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Part systems expert, part permission giver, Kendra Adachi, The Lazy Genius, is here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.

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#344 Kendra Gets Personal from 2023-12-11T10:30:40

Today, we're doing something a little different. Kelly Corrigan, host of PBS's Tell Me More and the podcast Kelly Corrigan Wonders, is here to pull back the veil on some of the things that make ...

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#343 - What’s Saving My Life from 2023-12-04T10:30:23

I love doing these episodes once a quarter where I share the things that are saving my life right now, things that are bringing me joy, making life easier, helping me feel calmer… the sky is the...

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#342 - How to Uncomplicate Your Holiday To-Do List from 2023-11-27T10:30:21

December is a unique month, and therefore, you need to approach that month and your long to-do list in a way that feels kind and human and grounded and like yourself. But also where you get it a...

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#341 - The Real Reason It’s Hard to Get Stuff Done from 2023-11-20T10:30:56

So we’ve tried to make the rest of 2023 easier, but even when we have a better understanding of what is going on, it can still be hard to get stuff done. When the rubber meets the road, it’s com...

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#340 - What’s Saving My Gift-Wrapping Life from 2023-11-13T10:30:40

In this episode, I’m going to share ten things, and these things make gift wrapping easier, more enjoyable, more fun, and in some ways more meaningful than if I didn’t have these things. So if y...

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#339 - How to Make the Rest of 2023 Easier from 2023-11-06T10:30:11

I am legitimately so excited about this episode, and I know you are too. This type of episode from last year is still our most downloaded episode, and I think this one is going to be even more h...

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#338 - Lazy Genius Office Hours from 2023-10-30T09:30:45

We do these episodes about once a quarter where I answer your questions in more detail than I’m able to in an Instagram Ask-Me-Anything and more public than I might be able to in a DM. The idea ...

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#337 - How to Lazy Genius Division of Labor from 2023-10-23T09:30:35

I get asked about how to split the work load at home fairly often, especially in Instagram AMAs. I’m glad we get the chance to dive deep into it today.

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#336 - How to Lazy Genius Audiobooks from 2023-10-16T09:30

Y’all know I love an episode about reading, so I’m pumped about this. Audiobooks are one of my favorite ways to read, but that’s a recent development.

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#335 - 7 Ways to Manage Daily Chaos from 2023-10-09T09:30:41

Today, we’re getting more practical. I’m going to share seven ways to manage daily chaos, and while you could apply one of these on its own, these seven things are super helpful in order as a se...
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#334 - How to Create a Relaxing Home Routine from 2023-10-02T09:30:22

I am aware of the irony of using the word “relaxing” when it comes to a home routine, especially during this time of year which tends to be on the busier side. However, I’m into it. It’s more ab...
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#333 - 7 Ways to Always Know What to Wear from 2023-09-25T09:30:44

Today, I’m going to share 7 ways to always know what to wear. You can pick one, or you can pick all seven. Either way, you’re going to leave with more calm and hopefully even more excitement abo...
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#332 - How to Enjoy Your Evening Hours from 2023-09-18T09:30:29

I’m really excited about this topic because it is something every single person likely struggles with. The evening especially feels like time that we can use however we want. It’s not dictated ...
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#331 - What’s Saving My Life from 2023-09-11T09:30:12

I don’t need to tell you that life is full and sometimes overwhelming and we need things that offer sparkle and light. Every quarter, I share my list and encourage you to make your own. Let’s ge...
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#330 - How I Handle a Busy Season from 2023-09-04T09:30:36

When you are transitioning from one season to another - like from summer to school or school to summer, from this job to that job, from being in a relationship to being single or being single to...
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#329 10 Things to Do When You Don’t Want to Cook from 2023-08-28T09:30:46

It is likely a time of transition in your life. We are going into a new season, fall is coming, school has started, and all of this impacts our energy and schedules no matter what our lives look...
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#328 - My 10 Most Memorable Books from 2023-08-21T09:30:43

When we reflect on things from the past that have meant something to us, it’s good for us. It’s fun! And since books are fairly universal as a thing people love, I’m sharing my 10 most memorable...
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Bonus: Packing School Lunches from 2023-08-16T09:30:15

I did not anticipate recording this episode, but after this week’s Office Hours episode where I answered your questions, I realized that this particular question needed a mini episode all its ow...
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#327 - Lazy Genius Office Hours from 2023-08-14T09:30:43

This is the second episode of this type where I take questions you asked on Instagram and answer them on the podcast. We’ve got a handful of great ones today!

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#326 - How to Magic Question Your Morning from 2023-08-07T09:30:07

This is the time of year when we start hearing a lot of buzz about transitioning to fall. If transitioning to fall is all the buzz, a morning routine is for sure the buzzword. But morning routin...
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#325 - Dealing with Differences on How Something Is Done from 2023-07-31T09:30:12

We all have situations where we disagree with someone on how something should be done, and we have to deal with that. We have to figure out how to move forward, navigate any relational issues em...
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#324 - How to Make the Rest of the Summer Easier from 2023-07-24T09:30:48

The middle of seasons can be tricky in that you’re in multiple places at once. So let’s talk about how to take that energy and massage it out a bit, making the rest of the summer easier. And we’...
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#323 - How to Lazy Genius a Big Change from 2023-07-17T09:30:47

One of the most common questions I get is how to Lazy Genius some kind of big change. A new city, job, kid, or relationship. Leaving a career, a friend group, or a religion. Losing a spouse, par...
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#322 What to Do with Random Pockets of Time from 2023-07-10T09:30:58

What do you do with those little pockets of time between appointments or meetings or pickups and dropoffs? Our time feels out of whack somehow, and there are these random pockets that don’t fee...
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#321 - How to Neutralize the Sunday Scaries from 2023-07-03T09:30:10

It’s very likely all have felt this to varying degrees in varying seasons of our lives. One Sunday can feel fine, and the next we feel like everything might catch on fire. So here’s what I’d lik...
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#320 - How to Feel Good About Free Time from 2023-06-26T09:30:10

Free time is time that is free of responsibilities, obligations, and being beholden to someone else’s needs, wants, or whims. If that’s the case, free time sounds absolutely lovely. But free tim...
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#319 - 21 Books for Your Summer Reading from 2023-06-19T09:30:19

It’s already the middle of June, but there are still a solid eight weeks left of summer reading, and if you’re still on library hold lists for new releases or had great intentions about summer r...
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Bonus: Summer and the Chuck Norris Effect from 2023-06-15T09:30:21

Today, I'm joined by my sister, Hannah, for our seasonal Lazy Sisters episode. You'll hear our list of how to improve your summer, aka how to bring Chuck Norris energy. It was an AI generated ti...
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#318 - 10 Foods I’m Stocking This Summer from 2023-06-12T09:30:23

Summer is here, and summer food is a bit different than food in other seasons. There are a lot of things that can impact the way we eat in the summer. Today, I want to get specific about the 10 ...
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#317 - 5 Steps to a Routine That Actually Works from 2023-06-05T09:30:04

You might be itching to get into your carefully planned summer routines, or maybe you know you want some but haven’t thought about what they are yet.

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#316 - How to Not Bummer Your Summer from 2023-05-29T09:30:46

Because of our wonky expectations about this supposedly magical season, we all have unmet expectations. There will be times when you don’t deal with them super well. So in today’s episode, let’s...
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#315 - Lazy Genius Office Hours! from 2023-05-22T09:30:04

Today is a very exciting episode, the first of its kind and hopefully not the last! One of my favorite things about this job is helping you all Lazy Genius your problems. It is always the most f...
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Bonus: The Disney World Episode from 2023-05-18T08:35:43

My family of five went to Disney World for the first time in February of 2023, and I’m sharing the 13 things I’m glad we did and the four things we could’ve done without.

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#314 - Put On Your Summer Face from 2023-05-15T09:30:43

We are entering summer, at least in the northern hemisphere, and it might be worth thinking about the sun and your face. This episode is part skincare, part makeup, part pep talk.

