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The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast — 294 episodes

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Using Human Design To Better Understand My Marriage, Business, Stepmom Stress With Erin Claire Jones

2

Unpopular Advice for Stepmoms (That Might Be Exactly What You Need to Hear)

3

Using AI To Make Stepmom Life Easier

4

How Your Stepkids Really Feel According To Research with Dr. Todd Jensen

5

How to Improve Your Stepfamily Life in 30 Days (Without Changing Anyone Else)

6

Creating A Pinterest Board Summer (And It's Not What You Think)

7

Why Your Husband Won't Set Boundaries With His Ex

8

Being The New Young Stepmom, 7 Years Older Than My Stepdaughter with Savana Chapin

9

Should Dads Get 50/50? Are Dads Outsourcing Parenting To The Stepmom?

10

Your Attachment Style Is Affecting Your Stepmom Experience with Thais Gibson

11

Should A Stepmom Be Celebrated On Mothers Day?

12

What F You Money Really Is & Why Every Woman Needs it, RHOBH Tea, Don't Date Broke Dudes with Pattie Ehsaei

13

Emotions Stepmoms Are Afraid To Admit, Feeling Like An Outsider & The Childless Stepmom Experience with The Sober Stepmom

14

Step-Parenting Teenagers, Blended Family Finances + Conversations You Need To Have With Emily Bouchard

15

Why Stepmoms Take Everything Personally and the Shift That Changes Your Relationship With Your Stepchildren with Laurie Oakes

16

Money Mindset, A Convo With A Prostitute, Child Support Mentality

17

My Biggest Stepmom Regrets and What Stepmoms Need to Stop Feeling Bad About

18

Rebuilding After Divorce, When Kids Don't Blend, Navigating Major Life Transitions with Joanna from Nesting Story

19

Stepmom Insecurity Made Me Shop, Finding Your Style, Shopping With Intention with Hannah Blass of The Style Audit

20

Solo: Lessons From A Nude Beach, Weight Loss, A Breakdown, A Business Plan, and a New Season of Stepmotherhood

21

Codependency, Resentment + Communicating That You're Taking A Step Back with Erika Wright

22

Loyalty Binds, Co-Parenting Mistakes and Reconnection With Your Stepkids/The Ex with Jody Carrington

23

Can The Ex Move The Stepkids, Dealing With Parental Alienation and Other Legal Stories With Family Law Attorney Diana Romanov

24

Healing Your Stepmom Anxiety Dr. Nicole Cain

25

How To Navigate Parental Alienation + When Should Stepkids Kids Get To Choose with Dr. Amy Baker

26

A Real Life Q+A Beyond Stepmom Stuff: Confidence, Style, Fear and Feeling Safe

27

Your New Stepmom Era. The Elevated Stepmom.

28

Stepmom Real Talk, The Truth About Adult Stepkids, Business Mentorship + Bad Stepmom Advice With Mindy Kyle

29

Stepmoms, Your Mother-In-Law & Your Marriage with Dr. Tracy Dagleish

30

Our Marriage Rules: It's Not 50/50. Even With Stepkids Stuff.

31

Stepfamily Stories We've Never Told. Meeting The Kids. Hiding From The Ex. What Happened When We Got Engaged.

32

Embracing Your Feminine, Creating Change In Your Relationship With Dr. Amanda Hanson

33

Responding to the Stepmom Haters

34

This is 40. What I've Learned + Where I'm Going

35

High Functioning Codependency, Letting Go + Boundaries In the Stepmom Space With Terri Cole

36

Are Your Boundaries With the Ex Ridiculous? Do You Have to Like Your Stepkids? How to Disengage Without Disconnecting.

37

How To Stop Spiralling As A Stepmom, The Ex is Lying + Our Thoughts On My House My Rules

38

Is Child Support Keeping You Broke? Money Mindset. Stepmom Resentment + Taking Control Of Your Life

39

Navigating Haters, The Ex, Burnout + Screenshots. Creating A Thriving Stepmom Coaching Business

40

Ours Baby Q+A. Does The Ex Go To The Hospital And More…

41

Solo Q+A: The Power of Delegating, Moving Into Their Home, Finding Your Style + Maintenance Sex

42

Are Your Boundaries Too Much?

43

Stepkids are 18. Is it Freedom?

