BONUS: How white women can stop avoiding hard conversations. (A conversation with Jenna Arnold)
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In this BONUS episode, Jenna and I talk through a few of the reasons white women statistically stay silent about important issues:
Ep 78: Trust your intuition, use your brain. (A conversation with Meg Tietz)
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This episode is for anyone who needs a good, long, catchup with girlfriends.
It's been awhile since we've had a huge dose of girlfriend chat on the show, but great conversations are the driving force of 10 Things To Tell You. In our long overdue conversation, Meg and I each share five things we need to catch up on. We talk loneliness, Real Housewives, true crime obsessions, the perfect amazon purchase, shoes, and intuition.
Read MoreEp 74: Best Books Lately with Sarah Bessey
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It's time for another episode about BOOKS and this time I'm joined by my good friend Sarah Bessey. Sarah is a writer, speaker, and all around woman of wisdom. She is the author of Jesus Feminist, Out of Sorts, and the spiritual memoir Miracles and Other Reasonable Things. She is also the cofounder of the Evolving Faith conference.
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On this episode, Sarah and I each share the best books we've read lately, including popular novels, Canadian authors that fly under the radar, and social justices resources.
Read MoreEp 71: Kendra Adachi is The Lazy Genius
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I am so excited to share this conversation with my friend Kendra Adachi (aka The Lazy Genius) because not only do we talk about being “work friends” and how that narrow relationship title offers us freedom in our friendship, but Kendra also applies her Lazy Genius principles to my problem prioritizing work tasks.
This episode is part friendship, part therapy, part work/life balance.
Read MoreEp 68: Hometown: A conversation about race with LaToyia Brown, Monica Pickens, and Danielle Williams
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I’ve wanted to have this conversation with my hometown friends since I made the BIAS series on Smartest Person in the Room in 2018. I preferred to do it in person back then, but when the recent protests started over the murder of George Floyd, I asked if they would be willing to record online instead.
Read MoreEp. 67: Social Shaming during Covid-19 (A conversation with Kristen Howerton)
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This episode is for anyone who has felt shamed or judgmental over choices made during the global pandemic.
Admit it: you’ve either hidden your own activity or judged other people’s choices in the last few months. I’m joined by blogger, podcaster, and author Kristen Howerton (who you may know from her blog Rage Against the Minivan or from her weekly self-care podcast Selfie) to discuss the social shaming that we’re doing and feeling during this unprecedented season of the coronavirus.
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Read MoreEp 65: Summer Reading Guide with Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs Darcy
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This episode is for anyone who is excited for summer reading!
I am so excited to welcome Anne Bogel, three-time author, blogger at Modern Mrs. Darcy, podcaster at What Should I Read Next? and someone who reads more books than anyone else I know!
Read MoreEp 63: Working from home (A conversation with Emily P Freeman)
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This episode is for you if you are working from home right now and need some tips or mindset shifts to be less distracted and more productive.
My guest is Emily P Freeman, The Next Right Thing author and podcaster. Her work-from-home structure of Theme Days is something I adopted months ago and on this episode we talk about her approach to this schedule and how she's modifying it during the Covid 19 stay-at-home orders.
We also talk about the things that we're measuring to feel accomplished, and how social media is making us feel right now when our main connection with the outside world is the internet.
Read MoreEp 59: Marry the person you could quarantine with (the Tremaines wave hello)
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This episode is for anyone needing a little light distraction.
The Tremaines are waving hello from week 3 of self-isolation to stop the spread of coronavirus. This episode ended up being an accidental model for the type of conversations you could be documenting in your life and family right now during this historic time.
Read MoreBONUS: Anxiety always makes sense (A conversation with Dr. Becky from DrBeckyAtHome)
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This episode is for you if you need to understand and better cope with your anxiety.
Dr. Becky from Dr. Becky At Home is a clinical psychologist who specializes in helping people cope with anxiety and stress. I found her on Instagram when someone shared one of her posts, and what followed is one of the best and most important conversations I’ve ever had on this show.
Read MoreEp 55: Living Abroad with Kids (10 Takeaways with Julie Stillwell)
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This episode is for you if you've ever dreamed of living abroad with your family for a year.
I've been dying to share this conversation with my dear friend Julie. In 2018, Julie Stillwell and her husband Tom took their two young daughters to live in Amsterdam for one year. All four had lived in Los Angeles their whole lives, so this was a family adventure with a hundred takeaways.