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#313 - 10 Questions for the Start of the Summer from 2023-05-08T09:30:21

Once May hits, it already feels like August is right around the corner. Time is weird, right? Everyone likely feels the urgency of the season in different ways. Instead of drowning in the overwh...
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#312 - My Favorite Chapter from The Lazy Genius Kitchen from 2023-05-01T09:30:55

This week marks the one year anniversary of the release of my second book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen, and today I want to celebrate that by sharing my favorite chapter with you. It’s the beginning...
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BONUS: Sisterhood, Songwriting, and Vulnerability Hangovers with Joseph from 2023-04-27T09:30:17

Today is a very special bonus episode where I get to talk to one of my favorite bands in the whole world, Joseph. They have a new album releasing tomorrow, April 28, called The Sun. It is an alb...
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#311 What's Saving My Life Right Now Presented by KFC and Acast Creative from 2023-04-24T09:30:14

This special episode is presented by KFC and Acast Creative. KFC chicken nuggets have made their debut and they truly are the perfect chicken nugget. Each one is hand-breaded with KFC’s Original...
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#310 - How to Pivot Around Any Obstacle from 2023-04-17T09:30:25

One of the most beautiful things about being a Lazy Genius is that you can Lazy Genius literally anything. Some of those solutions are linear, but frustratingly, a lot of them are not. There isn...
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#309 - The Friendship Episode, Part Two with Laura Tremaine from 2023-04-10T09:30:51

Let's continue the conversation with friendship expert, Laura Tremaine! In this episode, she shares the rest of her list of 10 ways to start small in friendship, and there are so many things I w...
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#308 - The Friendship Episode, Part One with Laura Tremaine from 2023-04-03T09:30:44

Friendship is one of the most highly requested topics, and for good reason. No one can survive without a friend. For the next two weeks, I have my favorite friendship expert Laura Tremaine joini...
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#307 - A More Helpful Way to Look at Spring Cleaning from 2023-03-27T09:30:04

Why “more helpful”? Because I think that most spring cleaning information I run across is not helpful, at least not how I need it to be. So today, we’re going to do what we often do: we’re going...
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BONUS: How to be a Person, Part Two with Aundi Kolber from 2023-03-23T09:30:06

Is there a way to compassionately experience stressful situations? There actually is, and author and licensed trauma therapist, Aundi Kolber, is on the show today to talk about how.

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#306 - What We Need to Have More Fun from 2023-03-20T09:30:03

Being a person is tough. We all know this. Part of what I love about this job is offering encouragement and tools, not just to take the edge off, but to enjoy being a person and living your lif...
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#305 - Dinner Permission with Ali Slagle from 2023-03-13T09:30:25

Ali Slagle is a food writer for The New York Times, the author of one of my favorite cookbooks, and an all-around delight. She’s here today to put some words to the never-ending chore o...
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#304 - How to Rest When You’re Caring for Everyone Else from 2023-03-06T10:30

Let’s take a minute to validate the complexity that is caregiving. It’s loving and fulfilling and something we’re probably honored to do. Most often, we’re caring for people we deeply love, who ...
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#303 - The 10 Most Helpful Episodes From the Last Two Years from 2023-02-27T10:30:08

I get asked often where someone should start with the podcast since there are over 300 episodes now, and I always point them to that episode 200. But we have made some really great episodes in t...
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#302: The Lazy Genius Guide to Basketball from 2023-02-20T10:30:56

Editor’s Note: This episode was slated to be a bonus episode, but then Team LG was struck with the stomach bug. Thanks for your understanding of this editorial change.

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#301 - How to Kindly Navigate a Changing Body from 2023-02-13T10:30:22

This episode isn’t about how to kindly change your body. It’s about kindly navigating the fact that your body is changing. Those are two very different things. Our bodies are present with us at ...
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#300 - How to Lazy Genius Meal Prep from 2023-02-06T10:30:41

Are you feeling “rut energy” around the table? Maybe you’re already tired of soup. Maybe you had January goals to cook more at home or try new things, and you haven’t experienced that the way yo...
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#299 - What’s Saving My Life from 2023-01-30T10:30:41

We do these episodes about once a quarter for two reasons. One, it’s a wonderful practice that I want to remind you of as often as possible. And two, because our seasons of life change, so do th...
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#298 - How to Keep Up with Household Habits from 2023-01-23T10:30:22

It’s easy to feel behind in our homes, like everything is at best a sneeze from falling apart. So today, we’re going to talk about how to choose the household habits that matter to you and how y...
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Bonus: The Lazy Sisters Answer Your Questions from 2023-01-19T10:30:11

Kendra is joined by her little sister Hannah to answer your questions, many of which are about how to foster connected relationships between siblings. The sisters also talk about their current f...
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#297 - 5 Steps for More Ease at Work from 2023-01-16T10:30:16

I believe that people can feel more at ease at work no matter what work it is you do. In part one, we’re going to walk through how to do that, and in part two, we’ll apply those principles to a ...
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#296 - How to Lazy Genius Your Habits from 2023-01-09T10:30:43

It is January, and we have that fresh start energy, right? Today, we won’t deep dive on habits because this is a podcast episode, but maybe you don’t need a deep dive. You just need a reminder o...
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#295 - How to Start Fresh Without Starting Over from 2023-01-02T10:30

It’s January, it’s the beginning of a new year, and our options used to be either lazy or genius. We’ve been trying to be geniuses about the start of a new year for too long, but the alternative...
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Bonus: How I Read 120 Books This Year from 2022-12-29T10:30:39

This is not an episode of bragging. This is not an episode to make you feel like you should figure out a way to read 120 books or 20 books or 200 books or whatever. It is about what can happen w...
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#294 - How to Celebrate Your Own Birthday from 2022-12-26T10:30:13

My birthday is December 27th, so tomorrow if you’re listening to this on the day it releases. I think that it is a very common problem for adults, maybe even especially for women, to know how to...
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#293 An Easily Forgotten Holiday Reminder from 2022-12-19T10:30:05

We are entering the week before Christmas. I don’t want to take up too much of your enjoyment time with a podcast episode, but I do want to say a few words about something I think we so easily f...
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#292 - How to Enjoy the Last Two Weeks of the Year from 2022-12-12T10:30:59

We have done so much work these last few weeks of figuring out how to manage our expectations and our holiday home and our time and our tasks and all the things. But we don’t want just to manage...
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#291 - Your Path to an Easier December from 2022-12-05T10:30:45

Let’s walk through December almost like it’s a Candyland board, and plan for the potential challenges you’ll run into like a Lazy Genius.

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#290 - Managing Your Holiday Home from 2022-11-28T10:30:24

There’s a decent chance that while you love the feeling of the holidays in your home, you’re also a little overwhelmed by it. There’s the regular upkeep of one’s home - the general cleaning and ...
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#289 - How to Lazy Genius Holiday Expectations from 2022-11-21T10:30:34

This Thursday is American Thanksgiving, and we’re coming up on a season of lots of holidays, and with those holidays come many many expectations. You have them, your kids have them, your parent...
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#288 - How to Make the Rest of 2022 Easier from 2022-11-14T10:30:11

We’re in the middle of November. American Thanksgiving is next week which means that Christmas is in five minutes, and it’s easy to feel like we’re losing our minds a little bit with all the thi...
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Bonus: How to Decorate for the Holidays with The Nester from 2022-11-10T10:30:03

Today, I’m so excited to welcome Myquillyn Smith, aka The Nester, to the show to talk to us about decorating our homes! She is so good at helping people have the greatest amount of style with th...
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#287 - How I’m Making Dinner Easier for the Rest of the Year from 2022-11-07T10:30:46

It’s early November, and we’re about to hit the gauntlet if we’re not already in it. Dinner is one of those things that just keeps happening no matter who you are and how you live, so today I’m ...
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#286 What’s Saving My Life from 2022-10-31T09:30:03

Today is one of my favorite episodes we do every quarter or so on what’s saving my life. Y’all like it too because it always has above average downloads. I think we’re always looking for languag...
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#285 How to Parent When Kids Constantly Change from 2022-10-24T09:30:08

Being with and loving and helping guide kids is a privilege, a challenge, and can be exhausting. What works today won’t work tomorrow. What works for this kid won’t work for that kid. What works...
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Bonus: How to Find a New Relationship Rhythm from 2022-10-20T14:30:23

Today, I'm joined by my sister, Hannah, to talk about how to get our relationship back on track. We're in a season of not talking or seeing each other as much as we used to, and we want that to ...
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#284 - How to Lazy Genius Email from 2022-10-17T09:30:30

Oh, man, have we been waiting a long time for this one! This is a highly requested topic, and I’m excited for us to walk through how to make email inboxes more manageable and less stressful.&nbs...
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#283 What It Really Means to be a Neighbor with Shannan Martin from 2022-10-10T09:30:05

This is one of the best conversations I've ever had. Shannan Martin is the author of Start with Hello, a beautiful book about being a neighbor. She is a true Lazy Genius in this area and offers ...
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#282 - How to Have People Over to Eat from 2022-10-03T09:30:01

