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I'm Stefanie – mom of four, business owner, podcast host, and professional chaos navigator.
I created Chaotic Compass to give voice to the messy middle—the part no one posts about, where you're holding everything together with a hair tie and hope. This space is for the women who are tired of pretending and ready to start living with more honesty, more alignment, and more freedom.
Whether I'm behind the mic, wrangling fishing rods (or kids), or deep in a being the unpaid uber during an existential crisis, I'm here to share the real, raw, and ridiculous truths of life so you feel a little less alone in your own chaos.
Welcome aboard—I promise, we might be messy, but we’re moving forward.
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️ EPISODE 110 — If You’re a Husband, Listen Up: Navigating the Emotional Labor of the Holidays
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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️ EPISODE 109 — 40 Things I’ve Learned by 40 (Part 2): The Clarity Half
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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️ EPISODE 108 — 40 Things I’ve Learned by 40 (Part 1): The Messy Half
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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️ Episode 107 — The Monsters in My Mind: Navigating the Stories I Tell Myself
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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️ Episode 106 — The Art of Doing Nothing (Badly): Navigating the Fear of Slowing Down
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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️ Episode 105: Why Relationships Are Terrifying: Navigating What Women Really Want
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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️ 104:September Snapshots: Navigating Cold Snaps, Birthday Chaos, and Real-Life Marriage Work
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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️ 103: Is It the Universe Testing Me or Just Chaos? Navigating Signs, Synchronicities & Setbacks
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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️ 102 — Am I Having a Midlife Crisis… or Finally Waking Up?
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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️101 – Boats, Concerts & Chaos: Navigating the Beautiful Mess of Summer
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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️ 100: 10 Years Later – Navigating the Chaos, Choosing Life and Healing
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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️ 99. Back from Burnout: Navigating Midlife, Meltdowns & Figuring Sh*t Out
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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️ 98. The Exhaustion No One Talks About: Navigating The Weight Of it
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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️ 97. F*ck Winter – Navigating Seasonal Chaos, Work-Life Balance & Finding Joy
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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️ 96. Breaking Up With Comparison: Navigating How to Embrace You
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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️ 95: Fighting Fair – Navigating Conflict Without Chaos
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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️ 94. Chaotic Couples Episode: Navigating Our Life
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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️ 93. Cold Chaos, Cider, and TikTok Troubles: Navigating 2025 SO FAR!
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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92. Snow, Sickness, and Surviving Solo Parenting: Navigating this Week's Chaos
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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91. Chaos Before the Storm: Navigating the Holiday Mayhem
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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90. Midlife Chaos-Navigating Life's Shifting Landscapes
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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89. Where the Hell Have I Been? - Navigating My Come Back
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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88. Monthly Recap: Navigating Traveling Solo, All The Musicals, and New Kid Language
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May 31, 2024 |
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87. FAMILY EPISODE : Navigating Our Family of 6 Making A Podcast Episode
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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86. Mental Load: Navigating An Invisible Burden
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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85. Importance of Self Care: Navigating Filling Your Own Cup Up
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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84. Month Recap - Navigating Tinkletown, Another New Job and Raising A Gang Member
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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83. Manifesting: Navigating Getting What You Want (Part 2)
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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82. Mindset: Navigating Setting Goals For The New Year
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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81. Life Update: Navigating Starting A New Job
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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80. Getting What You Want: Navigating Gratitude and Manifesting
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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79. Mental Load: Navigating What It Is and How to Share It With Your Partner
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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78. Perfectionist: Navigating Where It Came From and How To Stop
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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77. History Lesson: Navigating The Real Reasons Our Grandparents Stayed Together
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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76. Hot Mess: Navigating Struggles With My Husband
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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75. Fortune Cookies: Navigating Needing A Bigger Sign
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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74. Vacation, School and Back To "Normal": Navigating The Last Few Weeks Of Summer
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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73. ELSA THAT SH*T: Navigating Letting It Go
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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72. WORDS: Navigating Cussing Around My Kids
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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71. Reiki, Higher Vibrations and Manifestation: Navigating How To Be Your Better Self
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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70. Setting Boundaries: Navigating Loosing Friends
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May 26, 2023 |
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69. Childhood Trauma: Navigating How Fixing The Fridge Was A Trigger
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May 19, 2023 |
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Sippin' N Bitchin' Minute: Episode 5 - Letting Family Members Borrow Your Stuff
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May 08, 2023 |
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68. Vulnerability: Navigating How To Be More Courageous
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May 05, 2023 |
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67. I'm Turning Into Gandhi: Navigating A Different Perspective To Life
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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66. Who Left Me In Charge: Navigating Being An Adult
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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65. I'm The Bus' B**ch: Navigating Having 4 Kids
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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64. The Internet Is Crazy Y'all: Navigating Trolls
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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63. No More Yay's For Yourself : Navigating Imposter Syndrome
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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62. Just Listen To Me: Navigating Why My Husband ALWAYS Tries To Fix It
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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61. Self Comparison VS. Self Compassion: Navigating How To Be Gentle With Yourself
