Coaching Carrie: a Sex and the City Podcast

We’ve hit the point in the season where the girls are headed out of town.  Carrie and Samantha are headed to California. On the train. Carrie’s got a book appearance and is hoping to casually reconnect with Big and Sam is hoping to ward off a boredom driven mid-life crisis of some sort. Harry and Charlotte cross the line between friendship and more than…but she’s not ready for anything like a rela...

This episode is all about why we believe criticism. Carrie’s getting all the reviews – by the New York Times of her book and by woman who dated Aidan after her of her dating style. Brady won’t stop crying and Miranda is exhausted and can’t help but see it all as a review of her as a mother. Charlotte is finally getting the divorce done, but first she has to face Bunny’s review – with the help of h...

This episode – also known as Kerry Walsh’s favorite - is all about why we let the things we don’t have impact that things we do have. Sam is working with Anthony who is getting ready for Carrie’s PINK, PINK, PINK book launch party. Miranda is navigating the post-baby relationship waters. Carrie is gearing up for her celebration without a partner after learning that fellow author Jack Berger isn’t...

This episode is all about judgement. Charlotte is judging herself for starting over yet again. Miranda judging her baby weight. Carrie is worried about her book cover – and the judgement that might come as a result. And Sam is sick of the judgement she feels from Carrie about her most recent escapades.   Becky is doing the coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss why Sam might be more judgmenta...

This week is all about gambling as the girls take the show on the road to Atlantic City for Charlotte’s Old Maid…er, um, 36th Birthday. Miranda is just gambling. Samantha’s convinced Richard’s cheating, she’s no longer willing to gamble on his loyalty, so she dumps him. Charlotte is back to gambling on the possibility of love. And Carrie is gambling on nothing but friendship.   Kerry is doing the...

This episode is all about the struggle to figure out what we believe. Carrie’s got a book deal and she’s trying to decide whether she’s cynical or hopeful about love. Miranda is baptizing Brady – even though she knows she doesn’t really believe in religion because she does believe in family. Samantha is trying to believe in Richard. And Charlotte is trying to believe that she can believe in love d...

We’re back for Season 5!!!  And hang on to your hats friends…we’re diving right into this episode which picks up where Season 4 left off – with Carrie’s love affair with….NYC.  Our friend Sam is still dealing with Richard and his apologies. The group has a new brunch buddy, Miranda’s son Brady and she’s navigating how everything fits together now that she’s a mom. And Charlotte is back to thinking...

This episode is all about compatibility. Carrie is trying to have a final hurrah with Big (spoiler, it doesn’t happen). Charlotte has decided to date again (spoiler, her date decides they are incompatible). Sam is trying the relationship-life on for size (spoiler, monogamy might not be for Richard after all). Miranda & Steve are negotiating baby names (spoiler, although they don’t agree the na...

This episode is all about the ways we do what we think we should even though we don’t really want to – Samantha invites a special guest to join her and Richard (something she’s not too excited about), Miranda agrees to let Charlotte host her baby shower (something she’s not too excited about), and Carrie is trying to write a column for Vogue about fashion instead of her usual fare (something that...

This episode is all about money and friendship told through the saga of two rings. Charlotte is trying to decide what to do with her ring from Trey. And Carrie tells Aidan to take the ring, he tells her to keep it and then serves her papers that require her to find money for a down payment or lose her apartment – and quick. Kerry is doing the coaching this week as she and Becky discuss the power o...

This episode is all about shoulds. Charlotte is tap dancing (literally) around her grief, Sam is contemplating monogamy, Miranda is trying to connect with her unborn baby and Carrie is wrestling with whether she wants to get married or not.   Becky is doing the coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss how to shed the shoulds by getting really clear the life targets that matter to you, tuning in...

This episode is all about the friction between our inner worlds and our outer reality. Miranda’s pregnancy goes from secret to known at work, Samantha uses the L word with Richard, Charlotte and Trey have reached the end, and Carrie is struggling with the tension between her “single self” and her “couple self.”   Kerry is doing the coaching this week as she and Becky discuss what makes it hard to...

