I love Rachel and Tom! It was their channel that gave my family the idea to host college dinners for our swim and triathlon teams at Gallaudet University. With so many students who can’t afford to travel home for long weekends, who don’t have communication access at home, who just want a good meal with new friends…it’s beautiful! And AGREED…these kids are so grateful and frugal they don’t want to take too much back to their dorms but we always manage to send more!
I love men who are in tune with their emotions, who can listen, and who love their woman it’s so rare and I love to see it so much😭 and he even gives the credit to his wife and others, so beautiful 😭
When Rachel said he's so wise because he's gone through so much that he shouldn't have had to. I started tearing up. My husband has told me stories. He processes thing with humor so while he's laughing about traumatic things that have happened I'm trying to hold it together and not bawl.
Crying hearing about Toms parents and the great love they taught him. Such a genuine, loving men, wonderful couple. Tom, if you see tis comment, your parents did a great job.. really. Wishing you and Rachael and your girls all the best!
These two unbelievably kind people have been parents to many. They have blessed ALOT of people with their love. These are my favorite podcast guests so far!!
I just want to just give Tom a big hug and cry for a few minutes and just listen to him talk about anything. So wise and compassionate. I love him and Rachel so much more after this podcast. ❤
I love your podcast. I'm a 27 year old mom to a 9 month old, and man, when Matt talks about community, I just feel so seen. You guys represent a community for me. I don't know anyone in my town, but you guys make me want to join local activities so I can be a part of something. You bring me a lot of joy. Have a great day x
I ADORE Rachael & Tom. Cried & laughed at all different points in this episode. It’s so true, they’re both so full of wisdom, both have a beautiful way of getting others to listen and inspiring others to be a kind & loving person…. Just inspiring people to be the best versions of themselves. ♥️
I’ve followed this couple for years through their journey but learned so much about them from this podcast. NC Native here who enjoyed hearing how y’all moved here, etc since I’ve always wondered with Rachel’s Chicago accent. Genuinely funny that others don’t know how to pronounce Appalachian lol Love everything that yall do for all the colleges around here! Continue being real down to earth people!!
STOPPPP!! GUYSSS!! Suttons in Lexington KY catered my wedding!! I was genuinely thinking the whole time that’s such a cute name bc it’s the restaurant that catered my wedding my JAW DROPPED WHEN YOU SAID THATS THE EXACT PLACE YOU ALL MET UP IM CRYINGGF😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
Tom talking about great love from the loss of family hit so hard for me . The love from a parent and the loss of a parent is like no other. Very relatable and absolutely love your podcast. Thank you
"Did you guys have a lake house? Is that a Midwest thing?" Rachel, I love you girlie, but as a fellow Chicagoan, that is NOT a Midwest thing, that's a rich thing 😂😂🩷
At 1:07:23 , wow. This had me crying. As someone who has also gone through a lot, especially at a young age, this touched me. I truly believe that God allows things to happen for a reason, even though we may not understand it. Those experiences provides us a chance to grow more in wisdom. Thank you Matt & Abby, for continuing to be real and intentional with the subjects you talk about on each podcast. You are making a difference, I promise! God bless you!
This was another awesome Podcast Matt & Abby! Thanks for sharing Rachel & Tom what a great transformation and talking about grieving. I lost my best friend at age 14 and I tried to save her before anything happened, but nobody would listen to me. They probably thought I was being a ridiculous teenager. I tried saving her 6 months prior and then the night before she died, we talked on the phone an hour before it happened. It was the first time we were not together for a holiday weekend or weekend. We were together all the time. It was a very tragic situation and what happen even a few days prior. I have lost a lot of people at this time, I am 50 years old, and the hardest ones are the sudden Ones. I miss them all. I have gone through the grieving process that was so hard with my BF at age 14 and then my 2nd hardest one at age 21, that whenever I lose someone now it doesn't hurt as much as it should. It is a really odd thing, but I know I will see them all one day. Thanks for being Raw you all and thanks for sharing.
