Not Fully Qualified: Navigating Adulting, Growth, and Relationships

Episode 19: 2025 Reflections, Holiday Recap & 2026 Goals

Welcome back to Not Fully Qualified with Sara and Taylor! In Episode 19, we’re catching up after the holidays and reflecting on everything 2025 brought us — from getting married and welcoming our second puppy, Katsu, to leaving corporate jobs and prepping for our Thailand honeymoon. Highlights: - 🌟 Christmas + New Year’s recap (wins, fails, Yahtzee victories 🎲) - 🐾 Puppy life: Katsu’s vaccinations, counter surfing, barking at strangers, AI vs real dog trainer - 💍 2025 reflections: wedding milestones, personal growth, bold leaps - 🧘‍♀️ 2026 goals: yoga teacher training, honeymoon, starting a family ✨ If you’re adulting through pets, marriage, career shifts, and growth—this is for you. 💬 Let’s keep figuring it out together. Comment below what you want us to cover next or if you’re also feeling “not fully qualified” lately. 🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Not Fully Qualified 📺 Watch the full episode on YouTube: Not Fully Qualified 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @NotFullyQualified ✨ Like, subscribe, and share with a friend who loves honest chats about self-growth, relationships, and navigating life together. Thanks for tuning in to Not Fully Qualified — where none of us really know what we’re doing, but we’re doing it together. 💛 #AdultingPodcast #CouplesPodcast #DogTraining #PersonalGrowth #2026Goals #ThailandHoneymoon Gear We Use: Bed Scrunchie: https://amzn.to/4qTWho9 Samson Q2U Microphone: https://amzn.to/41VtKUs

Episode 17: Christmas Celebrations, Human Design & Puppy Life Lessons | Not Fully Qualified

Welcome to Episode 17 of Not Fully Qualified! We’re Sara & Taylor — your hosts figuring out adulthood, relationships, and puppy chaos one week at a time. In this holiday episode, we dive into Christmas celebrations, Human Design crosses of incarnation, and how our unique strengths have helped us grow together in life and podcasting — plus raw life updates on wins, fails, and self-discovery. From Friendsmas and Christmas choir to Katsu’s sleep regression, stroller breakdowns, and vet advice on puppy socialization, we share it all. We break down our Right Angle Cross of Contagion (Sara) and Cross of the Unexpected (Taylor), personality insights, and how Taylor’s “C student get-it-done” energy balances Sara’s consistency for better collaboration. Highlights: * 🎄 Friendsmas recaps, Citrus Choir, and holiday vibes * 🐶 Katsu’s training setbacks + 25% more food needed * 🧠 Human Design & Enneagram: Find yours free (links below) * 💑 How personality types strengthen our partnership & podcast Question of the Week: Have Enneagram or Human Design helped your relationships? Share below! Free Human Design Tools (birth date/time/city required): * Sara’s original: https://www.myhumandesign.com/ [https://www.myhumandesign.com/] * Human Design expert Alexandra Cole: https://humandesignblueprint.com/ [https://humandesignblueprint.com/] * Deeper dive? Ep. 14 w/ Kelly Tibbitts: https://youtu.be/7QUyRRvPZyQ [https://youtu.be/7QUyRRvPZyQ] Sara's self-development and spiritual coach, Cathy Heller: https://cathyheller.samcart.com/referral/36zQQdFN/dnHQ6Nhg37bD9NZ8 [https://cathyheller.samcart.com/referral/36zQQdFN/dnHQ6Nhg37bD9NZ8] 🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Not Fully Qualified 📺 Watch the full episode on YouTube: Not Fully Qualified 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @NotFullyQualified ✨ Like, subscribe, and share with a friend who loves honest chats about self-growth, relationships, and navigating life together. #HumanDesign #Enneagram #PodcastCouple #PuppyTraining #HolidayPodcast #Relationships #Adulting #NotFullyQualified Gear we use:  Samson Q2U Mic: https://amzn.to/41VtKUs [https://amzn.to/41VtKUs]

