What if the most important leadership work you’ll ever do happens at home?

In this episode of The Grace Space Podcast, host Kaitlyn Rios sits down with Brittany Anderson, Founder & CEO of Renala, to explore how identity, vision, values, and communication — tools we often reserve for our careers — can transform our families too.

Brittany shares her journey as a military spouse navigating deployments, reinvention, and a near-divorce that became the catalyst for rebuilding her family with intention. Together, they explore how play, creativity, and strengths-based tools can help families reconnect, communicate, and create a shared identity.

This episode is an invitation to lead your family with the same care, strategy, and heart you bring to your work — and to discover how the hardest seasons can become the foundation for a more connected, resilient home.

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What You’ll Hear in This Episode

• Why leadership at home is often overlooked — and why it matters

• How a near-divorce reshaped Brittany’s understanding of identity and connection

• The power of family vision, values, and purpose

• How LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and creative tools unlock deeper communication

• Why play is a powerful tool for navigating conflict

• How families can rewrite their story with intention

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Key Topics & Moments

• Military life, uncertainty, and identity

• The emotional cost of high-functioning leadership

• Family values and vision as stabilizing forces

• Play as a tool for connection and repair

• Strengths-based approaches to family communication

• Rebuilding trust and rewriting family narratives

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Reflection Prompts for Listeners

• Where am I leading reactively at home instead of proactively?

• What values do I want my family to be known for?

• What story are we currently living — and what story do we want to write?

• How might play or creativity help us reconnect?

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Guest Spotlight

Brittany Anderson is the Founder & CEO of Renala, where she helps families and organizations build identity, connection, and purpose through immersive experiences, playful retreats, and strengths-based coaching. A certified transformational coach and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator, she brings two decades of experience in storytelling, strategy, and leadership development — along with her own lived journey of rebuilding her marriage and family with intention.

Connect

• Kaitlyn Rios / Faced With Grace

www.facedwithgrace.org

connect@facedwithgrace.org

• Brittany Anderson / Renala

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renalafamilies/