We're back after a month off — Kila had pneumonia (three shots, a round of steroids, and still wheezing), Ashley is deep in menopause hell, and Aniston's Mother's Day Photoshop of her mama as a 250-lb trailer-park queen with a brown-filter cigarette is officially the cover of Ashley's future memoir.

Then we get into the real reason we needed to record: Delta 8 and drug-induced psychosis. Kila's nephew Ethan has schizophrenia that gets triggered every single time he touches Delta 8 — selling it at gas stations with no shoes on, ending up in Clarksville, the works.

Ashley's been watching her late best friend's daughter spiral the same way: Snapchat threats, gang talk, "Indian burial ground" messages, a gun nobody can account for, and four hospital stays where the family can't get a scrap of information because she won't sign the release. We talk about why the 72-hour hold system is broken, why we need real long-term mental health housing back, and why this needs to be a PSA — Delta 8 and mental health meds do not mix. (Tennessee, get on Kratom too while you're at it.)

Then we lighten it up: Ashley confesses her A-Stock auction addiction — bidding $2 a pop on six wheelchairs, a walker, ramps, a catalytic converter for a '99 Grand Am, and a chandelier — and recording Hagen's face as she breaks the news. Plus a brutally honest review of her $250 Fun Delivered undelivered-mail mystery box (a hairball-relief cat med, vaginal probiotics, "Moore Mafia" hoodie, and a Starbucks glass bear that broke the next day).

Also: we're making money on the podcast now, Willa is talking in full sentences, and we're taking a short summer hiatus while gas is $4.29 — but we are not quitting.

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Don't do Delta 8 if you've got mental health issues. Love y'all. Bye, bitches.

On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda, Ashley is holding it down without Kila — feel better, Kila! — and she's joined by her longtime friend Kay McNabb for a heartfelt, powerful conversation you do not want to miss.

Ashley and Kay have known each other since grade school in Centerville, TN, and this episode goes way beyond catching up. Kay shares her deeply personal story of walking through infertility, pregnancy loss, PCOS, ectopic pregnancies, fertility treatments, and finally becoming a mom after years of heartbreak and uncertainty.

In this episode, they talk about:

• 💛 Growing up together in a small town and reconnecting later in life

• ⚠️ Kay's infertility journey, including PCOS and multiple pregnancy losses

• 🏥 The devastating reality of ectopic pregnancies and losing a fallopian tube

• 📉 Being told she had only a 3% chance of getting pregnant naturally

• 💸 The emotional and financial weight of considering IVF and fertility treatment

• 🍼 The miracle of finally getting pregnant with her son Jack after nearly 10 years of marriage

• 😭 What it felt like to hear a baby cry in the hospital and realize, "this is really happening for us"

Ashley and Kay also get real about the mental side of infertility — the fear, the waiting, the grief, and the strange feeling of not fully believing it until the baby is finally in your arms.

This episode is full of:

• real friendship

• real faith

• real heartbreak

• and real hope

If you or someone you love has walked through infertility, pregnancy loss, or a long journey to motherhood, this conversation will hit home in a powerful way.

🎧 Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.

Be sure to subscribe, rate, and share this one with someone who may need a little hope today.

This week on Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda, Ashley and Kila are bringing the laughs, the real talk, and a brand new segment that is already giving iconic energy: HOOD THERAPIST. 💥

In this new segment, the ladies take on questions from fans, messy situations from the internet, and real-life relationship, family, and life drama — then give their own hilarious, unfiltered, and surprisingly solid advice based on real experience. It's funny, it's honest, and it's exactly the kind of chaos you'd expect from these two.

Got a question? Need advice? Got a wild story?

📩 Email: barbarajeanandwanda@gmail.com

📲 Or DM Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda on any of their social platforms to be featured in a future Hood Therapist segment.

Also in this episode:

• 🐣 Ashley and Kila catch up on life and all the usual shenanigans

• 🌷 They talk about Easter traditions now versus the way things were when they were growing up

• 📖 Ashley shares a special excerpt from her new book, and y'all… this book is shaping up to be something really special

This episode is funny, heartfelt, nostalgic, and full of the kind of real-life wisdom only Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda can deliver.

If you love:

• funny women-led podcasts

• real advice with real-life experience

• Southern storytelling

• family memories and holiday traditions

• raw, hilarious conversations

…then this is the episode for you.

🎧 Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.

Be sure to subscribe, rate, share, and send in your stories for the next round of Hood Therapist.