The girls huddle up realllll close this episode in order to work around yet another technical difficulty! 2023 is the year of CHANGE. Jess got the keys to her new house, Rach has a run-in with "free-will", and the girls bond over their individual neighborhoods character. What is life without a few gunshots and SWAT team raids?? Jess jumps into a reflection on 2022 - not for her personally, because we all know that was a shit show, but for the world in general. Inflation... egg costs are on the RISE, and Rach goes on quite a long egg-rant #egggirlsriseup?? Abortion bans, War in Ukraine, and a bunch of other bullshit really helps solidify that 2022 was not all it was cracked up to be. Rach gives her pop culture predictions for 2023 (is she becoming more relevant??) Some of them *might* be manifesting... we ALL need a new Olivia Rodrigo album in 2023, okay?! Jess brings us home with some of her hopes for this year, and positive changes she wants to make. Rach... well she's just hoping to survive in her first year of motherhood. Overall this is a pretty lighthearted episode that will hopefully put you in the right mood to make 2023 a wonderful year for CHANGE. 

We love you all and can't wait to grow with you this year! 

Please keep listening, sharing, and being the best damn podcast fam two girls could ask for. 
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Happy Honda Days and Merry Toyotathon to all! We hope all our pod friends had a better holidays than we did. Also heads up for some slight mic malfunctions throughout this episode... 2022 Year Of Bullshit is really putting us through the ringer. Rach tells the (very long) story of her adventure of getting her car totaled on Christmas Eve and being monitored at the hospital for 24 hours. (Everyone is okay!) Ya girl is now 34 weeks pregnant and its clear that Elsie will be making her way into the world soon!

We decided to keep the Christmas meat a little lighter, and are reading some Reddit AITA - Holiday Edition! We hope you enjoy listening to other people's drama as much as we do! We've come to the realization that sometimes you ARE the asshole, and thats okay. Own that shit! Jess ends out the episode with some Greatest Hacks in the World and the girls are excited to announce they will be back NEXT WEEK! Hopefully without all the technical difficulties - thanks for sticking with us friends! See you in the new year!

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Welcome to a sneaky surprise episode in honor of Rach's 29th birthday! The girls kick off with some New Girl banter (TWENNY-NINE), Rachel share's her father's age once again, and Jess tells a haunting story from her dog, Pickle. The winter's load is about to arrive and the Rosche-Pridemore is getting prepared. Jess has a chronic case of itchy leg syndrome and is looking for a cure so shout a girl out if you have any recs. An un-checked cat fact gets leaked on the pod, and we will let you decide what you want to believe. 

The meat for this episode is the 29 things Rach wants her daughter to know before she turns 29. It's a big episode of reflection and going into some heavy topics that has led Rach to where she is today. We hope you enjoy the rare sighting of an internally reflective and emotional Rach! You'll probably be seeing more of her in motherhood!

The girls will be BACK weekly in the New Year, and we can't wait to grow with you in 2023. Thank you for the patience and support you've given us in 2022 - you are our absolute favs. 

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JESS IS BACK BABY! The girls are LIVE from Elsie's nursery, and start off hot with some pregnancy updates. Head to the YouTube if you want Rach's 30 week bump date! Jess is settling into a new reality, and although she isn't ready to share all that's she's been going through the past 2 months, she does share some really exciting and fun updates for the Cartellone-McAleese fam. The girls have a nice Thanksgiving chat (GBC crew rise up!!), and are truly ready to label themselves Thanksgiving food stans. 

Jess and Rach give you a little career/wedding talks, which quickly turns into a bit of TMI about their nether regions. If periods and discharge aren't your favorite topics of convo, feel free to skip minutes 49-60 - but we promise it will be worth the laughs. Jess talks about a lil vendor drama, but Rach is there to stroke her ego.

Before the girls end the episode they talk about the future of the pod, and what their hopes are for 2023 as they both approach very new stages of life. We hope to take you with us on those journeys, and we thank you SO much for your patience as we transition into our new phases of life. 

We freaking love you and are so grateful for you all! 

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Surprise! Jeri from Ladies and Tangents is back to play the catch-up game with Rach while Jess is away! The girls start off strong with dog middle names and some cat talk. Did Jeri almost die due to dander over exposure while at Rach's house? Maybe. The girls chat about hair trends of the early 2000's and embarrassing moments with their grandmothers before getting into some (classic) dog training chats. 

Rach spills the name of her baby, and theres a lot of pregnancy updates to be shared. Jeri and Rach talk about their careers, work/life balance, and Jeri talks about an upcoming exciting venture she is working on! Rach talks about her feelings on motherhood, her job, and her hopes for her future self as she approaches the birth of her first child. There's a lot of loose meat to consume this episode, and we hope you enjoy it!

