Her husband was flying Air Force One. She was drowning.

From the outside, Brittany Anderson's life looked like something worth celebrating. Accomplished husband. Growing career. Kids. A life most people would envy.

But behind closed doors, she and her husband were barely speaking. They were going through the motions as parents and living as strangers as partners. In 2019, they were weeks away from ending their marriage.

What saved them was not what anyone expected. It was not a weekend retreat or a heart-to-heart on the couch. It was play. Specifically, building things with their hands, disrupting the stories they had been telling themselves, and choosing to build a shared vision for their family instead of walking away from it.

That decision did not just save their marriage. It became a movement.

Today Brittany is the founder of Renala Families and the author of Living Room Leadership. She joined Dali on the DaliTalks Podcast for one of the most honest and hopeful conversations t...