I’ve followed you guys from the beginning and just love your family! I’ve also been a foster parent for the past 6 years. We have two biological children and had the honor to adopt our 6 year old. We’ve also had the privilege to parent 11 foster children over the years. Your most recent podcast really struck a chord with me. There are so many misconceptions and a lack of understanding regarding foster care. Our current placement of two year old twins is on the path to reunification with their parents and there is no way to describe the feeling that comes with walking alongside a family seeing healing. I came into foster care with a heart to help the children, but had no idea the change God would put in my heart to really see an entire family restored. This has been the hardest but greatest thing our family has ever done. I would encourage any and everyone to consider looking into how they can support children in foster care-and there are so many ways to help! Thank you again so much for starting this conversation!

1. Jamie, thank you for sharing that, you too, deal with people who don’t always lead with kindness. You’re so bright and I feel that way about myself too and my light can get dimmed from other people who choose to take advantage of my kind easy going side and treat me w low respect. I’ve been dealing with the challenge of letting go of thoughts that bring the worst out of me. My sports physical therapist was structurally saving me, but she had moments of subtly disregarding my dignity. When I addressed her about it, she told me it was a ‘me problem’. Thankfully I found a new guy and he gives me baseline respect, but to let go of the frustration is a complete challenge. Lately, I’ve been channeling you through me to find personal control and power. 2. What are your Myers Briggs personality types? my guess is Jamie is an ENFP and Doug is an ISFJ. 3. Doug, I love sports too. I can totally see you being your kids team coach. The patience and ability to not react is inspiring. 4. I’m a gay single woman, however your values as a couple is my goal to get to. I get a little turned off when God is implied to be a ‘he’, but I understand the concept of faith and being driven by the faith in our hearts. Keep pumping me up with faith Jamie and Doug! :)

Jamie and Doug, I just have to say you guys are so refreshing to listen to! I have been a supporter since you were on MAFS and I have been cheering you on ever since! I love listening each week and really tugs at the heart strings with your episodes. I have really enjoyed getting to follow your journey and see you grow your family! Cheering and sending many prayers for you and the family here in Oklahoma! ❤️❤️

Just finished listening. Loved it. I always look forward to your next podcasts! Really enjoy listening to your mom. I’m a grandma of 7! I knew exactly what she was saying❤️ Continue staying positive and prayed up🙏🏽🙏🏽 🍼🍼👶👶

Doug, and Jamie, I think you know how excited I am about the twins, because I have congratulated you everywhere. I am like Jamie and would want identical twin girls. I’m praying that you have Identical twin girls. I can’t help feeling it is a boy and girl though. Regardless, I pray everyday for two healthy babies. As for MAFS, I think Michael and Chloe, might say yes, but I believe none of them will stay together. Also praying that Jamie starts to feel better!

This continuous clickbait is cringe. Being humble is a quality that we never see from you two

Jaime I wanted to start out by saying congratulations on the pregnancy. I to have been trying to conceive for 3+ years. I went through laparoscopic surgery to try to get pregnant. My Ob sent me to the fertility specialist and my husband and I both started the beginning steps. We were about to start the IVF but were having a hard time coming up with the funds. My family went on family vacation the 3rd week of January and I was already late on my cycle. I thought it was just another abnormal cycle and decided to take a pregnancy test. Surprise I am also pregnant! I am due in August. I also have parents that have struggled with addiction and can relate to your story in so many ways. Your podcast is so easy to relate to and can’t wait to hear it every week. This is by far my favorite podcast!

Hey Jaime and Doug! I’ve been following you guys since your season of MAFS and have been rejoicing with all of your little victories along the way. I have always appreciated your honesty and vulnerability all throughout your journey. You’ve been very open about your triumphs and your struggles and the fact that nobody is perfect. I super appreciated the last solo episode from Doug. It is so beautiful to hear someone share an experience like that, and also their journey with their faith. Too often people wait until they feel like they have it all figured out to share where they are with God, or with their life circumstances. It is so incredible to hear someone talk about what they have experienced, and the fact that they can’t deny that something about it was supernatural. I encourage you to continue to seek the Lord, because he promises to be found 🤍 I’m sure there will be many ups and downs in the journey ahead, but God will be with you to strengthen you through them all, and with everything that you share, you are being a light to others 🤗