44

I'm Back. (WTF Happened?)

45

The Ex Only Gets 15 Minutes + Wills That Don't Feel Morbid with Kerri Koen

46

The Aftermath Of Emotionally Abusive Parents with Dr. Sherri Campbell Pt. 2

47

Co-Parenting Plans + Joint Birthday Parties With A High-Conflict Ex with Samantha Boss

48

Stepmom Burnout & When It's All About The Kids With Darren

49

Debunking Assumptions About Our Marriage, Stepkids + The Ex with Darren

50

Rocked By Stepmotherhood + True Authenticity In Stepmom Life with Kat John

51

SOLO: Boob Job, If The Ex Won't Pay, Stop Feeling Frumpy + Stepmom Life Update

52

How To Negotiate (Or Co-Parent) With A Narcissist with Rebecca Zung

53

Rage Texts, High Conflict Co-Parenting, Special Needs Co-Parenting & Boundaries with Mindy Wender

54

Parental Alienation, Narcissism + High-Conflict Ex with Dr. Sherrie Campbell

55

LeAnn Rimes Talks About Stepmom Life [Re-release]

56

Q+A With My Stepdaughter [Re-release]

57

Addicted To Chaos, High Conflict Ex + When A Stepmom Should Call It Quits with Naja Hall [Re-release]

58

Stop Dwelling On The Ex with Mary T Kelly [re-release]

59

Setting Boundaries, High-Functioning Codependency + A Game-Changing Stepmom Perspective with Terri Cole [re-release]

60

Advice For New Stepmoms + What You Need To Know If You're Dating A Man With Kids with Brooke Leslie [re-release]

61

Adult Stepkids, Step-Grandbabies + The Secret To Stepmom Success with Mindy Kyle

62

Q+A with Darren: Finances, Adult "Kid" Child Support, Venting About The Ex

63

People Pleasing, Overcoming Resentment, Finding Yourself Post Divorce + Ending Unaligned Friendships with Drew Holst

64

Disengaging As A Stepmom (The Right Way) with Darren + Jamie

65

Domestic + Emotional Load Of The Mom/Stepmom: Negotiating Fairplay with Eve Rodsky

66

The Invisible Load, Why Marriages Fail + Overstepping Stepmoms with Kate Anthony

67

Build Strong Intimacy With Masculine + Feminine Polarity with Jake Woodard

68

Stepmoms Constantly In Fight Or Flight + Why You're Feeling Like An Outsider with Amber Trejo

69

Perfectionism, Anxiety, Jealousy + When Being a Stepmom Doesn't Feel How You Thought It Would with Jennifer Teplin

70

223: SOLO: Adult Stepkids, Finances + Stop Looking At The Exes Social Media

71

222: The Gaslight Effect + Minimizing The Stepmom Experience With Dr. Robin Stern

72

221: Divorce, Grief, Co-Parenting + Happiness As A Single Mom with Kaitlyn Nilles

73

220: Finding A Good Lawyer, A Stepmoms Role In Court + How Not To Suck At Divorce

74

219: Navigating Stepkids With Mini-Wife Syndrome with Mary T Kelly

75

218: Loyalty Binds, Co-Parenting Mistakes + Reconnection with Dr. Jody Carrington

76

217: When The Exes Are Friends, Growth As A Stepmom, Why She Made A Stepmom Movie with Kit Rich

77

216: Her Husband Died at 34. Grief, Healing + Holistic Wealth with Keisha Blair

78

215: Life Update + Answering Stepmom Questions With Darren

79

214: How I Finally Lost Weight + Balanced My Hormones with Jen Vasey

80

213: Parenting Teens, Divorce, Co-Parenting + Marrying A Younger Man with Caroline Stanbury

81

212: Why I'm Jealous Of My Stepdaughter, Women Judging Women + All Things Motherwound with Bethany Webster

82

211: Parental Alienation, Dysfunctional Families + Repairing Broken Relationships with Nedra Glover Tawwab

83

210: Recovering From Burnout + Permission To Rest Ashley Neese

84

209: Effects of Divorce on Children + Understanding Your Origin Wounds, Vienna Pharaon

85

208: Power in the Pause, Recovering from Burnout, Business Fails + What Now?

86

BRB. Pressing Pause.

