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EP 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of Mom Group Chat
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We made it to ONE HUNDRED episodes — and it’s all because of you.
In this very special milestone episode, we’re celebrating the laughs, the tears, and the group chat that started it all. We’re revisiting some of our favorite moments from the past 100 episodes, sharing listener-submitted favorites, and reflecting on the wild, beautiful ride this podcast has been.
This episode is equal parts gratitude, nostalgia, and joy — a love letter to the community that has grown with us, rooted for us, and reminded us every week that we’re not alone in this messy, magical thing called motherhood.
Whether you’ve been here since day one or just found us recently, THANK YOU for being part of this. We’re just getting started. 💕
In this episode:
- Our favorite laugh-out-loud and tear-jerker moments
- The episodes that you couldn’t stop talking about
- Why we started this podcast in the first place — and why we’re so grateful we did
- A peek into what’s next for Mom Group Chat
Hit play, celebrate with us, and let’s keep this group chat going forever.
🍼✨ Thanks for 100 episodes of magic.
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Transcript
Introduction & Celebration of 100 Episodes
00:00:07
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There's no right way to do it.
00:00:12
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Oh, we're going to get into it. What up, moms? My name is Candice, and I'm here with my best friend, Whitney. And this is the 100th episode of Mom Group Chats. We made it.
00:00:26
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Woo! That's crazy. Party. Party. um I am so excited for this
Reflecting on Milestones & Journey
00:00:34
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episode. We have been kind of like looking forward to this for a while. I feel like this is like a North Star for us. We're like 100 episodes, two years, which I was thinking about it. We actually didn't celebrate like our official two year.
00:00:50
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and in May. Yeah, it was like 17th, I think. Yeah, it was like around Mother's Day, I think. Just glazed right over it. So sorry. um Happy birthday, mom group chat.
00:01:02
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um But i think I think the reason we didn't like focus on it too much is just because we knew that the 100th episode was coming and this was going to be our celebration, you know? It's kind of, I like was thinking about it last night on the couch, just sm mulling it over. And i I just thought about how we've talked to each other like a hundred times on here.
00:01:24
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Like that's weird. Yeah, that is crazy. and love you so much though. just think like how much we talk outside of this. So it's like, well, we've talked, we talk a lot.
00:01:36
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Yeah. We're married. i don't, I talk to you more than I talk to my husband, like 100%. Well, yeah, he's busy. They're both busy at work.
00:01:47
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I just cannot say, um my God, I'm going to cry. Damn. I didn't think I was going to cry. But I, and not this early, we're one minute forty five seconds and in.
00:01:59
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I just love doing this with you so much. And it's like literally that agree i truly the greatest joy of my life to be sitting here yapping with you all day.
00:02:13
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And I love the community that we've built together and all of our moms. And I love all the new moms we get every single day that are sending us messages that like our podcast is helping them through any stage, you know, whether that be pregnancy or postpartum or pregnancy.
Podcast as a Creative Outlet & Listener Engagement
00:02:33
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the terrible twos the terrible fours like and I love that we're all on this motherhood journey together and we can just commiserate and grow together you're so sweet i didn't know you're gonna get all mush on me I knew it was going to be mush. I was feeling mush this morning. I was like, I'm going to get a mush.
00:02:53
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Oh my God. You're so sweet. I couldn't agree more. it is truly like my creative outlet. I mean, we've talked about this 1 million times. Like how lucky are we that we're best friends and we just throw a mic in front of us and that's like the secret sauce is just putting a mic in front of us because this is our day-to-day life. So I feel like we're so lucky that we get to have this platform and build it up. And like you said, have the greatest community. it is so fun to hear back from everybody and all of our friends that text us about it. It's just like, yeah love I love the recaps. I love like reliving because sometimes we record like a week ahead and I'm like, what did I even say? It's so fun just like
00:03:31
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I don't know, have everyone out there like care what we talk about. Yeah. It's totally fun. I love it. It's so fun. and It is like the epitome of a passion project. um And it's just, it has been like the biggest passion of my life for the past two years. Like I care about it so much. Like it's a child of mine. Like mom group chat is our third child and I just love it so much. And I can't believe this is our hundredth episode. know.
Starting a Podcast & Overcoming Challenges
00:04:03
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Everyone always asks, like, how do you do the podcast? I think the hardest thing is to get started, but it's like kind of what we talked about with Amanda, just like keeping up the consistency because as you know, as a mom, like even if you were doing like a random podcast, like say you like knitting, you want to start a knitting podcast, like
00:04:23
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you have to create the time to do this. um And that's probably been one of like the harder parts, but also it's easy because like I said, we're best friends. It's like, you know what?
00:04:36
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I'm happy to squeeze you in. mean, I'll actually move around my schedule for you. yeah it is. It's so true. Like you have to create the time, but it's like easy to create the time when you love what you're doing so much. So.