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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60. The Nashville Nights Band: Navigating Ups and Downs of Being a 90's Country Cover Band
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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59. Sippin' N Bitchin' Minute: Episode 4 - Let Them See You At Your Worst
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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58. Why am I not further along: Navigating Societal Norms
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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57. Sippin' N Bitchin' Minute: Episode 3 - Mental Breakdowns
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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56. AITA: Navigating Potential Snack Queens In This House
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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55. Sippin' N Bitchin' Minute: Episode 2 - Why We Do Date Nights
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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54. People Pleasing: Navigating Why I Don't Do That Anymore
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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53. Sippin' N Bitchin' Minute: Episode 1 - New Year's Resolutions
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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52. Date Night Part 2: Navigating Knowing Why Love Language is Important in Planning Date Nights
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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51. Date Night Part 1: Navigating Date Night's Importance and Some Of Our Favorites
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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50. AITA: Navigating through another week
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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49. Navigating Grief
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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48. Men's Inabilities: Navigating My Husband's Inabilities With Basic Things
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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47. Adulthood: Navigating Things I Thought Were Going To Be A Bigger Deal
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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46: Birthdays, Anniversaries & Cideries : Navigating Last Month
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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45: Fear of Failure: Navigating Failure
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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44. Navigating Not Having A Role Model
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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43. Coping with Copious Amounts of Change: Navigating Change
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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42. Navigating the First Week of School
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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41. The Other Shoe Falling: Navigating How To Handle Negative Mentality
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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40. Navigating Stupid Questions: Part 1
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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39. How to deal with Karens: Navigating Negative Opinions
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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38. Stefanie Doesn’t Know Anything – Navigating Trending Topics On Google
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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37. Random Ratings: Navigating Bad Reviews on Businesses
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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36: Then Vs. Now: Navigating the difference between being a kid in the 90's and now
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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35. I'm Back : Navigating This Past Month
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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34. DUDE! Where's My Car?! - Navigating Getting An Oil Change
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May 12, 2022 |
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33. Woman’s Rights: Navigating Pro-Choice Vs. Whatever Else
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May 06, 2022 |
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32. Tenacity and Endurance: Navigating through the month of April
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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31. Annoying Kids Games & TV Shows Part Three: CHAOTIC KID TAKE OVER
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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30. Annoying Kids Games & TV Shows Part Two: Navigating Among Us, Gorilla Tag, and More
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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29. Red Flags in Relationships: Navigating Signs of Cheating, Financial Distrust, and More
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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28. S*it Happens : Navigating my marriage and scooters
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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27. Keeping It Together: Navigating a Chaotic & Stressful Life
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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26. Annoying Kids Games: Navigating Minecraft, Roblox, and Everything In Between
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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25. PTSD and the Pandemic: Navigating Anxiety, Feeling Alone, and More
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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24. How It All Began: Navigating Our Relationship and Two Businesses
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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23. The Cotton Anniversary: Navigating and Celebrating Two Years of Marriage
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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22. Breakdowns and Breakthroughs: Navigating Kids, COVID-19, and Quarantine
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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21. High Expectations: Navigating an interview, 2021 and the dreaded holidays
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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20. This One's For You: Navigating Grief
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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19. Empower Yourself
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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18. The F**ks All What'ed: Navigating Bear Attacks, Reiki Sessions, and More
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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17. It's ALL My Husband's Fault: Navigating Societal Norms, Women’s Oppression, and Respect
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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16. Our Boat Is Broke
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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15. How To Be a Cool Mom
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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14. Navigating Divorce
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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13. Working With Your Spouse
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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12. Navigating Poop Sandwiches
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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11. Navigating Hives
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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10. Boundaries, Boundaries, Boundaries
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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9. May Recap: Navigating a Busy Month with Gratitude
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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8. Penis Envy and Sexism
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May 28, 2021 |
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7. Whiskey Tango Hotel Y'all
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May 11, 2021 |
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6. March Recap: Navigating More Chaos
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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5. Navigating Anxiety
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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4. Kids, Man
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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3. February Recap: Navigating Business
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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2. Cohabitation Chaos
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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1. MY FIRST EPISODE! F*CK 2020!
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Feb 09, 2021 |