87

206: Stepparenting Teenagers + Young Adults

88

205: Gina Kirschenheiter on Co-Parenting, Stepmom Life + Forgiveness

89

204: Clutter = Cortisol. The Psychology Behind Your Decluttering with Megan Golightly

90

203: How You Show Up In The Bedroom is How You Show Up In Life with Vanessa and Xander Marin

91

202: Stepmom Burnout + Anxiety: How To Deal with Michaela Bucchianeri

92

201: How To Minimize Stepmom Stress This School Year

93

200: Why Boundaries are Key to Your Stepmom Life with Terri Cole

94

199: Life Update: Stepmom Stress, Burnout, Anxiety, Business + Self-Care

95

198: Should You Invite The Ex To Your Wedding? The Low Down On Our Wedding Day

96

197: Kari Boetcher on Being A Stepmom After A Separation, Parenting Teens

97

196: Managing The Reactions We Don't Feel Proud of with Maddy Ellberger

98

195: When The Ex Wife Doesn't Accept The Ours Baby with Christie Rocha

99

194: The High Conflict Ex. What You Need To Know with Megan Hunter

100

193: Advice for new stepmoms, early blended family days + what we've learned in 10 years with Darren and Jamie

101

192: Lose The Victim Mentality + Become Who You Are Meant To Be with Mimi Bouchard

102

191: The Real Stepmom Experience + The Zero F*cks Movement with Kat Johns

103

190: Manage Stress, Minimize Triggers + Get Better Sleep Better Jim Poole of NuCalm

104

189: PT. 2 | Ayahuasca, Estrangement, Healing Generational Trauma with Shelbs

105

188: PT. 1 | Alienation, Half SIblings, Trauma, Infidelity, Cutting Ties + Ayahuasca with Shelbs

106

187: Joslynn Flowers on Full-Time Stepmotherhood

107

186: Leaving A Toxic Relationship With Dr. Heidi Brocke

108

185: The Child Support System Is Flawed + Why You Shouldn't Bring Your Girlfriend To Kid's Soccer with Dennis Vetrano

109

184: Age Differences, Divorce, Self Confidence + Sunflower Oil. A Random Chat.

110

183: Conflict With The Ex + Your Stepkids? Here's What We Would Do

111

182. Managing Stress, Sleep Debt + Not Wanting Your Stepkid In Your Bed with Alanna McGinn

112

181. Your Assumptions About Me: My Parenting Style, Who Get's The Final Say + Prenup? with Jamie Scrimgeour

113

180. Boundaries With The Ex, Your Stepkids + Your Role As A Stepmom with Darren + Jamie

114

179. All Things Having An Ours Baby. A Q+A with Jamie + Darren

115

178: Releasing The Guilt And Shame Around Divorce + How A Stepmom Should Respond When The Ex Is Struggling with Leah Marie Mazur

116

177: The Penis Doesn't Always Work with Kelly Casperson

117

176: Being A Stepmom When The Bio Mom Has Passed with Michelle Wolfe

118

175: LeAnn Rimes Talks About Stepmom Life

119

174: PT. 2 How To Keep Monogamy Hot With Ashleigh Renard

120

173: PT. 1 Sex Clubs + A Failed Attempt At Swinging with Ashleigh Renard

121

172: Going Deep With Balkanina: Life As A Refugee, Living The American Dream, Mom Rage + Mental Health In Motherhood

122

171: Stepmom Self Care: Skin Care, Personal Style + Health and Fitness Routines

123

170: Teens + Porn, Sex When Stepkids Are Around + How To Stop Thinking About The Ex During Sex with Sex With Jess

124

169: Going Deep On Family Drama, Dealing With Trauma, Entrepreneurship + Healthy Habits with Michelle Pfile

125

168: Deleting Family Members, Clearing The Calendar + Selling My Tight Jeans. A Year In Review.

126

167: Should Your Relationship REALLY Come Before The Kids with Michelle Dempsey

127

166: Eliminate Fear + The Need For Control With Monica Berg

128

165: Stepfamily Life: Child Support, The Will, Doing The Work + Age Gap Kids with Darren + Jamie

129

164: Christmas Q+A: Co-Parenting, Keeping It Fair + Supporting Your Partner with Darren + Jamie

130

163: Heartbreak, Co-Parenting, Focusing On What You Can Control + Having Faith With Frank Ortega

131

162: Boundaries Are Not Rules + Get Out Of The Drama Triangle with Tracy Crossley

132

161: He Thought I Was A B*tch. A Candid Convo With My Stepson

133

160: Closing The Door On Fertility Treatment, Stepmom Mistakes + Finding Your Role with Cameron Normand

134

159: Change Starts With You. Personal Growth As A Stepmom.

