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Empowered Homes PodcastHow It Started vs. How It’s Going With The Cooleys and The LandisIn this fun and heartfelt episode, Bobby and Meg welcome their spouses, Jenn Cooley and Joe Landi, for an honest conversation about marriage, parenting, and everyday family life. From revealing who pursued who back in college (yes, there was "stalking" involved) to reflecting on both the challenging seasons and the sweetest moments of marriage, they share real stories filled with humor, humility, and authenticity. Together, they talk about what it looks like to grow up, grow together, and stay connected through career changes, raising kids, miscommunication, laughter, and everything in between. Along the way, the group also p...
2026-03-0542 min
Empowered Homes PodcastHopeful Sorrow: Bringing Honest Pain and Questions to God With Julie BuslerTrigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of childhood wounds, emotional trauma, and suicidal thoughts. Listener discretion is advised.In this episode of the Empowered Homes Podcast, hosts Bobby Cooley and Meghan Landi welcome Bible teacher and author Julie Busler to discuss her new book, Hopeful Sorrow: Turning to God in Hope When Childhood Wounds Have You Turning Away. Julie shares her deeply personal story of healing from childhood wounds, grief from her mother's death and her father's suicide. Julie explains how biblical lament offers a trauma-informed, gospel-centered pathway toward hope. Together, they explore h...
2026-02-0528 min
Empowered Homes PodcastEquipping Kids to Navigate Challenging Cultural Issues With Elizabeth UrbanowiczHow do we prepare our children to thoughtfully and confidently engage with today’s rapidly changing culture—without fear, confusion, or compromise? In this episode of The Empowered Homes Podcast, hosts Bobby Cooley and Meghan Landi sit down with Elizabeth Urbanowicz, founder of Foundation Worldview, to explore how parents, churches, and schools can intentionally disciple kids with a strong biblical worldview from an early age. Elizabeth shares her personal journey and the heart behind creating Foundation Worldview, a comprehensive curriculum designed to equip children to think critically, ask wise questions, and apply God’s truth to real-world cultura...
2026-01-2931 min
Empowered Homes PodcastGuiding Your Home With Purpose: Creating a Culture with Mission, Vision and ValuesEvery family has a culture, whether it is intentional or not. In this episode, hosts Bobby Cooley and Meg Landi are joined by Empowered Homes Team Members Kina Cockroft and Shiona Howard for a practical and encouraging conversation about how mission, vision, and values shape the heart of a home.Together, they invite parents to step room by room through the “house” of family life to explore how everyday rhythms, language, and priorities form a home’s culture. Grounded in biblical wisdom and real life experience, this conversation helps parents identify where their family is today, clarify where...
2026-01-2240 min
Empowered Homes PodcastHoliday Traditions and Holy Habits for Families with Hannah Bush from Preteen JourneyIn this heartfelt holiday episode, Bobby Cooley and Meg Landi welcome Hannah Bush from Preteen Journey to talk about something deeper than traditions: Family Holiday Habits, and especially the practice of Advent. While the holiday season is packed with traditions, events, and cultural pressure, it’s easy for families to get swept up in the noise and miss the holiness at the center of it all. Together, we explore how Advent can become a grounding habit that helps families pause, reflect, and intentionally prepare their hearts for Christ’s coming. Hannah shares: The true pu...
2025-11-2025 min
Empowered Homes PodcastNot My Jesus: Unmasking Counterfeit Versions of Christ with Shane PruittIn this episode of the Empowered Homes Podcast, hosts Bobby Cooley and Meghan Landi sit down with pastor and author Shane Pruitt to talk about his latest Bible study, Not My Jesus: Reclaiming the Truth, Rejecting the Idols. Shane shares about his family, ministry, and the heart behind writing this timely study designed to help believers of all ages recognize and reject distorted versions of Jesus shaped by culture and personal preference. From “Genie Jesus” to “Mascot Jesus” to “Distant Jesus,” Shane walks through a few of the eight counterfeit versions of Christ outlined in the study, revealing the...
2025-09-1823 min
Women of Substance Music Podcast#1712 Music by Last House, Katherine Larsen, Allison Asarch, EMMA, Minni Verse, Toria Woof, Ally Palmer, HODJE, Mattie Rose, Vitalia, Shanelle Rudrigo, Chris Landi, Ruby Walker, Meghan Hayes, Effy HarvardTo get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.comThis show includes the following songs:Last House - Yes I Do FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYKatherine Larsen - Home FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYAllison Asarch - Big Apple Red FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYEMMA - Howling At The Moon FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYMinni Verse - Even Kings Die FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYToria Woolf - See Things Through FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYAlly Palmer - Never Stop Loving You FOLLOW ON SPOT...
2025-05-261h 00
Empowered Homes PodcastGod's Word: The Key to Our FaithGod gave us the key to grow and understand our faith in Him through the Bible. In today’s episode, Bobby and Meghan are continuing to talk about the spiritual discipline of Reading God's word. They are joined by Joe Landi and they all have a fun conversation about reading God’s word with intentionality and giving our full attention to understanding who God is through the gift of his word. Learn to let go of unrealistic goals and find freedom in coming to God’s word as a place of growth and rest. Learn to be honest...
