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The Most Important Thing: Exploring Family Culture and Leadership at Home

Danielle and Greg Neufeld

Don"t just parent. Lead. The Most Important Thing is a podcast about building intentional family culture. We explore how ambitious, busy families can create connection, meaning, and resilience at home—just as intentionally as they do in other aspects of life. Each episode blends personal stories, research, and experiments you can try in your own family. Because when the world is moving fast, the most important thing is what we build at home. Hosts: Danielle and Greg Neufeld

kids & family parenting

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Why We Started The Most Important Thing (The...

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2025/08/11

Why We Started The Most Important Thing (The Backstory Episode)TMIT 23 🎙️ Every journey has a beginning, and this is ours. We recorded this episode a few days after 01 Family Meetings. We didn’t release it at the time because, well, it felt premature. But we also didn’t want to wait too long, so here we are.At the time, we really didn’t know where we were going but we did have a feeling: that family culture matters and more people will want to talk about it.In this conversation, we unpack the

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00:27:43

Turning Family Vacations into Family Adventures

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2025/08/04

Turning Family Vacations into Family AdventuresTMIT 22 🎙️ What if your next family trip could be more than just a change of scenery? In this episode, we’re talking about how to transform a typical family vacation into a true family adventure—one that creates lasting memories, builds connection, and leaves everyone feeling fulfilled (even when things don’t go perfectly).We’re heading out on our own 14-day trip across the Pacific Northwest—Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier, and Seattle—and we’re

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00:35:35

TMIT 21: Seeing & Being Seen

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2025/07/31

📺 Episode 21: Seeing & Being SeenIn this final episode on the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto, we talk about what it means to truly see and be seen.“I will not teach or love or show you anything perfectly, but I will try to let you see me, and I will always hold sacred the gift of seeing you – truly, deeply seeing you.”Over the past 11 episodes, we’ve explored courage, compassion, boundaries, accountability, and joy. Here, we tie it all together with what might be the simplest practice of all:

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00:27:05

TMIT 20: Daring Greatly

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2025/07/28

🎧 Episode 20: Daring GreatlyIn this penultimate episode of our Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto series, we reflect on one of the most courageous lines in Brené Brown’s manifesto: “The greatest gift that I can give you is to live and love with my whole heart and to dare greatly.”What does it mean to dare greatly as a parent? For Danielle, it’s reclaiming personal ambition and giving herself permission to live a full life outside of motherhood—without apology. For Greg, it’s stepping into deeper

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00:32:40

TMIT Teammates #3: Noah Zaltz on Building Family Norms

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2025/07/24

🎙️ TMIT Teammates #3: Noah Zaltz on Building Family NormsIn this episode of TMIT Teammates, we sit down with our friend Noah Zaltz, a fellow investor, deep thinker, and someone who brings the same intention to family life as he does to his work.We explore what it means to create a family culture that feels like home, not through rigid rules, but by shaping a sense of “normal”—the daily rhythms, values, and habits that help kids feel safe, grounded, and capable of becoming their best selves.In this

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00:32:54

TMIT 19: Belonging

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2025/07/21

🎙️ Episode 19: BelongingFrom the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto: “We will always have permission to be ourselves with each other no matter what. You will always belong here.”In this episode of The Most Important Thing, we dive into one of the most fundamental human needs: belonging.We unpack the tension between raising kids with a strong family identity while also giving them the space to become their own people.Along the way, we explore: The difference between fitting in and belonging (thanks,

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00:43:57

TMIT 18: Facing Fear & Grief

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2025/07/14

🎙️ Episode 18: Facing Fear & GriefIn this episode, we explore one of the hardest lines from Brené Brown’s Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto: “Together we will cry and face fear and grief. I will want to take away your pain, but instead I will sit with you and teach you how to feel it.”Danielle shares how she lives with acute medical fear and anxiety, and where it stems from.Greg reflects on watching both of his parents slowly fade before they passed—and how grief sometimes shows up not in death, but

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00:27:25

TMIT Teammates #2: Julianne Annunziata Peters on...

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2025/07/10

TMIT Teammates #2: Julianne Annunziata Peters on Roots, Recipes & ReinventionWe’re joined in person by our dear friend and neighbor, Julianne Annunziata Peters. Julianne shares her family’s move from NYC to Delray Beach, how a serendipitous beach moment (thanks to our daughters!) reconnected us after decades, and the lasting legacy of her mother’s influence on how she now parents her own daughter.We talk about: Moving during COVID and finding home in a new place The bittersweet balance of nostalgia

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00:29:25

TMIT 17: Spirit

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2025/07/07

🎙️ Episode 17: Spirit“When uncertainty and scarcity visit, you will be able to draw from the spirit that is a part of our everyday life.”In today’s conversation, we explore what it means to bring spirit into daily family life. We reflect on how our personal spiritual practices may be invisible to our kids and discuss Dr. Lisa Miller’s research on how we are all innately spiritual beings.We share: How, without religion, our spirituality has (unintentionally) become invisible within our home Our

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00:31:09

TMIT Teammates #1: Jennifer Zelman on Raising a...

