Season 3 is {finally} here! And we're so glad to be back. This week we play catch-up: we share some updates, discuss a few things that we learned while traveling over the break, and talk about some recent life changes.

You can comment on this episode + view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. Thanks for joining us for this new season!

The last episode of Season #2! As we mentioned last week, we'll be taking a 1-month break in between seasons before coming back for Season #3 in April. So, to celebrate the end of our second season, have some fun, and mix things up a bit, we use this week's episode to do a little Q&A; each of us came to the taping with 5 questions for each other--questions that we hadn't seen beforehand--and simply asked each other those questions (and obviously, answered them) on air. The goal of this little Q&A? To allow you to get to know us better {as if you don’t already know a lot of weird + intimate things about each of us and our relationship!} and to share a snapshot of where we are in our lives as the season ends. 

Thanks for listening to this episode and Season 2! You can view the shownotes and comment at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about thought patterns--specifically negative thought patterns that we both {ahem, Ben} struggle with and then some ways to turn those negative thought patterns into positive ones. In particular, we discuss our experiences with negative forecasting, pre-paving and manifesting. What is pre-paving? What exactly is manifesting? Listen to the episode to find out ;) 

As always, thanks for listening! You can learn more + view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com.

In case you missed our big news elsewhere, let this episode serve as our official podcast version of the announcement: Mary Catherine is pregnant. We're having a baby!

Thus, obviously, this week's episode is all about this upcoming change: how we got to the point where we both felt ready to start trying for a baby, what the pregnancy has been like thus far, how we’re both feeling about having a baby + about life after baby, and more. Get ready for an episode full of vulnerability, honesty, excitement, anxiety, and quite a few laughs...as per usual ;) 

And as always, thanks for listening! You can comment on the episode and view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

This week, we're talking about the challenges of trying to do it all (or have it all) and the fact that doing everything well--or up to your ideal standards--simply isn’t possible.

We get into this topic by sharing the ways in which we each face this reality every day in our own lives, and how we only see it getting worse as our family grows over time. To close the episode, we share some thoughts on how you can train yourself to let go of the things you simply cannot get to and how you can start to make more conscious choices about how to use your time and energy doing what matters most. 

You can view the shownotes and comment on this episode at StarrStruckRadio.com. As always, thanks for listening!

Ben is back and this week we’re talking about the challenges of “keeping up with the Joneses” or comparing yourself to others. But first, we do some follow-up from Episode 35: we've finished 'Making a Murderer' so we spend some time sharing our thoughts on that show (spoiler-alert!) and we revisit registries + thank you notes by discussing some listener feedback on these two subjects. 

Then, in the second half of the show we talk about how big life decisions can be influenced by what your peers and friends are doing, why it may be tempting to measure yourself against those in similar life stages, the potential pitfalls of comparison, and for those who need it, ways to avoid playing this comparison game.

As always, thanks for listening! You can learn more + view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com.

Sara is back for her third visit to the show! We use this opportunity to chat about two different subjects that apply to both of our "adult" lives as of late:

We start with a discussion about making the big decision to move [from a city] and “settle down"--and what that looks like for each of us in our lives right now. We then chat about making friends in a new place when you no longer have built-in social networks around you and how we each find this challenging in our own ways. To close, Sara gives us a play-by-play on how to approach a potential new friend ;) 

Thanks for listening! You can view the shownotes and comment on the show at StarrStruckRadio.com. 

Lets have a chat about two totally unrelated but interesting topics! This week we discuss the podcast Serial + the similar shows that have popped up around it, and then we jump into a conversation about the etiquette around registries, thank you cards, and gift-giving in general....it's a hodge-podge of opinions + murder mysteries! But we think it's worth a listen ;) 

You can learn more, view the shownotes, and comment on the episode at StarrStruckRadio.com. As always, thanks for listening!

It's a new year and we're back! In this week's episode, we start by discussing vacations, holiday travel, + simple pleasures, and end with a conversation about scaling back in the new year.

In our household, "scaling back" is the theme of 2016, so we spend some time chatting about how we're each scaling back, why we think it's important to do this, and how we both hope that scaling back will allow us to be more present at home and with each other in this new year. 

You can comment and/or view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com.

Thanks for listening!

Trainer Bobby Scott returns to Starr Struck Radio as our final guest of 2015! 

In the first half of the episode, we finally hash out the blog back-and-forth that Bobby and Mary Catherine have been having over the question, "When it comes to fitness, is yoga enough?" Both Bobby and Mary Catherine explain their thoughts on the subject and as usual, Ben isn't shy about his opinions, either.  

In the second half of the show, we introduce a new strength training program that Bobby will be creating for Mary Catherine in 2016, explain how listeners can follow along and join in the program, and Bobby breaks down what he observed in Mary Catherine's body when he did his initial physical evaluation with her (hint: her strengths + weaknesses matched up pretty closely with a "typical female yogi body"). 

As we mention in the show, this is the last episode of 2016 because we'll be taking a break from Thanksgiving through New Year's. Thanks SO much for listening to our very first year of podcasting! You can learn more + follow-along with Mary Catherine's new strength training program on the blog {StarrStruckBlog.com} starting Monday, January 11th. 

You can view the shownotes at StarrStruckRadio.com and we'll be back with a new episode on Tuesday, January 5th, 2016. 

Happy Holidays!