2024-02-2939 min
Empowered Homes PodcastConnecting Church & Home Part 3: Partnering with Parents of TeensThe Empowered Homes Team is back for the 3rd episode of the Connecting Church & Home podcast series. Bobby Cooley is joined by a few members of the Kingsland Student Ministry Team, Kayla Self, Curtis Lane and Joe Landi. They are talking about the importance of partnering with parents of teenagers to build a family discipleship culture where the church supports parents as the primary faith trainers in their home. This episode is for ministry leaders, parents of teenagers and volunteers in student ministry. Be sure to take a listen to this episode to hear the heart behind connecting c...
2023-01-1927 min
Empowered Homes PodcastSpiritual Leadership in the HomeOn episode 16 of Season 2, Bobby is joined by his wife Jenn Cooley and Meghan Landi to talk about Spiritual Leadership in the home. Parents are the Primary Faith Trainers of the children in their homes but how do parents actively and practically live this out? Every family can leverage natural rhythms (FaithTalks) and take advantage of moments throughout the day (God Moments) for intentional discipleship. Be sure to take a listen for tips and ideas for your family. Check out other resources for family discipleship:https://empoweredhomes.org/resource/podcast-what-is-discipleship/https://emp...
2022-05-1939 min
Empowered Homes PodcastLEADtalk #4 with Meghan Landi: Competitive Mindset vs. Kingdom MindsetLEADTalks are recordings from a Leadership Round Table hosted at Kingsland Baptist Church in 2021. LEADTalks are similar to Ted Talks and they address topics in the areas of Leadership. Encouragement. Answers. Discipleship. There are 5 talks from the Round Table so be sure to check back for more episodes.In LEADTalk #4, Meghan Landi challenges leaders to stop approaching life and leadership from a competitive mindset which leads to burnout and hinders collaboration with others. Meghan is the wife of a youth pastor and mother of two. She serves on the Empowered Homes Ministry Team in Katy, TX.
2022-05-1814 min
Empowered Homes Podcast3 Deep Relationships Every Believer Should HaveWelcome to Season 2, Episode 12 of the Empowered Homes Podcast. This month we are diving DEEPER into relationships. The body of Christ is a gift from God given to build his Kingdom.On this episode, Bobby Cooley and Joe Landi talk about our need for DEEP relationships with other believers. Do you have DEEP relationships with others? Would you like to grow with others in a healthy, biblical way?Take a listen to discover 3 types of relationships that are essential to build DEEPER intimacy with others and with God.Check out the DEEPER Collection...
2022-02-1635 min
Empowered Homes PodcastThriving Through Christmas BreakIn this episode, Bobby sits down with Meghan Landi to share 5 tips for Thriving Through Christmas Break. Bobby and Meghan challenged each other to come up with 5 tips that will help families thrive during Christmas Break. As many families head into the Christmas Break, we hope you will take time to intentionally connect with your family to thrive through Christmas. Here are the tips we gave: Bobby's Tips: 1. Advent 2. Set Expectations (ex. set snack time for kids; bedtimes; device times) 3. Schedule Rest - Stay Home Days 4. Kind Words- never talk bad about family members...
2021-12-0821 min
Empowered Homes PodcastExtending ConversationsKids are growing up in a text message, quick answer world. While there are many benefits to the quickness of our communication it does have some drawbacks when raising kids. Parents are finding it more and more challenging to have a conversation with their kids because their kids don’t want to talk face-to-face. In this episode, Bobby sits down with Joe Landi to discuss the skill of asking good questions that’ll get kids to talk. Watch or Listen for seven questions to add to your conversation tool belt. READ MORE - https://empoweredhomes.org/resource/7-que...
2021-11-1126 min
Empowered Homes PodcastGoal Setting With Joe LandiBobby and Maggie sit down with Joe Landi to talk about the importance of goal setting. Corporations and businesses use mission statements, values and goals to guide and drive their purpose and success. As families and individuals, we are chasing after God's purpose for our lives. Discovering our personal mission and values can help us set goals to steward our time and resources for God's purposes. Links to the articles mentioned in today's podcast:5 Tips to Discovering Family Mission and Values5 Tips for Pursuing Family GoalsFor more resources visit empoweredhomes.org...
2021-03-2531 minEmpowered Homes PodcastTechnology and Your FamilyMaking good choices about technology is more than just using good internet filters and determining screen-time limits for our family. Brad Flurry, Joe Landi, and Bobby Cooley discuss how all families wrestle and struggle with technology. We provide some practical tools to help you make wise and responsible technology decisions in your home. Even in a world full of devices, you can make some simple choices that can put technology in its proper place in your home. If you have questions or need more information please email podcast@empoweredhomes.org and visit www.empoweredhomes.org
2019-11-0540 min