Hello hello, welcome back to the pod... so sorry for being absent for a million years, life has been really hectic and emotional for me lately. BUT I’m back with a light-hearted episode with my resident guest, John, and we are talking all about our wedding/ how dang expensive and wasteful the wedding industry can be. We hope you enjoy this episode and let us know if you want more wedding talk and/or possibly a separate podcast all together about finances and budgeting??

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Music: VHS Dream by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Jamie Wolfer tipping video: https://youtu.be/Wkzj9zo_wUw

In this episode Karen is joined by two of her friends from high school, Sirianna and Eric, to discuss transracial and international adoption.  The three talk about their adoption stories, their journeys to discussing their adoptions openly, and their evolving feelings towards their own adoptions and the industry of adoption.

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Sirianna’s email:[email protected]

Eric’s email:[email protected]

PBS episode on The Orphan Myth: https://www.pbs.org/to-the-contrary/watch/5807

Information on the Hague Convention: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/Adoption-Process/understanding-the-hague-convention.html

Code Switch article on Korean adoption: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/09/09/346851939/in-korea-adoptees-fight-to-change-culture-that-sent-them-overseas

In this episode, Karen recaps what she has learned from having a podcast for a year- the good and the bad. She also tells the people about some big updates happening in her life involving moths (ew), a wedding (aw) and moving (wee).

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In this episode, Cool Mom Janet™ is back (and in person!!) with Karen to spice things up and read through Am I The Asshole (AITA) Reddit posts. The two read stories that involve poop (a reoccurring theme!), kidnapping cats, bossy husbands, potential murder (??), and a whole lot more!

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AITA: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/

In this episode, Karen and her fiancé, John, discuss their relationships with money, their personal debts, their greatest and worst financial purchases thus far, and much more!

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Aja Dang’s financial journey playlist

Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps

In this solo episode, Karen chats about her experiences with burnout and dives into some important things she learned in therapy that helped her drastically shift her mindset regarding how to best take care of herself.

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In this episode, Karen has a conversation with her good friend Kyla about their dating experiences. Both talk about the differences between dating online and meeting someone in person, experiences with street harassment, what it means to have dating preferences, and their worst and best dating stories.

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Kyla’s Tik Tok: @kylathekook

In this episode, Karen talks with her friend Sirianna about their experiences as BIPOC women being raised in white families, living in predominantly white neighborhoods, and attending predominantly white schools. Join them as they discuss how these experiences shaped their identities.

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In this episode, Karen talks with her friend Mikala about their hair journeys as Black women. Within their conversation they talk about the natural hair movement among the Black community, Black hair being inherently political, “good versus bad hair”, and a lot more!

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In this ~spooky~ episode, Karen talks with her friend Kayla about a supernatural experience they had together, as well as their beliefs in other-worldy things.

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Article on the use of white sage: https://www.bustle.com/p/is-burning-sage-cultural-appropriation-heres-how-to-smoke-cleanse-in-sensitive-ways-18208360