00:04:53
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Yeah, I can see, that it like, I never understood, like, how people started their own businesses. Like... Did you just see that? No. Shannon is here. My door just swung open.
00:05:04
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my Literally, the door... I'm not... swear, on I thought the dog walked in, but there is no dog in here. And my door just swung open. So...
Signs, Medium Readings & Favorite Moments
00:05:14
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Hi, Shannon.
00:05:15
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Shannon. Welcome to the 100th episode. Our girl. That was so weird. Okay. She's here. love that.
00:05:25
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I feel like I've – like, ever since talking to the medium – sorry, not to, like, derail for a second, but ever since talk talking to the medium, like, I just look for signs all the time. And, like, I just will accept anything as a sign, which probably makes me sound like a psychopath. But, like, whatever makes me feel close to her, so.
00:05:43
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No, i I agree. Anytime I see butterflies, I just think of, like, any loved one that's passed away just because – know I don't don't see them that much. But now that like I have the pool, they're everywhere.
00:05:56
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But so are wasps. So i don't know what that is. I'm like,
00:06:01
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it's actually not to also derail. I'm like not scared of wasps anymore. I will like punch them. she yeah I had always heard that if you kill a wasp, that it like sends a fume that attracts other wasps.
00:06:16
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Bring it on. all I don't know. But I'm ready. and Come at me. At our old house. I definitely have talked about it on our um this podcast, how they would come through the chimney. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:06:29
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Great. um He always goes, Mom, get your big shoe.
00:06:38
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I'm like, i know i know he doesn't know I have a big foot, but like also it's a little blow to my ego. was literally going to that's a blow to your – One of Whitney's insecurities is how big her feet are, 100%. It's like, –
00:06:55
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Why you got to say that? Like he doesn't know. Okay. What size shoe do you wear again? Do you really? Okay. A 10. Okay. That's why people say you give tall energy. You do. You give like, I feel like you should be 5'9".
00:07:09
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In my brain. I think something happens. And foot says you're 5'9". The foot says I should be an Olympic swimmer. For sure. but yeah Something happened there in sixth grade. Like I think my period, like I was eating too much, like, i don't know chicken that's been fucked with and it's done to my growth.
00:07:32
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Oh my God. That is funny. Wow. Okay. Wow. We really derailed there for a second, but that is so funny. Go get your big shoe. yeah Mom, get your big shoe. like, fuck.
00:07:44
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Great.
00:07:49
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ah Okay, well, today going to be a fun kind of just like chit chat, reminisce and lovey-dovey episode. We're just going to reminisce on some of our favorite episodes and favorite moments.
00:08:02
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I'm going to do my best to insert clips of some of them inside of the episode. I may not be able to do them all only because...
00:08:15
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We're going to see. We're going to see. That'd be a lot of digging. Wow. It's a lot of – that's the thing. It's a lot of digging through audio, and it's like I can only do so much. So I'm going to do my best.
00:08:26
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I'm going to do my best, especially because if I had like a couple weeks to do this, maybe, but I have like five days realistically. So – i I'm going to do my best to pull the clips and... That'll be so funny. I can't wait. yeah I wish I could help.
00:08:44
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You're my tech queen. um I'm the tech girl. But I will say that we did also ask our followers to... DM and tell us some of their favorite but favorite episodes. so we're going to talk a little bit through the ones that we really love and like stand out to us. And then also the ones that they brought up, which were making me laugh because I've already read through what people were sending in. And I was like, damn, y'all really want to bring that up again?
00:09:15
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know what it is. Yeah, me too. I know what you're referring to. I'm like, God. And I will always bring it up. Okay. Shall we just dive in? Hit me.
00:09:26
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I am going my first favorite or yeah, my first favorite episode or favorite moment is meet the dads. That's one of mine.
00:09:37
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We didn't get married to you with the knowledge that we're just going to like look the same our entire lives. like Yeah. Yeah. We got married to you for like you as a person. yeah And that's what is attractive and watching you.
00:09:51
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i mean, childbirth changes your bodies tremendously, but watching you like. grow and carry and deliver like our little people like super attractive yeah and it's like a few stretch marks is not gonna like change that makes me feel better yeah that was sweet do you agree we're just down for a good time in the sheets no i agree i mean it's been slower for us i guess um but I think for us, it goes back to time. It does. Oh, well yes. I was going to say it, but... Well, I feel like y'all were freak-a-leaks before. so it's like That's my theme of time. he's like, oh, what's a leap for y'all? probably downtime. No, it's the time. it's Yeah, it's just the time. like Oh, I mean, I don't want to at night at all. Yeah.
00:10:41
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Yeah, to have the dads on, to have Chris and Vinny on, and... We were all together in person. Our setup was like so legit. We had Tech Uncle Rob to like set everything up and record. it was just so premium and so funny to like see them in front of a mic and to like see what they said.
