People assume the Polks have it all together. Tanora and Reggie pull back the curtain on what a large family actually looks like, from the morning it took everything just to get everyone out the door to the day they filled a diesel van with regular gas and got stranded on I-75 with eight kids in the summer heat.

In this episode:
The wild things strangers say when they find out you have nine children. How they keep their marriage first when everyone needs a piece of them. Groceries for a full house, from bulk buying and a food co-op to shopping six stores for the best deal. Clothing a large family through out of season shopping, hand-me-downs, and a Tupperware system that actually works. Delegating the workload and teaching kids real life skills in the process. And why they integrate the children into their own schedule instead of letting the calendar be run by the kids.

It all comes back to a truth Tanora holds onto: the most important work you will ever do will be within the walls of your own home.

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Tanora and Reggie Polk get honest about something most families carry in silence: burnout. From anxiety attacks after baby number eight to learning when to shut the phone off, they walk through what burnout actually looks like and the boundaries that keep a marriage, a home, and a business from running on empty.

In this episode:
The real warning signs of burnout, from brain fog to getting sick over and over. Why the strong friend is often the one nobody checks on. The difference between a burden and a load, and why carrying other people's loads leads straight to burnout. How the JOY principle keeps Jesus, others, and yourself in the right order without leaving yourself last. Practical boundaries for entrepreneurs, employees, and anyone in ministry. And the simple truth a dear friend left Tanora before she passed: enjoy every moment and stop worrying about the things you cannot change.

Scriptures referenced: Matthew 11:28, Galatians 6:2, Galatians 6:5.

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Reggie and Tanora Polk have been married 25 years, are raising nine children, and run a business together. In Episode 3 of Building Family Together they sit down for the honest version of how a family actually holds together.

We get into choosing both family and business, the glass balls you cannot drop, building systems that survive a full house, raising kids inside the family business, keeping Mama T's tank full, the mental load moms carry, and why date night is how you stay married to the person standing in front of you.

Chapters
00:00 Welcome and cold open
03:38 Nine kids and how the family came together
07:03 Family or business: the choice Tanora made
13:08 The reality check and the glass balls rule
21:57 Twenty five years at the dinner table
27:12 Family systems: chores, mornings, communication
34:24 Raising kids inside the business
43:55 Mama T on self care and mom guilt
48:27 Moms vs dads and the mental load
58:27 Date night and legacy
61:27 Closing wisdom: be patient with the person you are becoming

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What happens when the project you bet your company on takes a six figure loss?

In Episode 2, Reggie and Tanora Polk pull back the curtain on the part of business nobody posts about. Early in Polk and Associates Construction, they underestimated a project and ended up owing six figures. It almost broke the company. Years of beans and rice, lean payroll, and praying through Friday paychecks followed. What pulled them through was a line of credit they had set up before the storm, a personal house already in order, a wife who chose encouragement over bashing, and a faith that did not remove the pressure but gave them the strength to endure it.

This is the conversation about marriage, business, and the long road of building something that lasts when the wins are still years away.
In this episode:

00:00 Intro
01:02 Welcome back. Bridesmaid duty, baby fevers, life check in
05:10 Why we wanted to talk about what nobody else posts about
06:18 Trust the process. But the process has to be accurate
08:48 Entrepreneurship magnifies your personal weaknesses
09:53 Let me tell you about the potholes I stepped in
11:11 Marriage and business is the ultimate pressure cooker
11:32 The six figure loss
13:48 The business line of credit that saved us
16:23 Having your house in order
17:11 The beans and rice years
22:53 Sometimes your best bid is a no bid
23:38 Overhead rates and the true cost of running a business
28:23 Sometimes trying to save money will cost you money
30:03 Faith didn't remove the pressure. It gave me the strength to endure it
33:50 We get to provide a life for other people. That's humbling
36:34 Legacy takeaway: Proverbs 22:1, a good name is rather to be chosen than riches
40:00 Wrap

Building Family Together is hosted by Reggie and Tanora Polk, married 25 years, parents of nine, founders of Polk and Associates Construction in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes every two weeks.

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How do you work together, live together, raise nine kids together, run a company together, and still like each other at the end of the day?

Welcome to Building Family Together. In Episode 1, Reggie and Tanora Polk introduce themselves and the show they have been building for years. After 25 years of marriage and 15 years running Polk and Associates Construction in Nashville, they open up the real rhythm of couplepreneurship. How they got started. The tension of working side by side. The framework Tanora calls the three Cs. What they do when they hit gridlock. And why their marriage will always be the bigger build.

In this episode:
01:02 Welcome to the podcast
02:38 Why we named it Building Family Together
03:51 The most asked question we get
05:05 A logo sketched on a paper tablecloth
07:34 Five kids, custom homes, and stepping back
09:12 The transition from residential to commercial
11:06 How we still manage all of this
14:04 Mama Tea, structure, and running the office like the house
17:18 The morning Reggie had to start making his own coffee
18:30 Zoning out at the office and what it did to the marriage
19:30 The three Cs: communication, collaboration, consideration
21:08 The realities nobody likes to talk about
22:11 How many times Tanora has quit the company
23:27 What we do when we are gridlocked
25:28 Who does what, and why
27:43 If the business failed tomorrow, would the marriage hold
29:30 Legacy takeaway: when you find your people, you find your purpose

Building Family Together is hosted by Reggie and Tanora Polk, married 25 years, parents of nine, founders of Polk and Associates Construction in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes every two weeks.

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Building Family Together is a new weekly podcast from Reggie and Tanora Polk on marriage, business, faith, and the long work of building a family that lasts. The conversations behind the conversations. The kind of talk we wish we had heard a decade ago. Episode 1 drops Wednesday May 13. Follow now so it shows up in your feed automatically.