askHUH?
Did you know that the word huh is the most common word in the most amount of languages? Welcome to askHUH?, a personal growth podcast. Season 1 was about people who questioned, got curious, and made changes--big and small--in their lives. Season 2 is a much more personal dive into my journey towards motherhood. I’m Krissie McMenamin and my hope is these episodes inspire you to look inside at yourself, your emotions, and your choices, so you can be more authentically you in this world that so desperately needs you to be.
Episodes
21 episodes
Solo Episode: The Gift of Life! (It’s not what you think)
In this episode, I share some big news.For more information on Gift of Life and to join the registry, please visit https://www.giftoflife.org/swab
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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28:28
Solo Episode: Pulling the Goalie - Stopping *Not* Trying to Get Pregnant
In this episode, I open by talking about the big decision to “pull the goalie,” as we called benching our pregnancy defensive line (my birth control pills). It was a momentous moment! And then… the score remained 0-0 for a long, long time. In f...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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48:19
Parenthood & Identity: From Bicycling Vagabond to Stay-at-Home Dad with Matthew J Lilley
“I definitely miss the old me a lot … the freedom, the ability to just go… [but] I’ve gained so much [by being a dad] - perspective is number one … I have gained an excitement for the future that I didn’t have before.”Matthew has come a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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57:10
Hidden Answers: What Our Honest Reactions Can Reveal to Us (About our Parenting Urges) with Ellie Bernstein
“So I was really accepting of the idea of not having kids, and I was settled and happy with that. And when he was the one who brought [the idea of starting to try] up, I was like: “Ooh, it’s my in.” And that’s how I knew… It was like, ooh, Look...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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54:57
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Kids or No Kids Through the Decades: A Visualization Exercise with My Husband
In this episode, my husband Joe and I do a visualization exercise going through the decades of our lives, imagining what it would be like in each decade to have children any to not have children.When my friend and previous podcast interv...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:16:44
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Fear of Fathering vs. Faith in the Future: The Power Of A (Flexible) Plan with Evan Sharp
"This goes back to a weird ass dream I had in college where I was like, some people are afraid of death, or some people are afraid of flying or public speaking. I had this dream where it's like, none of that scared me. What scared me was fail...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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48:10
Solo Episode: My Ambivalence About Parenthood in 7 Short Stories
In this episode, I share a series of moments throughout my life that stand out as pivotal moments in my ambivalence: The shocking thing I learned at 6 and my executive decision at that early age.My role model for becom...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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43:09
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Decide, Leap, Repeat: From Uncertainty about Children to IVF and Beyond with Alissa Green
“It’s hard to quantify a feeling you haven’t experienced yet. So much of deciding to have kids is deciding to let go and have faith you will love these little humans and it’s going to be worth all of the sacrifice and effort.” - AlissaAl...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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42:51
Do I Want to Be a Mother? Living a Full Life While Questioning - with Caitlin Nisos
In this co-interview with my good friend, Caitlin Nisos, Caitlin talks about her big aspirations, how social change and impacting the world has been at the top of her to-do list, how she sees herself as a spiritual mom or community mom. But now...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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45:43
Journey Towards Motherhood: Intro to Season 2
In our very binary society, we've got the women who have always wanted to be mothers and the women who have made the decision not to be. We don't talk a lot about the ambivalent, questioning, on-the-fence women. I am one of those women. And I'm...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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23:46
Alone in Her Head: How 2 Years in Japan Changed her Self-talk, Mindset, and Life toolbox with Christina Bellevue
"Sometimes my thoughts would get so loud, I would hear them echo in my apartment… It’s how I discovered how mean I had been to myself for a long time and how I was using that self talk to keep me going in the corporate setting… but then I reali...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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53:55
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Drugs & God with Ryan Alan Jones
“Things are happening in my subconscious that take time to digest and integrate before they’ve landed and settled and become part of me and my experience of life.”In this conversation with the one a...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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52:31
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Yoga, Fasting, and Ice Showers: How Daily Practices Build Resilience With Tarik El Assal
“You start planting good seeds, good flowers, good plants and removing the ones that are useless…then you just keep nurturing them.”Tarik El Assal left his life in Morocco behind to move to Canada two days before the pandemic ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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55:39
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Where Purpose Meets Grit with Blake Hudson
“No matter how small I was, no matter how difficult life may be, you always have the opportunity to impact others.”Blake Hudson is no stranger to speaking his truth with others. In this episode, I get the chance to speak with B...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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44:15
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Living Loopy with Natalie Nixon
Natalie Nixon:“I was about access to a different environment and to really be channeled to blow up the system.”Natalie and I dive into a conversation about the moment she found direction in her “loopy” world, why creativity dies a...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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51:28
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Sobriety, Influence, & Mom with Sammi Barks
"I was curious. What else is there to life rather than this dry existence I was just grinding?"In this conversation with my friend Sammi, we discuss her inspiring decision to evaluate her life and make a major change. This chan...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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48:55
If It Makes No Sense, It's Perfect with Drew Davis
“My compass at that point was so oriented toward what I thought I was supposed to be doing and so disconnected from what I wanted to be doing. Now, the pieces I feel disconnected from are getting smaller and the pieces I feel engaged by and lit...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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42:33
The LSATS Approach to Infertility, IVF, and pregnancy with Ashley Chi
"Getting pregnant and having a baby and carrying a baby to term wasn't something that I could just try a little harder and get it under control."Ashley Chi is a mother, wife, and lawyer who opens up about how her experiences preparing f...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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47:11
Mental Health in the Middle East with Aya Alsaqaf
"When you're alone and don't have any action going on around you, you don't have anything to do. You just focus on yourself. That was the moment I dreaded the most because that was the moment that I had to battle my demons." Aya Al...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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41:23
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From Diapers to TedTalks with Sonja Dakic
“My biggest obstacle is me.” Sonja Dakic is a Serbian entrepreneur who started the first cloth diaper company in the region with zero business experience but a need she felt she had to solve after the birth of her first child an...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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46:33
Vulnerability and Manhood with Nate Kirby
“I yearn for this idea of doing while I’m being and being while I’m doing.” Welcome to the very first podcast for askHUH? We'd like to introduce you to our first special guest, Nate Kirby. Join us in a discussion about Nate's own unique...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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43:57
