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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
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Average audio length:
44 minutes
Video podcast
English
United States
81 episodes
since Feb. 8, 2025
episodic
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Our studio is a construction zone, so we’re back where this whole thing started: the kitchen table, surrounded by cables, boxes, and real life. What starts as a casual catch-up turns into something deeper after Greg shares a vulnerable moment from a concert a reality check that hit…
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Most couples will train for a job, a sport, or a skill but treat marriage like it should “just work.” We’re flipping that script from our kitchen table while our studio is literally torn apart, because the message matters more than the setup: you don’t have to be sick to get better…
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If you have ever thought, “We’re doing the date nights, we’re saying the right phrases, we’re trying to communicate, so why does nothing change?” this conversation is for you. We keep seeing couples attempt marriage repair with tools they cannot actually access yet, and it is not b…
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Something is running your marriage that you never agreed to and it is not your spouse. We call it the invisible rule book: the unspoken rules written into you by childhood, past relationships, and the environments that taught you what conflict, love, money, and safety are “supposed…
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A simple question can either bring you closer or blow up your night. We’re digging into the difference between curiosity and surveillance, because “I’m just asking” can sound like care to one person and feel like an interrogation to the other. And if you’ve ever found yourself thin…
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One sentence can start a fight, even when nobody meant harm. We’ve both said it and we’ve both heard it the wrong way: “You never talk to me,” “I just need a minute,” “I don’t know how.” What if the problem isn’t your marriage or your blended family, but the fact that you’re speaki…
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The hardest part about marriage is not the hard season, it is the moment you realize you did not prepare for it. We are Greg and Jess, and we built our relationship inside a blended family with four kids, two households, and a whole lot of moving parts. That has taught us one big l…
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The hardest part of a blended family is rarely the schedule on the calendar. It’s the unspoken stuff: the grief nobody names, the loyalty kids feel in their chest, and the pressure adults carry to make it look “normal” so no one asks questions. We go after that elephant in the room…
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One awkward moment at a kid’s birthday party can expose years of unspoken tension. We’ve lived it: a family member warmly reconnects with the ex while the current spouse gets ignored in the same breath. If you’re building a blended family, you already know these moments don’t stay …
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Joy can feel like a missing person when bills pile up, the house is chaotic, and your brain won’t stop scanning for what could go wrong. We sit down as a real married couple with real pressures and ask a simple question that turns into a deep one: how do you find joy when it isn’t …
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