The shouldvereadthefineprint's Podcast

Hello Fine Listeners of SRFP! Blended families are defined as any family that has brought a child of any age under a new parents' roof. Our family is a little bit more complex than that... Finally, getting to the heart of our experiences as step parents and parents steering a blended family!   We are @shouldvereadthefineprint shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

When the going gets rough, the rough gets going. We are a dynamic husband and wife duo who have seen so many parenting trials and tribulations throughout the years. Now we are going to simply talk about what chapter we are at, and talk about how to point due north on this parenting journey through the crisis we are in. All will be well in time, but enduring this crisis is going to take some effort, and naturally some of our energy away from the robust family life we have been living.  One promise I can make definitively: All the challenges we face are temporary. They have both a beginning and indeed, an end.   We are shouldvereadthefineprint@gamil.com  

Hey Everybody, big welcome back! We are breaking into a new season of life in podcasting. This episode we are going to be making sense of why we judge the world around us. Is it okay? Is it detrimental? Is it pointless? You gotta listen in to find out our take! We are so glad you decided to join us! Jason and Kimberley shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com @shouldvereadthefineprint

Hi Everybody, There is so much we are living for and intending to do in life and the road of life is long and full of stories. Many of us remember the challenges we have faced and remember fondly the moments of joy and love. While we are out there living there comes moments of chaos too. Sometimes we make mistakes that have serious consequences or sometimes things just happen that turn our world temporarily upside down. There are times in life that can be described as a crisis. We will talk about how to respond to crisis and reality check about how we can navigate the feelings as one occurs.  Come have a listen! shouldvereadthfineprint@gmail.com

Hello Wonderful Human Beings! So glad you are back to hear from us again. It is likely that you, much like most of humanity are feeling a little ragged from a long season of pandemic life and curious and also anxious about what the future may hold. Before the days of working from home and health checks go away, what are your thoughts about this past year+ and what do you hope to take with you as we become busier than we have been for a long time? If you tune in this week you will hear how to form your own mantras for the future you desire.   Thank you dear friends, shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com 

Hello Everybody, We are currently on a road trip traveling through the south of the US! Instead of taking a break, we decided to put out an episode that might be a bit different than our usual. Hopefully, y'all will enjoy listening to our answers to spontaneous questions! (maybe this will be even better than our usual stuff :)   Thank you for the use of your lovable lovely ears! shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

Hello Good People of SRFP, We are back again with an episode about our own accountability because what we see more often than not is that children do what the see, more so than what they hear. While we teach our youth many things by passing on information, we see them taking on characteristics that are not intentionally taught, but passed to them through example. Does that mean we need to clean up our act? No. Well, yeah maybe, but the fact is, we all blow it sometimes and how we react matters maybe more than how often we get things right or wrong.  Come on in and close the door behind you to have a listen to what we believe is the secret sauce to our success as good role models for our kids! (can't believe I said "secret sauce")   Thanks again for being here and wanting to be better with us! shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

Hello Friends, Bad mouthing your ex is regarded as harmful by every court in the US. It places a burden of guilt and shame on children that have had no choice in their circumstance. Divorce is not an uncommon thing in our country and it is a doozie of a life transition. Many times parents feel justified speaking disparagingly about their ex or their ex's family because of pain they have suffered. When bad mouthing is infrequent and love is bountiful there are rarely serious issues, but if bad mouthing becomes a habit or coping skill, it's effect is called brain washing. This is what we call "Divorce Poison". When someone becomes the target of Divorce Poison, they may not be aware of why their child, grandchild, nephew or niece is acting contemptuous, but the behavior change will be clear. A beloved grandchild begins to ask not to be alone around their grandpa anymore, or a step mother goes from being regarded as a close friend to being treated like a stranger. It is uncommon, but sometimes children who have been abused this way eventually try to give up on their connection to their own mom or dad. Hopefully, no one reading this has children (or were once children themselves) experiencing the kind of agony that is the result of Divorce Poison, but there are people who do. Our work today is talk about how it works, and how to put a stop to it when it is happening. Thank you all for being here, shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com  

Hello Listeners, No. Nope on a rope as we say often in our house, is a powerhouse of an expression that has infinite applications. Today we are talking about how to confidently speak your truth when the truth is that you want to or need to decline. Sometimes a casual friend wants a favor, or a neighbor has so much more to say while your child is using more and more intense methods of directing your attention back to them. Sometimes we are too busy with work, and sometimes we would just prefer to do something more meaningful for ourselves than what someone else wants from us. When it is time to be blunt and simply say "No.", or "No more.", we are offering a recipe to doing so without social casualties because when we say a clear "No" to time spent in a void, we say "Yes" to an allowance of time for ourselves. And we fucking deserve it. Thank you for joining us,  We are shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com  

Hi Listeners! Today on SRFP we are examining some of the WORST advice we have been given as well as some of our favorite good advice. It's always interesting to think about where we get our ideas from because often they are mosaics, made up of fragments of experiences, stories, and guidance from the people in our lives. The way we interpret these things and create our own viewpoint of the world around us is unique. The good advice we hear can't always be received, and the bad advice can often be a reminder to avoid it. Take a little tour through our advice history and as promised you'll hear the good, the bad, and the ugly:) Thank you all as always, for the use of your lovable, lovely ears, shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail..com 

Hello all you Beautiful Listeners!   Our hearts and souls go into giving our kids the best possible love and care, but it is not always easy. In fact, when it comes to having kids who live under multiple roofs, experiencing many polar opposite in home cultures, it's never easy, it's a good day when it's not damn hard! Some of you are in this boat with us and others may be curious how it all works. Well, take a seat and have a listen as we take y'all on a personal tour of what life looks like, the challenges, the triumphs, that shape and tell a blended family story.  You're going to see how much work is involved and understand how it pays off, that's for certain.   Thank you for being here, let's jump in to the blender! shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

