The Wholesome Podcast

Jacob & Christin are back with another unedited, unfiltered HOLIDAY mini-season episode, & this one’s full of the cozy chaos we all know and love. This week, they dive into the timeless debates they’ll never stop arguing about—like the right way to load a dishwasher, hot dog toppings (ketchup, mustard, or ew?), & who’s always turning on the fan. It’s playful, lighthearted, & just a...

Jacob & Christin are back for an unedited, unfiltered 5-episode HOLIDAY mini-season. We’re here until Christmas, diving into all the things that make life messy, beautiful, & of course, wholesome. In this second episode, we’re bringing the festive vibes with a playful twist—talking about the fake gifts we’d give each other (& ourselves). Spoiler alert: things get ridiculous. From the w...

Jacob & Christin are back for an unedited, unfiltered 4-episode HOLIDAY mini-season. We’re going to be here until Christmas, diving into all the things that make life messy, beautiful, & of course, wholesome. In this kickoff episode, we recap Jacob’s 40th birthday celebrations, Thanksgiving highlights (mostly just the food), & the latest updates on Jacob’s epic Jeep project. Along the...

What better way to head into the fall season than with a back to school episode? Today we chat about all of our best & worst school memories… getting in trouble, amazing experiences, weird ones… all that stuff. Get 20% off your order from We Heart Nutrition with code WHOLESOMEPOD. Visit www.weheartnutrition.com

In today's episode we talk about WHERE THE HECK WE'VE BEEN & I've got a spoiler alert for you... it was NOT on the magic school bus. We share allll about our sick baby, Christin's recent anxieties & Jacob's recent struggles. It might sound all negative, but we've got some encouragement sprinkled in there, along with some funny stories about other times in our...

In today’s episode Jacob & Christin let you in on all of the behind the scenes of the past month. This first month postpartum has been filled with the sweetest newborn snuggles & family of 7 JOY, but also all of the normal postpartum things like physical recovery & emotional ups & downs. Christin makes Jacob tell her 3 things he loves about her & Jacob admits that life has been...

In this week’s episode we share the anniversary tradition we both love/hate, live on the podcast. Jacob claims that Christin is close to a perfect wife, Christin asks Jacob to make 3 changes in order to be the perfect husband, and we joke-fight for a good portion of the episode. We also walk down memory lane & share some things that went awry on our wedding day. Let’s just say that Jacob had t...

In today’s episode we share the story of our fifth baby’s birth. Although we had another unmedicated hospital birth, it was nothing like we expected. BUT, God was faithful to give us strength & bring this sweet baby into the world safely. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Get your free Signature Bamboo Capsule Box with your first order from We Heart Nutrition. Use code WHOLESOMEPOD for 20% off. www...

In today’s episode of “In the Closet with Coco & Jojo” Jacob is sharing all of his best Facebook marketplace tips & tricks & ways to avoid scams. Christin shares everything they’ve purchased for baby #5 & some nesting life updates. This episode is kind of a jumbled mess of conversation that goes to & fro, but it’s fine. Enjoy. Get your free Signature Beech Wood Capsule Box with...

In this episode of the Wholesome Podcast Jacob & Christin revisit some of their best (worst) travel stories. From airplane nightmares to sleeping outside, things could have gone better.  They also give a pregnancy update, business update, home update & decide whether they’ll be letting their kids date as teenagers.  The episode is brought to you by We Heart Nutrition. For the best multivit...

In this weeks episode, Jacob and Christin share what it looks like for them to be thriving everyday. Jacob shares about his "snappy" brain and what it looks like to be thriving as a parent. We discuss our controversial handling of voicemails. Christin covers everything from her phone's battery life, cleaning routines and avoiding people. This episode is brought to you by We Heart Nu...

In this episode of the Wholesome Podcast we are sharing 25(ish) goals & dreams for our lives. But first, life updates include a mini sermon on joy from THE REVEREND MRS. (LOL) & an espresso machine miracle. Also, we realize that we are 1 month from baby #5 just as our children are starting to sleep past 5:30am. Good times.  Jacob shares a few goals that Christin is not on board with, Chris...

On todays’s episode of the wholesome podcast we are talking about losing our sweet doggie, Molly Mae - what happened & what it revealed to us. Jacob makes Christin cry, obvi, but she’s okay with it.  We’ve also had requests to chat about transitioning to different numbers of children so we talk about that, & other big life transitions. Some are happy, some are hard, but change is always… w...

