March 17, 2020

Ep 57: Is it anxiety or is it intuition?

March 17, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you have a hard time distinguishing between your anxiety and your intuition.

As someone who talks openly online about both my lifelong anxiety and following my intuition, this is a question I get a lot. I don't have all the answers, and don't always get this 100% correct, but on this episode I'm talking through how and we can conflate these two things, and the #1 question I ask myself to know the difference.

March 10, 2020

Ep 56: Who were your cultural icons when you were young?

March 10, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you're in the mood for a little light-heartedness.

Today I'm taking a walk through the cultural icons of my youth and what it says about who we were drawn to when we were kids. Whether it's actors, fictional characters, musicians or sports stars, the people we wanted to be when we were young say something about our personalities.

March 03, 2020

Ep 55: Living Abroad with Kids (10 Takeaways with Julie Stillwell)

March 03, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you've ever dreamed of living abroad with your family for a year.

I've been dying to share this conversation with my dear friend Julie. In 2018, Julie Stillwell and her husband Tom took their two young daughters to live in Amsterdam for one year. All four had lived in Los Angeles their whole lives, so this was a family adventure with a hundred takeaways.

We talk about the logistics of moving abroad and the emotions of both leaving and adjusting. We talk living without a car and sending their kids to the International School. We talk about style and food in Amsterdam versus the United States. We talk about why life seems simpler and slower in this part of Europe, and how temporary absence can actually deepen relationships.

February 28, 2020

BONUS: 10 Books in my To Read pile + listener recommendations!

February 28, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This Best Books lately episode ran longer than I expected and I didn't have time to tell you about all the awesome books in my MASSIVE To Read pile. I chose 10 of the books waiting on my kindle or on my bedside to share with you, and then listed the rest over on the blog. (You can find my full To Read list here.)

I love hearing what YOU'RE reading lately, and so the last few minutes of this bonus episode includes listener recommendations, straight from their own mouths. So now my To Read pile is somehow larger than it was before I recorded this...

February 25, 2020

Ep 54: Best Books Lately with Jessica Turner + A Conversation about American Dirt with Stephanie Newman-Smith

February 25, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you love to read (and follow literary controversies).

Book episodes are the best episodes! We spend the first half hour talking about the best books we've read lately with Jessica Turner, and we take a brief detour to talk about #Bookstagram and our current reading habits (including a new hobby Jessica picked up and the #ReadYourBooks challenge she's hosting online).

In the second half of this extra long episode, I'm joined by my real-life book club friend Stephanie Newman-Smith to talk through the layers of controversy around the novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. We talk about who can tell what stories, how the publishing industry is complicit in silencing non-white voices, and the bizarre marketing missteps around the novel that Oprah picked for her book club.

February 18, 2020

Ep 53: Whose voice is inside your head?

February 18, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you struggle with negative self-talk.

A lot of have a critical voice in our head telling us all sorts of ugly things that lead to second-guessing and self-doubt. But where did that voice originate? Did it come from a parent? An old coach or similar authority figure from your youth? An ex?

February 11, 2020

Ep 52: What would YOU tell you to do?

February 11, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you're stuck on a decision.

This is simple. This is basic. But next time you're spinning out on making a decision (any decision), ask yourself:

What would YOU tell you to do?

This little exercise can bring immediate clarity when we're lost in a sea of Pro/Con lists and justifications.

On this episode, I'm sharing how this has applied to my own life, especially when I lost myself for a bit in my mid-thirties.

February 04, 2020

Ep 51: Masterminds: How to create and structure a business peer group (with guests Jamie Golden, Bri McKoy, and Kendra Adachi)

February 04, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you’re interested in creating a mastermind group to grow your business.

January 28, 2020

Ep 50: Who were you 10 years ago?

January 28, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you forgot to self reflect about the new decade on New Years Eve.

Happy first birthday to 10 Things To Tell You! 🎉

We're celebrating one year of good questions and solid conversations. In the beginning of this episode, I share some of the best episodes of the past year (both statistically and personally) and reflect on making these first 50+ episodes.

January 21, 2020

Ep 49: Where are your bandaids?

January 21, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you're using a flimsy bandaid over something that needs stitches. Metaphorically.

On this episode I'm sharing three ways in which I have used a bandaid to cover up something that really needed more attention: a medical problem, a relationship strain, and a frustration in the house.

January 07, 2020

Ep 47: 10 Ways to feel better

January 07, 2020/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you’ve ever needed to shake off a bad mood or a bad day.

I’m sharing 10 ways to pull myself out a funk.

December 28, 2019

BONUS: Intentions, Affirmations, and Vision Boards, Oh my!

December 28, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you’re thinking about setting intentions, starting affirmations, and creating a vision board for the new year.

On this episode, I’m sharing my (relatively recent) experience with setting intentions, writing down affirmations, and creating a vision board.

December 17, 2019

Ep 46: Book Club 2019 (Best, Worst, and Buzziest Books of the Year)

December 17, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Allllll the Best Of book lists are rolling out and of course I have to throw my two cents in.

This episode is a conversation with two friends from my real life book club, Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith. We are discussing the best, worst, and buzziest books of the year and we have a LOT of words.

December 10, 2019

Ep 45: 10 Questions for the end of the year

December 10, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

This episode is for you if you enjoy end-of-the-year reflection and journaling.

It's the end of the year, and the end of the decade, and even though we're still a few weeks out from kissing 2019 goodbye and ushering in 2020, I'm posing these questions a little early so that you'll have time to think about your answers this month.

There are 10 questions in this episode meant to make you reflect upon on the last twelve months and get some clarity for what you want in the coming year. The prompts are a mix of light and deep, some to document a simple moment in time, others to help you grow.

December 03, 2019

Ep 44: What are you doing well?

December 03, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

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.

November 26, 2019

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

November 26, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

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.

November 22, 2019

BONUS: Half Baked Harvest food blogger and author Tieghan Gerard

November 22, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

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.

November 19, 2019

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

November 19, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

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.

November 12, 2019

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

November 12, 2019/ Laura Tremaine

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.