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The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast is the megaphone for the global 1000 Hours Outside movement, created to help people embrace hands-on living in a tech-saturated world. Hosted by bestselling author and founder Ginny Yurich, each episode explores the countercultural idea that kids - and adults - thrive when they choose real-world options over virtual ones. Featuring conversations with leading voices in parenting, nature, education, mental health, neuroscience, faith, and free play, and rooted in research and rich with practical encouragement, the show invites listeners to slow down, step outside, and join a growing movement committed to reclaiming childhood, reconnecting families, and restoring mental health - one hour at a time.
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Dr. Glynetta Fletcher joins The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a conversation that gets underneath what’s actually happening in schools. With decades of experience as a teacher, principal, and now an advocate for boys, she talks plainly about patterns that are hard to ignore—early discipline, missed instructional time, and how quickly some kids start to feel like school isn’t for them. The discussion covers movement, relationships, trauma, and why behavior is often a signal, not the problem. At the center is a simple but important idea: the purpose of education isn’t compliance or test scores, it’s helping kids become who they’re capable of becoming.
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Caroline Miller joins The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a really grounded conversation about something most of us think we understand—goals—and why we actually don’t. She explains the difference between goals that work and goals that fall apart, why so many people lose momentum, and why feeling okay first isn’t optional if you want to follow through on anything meaningful. The conversation moves into things that don’t get talked about enough—how women are often treated when they aim high, what kids are missing when everything comes too easily, and how grit can either help you or quietly wreck you if it’s pointed the wrong way. It’s thoughtful without being complicated, practical without being formulaic, and full of ideas you’ll keep turning over after it ends.
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Get your copy of Big Goals here
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This conversation with Debra Fileta on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich gets right to the ache so many women are carrying: the feeling of being stretched thin by good things, needed by everyone, and running on empty. Debra brings the kind of wisdom that makes listeners feel both seen and steadied as she talks about burnout, boundaries, soul care, screen time, motherhood, friendship, homeschooling, and the deep-rooted beliefs that keep so many of us overextending ourselves. Her reminder to stop living at 100 percent and start building margin is extremely practical. This is the kind of episode that helps you exhale, tell the truth about how tired you are, and start making a way back to joy.
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Also check out her books: Soul Care, People Skills, Any Day Emotions, and True Love Dates
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Colton Dixon has spent years singing about faith, grit, and holding on when the road in front of you does not make sense yet, and this conversation on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich gets right to the heart of that.
From American Idol (WATCH PIANO MAN ON THE RED GRAND PIANO!!) to fatherhood, touring, the staying power of “Build a Boat,” and the kind of courage it takes to keep showing up for your calling, this episode is full of the stuff that lasts.
This particular conversation is extra unique because it happened in person and Ginny's daughters joined in with some of their own questions. It's personal and funny and it reminds you that a meaningful life is often built before the evidence arrives.
The episode also includes a special performance featuring Colton on lead vocals, Brooklyn (13) on backup vocals, and Vivian (16) on guitar. Here the chorus off the top and the whole song at the very end
Explore Colton’s music and tour, and find his Build a Boat children’s book here.
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Dr. Gary Chapman joins The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a warm, deeply practical conversation about why love can be sincere and still miss the mark, and what it looks like to really know the people right in front of us. This episode goes beyond the familiar idea of the five love languages and into the small but life-changing details that make someone feel seen, understood, and genuinely cared for. This is important for whether you’re loving a spouse, raising kids, or learning how to stay connected in the middle of a very full life. It’s thoughtful, hopeful, and full of the kind of wisdom that makes you want to pay better attention starting today. Learn more about Dr. Gary Chapman here , find The Love Language That Matters Most here , and take the Love Language quiz here
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Licensed therapist Eli Harwood joins The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a deeply helpful conversation about attachment, emotional maturity, and the hidden ways our own unresolved feelings shape the atmosphere our kids grow up in. From anger and loneliness to body disgust, sadness, and numbing habits, Eli brings so much wisdom to the idea that healing ourselves is one of the greatest gifts we can give our children. This episode is honest, practical, and full of hope for parents who want to become a safer, steadier place for their kids without pretending they have it all figured out. Eli’s new book, How to Deal with Your Emotions So Your Kids Don’t Have To, along with Raising Securely Attached Kids, offers real help for the work that matters most.
Find Eli at attachmentnerd.com, on Instagram at @attachmentnerd, and through her books How to Deal with Your Emotions So Your Kids Don’t Have To and Raising Securely Attached Kids.