Feeding people at my house is one of my favorite things in the entire world, and I hope that my enthusiasm for it and the permission you’ll hear in this episode will help you be excited about it...
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Bonus: How to Lazy Genius the Start of a New Month from 2022-09-29T09:30:24

Today is a quick little bonus episode - How to Lazy Genius the Start of a New Month. We’re a whisper away from October, and anytime the calendar turns to a new month, we feel some things. There’...
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#281 How to Get Dressed Without Losing Your Mind from 2022-09-26T09:30:36

Last week, we had a longer-than-usual episode about how to find your personal style. So much of it is about how you want to feel, but there are also some great reminders and practical tips to he...
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#280 - How to Find Your Personal Style from 2022-09-19T09:30:34

A couple of weeks ago, I put up a very unofficial poll on Instagram asking what clothing-related problem was your biggest challenge, and finding your own personal style won out. This might feel ...
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#279 - How to Fix Dinner When You’re Never Home from 2022-09-12T09:30:43

We have a lot of things we’re managing right now, and the one thing that never goes anywhere, no matter our season or stage of life, is food. We have to eat, you guys. So in light of all of the ...
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#278 - How to Manage Your Time This Fall from 2022-09-05T09:30:49

It’s Labor Day here in the US, and fall is decidedly about to start. We’re eager and excited, going up the hill of the first drop of the fall roller coaster and super pumped. But, once we crest ...
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#277 - How to Connect with Friends More Regularly from 2022-08-29T09:30:53

Today, I want to give us a bigger picture of what we expect from our friendships, and then after the break, I’ll share a couple of friendship principles along with your ideas on how to connect m...
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#276 - How to Pack Lunch for Work from 2022-08-22T09:30:41

I’m excited about this episode because when I went looking for grownup lunch help, I found very little that would work for a variety of people. Most solutions start from the wrong place, so toda...
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#275 - What’s Saving My Life Right Now from 2022-08-15T09:30:17

I love doing these episodes because they are a reminder for me as I create them and you as you listen to them that we can always pay attention to what’s saving our lives. What’s giving us joy an...
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#274 - The Back to School Starter Pack from 2022-08-08T09:30:10

Remember back in episode 200 where we did the Lazy Genius starter pack and listed 20 of the best episodes that will impact your life right away? This is that but for going back to school. If you...
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#273 - How to Cross the Summer Finish Line from 2022-08-01T09:30:07

The summer-to-fall transition can feel murky, especially if you have kids or work in education. There’s not a clean mark between the end of this and the start of that. Which means it feels like ...
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Bonus: How to Transition Your Routine From One Season to Another with Ashley Brown from 2022-07-28T09:30:13

It’s bonus episode day! Today, I’m chatting with routine expert Ashley Brown about transitioning your routines from one season to another. I love Ashley’s no-nonsense, yet kind approach to routi...
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#272 The Complete Guide to Seasonal Ceremonies from 2022-07-25T09:30:56

I haven’t talked about opening and closing ceremonies (or what I now have shortened and broadened to seasonal ceremonies) in a while. Even though a lot of you are familiar with them, we haven’t ...
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#271 - How to Fix Summer Dinners from 2022-07-18T09:30:50

Yeah, we need to fix dinner, as in make it. But also summer dinners feel a little broken, especially around July, so we’re going to fix them that way, too! I love a pun.

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#270 - A 2022 Midsummer Pep Talk from 2022-07-11T09:30:59

Let’s do a quick little midsummer pep talk for the year of 2022 that just keeps outdoing its big brothers, 2020 and 2021. There are so many things that can impact our day, and right now, it feel...
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#269 - How to be a Tourist in Your Hometown from 2022-07-04T09:30:11

It’s summer, we’re traveling, and faraway places seem lovely. But so can home! Today, let’s Lazy Genius how to visit where you live like you’ve never been there before.

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Bonus: The Lazy Sisters' Season Passes from 2022-06-30T09:30:34

Sometimes we need a break from things like homework and time management and how to get dinner on the table. And right now is a perfect time for a break. Enjoy this bonus Lazy Sisters episode fea...
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#268 - 10 Summer Reading Ideas for Your Kids from 2022-06-27T09:30:42

Last week, we talked about finding your own summer reading rhythm as a grownup, whether you’re home in the summer or just existing like the rest of the year, and today, I want to talk about some...
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#267 - Find Your Summer Reading Rhythm from 2022-06-20T09:30:13

My goal is that you listen to these next twenty minutes or so and you leave with the following pieces of information: what matters most to you about your reading over the next two or three mont...
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#266 - How to Lazy Genius a Summer at the Pool from 2022-06-13T09:30:24

First, there’s a different strategy when you’re visiting the pool once or twice versus going to the pool again and again. If you’re going as a guest, you pack your bag with towels and snacks and...
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#265 - How to Come Home from Vacation from 2022-06-06T09:30:44

I am very excited about this episode, you guys. I think there are so many opportunities to just Lazy Genius the mess out of coming home from vacation, so we’re going to do what we often do which...
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#264 - What Should Be In Your Bag? from 2022-05-30T09:30:25

Carrying a bag around is such a simple, daily thing but super important because most of us leave our homes fairly often and sometimes need different things based on where we’re going. So today, ...
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Bonus: What’s the Deal with Bestseller Lists? from 2022-05-26T09:30:51

We just launched The Lazy Genius Kitchen into the world, and it became a New York Times bestseller which is so much fun and I’m so grateful. I often get asked, especially by as...
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#263 - How to Still Have a Weekend from 2022-05-23T09:30:52

Weekends are supposed to be restful and rejuvenating and fun, and yet our weekends are filled with more obligations and responsibilities and activities and things that are not restful or rejuven...
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#262 Answers to The Magic Question That Paid Off from 2022-05-16T09:30:27

The Magic Question is what can I do now to make something easier later? The smaller the something, the easier the solution. When you ask the magic question, you usually get a pretty quick win. W...
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#261 - The Recipe Decoder from 2022-05-09T09:30:23

In my book that released last week, The Lazy Genius Kitchen, I shared something kind of revolutionary. A cooking formula that could change how you approach recipes forever. It’s called The...
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#260 - Let’s Lazy Genius Your Kitchen from 2022-05-02T09:30:25

Last week I shared part one of The Lazy Genius Kitchen where I teach the five steps, and today I want to apply those five steps to a few specific areas of the kitchen, just like I do in part two...
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#259 - 5 Steps to Lazy Genius Anything from 2022-04-25T09:30:10

Today, we are just about one week out from the release of my second book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen, and in that book, I share five steps to Lazy Genius anything in your kitchen, but thos...
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Bonus: Moms Don't Have Time with Zibby Owens from 2022-04-21T09:30:06

Zibby Owens joins me for this bonus episode where we talk about what can be helpful and enhance our lives as moms who read. Even if you’re not a mom, this episode has practical tips to make time...
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#258 - The Seven Kinds of Rest and How to Know Which One You Need from 2022-04-18T09:30

Rest itself is such a needed thing for all of us. After all, a Lazy Genius principle is to schedule rest, mostly because we just let it happen and it never does. But I have also been paying a lo...
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#257 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Work-Life Balance from 2022-04-11T09:30:10

There is not a magical formula that achieves the perfect balance between life and work. There’s just not. You’re not missing something. You’re not the lone person trying to solve problems that e...
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#256 - How to Make Time for Fun from 2022-04-04T09:30:40

We are very good at talking about productive things, domestic things, hard being-a-person things, but we don’t often talk about specifically fun things. The busier we are, the more humans we int...
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#255 - How to Name What Matters from 2022-03-28T09:30:07

This episode is one of those rare ones that I’m like - wait, did we not do that yet? It’s so desperately essential to living like a Lazy Genius, and I’ve never actually done an episode or spent ...
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#254 - Chores I Do Every Day from 2022-03-21T09:30:11

I don’t have a lot of time, you probably don’t either, and even if you do, most of us don’t necessarily want to spend all of it doing chores. Some chores you might like, some are therapeutic and...
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#253 - How to Give Yourself Permission with Kate Bowler from 2022-03-14T09:30:25

A note from Kendra: In this conversation, Kate and I exchange a joke about going to prison for someone we love, and I have since been shown the harm that reaction causes peop...
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Bonus: Sister Speed Dating with The Lazy Sisters from 2022-03-10T10:30:54

Surprise! We’re experimenting with where The Lazy Sisters Podcast lives. Today, you’re getting a bonus episode from Hannah and me. We’re sister speed dating, so you can get to know each of us a lit...
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#252 - How I Choose New Recipes from 2022-03-07T10:30:26