I feel like sometimes Matt doesn’t know when to stop asking certain questions:/ I feel like you could really tell Tom didn’t want to keep talking about his family trauma.
Matt is literally an idiot. I feel like Rachel and Tom had to think he was so immature!! I had to skip through so many parts I was literally getting embarrassed for him
Yessss I feel like he needs to stop asking people about their sex life too. The episode with the two thru hikers and he wouldn’t stop talking about sex and the people they saw having sex. Like please stop. It felt so uncomfortable to listen to. 😅
To reverse PCOS, you need to reverse elevated sugar and insulin levels by: 1) reducing chronic stress • search up tricks/hacks/methods and do them 2) increasing sleep quality and length • search up tricks/hacks/methods and do them 3) optimizing diet • Eat less than 20g total carbs per day • Focus on animal fat and protein instead • Supplement daily → 4 drops Lugol's 2% iodine in "shot" of water → 10,000 IU Vitamin D³/K² combo • Minimize caffeine intake The longer you stick to this protocol, the more PCOS symptoms will reverse (including the facial hair). Many people see complete PCOS reversal in about a year. If you are taking hormone-altering drugs, it will probably take longer to see results. I am happy to explain more or answer questions or address concerns.
You guys I had the same exact experience with my daughters and we had such a hard time! Same with rhe PPR, PPD, sleep deprivation, etc. All I will say is it truly does get better, and time is unfortunately the only thing that helps! If she dosnt want to play, just hold her and love her, even if it feels hard! You’ll get through it ❤️
I doubt you'll read this but transition out of the tent slowly with different stages of sleep - so fall asleep with tent when he's asleep take it off or halfway through the nap take it off. Then fall asleep with tent but with it a little open at nap time. You get the picture! I love the quick transition of tent to no tent but as y'all know each kid needs something different so maybe that'll work better for your little one!
This one was a tear jerker. I am not even trying yet, but I pre-ordered that cookbook. It looks beautiful. My husband went to NCSU and was part of the class that got kicked out of the dorms during COVID, I wish we had visited them when we were both students!
Great grandmas I got named after first and middle names .. never met them they passed way before I was born but it’s so cool to carry it on I’m also the oldest grandkid on both sides
Loving the podcast. I'm from Middlesboro, Kentucky. I know Sutton's in Lexington, the restaurant they named their child after. Beautifully names with such loving intention.
I think we as parents need to be more comfortable with our kids being uncomfortable. Definitely good to talk about, but we don’t need to stress out too much about our little ones being sad. It’s ok to be sad, we don’t need to try and distract from that emotion. Just make yourself available as parents and they will come to you
59:49 omg I had no clue they used to meet up in Lexington!!!! I’m from there!!! I had a feeling they would say Lexington based off of the towns they were talking about!!! Now I need to go to Suttons and try it!!!
Hey! I love you guys and listen every week. As someone who has grown up and still lives in the Appalachian Mountains… it is app-a-LATCH-a !! People around here even sell shirts that make fun of the other pronunciation. Haha!
Yes post partum depression can happen to men especially those with financial burden. Adding to the family can cause alot of stress and stress effects how you sleep and eat and think and can cause anxiety. For women their body go through a hormonal shift on-top of the mental aspect of bringing in a new baby and the worries that come with it. I think the women obviously get it worse cause their bodies are trying to recover after giving birth, but that's not to say men don't also get emotionally messed up as well.
You guys should try to get Mckennah Ashcroft on her husband doesn’t like being on social media but I know you guys would respect that but she has a amazing story
I can easily understand where man are coming from but I think it’s more important than what I have never saw before in my entire life. Love this podcast
you can't reject having PCOS its controlled by your hormones etc. cravings usually mean your deficient in a vitamin mineral or nutrient I.E. you might crave chips when your low in sodium or dehydrated or you might crave leafy green veg/red meat if your deficient in iron. I know this from personal experience having suffered Von Willebrand's disease blood clotting disorder and how bad my menstrual cycles were until I was put on the Mirena IUD in my late 20s
Ok it is about 40K people. Maybe not huge like chicago, but still big enough where everyone doesn't know your business. I am from Chicago and went to college in Quincy. Love that town.