135

158: Parenting Is Not Disciplining. A Chat With The Professional Stepdad

136

157: The Marriage-Loving Divorce Attorney with Nicole Sodoma

137

156. Finding Yourself Post Divorce + Sending A Letter To The New Woman with Alicia Robertson

138

155: Q+A With My Stepdaughter

139

154: I'm back: Social Media Detox, Adult Stepkids, How I'm Really Doing?

140

153: Taking Sides On Your Stepfamily Stressors with Darren + Jamie

141

152: Let's Normalize The Real Stepmom Experience with Mary T. Kelly

142

151: Addicted To Chaos, High Conflict Ex + When A Stepmom Should Call It Quits with Naja Hall

143

150: Ending Generational Trauma and Setting Boundaries With Narcissistic Parents with Libby Ward

144

149: Privileged Parenting, Boundaries With Your Newborn + Doing What Works For You with The Mom Room

145

148: Raising Kids Who Want To Be Your Friends + Stepmom Revelations with The Laughing Couple

146

147: How Core Wounds + Attachment Styles Show Up In Stepmom Life Jessica Baum

147

146: Nacho Kid, Nacho Problem? with Lori Sims

148

145: Mother's Day As A Stepmom with Moms Moving On

149

144: Guilt, Shame + Healing Around The Mother-Daughter Relationship with Bethany Webster

150

143: Hey (Step)mom, Stop Feeling Guilty About Self Care with Jamie Scrimgeour

151

142: How The Family Court System Fails Us With Candace Sampson

152

141: Re-Write YOUR Mother Code with Dr Gertrude Lyons

153

140: Re-Marrying Your Ex + Secondary Infertility with Caitlyn Neier

154

139: Cat + Nat: Self Care, Raising Kids Who Want to Come Back + Going To Bed Early (Guilt Free)

155

138: The Pandemic Changed Everything. Anxiety, Weight Gain + Marriage with Amanda Muse

156

137: Are Your Ever Free From Stepmom Resentment With Kim Rose

157

136: Gabby Bernstein: Freedom From Your Triggers, Judgement + Anxiety

158

135: When The Stepkids Grow Up + How Stepmoms Unknowingly Create Pain For Themselves with Mindy Kyle

159

134: How We Improved Our Stepfamily Life with Darren + Jamie

160

133: Debunking or Confirming Your Assumptions About Our Marriage With Darren

161

132: Redefining Divorce with Cindy Stibbard

162

131: Advice For New Stepmoms + What You Need To Know If You're Dating A Man With Kids with Brooke Leslie

163

130: Solo Parenting, Dating Post Divorce + What Stepmoms Need To Understand with Joanna Fowler

164

129: Declutter, Delegate + Take Back Motherhood with Allie Casazza

165

128: Reflecting on 2021 and Setting Intentions for 2022 with Darren

166

127: Divorce Isn't Everything But The Sex With Summer Felix-Mulder

167

126: A Family Meeting Isn't About Laying The Smackdown with Alyson Schafer

168

125: Your Personal Evolution With Krista Williams of Almost 30

169

124: Christmas Q+A - Schedules, Broken Relationships, Keeping it Fair For Ours Baby

170

123: Divorce, Co-Parenting + Personal Evolution with Dave Hollis

171

122: Improve Your Relationships With Boundaries And Hard Conversations with Nedra Glover Tawwab

172

121: I Didn't Meet Any Goals. A Birthday Reflection + What's Next with Jamie Scrimgeour

173

120: My Skincare Routine + Favourite Products with Jamie Scrimgeour

174

119: Overcoming Codependency + Perfectionism with Alana Carvahlo

175

118: There Should Be No Need To"Come Out" + Inclusivity In The Stepmom Space with Beth McDonough

176

117: Permission Before Feedback + Boundaries Don't Make You A B*tch with Ally Pintucci