We’re always on the hunt for new recipes, right? We want variety and beautiful meals, and we think that repetition is somehow a sign of laziness in the kitchen. It’s not. But that doesn’t mean t...
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#251 - What's Saving My Life Right Now from 2022-02-28T10:30:52

This kind of episode is one of my favorites to put together. Barbara Brown Taylor coined the phrase “what’s saving my life right now,” and I love the idea of thinking beyond favorites and splurg...
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#250 - How I Make This Podcast from 2022-02-21T12:10:38

In this 250th episode, I’m going to tell you how I make this podcast. I asked y’all on Instagram what you wanted to know about the behind-the-scenes stuff of the Lazy Genius space, and a l...
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#249 - How We’re Lazy Geniusing the Boat Situation from 2022-02-14T10:30:05

You might have heard that all the copies of my next book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen, were on a boat that had a rough day and lost some of its cargo. Today I want to share the story of my drowning ...
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Bonus: How I Lazy Genius Air Travel from 2022-02-10T10:30:47

Airports and airplanes have a lot about them that’s the worst, but flying is also part of life for a lot of people so why not Lazy Genius it? I’m going to share my start to finish air travel pro...
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#248 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Easier Travel from 2022-02-07T10:30:49

This episode is heavy on the practicality, y’all. There are so many decisions we make when we travel, and I want to give you just a slew of ways you can apply one of the most popular of the 13 L...
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#247 - What to Do Now to Make Spring Cleaning Easier Later from 2022-01-31T10:30:20

It’s not spring, y’all, I know. Tomorrow is the first day of February and that is decidedly winter. However, the whole point of the Magic Question - what can I do now to make something easier la...
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#246 - 5 Essential Mindsets for Time Management from 2022-01-24T10:30:17

We all have time, we all have expectations about how we want it emptied or filled, and we have a lot of hard, busy, stressful days that we need to manage so we don’t lose our minds. It’s a front...
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#245 - How I Personally Meal Plan from 2022-01-17T10:30:04

It’s funny - I talk about meal planning a lot here on the podcast, on Instagram, and in my upcoming book that I can’t wait for you to read, Listen

Bonus: How to Listen to Your Body with Dr. Hillary McBride from 2022-01-13T10:30:44

In this bonus episode, Hillary talks about why our bodies aren’t what we look like, how to engage with our bodies in healing ways, and what it means to exist with pain and tension and let it mak...
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#244 - How to Choose the Right Lazy Genius Principle for You from 2022-01-10T10:30:33

In my book The Lazy Genius Way, I share 13 principles you can use to Lazy Genius any situation in your life. Sometimes you might need one principle, sometimes a few together, and someti...
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#243 - Lazy Genius Questions for the Start of 2022 from 2022-01-03T10:30:28

It’s the first Monday in January which always has some fun energy to it. Fun? Is fun the right word? It has an energy to it. The level of fun depends on your personality and circumstances I supp...
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#242 - What I Learned In My 40th Year from 2021-12-27T10:30:40

You guys, it’s the last episode of 2021, and it’s also my birthday today. And not just any birthday; today I turn 40! In early January, in episode 193, I shared seven things I wanted to do this ...
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Bonus: Your Holiday Horror Stories from 2021-12-23T10:30

A few weeks ago, I posted on Instagram asking for your holiday horror stories. You know, that time you tried to be either super lazy or super genius during the holidays. Here’s a collection of stor...
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#241 - A Quick Holiday Pep Talk from 2021-12-20T10:30

I always find that this week of Christmas I don’t need more information; I just need encouragement to be a person and exist in the information I already have. So this is just a quick word from me t...
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#240 - How to Plan a Personal Retreat from 2021-12-13T10:30

When I sent out December’s Latest Lazy Letter, I mentioned taking a personal retreat day the week between Christmas and the New Year, and a woman named Rebecca wrote back asking me to explain it...
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#239 - Five Lessons Learned From Soup (No, Really!) from 2021-12-06T10:30

It’s winter, and most people have big soup energy this time of year. I have such energy. I love a good soup. I wish my kids liked soup more than they do, but they don’t hate it as a concept. We’...
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#238 - How to Get Stuff Done When You Don’t Feel Like It from 2021-11-29T10:30

The number of times I have to do stuff I don’t want to do is a very high number, and it’s part of life. I think it’s important to name what we can be a genius about and what we can be lazy about...
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Bonus: The Lazy Genius Guide to Understanding Football from 2021-11-24T10:30

We’re doing something a little different around here today with a bonus episode! We might start playing around with some of these that are deeply specific in the future, or it might be just this...
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#237 - A Quick Word Before Thanksgiving from 2021-11-22T10:30

It’s easy to feel like this particular week is pretty condensed. It’s hard, for me at least, to let Thanksgiving just be Thanksgiving. So I want to take a few minutes to center us this week...
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#236 - 10 Things Saving My Life Right Now from 2021-11-15T10:30

Lots of people on the Internet love to share what’s saving their life, so do I, and so do you! Talking about some favorite things definitely has an ease that disagreeing with a partner doesn’t. ...
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#235 - When You Disagree on What Matters from 2021-11-08T10:30

This episode is dedicated to the hundreds of you who have asked me over the years how you handle disagreeing about what matters with someone you love. In this Lazy Genius way of living, we seek ...
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#234 - 10 Rules for Holiday Gift Giving from 2021-11-01T09:30

You might be done with your holiday shopping already or maybe you haven’t started. Either way, these rules can still add some lightness and help to the next couple of months.

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#233 - Three Things to Continue Racial Peacemaking from 2021-10-25T09:30

When it comes to this episode, I will not speak any of these words as some kind of social or racial justice expert. But I’m learning and want to keep learning, and based on the communication I’v...
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#232 - How to Hold Your Own In Conversations You Know Nothing About from 2021-10-18T09:30

This is a special, unique little episode because I am not alone. My sister, Hannah, recorded this little bonus episode with me to give some fun and levity but also permission to be who you are i...
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#231 - What I Learned During Covid Quarantine from 2021-10-11T09:30

When the first positive test came back for Covid in my family, I started writing things down. Especially the big things I learned. Even if you’re not in this situation, hearing what people learn...
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#230 - How to Feel Like a Person with Aundi Kolber from 2021-10-04T09:30

Today, I’m speaking with therapist and author Aundi Kolber. This conversation is a rich exploration of how to start small in finding a therapist, how to care for ourselves when we’re disappointe...
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#229 - How to Magic Question the Rest of 2021 from 2021-09-27T09:30

There are only 95 days between today and December 31st, and those might be the fastest flying 95 days of the year in any year. Rather than find yourself in the middle of day 52 wondering how in ...
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#228 - 5 Ways to Organize Your Books from 2021-09-20T09:30

We’re talking about five different personalities of book organization, so hopefully, you’ll see yourself in one of these. We all have different challenges when it comes to organizing our bo...
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#227 - How to Know What to Read Next with Anne Bogel from 2021-09-13T09:30

You guys, we have Anne Bogel on the show today to help us be Lazy Geniuses about deciding what to read next! She hosts her own podcast aptly called What Should I Read Next? And I’m delighted...
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#226 - How Batching and Bags Can Get You Out the Door from 2021-09-06T09:30

In the last episode in a quasi-series on getting out the door, we’re going to use Courtney Cleveland’s method of packing for vacation to help us get out the door with all the right stuff (and at...
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#225 The Shoe Episode from 2021-08-30T09:30

We are going to plow through common challenges we all face with shoes and apply some Lazy Genius principles to help make those challenges easier. Obviously, we can’t cover every possible shoe sc...
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#224 - When Things Don’t Go According to Plan from 2021-08-23T09:30

This episode was inspired by last week’s episode The Lazy Genius Gets Out the Door. One of the reasons we all have trouble getting out the door is things not going according to plan. There are s...
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#223 - The Lazy Genius Gets Out the Door from 2021-08-16T09:30

A few weeks ago, I asked y’all on Instagram to share the challenges that make leaving your house so complicated. What makes it hard to get out the door? I have never had more responses to a ques...
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#222 Taking Care of Yourself As the World Opens Up from 2021-08-09T09:30

Today I want to talk about taking care of yourself as the world opens up. We’ll lay some groundwork and then apply a couple of principles for you to consider over these next few weeks, especiall...
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#221 - Get Your Back-to-School Life Together from 2021-08-02T09:30

It is the first Monday in August, and August is a unique month. For people with kids or if you’re an educator, it still feels like summer outside but you’re transitioning into fall routines. The...
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#220 - Kendra Answers Your Burning Questions from 2021-07-26T09:30

We’re talking about everything from what glasses I wear to how to Lazy Genius a marriage in this fun episode where I answer your burning questions (or the questions that pop up in DMs and my inb...
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#219 - A Midsummer Pep Talk from 2021-07-19T09:30

We’re halfway through July, halfway through a crazy year that followed the craziest year of any in quite a while, and I think our bodies and minds might be feeling it. So let’s just take a few s...
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#218 - Let’s Talk About the Body, Part Two from 2021-07-12T09:30:48

Last week was Let’s Talk About the Body, Part One, and I highly encourage you to liste...
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#217 - Let’s Talk About Your Body, Part One from 2021-07-05T09:30

There’s a lot I want to cover here, so much so that I had to break it up into two episodes. It was just too long. So next week, we’ll obviously do part two of let’s talk about your body.