It makes sense male postpartum is a thing, the #1 cause of death for pregnant women is honicide by their partner... let that sink in. 😳 Pregnant women are 16-35% more likely to be murdered than non-pregnant women. And it's so common for husband's to cheat on their wives while they're pregnant or within the 1st yr of the child's life. People really don't give out support for father's, and they need it as much as mothers do.
That’s what my man’s friend was talking about! I haven’t had a kid, but I know a lot about pregnancy, and I’ve heard of men gaining weight with the woman, but never the man having morning sickness along with her!
Thank you guys for these podcasts. I have a request. Could you guys bleep out curse words? I just don't like hearing them, especially for my daughter. ❤
I said a comment about Matt asking about people’s sex lives, but I feel like he did such a WONDERFUL job handling the conversation about grief and loss with maturity and respect. 🩷
The way Rachael looks at Tom and the way Tom speaks - that is a HUSBAND😭
I love Rachel and Tom! It was their channel that gave my family the idea to host college dinners for our swim and triathlon teams at Gallaudet University. With so many students who can’t afford to travel home for long weekends, who don’t have communication access at home, who just want a good meal with new friends…it’s beautiful! And AGREED…these kids are so grateful and frugal they don’t want to take too much back to their dorms but we always manage to send more!
Wow this is amazing!!!
Shout out to the Deaf community ❤
I love men who are in tune with their emotions, who can listen, and who love their woman it’s so rare and I love to see it so much😭 and he even gives the credit to his wife and others, so beautiful 😭
When Rachel said he's so wise because he's gone through so much that he shouldn't have had to. I started tearing up. My husband has told me stories. He processes thing with humor so while he's laughing about traumatic things that have happened I'm trying to hold it together and not bawl.
Crying hearing about Toms parents and the great love they taught him. Such a genuine, loving men, wonderful couple. Tom, if you see tis comment, your parents did a great job.. really. Wishing you and Rachael and your girls all the best!
Matt really does know how to ask the important questions. Thank you for this raw and vulnerable conversation - the world needs it.
These two unbelievably kind people have been parents to many. They have blessed ALOT of people with their love. These are my favorite podcast guests so far!!
I just want to just give Tom a big hug and cry for a few minutes and just listen to him talk about anything. So wise and compassionate. I love him and Rachel so much more after this podcast. ❤
I love your podcast. I'm a 27 year old mom to a 9 month old, and man, when Matt talks about community, I just feel so seen. You guys represent a community for me. I don't know anyone in my town, but you guys make me want to join local activities so I can be a part of something. You bring me a lot of joy. Have a great day x
I ADORE Rachael & Tom. Cried & laughed at all different points in this episode. It’s so true, they’re both so full of wisdom, both have a beautiful way of getting others to listen and inspiring others to be a kind & loving person…. Just inspiring people to be the best versions of themselves. ♥️
I’ve followed this couple for years through their journey but learned so much about them from this podcast. NC Native here who enjoyed hearing how y’all moved here, etc since I’ve always wondered with Rachel’s Chicago accent. Genuinely funny that others don’t know how to pronounce Appalachian lol Love everything that yall do for all the colleges around here! Continue being real down to earth people!!
I needed this episode. Just been diagnosed with pcos. Infertility is so hard and we are really struggling
Rachel is so well spoken!!! Along with her creativity. These are easily my fav people online I was so happy to see you guys interviewing them!
I love this episode! You should have the Scott family and Dallin and Alyssa on the pod!
STOPPPP!! GUYSSS!! Suttons in Lexington KY catered my wedding!! I was genuinely thinking the whole time that’s such a cute name bc it’s the restaurant that catered my wedding my JAW DROPPED WHEN YOU SAID THATS THE EXACT PLACE YOU ALL MET UP IM CRYINGGF😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
And the owner, Gordon, talked about the daughter to us as well!! He’s the sweetest!!!