00:11:04
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They were so awkward. it was really They were so awkward. They warmed up as they went along, but it was like the the way I had to edit. the beginning of that episode was so crazy like vinny talks at the speed of molasses he talks so fucking slow and i like i'm just staring at him as we're recording like spit it out dude like i was like panicking i was like say it just say it like like you're like, please. Today, junior. Yeah. yeah um he He got better as it went on, but it was such a good episode, such a funny episode.
00:11:42
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I think also gave our listeners a real glimpse into like our relationships and marriages, which is a question I think we get a lot. um or maybe people are just like curious, like, what's your other half like? Like, kind of think that with any influencer that I follow, I'm like,
00:11:58
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I like love following this person so much. Like I would love to like see what they're like together. It's almost like watching a show. you're like, Ooh, I want to see more into a glimpse of their life. So yeah, it is funny. Like you kind
Growth from Nervousness to Comfort Behind the Mic
00:12:11
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of forget since we do this so much, how like natural it feels now to be in front of a mic and like to see any guest or or the husbands like kind of be nervous at first. It reminds me of our first episodes when we were all like, so what do we do?
00:12:26
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How do we dive in? And now we just like word vomit. Totally. I think it also like refreshed the energy of the show a little bit, you know, like not that.
00:12:37
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I mean, we always bring it and we're always, you know, present. But I feel like having them on just like added a little. Yeah. You know, So plus I got litty titty in the middle of that. I drank a whole bottle of wine. forgot about that.
00:12:54
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I like wrote this in my notes that like watching all these clips back and like watching um both of our bodies because we were pregnant twice during these. Well, we skipped the first one, but I was pregnant right when we started.
00:13:09
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You got pregnant, like watching our bodies like fluctuate and seeing all these videos and clips. I'm like, whoa, we've like... been through a lot and like I'm proud of us for what we've done so far this year like trying to get back to ourselves like yeah totally that was like an overarching thing I had to say was like it's kind of crazy like having all this Yeah. It's like, it's a true documentary of like our early motherhood years, you know, um which is beautiful and also scary.
00:13:41
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by It's like amazing to see how far we've come and I know. Even just like, even just the way like our focus shifts throughout the time. Like there's been times where we're just, we come on here and we're like, it's just not our focus to like worry about ourselves now. We have newborns or like whatever. so and then there are times where like, this is about me, you know? It is so true. It's kind of like how, i'll um I don't even know what episode it was, how we were like so warm and fuzzy when we were in the newborn stage because everything's like slow and quiet and you're just like trying to take care of someone. And then you like speed up to now where the toddlers are just running amok and you're just like, I'm just trying to survive and I'm trying to look hot. Like I finally feel back to me. It's like so true how your your journey is so crazy and different. like
00:14:34
Speaker
We've been through a lot. We have. We've been through a lot together. Holy moly. And it's crazy because we've like known each other since, you know, for 15 years now. what I mean, we've seen that trend where it was like, I've known you since.
00:14:50
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And then they like list every year. It's like, I've known you since 2009, 2010. Like we would list so many. We would list so many. We should do that trend. Honestly, that'd be so fun. With couple of us yapping.
00:15:04
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Or end the episode of us in the bathtub at spring break with the black tear. My favorite picture ever.
00:15:14
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Oh my gosh. Why were we in the bathtub? I don't fucking know. Honestly, no idea. Okay. One of my favorite episodes was, was like kind of a two part, but y'all didn't get to hear it. But how well do we know each other?
00:15:33
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Oh, yeah. That's such a good one. That's not on my list either, and it I love that episode. What are three items that I could not survive without on a trip? I'm going to do, like, weekend trip, like, somewhere.
00:15:47
Speaker
Okay. I'm going say, like makeup. Yeah, yeah. That's, yes.
00:15:55
Speaker
Hmm.
00:15:57
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Water. ah Okay. go on now. Let's just assume that I get all of the basic necessities. Okay. Okay.
00:16:10
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A good bra. Okay. Yes. and That's a good one. That's a good one. Well, it makes or breaks your out your outfit specifically. Yeah. Like if i if I left somewhere and didn't have a bra, like I'd be so distraught. Like I wouldn't know what to I would have to find somewhere to purchase a bra.
00:16:27
Speaker
Yeah. You have to have different types for your outfits because of how massive they are. yeah Yeah. That's a good one. Okay. Makeup, bra. And I'd say like a good playlist.
00:16:39
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Yeah. Okay, I was going to say headphones. and So yeah that's like similar. You like to be in control of the music, which I'm happy with, fine with. So I feel like you you got to have the tunes that set your mood.
00:16:55
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, those are good answers. this ya Okay, now this is harder for you for some reason. Okay.
00:17:06
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Okay.
00:17:08
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That was something funny. A bathroom nearby. Yeah. For real. For both of us. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. like Am I allowed to say phone or that's like basic?
00:17:23
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That's fine. Yeah. Phone. And then I'm going to say like a comfy t-shirt. sure Yes. Yes, for sure. got to have moo moo. That's so funny.