177

116: Healing The Mother Wound with Bethany Webster

178

115. I'm Back. Ask Me Anything About Life Right Now

179

114: Long Distance, Child Focused Co-Parenting. Lose the Ego For The Kids with Ashley Machele

180

113: Setting Boundaries, High-Functioning Codependency & a Game-Changing Stepmom Perspective with Terri Cole

181

112: Would I Leave My Husband? My Thoughts On Marriage + Divorce

182

111: Ask Me Anything: Co-dependency, Self-Care + Stepkids

183

110: Use The 5 Love Languages To Improve Your Stepfamily Life with Ron Deal

184

109: Instagram Life + How To Take Better Photos On Your iPhone with Britt Havens

185

Trailer

186

Trailer

187

108: Uncoupling, Blended Family Lessons + The Power of Perspective with Ange Simson

188

107: Dying To Be A Good Mother (and step-mother too) with Heather Chauvin

189

106: It's Not Just About The Rompers with Ashley Freeborn, Founder of Smash & Tess

190

105: Dating A Man With Kids? Start Here with Coach Sonia

191

104: Acceptance, forgiveness and letting sh*t go with Nina Purewal

192

103: Take The Ego Out Of Divorce + Co-Parenting with Heidi Powell

193

102: Speaking The Truth About Blended Family Life with Jamie Murray

194

101: Take The Stress Out Of Meal Planning With Tori Wesszer of Fraiche Living

195

100: Ask Darren - Stepfamily Life, Being The Middle Man + What Stepmoms Can Do To Support

196

099: When I Didn't Tell Them I Was A Stepmom With Chloe Caldwell

197

098: No More Self Sacrifice. What Self Care Looks Like For Me with Jamie Scrimgeour

198

097: Improve (Stepfamily) Relationships With The Enneagram with Sara Jane Case

199

096: Addiction, Abuse, Stepmom, Single Mom + Divorce with Steph Wray

200

095: Overcoming Stepmom Insecurity with Vulnerability with Kit Rich

201

094: Healing My Childhood Trauma with Jamie Scrimgeour

202

093: Marie Kondo Your Relationships + Get In The Right Rooms With Lori Harder

203

092: How Her Debilitating Anxiety Became Her Superpower With Wendy Tamis Robbins

204

091: The Dangerous Truth About Wine Mom Culture with Jenna Dillulio

205

090: How We Run Our Blended Family with Darren + Jamie

206

089: Stop Dwelling On The Ex with Mary T Kelly

207

088: Shoot the Shhh With Britt. Covid, Parenting, Marriage and more with Britt Darling

208

087: "Nesting": Co-Parenting Under The Same Roof with Julie Cole

209

086: Find Your Flow With Cycle Syncing with Megan Rempel

210

085: BADASS Habits, Boundaries + Mindset with Jen Sincero

211

084: Ask Me Anything Not Stepmom Related

212

083: From The Cop Shop To Stepmom/Mom Best Friends

213

082: Fix Your Marriage or Get A Divorce?

214

081: Hey Stepmom, You Don't Know What You Don't Know

215

080: How We Do Christmas In Our Blended Family with Darren + Jamie

216

079: Simplify, Delegate + Own Your Sh*t

217

078: When "Our House, Our Rules" Backfires with Chloe Caldwell

218

077: Single Parenting, Divorce and Moms Moving On With Michelle Dempsey

219

076: Confirming or Debunking Your Assumptions About Me

220

075: Moving Into The House My Husband Lived In With His EX

221

074: Knowing When To Pivot

222

073: Thriving As A Single Mom

223

072: Dating + Moving In With Your Ex with Caitlyn Neier

224

071: A Conversation with my Life Coach

225

070: Fall Resolutions: Where My Head Is At

226

069: Stepmom Real Talk: It Wasn't Always This Good

227

068: Ask Me Anything About My Business

228

067: 7 Years Married. What We Would Have Done Differently

229

066: Ask My Mom Anything

230

065: Divorce, Parenting + Life: Interview With My Mom

231

064: Personal Reflections From COVID-19

232

063: The Truth About Having It All Together with Natasha Bell

233

062: Charcoal Deodorant + Hustle

234

061: Managing Your Anxiety

235

060: What COVID-19 is Bringing Out with Leisse Wilcox

236

059: Parenting, Divorce, Infertility and More with Britt Darling

237

058: 6 Habits That Will Make You A Good Stepmom

238

057: Dealing With A High Conflict Ex with Naja Hall

239

056: Infertility As A Stepmom with Heather Stewart of Wicked Stepmom

240

055: COVID-19 - Does The Custody Schedule Still Apply?