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#216 - Navigating Siblings Who Fight from 2021-06-28T09:30

Today, I’m sharing ten things to help you navigate siblings who fight. To give you some context, I am not an expert. I’m only a mom. I am not a child psychologist or a parenting expert. I am in ...
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#215 - Hospitality on the Fly from 2021-06-21T09:30

Have you ever wished you were one of those people who could welcome anyone into your home for a meal or a hang without plans? Or maybe you’ve experienced one too many encounters where your brain...
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#214 - Your Guide to Summer Meals from 2021-06-14T10:30

The energy around cooking this summer is a bit of a situation. So we’re going to talk about how you think about your meals, cook them, and eat them through the lens of how you might eat on vacat...
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#213 - Create a Summer Reading Club from 2021-06-07T09:30

Obviously, summer reading is a big thing for a lot of people, and if you’re new around here, reading is one of my favorite things on the planet. Today though, I want to talk about something more...
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#212 - A Guide to Summer House Rules from 2021-05-31T09:30

A House Rule is something that could keep that first domino from teetering and knocking over everything else. All of us have different kinds of summers, and all of us likely experience different...
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#211 - How to Plan a Summer Day from 2021-05-24T09:30

I want us to plan a summer day without turning into robots or without leaving literally everything to chance where we’re playing it cool on the outside because we’re cool and spontaneous and we ...
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#210 - How to Lazy Genius Kids’ Screen Time from 2021-05-17T09:30:15

It’s here, you guys, it’s here! This is such a highly requested topic, and I think now that we’re about to go into summer, we could use some perspective on how to approach this ever-present topi...
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#209 - How to Keep Your Surfaces Clear from 2021-05-10T09:30

Clutter is a real thing. It feels like there’s never a clear spot to put anything down, and I think it’s safe to say that when surfaces are reasonably clear, your home feels cleaner and more wel...
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BONUS: A New Way to Think About Money with Rachel Rodgers from 2021-05-06T09:30

The Lazy Genius Podcast is not an interview-style show, so when I invite a guest on, I make sure they are a Lazy Genius at what they do. I’m thrilled to introduce you to Rachel Rodgers, a former...
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#208 - Essentializing Your Phone Apps from 2021-05-03T09:30

Today, I want to help you essentialize your phone apps. In this episode, we’re going to specifically apply the Lazy Genius principle of essentializing to your phone apps to that you can go from ...
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#207 - The 15 Moments That Shaped the Lazy Genius from 2021-04-26T09:30

I get asked about the origin story of this business a lot, especially when I do our Ask Me Anything sessions on Sunday nights on Instagram. I get a lot of questions like “how did you get started...
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#206 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Buying Great Gifts from 2021-04-19T09:30

It’s April, and we’re entering Teacher Appreciation Week soon. Then it’s Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and the end of school. And pandemic guidelines are loosening, people are planning weddings ...
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#205 - How to Lazy Genius a Wedding from 2021-04-12T09:30

First things first, you do not have to be planning a wedding to find this episode relevant. This is one of our Lazy Genius Brain episodes where we practice applying Lazy Genius principles to a s...
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#204 - How to Rally on a Bad Day from 2021-04-05T09:30

We all have bad days and for different reasons. There’s something about being inside a bad day that feels like there’s no way out. You kind of just have to wait until the next day and start over...
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#203 - 10 Things Saving My Life Right Now from 2021-03-29T09:30

I love sharing lists like this and also encouraging you to make and share your own. We are still in it after a very long year, and paying attention to the things that bring us joy, make things e...
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#202 - Revisiting Your Morning Routine from 2021-03-22T09:30

I want to revisit the concept of a morning routine, especially in light of still living kind of in a pandemic, and give you one question you can ask yourself - just one - as you think about how ...
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#201 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Moving from 2021-03-15T09:30

It’s finally here — an episode about moving! Good golly, I’ve been getting asked to Lazy Genius moving at least once a week for the last two years. But before you scroll away because you aren’t ...
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#200 - The Lazy Genius Starter Kit: 20 Episodes That Will Immediately Change Your Life from 2021-03-08T10:30

Two hundred episodes is a lot, and it’s likely you haven’t listened to every single one. Or maybe you have but it’s been a while and you need a brush-up. Whatever it is, I went through the entir...
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#199 - 7 Ways to Get Out of a Dinner Rut from 2021-03-01T10:30

Most of you live in the United States, many of you have kids, all of us are living in varying degrees of isolation still because of the pandemic, and all the things. Yet we still have to eat, we...
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#198 - How to Lazy Genius Your To-Do List from 2021-02-22T10:30

People have always had stuff to do, but let’s think about it. Our culture and lives have evolved to such a point where if we don’t write down what we have to do, we will in fact forget. Today, w...
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#197 - How to Navigate a Faith Crisis from 2021-02-15T10:30

It’s a heavy topic, I know, but I want to give some language and space around this thing that many people in the Christian faith are struggling with right now. And who better to help us with thi...
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#196 - How to Lazy Genius Adult Screen Time from 2021-02-08T10:30

I love my iPhone. I love my apps. I love Instagram. I love it all! And because we love it, we’re on it a lot, and while that is not a universally bad thing, you might desire a better relationshi...
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#195 - Creating Your Own Holiday When There’s Nothing To Look Forward To from 2021-02-01T10:30

February and March struggle to bring the thunder. I mean, it’s just the way it is. We’re past the lovely winter holiday gauntlet, we’re past the energy around fresh starts in January, we’re stil...
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#194 - From Selfies to Politics: How to Share Yourself Online with Laura Tremaine from 2021-01-25T10:30

This is a rare episode where I talk to another human, and I only have humans on who are actual Lazy Geniuses at what they do, and you guys? Laura Tremaine is 100% a Lazy Genius, maybe even just ...
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#193 - What I Want To Do in My 40th Year from 2021-01-18T10:30

This is a year I want to pay attention to in ways I’ve never paid attention to a year before. So in today’s episode, I want to share some things I want to do in my 40th year, why that is, and ma...
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#192 - What To Do Before Reorganizing Your Home from 2021-01-11T10:30

We all get that early January itch that carries into the dark winter of February where we just want our homes to feel good to be in. But we often start in the wrong place. I want to prevent that...
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#191 - Naming What Matters in 2021 from 2021-01-04T10:30

The turning of the calendar doesn’t change everything, but it does change something. It changes our outlook, even the tiniest bit. We are no longer in one of the hardest years, if not the hardes...
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#190 - My Favorite Discoveries of 2020 from 2020-12-28T10:30

I want to mark the end of this year here with you by sharing my favorite discoveries of 2020, and maybe it’ll make you want to remember the good things that you discovered and enjoyed and learne...
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#189 - A Pep Talk for the Final Stretch from 2020-12-21T10:30

We’re almost there. We’ve almost made it through this impossible year. I would love to take just a couple of minutes to find our position in it, our position in our days right now.
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#188 - How to Lazy Genius a Pandemic Cookie Exchange from 2020-12-14T10:30

This year may not be the year to host the entire neighborhood or maybe even anyone for a traditional cookie exchange; however, it could be a fun way to get everyone in your house involved in the...
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#187 - Rethinking Opening Ceremonies from 2020-12-07T10:30

I love implementing opening and closing ceremonies into my year and especially into the fall and winter holiday season. As we all know, holidays in 2020 are not what we expected. So how can we r...
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#186 - A Pep Talk for Not Knowing from 2020-11-30T10:30

There is so much we don’t know. So today on this Monday after Thanksgiving and this final day of November, I think we could all use a short little pep talk and a way to start small with all of t...
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#185 - How to Think About Holiday Photos from 2020-11-23T10:30

