A weekly dose of possibility and grounded action from Michelle & Kent of the Frenchitivity Family
✨ Opening Quote
“Finding what matters is only the beginning. The next question is how we build a life that protects it.”
— Michelle FrenchThis Week's Direction
Protecting the Family Core
When we left to travel around the world for 10 months, we thought we were changing where we lived.
We knew there would be adventure. We knew we'd spend more time together. And we hoped stepping away from the pace of our everyday lives might give us a different perspective.
What we didn't fully understand was how much the experience would change the foundation we were living from.
Before we left, we had built lives we were proud of—careers we had worked hard for, a home we loved, a family we adored.
And yet, somewhere along the way, it had become easy for the demands around us to determine the way we lived within it all. Travel interrupted that.
For 10 months, the three of us were together in a way we had never been before. We learned together. Made decisions together. Navigated hard moments together. And somewhere in all of that togetherness, we found something we didn't want to lose when we came home.
Our family core.
Coming home has shown us that finding it was only part of the journey.
Now we're learning how to protect it.
How do we return to work without returning to old patterns?
How do we pursue individual dreams while staying connected to the life we're building together?
How do we let the things we learned change the way we live—not just become stories about a wonderful year we once had?
We don't have all of those answers.
We're living the questions right now.
And this week's podcast is a little different because of that. It's simply Kent and me, pulling back the curtain on where we were, what changed, where we find ourselves now—and why protecting the family core has become such an important part of what Frenchitivity means to us.
Maybe that's the invitation underneath all of this:
First, find what matters most.
Then build a life that protects it.
With Gratitude,
Michelle
Frenchitivity
🎙️In Conversation
🎧 The Frenchitivity Podcast: Protecting the Family Core
This week on the Frenchitivity Podcast, we're pulling back the curtain a little more than usual.
We talk about what happened when we returned home after 10 months of travel—and found ourselves asking a new question: How do we rebuild our lives without losing what we found as a family?
From re-entry and career uncertainty to the Sacred Third and learning to ask for help, this is an honest conversation about the season we're in right now—and why we've come to believe that finding the family core is only the beginning.
The next part is learning how to protect it.
👉 Listen to the episode here: Episode 32: Protecting the Family Core
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🌱 Ready to Explore What This Could Look Like for Your Family?
The idea of finding the family core—and then building a life that protects it—is at the heart of why we created Roots & Wings.
We're currently welcoming our first 12 Founding Families into the community: thoughtful families who are curious about creating more connection, exploring the possibility of extended family travel, and beginning to build their own blueprint for a year of world travel.
Not because we believe every family should make the same choices we did.
But because sometimes having the space, support, information and community to ask better questions can help you discover what your version might look like.
Founding Families can join now as we build this community together.
Explore Roots & Wings → Roots & Wings
đź§Compass Shift
This week's reflection:
This week, simply notice “What am I Protecting?”
✨ Closing
Thank you for being here.
We're grateful to be sharing this journey with you.
Michelle & Kent
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Be bold with your one precious life.
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