I “discovered” MAFS during the glorious days of covid lockdowns. I watched a few seasons but as the show went on it seemed obnoxiously disingenuous, so I really only followed a few couples from earlier seasons. Doug and Jamie are undoubtedly my faves! Aside from their episodes being thoroughly entertaining (we all know why) they really did have a love story that was enjoyable to watch unfold. In the years since, I have been grateful to follow their lives through IG & YT. My new year resolution was to get off social media, so this podcast has been a great way to still check in on them every week (or *most* weeks at least.) I appreciate the honesty and vulnerability we get from them. And truthfully, I don’t even relate to them that much lol - I just got married but have no kids nor am I trying any time soon, and I have been blessed to not experience the struggles they often reference - yet I still feel connected in a weird way and love hearing all the real and raw stories they share. This is a good podcast to listen to when you just want something light! (D & J, if you read this - I’m sending you all the prayers for growing your family!)

I am pretty new to podcast but really look forward to your podcast each week. I am with you about MAFS so frustrating. The last few seasons have been so frustrating with the cast not giving it a chance. I watched the show since the beginning. I have two grown children enjoy those babies they grow up so fast. You guys are rocking the parent life. I really miss Jamie on the Afterparty!

I just love Jamie and Doug, I started watching them on MAFS almost ten years ago and have continued to follow their story!

I have always loved Jamie and Doug. I have followed them since the very beginning. Their love story is truly inspiring. Watching them grow and develop as people and as a couple fills my heart with joy. Also being a child who came from a broken home and trailer park I instantly connected with Jamie and loved how transparent she always was with her upbringing. Now a mother myself I feel even closer to her. Feels weird saying I have a friend I’ve never met, but I swear we would connect on a soul level. This podcast highlights the complexities of marriage and parenthood on a raw and genuine level. Thank you for sharing your lives with us and allowing us to connect with you both 💞

Hi Jamie and Doug! I stumbled across this podcast several years ago. I recognized you from MAFS and decided to jump in and I have listened ever since! I absolutely love how open and honest you two are! I feel like I relate to you in just about everything you say! I keep telling myself, man, I wish she lived close to me because I think we could really be great friends! I have also struggled with finding those good, true friends that would drop anything to help you out, and every time I hear another part of your story, it makes me wish we were closer so we could hang out and become best friends! I just finished the episode where you were discussing how you wish you could have just “felt joy” to bring yourself out of your suicidal depression. I know you were disappointed in yourself for not being able to just bring yourself out of it and I just wanted to tell you that you should be proud no matter how long it has taken you! I lost one of my good friends to postpartum psychosis a few years ago. She had just had her 3rd baby and when the baby was about 3 months old, she took her own life, leaving her husband and 3 babies to go on without her. It was the most heartbreaking thing I have gone through. She was never a person that I would have ever guessed would do something like that. She was the sweetest soul! So I just don’t want you to be so hard on yourself! You should be proud of yourself for every part of your journey. You have kept going, even when it got tough. You are still here for your babies so focus on that! Mental health issues can happen to anyone and I thank you both for sharing some of the darkest times of your lives. This podcast has opened my eyes to see that everyone has their own struggles and even when it feels like you are alone and no one would understand, there are other people out there going through similar things! Just knowing that makes the rough times just that much easier to push through! Love y’all and this podcast! Forever a “fran!” - Kelsey

I love how no topic is off limits with you and Doug. You guys share real and raw emotions on every show. Your marriage is an inspiration. I have watch you since the beginning of Married at first sight and loved you guys from the first show. Thank you for sharing you life and sticky baby dust for you guys! Your kids are so adorable! Jen M

Jaime and Doug I absolutely LOVE y’all! I can’t tell you how therapeutic listening to y’all talk is for me. Jaime please don’t feel bad about being having a rough and prolonged postpartum time. It took me 10 years to get help from my postpartum depression. My youngest (2 in January) truly saved me because it was finally when I got pregnant with him, despite having an IUD that I finally sought out help. It was the most debilitating time in my life. Between me feeling alone, my marriage falling apart, intensely drinking to numb the pain and then a second unplanned pregnancy I was spiraling! After having my first son at 20 years old my depression caused me to push any and all friends I had away. The shame I felt from being a young unmarried mom took over my life. So when you talk about not having a community I completely understand. I still to this day search for friends and it’s so hard when you have been stuck in a way of doing things and isolating myself. But hearing about how you consistently try and your journey with that, it honestly makes me want to continue to try. Thank you so much for being yourself, being raw and sharing your spiritual journey!

