Becoming Burnham

Kat Burnham
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A blended family, big feelings, mental health days, and grief that shows up uninvited. Becoming Burnham is messy, honest, healing, and very us.

  1. 22 - The Mid-Chapter "Girl Dad"

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    22 - The Mid-Chapter "Girl Dad"

    Most parenting advice assumes you were there from the beginning. But what happens when you come into a child's life mid chapter and have to earn something that other parents just automatically get? In this episode Kat and Kyle get honest about what it looked like to build real relationships with each other's kids. What it took, what it cost, and what they learned along the way. Kyle talks about what it means to be a girl dad, and Kat gets into what it looked like to watch that happen and trust the process even when it was hard.

    45 min

  2. Jun 5

    21 - The Myth of the Spoon Fed Husband

    A few episodes back Kat revealed that she handles the entire family calendar — coordinating directly with Sam, sending Kyle the invites, and keeping the whole operation running. The internet had a lot to say about it. So in this episode Kristina and Kat brought Kyle in to speak for himself. This is a conversation about how a blended family actually functions when everyone stops fighting over who should be doing what and just lets the right people do what they're good at. Kyle talks about what it's really like to come home from a day of being in charge and hand the logistics over completely, where the security comes from to trust a system that most people would find uncomfortable, and what he'd say to a guy who thinks there's no way he could step back like that. If your household keeps turning into a negotiation over who handles what, or if you've ever wondered what it actually takes to make a blended family run without constant friction, this one is worth a listen.

    40 min

  3. May 29

    20 - Ella Bella Ballerina Fairy Princess

    We planned a birthday episode for Ella turning fifteen. We had the outline, the questions, the whole thing was ready. Then one question stopped everything — what are you excited about? What do you want in this next chapter? — and there was nothing. Because everything she'd want to look forward to, she'd want to share with her brother Arlan. And Arlan isn't here. So instead of pushing through it, we stopped. This episode is just Kat and Kristina — talking about a girl who was a miracle from the beginning, who carries more than most people see, and who is growing up with grief sitting right next to every milestone. We talk about what she carries, what it looks like to show up for your kid when you're also falling apart, and what you hope she knows even when you can't find the words to say it out loud.

    37 min

  4. May 22

    19 - Lunch is Your Problem Now

    Every parent hits that moment sometime in May where summer suddenly feels very close and very real and slightly terrifying. You've got the end of year chaos still happening, you're trying to figure out what summer actually looks like, and somewhere in the back of your head you know that the school schedule has been holding your life together and it's about to just stop. In this episode, Kristina and Kat talk through the real summer transition — what to do before school gets out, how to handle the logistics without overcomplicating them, and how to actually enjoy summer instead of just surviving it. Because underneath all of it summer is really good. And you deserve to be in it, not just managing it.

    41 min

  5. May 15

    18 - Kids Say The Darndest Things

    If you've ever frozen in public because of something that just came out of your kid's mouth — this episode is for you. Kat and Sam are sharing the moments their kids said the thing nobody was ready for. The embarrassing, the unhinged, the brutally honest, and the surprisingly deep. Because kids don't filter. They don't perform. They just tell the truth about everything, I mean everything, but especially about you…with complete confidence and zero warning. We're getting into the public moments you had to recover from, the kid logic that makes absolutely no sense but somehow holds together, the callouts that stung a little because they weren't wrong, and the things our kids have said that we are still thinking about. It's a funny episode. But it's also a reminder that these kids are paying attention to everything — and sometimes what comes out of their mouths is exactly what you needed to hear.

    48 min

  6. May 8

    17 - Moms Deserve More Than Brunch

    This one's equal parts hug and honest conversation. We're not doing the highlight reel version of Mother's Day — the brunch, the flowers, the performance of gratitude. We're doing the real one. Kat and Sam are getting into the stuff that actually lives underneath the holiday and the identity changes that creep in the moment you become somebody's mom. This episode is for every mom who has ever hidden in a bathroom just to get five minutes of silence and called it self care.

    41 min

  7. May 1

    16 - Thanks For the Advice. We're Not Taking It.

    This isn’t your grandmother’s parenting podcast. In Episode 16, we’re burning the manual. We’re diving into the "unfiltered" reality of being a millennial mom and breaking down all the outdated, toxic, or just plain weird advice we’ve been given. From the "cry it out" debates to the pressure of being a "Pinterest-perfect" household, we’re discussing why we chose the feral, honest route instead. It’s time to talk about the cycles we’re breaking and the "because I said so" strategies we’ve officially retired.

    47 min

  8. Apr 24

    15 - Logins, Love and Living Next Door

    “From the outside, it looks like a puzzle. From the inside, it’s just Tuesday.” Today, we’re talking to Kat and Sam about their "Family Pretzel." They live next door, they share everything from pets to passwords, and they’ve built a life that defies every label in the book. We’re digging into the messy, beautiful, and highly practical details of how they made it work when everyone told them it shouldn't.

    46 min
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A blended family, big feelings, mental health days, and grief that shows up uninvited. Becoming Burnham is messy, honest, healing, and very us.

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  • Creator
    Kat Burnham
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
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    © 2026 Becoming Burnham
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