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In this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich, Jeff Dillon and Ty Dannenbring talk about what happens when you stop waiting for community and just start right where you live. It doesn't need to be big, impressive things. Pancakes in the driveway or popsicles from a cooler can go a long way in helping establish and build close relationships. Sitting out front instead of disappearing into the backyard works, too. They talk about how small shifts turn into real relationships, the kind people are missing more than we realize.
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Ginny Yurich sits down with Rachel Swanson on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a conversation that feels both grounding and hopeful for anyone thinking about fertility or walking through it. Drawing from her work in functional medicine, Rachel shares what she’s seeing as more women struggle to get pregnant and what can help. They talk through the everyday things that matter more than we think: food, light, time outside, stress, and the hidden environmental factors that quietly affect the body. This isn’t about doing everything perfectly or adding more pressure. It’s about understanding how the body works and making small, doable changes that support overall health—which, in turn, supports fertility. You can find Rachel at https://rachelswanson.com and on Instagram
Get your copy of Trying! here
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Charlie Tyrell joins The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a conversation sparked by his remarkable new documentary The AI Doc, Or How to Become an Apocaloptimist. This episode explores what it feels like to be raising kids in a world changing at an incredible pace and why this technology isn’t something people can simply ignore. Through the lens of filmmaking and new fatherhood, Charlie offers a thoughtful, grounded perspective on AI, creativity, work, and the future. The conversation moves beyond fear and into awareness, helping listeners better understand what’s happening and where they still have a voice in it. It’s honest, steady, and deeply relevant for anyone trying to make wise decisions in a rapidly shifting world. Sign up here to learn more and get involved: https://theaidocgetinvolved.com/
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On this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich, Ginny sits down with Fortesa Latifi to talk about her fascinating and deeply nuanced book Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online. This conversation stays with you because it refuses easy answers. Together, they explore how sharing family life online can create income, flexibility, and opportunity for parents while also raising real questions about privacy, consent, and what it means for a child to grow up in front of an audience. Fortesa brings thoughtful reporting and real stories from both parents and kids, and instead of rushing to judgment, this episode leans into the tension. It’s an honest, layered look at a world we’re all participating in, whether we realize it or not—and one that may change how you see the content you scroll past every day.
Learn more about Fortesa and her work here
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Jon Acuff is back for his seventh appearance on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich, and this conversation is packed with the kind of practical, funny, encouraging wisdom that makes you want to change your life before the episode is even over. In this episode, Jon shares the heart behind his new book, Procrastination Proof, and the conversation moves far beyond productivity into the real stuff like fear, doubt, regret, ambition, family, motivation, future selves, and how to stop waiting for perfect conditions before you begin. It is possible to build something meaningful right where you are. Listen in and share with friends!
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In this moving episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich, Dr. Lee Warren shares what a lifetime in neurosurgery, war, devastating loss, and deep faith has taught him about pain, hope, grief, resilience, and the real power of the mind to change the brain. This conversation goes far beyond medicine into the places a scalpel cannot reach like automatic thoughts, unanswered prayers, the fear that follows heartbreak, and the daily choice to love tomorrow more than we hate how we feel today. It is wise, tender, and unexpectedly practical, especially for parents trying to raise strong kids in an anxious world, and it will leave listeners with something we all need more of right now: a steadier way to face what hurts and keep living with courage.
Find Dr. Lee Warren and links to his books, substack, and podcast at DrLeeWarren.com
Get your copy of The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery here
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On this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, I’m joined again by my dear friend Rachel Kovac, and this conversation is for anyone who has ever wondered if they can really keep going through the high school years. Rachel has written an incredibly practical, deeply encouraging book called Their Future Is Shining Bright , and we talk through everything parents actually need like dual enrollment, college applications, trade paths, transcripts, and all the options most of us didn’t even know existed. But more than that, we talk about what’s at stake during the teen years like identity formation, the messages kids internalize, and the opportunity we have to stay close and guide them through it. If you’ve felt that tension between wanting to continue and wondering if you’re enough, this episode will steady you and remind you why these years might be the most important ones to keep.
