The 200% Marriage Podcast

"I had such a fear of failure that there were times I would not try certain things, because I did not want to be seen as a failure." - Craig

Week 3 of our end-of-year series, The Most Impactful Lessons from 3 Years of Building an Unstoppable Team, and this one is near and dear to Craig's heart.

LESSON #3: FAILURE DOES NOT EXIST.

Craig spent most of his life with a black-and-white, pass/fail definition of success: achieve the exact outcome you set out for, or you failed, and that failure becomes your identity.

"Curiosity is a superpower. Be curious. Ask questions. Leave the judgment in the rearview."

Week 2 of our end-of-year series, The Most Impactful Lessons from 3 Years of Building an Unstoppable Team, and this one comes from a monkey named George.

LESSON #2: BE CURIOUS.

Curiosity isn't just a relationship skill. It shows up in your marriage, your business, your health, and everything in between. And it might be the cheapest upgrade you can make to the way you talk to the person you love.

Inside this episode:

The Introvert's Secret Weapon...

"Whatever the thing is, whatever you wanna do, just start. There's never a good time. You're gonna feel unqualified." - Meredith 

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving... and HAPPY 3-YEAR PODCAST-IVERSARY!🎙️🥳

We literally just pushed away from a massive turkey dinner with the family, squeezed past the food coma, and stepped right up to the mics to celebrate a colossal milestone! 156 consecutive weeks. Three full years without missing a single episode!

In the podcasting world, 90% of shows don't make it past episode 10, and 99% never see year three. But here we are - 156 episodes deep, a best-se...

"There's no three steps. There's no process. It's just, do something good for somebody."

The book-reading era is officially in the rear-view mirror! Welcome to the brand-new chapter of The 200% Marriage Podcast - we're stepping out of the book and into live, real-time "200% Marriage in the Wild" chit-chats! 🎙️

In this episode, Craig and Mer dive deep into an incredible recent experience: attending a book tour event for Sam Demma's new book, Return on Goodwill: Do Good, Expect Nothing, Watch Life Surprise You.

We’re breaking down why treating life - and your ma...

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." — Will Rogers

Here we are at the beginning! Sure, this is technically the final chapter of The 200% Marriage book, but reading a book doesn't make you an expert... writing one does! (#NotSoHumbleBrag)

In this grand finale briefing, Craig and Mer wrap up the 33-chapter journey by laying out the ultimate truth: reading about a 200% Marriage changes nothing unless you put the reps in and execute.

You are at the beginning of a brand-new re...

"My goal is to build a life I don't need a vacation from." — Rob Hill Sr.

Now that you’ve mapped out your shared North Star, it’s time to stop letting it gather dust on a shelf and actually make that mofo real!

Welcome to Chapter 32: Just Do It.

In this episode, Meredith takes the mic to read her final chapter of the book! We’re breaking down how to turn your dream life into daily, actionable momentum - and why waiting for "perfect circumstances" to celebrate is the ultimate unforced...

"Dream big, start small, then trip over the small stuff on your way to the big stuff." — Robin Sharma

You’ve probably heard the old saying "Teamwork makes the dream work" a thousand times.

Well, let’s throw a flag on the play right now: in marriage, that’s actually backwards. It’s the DREAMWORK that makes the teamwork.

In this briefing, Meredith takes the mic to kick off Part 6: The Commitment to the Future with Chapter 31: Dreamwork Makes the Team Work.

We're opening up about the early days of our ent...

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." — Helen Keller

We didn't tell a single soul before we pulled the trigger. No family, no friends, no social media posts. We covertly researched the venue, booked a flight to the Sacred Valley of Peru, and flew high into the Andes to drink a medicine that looks and tastes like a shot glass full of motor oil.

Welcome to Chapter 30: Show Up, Throw Up, Grow Up.

In this briefing, Craig and Mer take the mic to wrap up Part 5: The Commitment to...

"Sex is like air. It's not important unless you aren't getting any." — John Callahan

Whoop whoop! You made it. Welcome to the moment we've all been waiting for: Chapter 29: Coitus Power (aka the sex chapter)!

(And if you skipped straight to this episode from the table of contents... go back and listen to the rest! The first 28 chapters are the actual foreplay that make bedroom shenanigans happen.)

Let’s get ultra real: We are not sex therapists. We aren't here to give you a science manual on positions or pleasure techniques. We’r...

"If you're trying to bake a cake and the only ingredient you have is flour, you're fucked."

Let’s dismantle a massive relationship myth right now: Date nights will NOT magically fix a broken marriage.

If your connection has been running on fumes for years and your primary strategy is grabbing a $200 dinner once a month while scrolling on your phones across the table... you’re trying to bake a cake with nothing but flour. Date night is an important ingredient, sure - it’s just not the only ingredient.