00:17:38
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I have an answer in mind. Okay. Okay. I'm going to say extra spicy Cheez-Its. Honestly. I have them right next to me right now. do you? Yes.
00:17:51
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They're like literally over there. Oh my God. I'm like, she needs a snack. That's what she needs. I was going to say alcohol, but yeah, that's spot on too. Just because the first time we attempted...
00:18:03
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was when she was here in Nashville and we got Liddy and we're like, let's go back to the hotel room and record. And oh my God, the audio was.
00:18:16
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it was so bad. It was literally unusable, like truly. And we were all over the place. We were like not in frame. I was never going to be able to like use any of the video. And I knew that the potential that this episode had and I was like, we need to do a redo. Yeah.
00:18:35
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But ah in my opinion, the redo ended up being better. Which is funny. So whenever we first started mom Group Chat, we had to do a lot of redo, like re-recordings. Do you remember that? We did.
00:18:47
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We were so new and trying to figure out how this
Early Hurdles & Technical Challenges
00:18:51
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worked. And so we would record a whole thing or be like 15 minutes in and b it would show like it didn't record at all. and we'd be like, fuck.
00:18:59
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So we even like went through a lot of like... learning curves but that was one that we were like okay damn we wasted an hour and a half doing that because we were trying to set it up drunk yeah um yeah and so we're like let's just to be fair i don't think i would have been able to even sober like i don't know i that tech was like beyond my Yeah, tell you it's harder to do it in person. You have to get like this big drive, whatever that is, and like hook it up. Anyway, that's technical. But i love that episode. Like even going back to that clip and watching us, like we are both like full of energy. Like it was so funny. Yeah.
00:19:42
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like talking through how we both have kissed the same guy. Like, yeah. Oh my God. all of that is so funny. You being like, I think you like Cheez-Its and they were like literally on my desk. I'm like, wow, we are married.
00:19:56
Speaker
Oh, I love that episode. That might be a re-listen for me. i I definitely think I want to go back and revisit that one. That one's such a good one. i like have to say like, I like any episode where we're like so not serious. Like,
00:20:10
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. That is a thread of mom group chat through like the history of mom group chat is Whitney likes to be unserious. it's like Whitney likes... The more unserious, the better.
00:20:23
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okay She does not really like deep topic. I mean, you go there and you you love it once we're in it, but like if it were up to you... like I would never. You'd rather not. I would never. You'd rather not.
00:20:35
Speaker
Shannon and I were always. You have to tell me we're doing that. But if you catch me off guard, I'm like, I am not in the headspace. I'm like, whoa. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Whereas like Shannon and I were a little bit more like, let's go there. Let's talk about it. Like, let's get deep, you know?
00:20:51
Speaker
And I still am that way, but it's good because I think we're a good mix. Like you lighten me up a little and I like bring you a little deeper, know? For sure. Which don't get me wrong. I could be a silly nilly too, but I- That means shame. You so funny and I love you. That's why we're best friends. I love you so much.
00:21:08
Speaker
I know. i like But I think it's important- Yeah. If you look back at like those episodes, it was like, let's talk about into like whatever. Intimacy is actually fun to talk about. I'd do that again. Yeah. But like, I don't know, just the like, let's be in our feelings and talk about how we felt, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, whoa, I don't ever think about any of this. So you're making me think about it, which is great. And they end up being such like good fuzzy episodes. Yeah, the therapy sessions for you. Which I...
00:21:38
Speaker
have never done. So it's like, I was going to say, that's why I think I've been in therapy for so long. I'm just used to these like conversations. You've never done it. so it's really hard. yeah This is your therapy. Mom group chat therapy.
00:21:53
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Okay. I love. Shall i move on to the next? Yes. Okay. My next one, um which is actually one of our most listened to episodes. I went back and like looked at the analytics of everything, and it's the I Don't Want a Mom Today episode. You'll have to remind me.
00:22:16
Speaker
You know, you and I had a meeting yesterday just about, like, mom group chat stuff. And I felt like you were acting different or, like, not your full, like, zesty Whitney. And I, like, pressed you on it.
00:22:28
Speaker
Candice was like, why don't you like me? And I'm like, what are you talking about? I was like, wow, she hates me. Like, she wants to quit the show. I was, like, fully spiraling. And then...
00:22:41
Speaker
I, I like ah confronted you about It and was like, Hey, like, are we okay? I need some words of affirmation. Like, are you, do you love me? Like, are you happy?
00:22:53
Speaker
Do you still want to do the show? And you were like, yes, like I, all is good. But then you like kind of told me like, I'm feeling shitty about myself. I feel like it's like affecting how I show up.
00:23:05
Speaker
And I feel like that is such a real like thing that doesn't get talked about very much. Like it's one thing to like feel that way when during the summertime, like in a bathing suit, but like feeling that way about your body does affect these moments that like,
00:23:21
Speaker
you wouldn't think that they would show up at, you know? It's just, I haven't like had that feeling in such a long time because I've put that on the back burner and I'm like, Oh, I don't care about that. Like I'm busy doing other things. Like I'm taking care of my kids.
