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We’re back for Part 2 of Things That Scare Us More Than Halloween -  and our everyday horrors are somehow even more specific. It’s a family affair: Peter joins me, Andie’s on our lap, and Peter’s parents chime in from the background. We’re talking public restroom eye contact, strangers reaching for your baby, “you decide” dinner plans, lines that don’t move, and the dreaded “we need to talk” text....

Happy Halloween week! This episode is all about the everyday things that feel scarier than anything actually spooky: getting a phone call the second you finally sit down, figuring out dinner every night for the rest of your life, buying any kind of furniture ever, getting invited to a bachelorette party and soo many more. Plus, a little life update about buying our first family home! Only silly li...

This week, I’m running on very little sleep and one very full brain (shocking, I know!!). Between teething, a never-ending mental to-do list, and an exciting update about buying a house (!!), I’m asking myself an honest question: When did everything - even the things I love - start feeling like another task? I’m talking about the invisible mental load, our obsession with productivity (and why prod...

This week, we're talking about the lost art of having FUN. The kind where you're not overthinking everything you just said over coffee with a friend, worrying about how you're being perceived, or wondering if your latest hobby needs to become a side hustle. I'm making a case for being a little embarrassing, embracing your inner silly goose, and doing things simply because you f...

Is it still a vacation when you’re nursing on the plane, planning your days around naps and back in the hotel room by 7 pm? This week, I’m catching you up on our hosted family trip to Beaches Turks & Caicos - from the 3:30 a.m. wake-up and a broken airplane light bulb that derailed our first travel day to a full-blown toddler rave in paradise. Also chatting about the scary reality of having a...

Andie is six months old and honestly, I feel like we both deserve a little celebration! Somehow, I feel like I just had her and like I’ve known her my whole life. This week, I’m sharing six things motherhood has taught me so far - and no, it’s not how to get your baby to take a bottle (we're still working on that one). I’m talking about the identity shift nobody can quite prepare you for, lea...

Coming in a smidge late this week because our household has been a little down bad - but we’re back on track! I’m sharing why I’m ready to get my spark back this fall, plus my very honest thoughts on some recent tv obsessions. Then we’re getting into your Hotline questions: Do Peter and I want more kids? Would I ever do reality TV? How has marriage changed since having a baby? How would I work on...

Before we get into it, I’m recapping our trip to Florida: two flight delays, one unimpressed pilot, some late-night car-seat chaos and the very sweet people who reminded me that traveling with a baby isn’t always terrifying. Then fall TV is so back, and apparently none of us will have time for extra plans this September. I’m breaking down everything on my watchlist - from Chad Powers , Alix Earle...

Why does January get all the credit for starting over? I actually think September is the perfect time for a little life rebrand - and we still have four whole months to make this year feel completely different. In this episode, I’m sharing my very simple fall reset formula: do something, plan something and drop something. I’m finally starting the thing I’ve been talking about all year, putting som...

If you’re single, you’ve probably been told you’re “too picky” at least once. But when did having standards suddenly become a bad thing? This week, we’re unpacking one of my biggest dating pet peeves: the idea that the older you get, the more you should settle. I’m sharing why I refused to lower the standards that actually mattered, what changed when I met Peter at 33, and the stark difference bet...

Sometimes nothing is technically wrong - you’re just having a week, running on empty, and everything feels weirdly heavier than it should. This week, we’re talking about what “it takes a village” actually means in whatever season you’re in, why accepting help can feel so uncomfortable, and the difference between being independent and insisting on doing absolutely everything yourself. Plus, we’re c...

The hotline is open - and we have a lot to discuss! This week, I’m catching you up on Off Campus and everything else on my screen before diving into your questions. How do you start dating again after a long-term relationship? How do you know when someone is “the one”? Which relationship green flags actually matter? Plus, setting boundaries as a stay-at-home mom, trusting your instincts in new mot...

Summer has a way of slipping by before we ever feel like we're actually in it. This week, I'm sharing a postpartum life update, how sleep training has completely changed our house (for the better!), the shows I've been loving lately, and a bit of a spiral about why summer doesn't seem to "summer" the way it used to. I keep coming back to this idea of chronic not-enoug...

