Eyres On The Road

Last week on the show, Richard and Linda shared ideas of how to turn the focus of your holiday season outward. After some great feedback on that episode they'd like to talk more extensively this week on some specific ways to help others, and ways to make it a family effort. After all, the first Christmas story was about a small family of refugees. It's a season we can turn our hearts to those in need and children have a knack for that kind of empathy that can surprise you. For more information on what the Eyres talked about this week you can visit https://talentpledge.org/salt-lake-city-children-for-children-benefit-concert-2018/

Christmas is a special time of the year where we can turn our hearts toward each other. But when young kids are in the picture, it's not always the easiest task to teach giving over getting. Today Richard and Linda share a few experiences from their house about how to refocus Christmas and use it as a turning point to be ready for the New Year.

Richard and Linda are back with tip number 11 in their top ten series on marriage and relationships. It's a bonus tip that they just couldn't leave out. Working for equality in marriage sometimes misses the mark. Instead of worrying about how much each partner is doing, focus on the oneness of having the same goals. This is episode eleven out of ten in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Today you get a bonus tip! If you missed any of their previous tips you can catch up on byuradio.org, the BYU Radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

It is easy to get discouraged in the state of marriage. Today is the final tip of Richard and Linda's series on relationships and their ultimate message is to believe. Believe that it can work for yourself and your family on the micro level, and also believe in the institution across the world on the macro level. This is episode ten out of ten in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. If you missed any of their previous tips you can catch up on byuradio.org, the BYU Radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Richard and Linda love Thanksgiving. How great is it that the whole country pauses for a day to remember gratitude? Today the Eyres give ideas on how your family, including extended families and friends, can love and have a more love filled holiday. And remember you can be thankful on other days too, so also try to use Thanksgiving as a Gratitude Springboard to thankfulness all year long.

Our slogan here at Eyres on the Road is 'Parenting in the Modern World.' Today Richard and Linda focus on how parenting is done all over the world as they continue their speaking tour across Europe. Eastern Europe didn't always have a Modern World feel, but as technology and other distractions have made their way to those countries over the past 25 or so years, parenting has had to keep up. It's always amazing that no matter where you go in the world, parenting is essentially the same.

Richard and Linda have been world traveling family coaches for decades, providing common sense advice along the way. Today the Eyres are on the Road to London, England to visit their youngest daughter Charity who appears on the show. Religious people can find help in all of the tips on this marriage-ing list and find ways to involve a higher power, but the Eyres wanted at least one tip to focus solely on the perspective that can provide. Learn more about Charity Eyre Wright at drippingwithpassion.blogspot.com This is episode number nine in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. There's only one tip to go, but remember you can always check back on old episodes at byuradio.org or wherever podcasts are found.

As Halloween approaches, Richard and Linda wanted to talk about one of the scary parts of getting married. Dealing with the in-laws! But these people are part of your family now too, and should be embraced (with more than just a hug). The Eyres give some ideas on how to make everyone in the family feel like family. And if you're the parents of the happy couple you have one big thing in common with the in-laws too, a love for those grandkids.  This is episode number eight in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future!

Being married can be weird. For years before, you try to build yourself into a fierce independent being, then one day, you become part of a team. Independence helped you survive in the world. In a relationship though it can sometimes get in the way. Today Richard and Linda suggest ways to turn your independence into interdependence in one another. This is episode number seven in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future!

One of the hallmarks of a good relationship is one that is always growing. It takes work and constant effort. Today Richard and Linda give you an alliterative checklist for improvement in your marriage. Does it have commitment, compatibility, courtship, chastity, and celebration? Then you're on the right track. This is episode number six in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future!

Parenting in the modern world.

Traditional wedding vows say you take each other for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health. Richard and Linda talk today about the commitment it takes to succeed in marriage. If you know you are there for each other no matter what it can grant peace of mind.  This is episode number five in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future!

Conflicts are bound to come up in any relationship. Being marriage and family experts hasn't made the Eyres immune to conflict, but it has helped them resolve it. They remind us that differences aren't inherently bad, but there are good and bad ways to deal with them. Today we get some tips on some of those good and effective ways. This is episode number four in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future, and be sure to get caught up on tips 1-3!

Best-selling authors and world traveling speakers Richard and Linda share their experience on families. This week they continue their advice for relationships by debunking the 11 biggest myths of marriage. They also have a big announcement for fans of this recent series on, as they've coined it, marriage-ing.

Marriages are built of two different people coming together. In the last 'marriage-ing' tip Richard and Linda talked about relishing those differences, and so today they focus on not trying to change your spouse. If you notice flaws coming up in your relationship, direct your energy inward and be better yourself, before assigning blame outward to the person you love. This is episode number three in Richard and Linda's Top 20 Marriage and Relationship Tips. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future.

While you hopefully enjoy a three day weekend around family or those you love, remember that there is another holiday coming up later this week. Today the Eyres remind us all about Grandparents Day, which is always the Sunday after Labor Day. Family means all your family, including the extended branches, so we in the Eyres on the Road family encourage you to reach out to a grandparent or older loved one this week.

New Year Resolutions are common, but for kids, a new school year is a much larger landmark. So why not make goals for that year as well? Richard and Linda talk today about some age appropriate milestones kids can aim for, and how parents can help them achieve them.

After almost 50 years of marriage, Richard and Linda Eyre have a lot to look back on. Today they share a couple stories from their lives together and how being different people has helped their relationship. Mr. or Mrs. Right doesn't have to mean someone just like you. It's important to allow each other room to be individuals while staying united. This is episode number two in Richard and Linda's Top 20 Marriage and Relationship Tips. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future.

Let's talk about talking. When marriages tend to struggle there are often five disagreements that come up: money, intimacy, parenting, goals, beliefs. In order to combat this, the Eyres are devoting a new series on marriage. If people can think of parenting as a verb that takes work, then marriaging should get the same treatment. So instead of being worried about those five things, think of them as the five things to communicate about for a healthy marriage. This is the first episode in a new series from Richard and Linda. Look out for more entries in the Top 20 Marriage and Relationship Tips in the future.

A secret code is supposed to stay a secret right? Well Richard and Linda are letting you in on the secret today. Communication and discipline can be tough, but this final entry in the Top Ten Parenting Tips series divulges the secret code that can help you more discretely talk to your kids; and in a fun way! For more info on 'the code' and for nurturing children you can visit valuesparenting.com/vp/nurturing/