I get asked a lot about photo storage all the time, and I haven’t talked about it at all because I’m not an expert. But lucky for you, I’m joined by someone who is an expert on today’s show! Cas...
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#184 - Find Your Holiday Decorating Personality from 2020-11-16T10:30

It’s the middle of November, and some of you might have already gone through the process of decorating or you’re putting it off because it’s overwhelming or you always do the weekend after Thank...
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BONUS: Lazy Geniusing Advent with Tsh Oxenreider from 2020-11-12T10:30

In this bonus episode, I talk with Tsh Oxenreider about her new book, Shadow and Light, that walks us through Advent in the most Lazy Genius way possible. It gives us permission to engage in the...
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#183 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Spices from 2020-11-09T10:30

Spices are pretty important in cooking obviously, so let’s demystify a few things — what they’re good for, what to have on hand, how to use them, and how to store them. And we’ll run through wha...
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#182 Loving People You Disagree With from 2020-11-02T10:30

Tomorrow is Election Day. I can’t remember an election in my lifetime that was this contentious and would leave so many people devastated no matter the result. It’s just a lot. And you are a uni...
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#181 - The Instant Pot Episode from 2020-10-26T09:30

Here’s what we’re going to go through today: what the Instant Pot is great for, what it’s not great for, how to start using one including my favorite tools and resources, and my own personal Ins...
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#180 - A Pandemic-Friendly Halloween from 2020-10-19T09:30

We’re less than two weeks out from Halloween, and of course my kids are already asking what we’re going to do. It’s uncertain times, y’all, and it’s tough to know how to do this Halloween thing....
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#179 The Lazy Genius Stores Recipes from 2020-10-12T09:30

This is a very unsexy topic but also a really important one because we all have to eat. I don’t think a single person listening has never tried at least one recipe. So while this is super person...
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#178 - How to Start a Hobby from 2020-10-05T09:30

I hear a lot of you say you wish you had a hobby but you’re unsure of where to start or how to start or you feel like they could be a waste of time. We want them, we need them, but a lot of us d...
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#177 - The Lazy Genius Plans a Day from 2020-09-28T09:30

I’m not going to give you my single day and tell you to copy it. I’m not even going to tell you what should be included in your day. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all situation. It rarely is. We’re...
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#176 - Why Fall Reading Might Not Be Working For You from 2020-09-21T09:30

Why fall reading? Like, what’s special about fall reading? How do you choose what to read? When do you read? Basically, I love making fall reading this amazing quest. I want to capitalize on the...
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#175 - How to Create a Cozy Space from 2020-09-14T09:30

We’re about halfway into September, and even though temperatures and even seasons depending on your hemisphere are different right now, something about life shifts when we hit September. And whe...
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#174 - Try a Meal Formula this Fall! from 2020-09-07T09:30

Now it’s not fall yet in weather or on the calendar, but it’s getting close. And while you might not think you’re the kind of person who would do a meal formula and very well could be right abou...
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#173 - What Is Your List-Making Personality? from 2020-08-31T09:30

Lists are a big part of our lives, especially in these uncertain times, but I think we sometimes think there’s only one way to make them. That’s not true! So today we’re going to talk about list...
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#172 - Resurrecting Routines from 2020-08-24T09:30

A couple of days ago, I asked folks on Instagram what one word they would use to describe their current relationship with routines. There were very few positive words, words that would indicate ...
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#171 The Ten Things Saving My Life Right Now from 2020-08-17T09:30

I know that top ten lists can be a bit rote, but honestly, there’s something super life-giving for me personally to hear what other people are finding joy in. It gives me ideas of course, but mo...
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Bonus: Lazy Geniusing a Morning Routine with Erin Moon from 2020-08-11T09:30

It’s our final bonus episode, you guys! Over the summer I’m talking to some Internet and IRL friends about Lazy Geniusing an aspect of our every day lives. Today, I’m talking to Erin Moon about ...
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#170 - How to Lazy Genius Anything from 2020-08-10T09:30

I get messages all the time asking how a person can lazy genius their laundry pile or an awkward friendship encounter or online school or any number of things! The truth is that any challenge co...
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#169 - Audiobook Sneak Peek from 2020-08-03T09:30

On Saturday, you might have heard the audiobook version of the introduction of my book The Lazy Genius Way, and today’s episode is chapter one! I don’t want to make you wait around, so here it i...
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Bonus: Introduction to The Lazy Genius Way from 2020-08-01T09:30

Today’s episode is extra and very exciting. It’s the audio version of the introduction of my book The Lazy Genius Way! I’m so excited for you to get a sneak peek of the audiobook before it’s out...
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#168 - How to Go Back to School from 2020-07-27T09:30

Transitioning from summer to school routine is a legitimate thing, but this year? Well, clearly we don’t have to say a lot about this year. So how do we go back to school when we don’t even know...
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Bonus: Lazy Geniusing Teenagers with Kristen Howerton from 2020-07-24T09:30

It’s another bonus episode, you guys! Over the summer I’m talking to some Internet and IRL friends about Lazy Geniusing an aspect of our every day lives. Today, I’m talking to Kristen Howerton a...
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#167 - How to Make the Perfect Playlist from 2020-07-20T09:30

Did y’all know I really dig playlists? Like so much. And I’ve been told, especially after my holiday playlists last year and my quarantine groove playlist this summer, that I’m really good at th...
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#166 - Book Launching 101 from 2020-07-13T09:30

There is something so fun about getting a behind-the-scenes look at something like publishing. We all read books, but y’all the whole industry is something else. There’s so much happening, and i...
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#165 - The Lazy Genius Packs for a Trip from 2020-07-06T09:30

Vacations definitely look different this summer than they usually do, but trips aren’t just vacations. You’ll go see grandma, you might travel a state or two over when the holidays come soon. Ba...
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Bonus: Lazy Geniusing Dinner with Kate Strickler from 2020-07-01T09:30

It’s another bonus episode, you guys! Over the summer I’m talking to some Internet and IRL friends about Lazy Geniusing an aspect of our every day lives. Today, I’m talking to Kate Strickler of ...
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#164 - The Summer Meal Formula from 2020-06-29T09:30

I’m not saying I fixed summer cooking because that would be stupid, but I think I found an approach that will be pretty awesome, especially if you’re three weeks into hot weather no school every...
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#163 - The Magic of Daily Sheets from 2020-06-22T09:30

Summer is a season of relaxation, of later bedtimes and loungy days, but we’ve also kind of already been in a weird season of pseudo-relaxation and later bedtimes and loungy days because of COVI...
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#163 - The Magic of Daily Sheets from 2020-06-22T09:30

Summer is a season of relaxation, of later bedtimes and loungy days, but we’ve also kind of already been in a weird season of pseudo-relaxation and later bedtimes and loungy days because of COVI...
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#162 - A Peek Inside The Lazy Genius Way from 2020-06-15T09:30

This is a very exciting and surreal episode for me to share because in case you didn’t know I wrote a book, and today is the first real day that I’m going to tell you about what is inside! On Au...
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Bonus: Lazy Geniusing Staycations with Courtney Cleveland from 2020-06-12T09:30

Surprise! We’re doing fun bonus episodes over the summer where I talk to others about Lazy Geniusing an aspect of our every day lives. Today, I’m talking to Courtney Cleveland of All the Best Da...
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#161 - A Summer Reading Pledge from 2020-06-08T09:00

This summer, you guys, is the summer I truly begin my education of being an anti-racist. I want to begin taking steps in how I see my summer stack and even in what I watch and ...
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#160 - Wear Makeup Like a Lazy Genius from 2020-06-01T09:30

I am no makeup expert by any stretch, but over 20+ years of wearing makeup, I’ve figured out one strategy that works for me, and I want to share it with you today.

