Now You're Talking™
by Adrienne Giffen
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How Your Upbringing Shapes Your Marriage Expectations | Pesa &…
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About this podcast
Are you tired of seeing your family more connected to screens than to each other? Longing for real conversations that bring you closer and create lasting memories?
I’m Adrienne Giffen, mom of four, stepmom, and grandmother to teens—and I created
Now You’re Talking™ to help families reconnect through the lost art of meaningful conversation.
On each episode, guests play the Now You’re Talking™ board game—a fun, thoughtful way to spark stories, laughter, and heart-to-hearts. You’ll hear real conversations that bridge generations, offer wisdom, and bring families closer together. Because being “alone together” isn’t the future we want. Let’s bring back genuine connection—one meaningful conversation at a time.
Subscribe to Now You’re Talking™ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen—and let the conversations begin!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 71 episodes
- How Your Upbringing Shapes Your Marriage Expectations | Pesa & Whitney Shayo · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 1What happens when two people enter marriage with different expectations shaped by their upbringing? Pesa & Whitney Shayo share how those differences nearly ended their marriage…
- How Life Experiences Shape Who We Become | Now You're Talking with Adrienne Giffen · 4 min · Season 2Life's most valuable lessons often come from what we've lived, not what we've studied. In this new chapter of Now You're Talking™, Adrienne Giffen explores how our experiences…
- Will AI Replace Your Job or Help You Reach Your Potential? | Derek Crager · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 68What if AI could make us more capable instead of less necessary? As AI changes how we work and live, Derek Crager shares why technology's greatest potential is helping people…
- How to Stop Worrying About Money and Build Financial Confidence | Michelle Malawer · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 67What if feeling bad with money has less to do with your finances and more to do with what you believe about yourself? After years of debt, earning too little, and struggling to…
- How Do You Rebuild Your Life When Everything Changes? | Lauren Goldstein · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 66What happens when the life you've worked so hard to build no longer works for you? Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at just 18, Lauren Goldstein spent years pushing through…
- How Can Overwhelmed Parents Calm Their Nervous System? | Arielle Kempler · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 65What if you’re not actually relaxing? What if you’re just escaping how overwhelmed you feel? When parents finally get a break, it’s easy to reach for a phone and scroll. But is…
- How to Raise Connected Kids in a Digital World | Julia Collier · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 64When did keeping our kids connected start making it harder for families to connect with each other? Julia Collier shares what her family discovered when they removed individual…
- Is Work-Life Balance a Myth? Nellie Akalp on Entrepreneurship, Marriage & Motherhood · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 63Can you really balance marriage, motherhood and entrepreneurship, or is work-life balance the wrong goal altogether? Nellie Akalp has spent decades building businesses alongside…
- How Do You Make a Relationship Last? | Dr. Robin Buckley · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 62We plan our careers, finances and businesses, but when it comes to our relationships, most of us just wing it. Dr. Robin Buckley shares how bringing more intention, better…
- How Do You Get Your Kids to Talk to You? Dr. Ari Yares on Better Parent-Child Communication · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 61What if better parenting isn't about having all the answers, but asking better questions? Psychologist, parent coach and father of four Dr. Ari Yares shares practical ways to…
- How Do You Turn an Idea Into a Business? Andrew Cohen on Entrepreneurship & Fatherhood · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 60Andrew Cohen is an entrepreneur who believes ideas only become something when we're willing to share them, test them and take the risk. From building businesses to raising three…
- Is Your Child Ready for a Smartphone? What Parents Need to Know | Kate Doerksen and Anne Pizzuti · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 59How do we give our kids the freedom to connect without giving them access to everything that comes with a smartphone? That’s the challenge so many parents are facing. In this…
- How Do You Know You’re Making the Right Choices : LIVE YOUR LIGHT | Step 7 of Seven Steps Back to You · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 58Knowing yourself is one thing. Choosing how you want to live because of what you now know is another. In the final step of Seven Steps Back to You, we explore what it means to…
- What Happens When You Start Living as Your Authentic Self : EMERGE | Step 6 of Seven Steps Back to You · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 57After uncovering your experiences, noticing your patterns, reclaiming yourself, allowing yourself to let go, and trusting your voice enough to speak it, what comes next? Emerge…
- How to Find Your Voice : VOICE | Step 5 of Seven Steps Back to You · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 56Voice isn't about speaking louder. It's about trusting yourself enough to be heard. After uncovering the reasons behind our choices, noticing our patterns, reclaiming parts of…
- Are Your Past Experiences Still Shaping Your Life: ALLOW | Step 4 of Seven Steps Back to You · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 55Our experiences shape who we become. They teach us, influence our beliefs, and quietly shape the choices we make throughout our lives. In this fourth episode of Seven Steps Back…
- How to Reconnect With Yourself: RECLAIM | Step 3 of Seven Steps Back to You · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 54As life changes and our responsibilities begin to shift, something unexpected often happens. For the first time in years, there's a little more room to breathe, and a quiet inner…
- Why the Same Patterns Keep Repeating: NOTICE | Step 2 of Seven Steps Back to You · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 53We all remember certain moments in our lives, but it's only through reflection that we begin to understand why they mattered. In this episode, Adrienne Giffen explores how…
- Why Do We Make the Choices We Make? | UNCOVER | Seven Steps Back to You (Part 2) · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 52Why do we make the choices we make? In this episode, Adrienne and Bob explore the first step, UN-COVER, and discover how understanding the reasons behind our choices helps us…
- What Makes You Dance? The Question That Changed My Life · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 51A single question changed the course of my life. In this first episode of Seven Steps Back to You, I share the story behind that question and how asking ourselves the right…
