The Relentless Pursuit Podcast
A life lived on purpose requires daily intentionality, especially when you add a spouse, kids, a career, and a host of big dreams. Join Jordan and Rosanna – high-school sweethearts, educators, entrepreneurs, and parents – each week as they take life off autopilot and explore in unscripted conversations how to thrive as a couple while hustling after their passions. If you’re looking to make the most of your self, your relationships, your dreams, your marriage, and your parenting – you’ll find examples and inspiration as they relentlessly pursue a life worth living, together.
Episodes
195 episodes
10 Questions We've Stopped Asking
So many of our conversations begin with generic, predictable, scripted questions that lead...nowhere. We'll share which 10 questions we're trying to avoid, and which 10 better questions we've been sprinkling into our conversations.
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Season 16
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Episode 7
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1:06:06
Mirror, Mirror...
We look at ourselves all the time - but what are we looking for? In today's conversation we explore how much our appearance maters, and what happens when we prioritize how we look above other attributes.
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Season 16
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Episode 6
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1:26:00
I Am a Luxury Brand
When we purchase a "luxury," we feel a little different about it. We treat the item or experience a little better than the commonplace. But what if we thought of OURSELVES as a luxury brand, and treated ourselves with the same awe and reverence...
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Season 16
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Episode 5
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1:01:41
My Spousal Icks
As much as we love our spouse, there are just some things they do that give us "the ick" - the gross feeling that is an immediate turnoff. In this episode, Jordan and Rosanna confess their icks to one another and share how they like to broach t...
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Season 16
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Episode 4
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45:23
Beating Procrastination
We all procrastinate, telling ourselves a story about who we are in the process. But, when we rethink our relationship to those tasks we just can't seem to get around to, we can actually rewrite the script and beat procrastination.
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Season 16
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Episode 3
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1:00:20
ChatGPT for Grown Ups
You've heard of this ChatGPT thing...it has to do with AI or something? Today we'll discuss ChatGPT and all the wonderful uses you might find for this intriguing tool in your personal life.
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Season 16
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Episode 2
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1:22:13
Summer Reset: 6 Intentions for the Season
As we enter the summer season, the routines of life change. Kids are off of school, the sun is out for longing, and we have a fresh opportunity to reset our minds and spirits. Today we discuss 6 specific intentions we're setting for ourselves f...
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Season 16
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Episode 1
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54:31
Barriers and Breakthroughs
While pursuing our big dreams for 2025, it's inevitable you're going to encounter obstacles along the way. Are you ready to confront and overcome the barriers in your life?
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Season 15
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Episode 12
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1:10:03
Tariff-ic Times
Is it us, or does it seem like everything is just more expensive these days? Well, thanks to inflation, interest, taxes, and tariffs, tough financial times may just be beginning.
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Season 15
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Episode 11
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59:53
8 Small Rules That Work For Us
Today we share 8 simple little "rules" - guidelines, habits, standards - we have for ourselves that help us make sure we're making the best decisions as often as we can. Which of these also work for you? Which of your own would you add?
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Season 15
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Episode 10
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53:03
How Much Do You Love Me?
Love is difficult to quantify, but we can answer the question "How much do you love me?" by our CONSISTENT ACTIONS that show our spouse we care.
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Season 15
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Episode 9
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1:01:58
The Sidelines and the Stage
Parents have always lived vicariously through their children, but how much of what our children do should be "for their parents?" Today we look at how we might best strike the balance between passing on our values to our chidren and allowing th...
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Season 15
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Episode 8
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1:05:50
Am I Too Old For This?
There might be some fashion trends, electronic habits, and physical capabilities we just might not be cut out for after a certain age. But there also might be more serious areas of life where, now that we're old enough, we just can't use age as...
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Season 15
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Episode 7
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1:08:40
Letter to My Past Self
What if you could meet your 15-year-old self for a cup of coffee? What would you say? What would you notice? Today Jordan and Rosanna hop on the viral TikTok trend and compose poems visualizing meeting their teenage selves in this thought provo...
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Season 15
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Episode 6
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42:40
Introvert or Extravert?
We have often sought to label ourselves and one another as either introverted or extraverted...but the truth is that most of us are somewhere in between, and we need to become aware of our social tendencies, our strengths, our weaknesses.
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Season 15
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Episode 5
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59:13
Bids for Attention
Our relationships are made of thousands of "bids," requesting connection from one moment to the next. How we seek and respond to these bids may just be the most important thing in our marriage and parenting.
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Season 15
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Episode 4
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59:10
The Loneliness Epidemic
Everyone gets a little lonely sometimes...but in today's era, loneliness is a downright epidemic that is sweeping across the population. With more ways to connect than ever, you'd think we'd feel less lonely, but the truth is we've replaced any...
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Season 15
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Episode 3
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54:16
The Maintenance Phase
Sometimes we're climbing, sometimes we're growing...and sometimes we're simply maintaining what we have. There's nothing glamorous about the maintenance phases of life, but they are a healthy and necessary part of the long game toward self-fulf...
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Season 15
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Episode 2
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43:48
Dreams Don't Work Unless You Do
Let's dream big dreams for ourselves in 2025...AND let's make sure we actually put the WORK into turning those dreams into realities!
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Season 15
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Episode 1
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1:18:55
The Conversation We Meant to Have
One year ago, we ended 2023 with an episode expressing some disappointment over how much effort we put into our goals but weren't seeing the results. BUT at the end of 2024, we ARE seeing the results we had worked towards. In this final episode...
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Season 14
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Episode 12
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1:02:56
Sex is Like…
We explore our understanding and relationship to sex in marriage by making 12 accurate, creative, and humorous analogies.
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Season 14
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Episode 11
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1:00:04
Consider the Cost
We know everything costs money...but consider what ELSE our desires, goals, impulses, and decisions may also be costing us.
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Season 14
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Episode 10
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1:05:24
10 Quirky Things We're Grateful For
When we think about it, many of the most significant aspects of who we are stem from relatively small, forgettable, quirky things we might not even notice. Today we recognize the unrecognized and reflect on those quirky things we usually leave ...
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Season 14
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Episode 9
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48:33
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Even though we'd rather avoid agony and find ecstasy, these two experiences are interwoven. Today we talk about how we might appreciate - even lean into - the agony in pursuit of those ecstatic moments of life.
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Season 14
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Episode 8
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42:36
Take It For Granted
We take so much in our lives for granted, assuming they'll always be there and telling ourselves we'll appreciate them "tomorrow." But taking something for granted means that we don't actually appreciate it until it's gone...and too late. This ...
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Season 14
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Episode 7
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1:00:03