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#159 - The Magic of Closing Ceremonies from 2020-05-25T09:30

It can feel like our closing ceremonies are shot because of how things are within the setting of a pandemic, and that’s a very real thing. I’ve said it several times in episodes about a variety ...
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#158 - Staying In Touch When You Can’t Touch from 2020-05-18T09:30

Right now, we’re separated from each other in ways we never have been before, but there will be other times when we want to stay in touch with people we love when we’re far away from them, wheth...
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#157 - What Does It Mean to Take Care of Yourself? from 2020-05-11T09:30

If you’re stressed about all that’s going on, you might be sleeping less, not eating the same things because of apocalyptic grocery shopping, maybe you’re not able to read or run or get drinks w...
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#156 - How to Clean the House When Everyone Is Inside It (Part 2) from 2020-05-04T09:30

Last week, I shared ten principles of lived-in cleaning, but today, we’re diving into the specifics. Laundry, tidying, bathrooms, dusting and all the things. Just how do we keep our homes clean ...
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#155 - How to Clean the House When Everyone Is Inside It (Part 1) from 2020-04-27T09:30

A lot of us are still sheltering in place, and that brings a new set of challenges when it comes to cleaning. Because there are so many challenges, we’re going to make this a two-part miniseries...
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#154 - How to Add Freshness to Repetitive Meals from 2020-04-20T09:30

We’re still in a shelter-in-place situation in most parts of the country and part of this process includes not going to the grocery store as often. Thing are weird, and new meals don’t really fi...
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#153 - Time Management When Time Makes No Sense from 2020-04-13T09:30

Yes, we’re still in the coronavirus pandemic, but honestly, there are lots of times when time makes no sense. It’s a struggle to get a handle on how to manage our time when our regular average d...
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#152 - Reading in Odd Circumstances from 2020-04-06T09:30

Based on the number of downloads of past episodes related to reading, I know that there’s an overwhelming majority of people listening who really love to read. So when our regular reading rhythm...
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#151 - The Lazy Genius Eats Outside from 2020-03-30T09:30

Whenever I share something about eating outside, the questions pour in on how to do it. Breaking things up a bit and getting into the fresh air sounds really good right about now, so lets Lazy G...
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#150 - A Pep Talk for Being Stuck from 2020-03-23T09:30

These are weird, scary, surreal times, but, honestly, I am grateful for how this global crisis has already affected how we see. Here are five things to remember when you’re stuck at home…or mayb...
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#149 - Name What You're Good At from 2020-03-16T09:00

Note from Kendra: This episode of The Lazy Genius Podcast was recorded before the majority of changes, postponements, cancelations and recommendations for social distancing due to c...
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#148 - Making Memories Like a Lazy Genius from 2020-03-09T09:30

We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to mark moments, make memories, and give our kids something to remember. Even if you don’t have kids, there’s still a high cultural premium on memories. Scr...
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#147 - Should You Do a Capsule Wardrobe? from 2020-03-02T10:30

In today’s episode, I’ll give you some ideas on how to move forward with a pseudo-traditional capsule wardrobe, but you’re a really smart person. If you pay attention to what matters, what doesn...
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#146 - Feeding Picky Kids from 2020-02-24T10:30

What’s the problem with picky kids? It’s frustrating to make food that doesn’t get eaten. More than that, we worry that our kids aren’t getting the nutrients they need or that they’ll only eat b...
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#145 - How to Hire a Housecleaner from 2020-02-17T10:30

Listen, I know this is super specific. I know this topic is privileged and it comes with baggage. But I also know it’s important to talk about these things, particularly if you’re in a season of...
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#144 - How to Lazy Genius a Girls Night from 2020-02-10T13:05:10

Today, we’re diving into the logistics of building community — specifically in our female friendships. We all want to get together with friends and do fun things, have traditions and all of that...
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#143 - Your Body Is Not Flawed from 2020-02-03T10:30

I believe in a world where it is fun and not loaded to talk about our bodies because our bodies are awesome. Full disclosure: I haven’t always felt this way, not by a long shot. I understand the...
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#142 - Living Without Food Rules from 2020-01-27T10:30

Let's play a game. Let's name all of the food rules you've experienced in your life. Yeah...we'll be here a while and we probably won't feel that great after we list them all out. That's why I'm...
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#141 - What to Read This Winter from 2020-01-20T10:00

I know that so many of you folks who listen to this podcast love to read. You love books and more books and finding more ways to get more books into your life. In today’s episode, we’ll create a...
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#140 - Time to Create Your Winter Dinner Queue from 2020-01-13T10:30

I love putting the proper importance on food and meals and gathering around the table but not wasting energy on the wrong things. Those wrong things look different for everyone listening, but to...
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#139 - How to Plan Your Time This Winter from 2020-01-06T10:30

Today, I’m giving you two simple questions to ask yourself as you move into 2020 so that you can see your time in a way that makes sense for the season you’re in and makes a difference in your e...
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#138 - A Goals Pep Talk from 2019-12-30T10:30

Goals aren’t so you’ll look or be the way you think you should. They’re not to make you fit in. They’re not to make you seem like someone who’s got their life together. They’re for you.
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#137 - A Christmas Pep Talk from 2019-12-23T10:30

Christmas is in two days. Here’s a super quick pep talk that will remind you of two important things you can do during this season. Merry Christmas!
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#136 - Ten Ideas for a Holiday Reset from 2019-12-16T10:30

We have one week until Christmas, and it might already be time for a reset. No matter how intentional we are, how much margin we create, things surprise us. And that’s okay and normal and we’ll ...
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#135 - Nailing Your Holiday Vibe from 2019-12-09T10:30

I love a good mood. I love a good vibe. And our holiday memories aren’t always what we did; it’s about how we felt. We remember the vibe, the feeling the environment gave us. Let’s focus on crea...
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#134 - How To Be Happy With the Gifts You Give from 2019-12-02T10:30

We’re all in gift-giving and gift-buying mode and spending a lot of time on it or least are gearing up to. I want to help you be happy with the gifts you give and be more strategic and thoughtfu...
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#133 - Ten Helpful Thanksgiving Strategies from 2019-11-25T10:30

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post titled Ten Commandments of Thanksgiving Weekend. Looking back on it, I realized some things changed, and that’s okay. That’s why I’ve put together ten ...
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#132 - Ten Steps to Creating Your Own Traditions from 2019-11-18T10:30

I love the idea of being thoughtful and intentional about anything, and traditions definitely fit the bill. So today, we’re going to walk through ten steps to creating your own so you’ll be able...
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#131 - The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey from 2019-11-11T10:30

Y’all, we’re about to spend an entire episode talking about Thanksgiving turkey. Or just turkey if you periodically cook a ten pound bird when it’s not Thanksgiving. I want to talk through it a ...
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#130 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Hosting Anything from 2019-11-04T10:30

It is the first week of November, and all of the holiday hosting is about to hit hard so I want to give you some tools to enjoy this time, not dread it.
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#129 - How to Holiday Road Trip from 2019-10-28T09:30

It’s about that time. Grandparents in faraway states are waiting, but getting in the car with all the stuff and possibly all the children can feel daunting. Hopefully, this episode will help tha...
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#128 - How to Escape the Fall Frenzy from 2019-10-21T09:30

Chaos and frenzy pull me under. I feel stressed out, I get headaches, I get mad, my body physically hurts, and I don’t enjoy what’s happening right in front of me. That’s no fun at any point in the...
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#127 - The Lazy Genius Chooses a Planner from 2019-10-14T09:30

A few weeks ago, I shared how I plan a week like a Lazy Genius. That led us to a great conversation on Instagram about the many, many options available to us when we’re choosing a planner. But h...
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#126 The Lazy Genius Guide To Grocery Shopping from 2019-10-07T09:30

There are lots of ways to approach shopping for groceries from where you go to making a shopping list, and today I’m going to share my seven principles for buying groceries like a Lazy Genius. W...
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#125 - The Lazy Genius Asks for Help from 2019-09-30T09:30

Sometimes asking for help is the hardest thing to do, but you’re allowed to ask for help, no matter the circumstance. It’s good, in fact, to ask for help. And today, we’re talking about the ways...
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#124 - The Lazy Genius Weekly Plan from 2019-09-23T09:30

If you’ve ever purchased multiple planners in a year, this episode is for you. Today, we’re walking through three questions to ask when planning your week, and then we’ll use my own weekly plan ...
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#123 - The Lazy Genius After School Routine from 2019-09-16T09:30

Snacks, homework, playing, chores, making dinner, not to mention those extracurriculars if your kids are into sports and clubs. The reason why the hours after school is over feel frenzied is bec...
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#122 - What I Hope to Read This Fall and Why from 2019-09-09T09:30

Today we’re talking about books! And based on your responses to the Latest Lazy Letter (which has tons of book and podcast recommendations), you love talking about them, too. I’m sharing what I ...
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#121 - How to Build a Fall Dinner Queue from 2019-09-02T09:30

One of my favorite ways to approach a new season is to have a dinner queue to pull from when deciding what to eat for dinner. In this episode, I’m going to share my reflections from my summer di...
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#120 - The Lazy Genius Plan for Fall Routine from 2019-08-26T09:30

Even though the fall/winter American holidays don’t technically start until Halloween, it does my brain – and likely yours – a lot of good to start thinking about time now. I want to create rout...
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#119 - Plan Your Opening Ceremony from 2019-08-19T09:30

