Ep 44: What are you doing well?

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Ep 44: What are you doing well?

This episode is for you if you need a little encouragement for a busy season.

On this episode, I'm sharing two things I'm doing well right now and two things I'm letting go of for the holiday season. But the real key to this prompt is using it to start a conversation with a friend or a group of friends. 

After listening, shoot a text to someone and ask, "Hey, where are you killing it these days?"because when people pause and reflect on this just for a minute, it shifts your mindset. We're all doing okay. 

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Ep 43: 2 Tips for social anxiety + Ask Me Anything

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Ep 43: 2 Tips for social anxiety + Ask Me Anything

This episode is for you if all the social events of the holiday season are giving you anxiety.

On this mish mash of an episode, I offer two tips for handling social anxiety AND I answer a few listener questions. There’s also a little housekeeping at the beginning of the show, with some updates and reminders about recent episodes.

In the Ask Me Anything section, I talk about how the book writing is going, my long ago jobs in reality television, and the one habit I started tracking that gave me immediate progress in working from home.

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BONUS: Half Baked Harvest food blogger and author Tieghan Gerard

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BONUS: Half Baked Harvest food blogger and author Tieghan Gerard

This episode is for you if you’re looking for inspiration in the kitchen.

I am so excited to welcome Tieghan Gerard of Half Baked Harvest to the show. I have loved her website and her recipes for years and now she has a new cookbook out called Super Simple: More Than 125 Recipes for Instant, Overnight, Meal-Prepped, and Easy Comfort Food.

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Ep 42: Have you lost your style? (A conversation with Amber Haines)

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Ep 42: Have you lost your style? (A conversation with Amber Haines)

This episode is for you if don't recognize the person in the mirror.

On a recent girls weekend, my good friend Amber Haines and I got into a conversation about being uncomfortable in our skin lately. It's more than simply aging, we both feel like our personal sense of style (something we've been proud of in the past) has taken a back seat in the past few years during a busy life. 

This topic is both shallow and not. We discuss body changes, hiding ourselves, the mental hurdles of buying new clothes, and the logistical aspects of getting dressed up for a day when you don't see anyone except your kids. 

This is a no shame, no judgment, authentic conversation between friends. We plan our next steps to get our groove back - the emotional part, and the practical part - and will do a check in on this topic in 3 months. 

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Ep 41: 10 Tips to organize your photos with Miss Freddy

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Ep 41: 10 Tips to organize your photos with Miss Freddy

This episode is for you if you are overwhelmed by the sheer number of photos in your life.

My guest Casey von Stein (aka Miss Freddy) is a professional photo organizer (yes, that’s a thing!) who helps people worldwide make sense of their photo mess. She offers online courses, remote organizing sessions via screen share, and will even digitize your childhood photos and videos.

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Ep 40: 10 Favorite Things (right now) + 2 special announcements!

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Ep 40: 10 Favorite Things (right now) + 2 special announcements!

This episode is for you if you’re looking for tv & podcast recommendations, awesome people to follow on instagram, the latest skincare holy grail product, and more!

I have a LOT of (current) Favorite Things to share on this episode, as well as a very special and personal announcement. But truthfully, the best part of this episode are the listener voices at the end sharing THEIR favorite things. I love having YOU on the show!

Everything I mentioned that needs a link:

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Ep 39: What needs a lighter hand?

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Ep 39: What needs a lighter hand?

This episode is for you if there's an area in your life you suspect you might be a little heavy-handed. 

If we're heavy handed about something it's usually because we care about that thing. But often this is less effective than we intended. On this episode we're talking about everything from makeup, to relationships, to posting on social media. 

What in your life could use a lighter touch?

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Ep 38: Books for Growth

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Ep 38: Books for Growth

This episode is for you if you’re seeking books to expand your perspective.

Reading and personal development are two of my passions, and when they intertwine it’s like heaven.

I’ve broken down personal growth books into 4 categories:

Introspection

Spirituality

Body

Humanity

Or, put another way: Discovering ourselves, finding God, connecting to our body, and learning about others.

