Capable Connections
Our Capable Connections podcast series is based on our latest book, Capable and the relationships that help the kids that we love. Here’s what you can expect from each podcast episode.
Ep. 378 - Learning to Fail, Trusting God and Trick Shots: The Dude Perfect team shares how faith, friendship, failure, and perseverance helped build their success while encouraging kids to embrace challenges, stay curious, and enjoy being kids.
Ep. 379 - Capable Connections: Mothers and Daughters: Sissy and David unpack the unique dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship and share practical ways moms can build deeper connection while raising resilient, capable girls.
Ep. 380 - An Honest Conversation about Mothers and Daughters: Lisa Whelchel and Haven Weits share a moving conversation about raising capable kids, building a lifelong mother-daughter friendship, and navigating conflict, growth, and healing with honesty and love.
Ep. 381 - Where Commitment Meets Capability: Shawn Johnson and Andrew East encourage parents to raise capable, resilient kids by helping them embrace discomfort, discover their unique passions, build independence, and learn the lifelong value of committing to what matters most.
Ep. 382 - Capable Connections: Fathers and Sons: David and Sissy explore how fathers can help sons build capability by prioritizing connection, emotional honesty, friendship, humility, and identity rooted in who they are rather than what they achieve.
Ep. 383 - An Honest Conversation about Fathers and Sons with Scott and Randy Hearon: A father and son reflect on how grace, presence, vulnerability, and a willingness to grow together shaped their relationship and helped transform lessons about performance into a deeper understanding of identity, faith, and connection.
Ep. 384 - Mothers and Sons: David and Sissy unpack how moms can build capability in their sons by offering both deep connection and healthy boundaries, helping boys grow into confident, respectful, emotionally healthy men.
Ep. 385 - Mothers, Sons, and Playing in the NFL: Hunter Henry and his mom, Jenny, share how faith, intentional connection, grace, and gradually increasing independence helped shape him into a confident husband, father, leader, and NFL player.
Ep. 386 - Fathers and Daughters: David and Sissy explain how fathers can help daughters become more capable by staying engaged, speaking truth into their lives, creating meaningful shared experiences, and remaining a steady presence through every stage of development.
Ep. 387 - An Honest Conversation about Fathers and Daughters: Doug Durr and his daughters, Allye and Analise, share how a foundation of hard work, honesty, resilience, and unwavering presence created a father-daughter relationship that has remained strong through every season of life.
Ep. 388 - Raising Capable and Mighty Kids in Today's Cultural Landscape: Sharon McMahon encourages parents and kids alike to believe that they have the power to make a meaningful impact by staying informed, taking the next needed step, and recognizing that ordinary people can do mighty things.
Ep. 389 - Capable Connections: Grandparents: David and Sissy discuss how grandparents can help shape confident, resilient kids through intentional relationships, family traditions, and steady encouragement.
Ep. 390 - The Power of Family Through Generations: John and Carole Ferguson and their daughters, Julie Trapp, Ashley Waltemath, & Amy Pipes, share how faith, clear expectations, intentional time, and unconditional love can build strong, connected families across generations.
Ep. 391 - Family Dinners and the One Question Grandparents Need to Ask: Babs Costello shares practical wisdom for building connected families through encouraging words, intentional time, peaceful homes, and meaningful traditions.