00:23:37
Speaker
I'm busy with work, like whatever. So I like, haven't felt that like zing of a like, wow, that affected my whole day in a really long time.
00:23:48
Speaker
Okay, so this is where we first talked about groundhogging for the first time. oh this So this is like a little January. Yes, this was back in January of this year.
00:24:00
Speaker
i love the episode because it's very real. ah Just about like those days when you don't want a mom today. And it's we were both we both came to that episode. I remember it was not at all what we were supposed to talk about. i think I remember you being like, I'm just going to hit record.
00:24:15
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. yeah And I was like, this is not what we're talking about, but like I just am having a spicy morning and like i don't want a mom today. And we ended up talking about that. And then we also talked about like how we were feeling like about our bodies and everything. And it was just such a good episode.
00:24:35
Speaker
um And Groundhogs and Groundhoggians become...
Pivotal Episodes & Relatable Themes
00:24:40
Speaker
a staple in the mom group chat rhetoric.
00:24:45
Speaker
So I felt like it was important to mention that that is the birthplace of Groundhogs. That is so funny. Like that episode without knowing it until just now was like a pivotal moment in my entire year actually.
00:25:03
Speaker
Like having yeah having that conversation with you and saying it out loud and like saying it just you, but also like knowing that other ears are listening, like made me feel like I have to commit because I've talked about it and I've said it out loud and it's like, just do something about it already.
00:25:22
Speaker
Like, yeah, just, yeah. It made you like feel like you have to be held accountable. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so true. I just love that episode. I love, and it's one of those things where I think that's the whole reason we started this show is to just be real about how how our, you know, the feelings that we feel and in mom life.
00:25:44
Speaker
And I think that is one of those very real feelings that you have sometimes of like, I just don't want to fucking do this today. And it's okay that you feel that way. And I think everyone feels that way, whether or not they want to admit it.
00:25:58
Speaker
And you can feel grateful for your life and love your kids and all of that stuff while also not wanting to do it today, you know? So that is a classic coming off of a a holiday coming out of new years. You're in this like slumpy, dumpy feeling. You're like, Oh,
00:26:15
Speaker
I've overeaten. I've done too much. Like I've spent so much time with family and children. Like I just need a routine. Get yeah my back, baby. Dude, that's so funny. yeah I didn't realize that that was that episode, but thank you. um I don't want a mom today. You changed my, my whole year.
00:26:33
Speaker
Yeah. ah Love it. and hog Love it so much. Okay, your turn. Okay. i I want to say like my favorite episode is like guests in general, but some highlights being Natalie.
00:26:50
Speaker
That's what I wrote down too. Yeah, Natalie. And like also, I want to shout out having the owner of the Outset or like a co-founder of the Outset on because... That skincare changed my life.
00:27:06
Speaker
That skincare. Dude, for real. The three-step. And um this is not an ad. Like, whatever. We only had her on once. Like, I cannot thank her enough because, like, anyone that I, like, in my friend group that has tried it just because, they're like, whoa, like, no, for real. It's that good.
00:27:23
Speaker
No, it's literally still all I use. And people get annoyed with me because they're like, drop the skincare routine. I'm like, it's the same as it's been for like a year ah because I'm using the outside. And again, like this not sponsored. We do not have any like code or anything with them. we used to. It is.
00:27:39
Speaker
Come back. It was. Come back. It is so good. It is. When I went and got my lips done and the, you know, all these people were up in my grill, they were like, what do you use on your skin? Like your skin looks so good. I'm like the outset.
00:27:54
Speaker
Jane said that to me when she visited, she goes, your skin looks so good. And I was like, wow, thank you. It's the outset. I just have to say like, Being a, whenever we had her on, I think I was like 33, 34 year old woman and not having like a super regimented routine. Like yeah the first time I was like, wow, thank you so much. But anyway, overarchingly. She was amazing too. Yeah. Yeah. Having all the guests, like obviously Olivia was skinny hangovers, such a close friend of ours. Like she's one of our most listened episodes too.
00:28:26
Speaker
Oh, I'm sure. I got to text her that and be like, yo, we were recapping your some of our most listened episodes and you are one of them. She's the baller. I feel like everyone loves Olivia. She's so real and awesome. um But what else? I mean, we had Amanda on just recently who was such a big fish for us to like catch up.
00:28:52
Speaker
I can't tell you like us starting this, us creating our mood board, Natalie and fricking Amanda were on the list. Like that is nuts to me. And even No Pot. Like I have chills. Like you're my favorite child invention. Like we had him on. That is so nuts.
00:29:11
Speaker
It is cool to think about all of the guests we've had in the like. By Heart Formula? Yeah, I was going to say founder of By Heart. Like she was so amazing and cool. They saw that in Target. That is like literally crazy that we've talked to her. I know.