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Ep 36: Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey are best friends and Office Ladies

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Ep 36: Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey are best friends and Office Ladies

This episode is for you if you met your best friend at the office.

This episode is so special to me. Special because I get to talk to two women I admire, two best friends who are smart and hilarious and thoughtful and good business women, and we get to talk about one of my favorite topics: friendship.

On this episode, Jenna and Angela - most known for their iconic roles on the show The Office - share about friendships in their childhood, the origin story of their own friendship, and the trickiness of navigating relationships through motherhood and success.

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FLEABAG: A Love Story (Bonus Episode!)

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FLEABAG: A Love Story (Bonus Episode!)

FLEABAG is a two-season television show created by, written by, and starring the incredible Phoebe Waller-Bridge. It swept the 2019 Emmys, winning SIX of the ELEVEN it was nominated for, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

I binged Fleabag last week and couldn't go one more day without talking about it. I recruited my friend Sueann Fortener to sit down with me so we could gush and cry and analyze all of our emotions around this spectacular season of television.

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Ep 35: Ask me in 3 months

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Ep 35: Ask me in 3 months

This episode is for you if there is something you want to get done before the end of the year. 

Today's prompt came from the original 10 Things To Tell You social media challenge. 

We all have something that we just keep procrastinating. Let's commit to completing this task between now and January 1. I'm sharing two of the things that I really want to sit down and finish (both on my To Do list for literally years) and a few ideas for things you might want to be held accountable to in the next three months. 

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Ep 34: The Robbery. (One year later)

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Ep 34: The Robbery. (One year later)

This episode is for you if you’ve ever experienced something that could have been worse.

Last September, our home was robbed while I sat outside in the backyard. Today I’m sharing that story in its entirety, and what followed.

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Ep 33: Recent Revelations

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Ep 33: Recent Revelations

This episode is for you if you’ve had any recent revelations you want to share.

Revelations. I’ve had a few. If you’re a regular listener to this show, you probably are the type of person who is striving for growth, who aims to be self-aware, and who is paying attention. And if you’re paying attention, you’re learning. Always.

So this week I'm sharing with you a few of my own personal recent revelations (some shallow, some deeper), and I am actively encouraging you to share your own. Not only privately or in your journal, this time I’m challenging you to share on social media.

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Ep 32: What is it about pets?

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Ep 32: What is it about pets?

This episode is for you if you love your pet.

Listen, this is seriously not something I EVER thought I would want to talk about. But it’s true that our dog Kona Rocket has bonded our family in a way I thought was silly until it happened to us.

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Ep 30: Pay attention to what you skip

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Ep 30: Pay attention to what you skip

This episode is for you if you're interested in general mindfulness for personal growth. 

The things we avoid are the things that can be teaching us something. I'm talking about the topics and people who give me a little twinge that I should pay attention to, both in real life and on social media.

Mentioned in this episode:

Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

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Ep 29: What are your intentions?

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Ep 29: What are your intentions?

This episode is for your if you’re curious about how setting intentions works.

If you’ve heard the phrase “setting intentions” and thought it was just a bunch of vague feel-good language, think again. In this episode, I’m sharing how setting intentions can lead to getting the most out of your day, your experiences, and your interactions with others.

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Ep 28: Motherhood through Adoption with Lindsay Lawler

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Ep 28: Motherhood through Adoption with Lindsay Lawler

This episode is for you if you or a loved one has ever struggled through the fertility process, or if you’re interested in the topic of adoption.

I am so happy to share this conversation with one of my dearest friends, Lindsay Lawler. Lindsay and I have been like sisters for nearly two decades, from our freshman college dorm to living together throughout our 20’s in Los Angeles. Still, the topic of fertility and motherhood remained such a sensitive one that we didn’t talk about it much until Lindsay was already walking down the road towards adoption.

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Ep 27: Ask me anything

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Ep 27: Ask me anything

After a little bit of a recording production snafu, I turned to listeners for what I thought would be a quick episode answering some of the most common questions I get on social media. But there were a LOT of questions to cover and I had many more words than I was anticipating, so here I present to you a super sized episode answering listener-submitted questions.

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