Another baby = more content = more money. You two are gross.

Doug & Jamie I hope you read this. I lost my cousin to an overdose two weeks ago on 09/02/23. She died 1 day shy of her 40th birthday. I also lost my 15 year old nephew to suicide 3 years ago (10/26/20). I've been struggling with some very difficult emotions the past week. I listened to your podcast (How To Find The Light in an Abusive Seemingly Hopeless Tunnel). Your story about sitting in the bathroom looking at the razors as a young teenager hit me hard. You and Doug talking about addiction and mental health issues is exactly what I needed to hear. Your stories are eerily similar to mine. First off can I just say how grateful and how thankful I am that you and Doug are back. I've missed your raw and heartfelt podcasts. Drug addiction and alcoholism runs deep in my family. So does anxiety and depression. Listening to the stories of Doug's recovery and journey to sobriety has been so inspiring and helpful. Yesterday I cried through your entire podcast as I listened to you share your story about your love for Jesus Christ. I love that you are not afraid to share your love for our Heavenly Father. You have no idea how much I needed to hear your words. I'm a very positive and optimistic person. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and that there's a purpose in all things. Even in our darkest days and nights there is ALWAYS something to be thankful for. I have been struggling with emotions of guilt the last week. I wish I could have helped my cousin but she was just too toxic and I had to separate myself from her. I couldn't invite that toxicity into my life. I have a husband and family that come first. Her addiction was too much for me and I needed to focus on my family and provide a healthy and positive environment for us. I prayed for her all the time. I take comfort in knowing that my nephew and my cousin both knew the Lord and accepted Him as their Lord and Savior. Their souls are at peace and they are in His arms for all eternity. Thank you Jamie and Doug for being so transparent. Your words have truly helped me the past week. God Bless you both! Frans forever!♥️🙏🏼♥️

Love this for anyone maintains a relationship while raising kids. Such a fun show!

Hello my dear friends! You of course don’t know me personally but I relate to you so much. My family lost our sweet cousin Jason a little over a year ago due to drugs. We never knew he was suffering. Had we known he was going through addiction, we would have stepped in to help the best way we could. This is a reminder to everyone to not drown your pain and sorrows with drugs and alcohol. You never know when you’ll take a nap/go to sleep and never wake up. Jamie - I recently finished your book Wifey 101. The chapters where you talk about abortion really stuck a cord with me. I was in a very similar situation when I was 18. It still affects me to this day many years later. I’m 30 now. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing the not so happy parts of life. Doug - thank you for being so vulnerable. Being vulnerable is courageous. Thank you both for being candid and share the joy of everyday. Much love to you and your family ❤️ -Emmy

Doug and Jamie!! I have been a fan of y’all since MAFS!! I am so so so glad you guys are back doing this podcast! It is one of my favs to listen to and I have missed y’all so much! I love y’all and your cute little fam! Nicole M

Hey! I love the podcast and listen every week, but I just had one critique! If Jamie wouldn’t mind speaking a little louder or closer to the mic I’d really appreciate it! I hear Doug loud and clear, but always have to turn up the volume alotttt to hear Jamie. And then Doug speaks and it’s way too loud since I cranked it😂 Thank you!!

I have had a personal journey of emotional and mental healing with amazing counselors over the years. Just listening to your latest episode publish Aug. 2, 2023, you talk about sharing your insecurities and flaws and how it can help you connect to those who become your people. I went through this and have found you cannot, cannot, cannot have connection with other people without vulnerability. I yearned for connection for many years but always fell short fearing opening up myself to potential criticism or somehow my flaws being held against me. But once I started sharing with my spouse, friends and family I was so embraced and even inspired change in a few of their lives. I’ve broken so many cycles and found so much contentment and love on the other side of sharing my story. Of being vulnerable. When I heard y’all talking I knew exactly what you were describing. Trust that your instincts to share are helping others, breaking cycles, and obliterating stigmas.

