The Communication Architect
Dr. Lisa Dunne is an author, speaker, educator, lifelong homeschooler, and president of Chula Vista Christian University. Her podcast, The Communication Architect, builds emotional health and relational resilience through the development of strategic communication competencies that increase personal leadership capacities. Drawing from both theoretical and practical examples, the podcast offers training in interpersonal, intrapersonal, organizational, and familial communication--all in a friendly, upbeat, and personal style. Dr. Lisa has written several books on organizational and interpersonal communication, and she has been recognized by the City of San Francisco and the State of California for her work as an educator. She holds a Master's degree in Communication, a Master's degree in Organizational Systems, and a Ph.D. in Human Development. She is wife to her British husband Adrian and mom to their beloved GenZ kids, Ethan and Cymone. Dr. Lisa is passionate about helping people of all generations find purpose and passion in life.
Episodes
120 episodes
Circles Not Rows for Relational Healing: An Interview with Trauma Therapist Amber Alcoser
How does the "circles not rows" methodology affect relational healing? Join us for an interview with trauma therapist Amber Alcoser to learn how you can use CVCU's relational format of circles in your homeschool environment, your family, your c...
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Season 6
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Episode 149
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23:54
Protecting Your Nonprofit: An Interview with Corey Scott
Is your ministry protected? In an era where faith, family, and freedom are all under fire, it's vital that believers take a proactive stance in protecting their vision. Join Dr. Dunne in this interview with homeschooling dad of six and founder ...
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24:31
The Countercultural Mission: Discover an Educational Methodology that Protects and Preserves Your Freedoms
In the 20 years since Dr. Dunne has been a homeschooling parent, she has seen more and more evidence of the fallout from traditional education. All around us, in our communities and our churches, we see the tragic fruit of a sterile, soulless p...
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Season 6
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Episode 175
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23:12
Renewing Your MindSET: Escaping Problematic Paradigms and Forging New Neural Networks
How is your current mindset affecting your home, your business, your friendships, your future? Our brains forge new neural networks according to our existing mental associations, the feedback loop of our expectations. What we believe internally...
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Season 6
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Episode 174
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23:27
Anyone Can Homeschool: An Interview with Diana Kluwin
Parents often buy the lie that they are not equipped, not educated, not "expert" enough to homeschool their kids. The data proves otherwise! Moms, dads, you are the number one ingredient required for your child's socio-academic success! Join Dr...
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Season 6
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Episode 173
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23:32
A Diversion from Disastrous Dysfunction: Resources to Protect You from Soul-less Education
Modern education is broken, and the result has been disastrous dysfunction in our nation's youngest citizens. Maybe your kids or grandkids have come home saying they've been bullied or pressured by classmates or teachers. Maybe you've seen the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 170
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23:32
The Perils of Public Education: An Interview with PJI's Brad Dacus
In the 1960s, a phrase was circulated on public television as a result of rising crime in the city: "It's 10pm. Do you know where your children are?" The PSA was supposed to alert parents to check in on their kids and make sure they were safe. ...
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23:23
Identity and the Socially-constructed Self: Why Teens are a Target
Human development is a process of becoming. What social and biological forces underlie that developmental process? Identity, what developmentalists call a "relatively stable sense of self, is no longer stable. Identity is under fire, and we are...
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Season 168
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Episode 6
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23:32
Nature AND Nurture: Exploring the Language Protein and the Power of Words
Did you know that there is a language protein, FOXP2, that signals the brain to higher levels of chatter? Scientists say that humans speak between 7,000 and 20,000 words a day, and the Bible tells us that each of those words we speak over ourse...
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Season 6
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Episode 167
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24:15
Renewing Your Family Focus: An Interview with Israel Wayne
Are you concerned about the chaos and dysfunction defining America's youngest generation? As parents, we have to ask ourselves if we are sowing the seeds in our homes today that will yield a harvest of hope tomorrow. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an ...
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24:11
The Frequencies of Faith: An Interview with Joel Piper
How do we set the barometers of faith and hope in our homes as we labor to train up the next generation of culture shapers? Join Dr. Lisa for an interview with recording artist and creative genius Joel Piper as he shares his own testimony of fa...
