Being A Good Human & Birth Vibes with Jen Hamilton

Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness

Kim Holderness

Holderness Podcast, Self-improvement, Parenting, 40s, Laugh Line, Gen X, Penn Holderness, Laugh Lines, The Laugh Line, 50s, Kim Holderness, Aging, Getting Older, Humor, The Holderness Family, Marriage, Education

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

If there were ever a masterclass in being a good human… this is it. In this episode, Penn and I sit down with Jen Hamilton and y’all… She is exactly who you hope she is. Warm, hilarious, wildly honest, and the kind of person who makes you want to be better just by being in the same room. We talk about her new book Birth Vibes and cover what really happens in a delivery room. Jen has a gift of making the most awkward, messy, human moments feel normal, safe, and… dare we say, funny.

But what makes Jen extraordinary isn’t just what she knows—it’s how she shows up. From supporting families in their most vulnerable moments to turning compassion into action through her nonprofit work, she reminds us that kindness is something we do. (Like turning internet negativity into real-world good by raising money, helping strangers, and building communities that show up for each other.) We also play “Did Jen Swaddle It” and discuss what’s on our minds right now… like missing the chaos of Maycember.

We hope this episode makes you laugh and inspires you to be a better human like it did for us. We love to hear from you! Leave us a message at 323-364-3929 or write the show at podcast@theholdernessfamily.com. You can also watch our podcast on YouTube.

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Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness is an evolution of The Holderness Family Podcast, which began in 2018. Kim and Penn Holderness are award-winning online content creators known for their original music, song parodies, comedy sketches, and weekly podcasts. Their videos have resulted in over three billion views and over nine million followers since 2013. Penn and Kim are also authors of the New York Times Bestselling Books, ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide To (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD and All You Can Be With ADHD. They were also winners on The Amazing Race (Season 33) on CBS.

Laugh Lines is hosted and executive produced by Kim Holderness and Penn Holderness, with original music by Penn Holderness. Laugh Lines is also written and produced by Ann Marie Taepke, and edited and produced by Sam Allen. It is hosted by Acast. Thanks for listening!

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0:00.0	I acknowledge the weird.
0:21.4	Like, I get that this is weird for you. It's not weird for me. Every time I pulled my pants down immediately after birth, it smelled like I was smuggling wet pennies and onion rings and my cooter lips. I did say that. And... It is true! Yeah. And nobody tells you that. Yeah, we get older every day. Got more wrinkles, that's okay.
0:23.6	Yeah, we're laughing when we age.
0:27.0	Life is like a comedy stage.
0:31.8	And that's what we got laugh lines.
0:34.6	And I'm Ben Holderness.
0:36.2	And I'm Penn Holderness, you guys.
0:41.2	It's Laugh Lif Lines, and we're going to get to it really quick because we have one of our favorite guests of all time here. If you are getting ready, if you're bracing yourselves for May Sember, you're safe here. You're welcome here.
0:47.8	Yes. You are our people. It is, oh my gosh, it's just a few days away. It's the best time of the year. And by best,
0:55.6	I mean worst. It has changed over the years for us. Yeah. I guess just there's a little bit
1:03.0	of like shell shock from the past. It is just that time of year where things are wrapping up.
1:07.6	And it feels like you have all of these Christmas style responsibilities
1:10.9	that you have to fulfill with no presence or value.
1:17.4	I would say May Sember has changed a lot in that, I mean, we, Lola is coming home from college,
1:23.9	which is so exciting.
1:25.1	That's true.
1:25.4	But that's going to be its own new, unique thing that we'll have to, as a family.
1:32.3	We're going to disappear off the face of the earth for a week.
1:34.6	I know.
1:35.1	We're taking my 50th birthday trip very soon.
1:38.1	That's my 50th birthday present.
1:39.3	But friends, we have the most incredible human on the show today.
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