Ep 133: Declutter Like a Mother (with Allie Casazza)
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This episode is for anyone overwhelmed with all their STUFF.
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BONUS: Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen
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Kicking off Self-Improvement September with writer, podcaster, and speaker Andrea Owen, author of the new book Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength.
Andrea's backstory of hitting rock bottom while also people pleasing and "powering through" was something I could relate to, and the tips she gives in this new book were definitely something I needed to hear right now.
Read MoreEp 131: Teaching people to grieve with me (A conversation with Amy Ortloff)
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Content warning: Child loss and suicide
This episode is one of the most tender and important I’ve ever shared on this show, and I am just so deeply grateful to Amy Ortloff for having this conversation with me and letting me make it public.
Read MoreBONUS: A Mother's Guide to Raising Herself with Sarah Bragg
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I'm so happy to welcome fellow debut author Sarah Bragg to the show!
Sarah's book A Mother's Guide to Raising Herself: What Parenting Taught Me About Life, Faith, and Myself is out this week.
BONUS: Hope Anyway with Leeana Tankersley
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Hope Anyway is Leeana Tankersley’s sixth book, and it comes after Tankersley found herself sorting through immense grief following the unexpected end of her long marriage.
Leeana Tankersley is funny and relatable and a great writer. I just loved our conversation that was full of vulnerable moments (me) and kind wisdom (her).
Read MoreEp 129: What was the biggest year of your life?
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In this episode, I am asking YOU to think about the biggest year of your life. The answer may not be so obvious from the outside; it may not be the year you moved or married or had a baby or changed careers. The biggest year of your life may be full of loss or transformation, or both.
Read MoreEp 126: Books we wish we'd written (A conversation with author Shawn Smucker)
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This conversation with my old friend Shawn Smucker is one of the best I've had in awhile. We talk about reading and ghost writing and self-publishing and (not) censoring what our kids read.
And we also talk about the books we wish we'd written. Somehow I shock Shawn with one of my answers!
Ep 125: 10 Questions for Couples
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The main point of these particular prompts is to build CONNECTION. The questions don't go too deep (in case you have a partner resistant to this type of conversation), but you should definitely come away from any discussion using these prompts feeling just a little bit closer.
Read MoreBONUS: Secret Tapes Snippet (A conversation with my parents)
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One of the most personal and meaningful projects I’ve ever made was my podcast series called The Secret Tapes. It's a series of interviews I did with the people I write about in my book Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First.
Read MoreEp 119: Best Books Lately with Anne Bogel
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The fabulous Anne Bogel of What Should I Read Next? returns to the show to talk about her 2021 Summer Reading Guide and the best books she’s read lately.
Read MoreBONUS: Marriage and Martinis
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When I stumble across someone on the internet who is sharing themselves in a very vulnerable or very unique way, I take notice.
Read MoreEp 117: 10 Financial Tips for Freelancers (with The Freelance CFO Katelyn Magnuson)
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A year of the pandemic has made a lot people rethink their careers, and there’s a lot of interest in going full time freelance, pursuing a passion, or monetizing a creative pursuit. Here are 10 Financial Tips if you’re thinking about going freelance.
Read MoreBONUS: Competitive Grieving (A conversation with author Nora Zelevansky)
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Author Nora Zelevansky is my the very first novelist I've ever had on 10 Things To Tell You!
Read MoreEp 115: Taking up space (with Kate Kennedy of Be There in Five)
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When I first found Kate Kennedy's podcast Be There in Five, I just wanted Taylor Swift analysis. But I stayed for her series on Mommy Bloggers. Then I couldn't get enough of her pop culture commentary, hilarious tangents, and well-researched episodes about everything I wanted to talk about (that other people weren't talking about).
Read MoreEp 113: Best Books Lately (with Sarah's Bookshelves Live)
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Good news! My reading rhythms are back, which means more book content than ever before. I am so happy to share this conversation with Sarah from Sarah's Bookshelves Live about the best books we've read lately.
Read MoreEp 112: Who was there? (A Conversation with Shauna Niequist)
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Whenever I hear someone speak of a mentor or extra wise friend, I always think about my relationship with Shauna Niequist. We met working together at a summer camp when we were both young, and she then has offered me truth and guidance for more than two decades.
Read MoreEp 111: Behind-The-Scenes of Publishing, Launching, and Marketing a Book
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Back when writing a book was just a dream, I made a promise to myself that if I ever published, I would share the experience openly and candidly. I used to crave all the information about agents and book deals and publicity and marketing and all the things that it seemed like authors very rarely talked about.
Read MoreBONUS: Before & After the Trailer with Author Mary Marantz
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This is one of the best conversations I’ve had this year with the author of one of the best books I’ve read this year.
Read MoreEp 108: Best Books Lately (with Meredith Monday Schwartz & Kaytee Cobb)
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Not at all sorry to have two books & reading episodes in a row! Especially because my guests for this Best Books Lately conversation are two of my favorites voices in the book-ish world.
Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb are the two women behind the Currently Reading podcast and I think that you will love their varied recommendations in our conversation.
Read MoreBONUS: Tremaines Wave Hello from ONE YEAR of the Pandemic
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In March of 2020, just three weeks into the global pandemic bringing Los Angeles to a standstill, we recorded a family episode called Ep 59: Marry the Person You Want to Quarantine With (the Tremaines Wave Hello).
And now we're back....only it's been ONE YEAR of the pandemic and we still haven't returned to school or work full time. Our family (me, my husband Jeff, our 11 year old daughter Lucy, and our 9 year old son Finch) returned to the couch and the microphone to talk about the last year has looked like for us.
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