Ep 195: Why do smart people love dumb tv?
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This episode is for anyone who has asked themselves why they're so invested in what is clearly outrageous, manipulative, and phony "reality" television shows.
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Ep 194: On Endings and Intuition (with Meg Tietz)
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10 Things To Tell You exists because Meg Tietz put a microphone in my hand nearly a decade ago when she launched the Sorta Awesome podcast and asked me to be a regular cohost. That invitation changed my life, along with the thousands of Sorta Awesome listeners who have been touched by Meg's words and wisdom for all these years.
Read MoreEp 193: 10 Things To Help With Grief and Loss
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This episode is for anyone walking through grief or for those wanting to support a loved one who is grieving.
Read MoreEp 192: OBSESSED: Skincare & Makeup Favorites (with Jamie Golden)
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This week I'm welcoming one of my favorite people (and favorite guests) Jamie Golden back to 10 Things To Tell You to talk about our shared obsession: skincare and makeup.
Read MoreEp 191: How BookTok and Gen Z Are Changing the Way We Read + Best Books Lately (with Alex Cash)
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Where a 40-something aunt (me) chats with her 20-something niece (Alex) about what we're reading, where we get our book recommendations, and how the algorithm affects both of these things.
Read MoreEp 190: Whose voice lives rent-free in your head? (And how to mute them)
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I thought when I turned 40 that I had turned a corner in my personal developement, that the shift into caring less about other people's opinions would also mean that my inner critic would pipe down.
But here I am, a few years down the road, and the voices from my past live rent-free in my head and their chatter can affect my confidence and my choices.
Read MoreEp 189: About the Hollywood Strikes (and How They Affect You)
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This episode is for anyone who cares about tv and movies.
Read MoreEp 188: Moms and the Mental Load (with Dr. Morgan Cutlip)
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Dr. Morgan and I talk about motherhood as an identity and the mental load of parenting that so often falls more heavily on women. We also discuss how that affects our mood, our partnerships and sex drive. I even share a real life example of this dynamic happening in my home right now.
Read MoreEp 187: Book Bans: 5 Things A Librarian Wants You To Know
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My life’s greatest passion is reading. Books are my lifeblood. And so you will not be surprised that I have been greatly alarmed by the rise of book bans in America in the last few years. The idea of banning books is so archaic to me, so outdated, so harmful, it’s as if we have learned NOTHING from history.
Read MoreEp 186: College Roommates, Marriage Pacts, and Overdue Apologies (A Secret Tapes Conversation with my Soul Sister Lindsay Lawler)
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In my book about friendship THE LIFE COUNCIL: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs, I write about my freshman college roommate and longtime LA roommate Lindsay Lawler. In the book, and in my life, Lindsay occupies the seat on my my life council that I call the SOUL SISTER. And in this conversation you’re going to see why. We have been connected spiritually and logistically and our lives have been intertwined since we were 18 years old.
Read MoreEp 185: Analyzing the Results of the Listener Survey
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We're doing something a little different in this episode. I'm analyzing the results of this summer's podcast listener survey, where more than 1,000 people gave their feedback on 10 Things To Tell You. Listeners shared their favorite (and least favorite) episodes of the show, and suggested topics and guests for the future.
Read MoreEp 184: 8 Questions for the end of the summer
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In this episode, I'm walking through 8 questions to ask yourself as we close one chapter of the year and enter into another. As usual, these questions work best when you share them with a friend, partner, coworker, or the whole family. They're also great for taking to your journal and sitting with your thoughts in this seasonal transition.
Read MoreEp 183: 5 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was Learning To Cook (with Bri McKoy)
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Bri McKoy is one of my favorite creators on the internet (and one of my favorite people, period). She's back on the podcast to talk about her new book The Cook's Book, which launches this month. In this conversation, Bri McKoy shares 5 things she wish she'd known when she was learning how to cook. And I have to tell you, I've been cooking for 20 years and I loved hearing her talk about these things.
Read MoreEp 182: 10 Things About 10 Years In Therapy
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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.
Read MoreBONUS: What Drives You with Kevin Miller
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One of the things I've been working on personally this summer is examining and resetting some of the systems in my life, mostly professionally related, but also personally. Kevin Miller’s book and this conversation came at the perfect time. Identifying what motivates you can be such a key to your success.
Read MoreEp 181: Favorite Things (Right Now) Summer 2023
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I have so many Favorite Things to share with you from this summer. Remember that we share favorite things every few months as an exercise in gratitude but also because it's a fun and low stakes way to share ourselves. What we're into at any given moment is a reflection of our tastes and interests.
Read MoreBONUS: Remaining You While Raising Them with Alli Worthington
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I met author Alli Worthington over a decade ago when we were both in the mommy blogging world, and I've long looked up to her as an entrepreneur and innovator in the online space. And while I was a mommy blogger back then who didn't write much about motherhood, Alli was creating conferences, writing books, and raising FIVE boys and a stepdaughter.
Read MoreBONUS: Amy Keller Laird has OCD and created the website MENTAL
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Amy Keller Laird is the founder of Mental, the first mental health lifestyle platform for women. In our conversation, Amy shares 10 Things she wants you to know about mental health in this moment, including tools that can help you and thoughts on destigmatizing the way women talk about living with mental health struggles.
Read MoreEp 180: Four Metaphors for Turning 44
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June is my birthday month, and every year I create a personal episode for the occasion. This year, instead of waxing nostaligic or sharing what I've learned in the last year, I'm taking us on a journey.
Of metaphors.
Read MoreEp 179: Best Books of 2023 (So Far) with Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith
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Instead of waiting for the end of the year to talk about our favorite books, my real life book club members Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith and I decided we should have a mid-year meeting to discuss some of the great things we've read in this first half of 2023.
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