Episode 18: Christmas Baking Wins/Fails, Katsu Puppy Chaos & Our 2026 Goals

Welcome to Episode 18 of Not Fully Qualified! 🎉 We’re Sara & Taylor, diving into our pre-Christmas life update with holiday baking marathons, Katsu's wild puppy antics, epic fails, and our big plans for more exciting podcast guests in 2026. Disclaimer: This episode features real-time puppy chaos (including a mid-filming potty accident!). In this episode, we chat about: * Christmas baking: 6 cookies/bars in 2 days (5 new recipes — most wins!), butterscotch potato chip cookie disaster, and Sara's planning stress * Puppy parenting: Katsu's socialization progress, sleep struggles, counter surfing, gravel eating * Life fails: Late/unwrapped gifts, fridge leak drama, marriage license mess * 2026 goals: More fun guest episodes + why we're off next week for personal/couple planning If you love real talk about holiday chaos, puppy life, baking experiments, relationships, and adulting wins/fails, you’ll relate to this episode! 💬 Question of the Week: What's your biggest holiday win or fail this season? Drop your answers in the comments or vote in the poll! 📌 Follow & Subscribe: YouTube: Not Fully Qualified | Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Not Fully Qualified | Instagram: @NotFullyQualified 👉 If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, review, and share with friends who need some real talk and laughs. #NotFullyQualified #ChristmasBaking #PuppyLife #HolidayFails #AdultingWins #CouplesPodcast #DogParents #BakingFails #LifeUpdate #RealTalkPodcast Gear We Use: Samson Q2U Microphone: https://amzn.to/41VtKUs [https://amzn.to/41VtKUs]

Episode 16: Life Update! Puppy Chaos with Katsu, Guest Reflections & Holiday Prep

We made it to Episode 16 of Not Fully Qualified! 🎉 We’re Sara & Taylor, finally back sharing a life update after chaotic weeks of puppy parenthood. This episode covers Katsu’s crate training, sleep and potty struggles (rough but improving!), separation anxiety, and play biting with Waffles — plus reflections on game-changing advice from our guest episodes 13-15. In this episode, we chat about: - Puppy parenting: Katsu’s training progress, Waffles interactions, and separation anxiety angst - Guest reflections: Key lessons from episodes 13-15 (catch up below!) - Life updates: Sara’s birthday, Thanksgiving highlights, and next holiday prep If you love real talk about puppy training, couples life, relationships, and adulting wins and fails, you’ll relate to this episode! 💬 Question of the Week: When should Christmas/holiday decorating begin — November 1st, post-Thanksgiving, or December 1st? Drop your answers in the comments or vote in the poll! Catch up on recent guests: - Ep. 13 - Wedding Officiant Danny Moas, Financial Tips & Friendships That Last: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2R1PshQrPVzOJwsgvPRg2P?si=kf96Flk3Qna3DgDh3RPGng [attached_file:1] - Ep. 14 - Enneagram & Human Design Deep Dive with Life Coach Kelly Tibbitts: https://open.spotify.com/episode/04kqdihMwewumHaiBcIviG?si=s0Y9ze9kS3uM26HHA675Bg [attached_file:1] - Ep. 15 - Newlywed Relationship Tips & Pickleball with Charlotte Jukes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rAgULJLfUobggvFv1VdrS?si=LbfEey3jQwO18tLdgEnCPw [attached_file:1] 📌 Follow & Subscribe: YouTube: Not Fully Qualified | Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Not Fully Qualified | Instagram: @NotFullyQualified 👉 If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and share with friends who need some real talk and laughs. #NotFullyQualified #PuppyTraining #SeparationAnxiety #CouplesPodcast #LifeUpdate #HolidayPrep #RealTalkPodcast #DogParents Gear We Use: Door Buddy: https://amzn.to/4oyzE6B [web:60] Samson Q2U Microphone: https://amzn.to/41VtKUs [web:60]

Episode 15: Newlywed Relationship Tips, Somatic Coaching & Pickleball with Charlotte Jukes

Welcome to Not Fully Qualified Episode 15! We’re Sara & Taylor, joined this week by connection coach and somatic practitioner Charlotte Jukes, host of Pickleball & Partnership. Charlotte shares her journey from 30+ years in nursing to helping couples with somatic tools and energy work beyond traditional medicine. In this episode, you’ll hear: * Charlotte’s coaching path and somatic approach for couples * The impact of pickleball on relationship dynamics * Practical tools for nervous system regulation during conflict * Relationship advice for newlyweds and engaged couples * The power of joy, play, and space in healthy partnerships 🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Not Fully Qualified 📺 Watch on YouTube: Not Fully Qualified 📱 Connect with us on Instagram: @NotFullyQualified Connect with Charlotte Jukes: Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/conejukes⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/conejukes] Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/_charlottejukes/⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/_charlottejukes/] Email: ⁠cejukes@gmail.com⁠ [cejukes@gmail.com] Text: 403 510 4589 Latest Podcast Episode: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pickleball-partnership/id1775742795⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pickleball-partnership/id1775742795] 👉 Like, subscribe, and share this episode with any newlyweds, long-term couples, or pickleball partners who are navigating love, conflict, and adulthood—one rally at a time. Sara's self-development and spiritual coach, Cathy Heller: https://cathyheller.samcart.com/referral/36zQQdFN/dnHQ6Nhg37bD9NZ8 [https://cathyheller.samcart.com/referral/36zQQdFN/dnHQ6Nhg37bD9NZ8] #NotFullyQualified #SomaticCoaching #RelationshipTips #Pickleball #NewlywedAdvice #CouplesCoaching #AdultingTogether