The Mr & Mrs Baxter Show

How to Hear God (and Know It’s Really Him)

How do you hear from God and how do you know it’s truly Him speaking, not your emotions, fear or ambition? In this episode, Joshua and Tiana Baxter have an honest, grounded conversation about what it really looks like to hear God, discern His voice and move forward with clarity especially as you head into a new year. This is not a mystical or emotional conversation. It’s practical, biblical and rooted in lived experience. If you’ve ever wondered: * Is this God… or is this me? * Why does God feel quiet right now? * How do I make decisions aligned with God’s Will not just my own? This episode will give you language, frameworks, and clarity you can actually use. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: * The ways God speaks and why most people miss it. * How to identify whether a desire is surrendered or self-driven. * Why God is not a God of confusion and what confusion often signal. * How to test what you believe you’ve heard against Scripture and God’s character. * Why formation often comes before assignment. * What to do when God feels quiet and what that silence often really means. * The 3 Questions to ask God to gain clarity on what’s He’s up to in your life.  * The STILL Discernment Framework, a practical, biblical filter for testing whether something is truly from God. Joshua and Tiana also share real examples of discernment, delayed obedience and how God redirects without force showing what it looks like to follow God with maturity, responsibility, and faith. This Episode Is Especially Powerful If You’re: * Entering a new year and setting goals. * Navigating big decisions * Feeling a “weight” or pull you can’t ignore. * Learning to trust God beyond outcomes. This faith-filled episode will help you quiet the noise, discern God’s voice, and move forward with clarity. Listen now and step into the direction God is already revealing.

The 10-Minute Meeting That Will Save Your Marriage

In this powerful and practical episode, Joshua and Tiana share the one simple weekly practice that transformed their marriage, strengthened their communication, and brought unity into their home: “The 10-Minute Meeting.” It’s not therapy. It’s not a deep emotional unpack. It’s not another heavy “we need to talk.” It’s a simple, structured check-in that eliminates confusion, reduces conflict, aligns values and keeps couples emotionally connected even in busy seasons and parenting pressures. Whether you’re dating, engaged, newly married, or decades in… this episode will shift how you show up for each other. What You’ll Discover Inside This Episode: • Why unspoken expectations quietly destroy more marriages than conflict ever will. • The simple yet highly effective weekly rhythm that keeps your relationship aligned and connected. • How to communicate needs without nagging, withdrawing, or shutting down. • Why so many breakups and divorces “don’t come out of nowhere” (and how to stop that from ever happening). • The exact framework Joshua & Tiana use to stay unified in parenting, work, and marriage. This episode is practical, hope-filled and designed to make your relationship stronger starting this week. Press play and start the 10-minute meeting that could transform your marriage.

The Truth About Blending Families No One Talks About… But Every Parent Feels

Blending families is one of the most beautiful… and one of the most complex journeys you’ll ever walk. In this honest, practical and hope-filled episode, Joshua and Tiana Baxter share their real experience of step-parenting, blending families, healing old dynamics, protecting connection and creating a home where every child feels safe, seen and chosen. Whether your blend is peaceful, rocky, new or still finding its rhythm, you’ll get the frameworks, language and lived wisdom that instantly make things smoother. Discover the tools they used to move from tension to stability building trust with the other parent, navigating guilt and grief, handling the “testing phase,” and creating a unified family culture that works. What You’ll Discover Inside This Episode: • The #1 need every child has in a blended family (and why most parents overlook it). • How to handle the “testing phase” step-parents go through…without taking it personally. • The “Shared Zone vs. Home Zone” framework that instantly reduces conflict with the other parent. • Why children carry grief while adults carry guilt and how to create healing for both. • How to build a NEW family culture instead of dragging old habits and histories forward • What to do when children feel they’re “betraying” their biological parent. • How to co-parent with respect even when the past is messy or emotional. This episode will leave you feeling understood, equipped and hopeful no matter your story.

The Parenting Episode: The Tools Every Parent Needs

Parenting today looks nothing like it did for the generations before us and pretending it does is why so many parents feel overwhelmed, guilty, or unsure if they’re “doing it right.” In this real, honest, and deeply practical episode, Joshua and Tiana Baxter share the parenting principles, mindsets and tools that have transformed their home: raising confident, emotionally aware, resilient children while keeping God at the centre of everything they do. Whether you’re navigating toddlers, teenagers, blended family dynamics, emotional outbursts, or the day-to-day challenges of raising children in a modern world, this conversation gives you grounded wisdom with zero shame and zero overwhelm. This isn’t an episode about being perfect. It’s about being present, intentional, and anchored in who God has asked you to be as a parent. What You’ll Discover Inside This Episode: • The surprising framework that instantly changes the atmosphere of your home (and why most parents don’t realise they’re doing the opposite). • How to communicate with your child in a way that stops resistance and creates cooperation without yelling, nagging, or repeating yourself. • A simple emotional tool that transforms how your child handles disappointment, conflict and frustration and why it works even for strong-willed or sensitive kids. • The secret behind raising confident, grounded, resilient children that has nothing to do with perfection  and everything to do with presence. • The truth about internal dialogue and identity formation and how your words shape the voice your child carries into adulthood. • What adventurous play teaches a child about courage, boundaries and self-trust (and how to introduce it safely and wisely). • How to parent the child in front of you, not the child you wish they were and the mindset shift that makes this possible. • Why loud, playful kids may actually reveal something incredible about the safety of your home environment. • The one statement modern parents must stop using immediately if they want to raise children prepared for today’s world. • The foundational principle that anchors your entire parenting approach and becomes the most stable part of your child’s identity. This episode is uplifting, practical, tender, faith-filled and packed with tools that will strengthen not just your parenting  but your whole home. You’ll walk away feeling clearer, calmer, more confident, and deeply connected to the parent God has called you to be.

The Truth About People Who “Have It All Together"

Most people think “keeping it all together” comes down to personality, motivation, or a perfect morning routine. In this episode, Joshua and Tiana reveal the truth: your energy, presence and ability to lead your life have nothing to do with perfection and everything to do with identity, discipline, and the standards you quietly hold when no one is watching. This is one of the most practical and perspective-shifting conversations we’ve had.  Inside, you’ll discover: • Why vibrant energy is not a personality trait... it’s a byproduct of the disciplines that protect your peace. • The difference between toxic control, masculine discipline, and the kind of God-aligned discipline that creates freedom. • How your self-trust, your promises to yourself, and your internal dialogue shape your confidence more than any external result. • Why most people are disciplined where they receive validation… but fall apart where no one is clapping. • Tiana's IDEA Framework for becoming your next-level self. • How discipline shifts from a choice… to a standard… to simply “who you are”. • How to build scaffolding around your habits so you stop relying on motivation. • Why men and women experience discipline differently and how to honour both. • The mindset shift Josh uses to stay unshakeable and the discipline Tiana used to walk through the hardest year of her life. • Why your children mirror your standards, not your intentions and what that means for mothers and fathers. • How God uses discipline to strengthen the character required for your calling. Whether you're rebuilding your confidence and vitality, trying to lead your home better, or wanting to stop breaking promises to yourself, this episode will give you a new lens for how identity, discipline, and faith fuse together to create a life full of energy, resilience and integrity.