241

054: Parenting Teenagers with Alyson Schafer

242

053: Friendship, Entrepreneurship + Real Talk with Abby Campbell

243

052: LGBQ Stepfamilies: When Your Stepkid Already Has Two Moms

244

051: A Gay Husband and a High Conflict Ex with Jessica Frew

245

050: Stepmomming Interviews Jamie Scrimgeour

246

049: Ask Us Anything with Darren + Jamie

247

048: How to have a KICK-ASS Marriage with Jamie + Darren

248

047: A New Perspective on Goal Setting

249

046: The New Strategy for 2020

250

045: How To Live a KICK-ASS Life Even When Life Is Hard

251

044: Co-Parenting With "The Other Woman" With Lauren McKinley

252

043: How To Influence With Intention With Lauren McPhillips

253

042: How Being A Stepkid Influences How I Stepmom with Millennial Stepmom

254

041: Hey Stepmom, Stay in Your Lane with Kristen Skiles of Stepmomming

255

040: How To Level Up Your Sex Life with Dr. Jess

256

039: The Stepmoms Club with Kendall Rose

257

038: Stop Raising Entitled Children with Lisa Collum

258

037: Sleep, Anxiety, Teenagers & Screen Time with Alanna McGinn of Goodnight Sleep Site

259

036: Recovering From Infidelity with Jaclyn Shaw

260

035: What We're Doing Differently This School Year with Jamie + Darren

261

034: It's Time to Cut the Fat (and I'm not talking about food)

262

033: Stop Trying To Make Other People Happy

263

032: How to Be A Good Mom & Pursue Your Dreams

264

031: Blissfully Blended Bullshit: The Uncomfortable Truth About Blended Families

265

030: Botox, Stepmom Life + Zero Tolerance for BS with Kaitlin Hargreaves

266

029: Parental Alienation with Leanne Townsend

267

028: How to be Happy When Things Are Sh*tty

268

027: How to Live a Go F*ck Yourself Life with Cat & Nat

269

026: Why Being The 2nd Wife is Actually A Good Thing with Jamie + Darren

270

025: Real Talk About Self Love with Erin Treloar of Raw Beauty Co

271

024: How to Prevent his Ex from Impacting your Marriage with Darren + Jamie

272

023: The Ex Next Door With Brandie Weikle

273

022: How I Grew My Blog and Created my Dream Job

274

021: Co-Parenting with a Narcissist with Naja Hall

275

020: Age Gap Relationships with Natalie Workman of He's 25 Years Older

276

019: Step-motherhood in same sex relationship with Beth from The Babbling Blonde

277

018: What the Single Mom Wants the Stepmom to know with Melissa

278

017: Child Support, Spousal Support and Co-Parenting Plans with Lawyer and Divorce Coach Leanne Townsend

279

016: Finding Yourself in Motherhood with Joanna Venditti of Nesting Story

280

015: Declutter Your Friendships with Amanda Muse

281

014: How to deal with a high-conflict ex-wife with Naja Hall

282

013: Our Marriage + How We Fight with Jamie + Darren

283

012: How to get your shit together when you feel like a hot mess express

284

011: Blended Family Life + How We Manage Our Blended Family with Jamie + Darren

285

010: Ask Me Anything

286

009: My 2019 New Years Resolutions

287

008: What People REALLY thought about our age difference

288

007: The Morning Routine That Changed My Life

289

006: Why This Mom Gave Up Primary Residency of Her Child

290

005: S-E-X: How To Get Your Groove Back with Kelly McDonnell Arnold

291

004: Having an "Ours Baby" with Jamie + Darren

292

003: Blended Families + Finances: To Merge or NOT to Merge with Kate Chapman

293

002: Growing Through Massive Life Change, Dating as a Single Mom & Whether Stepdads Have It Easier Than Stepmoms

294

001: The Truth About Our First Year Of Marriage: There was NO Honeymoon Stage with Jamie + Darren