In this b...

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." — Michael Altshuler

When we talk to marriedpreneurs and high-capacity couples about getting intentional and having more fun in their marriage, we hear the exact same excuse on repeat: "Craig, Meredith, I just don't have enough time. Between the business, the kids, and the household logistics, I barely have time to go to the bathroom."

Let’s run a quick Scoreboard Audit on that: If you’re looking to find time, you’ll never get it. That’s not how time w...

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing." — Michael Pritchard

With a title like Hide the Penis, you might think you’ve finally reached the sex chapter. Hang in there, ya' spicy nugget - that's coming later soon!

In this week's episode, Craig takes the mic to kick off Part 5: The Commitment to Fun & Adventure with Chapter 26: Hide the Penis.

Here’s the raw truth: Laughing together isn't a nice-to-have "bonus" in marriage - it’s a non-negotiable must-have.

When you stop having f...

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." — Ernest Hemingway

Most traditional relationship books treat trust like a massive, heavy, science-manual mystery. They’ll promise you a neat little "5 Easy Steps to Rebuild Trust" system. But let’s call BS on that right now: If anyone tells you there’s a one-size-fits-all, 5-step checklist to repair a broken relationship, they’re just trying to sell you something.

In this episode, Meredith takes the wheel to read Part 4, Chapter 25: Big Trust Energy. We are completely dismantling the myth that...

"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." -  Robert Frost

Is this the "sex on a beach" chapter? Absolutely not. (Completely impractical, by the way - sand gets everywhere). But it IS the intimacy chapter.

A lot of men's chief complaint in marriage is "we don't have enough sex," but they completely miss why.

Generally speaking, men approach intimacy from the outside in (physical closeness leads to emotional closeness), while women approach it from the inside out (emotional closeness is required for physical closeness). If you want more bedroom s...

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." — Albert Einstein

The number one reason couples reach out to us isn't because they had a massive, explosive, Hollywood-style brawl - it’s because they woke up one day and realized they've been quietly drifting into Roommate-ville.

They're walking on eggshells, managing logistics, and feeling completely disconnected from the person sitting right across the kitchen island.

In this episode, Meredith takes the wheel to read Chapter 23: Marriage Math and the Holy Trinity of Connection. We are breaking down the gold standard of rela...

"Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." — Desmond Tutu

Let’s get real for a minute: You are married to another human being. You are going to have conflict from time to time. That’s just the way it is.

But here is the massive mental unlock we are dropping on you today: Conflict isn't a red flag in your relationship - it's actually a green flag. It means you both feel safe enough to show up fully as yourselves without shrinking to appease the other person.

The problem isn't the conflict. The proble...

"Individuals play the game, teams win championships."
— Bill Parcells

If you watch elite championship teams right after a high-stakes victory, the post-game interviews always sound exactly the same: “We stayed disciplined. We didn't take bad penalties. We won the turnover battle.” In plain English, it means they didn’t beat themselves.

Yet, so many of us routinely commit catastrophic, unforced errors at home - turning our connection into a domestic battlefield where we try to win arguments at the expense of our teammate.

In this episode, we are wrapping up 5 Rules to be an Un...

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." — Gloria Steinem

Most people believe the ultimate marriage commitment is simply surviving the decades out of pure obligation - staying together through the grind, even if you are entirely unhappy, disconnected, and operating on default programming.

But staying together just for the sake of a vow is a recipe for silent resentment, and life is too short to settle for a relationship that is just running on fumes.

In this episode, we are diving deep into Part 4, Chapter 21: Comfort or Co...

"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second." — Bear Bryant

If you are a naturally driven, high-capacity leader, you love to win. It’s the engine that scaled your business and built your career.

But there is a massive line in the sand between being a high-performer and being an Uber Competitive Psycho who accidentally treats their teammate like the opponent. If you are constantly scorekeeping at home - even over the silly, mundane stuff - you are building a dangerous default programming that will stall your relationship the moment a real cris...

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." — Jimmie Johnson

Most high-achieving couples look at their marriage as a binary: it’s either what I want or what you want.

But treating your relationship as a two-entity game inevitably forces you into a zero-sum competition where one of you has to lose for the other to win. That is an adversarial trap, and it is the fastest way to turn an executive partnership into a stale roommate-ville.

In this episode, we are diving deep into Chapter 18: The Little Things Are The Big...

"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer." — John Madden

Humans have an innate, non-negotiable drive to evolve. Up at the very peak of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs sits self-actualization - the relentless pursuit of becoming the absolute best version of yourself.

But when you apply that high-performance trajectory to a marriage, a massive structural risk emerges: If you aren't growing together, you are actively growing apart.