Hello Fantastic People of SRFP! It is getting close to our 100th episode and starting to consistently feel like our message to all of you is concise and applicable each week. That said, we would love, love, love, love LOVE it if you could share this episode with a friend who hasn't heard us yet and help us get the message into more of your lovely ears. Thank you. Now about this weeks episode: We all experience being in the wrong from time to time, or if you're like me, frequently. When this happens, how does it make you feel? Mostly, we can explain our good intentions and apologize and move on to never think of the mistake again. Sometimes though our mistakes can linger in ways that are uncomfortable. Maybe we aren't sure if our apology was well received, or maybe we are afraid we have hurt someone more than they let on... Alternatively from how we explain our side of the story to others is how we process our own understandings about why we made the mistake at all. Aren't we allowed to screw up? Why do we often find ourselves making similar mistakes to the ones we have made before, and how I ask, are we able to respond to ourselves with compassion not criticism?    Thank you as always, for the use of your lovable, lovely ears, Jason and Kim shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

Okay, okay, this title is a little misleading folks,   We are going to talk about some parenting habits and opening up about how to evolve as parents. We won't be wandering too far of course from that theme, but I'll give you an idea of what our talking points are: Humility in problem solving with your loved ones. Disciplining a well-behaved and/or easy going kid. Being yourself and protecting yourself through adversity. Thank you all ever so much for joining us!   We are: @shouldvereadtehfineprint shouldvereadthefineprint.com shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

Hi there fair and fine listeners! This week we are dilineating between healthy and unhealthy conflict. When resolution is the mutual goal, we have a much better chance at moving forward with someone we love despite differences of opinion. Unfortunately, most of us have, or have had someone close to us where our efforts to reconcile always seem to fall short, or quickly fall apart. Sometimes we accept that the battle cannot be won because the separate parties' desires are just not mutual. So then what? Disengagement from a person who seems to hound us with more and more troubles simultaneously halts adding fuel to the fire while giving us space to breath and reflect on our personal well-being. Come have a listen to hear what that disengagement looks like, how to maintain it, and when you know its working. Thanks for being a part of the SRFP community! shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

Hello Beautiful People! It is cheesy and possibly taboo to be talking about "love language", but thankfully for you, we have maximized the value extraction, all with our usual, carefully balanced concoction of sincerity and irreverence. Truly, it matters to us how others express their love for us. Some people need hugs while others would prefer gift cards. There are no wrong ways to love someone, but it goes a long way in understanding how people in our lives desire to have your love for them shown. It can easily get lost in translation when you are not aware of how a person interprets your expression of care and love, so let's break this conversation open. This is a fun, entertainment podcast about how hard normal life stuff can be. If you gain insights and life hacks along the way, all the better! Just remember you are incredible, and you are doing such an amazing job. Thank you for the cool loan on those lovable earlobes:) Jason, @shouldvereadthefineprint shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com  

Hi Everybody, and welcome! It is our pleasure to invite you into our heads each week as we piece together the way our lives feel more purposeful and meaningful. This week however, we are inviting all to observe the oddities and wonders of dreams. What does it mean when Jesus greets you in the form of a bumpkin? Or what about when you keep ripping people's hair our of their head? And yes, it can be quite terrifying dealing with a tree... especially a tree with boobs.   Thank you all so much for tuning in. All the likes, Jason and Kimberley 

Hello Fine and Fair Listeners! A normal life consists a series of chapters, divided into unique moments that ebb and flow to create our whole story of  being. While we journey through our own lives, we encounter trials, troubles and tribulations, and few, if any individuals live a life without them. Often in these struggles we experience leave a lasting hurt called trauma.  Although it is perfectly reasonable that we try to avoid these moments to spare ourselves the suffering that trauma can cause, we inevitably end up having to deal with painful experiences along the way. Despite the way it appears, the traumas we experience also have something positive to give us. When our limits are tested, we learn the limits we set on ourselves are not concrete. We can grow beyond what we know of our own strength. While trauma is not something we desire, and our inevitable encounters with it in life make us want to avoid it, we are often indebted to it for forcing us to turn the page in our story, and discover new chapters that could never have formed without its effect.     We are Shouldve Read the Fine Print, thank you very much for being here. Email us at: shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com  Rate and Review our podcast on Apple Podcasts

Howdy Beautiful Listeners! The way we are shaped by our parents, the adolescent rebellions, and who we eventually settle into as ourselves are a fascinating and unique part of life. Much of how we express ourselves is related to what has come about in our journey. Many things in this world we see as foreign or unreal, but there are some things that we feel we are so close to us that we would call them our identity. So come on inside and take a gander at our family’s culture after five years of marriage. There’s a lot to see and experience here as we have had all kinds of influences over the years. Maybe you might even reflect on some of our experiences that mirror your own. Thank you for being here, shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com

Hello Wonderful Listeners!   Getting together with my favorite sister-in-law this week to follow up on a year in the life of COVID19. This episode includes swearing, shenanigans, and "special sauce". It may not be your typical SRFP episode, but once in a while it is refreshing to just allow ourselves to be plain, unpolished, and crude. :)   We are always so grateful for our community listeners. You are the finest creatures this world had to offer and we adore all of you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!   Until next week, shouldvereadthefineprint@gmail.com 

Hello all,    This week on Should’ve Read the Fine Print we are giving our interpretation on how gratitude colors our daily life. The stressful times are diminished by it. The good times enhanced by it. Gratitude is not an emotion as much as an ability that we are free to possess if we are willing to develop it. Want to know the steps to get there? Listen as we discuss one of the largest proponents to living a healthy and hearty life.   Thank you as always for the use of your lovable, lovely ears.