Tom talking about great love from the loss of family hit so hard for me . The love from a parent and the loss of a parent is like no other. Very relatable and absolutely love your podcast. Thank you
By far ONE of the best episodes ! So many genuine topics hit on this episode, I couldn’t stop watching . I laughed and cried right along with yall!
"Did you guys have a lake house? Is that a Midwest thing?"
Rachel, I love you girlie, but as a fellow Chicagoan, that is NOT a Midwest thing, that's a rich thing 😂😂🩷
At 1:07:23 , wow. This had me crying. As someone who has also gone through a lot, especially at a young age, this touched me. I truly believe that God allows things to happen for a reason, even though we may not understand it. Those experiences provides us a chance to grow more in wisdom. Thank you Matt & Abby, for continuing to be real and intentional with the subjects you talk about on each podcast. You are making a difference, I promise! God bless you!
Would love to see tori and chad masters, brooke and sam, merrell twins, the scott family, and other couples. I love your podcast so much! ❤
Didn't they do Brooke and Sam ?
1:09:58 I really needed to hear this. This man is a blessing to anyone that has the pleasure of knowing him
From Appalachian mountains here! Rachel is 1000 % right in the way she says Appalachian! Thank you! ❤
Pcos is a terrible thing, I’m so sorry for everyone who has it ❤
I can tell Tom is the sweetest Father oh my goodness those girls are so blessed and what a sweet husband too! Wow great guy!! 🥹😭🙏
This was another awesome Podcast Matt & Abby! Thanks for sharing Rachel & Tom what a great transformation and talking about grieving. I lost my best friend at age 14 and I tried to save her before anything happened, but nobody would listen to me. They probably thought I was being a ridiculous teenager. I tried saving her 6 months prior and then the night before she died, we talked on the phone an hour before it happened. It was the first time we were not together for a holiday weekend or weekend. We were together all the time. It was a very tragic situation and what happen even a few days prior. I have lost a lot of people at this time, I am 50 years old, and the hardest ones are the sudden Ones. I miss them all. I have gone through the grieving process that was so hard with my BF at age 14 and then my 2nd hardest one at age 21, that whenever I lose someone now it doesn't hurt as much as it should. It is a really odd thing, but I know I will see them all one day. Thanks for being Raw you all and thanks for sharing.
I feel like sometimes Matt doesn’t know when to stop asking certain questions:/ I feel like you could really tell Tom didn’t want to keep talking about his family trauma.
Matt is literally an idiot. I feel like Rachel and Tom had to think he was so immature!! I had to skip through so many parts I was literally getting embarrassed for him
@ i love matt and abby but i feel the embarrassment too sometimes 😩 like ahhhh why did you ask that!!!!
@@gracierios800 I don’t know why Abby doesn’t jump in when Matt starts talking in circles
Yessss I feel like he needs to stop asking people about their sex life too. The episode with the two thru hikers and he wouldn’t stop talking about sex and the people they saw having sex. Like please stop. It felt so uncomfortable to listen to. 😅
The “everybody has a lake house” comment was WILD to me. No sis, I was homeless as a child bold of you to assume everyone has a lake house. 😆🤣😂
I agree
Same
I barely even had a house - house!!😂 blows my mind how out of touch the privileged can be.
When I lived in Canada (temporarily) everyone had a "cottage". I was so bewildered.
@@laurenskee2665 in addition to their everyday house?! 😱
I'm so excited to listen to this episode! I love Rachael and Tom! I've been following them for years!
To reverse PCOS, you need to reverse elevated sugar and insulin levels by:
1) reducing chronic stress
• search up tricks/hacks/methods and do them
2) increasing sleep quality and length
• search up tricks/hacks/methods and do them
3) optimizing diet
• Eat less than 20g total carbs per day
• Focus on animal fat and protein instead
• Supplement daily
→ 4 drops Lugol's 2% iodine in "shot" of water
→ 10,000 IU Vitamin D³/K² combo
• Minimize caffeine intake
The longer you stick to this protocol, the more PCOS symptoms will reverse (including the facial hair). Many people see complete PCOS reversal in about a year.
