I Do, We Do | Discussing Careers, Collabs, Communication, and Challenges

We are lucky to live in the great city of Austin, Texas. People often ask us about Austin so we decided to dedicate an episode to the city. But the episode turned into one about how to get connected in a new city after speaking to a friend who is struggling to connect with people after moving away from Austin. This episode more than anything is about connection and moving towards something rather than away from something. What We Talked About In This Episode: We’ve been wanting to do an episode about Austin because we love our city and people ask us about it all the time We moved to Austin at different times We both found a way to get connected We are not music people or outdoorsy people or ACL or SXSW people We are not your typical weird Austinites, but we love the community here A friend just moved to a new city and is having trouble making friends We talk about how to get acquainted to a new city How we got connected in Austin Moving toward something rather than running away The overall theme of the episode Connection We are need to be in a place where we are connected We don't connect enough with poeple anymore

Life has gotten real over here! Our son is now 4 weeks old! This is our first time recording an episode since he was born. In this episode, we share the birth story of Lincoln Foles Alaniz-Moyer. We begin at our 38 week doctors appointment and end with a baby! There is lots that happens in between. 

This is a very special episode as it was recorded straight from the delivery room on the day our first child was born. We thought we would share our hopes and dreams for our little guy who entered the world about 10 hours after this was recorded. We never wanted kids, but this is our reality and after this episode and our Lincoln being born we now realize he was our missing LINC in our now Team of Three.  What We Talked About in this Episode: Our hopes and dreams for our child - Lincoln Foles Alaniz-Moyer We want him to be a good human We want him to be proud of being bi-racial  We want him love traveling We want him to be a servant leader We want him to connect with his community We want him to be a real part of our lives Lincoln was born at 7:50pm on the day this episode was recorded: 9-9-2019. He was 8 pounds and 5 ounces and 20 3/4 inches Check out our social media for all the pics! @BashleyMoyer on Instagram and Billy & Ashley Moyer on Facebook.

It should come as no surprise that we love professional development books around here. And a favorite we have in common is Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. While many of these apply directly to relationships, we modified the dysfunctions to our relationship in this episode. Tune in to hear more about how absence of trust, lack of communication, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, and little fun impact our relationship. What We Talked About in this Episode: BABY WATCH- Baby Bashley is Catch us on Instagram (@BashleyMoyer) to stay up-to-date Our shared favorite book - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni Be sure to check out all our favorite professional development books in Episode 47 While many apply directly to relationships, we thought we would adapt and adjust the 5 dysfunctions to our relationship How the Absence of Trust can set a relationship up with a bad foundation When Lack of Communication impacts our relationship How Fear of Conflict creates to artificial harmony How Lack of Commitment leads to keeping score and making sure everything is 50/50  When we are having Little or No Enjoyment/Fun/Love our relationship is not at its best

Get to know us in a different way as we sound off on a particular issue or event. We each bring up a topic that the other has no idea about and have a free flowing conversation around it. Join us this week as we chat about Andrew Luck doing "such a millennial thing" by retiring at 29 years old and the lack of creativity in movies and TV. What We Talked About in this Episode: BABY WATCH- Baby Bashley is 3 weeks from his due date and looking healthy. We are hoping for an early exit so Ashley can enjoy sleeping on her stomach again Ashley addresses the lack of creativity in movies and TV, but how we as consumers eat it right up ...Lizzie McGuire reboot anyone? Billy brings up Andrew Luck's retirement and a particular tweet claiming his retirement as a "millennial thing to do"