September 22, 2020

Ep 83: Best Books Lately with Christine Koh

September 22, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

It’s time for another episode about the best books we’ve read lately! This time I'm joined by Christine Koh, an author, speaker, blogger, podcaster, designer, and scientist. Yes, DR. Christine Koh is all of those things, and on this episode she is sharing books that speak to the Asian American experience AND her newfound love of the romance genre.

I'm sharing two books about cults, what I'm reading before I fall asleep at night, and the novel that took me totally by surprise.

So there is a LOT packed into this conversation.

September 18, 2020

BONUS: Break the Good Girl Myth with author Majo Molfino

September 18, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for anyone who struggles with her inner “good girl.”

I read Break the Good Girl Myth: How To Dismantle Outdated Rules, Unleash Your Power, and Design a More Purposeful Life by Majo Molfino this summer and the whole idea resonated with me: identifying as a good girl, wanting to be seen as a good girl, and simultaneously wanting to get out of that trap.

Even at 40-something, I am still dismantling these parts of my identity, and I could see myself - and so many of my friends - in the five different types of “good girls” that Majo writes about.

September 15, 2020

Ep 82: Create a family yearbook (10 Tips from Miss Freddy)

September 15, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode will motivate you to create a family yearbook (or any other kind of photo book).

Miss Freddy is back!

Last year’s Ep 41: 10 Tips to organize your digital photos with professional photo organizer Miss Freddy was so popular that I couldn't wait to have Casey (aka Miss Freddy) back on the show for more ideas about what to do with all the photos we’re drowning in.

This time we’re focusing on family yearbooks, but Miss Freddy’s advice applies to any sort of digital photo book you want to create. She’s sharing the steps, the tools, and the mindset to create an album you’ll be so happy to have.

September 12, 2020

BONUS: How to decorate for the seasons without buying more stuff. (A conversation with Myquillyn Smith, The Nester)

September 12, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

Welcome to this BONUS episode of the 10 Things To Tell You podcast, I am so excited to share another author interview, especially because Myquillyn Smith - aka The Nester - has been someone I’ve followed online for YEARS and years, but we had never actually spoken until we recorded!

Myquillyn has influenced the way I think about my home through her blog and then social media and then her books, starting with The Nesting Place, and then the Cozy Minimalist Home, and now, her latest release this fall titled Welcome Home. Her book and our conversation revolves around decorating your home for the SEASONS without buying a bunch of expensive decor that you then have to store, and also signaling to yourself and to your family the cycle of the year - EVEN when you live in Southern California where the temperature doesn’t change much.

August 21, 2020

BONUS: How white women can stop avoiding hard conversations. (A conversation with Jenna Arnold)

August 21, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

In this BONUS episode, Jenna and I talk through a few of the reasons white women statistically stay silent about important issues:

perfection,

performance,

and

peacekeeping.

August 18, 2020

Ep 78: Trust your intuition, use your brain. (A conversation with Meg Tietz)

August 18, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

July 21, 2020

Ep 74: Best Books Lately with Sarah Bessey

July 21, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

Follow Sarah Bessey on Instagram and Facebook

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.

June 23, 2020

Ep 71: Kendra Adachi is The Lazy Genius

June 23, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

June 09, 2020

Ep 68: Hometown: A conversation about race with LaToyia Brown, Monica Pickens, and Danielle Williams

June 09, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

May 12, 2020

Ep 65: Summer Reading Guide with Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs Darcy

May 12, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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!

April 28, 2020

Ep 63: Working from home (A conversation with Emily P Freeman)

April 28, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

March 31, 2020

Ep 59: Marry the person you could quarantine with (the Tremaines wave hello)

March 31, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

March 19, 2020

BONUS: Anxiety always makes sense (A conversation with Dr. Becky from DrBeckyAtHome)

March 19, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

March 03, 2020

Ep 55: Living Abroad with Kids (10 Takeaways with Julie Stillwell)

March 03, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

February 25, 2020

Ep 54: Best Books Lately with Jessica Turner + A Conversation about American Dirt with Stephanie Newman-Smith

February 25, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

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.

February 04, 2020

Ep 51: Masterminds: How to create and structure a business peer group (with guests Jamie Golden, Bri McKoy, and Kendra Adachi)

February 04, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you’re interested in creating a mastermind group to grow your business.

December 17, 2019

Ep 46: Book Club 2019 (Best, Worst, and Buzziest Books of the Year)

December 17, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

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.