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For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

Kim and Penn Holderness on Starting Over, Aging Out Loud, and Getting Ahead of Alzheimer's

Oct 21, 2026 · 59m

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Description:Twelve years ago, Kim and Penn Holderness made a Christmas card video in their pajamas, it broke the internet, and they both walked away from careers in TV news to make videos full time. With two little kids, two months of savings, and no health insurance. In 2013, when that was not even a job. They have been reinventing ever since, and they are right in the middle of it again.We recorded this conversation in a very tender week. They had just moved their oldest back to college, and two days earlier, Penn's mother passed away after nine years in skilled nursing with Alzheimer's. They showed up anyway, and I am so grateful they did. We talk about the leap of 2013 and the creators…