Baggage Claim
Baggage Claim is a space for blended families, marriage, and friendship.
Here, we dive into real-life conversations about the ups and downs of relationships, from navigating second marriages to unpacking the baggage we all bring. Hosted by Greg and Jessica, who both have rich experiences with love, loss, and family, this community is about sharing stories, learning together, and growing stronger as couples and individuals. Grab a drink and join us as we unpack, laugh, and claim our baggage—one conversation at a time
Episodes
56 episodes
Moon Landings To Marriage Lessons In One Unscripted Night
We decided to do something risky: hit record with no plan and trust the conversation to take us where it needs to go. What starts as a fun question about conspiracy theories quickly turns into something more honest about trust, power, and why o...
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Episode 55
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58:00
Boundaries Or Secrecy? Setting Phone Rules In Marriage
Your phone can be a calendar, a camera, a workspace, and a dopamine machine, but it can also become the loudest unspoken argument in a marriage. We go from joking about road trip snacks to a topic that hits a nerve for almost every couple: phon...
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Episode 54
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41:10
Opposites Attract… Until Someone Is Late For Church
What if the secret to a lasting relationship isn’t finding the right person, but learning how to change together on purpose? We dive headfirst into the messy middle of modern love: the difference between secrecy and privacy, the myth that you c...
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Episode 53
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43:32
We Win Every Day When We Choose To See It. (50th live recording)
What if the real scoreboard in marriage and blended family life isn’t the promotion, the perfect trip, or the bigger house—but the quiet wins hiding in plain sight? For our 50th episode, we go live with friends, trace a personal history that ca...
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Episode 52
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38:18
Adoption, Infertility, And The Faith To Keep Going. Drew and Amber Mullinax story part 2
A weekend of “just helping out” turned into a love story that rewrote an entire family. We sit down with Drew and Amber to trace how respite care led them to Katie, how the foster system both stretched and refined them, and why adoption wasn’t ...
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Episode 51
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59:58
Two Families, One Pig Painting, And The Moment Our Daughter Found Us. Drew and Amber Mullinax story part 1
What if the sign you needed was hanging in your hallway the whole time? We sit down with our friends Drew and Amber for a warm, funny, and gut-honest conversation about fast love, hard choices, and the winding road that led them to their daught...
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Episode 49
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42:24
Waffle House > Roses. "Put the Phone Down and Pass the Syrup"
February gets loud with glitter, cards, and big-price dinners. We go the other way. Greg and Jess unpack why hype-heavy Valentine’s pressure rarely leads to connection, and how simple, repeatable habits—naming expectations, choosing quality tim...
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Episode 48
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39:00
The Baggage Claim Method™: 9 Steps to Build a Stronger Marriage and Home
What if you could trade relationship chaos for a simple map you can actually follow? We break down a practical framework that moves from You to Us to Family, so you can stop reacting to fires and start building rhythms that last. No silver bull...
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Episode 47
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44:07
The Good Old Days Aren’t Over—They’re Unfolding
What if the good old days aren’t behind us at all—but unfolding in front of us, easy to miss because we’re scrolling, planning, or rushing to the next thing? We open with laughter and a live-show announcement, then settle into a conversation th...
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Episode 46
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40:06
Collateral Beauty,Finding Grace That Stays When Grief Won’t Leave Part 2
Loss can level a life, but it can also sharpen what matters. We return to the theme of collateral beauty—those quiet, steady forms of goodness that rise alongside grief—to show how pain and hope can occupy the same room without canceling each o...
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Episode 45
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41:42
Collateral Beauty. We don't heal by explaining pain away; you heal by working through it.
The calendar flips, the resolutions fly, and then real life hits: loss rarely stays in its lane. We open the door to a raw conversation about what happens after death and divorce, where the heartbreak is obvious but the hidden fallout is not. I...
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Episode 44
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46:32
Small Steps, Real Change: A Year-End Marriage Check-In
New years don’t remake us—honest reflection does. We open the door on our own wins and survival moments from the past year and share a simple, judgment-free way to review your relationship so you can grow without beating yourselves up. Think of...
