Ep 241: Prepping Teenagers for the Workforce

Lori Zuker Briller co-founded a staffing and recruitment agency almost 20 years ago, and in the last few years she's noticed a concerning trend among the young people who are applying for positions in various industries: a decline in professionalism, a lack of understanding of the job market and job search processes, and an overall deterioration in etiquette.

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Ep 239: Horror for Beginners

It's October! I'm joined on this episode by my friend and co-host of the Currently Reading podcast Meredith Monday Schwartz, to talk about why we read (and love) books in the horror genre and to give you a pile of recommendations for this spooky season.

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Ep 237: How To Look Better In Photos

Ep 237: How To Look Better In Photos

This episode is for anyone who has looked at a photo of themselves and wondered if that's what they really look like. Professional photographer Jess Koehler is my guest today as we talk through all the hangups that keep us from taking, sharing, or displaying photos of ourselves, and how we can overcome them.

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Ep 236: Discovering What Was Always There (a ONE THING conversation with Joy Cho)

Ep 236: Discovering What Was Always There (a ONE THING conversation with Joy Cho)

You might know Joy Cho as the bright, stylish, happy face and founder of Oh Joy!, a lifestyle brand with millions of followers and whose products and designs have appeared in Target, Petco, House Beautiful (to name a few) and in collaborations with Keds, Casetify, Calpak (and more).

But even with a soaring career, Joy experienced a midlife crisis after a hard season in her family and a series of professional setbacks. She tried all the things you're supposed to when you're struggling: therapy, a life coach, but there was really ONE THING that pulled her out of a long funk.

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Ep 235: 4 Lessons After Publishing 2 Books + Listener Q&A

This is an episode for writers, aspiring authors, readers, and anyone who likes a peek behind-the-scenes.

We're going to talk about the publishing industry as it stands, how it's changed in the last few years, the rise of self-publishing, conquering self-doubt, money, and so much more.

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Ep 234: Best Books of the Summer

Ep 234: Best Books of the Summer

What is the best thing you read this summer? My guest Carmel Phillips and I are sharing the books that made the greatest impression over the last few months, including backlist titles and the buzziest books of the season. (And yes, of course we mention the NYT Best Books of the 21st century list that dropped in July.)

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Ep 233: 10 Ways To Achieve Kitchen Peace

Ep 233: 10 Ways To Achieve Kitchen Peace

The kitchen may be the heart of the home, but it's also the place most likely to collect clutter and be full to the brim of stuff. Professional organizer Tara Bremer of @house.peace shares with us 10 ways that we can achieve peace in the most used room in the house.

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Ep 229: The Big Business of Celebrity Fish Tanks (with Nic Tiemens of Infinity Aquariums)

Ep 229: The Big Business of Celebrity Fish Tanks (with Nic Tiemens of Infinity Aquariums)

One of the strangest things about our life in Hollywood (and there are many, many strange things) is our enormous fish tank. Every time I share a little bit about our fish tank on social media, I get flooded with questions that I mostly can't answer. 

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Ep 227: Time Anxiety (REPLAY)

Ep 227: Time Anxiety (REPLAY)

Have you ever had the thoughts:

I don’t have enough time

Time is passing me by

I’m wasting too much time

If this is something that really affects your mood, your schedule, and you're full of frazzle, overwhelm, or a continuing existential crisis, then you may have Time Anxiety. (Not an official thing - just a name I gave to something that affects me regularly.)

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BONUS: How To Be Fine

BONUS: How To Be Fine

Two podcasters I've listened to for YEARS are tackling a new series this summer on friendship (the topic on everyone's tongue). I was so excited to welcome Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg from the How To Be Fine podcast (formerly By The Book) to the show to talk about their podcasting roots, their relationship as business besties, their experiment of living by the advice of self-help books, and their latest project on friendship.

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Ep 226: Hollywood Horror Story

Ep 226: Hollywood Horror Story

This is a story about growing up feeling like an outsider and finding a book that made you feel less alone. And then growing up to create an adaptation of that book for the screen, in a dream project that took years to complete. This is a story about my friend Jill Killington and her work on the tv adaptation of Stephen King's THE STAND.

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BONUS: 10 Ways To Support A Friend Going Through Crisis or Chronic Hardship

BONUS: 10 Ways To Support A Friend Going Through Crisis or Chronic Hardship

Jessica Patay is the founder of We Are Brave Together, a nonprofit organization that provides respite, community, and resources for mothers caring for children of any age with disabilities, unique needs, or other medical or mental health challenges. She is is passionate about serving caregiving moms and creating authentic communities, and brings 10 tips to the conversation that will help us better support our friends who are caregiving mothers, daughters, partners, and more.

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Ep 225: Change Happens When You're Looking The Other Way (The Birthday Episode)

Ep 225: Change Happens When You're Looking The Other Way (The Birthday Episode)

It's my birthday week! I'm turning 45. And every year around this time, I do a birthday episode looking back and looking ahead.

This year's theme is about the quiet changes that happen when you're distracted, or busy, or not paying attention.

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