I stumbled upon this podcast because I follow Jamie and Doug on Instagram and I am a huge MAF fan, followed you guys from way back! I appreciate the honesty and raw emotion you guys bring as I resonate with your stories. My husband is also in recovery and 15 years sober and we too are undergoing fertility treatments for TTC baby #3. Love you guys and keep sharing your journeys! More people need to hear your affirmations and encouragement ❤️

Wow….I’m crying right along with you! My husband has been clean for 17 years now and your stories help me to be able to empathize with him more. It is so powerful to see men and women thriving after having had so many struggles with this horrible disease! Doug and Jamie, I truly believe that God is using your trials with and around drugs to inspire others to be raw and vulnerable and to not give up on themselves.

I love you guys! Such a great podcast with real people. Great advice and Jamie I’m so proud of you for overcoming and handling everything with grace. My daughters biomom (whom happens to be my sister in law) is addicted and struggled so hard to conquer it. We took in her youngest st age 6 and adopted her and she is now 23. Support us the best medicine and unconditional love.

Doug, you are not alone in your addiction. Doug, you are a brave, brave man to share your story. You stated that you do not know how to help others but your story is helping others. Jamie, thank you for not judging Doug and for sticking by him. You two got this. Stay strong and a 1000 thank you’s for sharing. Many blessings to you and your family. xx

I have watched Jamie and Doug since MAFS aired and have been a huge fan ever since. I just started listening to podcasts to get my head out of this game called life. When I saw Jamie and Doug were back, I had to tune in. I admire both of you for your raw honesty, and opening up about addiction, marriage and fertility struggles, etc. You guys are the real deal and your openness and honesty is greatly appreciated, especially in the world of social media where everybody portrays the perfect life. Sending you positive vibes as far as treatment for Doug and your journey on expanding your family. I wish you both nothing but the best! Keep up the great work. Lisa

So glad I found this podcast!! I’ve followed Jaime on IG since MAFS, but the podcast is truly insightful and uplifting. Y’all are so real, feels like listening to some old friends talking about real life issues! Wishing you all the best! ♥️

Jamie and Doug are so real and relatable! They touch on many topics and seem to have something for just about anyone to relate too. They open up and talk about the hard things because they know it can help others fighting similar battles. Thank you both for sharing your lives with us. I’ve been a huge fan since MAFS and love the parents you now are and the body positivity that Jamie shares. What a power couple!

A must listen! Thank you Doug and Jamie for sharing your life and being so vulnerable with your followers. 100% support you both and everything you do. Great inspiration and wonderful parents. The episodes are fun to listen to but also just inspirational and awesome. The guest episodes are interesting and so are the catch up episodes. Keep them coming!

So happy to get the real world update about where you both are at! I’ve been a huge fan of your marriage for years! I relate with you both in so many ways! Looking forward to the next episode!

I am SO very happy you guys came back to podcasting! I love how open and raw you are about marriage, parenting and every day life struggles through these things. It’s so easy to make everything look like a fairytale but we all know - there’s no such thing! I am so proud of Doug for sharing his journey with addiction with us! I just lost my brother to addiction in late May and listening to him open up about this topic on the podcast is reassuring that maybe it may save someONE! ❤️ I love how positive Jamie is and how amazingly well she advocates for ALL women! Together, you are such a power couple! Keep up the good work, trust & believe in God and you both will get everything you deserve in life!

These two are incredibly down to earth! They are so genuine and relatable. I was so excited when I saw a new episode after thinking the podcast was over. Definitely worth listening to each week. Keep up the great work Doug and Jamie!! -Zoe from Maine!

I came across your story on Instagram, right after you lost your sweet baby boy. I followed you from that point on, relating to your infertility journey. I went back and watched you on Married At First Sight and fell in love with the realness of your story. I have loved watching your family grow and experience life. Thank you for sharing the happy, sad and the scary.

I have followed you both since MAFS but didn’t realize you had a podcast before so I’m just now following the podcast. Thank you all for sharing real life challenges that we all face in life. There are so many people in the world that connect with these life challenges and in a time of mental health crisis it’s so important to normalize the challenges we all face. Keep up the great work of keeping it real and impacting those people who follow you!

I enjoy this podcast and Doug is great. Have a ton of compassion for Jamie as a fellow mom and all that she’s going/gone through. Sometimes she comes across as a bit harsh/tough on Doug, but can tell in these new episodes that she’s really trying to be a better listener. Will keep tuning in!

Both of you have been through so much! So proud of you both! Love love love listening to this podcast!! Please keep sharing! 💙💙💙

Have been watching you guys since MAFS and it has been so inspiring to listen to you both. You guys are so raw and the content that you share is so real and relatable. It makes me feel Like I am not alone in this crazy world. I am a nurse too and I have two kids (13 and 16) and married for 18 years. My 16 yo has been struggling with mental health for the last few years. I just wish there was more help for teens and it wasn’t so expensive. Thank you for sharing your mental health journey and I only help that my child turns a corner and navigates the way you have. It’s been the hardest, scariest thing to watch your child go through and you feel helpless. Thank you again for wanting to make the world a better place !!!

You’re awesome! We are also proud of you and your recovery and being willing to open up. You have a community behind you as well!! You are blessed to have Jamie and your kids and thank y’all for sharing this.

Driving home from work yesterday, I saw there was a new episode out. I decided to give it a listen. Even if you have no idea who Jamie and Doug are, even if you don’t follow along with the bachelor, or MAFS, or follow them on Instagram, you really should listen to their podcast. Especially this episode. But I know once you listen to this one, you’ll be hooked. I laughed, I cried, I smiled, I felt every emotion. As a new mom dealing with postpartum anxiety, I felt connected to Jamie. And listening to Doug’s story about addiction was so incredible. This episode was everything I needed yesterday and I’m so glad you guys are back. Thank you for being relatable and raw. You said things that’s I have been feeling for the last year and it made things make sense for me. Thank you

I love that you’re back and providing the real, messy and nuanced side of life, parenthood and marriage. Thank you for using your platform to bring awareness and honesty to difficult issues that often come with stigma.

Thank you for sharing your battle with addiction and mental health. There are so many people suffering and are afraid to talk about because of the stigma. You both are amazing and I’m so glad you are talking about your journey. Welcome back!!!!

I have follow them from day one. I love how authentic they are. It is very hard to find podcasts where the host or hostesses is willing to open up their heart to the good and the ugly. Jamie and Doug just do that. Sometimes, I feel like I know them in real life! Thank you for sharing your life with us.

I was captivated. To have been following you guys since mafs and now learning what you’ve gone through and still are dealing with is heavy on my heart. This episode was so honest and real and true and wide open. Thank you Doug. You spoke right to me.

I love the vulnerability. We’re all human and a lot of people in the spotlight want to only show perfection which is not realistic or attainable. I love that you both work hard to show all sides of life and keep it real. I know that’s probably not always easy to do but it is important work.

I’ve been following you guys since MAFS and I feel like we’re on a similar journey, it’s so relatable. First of all thank you for being open and vulnerable when you lost Jonathan. I was going through an ectopic pregnancy and it was so comforting going through something like that “with” you, I felt less alone. I had my son at about the same time that you had Henley and again going through the rainbow baby journey with someone helped so much. I can go on and on but I want to say thank you for being so vulnerable and raw. I’ve been on a mental health journey as well and in all of these situations not very many people in my life can understand or relate but your podcast and following you guys have made me feel less alone in a lot of things, even the good times! Love you guys, keep on being you! ♥️ you guys are doing amazing work!

I have listened to every episode and I look forward to more. I have been following you and your family since the beginning 😀 I have been waiting for the podcast to eventually come back.

I listen to your podcast every week and I am amazed by how real you two are. I can imagine it’s not always easy sharing the hard stuff and having the opinions of others weigh in. Yet, you continue to show up and continue to be real and raw and vulnerable every single week. I love you both and love following your life. Thanks for opening up to all your frans! ❤️

I love listening to you guys!!! So raw and real! You guys are such an inspiration! I hope to one day get to meet you guys in person. Keep being amazing and do amazing things!

Don’t follow her on Instagram 🙄 holy moly complainerrrrrrr. I couldn’t keep watching when she kept complaining about never getting away, never getting alone time, blah blah blah. They’ve been in so many couple trips since I started following her, which is great don’t get me wrong, but all she does is complain about never having trips just the two of them….:I feel like the reality of many many parents is that we just don’t get to get away at this stage of life…..she seems so ungrateful for the life she has!