Family Bytes Podcast

In today's episode, Pastor Freddie Albaugh gives Mark Gregston, author, speaker, national radio host, and the founder of Heartlight Ministries (https://www.heartlightministries.org) a call to chat about how to handle it when we don't like our kids' friends. Mark is immensely passionate about helping kids and parents through the turbulent teenage years and is a great resource for parents, as well. In this episode you'll hear and learn about: * the delusion most kids live under that they have a lot of friends * loving despite disagreeing with choices * information vs. wisdom that kids interpret * motivation in certain relationships * early years vs. teen years in how relationships develop * using the coaching vs. training model * when it's time to intervene in your child's relationship * Questions to text your teen right now   Books by Mark Gregston: * What's Happening to My Teen? (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0736924442/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i2) * Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615248357/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1) * And more (https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Gregston/e/B001IR1G5M/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1)!   Questions to Text Your Teen RIGHT NOW: * What is is about me that has caused me to miss you? * How have I not met your needs? * What is is about me that keeps our relationship from going deeper? * Am I boring you?

  Continuing the conversation from episode #8, Dr. Chuck Hannaford and Pastor Freddie Albaugh, discuss depression and anxiety. This conversation leads on from the definition and symptoms of onto when it is time to seek out help for depression and anxiety. You'll hear discussion on: * wholistic approaches to treating depression and anxiety * depression/anxiety as a biological fact, not a character flaw * genetic predispositions for depression and anxiety * how a person who suffers from them perceives how others perceive them * the difference between guilt and shame and how they are related * how a pastor can help and how a doctor can help * high risk behaviors of depression and anxiety   Passionate Intimacy Workshop: Enriching sexual intimacy in married couples Oct. 26-27, 2018 Learn: * A greater understanding of the beauty of God’s gift of sexuality * A sexual vocabulary that helps husbands and wives discuss sexual issues * God’s design for resolving sexual desire conflicts in marriage * Creative heart honoring ways to initiate intimacy with their spouse * What’s “normal” in sexual response and activity * How to determine what’s sexually acceptable for Christian couples * The critical role of emotional and spiritual intimacy for healthy physical intimacy

Depression, anxiety and our faith are all hot topics. Are they related? The same thing? Or completely separate? Pastor Freddie Albaugh and Dr. Chuck Hannaford explore the hard and often misunderstood theological and physiological realities of anxiety and depression, what it looks like, feels like, how it's misdiagnosed, and manifested.   Hear Freddie & Dr. Hannaford discuss in this episode: * that anxiety and depression are not two seperate things, but two sides of the same coin. * how exhaustion from anxiety can lead into depression. * physiological signs of anxiety and how to recognize it. * difference in sadness/depression and stress/anxiety. * how to recognize symptoms in children in order to not misdiagnose them with something else, like ADHD, etc.. * how our faith relates to these medical conditions.    

Shad Berry, CEO and Exec Director of Downline Ministries and Sagehill Counseling, is the special guest today on the podcast with host, Freddie Albaugh. Freddie and Shad discuss this idea of "living with desire" and what that looks like as adults and parents. Hear Freddie and Shad discuss: * what does desire really mean? And why is desire an important part of every person's life? * how our desires are an echo of the Garden of Eden. * healthy vs. unhealthy desires and how to distinguish between the two * how to help your kids and family work toward their own dreams and desires. * how our desires are directly related to vulnerability * how community is directly related to desire * how to balance responsibility/duty vs. passion and what passion really means. To find out more about the next Living with Desire workshop on October 19, 2018 please visit the Sage Hill Counseling (http://sagehillcounseling.com) website Take FAMILY BYTES on the road with you with the monthly Family Bytes Podcast. Subscribe on i (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/family-bytes-podcast/id1341475750?mt=2)Tunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/family-bytes-podcast/id1341475750?mt=2) | Google Play (https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/I6vlcxsu5mxxspppts3r24g64dy?t%3DFamily_Bytes_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16) | Blubrry (https://www.blubrry.com/familybytes/)   More about Shad Berry: Shad Berry serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director for Downline Ministries. He is a native Memphian and graduate of the University of Memphis with a degree in business management as a member of the university’s Emerging Leader program. Shad spent the first 11 years of his professional career in his family’s 40-year old communications firm, Memphis Communications Corporation. He served as a vice president after spending several years as a sales professional and sales manager with the company before being led to Downline. Shad and his wife Veronica are also alumni of the Downline Institute and are members of First Evangelical Church, where Shad serves as an elder and co-leads a Sunday school class.  The Berrys have four children: Ainslee, Abbie, Jack and Ann Claire.

Listen to regular hosts, Freddie Albaugh & Anne Floyd, chat with parents Bill & Janna Church. Bill & Jana launched both their sons Erik and Alex into college and then young adulthood with first jobs, internships, and moves. Alex, their youngest son, also joins the conversation and weighs in on his side of the transition into college and adulthood, including things he wishes his parents had done. As we swing through summer many parents are prepping to send their children to college and other parents are guiding their kids into first jobs, first interviews, first new adventures as young adults. In this episode, you'll hear: * when adolescence actually ends and why that's important in regards to launching young adults into the world. * how adolescence should shape parenting children into adulthood. * manager vs. mentor roles of parents. * how to guide children to explore what they may want to do as adults in their vocation. * how to use our own skills as parents to help our children discover theirs. * the skills children in hind-sight want and need us to teach them BEFORE adulthood.   Take FAMILY BYTES on the road with you with the monthly Family Bytes Podcast. Subscribe on i (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/family-bytes-podcast/id1341475750?mt=2)Tunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/family-bytes-podcast/id1341475750?mt=2) | Google Play (https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/I6vlcxsu5mxxspppts3r24g64dy?t%3DFamily_Bytes_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16) | Blubrry (https://www.blubrry.com/familybytes/)  