If you are taking hormone-altering drugs, it will probably take longer to see results.
I am happy to explain more or answer questions or address concerns.
And your qualifications for giving medical advice are…
@melisa8256 Are you saying what I have suggested is incorrect?
Would LOOVEEE to see the Scott family on here !!!
I’m from Southern Illinois and I love that Tom talked about the wineries here!! They’re the best!
You guys I had the same exact experience with my daughters and we had such a hard time! Same with rhe PPR, PPD, sleep deprivation, etc. All I will say is it truly does get better, and time is unfortunately the only thing that helps! If she dosnt want to play, just hold her and love her, even if it feels hard! You’ll get through it ❤️
You can tell that Rachel is a great wife and mother❤❤❤ loved hearing them on
Can you guys talk more about what things you ate/ diet plans to get your hormones back on track?
i would highly recommend their first book!
Gosh this podcast got me. 😢 I lost my grandma in October and my son's middle name (Kruz) is named after her. The name thing is true.
Meals for college students is an amazing thing! I loved feeling like I was adopted by a family and got to talk about everything with them ❤
I I loved this episode!! After my second child, my husband had PPD also. It was really tough.
His advice about grief is so real and so good
I doubt you'll read this but transition out of the tent slowly with different stages of sleep - so fall asleep with tent when he's asleep take it off or halfway through the nap take it off. Then fall asleep with tent but with it a little open at nap time. You get the picture! I love the quick transition of tent to no tent but as y'all know each kid needs something different so maybe that'll work better for your little one!
I’m excited for the new episode! love yall have you happy new year!
Wow, what a wise man Tom is. I really enjoyed watching this couple!
One of my favorite couples! So so so happy you had them on the pod!!!
I love the variety of guests you have on! Great job! 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you Tom and Rachel for cooking for these college students.
This one was a tear jerker. I am not even trying yet, but I pre-ordered that cookbook. It looks beautiful. My husband went to NCSU and was part of the class that got kicked out of the dorms during COVID, I wish we had visited them when we were both students!
Such a great listen! Very touched by this couple and their story!
HAPPY NEW YEARRRR 🎉🎉 LOVE YOU GUYSSS❤
Great grandmas I got named after first and middle names .. never met them they passed way before I was born but it’s so cool to carry it on
I’m also the oldest grandkid on both sides
Loving the podcast. I'm from Middlesboro, Kentucky. I know Sutton's in Lexington, the restaurant they named their child after. Beautifully names with such loving intention.
Great episode, I was feeling a little down and it made me very happy 😊
They’re incredible people! God bless them.
I lost both my parents in 2023. My dad in March and my mom in November. It’s so hard.
Happy New Year, dudes!
I think we as parents need to be more comfortable with our kids being uncomfortable.
Definitely good to talk about, but we don’t need to stress out too much about our little ones being sad. It’s ok to be sad, we don’t need to try and distract from that emotion. Just make yourself available as parents and they will come to you
59:49 omg I had no clue they used to meet up in Lexington!!!! I’m from there!!! I had a feeling they would say Lexington based off of the towns they were talking about!!! Now I need to go to Suttons and try it!!!
Loved this episode! 🩷
I live near ASU and that is how it is said! Love listening to you guys!
you guys should have Tiffiany and Benji nelson on the poddddd!!!! ilysmmmm🤩
Loved this one.
I absolutely love this episode❤
Happy new year 2025 anyone?
Happy New Year!!😊✨
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Lexington girl here! We love Suttons ❤️❤️
what a great episode ❤🩹
Hey! I love you guys and listen every week. As someone who has grown up and still lives in the Appalachian Mountains… it is app-a-LATCH-a !! People around here even sell shirts that make fun of the other pronunciation. Haha!