In this briefing, we are breaking open Part 4, Chapter 17: No Growth, No Glory. Craig takes the wheel to reveal the second official rule of an U...

"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."
     - John Wooden

Marriage isn’t just a relationship - it’s the ultimate team sport.

When you say "I do," you literally tie your record, your wins, and your losses directly to someone else's forever.

Yet, so many high-achieving couples treat their marriage like a corporate ladder, constantly tracking who is working harder, who is bringing in more revenue, or who is keeping the household afloat.

In this episode, we are diving into Part 4, Chapter 16: Same Team, Different Positio...

Episode 136: Kick Ass, Chew Bubblegum, Take Names (Chapter 15)

"Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the 'me' for the 'we.'" — Phil Jackson

Up until the moment you say "I do," you’ve been playing life on single-player mode. Every decision, every ambition, and every routine was optimized to serve one person: you.

But when you enter a marriage, the operating system shifts. You aren't a solo operator anymore - you’re part of a high-performance team.

In this episode, we are kicking off Part 4: The Commit...

Episode 135: You’re the Thief and the Loot (Chapter 14)

"What do happiness and the most successful bank heists have in common? Both are inside jobs."

Most entrepreneurs treat happiness like a milestone on a roadmap. “Once I cross the seven-figure mark, once we buy the bigger house, once my partner finally shapes up... then I’ll be happy.”

But tying your joy to an external destination is a dangerous corporate hangover. The moment you get close to the milestone, your ego moves the goalposts, and suddenly you're chasing the next shiny object while running on fumes.<...

"Forgiveness is deciding they no longer get to have any power over you. That’s it."

In this episode, we are tackling the heavy lifting of Chapter 13: Let That Shit Go. If you’re feeling stuck, anchored to the past, or drained by a "mental scoreboard" of old hurts, this is your tactical briefing on how to cut the chains.

We’re breaking down the myths of forgiveness - including the lie that you need an apology to find closure.

Whether it’s a past betrayal, a "failed" first marriage, or a teammate who cons...

"Implementing boundaries can feel like a betrayal to others, but not learning to is almost always a betrayal to yourself." — Jamie Kern Lima

In this episode, we’re tearing down the "Hustle Culture" lie that says self-care is lazy. We’re diving into Chapter 12: Stop Should-ing on Yourself, and exploring why "Recharging" is a mandatory requirement for an Unstoppable Team.

If you’ve been living for the weekends - drowning your stress in wine, pizza, and "couch rot"(and we're DEFINITELY speaking from experience here...) - you aren't resting; you're just coping.

We’re sharing...

"You can be a masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time." - Cayla Kimble

Are you trying to "fit in" to your own marriage? In this week's episode of The 200% Marriage podcast, we’re breaking down Chapter 11: Do You Like Star Wars? and exposing the dangerous trap of wearing a mask to feel accepted.

Meredith shares the "Star Wars moment" that changed the trajectory of our relationship - a simple choice to be herself that paved the way for true belonging.

We’re also tackling the critical distinction between Self-Worth (your...

The Cure for Cranky Turdness: Rewriting Your Identity 

Are you asking the wrong questions?

Most high-performers spend their lives asking, "What should I do?" when the most important question is actually: "Who am I?"

In this episode, Meredith and Craig dive into Chapter 10 of The 200% Marriage, exploring the "identity void" that happens when your self-worth is tied to your job title, your paycheck, or your "fancy office."

From corporate exits to "Cribbage Board Massacres," we’re sharing why your subconscious stories are the "lenses" coloring every conflict in your marriage.

I...

The Relationship You’re Overlooking (Hint: It’s You)

Most people pick up a marriage book to learn how to fix their partner or master "ninja" communication skills. But in this episode, we’re flipping the script. We are diving into Part 3 of The 200% Marriage: The Commitment to Yourself.

Mer takes the lead to discuss Chapter 9, "Your Mask First," and why focusing on you is actually the most unselfish thing you can do for your team. If you’ve ever felt like you’re running on empty, or noticed a pattern of self-sabotage when things are actual...

Episode 129: Russian Cab Confessions | Why "Fairness" is Killing Your Marriage

In this episode of the 200% Marriage Podcast, we’re taking you behind the scenes of our 2018 trip to Moscow. Imagine: You don’t speak the language, the immigration rules are terrifying, and your teammate just left their phone, ID, and credit card in a disappearing Russian taxi. 📉😱

Most couples use a high-stakes crisis like this to play the "Who’s Fault Is It Anyway?" game. But we used it as a tactical drill for Extreme Ownership and the 200% Marriage Mindset.

Inside this Strategic Briefing for High-Perform...

The 200% Marriage Podcast Episode 128

"Mindset doesn’t change your circumstances. It changes how you experience them."