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Releasing on Easter day, this conversation with Addison Bevere meets us right in the tension so many of us are living in where we are overwhelmed, overthinking, and worn down from trying to hold everything together. Addison shares his own story of burnout, insomnia, and the unraveling that comes when life is driven by control. He offers a compelling invitation into a different way of living marked by surrender, presence, and a restored connection with God as Father. Together, we explore why prayer often feels ineffective, what it actually is meant to be, and how shifting our attention can move us out of anxiety and into something steadier and more life-giving. LINKS:
Words with God
Words with God Prayer Journal
https://messengerx.com
https://rediscoverprayer.com
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Dr. Pamela Stephens Lehenbauer joins Ginny Yurich for a rich and refreshing conversation about why so many of us feel worn thin, why the wellness industry often leaves us chasing the wrong things, and how wonder, joy, nature, and real relationship can help bring us back to life. Drawing from her beautiful book Wonder and Joy for the Wired and Tired, Pam shares jaw-dropping truths about the natural world—from deep oceans and monarch butterflies to flowers, trees, and the human body—while gently reminding us that we were made to notice, to delight, and to be restored by what God has placed all around us. This episode is a hopeful invitation to step off the hamster wheel, recover your sense of awe, and remember that even in hard seasons, there is still beauty to be found.
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Crystal Paine returns to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a deeply encouraging conversation about what it takes to move from constantly behind and worn out to a life marked by peace, purpose, and intention. In this episode, Crystal and Ginny talk about motherhood, margin, money, home rhythms, digital distraction, raising capable kids, learning from failure, and the long view that changes everything when your days feel full and frayed. Crystal’s wisdom is practical, honest, and full of hope for moms who feel like they are carrying too much, and this episode will leave listeners believing that small shifts really can change the atmosphere of a home. Check out Crystal’s website, as well as her books including:
Say Goodbye to Survival Mode, The Time Saving Mom, Love Centered Parenting, and her latest book that releases in September The Seven Habits of Financially Healthy Women .
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Dr. Daniel Amen joins Ginny Yurich for a powerful conversation about what might be the most important (and most overlooked) part of our lives: our brain. Drawing from decades of brain imaging and clinical work, Dr. Amen explains why so many struggles with mood, focus, motivation, and even parenting are rooted in brain health—and why that’s incredibly good news. You are not stuck with the brain you have. From the impact of screens and overstimulation on kids to the brain-building power of kindness, learning, purpose, and time outside, this episode is filled with practical ways to start changing your brain today so your life can follow.
LINKS:
Amen Clinics
Good Neighbor Day America
Change Your Brain Every Day podcast
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Sadie Robertson Huff returns for a grounded, honest conversation about doing hard things before you feel ready. She and Ginny talk about raising kids in a screen-filled world, choosing media that actually shapes your family well, and what it looked like for Sadie to step into Dancing with the Stars with zero experience and keep going even when it was uncomfortable and misunderstood. They also get into the realities of public life—friendship strain, pressure, and the tension of being known—and why courage isn’t a personality trait but a practice built one step at a time.
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In this eye-opening and surprisingly relatable conversation, Dr. Tracy Dalgleish returns to unpack the hidden dynamic quietly straining so many marriages: the mother-in-law triangle. Drawing from years of clinical experience, she explains why even confident, capable women can feel stuck in these relationships, how family patterns long predating the marriage shape current conflict, and why so many couples end up in the same painful loop without a clear way out. This episode offers a wiser path forward—one rooted in strengthening the marriage, setting boundaries without guilt, and learning how to step out of the triangle instead of fighting harder inside it. If you’ve ever felt caught between keeping the peace and protecting your family, this conversation will give you language, clarity, and hope.
LINKS: Dr. Tracy Dalgleish’s book You, Your Husband, and His Mother;
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1Christine Caine joins Ginny Yurich for a life-giving conversation about what the olive tree can teach us about resilience, slow growth, healing, identity, and the kind of faith that keeps bearing fruit even in hard seasons. This episode is a beautiful reminder that God does some of His deepest work underground, that flourishing is possible even after pain, and that getting outside with our kids is not just good for their bodies and minds, but for their spiritual formation too. If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, discouraged, or like growth is taking too long, this one will steady you and lift your eyes again. Explore Christine’s book The Faith to Flourish, and learn more about A21 and Christine’s podcast and resources.
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Love this ! I’ve made an effort over the years to get to know my neighbors. I keep their names & house #s in my notes section on my phone so I can call them by name. It’s built some wonderful relationships. I take meals to some of the older couples and a lady recently passed , her husband told me the chicken pot pie I made them was the last real meal she ate and how much she enjoyed it. This all really resonated with me! thanks Ginny , praying for you & your family ❤️
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I am a self-starter bc my father and mother were both self-starters. With 6 children, their first 4 children did not go to kindergarten because they were taught at home from infancy to 6 years old. My oldest sister graduated suma cum laude from a public H.S. (top 3% of all H.S. students in a midwest town with a population of 250,000). She graduated phi beta kappa from college as the first African American woman to be granted a full scholarship at Drake University. All worked in Dad's business
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