00:29:25
Speaker
Have you seen those travel packs? I'm like, damn, those look legit. Like I wish I had those. They're like the single use travel. I'm like, wow, that's so freaking smart. My friend, Victoria, who also is a like an influencer, she just bought that Harbor monitor, um which is like kind kind of comparable to Nanit or Owlet. And she was like, you need to have the owner on.
00:29:49
Speaker
It's a guy and his wife that started it. And I was like, noted. um Yeah, we'll have to check that out. I love, I really do love Nana, but, um, I am a little peeved with their, the price of their like subscription, like mine's about to renew and it's so expensive. Isn't it like one 90 for the year? Yeah. And that's the lowest one. Like if I, if you want the one that records all the time, you know, it's $299 a year.
00:30:15
Speaker
ah yeah Wow. Which it's like, I'm kind of phasing out of needing that. Yeah. Like, do I love knowing how long she slept through the night? Like, do I really need to know that? Not really anymore.
00:30:28
Speaker
But, yeah. What is it, like, imperative? Or maybe you think it is when they're, like, really little. Yeah. I love Nanette. But, I just thought that would I love Nanette. It's, it's, It served me really well. But yeah, no, i I'm open to exploring other options for sure.
00:30:43
Speaker
So you had Natalie on yours or did who did you? I had Nat Notes specifically just because she just was like one of the girls. I feel like she just fit right in. She was so funny and um just like exactly who we thought she would be in a way, you know, and like just so cool and open about – Like her style and her life. I don't know. I just, I just loved her so much. She was definitely like a breath of fresh air. Like she was yeah way more funny than I expected. Like she's not super like outwardly on, um I don't know.
00:31:22
Speaker
outward yeah yeah on her Instagram her her Instagram is like more curated and less like personal personal so it was nice to like see her personality you know gosh yeah she was everything I would want and like a friend like I just loved her we vibed really well Yeah.
00:31:41
Speaker
I want to go to Houston and ask her to get coffee or something. And that's like, ah that was another point I wanted to bring up, like, like kind of how the outset is like, she gave me a mind shift of, I can throw these big parties. Like, what am I waiting for someone else to do it? Like,
00:31:59
Speaker
I want to have these experiences with my friend group. Like I just need to talk to them and see if they're down. So I really like that. She like inspired me to like push that idea and that my friends are trying to do that this year. And it's been really fricking fun.
00:32:16
Speaker
Yeah. Amazing. I love that. I, and I'm going to come to some of your parties. I already, I'm like inviting myself to your friend's houses, yeah yeah but she texted me and said that it was fine. So yeah.
00:32:27
Speaker
I will be there. Yeah. yeah Okay. I love that. I love all the guests and we still have some like amazing ones scheduled and like upcoming. Also, not to like throw something for the listeners in here, but like if y'all have someone that you would really love to hear on the show or um want yeah just like would love to hear as a guest like shoot us a dm or tag them in our like in the comments of our videos be like i'd love to see so and so on here we should do a post like that soon where we like be like drop your who you'd love to see on mom group chat and see who people tag yeah that could be fun
00:33:08
Speaker
Um, so and another, like throw, throwing a fricking bone here is like, we've had this idea for a long time. It's just like kind of hard to put together logistically is having real moms come on and tell like a 15 minute story of an experience you've had with your kid, whether it be funny, whether it be like an, Oh shit moment. Like that, think that would be a such fun episode and like give other moms a voice to be on here and like talk with us. That's That's always been on the docket.
00:33:40
Speaker
And we we have like started the process of like to figure that out.
Vision for Diverse Motherhood Stories
00:33:44
Speaker
we It's coming by fall. That's what I'm going to say. It's just like Candace and I would have to like fill out a whole day, like leave a day of space so that you could call in so that we're not like all over the place during the week. But that's on us.
00:34:00
Speaker
But we're excited to do that. Yeah. Yeah. I'm we are I'm super excited to do that because there are like other there are corners of motherhood that like we don't touch right now, you know, like.
00:34:13
Speaker
whether that be like the way that you birthed your child or like that maybe like, I'd love to hear from some moms who have like teenagers and like what their experience, you know, people that are moms that are like a couple steps ahead of us, like stuff like that. So, okay. I'm going to do um the losing our cool episode.
00:34:35
Speaker
Meanwhile, I give Margo a muffin, which my fault. Like I said, I need to strap her the fuck in anytime I feed her into a high chair. And I didn't. I handed her a mini like banana muffin from Publix.
00:34:47
Speaker
She gets on the couch, crumbles it in her hands, spits it out. And I just screamed. Just screamed. I was like, why is this so hard? What am I doing wrong that's making this so hard? And I don't know. I think also in my mindset thinking, okay, Chris worked night shift. It was really an all on call one. So in my head, I thought Chris is going to take them to daycare in the morning.
