Ben rejoins the show for a special Third Trimester update--to complete the series and follow-up on our past episodes about The First + Second Trimesters of pregnancy. We share what's been going on over the last 3 months of pregnancy and how we're both feeling now that we're in our "due week" and final stages of pregnancy. Eek! It's all so crazy! 

We'll be back again in another month or two to share our birth story and thoughts on life as parents to a newborn. As always, thanks for listening! 

You can comment on the episode and view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

Welcome to the last episode of Season #3! If you listened to last week’s episode, you’ll know that Ben has proclaimed that this episode will be his last (although he has promised to return for an episode about the third trimester and one episode post-baby to update all of you on how we’re doing). So, this week we discuss the past 17 months of podcasting together, what it’s been like, what we've learned, why Ben wants to "retire" from Starr Struck Radio, and more.

You can view the shownotes at comment at StarrStruckRadio.com. Thanks for listening to Season #3! Stay tuned for Season #4 sometime in the late fall of 2016 or early 2017...  

This week's episode is a doozy. It starts with Ben dropping a bomb right at the beginning of the show, and it goes *slightly* off the rails from there...but, here we are: The Second Trimester.

This episode is obviously a pregnancy update and a follow-up to Episode 39: The First Trimester. Just like our last pregnancy check-in, we use this episode to discuss how we’re feeling and what’s going on at this stage in the process. Yes, it veers towards couples therapy for a few minutes near the end, but what can we say? We're a couple talking about our feelings on a podcast every week--it's bound to happen every once in a while! We appreciate your sticking with us through all of our ups-and-downs ;) 

Thanks for listening! You can comment on the episode and view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

In this week's episode, we're talking self-improvement: we discuss the importance of growth, or self-help, self-study, continuing education--whatever you want to call it--and what can happen if you overdose on self-improvement, or at the other end of the spectrum, don’t continue to challenge yourself or focus on learning + growing enough.

Obviously, as with everything, there’s a balance, so we discuss what this balance looks like and enjoy a few laughs while doing so ;) 

You can comment on the episode + view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. Thanks for listening!

This week, if you can’t tell from the episode title, we’reoverwhelmed. Both of us. So, we talk about overwhelm, being anadult, and how life, work, + household responsibilities can becomepretty overwhelming at times--especially when you’re gearing up fora big life change.

We start the show by talking about the dentist and birthdays,and then delve into the topic of overwhelm and what it means to usright now. If nothing else, we hope that this episode makes ourfellow overwhelmed-ers feel less alone!

You can view the shownotes and comment on the episodeat StarrStruckRadio.com. Thanksfor listening!

In this week's episode we discuss relationships and technology, and specifically, how we’ve seen our devices impacting our relationship in a negative way as of late.

We share some examples from our day-to-day life that demonstrate how technology can cause issues for a couple, we discuss how technology can both help and hurt relationships over the long-haul, and then close by sharing some ideas for ways that couples can get better at using their technology mindfully so that their relationship doesn’t suffer because of it.

You can view the shownotes and comment on the episode at StarrStruckRadio.com. Thanks for listening!

In this week’s episode, my good friend Sara is back and we’re talking pregnancy: specifically, the things that no one tells you about pregnancy until you’re actually pregnant and experiencing it firsthand.

Even if you aren't pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant anytime soon, this episode is a helpful inside look at the experience of growing a human being in your belly {crazy!}. 

You can comment on the episode and view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. Thanks for listening!

Season 3 is {finally} here! And we're so glad to be back. This week we play catch-up: we share some updates, discuss a few things that we learned while traveling over the break, and talk about some recent life changes.

You can comment on this episode + view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. Thanks for joining us for this new season!

The last episode of Season #2! As we mentioned last week, we'll be taking a 1-month break in between seasons before coming back for Season #3 in April.

So, to celebrate the end of our second season, have some fun, and mix things up a bit, we use this week's episode to do a little Q&A; each of us came to the taping with 5 questions for each other--questions that we hadn't seen beforehand--and simply asked each other those questions (and obviously, answered them) on air. The goal of this little Q&A? To allow you to get to know us better {as if you don’t already know a lot of weird + intimate things about each of us and our relationship!} and to share a snapshot of where we are in our lives as the season ends. 

Thanks for listening to this episode and Season 2! You can view the shownotes and comment at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about thought patterns--specifically negative thought patterns that we both {ahem, Ben} struggle with and then some ways to turn those negative thought patterns into positive ones.

In particular, we discuss our experiences with negative forecasting, pre-paving and manifesting. What is pre-paving? What exactly is manifesting? Listen to the episode to find out ;) 

As always, thanks for listening! You can learn more + view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com.

In case you missed our big news elsewhere, let this episode serve as our official podcast version of the announcement: Mary Catherine is pregnant. We're having a baby!

Thus, obviously, this week's episode is all about this upcoming change: how we got to the point where we both felt ready to start trying for a baby, what the pregnancy has been like thus far, how we’re both feeling about having a baby + about life after baby, and more. Get ready for an episode full of vulnerability, honesty, excitement, anxiety, and quite a few laughs...as per usual ;) 

And as always, thanks for listening! You can comment on the episode and view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

This week, we're talking about the challenges of trying to do it all (or have it all) and the fact that doing everything well--or up to your ideal standards--simply isn’t possible.

We get into this topic by sharing the ways in which we each face this reality every day in our own lives, and how we only see it getting worse as our family grows over time. To close the episode, we share some thoughts on how you can train yourself to let go of the things you simply cannot get to and how you can start to make more conscious choices about how to use your time and energy doing what matters most. 

You can view the shownotes and comment on this episode at StarrStruckRadio.com. As always, thanks for listening!

Ben is back and this week we’re talking about the challenges of “keeping up with the Joneses” or comparing yourself to others. But first, we do some follow-up from Episode 35: we've finished 'Making a Murderer' so we spend some time sharing our thoughts on that show (spoiler-alert!) and we revisit registries + thank you notes by discussing some listener feedback on these two subjects. 

Then, in the second half of the show we talk about how big life decisions can be influenced by what your peers and friends are doing, why it may be tempting to measure yourself against those in similar life stages, the potential pitfalls of comparison, and for those who need it, ways to avoid playing this comparison game.

As always, thanks for listening! You can learn more + view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com.

Sara is back for her third visit to the show! We use this opportunity to chat about two different subjects that apply to both of our "adult" lives as of late:

We start with a discussion about making the big decision to move [from a city] and “settle down"--and what that looks like for each of us in our lives right now. We then chat about making friends in a new place when you no longer have built-in social networks around you and how we each find this challenging in our own ways. To close, Sara gives us a play-by-play on how to approach a potential new friend ;) 

Thanks for listening! You can view the shownotes and comment on the show at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

Lets have a chat about two totally unrelated but interesting topics! This week we discuss the podcast Serial + the similar shows that have popped up around it, and then we jump into a conversation about the etiquette around registries, thank you cards, and gift-giving in general....it's a hodge-podge of opinions + murder mysteries! But we think it's worth a listen ;) 

You can learn more, view the shownotes, and comment on the episode at StarrStruckRadio.com. As always, thanks for listening!

It's a new year and we're back! In this week's episode, we start by discussing vacations, holiday travel, + simple pleasures, and end with a conversation about scaling back in the new year.

In our household, "scaling back" is the theme of 2016, so we spend some time chatting about how we're each scaling back, why we think it's important to do this, and how we both hope that scaling back will allow us to be more present at home and with each other in this new year. 

You can comment and/or view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com.

Thanks for listening!