Today we talk about being moms who also work other jobs on the side. There seems to be some negative ideas around being a mom who has some side hustles, and we want to chat through how we work as moms and why we chose to do it that way.

It's hard to be a mom, but it's also not impossible. Eren and Ashley talk flexibility in work structure, some of the downsides, but also the incredible help in community.

0:00-0:55 Intro and Chit Chat

0:56-18:02 Deciding to go back to work after kids

18:03-22:05 Rant about Maternity Leave in the U.S.

22:06-28:39 Back to Ashley's working mom experience

28:40-33:26 Figuring out time off as a contracted employee

33:54-37:33 Comments people make about working moms

37:34-39:13 People who think work from home jobs are just fake

39:14-43:29 When people only talk to you about your kid...and nothing else (also Ashley's job as an ESL teacher)

43:30-49:44 TAKE the TIME to not lose yourself

49:45-56:58 Lizzie's Take

56:59-1:02:34 Final Thoughts and one more awkward story...

Today we have 2 crazy birth stories for you. One from Ashley and one from Eren. From C-section to seizures these births are wild. Join us as we share our experiences, some of our fears along the way, as well as the best moments of meeting our kids for the first time. Also, a sidebar about the total lack of knowledge of the female body from our 7th grade health classes.

0:00-1:41 Intro and Trigger Warning

1:42-33:48 Ashley’s Pregnancy and Birth Story

33:49-1:07:29 Eren’s 2nd Pregnancy and Birth Story

1:07:30-1:10:17 Final Thoughts and Outro

What is something that a woman can experience that is simultaneously one of the most incredible and challenging things she's ever done in her life? Go through pregnancy!

Join us as we chat through some of the annoying things people say and do to pregnant women, from aggressive personal questions, to weird comments, to random touching, oh my!

Then Eren shares her first pregnancy and birth story, which is, just a little bit of a wild ride.

0:00-3:16 Intro and Trigger Warning

3:17-13:56 Annoying things people say and do to pregnant women

13:57-20:06 Getting touched while pregnant stories

20:07-57:07 Eren's Birth Story

• 20:07-28:35 Pregnancy
• 28:36-57:07 A Version, Induction, Labor and Birth

57:08-85:17 Final Thoughts and Outro

Is modest really hottest?

Join Eren, Ashley, and Lizzie as they discuss modesty "rules" that they had growing up, what the Bible really says about modesty, and the challenges of raising kids in a world of extremes.

0:00-2:20 Is modest hottest?

2:21-6:04 What do you think of when I say the word "modesty"?

6:05-15:55 "The Rules" growing up

15:56-26:39 Youth Group modesty stories

26:40-32:15 What the Bible really says about modesty...

32:16-35:42 My lust is my problem

35:43-36:41 Jesus interacting with a scantily clad woman

36:42-38:24 Side Bar: Breastfeeding

38:25-46:16 Let's talk raising modest kids

46:17-54:16 Lizzie's Take

54:17-55:18 Final Thoughts

When a man and a woman get married who provides? Who stays home with the kids? And who does what housework?

Today we chat traditional gender roles and why most of them...just don't work for us.

0:00-4:04 Intro

4:05-16:33 Gender Roles at Work

16:34-28:39 Gender Roles once Kids come along

28:40-37:07 Gender Roles in the Kitchen

37:08-47:07 What traditional roles DO you do? ...and more non traditional roles

47:08-55:32 Lizzie's Take

55:33-59:30 Final Thoughts

Why is it that as soon as a young couple gets married, people immediately start to ask "So when is the baby coming???"

Join us as Eren and Ashley have an outburst about all the kinds of too-personal-to-ask kid-related questions that people ask anyway!

0:00-1:34 Intro

1:35-14:15 So WHEN are you having kids? (soon right?)

14:15-18:09 So when is the NEXT one coming? (soon right?)

18:10-27:15 But you need a boy AND a girl!

27:16-32:06 THIS is the right number of kids to have

32:07-36:55 How have these questions impacted you?

36:56-43:14 Lizzie's take: What makes a question "too personal?"

43:15-47:15 A Better approach to asking questions about kids

We're back, and we've wandered from our usual path to chat about the music that shaped us as we came into adulthood. We realized in our last episode that Christian music didn't really do it for us, so we wanted to explore and share the music that did.

Join us as we talk loneliness, pushing the boundaries, punk rock, emo vibes, feeling deeply, and our near death concert experiences.

Also, we apologize for our audio when it sounds sped up. We had an effect turned on as we recorded that we will never be using again. Thank you for your grace as we learn!

0:00-2:17 Recap of where we're at...and our disclaimers

2:18-13:46 Gateway Bands

13:47-15:11 Starting a Podcast

15:12-17:40 Ashley's Journey out of Christian Music

17:41-18:09 Eren remembers a Gateway drug...er...band

18:10-19:09 Needing our music to be sad and push boundaries

20:29-29:39 This band has crossed the line!

19:40-40:00 The shift for Eren and concert story time!

40:01-52:00 Navigating music with your kids

To our fans: We apologize for the audio quality in this episode and the next. When we recorded we accidentally had an effect enabled that automatically cut out a lot of the pauses between our words. So, it sounds like a slightly sped up version of our normal pace. If this bugs the heck out of you, skip ahead to around 5:30 and it is a lot less noticeable. We are sorry about that, but still wanted to get an episode out to you.

Today, we talk Christian music, or more specifically, Christian music on the radio. What were our experiences and reactions to Christian music growing up? Join us as we chat about some of the issues, but also find some happy exceptions to the issues in the world of contemporary Christian music.

0:00-12:23 What was your experience with Christian music growing up?

5:40- Skip ahead to here for less audio issues!

12:24-14:04 Our issues with mainstream Christian Music

14:05-16:55 Wasn't ALL music secular not that long ago?

16:56-19:10 It's just not that interesting...

19:11-21:44 Eren reacts to top 20 on the Christian Radio

21:45- Christian Music Song Guessing Game with Lizzie