00:35:15
Speaker
I'm going to have this like leisure morning. I'm going to do dodede And it got flipped around. And so then it was just me solo. And so then I was already, I was already mad, not at him, but just like the situation. And then for it to just be so busy. I was like, I just want to scream. ah Totally.
00:35:35
Speaker
it's It's that thing of like when your expectation doesn't meet what actually happens. That's when like my – I'm the same way. That's when my fuse is so short.
00:35:46
Speaker
Yeah. And that's what it was. I had a short fuse and i was not nice and I was rushing um and I was just not in a ah great mom this morning.
00:36:01
Speaker
Listen, you were a great mom. You are a great mom. And I had like very similar outbursts this morning. so That is another very real episode. When I looked back at our most listened episode, that one is like in the top three, I think, which is kind of crazy.
00:36:20
Speaker
um i didn't expect for that to be so high, but it is. um Again, just a very like relatable subject. I think it's something that a lot we don't hear about a lot. I think when as moms talk about and it,
00:36:36
Speaker
It's just about like those moments where you like lose your cool and then the guilt you feel after you lose your cool. And just like that sequence in your brain of like, oh my God, I'm a terrible mom. Oh my God, I'm teaching my kids the wrong thing. Like, and then you and then you feel terrible. you know what i mean?
00:36:53
Speaker
That whole like sequence. um So I love that episode. um And I went back and I looked at the clip from that one and it's just amazing. We were on, you know, like those episodes were like, damn, that was a good one. Sometimes you just feel it.
00:37:09
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. All right. Let's pull up the gram and find out what everyone be liking. Okay. Oh, now two people have said it.
00:37:20
Speaker
I know. but It's so funny because it's not even on... It's not the episode. It's not even an episode. This is literally just a clip that I posted on Instagram.
00:37:36
Speaker
Okay, we're just going to get into it. Two people said... rich daddy the poor daddy oh my god I'm gonna have you know I have to repost the clip obviously i actually because it's only ever lived in stories think we may have to have it live on the feed for good um that's fine it's fine I mean it was an in-between moment Evie had woken up from a k nap And I was just chilling and singing. And actually that song became a topic of conversation in my due date group for like a week and a half. Like people were trying to figure out what where that tune came from, which we did figure out.
00:38:21
Speaker
I know. What is it? I don't even know. It's Phantom of the Opera. Oh, that's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. i did And then Rich Daddy, Poor Daddy is a book that Shannon suggested to us on how to make money.
00:38:34
Speaker
Anyway, combo. Oh, yeah, it's Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Yes, I call it Rich Daddy, Poor Daddy.
00:38:42
Speaker
So it's just a stupid little random clip that was recorded but people, yes it was probably our highest engaged engagement we've ever had on an Instagram story.
00:38:56
Speaker
When I tell you, and also I was in Europe when I posted it. Do you remember? oh yeah. I was in Europe. So I posted it and I'm not kidding. My phone y'all drained my phone battery because of the amount of messages and reactions I was getting to the clip.
00:39:14
Speaker
Like, People were going, people were dying. It was so funny. um Wow. What a great moment. Honestly, I'm going to have to post to the feed so it lives forever.
00:39:26
Speaker
Yippee. Okay. One of the other moments that a lot of people said, which is one of my favorite moments. I didn't mention it here because I knew that it was getting mentioned in here.
00:39:37
Speaker
And it is, Shannon saying from the feeding the feeding baby episode, the more bananas, you dumb whore. Classic. No, like the way I want a shirt that says that, I wouldn't be able to wear it anywhere because people would think I'm like very vulgar, but I really do want a shirt that says like more bananas, you dumb whore.
00:39:59
Speaker
And then it says, my toddler probably. Yeah, literally. um We've brought that up a few times because that was like one of the very first episodes we ever did. And it was such a classic.
00:40:14
Speaker
Caught us off guard, like how funny it was. And then she like went even more into it and was like, it has hair, dog hair on it. Enjoy your dog hair infused banana. Like it just like,
00:40:26
Speaker
Oh, she leaned in and I couldn't breathe. It was so funny. my It really was. It was so freaking funny. shit ah Like so many of Shannon's moments are...
00:40:39
Speaker
like so important to this show, that being one of them. The other one that other people mentioned and is on my list too over here is um the birth stories episode.
00:40:49
Speaker
We've also mentioned a lot of these moments in the remembering Shannon episode that we did back in November. So if you, I highly suggest it, A, if you are new here to go back and listen to some of the earlier episodes with Shannon and also to check out that remembering Shannon episode, because I clip a lot of those,
00:41:09
Speaker
um, audio clips in there. um but that is truly like listening to that birth stories episode could simply make me have another baby tomorrow. Like it is so special and like beautiful and funny.