Thank you so much for sticking with us in this very hectic season. Keep our girl Jess in the most positive of thoughts while she navigates a particularly hard season, in the midst of an already hectic one. 

We freaking love you and are so grateful for you all! 

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Miss us?! As promised, we are back at it again with your monthly FB+W content. Jess and Rach are coming at ya live from Jess's house with some Olive and Pickle interruptions. The girls catch up on some life stuff.  Rach has some anxiety about a dog trainer coming to her house to observe her dogs in their element. Jess and Joe are don't sleep in the same room anymore and Rach thinks they're onto something with that. 

The loose meat of today's episode is the long awaited for topic of CODEPENDENCY.  The girls both read Codependent No More by Melody Beattie and want to share some take-aways and lessoned they learned from it. Jess and Rach both have codependent tendencies with people in their lives and they get into the details of that.

WE LOVE YOU. WE MISS YOU. We can't wait until we can be back giving the people what they want. In the meantime, thank you for your grace and patience, we promise it will be worth the wait.

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Books referenced:
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Survive to Thrive by Margaret S. Chisholm
Peeling The Onion by Wendy Orr

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No matter how many times Rachel calls this the July recap - ignore her, it's the August recap. The pregnancy brain is very real. The girls start off with some menzies talk and some fall reflections. Did anyone else's college year fall seasons just hit different? Safe to say we are ready for a drop in temps and some of our favorite fall treats. Rach drops the news that her and Josh are having a GIRL - and Jess was the secret keeper (of course). Jess is shocked to learn that Rachel actually knows who the Lumineers are, despite a recent jokester moment she had.

Jess and Rach dive into some star talk before switching gears to some very loose meat - Breakup SZN. Inspired by Chelsea Handler's episode on We Can Do Hard Things, and with so many online couples calling it quits, the girls reflect on their own breakup experiences, and shed some light on where you should be emotionally before you even enter a relationship. 

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CW: Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss (1:50-13:44)

WELCOME BACK. It feels so good to be back on the pod! As promised, the girls are back with their monthly episode!

 As most of you know, Rach + Josh's wedding happened earlier this month so the girls will you a FULL RECAP of the wedding from their different POVs.  It was the first time they've seen each other since the wedding so the recap is top notch. A opportunity presents itself to Jess + Joe and Rach gives us a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

For the meat of this episode,  Rach breaks down her wedding budget in full detail and gives us the amount she and Josh spent in total. You think she went over or under their initial budget?Tune in to find out! Jess asks Rach what her favorite or most memorable parts of her wedding and you don't want to miss her TOTDs for people planning future weddings. 

You don't want to miss this one guys!

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That's a wrap on SZN 2 baby! At the beginning of SZN 2/Episode 34, Jess and Rach catch up on their weekends per usual.  Jess endured the 2022 Cartellone Camping Co-Op and made it out alive. Rach has an interesting wedding dress story that she shares with Jess. The girls also give you their review on Drake's newest album, Honestly Nevermind.

The meat of today's episode is questions you guys submitted for Jess and Rach to answer. They do clarify that they are NOT going to monthly episodes forever, but just for the busy wedding season. We  want to give you guys 100% of us, but we cannot do that while drowning with our other jobs. From podcast reminiscing to hopes for the future, this light hearted episode is the perfect way to end Season 2 of FB+W podcast.

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Everyone give a big warm welcome to our girl TRISH. This episode starts off with a lot of animal talk. Rach brings her dogs to a photo sesh and it all goes terribly wrong, and Jess's dogs collab on a murder. Two words- rodent juice. And the Rosche-Pridemore fam officially has a new member, Queen Queenie! It's 3 weeks until Rach's wedding so things are in full swing for her, and she can't recommend making your own wedding bands enough - shout out to Danielle and Bobby from The Circle Craft in Cleveland!

Our guest today is a former Jess Cart bride, dog rescuer, therapist for the LGBTQ community, FB+W listener, and just a general dope human. Trisha helps lead us in a conversation about coming out + allyship through the lens of a therapist. We loved hearing her perspective and knowledge throughout this conversation and we hope you do too. She gives some TOTD for coming out and being an ally, and we think this is such an important conversation and we are so happy we got to have it. 

Happy Pride Month Everyone! We see you and love you and honor you. You deserve to be here.

LGBTQ resources:
The Trevor Project - www.thetrevorproject.org - 1-866-488-7386
PFLAG - https://pflag.org
https://www.glaad.org/resourcelist

At the end of the episode Jess and Rach talk about their upcoming break/episode schedule change. We love you guys and know that you deserve the absolute best from us. We are excited for this break and implementing end of month check-in episodes until our busy season slows down. 

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