Doing Too Much Show | Episode 1🎙️ We're About to Have 2 Under 2... So We Started a Podcast
We're Alicia and Kirk.
We run multiple businesses, a Christmas tree farm, have five animals, and are about to become parents of two under two.
In our first episode, we're talking about why we started this podcast, how we're preparing for another home birth, what life actually looks like behind the scenes, and why "doing too much" has become our family motto.
Timestamps
00:00 – Welcome to the Doing Too Much Show
03:10 – Why we decided to start this podcast
07:10 – What "Doing Too Much" actually means
08:40 – Kirk describes our life in one sentence
10:20 – Running businesses, a farm, and preparing for baby #2
12:45 – Are we actually ready for two under two?
14:10 – What we're most excited (and nervous) about
17:00 – Running a business during maternity leave
19:15 – Alicia's biggest overthinking spiral
20:20 – Hiring our "village" and buying back time
22:30 – Who will struggle more after baby arrives?
23:50 – Supporting postpartum recovery as a husband
25:05 – "Mess is a choice" and simplifying our home
28:00 – What we'd do differently with our second baby
30:20 – Why we're choosing another home birth
31:00 – Kirk's perspective watching an unmedicated birth
34:20 – What scared him the most
36:00 – What hypnobirthing videos don't prepare dads for
39:00 – What we'd change this time around
41:00 – How dads can actually prepare for labour
43:30 – Practical tips for birth partners
47:00 – Why this pregnancy has felt completely different
50:45 – Disney princess pregnancy vs. alligator pregnancy
54:10 – Our "Doing Too Much" moments of the week
56:40 – How we're protecting our marriage through the chaos
59:30 – The small habits keeping our relationship strong
1:00:15 – Wrapping up Episode 1
In this episode
- Why we finally decided to start a podcast
- What it's really like running businesses while raising a family
- Preparing for two under two
- A dad's perspective on home birth
- How we're simplifying life before baby arrives
- Postpartum recovery from both perspectives
- The mental load of pregnancy
- Protecting your relationship when life gets busy
- Why "mess is a choice" became our new family motto
Connect with us
Follow along as we navigate business, farm life, health, marriage, and raising two little boys while trying (and often failing) not to do too much.
Instagram
@draliciamacpherson
@kirkmacpherson (if applicable)
If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who's also trying to juggle a little too much.
