Catherine and Leah both share their own experiences of birth - Catherine at a birthing center with midwives assisting, and Leah at a hospital. 

Leah and Catherine bring on Bernadette Koehler to discuss how to deal with breakups as a young woman. Bernadette is the long-time best friend of Catherine and went through a very rough breakup in 2018. She explains her story and gives tips on how she got through it. 

Catherine and Leah share their thoughts on dating as adolescents - should you date casually, should you date exclusively, should you stay in group settings? Or should you wait until you are ready to get married before seriously dating? These are all topics that they discuss in detail in this episode. 

Leah explains the reason we get triggered and provides some tools on how to identify and overcome them. 

Leah and Catherine discuss the importance of speaking to and about teens in a positive light to encourage and foster good mental health habits. 

Leah and Catherine bring on Lauren Merz, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for Live Action, and Catherine's oldest sister, to discuss abortion. She explains how she got into the pro-life movement, what to post or how to engage with people on social media about this topic, she addresses the question "what about in cases of rape or incest?" and that abortion is never necessary to save the mother's life. Lastly, she gives examples of ways to get involved in the movement. 

We challenge you to listen to this episode with an open mind and encourage you to sit down with a pen and paper and take notes.  

In this episode, we dive into how personal development is for everyone and give examples of the benefits of practicing personal development. Some of the personal development books we love from this episode: How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Mastering Your Mean Girl by Melissa Ambrosini, You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero, and The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. 

Leah and Catherine discuss the false notion of balance between all your duties and tasks. Instead, we believe in productivity and flexibility, and we give you tips on how to let go of the idea of balance to live a more fulfilled life. 

We discuss the importance of friendship as mothers and discuss the two different types of "mom friendships": those who are your friend more for the sake of your kids because they have kids that get along well with yours, and those who you just click with and who you could talk to about anything. We also discuss how to go about finding good mom friends. 

This episode follows up on the previous episode on the importance of dating your spouse. In this episode, we give some practical, non-expensive date eideas.