From hilarious to horrifying, today we are telling all of our juiciest stories from being professional photographers. But first, we chat about our trip to Oklahoma & how we were “touched by an angel”. Then, Jacob reveals the reason behind super intense family meeting he called. & FINALLY, we get to the good stuff… couples that shouldn’t have gotten married, family fights, high school senio...

This week’s episode is a fun walk down memory lane. Starting with when we met in 1997 at Sunday School, to the early weeks & months of our relationship. We share our dating red flags, the things we knew we wanted to change about each other, & the reasons it all worked out. Spoiler: Christin was suuuuppppeerrr attracted to Jacob parallel parking his Audi.  Life updates include Christin’s to...

We’re back with Season 2 of the @wholesomepod & we’ve got a big announcement in today’s episode!! 💛  Jacob tells all about his precious date with our daughters to the father daughter dance, Christin relives our son’s “best day ever”, & we chat about our first Easter just the 6 of us. We reveal our newest niece’s name & our newest favorite tradition.  The real meat of this episode is h...

In this week’s episode Jacob & Christin recap the pregnancy, birth & postpartum of baby #4. Details include celebrating 10 years of marriage, getting C-vid at 37 weeks pregnant & how Christin felt about being pregnant during the holidays.  Life updates include a busy week & sick kids. We deliver a $10,000 check, fly Frontier & see 2 new products being produced!! Exciting things...

In this episode of the Wholesome Podcast, Jacob & Christin accidentally dive into Jacob’s dating past, give an update on his ear ringing & garden, & discuss our third pregnancy, birth & postpartum experience. It’s kind of a lot for one episode, but it’s a fun one.  This episode is brought to you by We Heart Nutrition. Use code WHOLESOMEPOD to get 20% off the most amazing women&apos...

Jacob & Christin are back & Jacob is keeping the offensive comments rolling. He actually compares Christin to a Bassett Hound, & in an unrelated, but also totally related, walk down memory lane, we take you back to the night that we were POSESSSSSED to get a dog.  We sip *delicious* Strawberry Basil VIRGIN Mules, wear matching green sweatpants (accidental) & reveal the BUG SURPRISE...

This week things get spicy. Well, not really, but we tried. We chat about life updates which include Jacob's garden, Christin's recent MEDICAL EPISODE & our new coffee love. We also tell the story of our second baby's birth, which was *extremely different* from our first baby's birth, but still so beautiful. We also find out if the ultrasound tech did, in fact, spoil the ge...

This week we tell the story of finding out we were expecting our second baby! The best surprise ever! We chat pregnancy symptoms, 60 hour work weeks, and how an ultrasound tech may or may not have blown the gender surprise.  Life updates include Christin’s sister trying to injure her, Jacob’s crazy work week, and songs that made us cry.  This episode is brought to you by We Heart Nutrition. Get 20...

In this episode Jacob surprises Christin with an early Valentine's gift, which he is unsure if she will like. Christin revels her Valentine's gift for Jacob, which she is positive he will love. Christin gives up on the garden and Jacob takes it over. Jacob gives up on sourdough and Christin takes it over. We talk about the few weeks following the birth of our first baby, baby blues, happ...

The time has finally come for us to share the birth story of our first baby! In this week’s episode, we give you all of the (not so) juicy details of our first birth.  What was our last meal? Why did we go to the hospital the night before? Who saved the day? Why did we request a new nurse? Did Jacob faint? Did Christin beg for an epidural? When did her water break? Was it a boy or girl? What was t...

Today Jacob surprises Christin with the weirdest sponsor rap she could imagine, we complain about our broken espresso machine, and re-live the last few weeks of our first pregnancy. Christin also cries on air for the first time ever.  This episode of the Wholesome Podcast is brought to you by We Heart Nutrition! Get the best women’s supplements in the world and use code WHOLESOMEPOD for 20% off! w...

Jacob and Christin are back with an update on Jacob’s chubby heart, his pillow addiction, and Amanda Bynes?  Christin made big promises about not cackling and not talking about her mom. She keeps neither promise.  They also chat about their baby showers, hipster maternity photos, and watching birth videos on YouTube. Christin also confesses a major life regret that has to do with Jacob’s mom. #dra...