Yes post partum depression can happen to men especially those with financial burden. Adding to the family can cause alot of stress and stress effects how you sleep and eat and think and can cause anxiety.
For women their body go through a hormonal shift on-top of the mental aspect of bringing in a new baby and the worries that come with it.
I think the women obviously get it worse cause their bodies are trying to recover after giving birth, but that's not to say men don't also get emotionally messed up as well.
We love the tents, slumberpods have saved our sleep with twins. But yeah the transition will be interesting 😅
Happy new year!!!!!!
This was such a good episode!!!!!!!!!!
Great episode 🎉
My close cousin who was only 30 his truck flipped and he died instantly on x-mas eve on 2023!😢
Rachel is saying Appalachian correctly :) Loved this episode!
You guys should try to get Mckennah Ashcroft on her husband doesn’t like being on social media but I know you guys would respect that but she has a amazing story
I can easily understand where man are coming from but I think it’s more important than what I have never saw before in my entire life. Love this podcast
What an awesome couple !
Thank you for all the love you all are spreading. 💕💕
I wish you all the best for 2025. 😜🥳
you guys should have Kristin johns and Marcus on Ur podcast
Marcus is too busy living off his wife
I want to know what did you do for PCOS? I have it and wanted to know what did you change in your diet?
So weird hearing about Quincy and Illinois. I live in Taylorville!
Hey! Love the podcast! Just wanted to let you know that Rachel’s instagram tag is wrong in the show notes ! Love you guys!
you can't reject having PCOS its controlled by your hormones etc. cravings usually mean your deficient in a vitamin mineral or nutrient I.E. you might crave chips when your low in sodium or dehydrated or you might crave leafy green veg/red meat if your deficient in iron. I know this from personal experience having suffered Von Willebrand's disease blood clotting disorder and how bad my menstrual cycles were until I was put on the Mirena IUD in my late 20s
Ok it is about 40K people. Maybe not huge like chicago, but still big enough where everyone doesn't know your business. I am from Chicago and went to college in Quincy. Love that town.
It makes sense male postpartum is a thing, the #1 cause of death for pregnant women is honicide by their partner... let that sink in. 😳 Pregnant women are 16-35% more likely to be murdered than non-pregnant women. And it's so common for husband's to cheat on their wives while they're pregnant or within the 1st yr of the child's life. People really don't give out support for father's, and they need it as much as mothers do.
Loved❤
Happy new yearrr
I also went to Appalachian State most likely around the same tike she did and she is defined saying it correctly.
Hi- You linked the incorrect instagram profile for Rachel
A Friend of mine... her husband vomited every other morning the whole time she was pregnant with both kids..😮
That’s what my man’s friend was talking about! I haven’t had a kid, but I know a lot about pregnancy, and I’ve heard of men gaining weight with the woman, but never the man having morning sickness along with her!
Men can have depression, but men cannot have postpartum depression, as they cannot be postpartum….
was there supposed to be an episode of the unplanned podcast on christmas day 2024
they deserved a Christmas break :)
They did a break for the Christmas holiday.
Happy new year 2025❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Here to say that you spelled Rachel’s name wrong in the title 🙄
Nope I'm from Boston & Matt is Correct!!! It is Appalachian Mountain
The only one that can help with all secret pains and bad situations in life is following Jesus Christ.
Yooo!!! I went to Appalachian!!! 🤣
Out of state too!!!
I thought it was App a lay shin too 🤣
❤❤
Would love to see Justin and Hailey Bieber on the podcast!
Pleaseeee get Hannah and Shane from Squirmy and Grubs.
Thank you guys for these podcasts. I have a request. Could you guys bleep out curse words? I just don't like hearing them, especially for my daughter. ❤
No peace out dude didnt feel right
I said a comment about Matt asking about people’s sex lives, but I feel like he did such a WONDERFUL job handling the conversation about grief and loss with maturity and respect. 🩷
He is SO right! Just ask about them❤️🩹