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Episode 43
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38:19
From$12 To 115,000 Kids Served Rebekah Black’s Jambos story part 2
A single mom, $12 in the bank, and a calling that wouldn’t let go—Rebecca joins us to share how Jambos grew from a living-room operation into a 7,000-square-foot hub serving 15–20k kids in foster care every year. The spark was simple and specif...
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Episode 42
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33:51
From Sales to Service: Rebekah Black’s "Yes" that launched Jambos.
What if the thing you’re best at isn’t the thing you’re meant for? We sit down with our friend Rebecca Black, a single mom of three and the founder of Jambos, to unpack how a six-figure sales career and a season in mega-church ministry led to a...
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Episode 41
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35:17
The Stories We Tell Ourselves (And How In-Laws Fill in the Blanks) Part 2 of in law talk.
Family doesn’t come with instructions, and neither do in-laws. We open up about the moments that almost derailed our trust—a sleep training text that landed like a judgment, a missed message that morphed into rejection—and how we pulled those t...
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Episode 40
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45:15
Let’s Talk In-Laws—The Good, the Hard, and the Hilarious
Ever felt the emotional whiplash of loving your partner and wrangling their family traditions at the same time? We open the door on what “yes” really means—because when you choose a person, you inherit a clan, their rhythms, and the unspoken ru...
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Episode 39
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40:59
When One of You Has 10% and the Other Has 90%
What if the real math of marriage isn’t 50-50 at all? We dive into why counting chores and comparing effort creates distance, and how shifting to commitment and service brings couples back to the same side. Instead of aiming for perfect balance...
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Episode 38
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39:34
“Finding Joy Between the Casseroles and Chaos” Thanksgiving episode
The holidays can be loud: budgets stretched, schedules stacked, emotions running hot. We wanted a quieter center, so we started with a playful tour of Thanksgiving—deviled eggs, green bean casserole, and the eternal stuffing versus dressing deb...
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Episode 37
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40:27
“This One Phrase Has Saved Our Marriage More Than Once” Part 2 of emotional intelligence
What if one short phrase could make honesty safer and conflict more productive? We share a simple tool we use at home and at work—the “umbrella of protection”—to flag vulnerable moments, lower defenses, and protect each other from knee-jerk jud...
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Episode 36
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37:52
“I’m Fine (and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves)” How Emotional Intelligence Changes Everything
Ever feel the heat rise in a conversation and think, I don’t even know what I’m feeling right now? We’ve been there. Today we take a fun detour through cereal nostalgia and land somewhere powerful: how emotional intelligence can turn tense mome...
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Episode 35
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35:37
How Choosing Ten Quiet Minutes Can Transform Your Marriage And Friendships
What if ten quiet minutes could change the way you love people? We take a lively room—family, friends, and a few outrageous would-you-rathers—and channel that energy into a candid look at solitude, self-talk, and the hidden ways our inner voice...
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Episode 34
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47:52
The Solitude Paradox: How Being Alone Makes You Better Together
What happens when you finally turn the volume down on the world and sit with your own thoughts? We crack open The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter and dive into an uncomfortable truth: many of us would literally rather take an electric shock th...
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Episode 33
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53:32
Negotiating Traditions: Blended Families, Busy Calendars, and Making New Memories
What if the date didn’t define the holiday—and the people did? We pull back the curtain on how we plan a joyful season across multiple homes, in‑laws, adult kids, new babies, and work schedules without burning out or blowing up traditions that ...
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Episode 32
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33:53
Refuel Here: How Small Habits Keep Love Running Long (part 2 with Mason )
A ballpark hot dog, a Costco food court run, and a 10 p.m. stress walk might seem like throwaway moments—until they become the blueprint for how we stay close, present, and sane. We invited our friend Mason back for a guys-only mic takeover to ...
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Episode 31
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37:51
Marriage Dashboard: When the Warning Lights Start to Blink
The quiet warning lights in a marriage don’t blare—they blink. A missed look, a week of logistics-only chats, a date night postponed again. We sat down with our friend Mason for a real guys’ night to unpack how those signals show up during the ...
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Episode 32
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38:40