This episode is all about the friction that naturally arises when you are in relationship - Carrie and Aidan are navigating cohabitation, Charlotte and Trey are navigating their baby-free season, Miranda is navigating pregnancy and intimacy and Samantha is navigating a man who wants more than she's ready to give. Becky is doing the coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss what it means to...

This episode brings big changes for our girls - Miranda’s pregnant, Carrie’s engaged, Charlotte is exploring her family building options (largely without Trey’s input)  and Samantha is continuing to explore her situation-ship with Richard. Kerry is doing the coaching this week as she and Becky discuss what it means to be the marrying kind, how to design a partnership that works and Bunny MacDougal...

Becky is doing the coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss what has changed that is allowing all the girls to better coach themselves (are we soon to be out of a job here??), what Carrie is actually thinking when she tracks down the decade old one-night stand and how exploring comparison can be a game-changer.  Also, we can't help but wonder:  Where did Carrie get the popsicle she's...

This week we’re covering Season Four, Episode Ten of Sex and the City: Belles of the Balls.  Kerry is doing the coaching this week as she and Becky discuss why everyone is having this many bizarre conversations about testicles, why Charlotte seems to suffer from intermittent amnesia regarding who he husband really is and how he handles conflict, and what it is that hits Samantha so hard about Rich...

This week we’re covering Season Four, Episode Nine of Sex and the City: Sex and the Country Becky’s asking the coaching questions this week as she and Kerry discuss where in the hell Aidan’s country house came from in terms of a storyline, why Trey can’t seem to set any boundaries with his mother, and what it is about the 24/7 entertainment of New York City that Carrie loves so much.  Don’t forget...

This week we’re covering Season Four, Episode Eight of Sex and the City: My Motherboard, My Self.  Kerry’s coaching the characters this week as she and Becky discuss an unexpected and fantastic connection between this episode and … And Just Like That, whether Aidan is being unreasonable or whether Carrie is being a big baby in this episode, and the incredible mix of feelings Miranda (and all of us...

Well, we are really going from zero to relationship here with Carrie and Aiden this episode as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, would it have been so difficult for these two to just have dated for a while?? Becky’s coaching the characters this week as she and Kerry discuss whether Charlotte spent much time contemplating her decision to leave work, whether it’s reasonable for Aiden to ask Car...

Get your Donna Reed pinafore skirts and Dick Van Dyke cardigans ready because we’re having dinner at the MacDougal household this week as Becky and Kerry can’t  help but wonder: why can’t Charlotte just admit that having a baby is everything she ever wanted aaaaaaaaaaand the scariest thing she can think of? Kerry’s coming up with the coaching questions for our girls this week as she and Becky disc...

Tonight’s the night! Scout, the newest, hottest bar in town is opening and Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and YOU are invited as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, where the heck do you even find a mulberry bush in the City of New York? Becky’s coaching our favorite gals this week as she and Kerry discuss Kerry’s decision not to rock the boat on home decor when she and her husband moved in together...

This week is all about sex - how we have it, who we have it with, and under what terms, as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, how can the ladies let go of all the labels they have for sex?? Kerry’s asking the coaching questions this week as she and Becky discuss Maria’s unexpected impact on Samantha’s view of sex, Charlotte’s continued inability to ask for what she wants, and why Miranda’s sol...

It’s nothing but jazz, labels and boundaries this week as Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder, where the heck did Miranda pick up this cartoonist who doesn’t shut the bathroom door, anyway? Becky’s back to coaching the ladies this week as she and Kerry discuss the plusses and minuses of the labels we give people, relationships and things, appropriate setting of expectations in adult relationship...

Quick! Get your jeweled panties and your sky-high teased hair extensions because we are heading to the most exclusive fashion show in New York where Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder, what image do all these people want to project, anyway? It’s Kerry’s turn to coach the characters (and our listeners!) today as we discuss Miranda’s recurrent self-doubt based storylines, Samantha’s unending devo...

We’re returning from our summer hiatus to attend a very special 35th birthday party as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder: in this new season of life, what do our ladies want for themselves? Becky’s coaching the characters as she and Kerry discuss the specific qualities each of our favorite Fab Four members would want in a partner as we jump into Season 4, how we should all reflect on how and w...