We talk about the logistics of moving abroad and the emotions of both leaving and adjusting. We talk living without a car and sending their kids to the International School. We talk about style and food in Amsterdam versus the United States. We talk about why life seems simpler and slower in this part of Europe, and how temporary absence can actually deepen relationships.
Read MoreEp 54: Best Books Lately with Jessica Turner + A Conversation about American Dirt with Stephanie Newman-Smith
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This episode is for you if you love to read (and follow literary controversies).
Book episodes are the best episodes! We spend the first half hour talking about the best books we've read lately with Jessica Turner, and we take a brief detour to talk about #Bookstagram and our current reading habits (including a new hobby Jessica picked up and the #ReadYourBooks challenge she's hosting online).
In the second half of this extra long episode, I'm joined by my real-life book club friend Stephanie Newman-Smith to talk through the layers of controversy around the novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. We talk about who can tell what stories, how the publishing industry is complicit in silencing non-white voices, and the bizarre marketing missteps around the novel that Oprah picked for her book club.
Read MoreEp 51: Masterminds: How to create and structure a business peer group (with guests Jamie Golden, Bri McKoy, and Kendra Adachi)
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This episode is for you if you’re interested in creating a mastermind group to grow your business.
Read MoreEp 48: Should we post our kids on social media? (A conversation with Nish Weiseth)
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This episode is for you if you’ve ever second-guessed posting photos of your kids online.
Nish Weiseth - a friend I met through mommy blogging years ago - recently posted on Instagram that she was going to take a step back from posting her family online, because her kids are getting older and she started questioning her own motivations. I thought her take was really interesting, so I reached out and asked her to have a friend-to-friend conversation on this topic…publicly.
Read MoreEp 46: Book Club 2019 (Best, Worst, and Buzziest Books of the Year)
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Allllll the Best Of book lists are rolling out and of course I have to throw my two cents in.
This episode is a conversation with two friends from my real life book club, Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith. We are discussing the best, worst, and buzziest books of the year and we have a LOT of words.
Read MoreBONUS: Half Baked Harvest food blogger and author Tieghan Gerard
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This episode is for you if you’re looking for inspiration in the kitchen.
I am so excited to welcome Tieghan Gerard of Half Baked Harvest to the show. I have loved her website and her recipes for years and now she has a new cookbook out called Super Simple: More Than 125 Recipes for Instant, Overnight, Meal-Prepped, and Easy Comfort Food.
Read MoreEp 42: Have you lost your style? (A conversation with Amber Haines)
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This episode is for you if don't recognize the person in the mirror.
On a recent girls weekend, my good friend Amber Haines and I got into a conversation about being uncomfortable in our skin lately. It's more than simply aging, we both feel like our personal sense of style (something we've been proud of in the past) has taken a back seat in the past few years during a busy life.
This topic is both shallow and not. We discuss body changes, hiding ourselves, the mental hurdles of buying new clothes, and the logistical aspects of getting dressed up for a day when you don't see anyone except your kids.
This is a no shame, no judgment, authentic conversation between friends. We plan our next steps to get our groove back - the emotional part, and the practical part - and will do a check in on this topic in 3 months.
Read MoreEp 41: 10 Tips to organize your photos with Miss Freddy
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This episode is for you if you are overwhelmed by the sheer number of photos in your life.
My guest Casey von Stein (aka Miss Freddy) is a professional photo organizer (yes, that’s a thing!) who helps people worldwide make sense of their photo mess. She offers online courses, remote organizing sessions via screen share, and will even digitize your childhood photos and videos.
Read MoreEp 36: Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey are best friends and Office Ladies
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This episode is for you if you met your best friend at the office.
This episode is so special to me. Special because I get to talk to two women I admire, two best friends who are smart and hilarious and thoughtful and good business women, and we get to talk about one of my favorite topics: friendship.
On this episode, Jenna and Angela - most known for their iconic roles on the show The Office - share about friendships in their childhood, the origin story of their own friendship, and the trickiness of navigating relationships through motherhood and success.
Read MoreEp 31: Best Books Lately with Alyssa Hertzig
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My favorite type of episode! All about books…the best we’ve read this summer, plus reading habits and what’s on our To-Read list.
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