Excess Baggage: A Blended Family Podcast

We have had a lot going on in our blended family so we took some time to catch up and talk about it.

Kari and Barret discuss how they take care of themselves as individuals. Self care isn’t just for those in blended families but it’s certainly important when you’re managing the extra stressors that come along with that life!

Finances are a hot topic in most marriages so you can imagine how intense they can be when couples with kids split. Kari and Barret talk all about their experiences and philosophies about money when it comes to raising kids in two homes.

It wasn’t the episode they meant to record but Kari and Barret take a step back from heavy blended family topics and take some time to just pause and chat.

Barret and Kari experience opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to coparenting. In this episode Barret interviews Kari about her coparenting relationship with her ex and how they make it work.

Kari and Barret discuss their anxieties about the upcoming school year and what happened when Kari’s son became ill in the time of Covid-19.

Blended family life is challenging enough, but throw in a global pandemic and four different schooling plans and things get wild.

Kari and Barret share how they met and why they started this podcast.