00:41:27
Speaker
The way Shannon is talking about her like trip to the hospital is so funny to me. So nonchalant, but also she was grabbing the dashboard, but also nonchalant and like,
00:41:39
Speaker
forever like her her letter is like forever on our feed or our stories it's like saved so a lot of people ask that for that all the time and I'll just send them ah quick dm with that so it's just so lovely and it makes you so proud to be a woman hearing those stories I agree I love those too such a good episode As someone was saying, um they loved the embarrassing college stories.
00:42:09
Speaker
Yes. I always worry that people think we're like low-key alcoholics on here because of how much we talk about drinking and then like feel like it's gotten worse the past few for how much we've talked about it.
00:42:23
Speaker
I'm going to reel in. Well, it's summertime. Okay. And then when it gets fall, well, it's fall. It's fall. I mean, I don't know what you want me to do. um No, we just, you know, like a beverage, you here and there. It's like we really don't like I don't drink during i during the week or anything i drink on special occasions. Yeah.
00:42:43
Speaker
But um our call. I mean, we went to the University of Alabama. Like, what do you expect? think that has a lot to do with it. Yeah. It's like going to an SEC school. It's just like ingrained in your DNA at that point. Like, yeah, I'm sorry. It just is.
00:43:00
Speaker
And like some people come out of it on the other side and some people don't. And we did. We we like made it out and we're we're very healthy drinkers. We're not like doing anything wild and crazy over here.
00:43:13
Speaker
We just love a glass of cold rosé in the summer. I don't know what to tell you. think one of our first episodes was about alcohol and how. That's true. Yeah. how That's one of my favorite episodes, actually.
Lifestyle Changes Post-Motherhood
00:43:25
Speaker
How we were dealing like with that transition from going from like living your life and traveling and going out to eat and having like a casual drink to like being a mom and having to wake up the next day. and you're like, whoa, I can't live like this anymore. It's crazy. Yeah.
00:43:41
Speaker
Dude, even last week with my – sorry not to like get on a tangent here, but even last week with our anniversary dinner, i had one martini and then we split a bottle of wine, Vinny and at the steakhouse we were at.
00:43:54
Speaker
I'd be on the floor. The way I was not okay the next morning, I was like – and I had to solo parent all day. It was like a true survival day. i was like, I am unwell. Even Vinny. Vinny had class and he said he was sitting there like doing math in his class And he was like, I'm going to evolve. No, thoughts would not be computing. no, no. no Oh, gosh.
00:44:20
Speaker
Okay. What else? Oh, someone said hearing about your new house after the hurricane. That's so sweet. That is really sweet because I was kind of at the end of the storm there.
00:44:33
Speaker
It was. It was. And I was definitely like a little, I know I definitely talked about this on the show or at least to you, Whitney, personally, like I had some insecurity about like how often I was talking about like the flood and what we were going through just because it was such a hard time. And I don't ever want to seem like the Debbie Downer who's like, oh, My life is so hard. My life is so hard. Blah, blah, blah.
00:45:00
Speaker
But it was, y'all. It was so hard. Like, and I just am so grateful for all of you being there with me through that. That was, like, truly one of the hardest times of my life. And y'all supported me and, like, shared and donated and were just, like, it makes me emotional.
Community Support & Gratitude
00:45:23
Speaker
Aw. I... I just couldn't have like gotten through it without Whitney and without you guys. And, and also even just like having an outlet of like yeah telling, talking about my feelings therapy, you know, um, of just how I was feeling in the moment. And like, I just am so grateful.
00:45:45
Speaker
And it was, it all, like it all ended up how it was supposed to, we're in this new house and we're settled and it's all, it's all gravy, baby.
00:45:56
Speaker
I know. And it's kind of like you're going to listen back to those episodes and be like, wow, that sucked. I'm glad. yeah I'm glad I'm over here now. I'm so grateful for you and this show We still have so much planned, you guys. Like we have merch coming.
00:46:14
Speaker
i know that y'all are probably sick of hearing that, but truly it is coming like by fall time.
Future Plans & Exciting Announcements
00:46:22
Speaker
Um, so that is on the rise and we're going to get more episodes with real moms on stay tuned for that. We have so many good guests lined up and we always, always, always want to hear from you guys. Like, what do you want to see? What do you want to hear? Like, um, what are you craving? What are you longing for in the show? Or is there anything we could be doing differently? Like,
00:46:47
Speaker
you know, let us know. We love a little change up. We love a little switcheroo. We love hearing yeah from you guys. And this has been quite the joy of my life. I agree. It's our, what we've always said, our love letter to our children, our love letter to ourselves, our therapy.
00:47:04
Speaker
We're so glad to have made so many friends throughout all this. So thank you everyone for listening for ah hundred fricking episodes. Crazy. We love you guys so much.
00:47:16
Speaker
Love you. Bye. Thank you so much for being a part of our mom group chat. New episodes drop every Tuesday. And don't forget the group chat is blowing up on our Instagram page. So make sure you're following along over there.
00:47:28
Speaker
All right. Got to go. My toddler just put something in her mouth.