It's the end of school and time for summer camps for many families. Lots of parents wonder about why, how, if and when their kids should start attending summer camps - from overnight camps to day camps. Special guests, Bill & Shannon Ahern, join our regular hosts Freddie Albaugh and Anne Floyd, as experts in the summer camp business with Varsity Spirit Brands (https://varsity.com), leaders in the summer camp experience in all things spirit, cheerleading and dance related. This episode also introduces Kim Scheidegger, MA, LPC, MHSP, counselor from HeartLife Soul Care (https://www.heartlifesoulcare.org/kim-scheidegger/), as an expert in child and teen therapy.   Learn in this episode: * How do you know if your kids are ready for camp? * What are some of the benefits to sending your kids to camp? * Strategies to lessen the anxiety of summer camp for both parents and children. * Things to look for in finding the RIGHT camp for your kids. * How camp counselors are often chosen to work camps and how that impacts your child. * How to prepare kids for camp in the weeks leading up to camp.   Looking for camp & summer options in Memphis for your kids? Hope Church is hosting VBS and Camp in the City this summer! Click for each of the links below more information! Shipwrecked VBS: June 11-15 (https://www.hopepres.com/default.aspx?p=122218&evtid=706495:6/11/2018)(Free! 4 years old to entering 5th grade and Special Kids & Adults) Camp Pick-A-Path (https://www.hopepres.com/default.aspx?p=122218&evtid=1104499:6/11/2018) (After VBS camp options!) Camp in the City: July 23 - 27 (https://www.pinecove.com/city/hope-church/) (Run by Pine Cove for 1st - 6th graders!) HSM Summer (https://www.hopepres.com/hope-student-ministries) (Summer Trip Info for 6th - 12th grade)

What if our family is passing along a mindset that we are inherently better than others.... without even knowing it? Dr. Nate Essex, President Emeritus of Southwest Community College, is the special guest in this episode of the Family Bytes Podcast. Dr. Essex grew up as an African American in the deep south, during the height of racial segregation. He discusses  how his upbringing within his home and community shaped the trajectory of his life, despite a demoralizing time in where he was judged by the color of his skin. Listen and learn throught the conversation about: * the (often-forgotten) key in passing on bigoted views and changing the narrative * how to take ourselves out of our comfort zone in conversations about race with children * physchological effects of racism/prejudgice on our children * how to change the narrative of a child's life in regards to race * impact on those who experience racism/prejudice * blatant vs. micro aggression * conversations being held by parents of various races with their children Bonus! Click and download the BONUS conversation held after the "official" interview happened. Read the Racism & Mental Health study (https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/apa-blog/2017/10/racism-and-mental-health) mentioned by Anne Floyd in this episode. Hosts: Freddie Albaugh, Dr. Chuck Hannaford, Anne Floyd Have an idea for a podcast episode topic? Leave a comment on our blog (http://www.hopepres.com/marriage)!

The episode officially ended, but the conversation did not.... listen to the panel discuss race and prejudice when they didn't know the record button was still on....    

Special guest, Reagan Taylor, Assistant US Attorney, joins Freddie Albaugh, Dr. Chuck Hannaford, and Anne Floyd to discuss strategies to help parents and family members assist kids not just navigate but also thrive in our digital world. Learn in this episode: * pros & cons of social media and digital technology * what the typical online predator "looks like" * profile of the typical victim of online predators * what the typical model of an unsafe online relationship looks like * warning signs for parents and family members to look for * suggestions to connect with kids to help discern wise online actions CLICK HERE (https://today.duke.edu/2017/05/more-technology-use-linked-mental-health-issues-risk-adolescents) to read the Duke study referenced by Anne Floyd. Our Pact (https://ourpact.com) app that Freddie uses with his wife.   FREE Community event at Hope Church:   Digital Addiction: Digital Addiction's Impact of Today's Youth, a workshop discussing online and at-risk April 26th | 6-8pm  (doors open at 5:30pm) 8500 Walnut Grove Rd | Cordova, TN 38018   Featuring: Angela Camp, MA (National Coordinator of Adolescent & Adult Programs, Bradford Health Services)  

In this episode, Denise Vandersteeg, shares her side of the story from our last episode with her husband, Russ, who suffered for years from an addition to sex and pornography that is directly related to a lack of intimacy. Regular hosts Pastor Freddie Albaugh (https://www.hopepres.com/hope-church-staff?staff=727) and Chuck Hannaford, PhD (https://www.heartlifesoulcare.org/dr-chuck-hannaford/) are joined by Anne Floyd (https://www.hopepres.com/hope-church-staff?staff=3064), Hope Church counselor. They discuss and compare intimacy needs in women and men, and what it looks like in daily life and conversations. This episode will help both men and women know how to read intimacy needs in their relationship.

Hosts, Pastor Freddie Albaugh (https://www.hopepres.com/hope-church-staff?staff=727) & Chuck Hannaford, PhD (https://www.heartlifesoulcare.org/dr-chuck-hannaford/), kick off Family Bytes Podcast first episode with special guest Russ Vandersteeg, discussing intimacy in relationships and the pre/post effects a lack of authenticy can lead to. You won't want to miss Russ's story of how he medicated a lack of authenticity with an addiction to sex and pornography. Dr. Hannaford and Freddie dissect the story and how it relates to every husband and/or wife.