The Coffee + Crumbs Podcast is your companion for kitchen cleanups, stroller walks, or the daily carpool hustle. Join hosts Ashlee Gadd and Katie Blackburn as they chat about the beautiful, holy work of motherhood. We hope you leave this show feeling safe, known, encouraged and loved.
Sometimes, the answer to the question "How are you really doing?" can feel like cement in your mouth. But often, it's an honest answer that unlocks meaningful friendships. Join us today for a conversation with Coffee + Crumbs writer, Cara Stolen—our resident outdoorsy girl—as we discuss backpacking, friendship, and the intersection between the two. We hope this episode inspires you to grab your best gal pals for a hike (or walk!) and let them in on what's really going on.
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Cara convinces us to hike with friends; listen to this bonus episode if you're thinking about Traveling with Friends.
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Order You're In Good Company
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31 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Making Friends is Sweet and Sour
For some of us, making friends as kids was challenging. The same can be true now, as adults. But you can turn a sour situation into something downright sweet when you show up as your whole self. Today, we're talking with YIGC contributor Neidy (naydee) Hess who shares about the good, bad, ugly, and beautiful of finding your people. We hope this conversation gives you permission to embrace the awkward, grieve the losses, but also delight in your community.
This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast (https://www.coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast).
Neidy says home-cooked meals and debriefing TV shows helps build friendships; listen to this bonus episode to hear more ways to Take Your Friendships Out of the Group Chat.
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs. (https://www.coffeeandcrumbs.net/)
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Order You're In Good Company
Neidy on Substack
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300 Violin Orchestra
Let's Talk About Friendship with Laura Tremaine
The Life Council by Laura Tremaine
17 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
When Friendships Change
Many of us have experienced a significant shift in a friendship that we thought would last a lifetime. It's painful and can be hard to talk about, which is why we have C+C writer Sonya Spillmann on the podcast today to share about the vulnerable essay she wrote for YIGC called "When Friendships Change." You'll hear about the role food played in one specific friendship, and Sonya tells us what she knows now that she didn't know then. This conversation invites you to see your friendships, both past and present, as the gifts they truly are.
This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast (https://www.coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast).
We loved hearing Sonya's unfiltered take on past and present friendships; listen to this bonus episode to hear another Unscripted Gab Sesh (http://v).
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs. (https://www.coffeeandcrumbs.net/)
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Order You're In Good Company
Sonya on Substack
Sonya on Instagram
Sonya's Coffee + Crumbs essays
Sonya's website
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Carrying the Burden with Her
Published 7 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I mean, that's such a central part of the work that we do at Coffee and Crumbs. But I also think the intimacy that you had with your friends in that moment on that trip was really sacred. And I was reminded reading it, what it feels like in your body to say a hard thing out loud. Yeah. Because there's sort of just this really beautiful release. And I think that most of us can relate to keeping hard things stuffed inside of us until they sort of have to come out and be said and be spoken and put out into the light. And I felt that relief on your behalf just reading about this story with your friends. […]
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