In the early days of this podcast, we ended each episode with fun date questions. In this episode, we’re dedicating the whole episode to fun date questions. Enjoy!

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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In today’s episode, we’re discussing if and how marriage changed things in our relationship. Enjoy!

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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In this episode, we’re discussing our honeymoon! We’re sharing why we picked a cruise, our favorite parts of the trip, and our tips for planning your honeymoon. Enjoy!

In this episode:

• We booked our cruise through Norwegian Cruise Line and traveled from Miami to Bonaire, Aruba, and Curaçao.
• The company we snorkeled with on Bonaire was Epic Tours. Highly recommend!
• In Aruba, we purchased a day pass at the Renaissance Aruba Resort and spent the day on Flamingo Beach on their private island.

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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In this episode, we’re sharing all the details about our wedding day — the stressful parts, our favorite parts, and whether we’d do anything differently. Enjoy!

In this episode:

• How we prepared to take significant time away from work
• The most stressful parts of the wedding
• Were we nervous?
• How our wedding day turned out
• Our favorite parts of our wedding day
• Would we do anything differently?

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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Even a small wedding takes planning… more than we expected!

In this episode, we’re talking all about the process of planning our wedding, from the details we didn’t anticipate, to our expectations and what really happened.

In this episode:

• How choosing a location and a small ceremony package limited what we could do (in mostly good ways!)
• Why we went with a wedding dress and suit
• Planning a dinner reception after the ceremony
• Ironing out ceremony details
• Why photography was important
• Our expectation and our families’ expectations
• Planning our honeymoon

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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We’ve never played by the rules anyway, and our engagement story is no exception.

In this episode, we’re spilling all the details about how we got in engaged in a very non-traditional proposal, why we felt it was the right time, and how we started planning.

P.S. The next few episodes will be all about the wedding, honeymoon, and thoughts on marriage so far!

In this episode:

• The “proposal”
• Why it was time to discuss getting married
• Why we went the non-traditional route
• Deciding on eloping or having a small ceremony

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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Change is inevitable, but that doesn’t make it easy.

In this episode, we’re discussing how a new job is bringing lots of change in our household, and how we’re dealing with it all.

P.S. During this transition we’ve been publishing new episodes every other week, but starting today we’ll be back to our weekly publishing schedule. See you on Tuesdays!

In this episode:

• Our transition from both of us working from home self-employed to Jesse working outside the home in a salaried position
• Changes to our schedule and routines
• Shifting responsibilities in household errands and meal planning
• Dealing with exhaustion during a transition period
• How the transition has been so far

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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Let’s be real: Job hunting is a soul-sucking exercise.

In this episode, we’re discussing the process of looking for a job. Lisa is interviewing Jesse and getting all his thoughts on the process, from advice on the process itself, to how it felt after working from home and being self-employed.

In this episode:

• How Jesse felt when we came to the decision for him to look for a job
• Preparing for the job hunt
• The process of looking for jobs
• Managing and preparing for interviews when you have social anxiety
• Following up

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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When you’re running a business, you miss the predictability of a steady paycheck.

In this episode, we’re discussing how we made the decision for one of us to make the move from self-employment to full-time salaried employment, after three years of both of us working from home self-employed.

In this episode:

• The pros and cons of growing an established business in your household versus starting a new one.
• How the feast and famine cycle played a part in our decision making.
• The anxiety of being the sole breadwinner of the household.
• The pros and cons of salaried employment versus running a business.
• How we arrived at the decision for Jesse to look for full-time salaried employment.

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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One of the hardest parts of business is not knowing exactly how much money you’re going to make.

In this episode, we’re continuing our discussion about money issues we deal with as business owners. Today we’re tackling the feast and famine cycle, and dealing with unpredictable income alone and as a couple.

In this episode:

• What feast and famine means for business owners and freelancers
• How the feast and famine cycle affected Lisa as a solo business owner
• How recurring income can help mitigate the unpredictability of the feast and famine cycle
• How providing for a household of two affects the feast and famine cycle, and what it looked like with Lisa’s business providing our sole source of income
• How your motivation, mindset, and creativity changes during feast periods versus famine periods
• How we kept prioritizing what would immediately bring in money, and why this was a problem
• The problem with work/life balance when your income is unpredictable, and why Lisa doesn’t really believe work/life balance is truly attainable

Additional links

• Thank you for listening! To get the latest episodes sent directly to your device, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
• Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful to us and greatly appreciated! To leave a review, visit our iTunes page, then open our podcast in iTunes and go to the Reviews and Ratings tab. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
• Jesse helps content creators share their positive voice with the world. Learn more about his podcast editing services at SoundMind Productions.
• Lisa helps online publishers and businesses create change in their lives, starting with their WordPress website. Learn more about her web design and development studio at Elembee. She also runs a WordPress theme shop at EmPress Themes (we use the Miramar theme on this site!).

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