There’s a particular kind of quiet that comes when both your parents are gone. This week, Mike and Adrian sit down and talk about it, gently and honestly. Mike shares the moments grief caught him off guard, they laugh about the habits and sayings they’ve inherited, and talk through the hard stuff: the house, the...

Summer is quickly wrapping up and we’ve got a lot of projects we’d like to get done before winter comes and the snow flies. So we’re going to take a break and we will return with more episodes starting Tuesday November 3rd – be sure to mark your calendars. Talk to you soon.

Courage isn’t a feeling — it’s action with fear still in the room. This week, Mike & Adrian dig into the tangled relationship between courage and action: why waiting to “feel ready” is a trap, how bold moves can happen with zero courage behind them, and how the bravest thing someone does might be invisible...

Sometimes we’re missing details. Sometimes things just don’t click, and we need clarity on what we actually heard. In this episode, Mike & Adrian unpack why we avoid asking clarifying questions — and the real cost of staying silent instead: resentment, misaligned expectations, damaged relationships, and projects or tasks that go wrong simply because nobody...

What happens when you follow a treasure map into the Minnesota woods and come face-to-face with a 42-foot wooden giant?  You remember why adventuring matters.  In this episode, Mike and Adrian share the story of their troll hunt in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota — home to five massive sculptures by Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo, whose...