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45:19
Protecting Your Family's Freedom: An Interview with FPM's Nathan Pierce
What anti-faith, anti-family bills are looming on the horizon? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with Nathan Pierce, the Executive Director of Family Protection Ministries. Nathan spends his day like a watchman on the wall, scouring the legi...
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Season 6
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Episode 160
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26:03
Cutting Screens to Three Hours a Day: An Interview with Carina Tarpley
Are you concerned with amount of "screen time" taking over your family? What would shift in your home if your kids had only three hours a week in front of a screen? Not three hours a DAY, but three hours a WEEK? Meet a mom in today's interview ...
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23:09
Institutional Influence: Counteracting the Attack on Marriage and Family
John Taylor Gatto said that government monopoly schools are structurally unreformable, that they cannot function if their central myths are exposed and abandoned. It’s time to do just that. If you’ve been wondering why the next generation seems...
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Season 6
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Episode 158
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22:51
Love Is a Verb: The Transformative Power of Love in the Home, the Church, and the Marketplace
From Harry Harlow's first scientific presentation on love in 1958, scientists (and romanticists) have long been fascinated with this most powerful of human emotions. How do our interpersonal interactions in the home, the church, and the marketp...
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Season 6
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Episode 156
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24:06
The Roots of Anxiety: How to Build Hope and Purpose in the Next Generation
The larger culture outside our windows swells with celebrity worship, fragmented identity, and idolatry. As parents, we have the unique ability to help steward our children's hearts so they won't be vulnerable to these permeations. How do we he...
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Season 6
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Episode 149
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23:09
The Depopulation of a Nation: How Fear Shaped a Generation
A recent study analyzes the effect of decades of socialization and its impact on population growth--a socialization experiment that governments are now regretting and attempting to reverse. But can these generational worldviews be shifted back ...
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Season 5
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Episode 149
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22:28
Does Science Matter? An Interview with Dr. Brian Thomas
Does science matter? Kids in America's public school system have been fed an intravenous drip of evolution for 57 years. How has this foundational teaching affected the most anxious, depressed, atheist generation in the history of our nation? J...
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25:44
The Origins and Limitations of Government: An Interview with Attorney Kerry Morgan
Attorney Kerry Morgan is recognized as one of the top 5% of legal professionals in the United States, and his insights on the origin and limitations of federal government have the potential to impact tremendous familial and social change. Don't...
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Season 6
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Episode 152
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25:24
New Years, Nevers, and Ninevehs: Learning the Language of Liberty
Have you checked in on your dorsolateral prefrontal cortex lately? :) If you've found yourself tending toward a glass-empty rather than glass-full mindset, this is a good time for a neural checkup! A scarcity mindset can limit our brain functio...
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Season 6
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Episode 151
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23:05
From Homeschool to High Impact: An Interview with Ethan Dunne
If you haven't heard, there is an all-out war being waged against homeschoolers right now. Public school districts are literally closing their doors because homeschooling has become the educational methodology of choice--and for good reason! Fa...
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Season 6
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Episode 148
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22:48
A Solvable Problem: Three Reasons for a Church-based Academy
What’s wrong with modern education? Over the last three years, this question has swelled from an outlier’s whisper to a resounding multigenerational roar. Traditional education is broken. Absolutely. But we can fix it! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on to...
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Season 6
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Episode 148
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22:47
Developing Generational Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Read-Aloud
How can you develop a legacy of generational gratitude in your home? In an era where all-access materialism reigns, where entitlement-enhanced messages constantly flood the airwaves, it can be easy to focus more on our have-nots than on our hav...
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Season 6
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Episode 147
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22:17
Don't Go Woke or Broke for College: Introducing A Responsible Model of Higher Education
America's education system is broken. We know this instinctively because we see the fruit: low academic performance. Functional illiteracy. Skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression. An anti-faith, anti-family environment. Many parents ...
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Season 6
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Episode 146
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23:15
State of the State Schools: An Interview with John Stamper
Are public school administrators coercing teachers to keep secrets from parents? Don't miss this interview with John Stamper as he shares his firsthand account of the classroom culture and why he walked away from traditional education. Learn mo...
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Season 6
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Episode 145
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23:25