy, what we believe, who we date, and our career paths. Drawing from his book A Human?s Guide to Machine Intelligence, Kartik explains how machines stopped simply following ?recipe-like? instructions and began learning like children do?surprising us, improvising, and sometimes operating as black boxes we can?t fully interpret. You?ll hear the jaw-dropping story of the early chatbots that felt like real friends, why recommendation engines narrow our options without us noticing, and what it looks like to reclaim agency by adding ?friction? back into family life. This episode is both a wake-up call and a steadying roadmap for staying human in an algorithmic world. Get a copy of the Book: A Human?s Guide to Machine Intelligence Check out Kartik?s Substack Creative Intelligence: https://hosanagar.substack.com A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jinger Duggar Vuolo grew up in front of millions of viewers on 19 Kids and Counting, raised inside a tightly controlled religious subculture that promised certainty, safety, and success if you followed the rules exactly right. In this deeply honest conversation, Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo sit down with Ginny Yurich to talk about what it actually took to separate the truth of Jesus from a system built on fear, performance, and man-made expectations. They discuss growing up under public scrutiny, the exhaustion of people-pleasing, the stress of trying to get every decision ?right,? and the courage it takes to question teachings that once defined your entire world. This episode is about freedom. It?s about what happens when faith becomes personal instead of performative and when belonging replaces approval-seeking. Find Jeremy + Jinger?s show here: The Jinger & Jeremy Podcast. Get your copy of You Always Belong here Get your copy of People Pleaser here Get your copy of Becoming Free Indeed here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melissa Ferguson is back for her second appearance?and she?s very pregnant, wildly funny, and living proof that dreams don?t arrive on your schedule. In this conversation with host Ginny Yurich, Melissa pulls back the curtain on the book world: why publishing wants you to ?stay in your lane,? how rejection and slow progress can still lead to a long-tail payoff, what writers really need to watch for in agents and contracts, and why the pressure to market everywhere can crush the very work you?re trying to create. Along the way, she shares the surreal joy of watching her beloved rom-com Meet Me in the Margins move toward the screen (with her credited as Executive Producer) and what it?s like to juggle farm life, homeschooling, deadlines, and a baby on the way?while still choosing relationships, rest, and meaning over the endless chase for more. *Get your copy of Meet Me in the Margins here *Get your copy of Without a Clue here *Check out Melissa and all she has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Azure Standard founder David Stelzer joins Ginny Yurich for a direct, fascinating conversation about how food quality, farming practices, and community are tied together. David tells the origin story of Azure: his family?s early move away from chemical-intensive farming, the hard years of transition, and the moment they lost a major buyer forcing him to start delivering organic grains himself, one small route at a time. That scrappy beginning grew into today?s nationwide drop system (now 3,000+ locations), where families can access organic and carefully vetted products at scale while staying connected to independent farms and producers. Along the way, David explains what healthy soil actually does, why nutrient density matters, and why he believes rebuilding health has to start with rebuilding what we grow and what we eat. If you care about feeding your family well without getting lost in labels and marketing, this episode will give you a bigger framework?and a practical path forward. Learn more about Azure Standard and all they have to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is a little Valentine?s gift with a backstory: Ginny recorded it in 2024 during Chelsea Damon?s launch week?back when her brand-new marriage book had just come out?and then thought she lost the file in a computer crash? until now. She found it! And thought this was the perfect day to post it. Chelsea (author of I Thought This Would Make Me Happy) shares the hard-won lessons that actually hold a marriage together when life gets loud?role-swaps, job loss, living with in-laws for three years, the pressure-cooker years (she cites the 5?8 year window as a common breaking point), and the small resentments that quietly stack up if you don?t deal with them with grace and honesty. You?ll walk away with practical, doable ideas and a hope-filled reminder that joy in marriage isn?t found in a perfect season, but in learning how to grow together through the imperfect ones. Get your copy of I Thought This Would Make Me Happy here Learn more about Chelsea and all she has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Play isn?t a break from learning ? it is learning. In this powerful conversation with Lauren and Mia Sundstrom ? daughter and granddaughter of renowned play researcher Dr. Stuart Brown ? we explore why play is practice for the future in a world that feels increasingly uncertain. From rough-and-tumble childhood experiences to teenage burnout, adult loneliness, brain health, and even leadership, this episode makes a compelling case that unstructured, self-directed play builds resilience, creativity, emotional regulation, and adaptability ? the exact skills our kids (and we) will need in an AI-shaped world. If you?ve ever wondered whether play is ?productive,? this conversation will change how you see your afternoons, your marriage, your parenting, and your own sense of joy. Learn more at nifplay.org and connect with Mia at miasundstrom.com. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this tender, unflinching conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with author Amber Emily Smith to talk about the kind of loss that splits life into ?before? and ?after??and the slow, sacred work of learning to live in the ?after.? Amber shares the astonishing love story that began on a music video set with her husband, Granger Smith, and the devastating day their little boy River drowned?followed by the spiraling ?what ifs,? the pressure of public opinion, and the choice to keep getting out of bed when everything in you wants to disappear. You?ll also hear the practical, hope-filled layers that carried their family: faith that meets you on the bathroom floor, grief support and play therapy, honest talk about fathers and hidden despair, and the water-safety lessons they wish they?d known. It?s a story about heartbreak?but also about purpose, organ donation, and unexpected friendships. Listen, share with a friend who?s hurting, and find Amber?s book and work here: The Girl on the Bathroom Floor ? Arise with Amber A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor joins Ginny Yurich to talk about his newest novel Cold Zero, a high-stakes Arctic thriller centered on a race for powerful AI technology after a commercial plane goes down at the top of the world. Brad shares how he almost walked away from writing before committing to two disciplined hours a day, why loyalty and strategy matter more than bravado, and how real-world geopolitics shape his fiction. They explore mental toughness, celebrating small wins, and what it means to choose wisely when there is no perfect option ? only the best bad one. A thoughtful conversation about resilience, craft, and the human element behind global power struggles. Get your copy of Cold Zero here Learn more about Brad and all of his books (including the Ultimate Reader Experience) here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Robert Lustig?pediatric endocrinologist, bestselling author, and one of the clearest voices on what?s happened to our food?joins host Ginny Yurich on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a conversation that feels equal parts wake-up call and real hope. Lustig explains why so much chronic disease isn?t really ?druggable? but foodable, how ultra-processed food quietly sabotages the mitochondria that power everything, and why the ?calories in, calories out? story is the perfect industry shield. Along the way, he breaks down the eight internal ?pathologies? that turn our bodies from a shiny red Corvette into a jalopy, shows why kids are paying the price first (from school lunches to baby food), and offers a simple way forward that doesn?t require perfection?just a steady return to real food. Mentioned in the episode: Eat Real schools initiative (eatreal.org), Lustig?s fiber project BioLumen and Monch-Monch (monchmonch.shop), the grocery-filter tool Perfact (perfact.co), plus his books Metabolical, Hacking of the American Mind, and Fat Chance. Learn more about Dr. Lustig and all he has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Hungry Root - Go to www.hungryroot.com/1000HOURS and use code 1000HOURS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices