Call Your Sister with Joy & Jinger

Welcome to the very first episode of the Call Your Sister Podcast! We can’t believe we’re finally saying that.

In this episode, we’re sharing how a casual FaceTime conversation between sisters turned into a brand-new podcast and why Joy and I decided this was the right time to do it. We talk about what you can expect from Call Your Sister, some of the fun things we have planned, and why we want this show to feel like you’re jumping onto one of our regular sister FaceTime calls with us.

But starting a new podcast isn’t even the biggest news of the episode: Joy is pregnant with BABY #4! We talk about how she told me, why this pregnancy has felt so different, and what it’s like stepping back into the baby stage after a bigger age gap.

That leads us into a much deeper conversation about something we both had to rethink as adults: how many children should you have? Growing up, we both assumed that having as many children as possible was simply what you were supposed to do. We talk about questioning those childhood teachings, what Scripture actually says about children and family, and how we’ve learned to approach those decisions with our husbands through prayer, wisdom, and without fear.

Then we lighten things up with some sister talk about Type A vs. Type B moms, perfectly organized refrigerators, dishes sitting in the sink, the pressure to have everything together when you’re hosting, and how social media can make it feel like everyone else is doing motherhood better than you.

We also reveal just how much we actually text and FaceTime each other, confess how terrible we both can be at responding to messages, and talk about why we decided to make room for this podcast.

This is the beginning of something new, and we’re so excited to have you here. Think of Call Your Sister as an hour every week to sit down, catch up, laugh, talk honestly about life, motherhood, faith, family, and all the things we’d normally be talking about on the phone anyway.

So… call your sister. 🤍

Topics covered: Joy Forsyth pregnancy, baby number four, Call Your Sister Podcast, Jinger Vuolo and Joy Forsyth, family size, childhood teachings about children, motherhood, Christian parenting, Type A vs. Type B moms, social media and motherhood, sister relationships

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00:00:00 - Life Updates and a Major Teaser00:05:26 - Introducing the Call Your Sister Podcast00:12:18 - What to Expect from the New Podcast00:13:22 - Big News from Joy00:18:10 - Deciding How Many Children to Have00:20:48 - Rethinking Their Childhood Teachings on Family Size00:27:21 - Type A vs. Type B Moms00:30:43 - When Personality Types Become Excuses00:32:44 - Balancing Hosting, Social Media, and Priorities00:35:09 - How Often the Sisters Communicate00:36:59 - Texting Habits and Email Overload00:39:56 - Worth the Call00:40:55 - Why They Decided to Start the Podcast

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In this episode of the Jinger & Jeremy Podcast, my sister Joy and I are talking all about finding joy — even, and especially, in the hard seasons of life. We start light, talking about the small everyday things that bring us joy right now: home, routine, our kids, beach days, sunsets, and even a few Facebook Marketplace wins (wait until you hear about Joy's chandelier find).

But we also go somewhere deeper. Joy opens up about the miscarriage of her daughter Annabelle at 20 weeks and the season of depression that followed, and how she had to fight against becoming bitter while learning to trust God through something she never saw coming. I share my own experience with postpartum depression after having Evy, along with a spiritual crossroads I walked through where I had to wrestle honestly with hard questions about faith. We talk about the difference between happiness and joy, how joy can return in small, unexpected ways after grief, and why getting your labs and vitamin D checked is such a simple but important reminder when you're feeling low.

We wrap up with a fun rapid-fire on what's currently bringing us joy, and even float the idea of a Jinger & Joy spin-off podcast — let us know what you think!If you've ever walked through loss, depression, or a season where joy felt impossible to find, this conversation is for you.

Topics covered: finding joy after loss, postpartum depression, miscarriage and grief, choosing joy in hard seasons, faith and doubt, motherhood, everyday gratitude, sisters podcast

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00:00:00 - When Joy Becomes Hard to Find

00:01:26 - The Everyday Things Bringing Us Joy

00:11:09 - Trusting God and Choosing Joy Through Trials

00:15:21 - Seeing Everyday Joy Through a Child’s Eyes

00:18:59 - Finding Joy in Nature and Community

00:23:27 - Settling Into a Family Home

00:25:52 - The Comfort of an Ordinary Routine

00:30:26 - Coffee Shop Outings and Family Routine

00:31:15 - Facebook Marketplace Finds and the Chandelier

00:36:00 - Rapid-Fire Things Bringing Us Joy

00:37:34 - A Reminder to Check Your Health

00:38:56 - Should the Sisters Start a Podcast?

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In this episode of the Jinger & Jeremy Podcast, my sister Joy and I are getting real about something almost every mom deals with: feeling overwhelmed. We're talking about overscheduled kids, overcommitting to social plans, and how to know when a busy season has crossed the line into burnout.

Joy opens up about how her capacity to handle things comes in waves, and why she and Austin made the decision to protect at least three quiet evenings at home each week just to reset as a family. I share how Jeremy and I hit our own breaking point after years of "gone, gone, gone" through ministry and church commitments, and what it took for us to finally say it's time for a change, even when that meant pulling back from good things and worrying about what people would think.

We dig into the difference between a busy season (like a home remodel or a book deadline) versus a lifestyle that's simply unsustainable long term, and the practical ways we've each learned to say no, protect our family's time, and communicate openly about what we can and can't handle in any given week.

If you've ever felt stretched too thin, guilty about pulling back from commitments, or unsure how to reset when life gets too full, this conversation is for you.

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00:00:00 – Intro & Welcome

00:00:54 – What's Making You Feel Overwhelmed This Week?

00:04:23 – Stepping Back from Overcommitment (Bible Study Story)

00:06:08 – What Helps vs. What Doesn't When You're Overwhelmed

00:09:21 – How Austin & Jeremy Notice When We're Overwhelmed

00:12:35 – Communication, Sleep & Letting Go of What's Not Yours to Carry

00:14:44 – Do You Need to Leave the House Every Day?

00:22:34 – Burnout, a Stress Rash & Learning to Rest

00:24:36 – Things We've Said No To Recently

00:30:12 – Does Your Capacity Change With the Season?

00:32:11 – Feeling Like an Introvert & Emotional Drain

00:34:02 – Joy's Genuinely Restful Day

00:38:18 – Jinger's Genuinely Restful Day

00:42:02 – The "Milestone Party" Trend

00:44:54 – Are Themed Birthday Parties Over the Top?

00:52:44 – Overscheduled Kids & Youth Sports

00:58:02 – One Thing That's Helping Us Slow Down

01:00:07 – Closing Thoughts & Outro

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In this episode of the Jinger & Jeremy Podcast, I'm sitting down with my sister Joy to talk all things marriage, especially what it's really like getting married young. Joy was 19 when she married Austin, and I was 22 when I married Jeremy, so we're diving into our different timelines, how our age gaps compared, and what marriage actually looked like once the "happily ever after" honeymoon phase wore off.

We get honest about the biggest surprises marriage threw at us — from learning how to communicate (and why miscommunication is behind almost every argument), to balancing work and family life when your husband's job doesn't fit a typical 9-to-5, to figuring out how to find your own voice and opinions after years of just going along with everything. I open up about how I used to be way more passive early in our marriage, and how Jeremy actually pushed me to become more independent... even when that meant a little more "friction" at home!

We also get into some of the funnier, more personal sides of marriage: Jeremy's prankster habit of bringing snakes and reptiles into our house, Austin's germaphobe tendencies and nightly shower routine, and the best piece of marriage advice we've actually stuck with — a simple nightly question that's helped keep our communication open for years.

If you're newly married, engaged, dating young, or just curious what marriage looks like behind the scenes for us, this episode is full of honest, relatable, and encouraging conversation about love, growth, and building a life together.

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Does friendship feel harder than it should? In this episode, I sit down with my sister and co-host Joy for an honest, tear-filled conversation about what it's really taken for us to build meaningful friendships — as kids, as teens, and now as adult women navigating marriage, motherhood, and moving to a new city.

Joy and I open up about growing up in the public eye and how that shaped (and sometimes stunted) our ability to trust and connect with others. We talk through the insecurity, comparison, and social anxiety that followed us into adulthood, and how marriage — and moving away from a built-in support system of siblings — forced me to learn how to make friends from scratch.

I share real stories about the friends who've shown up for me in hard seasons: care packages during potty training, a month of secret prayer journaling from my sister-in-law, last-minute pool days, and coffee dropped off at my door with no expectations attached. Joy and I get vulnerable about the fear of losing friends during hard family seasons, the guilt I've felt pulling back, and why "perfect" friendships don't exist — but genuine ones are worth fighting for.

In this episode:

Why friendship didn't come naturally to me or Joy growing up

How growing up in the public eye affected our ability to trust people

Battling insecurity, body image, and comparison as teens

How marriage and moving away exposed the gaps in my friendships

The role social media plays in how our kids will experience friendship and comparison

Small, thoughtful gestures that have made the biggest difference for me in hard seasons

How I'm challenging myself to reach out and encourage a friend this week

If you've ever struggled to make or keep close friends, felt too busy or too "in survival mode" to nurture relationships, or wondered how to build real community as an adult — this episode is for you.

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00:00:00 - Introduction: The Meaning of True Friendship

00:01:30 - Friends Who Encourage Us

00:04:20 - Public Life, Trust Issues, and Keeping Walls Up

00:08:19 - Learning to Pursue Deeper Friendships

00:13:06 - Social Media, Comparison, and the Next Generation

00:15:51 - How Marriage Pushed Us to Build Friendships

00:21:12 - Vulnerability, Emotions, and Missed Connections

00:24:23 - Learning to Communicate and Find Community

00:33:29 - What Makes a Friendship Feel Safe

00:36:15 - Friendship as Couples

00:39:43 - Trustworthiness, Mentorship, and Spiritual Maturity

00:42:06 - Building Intergenerational Friendships

00:44:55 - Letting Friendships Grow Organically

00:45:58 - Friendships Across Differences and Difficult Seasons

00:48:54 - How Friends Have Shown Up Recently

00:51:19 - Small, Thoughtful Ways to Care

00:54:22 - Encourage Someone and Accept Help

00:55:52 - Closing Thoughts

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