Ep 229: The Big Business of Celebrity Fish Tanks (with Nic Tiemens of Infinity Aquariums)

Ep 229: The Big Business of Celebrity Fish Tanks (with Nic Tiemens of Infinity Aquariums)

One of the strangest things about our life in Hollywood (and there are many, many strange things) is our enormous fish tank. Every time I share a little bit about our fish tank on social media, I get flooded with questions that I mostly can't answer. 

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Ep 225: Change Happens When You're Looking The Other Way (The Birthday Episode)

Ep 225: Change Happens When You're Looking The Other Way (The Birthday Episode)

It's my birthday week! I'm turning 45. And every year around this time, I do a birthday episode looking back and looking ahead.

This year's theme is about the quiet changes that happen when you're distracted, or busy, or not paying attention.

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Ep 208: How My Anxiety Has Changed In My 40s

Ep 208: How My Anxiety Has Changed In My 40s

It's been awhile since we've talked directly about mental health, and I wanted to give a personal update about what I've noticed is different about my lifelong anxiety in the last few years. I attribute these changes to aging, and evolving lifestyle, and a few different habits that I have really prioritized since I turned 40.

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Ep 182: 10 Things About 10 Years In Therapy

Ep 182: 10 Things About 10 Years In Therapy

Ten years ago this summer, I was in one of the lowest points of my life. I had a toddler and a baby, was grieving the death of a loved one, the diagnosis of another loved one, and the near-fatal crisis of yet another loved one. My husband was away making a movie, so I was solo parenting and circumstantially very isolated during a rainy season that had flooded our home. 

And also....I had just started therapy for the first time. 

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Ep 168: The Life Council is OUT NOW! (10 things I haven't told you yet about my new book)

Ep 168: The Life Council is OUT NOW! (10 things I haven't told you yet about my new book)

In this episode, I wanted to share with you ten thoughts about the book, the creative process, why I felt like a fraud writing it, and why I believe in its message so deeply. 

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Ep 167: Five Friendship Philosophies (an audiobook excerpt of The Life Council by Laura Tremaine)

Ep 167: Five Friendship Philosophies (an audiobook excerpt of The Life Council by Laura Tremaine)

This episode is an excerpt from the audiobook version of The Life Council, read by me. The sections I'm sharing here are called A Friendship Reckoning and Five Friendship Philosophies.

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Ep 164: Are we friends or not? (A Secret Tapes Mastermind Conversation with Jamie Golden, Bri McKoy, and Kendra Adachi)

Ep 164: Are we friends or not? (A Secret Tapes Mastermind Conversation with Jamie Golden, Bri McKoy, and Kendra Adachi)

Back In 2019, I infamously said on this podcast that the women in my business Mastermind were not my friends.

Jamie Golden, Bri McKoy, and Kendra Adachi are back to refute that claim and also take their offical seats on my Life Council as my "Business Besties," as I write about them in my book.

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Ep 162: 10 Ways To Handle Overwhelm

Ep 162: 10 Ways To Handle Overwhelm

We all have seasons of overwhelm, whether it's a packed schedule, an insane To Do list, or events that require a lot of emotional processing. I've been navigating my own overwhelm in the last few months while juggling a larger-than-normal workload with travel and family obligations. So I sat down to make a list of the things that are helping me handle it. 

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Ep. 155: 3 Mantras + 3 Habits for the New Year

Ep. 155: 3 Mantras + 3 Habits for the New Year

Happy 2023! 

As we kick off a new year, it's natural to think about what we want to do differently going forward. For me, I want to return to some habits that promote work/life balance and I'm activitely working to shift some of my mindsets by using affirmations. 

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Ep. 154: 10 Things I Learned in 2022

Ep. 154: 10 Things I Learned in 2022

The week between Christmas and New Years is one of my favorite parts of the year. I love the reflection, the final Best Of lists, the hope and excitement for the year ahead. 

In the past, I've called this final episode of the year "10 TAKEAWAYS from 20__" but as I was journaling through all that had happened in 2022, I realized that (for me) it was all about the lessons learned. 

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Ep 152: Favorite Things 2022

Ep 152: Favorite Things 2022

I'm sharing my Favorite Things of 2022 including my favorite style choices, kitchen items, apps, and gadgets and more. 

At the end of the episode, a few listeners share their favorites, too! 

We share Favorite Things on this show because it's fun and as an act of gratitude. If you share your stuff on social media, make sure to tag @10ThingsToTellYou

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Ep 149: 10 Takeaways from 2021

Ep 149: 10 Takeaways from 2021

I'm sharing my 10 Most Important Takeaways of 2021, a year that was personally hard and full of change and life lessons.

On this solo episode, I talk about everything from my word of the year to moving houses to confusing health problems to spiritual insight.

And at the end I'm telling you about a big decision I made regarding the future of the show.

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