Ep. 100 (!!!): Favorite Things
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Holy Moses it's episode 100!!
We're celebrating this milestone with a Favorite Things Hall of Fame. These are some of my favorite things across these ten categories:
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BONUS: Women Should Be Talking More About This (A conversation with YARLAP founder MaryEllen Rieder)
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In this BONUS episode we’re talking about pelvic floor health, which is something I’ve been wanting to talk about on the show for a long time. I REALLY wish women talked more about this topic with one another, and understand the effects of pelvic floor health on our overall health, including our sex lives and incontinence.
Read MoreEp 99: Searching for a Best Friend (A Conversation with Heather Adams)
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This episode is for anything who has gone through a friendship breakup, or who desires finding a best friend as an adult.
Read MoreEp 98: How To Start A Book Club
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People love the idea of being in a book club, but I think most of us would rather join an already formed group, with procedures in place and a warm and fuzzy vibe already established. But if that isn’t readily available to you, guess what the next best thing is? Start one yourself!
Read MoreBONUS: (More) Best Books of the Year (According to Laura)
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On Episode 96, my real life Book Club shared our top 3-ish favorite books of the year. And while I loved that discussion, there are still so many great books from 2020 I wanted to share with you! So as promised, this is a BONUS episode with my full list of favorite reads in 2020.
Read MoreEp 97: Top 10 Takeaways from 2020
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Well, it’s been a YEAR, right? One for the history books.
But in this episode, I’m not looking at what 2020 will mean for the world at large, but I am sharing my top 10 personal takeaways. What I learned in my business, in our family, how we consume entertainment, and so much more.
Read MoreEp 96: Book Club's Best Books of the Year 2020
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My real life book club friends Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith join me for a long and lively conversation about some of our favorite books of 2020.
Read MoreEp 95: 10 Questions For the End of the Year
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2020 was nuts no doubt. There was confusion and loss and frustration and grief. But I hope we can all point to some moments of beauty as well. This episode asks 10 questions to help you come to terms with year.
Take these questions to your journal or use them to spark a good conversation.
Read MoreEp 94: Don't Be A Zombie (A pep talk for your intuition)
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These words are for myself as much as they are for you. In this year of uncertainty, of noise, of conflict in relationships, of missteps and self-doubt, I have come into this holiday season unable to tap fully into my own intuition.
Read MoreEp 93: Big Announcements + Ask Me Anything
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First of all, the podcast and the website have had a total makeover. I LOVE our new look and am so excited to reveal it to you.
Read MoreEp 92: Holiday Movies & Holiday Hacks (A conversation with Mary Carver + Listener voices!)
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This episode is for anyone who needs to get into the holiday spirit.
I’m so excited to kickoff the season by talking about holiday movies with Mary Carver from Hooked on Holiday Movies. But confession: I’ve never watched a Hallmark or Lifetime holiday movie! So everything Mary shares with me is a pleasant surprise, and she might have even convinced me to give these movies a try.
Read MoreEp 91: Mommy Juice Culture and the Sober Mom Squad
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In this conversation with Emily Lynn Paulson and Celeste Yvonne, we’re discussing the prevalence of the “mommy juice” culture, the jokes, memes, and idea that parenthood requires drinking for survival.
Read MoreEp 90: Best Books Lately with Dr. Cara Pence
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I’m joined by one of my oldest and closest friends, Dr. Cara Pence. You might remember Cara from Ep 6: Revisiting Judy Blume. On this episode, we’re each sharing the best books we’ve read lately and talking through two recent best sellers. (One we loved, one we didn’t.)
Read MoreEp 89: About First Ladies with the First Ladies Man Andrew Och
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It's election week in the USA, and so today we're turning to a piece of our past that we don't always think of when we have ballots on the brain: First Ladies.
Fun fact: There have been more First Ladies than there have been Presidents.
On this fun and informative episode, I'm joined by First Ladies expert, the self-proclaimed First Ladies Man, Andrew Och.
We have a wide ranging conversation about all the various roles and influence that First Ladies of the United States have had, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump.
Read MoreBONUS: Destined for Greatness with Sarah Nuse
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I am so happy to share with you a conversation with one of my college friends Sarah Nuse.
Now I have kept up with Sarah online for years now, but what is so fascinating about her story is that she ACCIDENTALLY started a business WHILE we were in college - she was just 19 years old - and 20+ years later that little college side hustle is a company with franchises all over the world.
Read MoreEp 88: Write Down Right Now (10 Prompts For This Historic Moment)
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In America, we are in the middle of a major historic moment. We’re 9 months into a global pandemic and 1 week out of a high-stakes Presidential election.
It’s easy to get lost in all the noise, or to believe that our personal accounts don’t matter. After all, we have journalists and essayist and artists of all kind documenting 2020, right? But wouldn't you love to hear from your OWN ancestors at pivotal moments in history? Don’t you wish you could read their journals or letters from that time?
This episode has 10 journal prompts meant for you to document YOUR feelings in this important era. Hopefully, this will something that will give you some clarity, and something to look back on in the future. We’re covering the pandemic and the election with thoughtful, simple questions that will mark this moment in time.
Read MoreEp 87: 3 Mistakes I've Made Recently
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Mistakes. We’ve all made ‘em.
In this episode, I wanted to share 3 mistakes I’ve made recently (personally and professionally) as a jumping off point for talking about missteps, how we corrected them, and what we learned.
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Ep 86: 10 Thoughts on Therapy
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This episode is for anyone curious about therapy.
October is Mental Health Awareness Month, and so I wanted to put together a few thoughts on the number one thing that has helped me navigate my anxiety: talk therapy.
Read MoreEp 85: Ask Me in 3 Months (2020 version)
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This episode is for anyone who has ONE BIG TASK they really want to get done before the end of the year.
It’s October, which means we have less than three months until the end of the year. And while 2020 has been one of the weirdest years in modern history, we still somehow have normal life things that have slipped through the cracks.
Those things that we just keep procrastinating: home improvement, emotional chores, creative projects. These aren’t goals, they’re just tasks, the ones that keep slipping to the bottom of the priority list.
Let’s commit to choosing ONE thing we want to get done between now and the end of 2020 and share it as a way to stay accountable. Let’s make our future January 2021 selves super proud of how we finished the Wild West of 2020.
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