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2025/07/03

🎙️ TMIT Teammates #1: Jennifer Zelman on Raising a Global FamilyWelcome to the very first episode of TMIT Teammates—our new segment where we talk with real families we love and admire about how they’re building culture at home.Our first guest is our brilliant and adventurous friend Jennifer Zelman. Jen is raising a blended family across two continents—splitting time between New York and Rome—and in this episode, she shares what that experience has taught her about parenting, presence, and letting

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00:30:50

TMIT 16: Joy

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2025/06/30

🎙️ Episode 16: Joy“I want you to know joy, so together we will practice gratitude. I want you to feel joy, so together we will learn how to be vulnerable.” — Brené Brown, Wholehearted Parenting ManifestoThis week, we’re talking about joy—what it feels like, why it can be hard to stay with, and how we’re learning to welcome more of it into our family life.We explore the kind of joy that sneaks up on you, the kind that’s layered with memory and meaning, and the kind that feels almost too good to

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00:28:23

TMIT 15: Accountability & Respect

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2025/06/23

🎙️ Episode 15: Accountability & RespectThis week, we’re diving into two words that carry a lot of weight—and often get misunderstood in parenting: accountability and respect.We unpack what these concepts really mean in a family setting (hint: it’s not about obedience), and how we’re trying to model them at home—imperfectly, but intentionally.From birth stories to playground conflicts, we talk about: Why impact matters more than intent What Heart Repair looks like in real life (and how it’s

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00:30:00

TMIT 14: Boundaries

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2025/06/16

🎧 Episode 14: BoundariesThis week, we’re talking about boundaries—inside our home and outside of it.The kind that protect our family culture… and the kind that make everyone just a little bit uncomfortable (in the best way).From Brené Brown’s Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto:“We will set and respect boundaries. We will honor hard work, hope, and perseverance. Rest and play will be family values, as well as family practices.”We start with the boundaries that live inside our home—around sleep,

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00:34:59

TMIT 13: Compassion

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2025/06/09

🎙️ Episode 13: CompassionThis week, we’re digging into self-compassion—not just as an idea, but as a practice we’re actively building at home.Our starting point: “We will teach you compassion by practicing compassion with ourselves first; then with each other.” Because if we want to raise kind, resilient kids, it starts with how we treat ourselves.We each took Dr. Kristin Neff’s Self-Compassion Test 💝 to see where we’re growing—and where we’re stuck. Greg thinks about self-compassion often, but

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00:25:40

TMIT 12: Courage

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2025/06/02

🎙️ Episode 12: CourageCourage usually gets the Gladiator treatment.We picture epic battles, high-stakes wins, and shirtless heroics.But in real life?It’s not just about “being brave.”This week, in Episode 12: Courage, we’re talking about what makes it possible for families to practice courage—not just in big moments, but to show up persistently courageous, day to day.🧱 The Most Important Thing:Courage needs scaffolding.Kids don’t learn to be brave just because we tell them to. They learn it

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00:30:32

TMIT 11: Worthiness

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2025/05/29

🎙️ Episode 11: Worthiness<br><br>In our newest episode—<strong>Worthiness</strong>—we’re continuing our journey through Brené Brown’s <a href="https://brenebrown.com/art/the-wholehearted-parenting-manifesto/">Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto</a>.<br><br>📜 “I want you to engage with the world from a place of worthiness.”<br><br>🌱 <strong>Worthiness</strong> = A grounded feeling and core belief that says, “I deserve

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00:14:33

TMIT Experiment Update #4 (+ Greg's Technology Corner)

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2025/05/26

🧪 TMIT Experiment Update #4 + Greg’s Technology Corner!Our fourth experiment update—this time as a stand-alone episode. It’s a quick check-in on what we’re trying at home, how it’s going, and what we’re adjusting next.This week’s highlights:🏀 The “Talking Ball”At Friday’s family meal, we introduced new popsicles and a “talking ball” to help each person feel seen while answering three questions: what we liked, what we’d leave behind, and where we can improve.🧸 “The Love Game”Danielle and the girls

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00:25:31

TMIT 10: Loved & Lovable

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2025/05/26

Loved & Lovable ❤️💗As a kid, you likely knew you were loved. But did you also know that you were lovable no matter what?We didn’t always get that message growing up, as we’ve since learned about one another. But we are all worthy of love, just as we are. So how do we internalize this as adults, and pass along the right message to our kids?With our tenth episode, Loved & Lovable, we’re introducing a new arc at The Most Important Thing, using Brené Brown’s Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto as our

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00:13:02

TMIT 09: Back to Base Camp

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2025/05/22

🎙️ TMIT 09: Back to Base Camp ⛺🧡After eight family experiments in three weeks, it’s time to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what’s emerging beneath the surface.In this episode, we return to TMIT base camp—our space for regrouping and sense-making. We talk through: What’s working What’s shifting And the invisible threads tying it all togetherTwo big ideas anchor this reflection: Keep it simple (“Floss one tooth.” 🦷): Small, consistent actions > big, over-engineered plans. Most of our

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00:40:20

TMIT 08: Family Money (+ Experiment Update)

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2025/05/19

🎙️ TMIT 08: Family MoneyIn this episode, we explore how to make the implicit explicit when it comes to money at home. This isn’t a how-to talk about chores and allowances (no jars labeled Spend, Save, Share here). Instead, we reflect on the subtle ways money influences us—and how to start naming (and questioning) those influences out loud.TMIT about Family Money: Accept that money influences our family culture, whether we realize it or not.Our 3-step process to becoming more intentional about

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