Change the Odds

10/24/2024

Amazing story on the podcast this week. Imagine being on your honeymoon and having a near death experience. How would you cope? What would be your response? Will Robins Golf joins me this week to tell his story. Catch on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube. Just make sure you see the video.

Will Robins shares his powerful story of survival, addiction, and recovery, as he and his wife, Mandy, navigate life after a near-death experience. From prof...

09/20/2024

Are you ready for this--your specific expression of intimate desire actually reveals a lot about your family of origin? (And yes, it took me a long time to figure out how to word that previous sentence.) Listen to this conversation with me and Jay Stringer as we talk about God, S*x, and Shame.

In this conversation, Kevin is joined by Jay Stringer, author of Unwanted: How sexual brokenness reveals our way to healing.

08/29/2024

It's our first call in episode. Listen as I walk two callers though some circumstances in their life and assist them in understanding how to Stay In Your Lane.

In this episode of Change The Odds, Kevin talks with two callers, offering guidance on how to navigate life’s challenging moments while embracing the power of l

08/23/2024

Healthy couples stay healthy by studying good content in the midst of great community at least one semester every other year. Here's our latest offering to help you. The Guidebook comes with a video series to help small groups or marriage mentoring relationships become friends, partners, and lovers.

Becoming Friends, Partners & Lovers, the Guidebook by Kevin A. Thompson. Follow along with free classes, group studies and in-depth resources to strengthen and repair your marriage.

08/19/2024

Work/Life Balance. Everyone wants it, but nobody has it. Why not? Because it's not the right pursuit. Listen to this episode and find a better way. (Also, click the follow button to catch every episode.)

Everyone is searching for work/life balance but what if that search is in vain? In this episode, Kevin talks about the myth of work/life balance and points towa

08/12/2024

Eight years later, this is still true.

This has been a confusing election season, but there are some truths which remain universal. While I don't know much, here are 7 things I do know.

07/18/2024

Few things can help your marriage more than finding good content and a great community. Here's the good content. Find a few other couples, create the good community, and grow together.

Becoming Friends, Partners & Lovers: The Guidebook

07/14/2024

Friends, remember that there are many organizations in Russia and China who use social media to create discord in America. They do so by posting crazy theories or ideas (often in opposition of what you think) in order to get a reaction out of you. Their goal is to get you to respond so that it makes it feel like legitimate people believe that idea. So if you see something way out there, just ignore it. And if a friend posts something crazy, see them as a victim of these disinformation campaigns. Compassion. Empathy. Unity. Peace.

07/11/2024

First 100 answers to our poll at the Change the Odds Newsletter today. Where did you meet your significant other?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 School (18)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Online (15)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Family/Friend Introduction (14)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Church (7)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Bar (3)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Work (14)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Other (11)
82 Votes

via polls

07/02/2024

Lots of interesting feedback from the poll in yesterday's newsletter. Take ten seconds and give me your opinion here of what causes the greatest feeling of disrespect in relationships.

https://changetheodds.beehiiv.com/p/spouse-respect?_gl=1*xla3hj*_gcl_au*MTc2NDIwODQ0Ni4xNzE5ODY0NjQ5*_ga*ODhkOTZlYzYtZTk2Mi00YTFmLWIxM2MtNjVhZjJmNDA1MGNk*_ga_E6Y4WLQ2EC*MTcxOTk1Mjg5NC42MS4xLjE3MTk5NTI5MjQuMzAuMC45ODk4ODcwNDA.

06/17/2024

It's been awhile since I've considered my Top 5 list for marriage books. I've added a new comer. Check out number 3. I just read it, but it's great.

Few things can help a marriage like taking the time to read and discuss a book. Here are 5 books that every couple should read.

05/05/2024

This week, I did a 10 second explanation of each of my books in front of a confernece. The one most purchased following that explanation was Fearless Families. People are still looking for a way to navigate through anxiety.

Fearless Families: Building Brave Homes in an Uncertain World