After months of sleepless nights, Peter and I finally started sleep training - and I genuinely feel like our entire family is coming out of a fog. I’m sharing the emotional reality of those first few nights, why finally getting sleep has somehow made me feel even more exhausted, and the ways sleep deprivation affected how I saw myself as a mom. Then I’m diving into the conflicting emotions that co...

Peter and I are catching up after a full Fourth of July weekend, plus a little Andie update (16 weeks and full of personality) and what we've been watching lately. Then we dive into something I haven't been able to stop thinking about - I came across a post that basically argued about how we've forgotten how to be bored, and honestly I think it might be onto something. We talk about...

Welcome back to the Hey Hana Hotline — your questions, answered. This week I'm catching you up on Peter's first Father's Day, a weekend at Sand Valley, and the four-month sleep regression I genuinely cannot define. Then I open up the hotline: how marriage changes your career goals, moving to the Midwest, the best career advice I've ever gotten, my biggest wedding regrets, pivot...

Peyton's back, and she's about to pop. Like, literally any day now. This week my best gf joins me for a proper catch-up on all things new motherhood - what baby gear is worth keeping, what to borrow instead of buy, and why your second-born might just save your sleep schedule. We get into the postpartum hair loss timeline nobody warns you about, the dream feed that stopped working, and th...

12 weeks postpartum (leap 3 has entered the chat!!) and somehow I found myself thinking about single girl myths. In this episode I'm breaking down three things we get completely wrong about single women - starting with why the solo night in is actually the ultimate luxury. Also why your single friend is not your entertainment, why she doesn't owe you the recap, and why "I'm jus...

We're back! After a much-needed week off, Hana is back and keeping it completely real about what went down - newborn life, swaddle struggles, Memorial Day chaos, and just needing a minute to mentally catch-up. This week we're chatting current favorites going into June: no screens at dinner, hosting over going out, getting comfortable being a beginner again, baggy everything, and why we s...

Today’s episode feels like sitting in on long voice notes between my best gf Peyton and I. She’s six weeks away from becoming a mom of two boys, I’m deep in newborn life with Andie, and we’re talking about all of it - postpartum reality, pregnancy round two, sleep struggles, mom rage, identity shifts, relationships after babies, and the parts of motherhood/marriage nobody really warns you about. W...

Today’s episode is a little life lately/Q&A catch-up while Andie naps 🤍 I’m answering questions you guys wrote in and we’re talking everything from what I eat in a day while breastfeeding, postpartum hunger, harsh friendship advice, relationship dynamics after having a baby, toxic work culture, and the baby products I’ve become obsessed with lately. Just a chatty episode covering all the fun...

This week, we’re talking about the death of the ick. I’m diving into why dating culture feels so hypercritical right now, why awkwardness is actually normal (and maybe even good!!), and why we need to stop disqualifying people for simply being human. Plus a little life update from the newborn stage, first Mother’s Day thoughts, and reality TV chatter. Website: hanaostapchuk.com Instagram: @hanaost...

This week I’m sharing a quick life update from the newborn trenches and a few of my April favorites that are helping me feel like myself again: evening walks, getting back into workouts, postpartum outfit fails, quiet nights at home, and a few things I didn’t expect to love this season. Nothing groundbreaking this week - just a real-life check-in from the postpartum bubble and a reminder that some...

We grow up believing life happens in chapters - graduation, first job, engagement, wedding, house, (etc, etc!) - and that those are the moments where life really "begins." But today's rant is all about realizing that most the good stuff doesn’t actually happen inside those milestones we spend years waiting for. In this episode, I’m talking about the quiet shift of learning to celebr...

This week Peter joins me for a special audio-only episode as we share the full story of the day Andie was born - what we expected, what surprised us, and what the experience was actually like from both of our perspectives. We walk through how labor started, what contractions really felt like, the moments that stood out most to each of us, and what those first hours meeting her were like together....