Most entrepreneurs think they’re winning because they’re giving "100% effort" at home. But effort is a sliding scale—some days your 100% is crushing goals, and other days it’s just managing to put on pants.

If you’re measuring your marriage by effort, you’re playing the wrong game.

In this episode, we’re diving into Chapter 7: Just Own Your Shit. We’re moving past the "mushy stuff" and getting into the tactical reality of Extreme Ownersh...

I was laying there keeping a mental spreadsheet of who puckered up first. It’s a goodnight kiss, not a tax return, but I was treating it like an audit.

In this episode, we’re tearing into Chapter 6: Eat Your Own Damn Pie, and focusing on the silent killer of high-performance relationships: The Mental Scoreboard.

We all do it. We track the laundry, the school drop-offs, and - as Meredith vulnerably shares - even the goodnight kisses.

We tell ourselves it’s about "fairness," but really, it’s just Domestic Drag in disguise. Meredith...

Episode 126 of the The 200% Marriage Podcast with Meredith & Craig

"Many couples stay together for 40 years just waiting it out until one of them dies. If that sounds horrible, it’s because it is."

Most people believe marriage is about one big commitment: staying together. We’re here to tell you that one commitment is a recipe for a "Domestic Drag" death spiral. Longevity isn't a trophy if you spent the last 30 years as roommates who secretly resent each other.

In this episode, we wrap up Part One of The 200% Marriage book and s...

"Love is what you get when you weren't looking for it and the universe was feeling mischievous."

Ever felt like you were "off schedule" in life? Like your business, your bank account, or your relationship was lagging behind the "highlight reels" of everyone else in your orbit?

In this episode, we’re diving into Chapter 4: Toques, Beer and Hockey. This is the "Director’s Cut" of how we met - two "f*cked up" people who finally stopped fighting the flow and let the universe take the wheel.

Inside this deep dive:

Th...

The 200% Marriage Podcast with Meredith & Craig - Episode 124: 

"The universe will tickle you with a feather. If you don't listen, it resorts to the hammer."

Most entrepreneurs treat their relationship like a "wait and see" project. We hear the whispers - the gut feeling that says something is off - but we explain it away as cold feet or "busy season." We trade short-term discomfort for long-term dysfunction, only to find ourselves living as "ships passing in the night."

In this episode, Craig takes the mic for Chapter 3: Ignore the Feather, G...

The 200% Marriage Podcast with Meredith & Craig - Episode 123

"I spent a decade single because 'Settle' was a four-letter word to me."

Most people treat their marriage like a low-battery phone—they just hope it stays alive long enough to get through the day. They’ve accepted "fine" as their ceiling. But as Roy Kent says: “You deserve someone who makes you feel as though you’ve been struck by fucking lightning.”

In this episode, Meredith takes the mic to read Chapter 2 of "The 200% Marriage." She gets raw about the infidelity that rocked her...

The 200% Marriage Podcast with Meredith & Craig - Episode 122

What the f*ck are we doing here?

Seriously. If you’ve ever picked up a relationship book and felt like you were reading a dry science manual, you’re in the right place—because we’re setting that stuff on fire.

In this episode, we’re diving into Chapter 1 of The 200% Marriage book. Craig takes the mic to read the opening he wrote while we were hunkered down on Big White ski mountain in June. We talk about about why w...

The 200% Marriage Podcast with Meredith & Craig - Episode 121

We’re throwing the challenge flag on ourselves. 🚩

For 120 episodes, we’ve been the podcast world’s best-kept secret under the name "The Road of Life." But let’s be real - if you’re looking for a kick-ass marriage, that show name doesn't exactly scream "results." It was fine. And around here, "fine" is a four-letter word we don't settle for.

Welcome to Episode 1 of The 200% Marriage Podcast (and episode 121 of our journey).

In this episode, we’re officially re-branding and kicking off a brand-new...

Road of Life Podcast Episode 120

Do you ever feel like money is the invisible elephant in the room? Like you're one unexpected bill away from a "Wednesday money fight," or worse, you're just using the "ostrich technique" and keeping your head in the sand?

Enter Connor Tyson.

Connor is a financial coach, former advisor of over 20 years, and the founder of Progress Solutions. He helps couples and married entrepreneurs stop the cycle of avoidance and start winning with money as a team.

In this episode, Connor gets real about why knowledge...

Ever feel like your business is a chaotic mess and you’re one bad day away from becoming a total cranky turd forever?

Enter Michael Rosa. Michael isn’t your average "operations guy"—he’s a value-creation ninja with over 20 years of experience scaling multimillion-dollar companies. But don't let the resume fool you; he’s just a kid from Boston who kept saying yes and then figuring out how. 

In this episode, we’re peeling back the curtain on what it actually takes to build a thriving business without losing your soul (or your marriage) in the proces...