Becoming Burnham
A blended family, big feelings, mental health days, and grief that shows up uninvited. Becoming Burnham is messy, honest, healing, and very us.
Episodes
32 episodes
32 - Bleacher Creatures
Are your weekends completely ruled by bleachers, parking lots, and tournament schedule apps? You are definitely not alone.In Episode 32 of Becoming Burnham, Kristina and Kat dive deep into the real, hilarious, and sometimes over...
31 - Perimenopause and White Claws
What happens when the ground beneath you begins to shift? In episode 31 of Becoming Burnham, we explore the quiet onset of perimenopause, focusing on the unexplained physical changes and the realization that we were never taught how to navigate...
30 - The Whole First Day
If you've got a kid starting school this year, you already know all about that first day feeling, somewhere between excitement and low grade panic. We just lived through it ourselves, and instead of just posting a cute photo and moving on, w...
29 - Back to School and Barely Ready
Back to school season is here, and Kristina and Kat are diving into all of it this episode. From the supply list scramble and questionable shopping trips, to the nerves of finding out who the teacher is, to trying to wrangle everyone back on...
28 - The Generational Plot Twist
A while back, Kat shared the mind-blowing realization that she discovered she was adopted at thirty-six years old, leaving everyone on the ultimate cliffhanger right at the DNA test. Today, we are breaking the silence on what happened
27 - A Whole New World
Once a year, Kat and Kyle take an adults-only trip to Disney, no kids, just each other. Kristina and Kat talk about why that matters so much: prioritizing your marriage isn't selfish, it might be the best thing you can do for your family. Th...
26 - Everything Feels Overwhelming Lately
Most of us were never taught how to balance being strong with actually letting ourselves rest. We learned how to push through, how to show up, how to hold it together. And for a lot of people that becomes the only setting they know. So when ...
25 - The New American Dream
Happy 4th of July weekend, this will be a quick one! Tomorrow marks our nation's 250th anniversary, and I am flying completely solo because Kristina is officially off the grid on vacation—meaning I have full control of the mic. Today’s episode ...
24 - Who Protects the Protector?: Shaking the Stigma, Shared Therapists, and Real Advice
We are wrapping up Men’s Health Month by looking at what it actually takes to protect the health of the man leading your home. Today, Kat and Kyle get completely transparent about the mental and physical realities of hitting your late 30s af...
23 - The Boy Behind The 23rd
This episode is a birthday party. Arlan's. And you're invited.He would have been 13 this year, and we're celebrating the only way we know how — by talking about him. Who he was, how he loved, and what he left behind in the peop...
22 - The Mid-Chapter "Girl Dad"
Most parenting advice assumes you were there from the beginning. But what happens when you come into a child's life mid chapter and have to earn something that other parents just automatically get?In this episode Kat and Kyle g...
21 - The Myth of the Spoon Fed Husband
A few episodes back Kat revealed that she handles the entire family calendar — coordinating directly with Sam, sending Kyle the invites, and keeping the whole operation running. The internet had a lot to say about it. So in this episode ...
20 - Ella Bella Ballerina Fairy Princess
We planned a birthday episode for Ella turning fifteen. We had the outline, the questions, the whole thing was ready. Then one question stopped everything — what are you excited about? What do you want in this next chapter?
19 - Lunch is Your Problem Now
Every parent hits that moment sometime in May where summer suddenly feels very close and very real and slightly terrifying. You've got the end of year chaos still happening, you're trying to figure out what summer actually looks like, an...
18 - Kids Say The Darndest Things
If you've ever frozen in public because of something that just came out of your kid's mouth — this episode is for you.Kat and Sam are sharing the moments their kids said the thing nobody was ready for. The embarrassing, the unh...
17 - Moms Deserve More Than Brunch
This one's equal parts hug and honest conversation. We're not doing the highlight reel version of Mother's Day — the brunch, the flowers, the performance of gratitude. We're doing the real one.Kat and Sam are ge...
16 - Thanks For the Advice. We're Not Taking It.
This isn’t your grandmother’s parenting podcast. In Episode 16, we’re burning the manual. We’re diving into the "unfiltered" reality of being a millennial mom and breaking down all the outdated, toxic, or just plain weird advice we’ve been g...
15 - Logins, Love and Living Next Door
“From the outside, it looks like a puzzle. From the inside, it’s just Tuesday.” Today, we’re talking to Kat and Sam about their "Family Pretzel." They live next door, they share everything from pets to passwords, and they’ve ...
14 - Two Generations, One Story
This isn’t the kind of “friends with benefits” you think you know. In Episode 14, we’re moving past the "Petty Wars" to dive into a topic that defines the very core of this family: Adoption. We are exploring two mirror-image journeys—Kat, wh...
13 - Petty Wars: Sister Wives Adjacent
This isn’t the kind of “friends with benefits” you think you know. In Episode 13, the ex-wife and the current wife prove that choosing peace doesn't mean choosing silence. We’re diving into the "marital-but-not-marital" chaos of two women wh...
12 - What to Expect When You Are Expecting... Nothing Accurate
This isn’t your typical medical-grade parenting guide. In Episode 12, we tackle a massive list of pregnancy and parenting questions sent in by our UK besties, Josh and his girlfriend. From the "belly button draft" to why your one-month-old's...
11- If I don't Laugh, I'll Cry
This week, I’m taking you through the wild, chaotic, unbelievable collection of stories that built me: three marriages, discovering I was adopted at 36, cancer, miscarriage, raising six kids in four different eras, losing my home in a tornado, ...
10 - The Long After
In this episode, Kat and Kyle open up about the long road of recovery — the months and years after disaster when most people have moved on but the grief hasn't. They talk honestly about what community support actually looked like, who showed...
9 - If You're in the After, This One is for You
This episode dives into the first days after child loss — the shock response, the physical symptoms of grief, the disorientation of the first 24 hours, the logistics no one prepares you for, and the emotional impact on surviving children. Ka...