What happens when you change your life, reconnect as a family…and then return home?
In this episode of the Frenchitivity Podcast, we pull back the curtain more than we ever have before.
Before our 10-month journey around the world, life was good. We had successful careers, a home we loved, and a full life—but we were constantly moving. And eventually, we recognized something that was difficult to ignore: work had become the core of our lives, and our family was orbiting around it.
That realization helped lead us to take a leap of faith—step away from our careers, rent out our home, and travel the world with our daughter.
The journey became a reset. We reconnected as a couple, as parents, as individuals, and most importantly, as a family.
But coming home presented a challenge we hadn't fully anticipated:
How do we build our lives again without losing what we found?
We talk candidly about re-entry, finding our way back into the workforce, financial and career pressures, and the temptation to fall back into the very patterns we intentionally stepped away from.
Michelle shares the idea of her “Sacred Third”—meaningful work that can support our family today while still protecting the life we're building and becoming a bridge between where we are and where we want to go.
Kent opens up about something that hasn't come naturally: asking for help. After years of being the person who helped others, this season has required him to reach out to friends, ask for introductions, admit that he doesn't have all the answers—and even ask a close friend for a job.
This part of our journey isn't easy. We knew there would be challenges when we chose a different path. Now those challenges are revealing themselves.
The difference is that we're meeting them as a family instead of as individuals.
And that may be what protecting the family core really means.
We also share what Frenchitivity means to us today: creating a platform that can help us build a more intentional life for our own family while hopefully inspiring other families, couples, and individuals to ask what they want at the center of theirs.
This isn't an episode about having it all figured out.
It's about protecting what matters while you're still figuring out what comes next.
🎙️ Episode 32: Protecting the Family Core
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