Opening and closing ceremonies are the magic pill that can make different seasons and transitions come more alive. The problem with moving from one season to another, one holiday to another, one...
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#118 - The Enneagram Part Two: How to Make Sense of Yourself from 2019-08-12T09:30

Let’s talk a bit more about the Enneagram. The Enneagram has its own language in many ways. And if you aren’t familiar with the concepts, it all sounds like gibberish. In today’s episode, I go t...
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#117 - How to Lazy Genius Kid Chores from 2019-08-05T09:30

Chores seem like a good anchor in the summer, but they really are a huge part of routine in the fall. But how do we do it? Allowance or no allowance, charts or no charts, how young is too young ...
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#116 - How to Lazy Genius Kids’ Clothes from 2019-07-29T09:30

Do you feel buried under mountains of kids’ clothes? Or you feel like you’re constantly running to the store to pick up pants that fit? Or maybe you’re tired of managing a closet full of tiny pe...
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#115 - Present Summer, Prepared Fall from 2019-07-22T09:30

After a three week hiatus, we’re jumping into practical ways to start preparing for fall while still enjoying what’s left of summer. Have you ever noticed how we tend to wait to get the school s...
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#114 - The Truth About Your Enneagram Number from 2019-06-24T09:30

A few months ago, I asked you to send me questions you have about the enneagram on Instagram. You guys went hard. So we’re going to talk about it in two parts over the course of the summer. Toda...
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#113 - The Lazy Genius Does Laundry Updated! from 2019-06-17T09:30

I know what you’re thinking…”Kendra, you’ve already done an episode on laundry!” That’...
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#112 - Grasping for Summer Routine from 2019-06-10T09:30

Summer is officially here, and I'm honestly nervous about it. It feels so lovely and so awful all in the same breath to have the kids home all day, to deal with the heat, and to have glorious ro...
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#111- What I’ll Be Cooking This Summer from 2019-06-03T09:30

Hi friends! We’re in part two of a three-part series that celebrates the changing seasons. Summer teaches us to slow down and be flexible. It’s a time to play and have fun on purpose. Last week,...
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#110 - Summer Reading Plans 2019 from 2019-05-27T09:30

Summer reading is a thing, right? We did it as students in school, our kids might do it, and it just feels like the time of year to have a stack of books ready to go. I want to share my personal...
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#109 - Food in a Bowl: Hacks and How-To’s from 2019-05-20T09:30

The last in our three-part Food in a Bowl series, this week’s episode features hacks and how-to’s so you can build your best food bowls yet! Together, we will figure out the logistics of actuall...
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#108 - Food in a Bowl: Flavors from 2019-05-13T09:30

In part two of our Food in a Bowl series, we’re talking about flavors. There are so many ways to put together flavors because flavor options are literally endless. And that’s a little bit of why...
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#107 - Food in a Bowl: Basics from 2019-05-06T09:30

This episode is the first of a three-part series about serving food in a bowl. My family’s favorite foods are served in a bowl from pasta and soup to ice cream and cereal, but this series focuse...
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#106 - The Lazy Sisters Bonus Episode from 2019-04-29T09:00

Have you ever wondered how you can support The Lazy Genius Collective and this podcast? You can become a Patreon supporter, and as a thank you, you get a (really long) monthly episode of The Laz...
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#105 - The Lazy Genius Makes Pizza Part 2 from 2019-04-22T09:30

We’re continuing our pizza conversation this week by talking about cheese, toppin...
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#104 - The Lazy Genius Makes Pizza (Part 1) from 2019-04-15T09:30

The only thing that comes close to Change Your Life Chicken in emails and DMs on Instagram is Pizza Fridays. Anytime I post my meal plan for Listen

#103 - The Lazy Genius Keeps the Car Clean from 2019-04-08T09:30

Does your van look like a thrift store on wheels? Me too. And I’m okay with that because I choose to be lazy about my car. This week, I’m sharing a few quick tips that help me keep a handle on t...
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#102 - How to Make a Decision with Emily P. Freeman from 2019-04-01T09:30

This week I’m joined by the Lazy Genius Collective mascot, Emily P. Freeman. (Kidding, but not because you can play a drinking game with how many times I talk about her on all the platforms. ) H...
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#101 - The Lazy Genius Deals with Sickness from 2019-03-25T09:30

We’re finally talking about it, y’all -- how to Lazy Genius sickness. I’m chatting about the essentials that keep us mostly sane while we’re battling it out with germs and cranky kids. And I kno...
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#100 - Change Your Life Chicken from 2019-03-18T09:30

You guys, we’ve hit 100 episodes! How fun is that?! And the only appropriate way to celebrate, in my opinion, is to deep dive into Listen

#99 - The Lazy Genius Feeds a Crowd from 2019-03-11T11:48:43

It’s finally happening, y’all. I’m telling you how to feed a crowd this week! Or at least, I’m telling you how I feed a crowd and sharing things that are must-dos for me to keep my cool when I o...
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#98 - The Lazy Genius Cleans Out the Fridge from 2019-03-04T10:30

We’re talking fridge clean-outs this week on the podcast. This is one of those episodes we wish didn’t exist but also need very badly. We’ll spend a few minutes going over the seven steps to tac...
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#97 - One Simple Step That Changes Meal Planning Forever from 2019-02-25T10:00

If you’ve been feeling like you’re not making anyone happy at dinner time (including yourself), this episode is for you! I’ve been talking about Brainless Crowdpleasers for a long time around he...
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#96 - The Lazy Genius Works from Home from 2019-02-18T10:30

Although this is a frequently requested topic, I get that your situation might be very different from mine and from each person listening. I hope this episode is an encouragement on how to think...
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#95 The Lazy Genius Guide to Marinades from 2019-02-11T10:30

In all the time I spent dreaming and planning for this podcast, I never thought I’d spend an episode talking about marinades. But here we are. My DMs blow up every time I make something with a m...
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#94 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Freezer Meals from 2019-02-04T10:30

This week, we’re doing math on the podcast. Well, Freezer Math. Freezer Math will help you know how much to cook when you want to stock your freezer. Then, I share the Seven Rules of Freezer Coo...
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#93 - Cook Without a Recipe from 2019-01-28T10:30

Are you afraid to go off script on a recipe? Or maybe you’re not afraid, but things never turn out just right when you riff in the kitchen. This week, I’m sharing a handful of concepts that if y...
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#92 - Finding a Bedtime Routine For Kids from 2019-01-21T10:30

This week’s topic is one of the most frequently requested topics I’ve received via Instagram DMS and emails, but I know it’s not for everyone at this point in time. If you don’t have kids or the...
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#91 - The Lazy Genius Organizes Paper from 2019-01-14T10:30

Have you ever noticed paper is like a magnet? The more you have laying around the more it attracts. In this week’s episode, I tackle the three biggest problems we have with paper and give you an...
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#90 - Set the Right Goals Without Fizzling Out from 2019-01-07T10:30

Goal setting can be a dangerous game. We can go overboard and try to do all the things, but when we don’t, we feel like complete failures. This week’s episode, I share three steps to help you mo...
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#89 - Reset the House Instead of Burning It Down from 2018-12-31T10:30

Tomorrow marks the beginning of 2019, can you believe that?! In today’s episode, I talk about why it’s okay if you don’t have all of your goals and intentions for the year...
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#88 - Refocus Your Christmas Brain from 2018-12-17T10:30

A gentle, loving reminder that you matter this Christmas season. . .even if you feel overwhelmed and those family traditions you care so much about fall apart.
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#87 The Lazy Genius Guide to Flexibilty from 2018-12-10T10:30

The holidays can be tough, especially when it comes to managing our expectations when making memories. It doesn’t take much to turn our meticulously planned, yet festive holiday light display ro...
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#86: The Lazy Genius Buys Meat from 2018-12-03T10:30

I know, I know. You were probably expecting a holiday-centric episode now that it’s December, but I can’t think of a better way to prepare for the holidays than talking about something that can ...
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#85: The Lazy Genius Kitchen Reset from 2018-11-26T10:30

We’ve got a short episode for you today, but don’t sleep on it, y’all. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the state of your kitchen and pantry and all of the upcoming holiday baking and cooking, t...
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#84 The Lazy Genius Guide to Lunch from 2018-11-19T10:30

When you think of the words “meal plan,” I bet you think of dinner. But lunch is just as important. This week, I’m talking about ways to find strategies and recipe ideas to make lunch not feel l...
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#83: The Lazy Genius Skincare Routine from 2018-11-12T12:05:09

I’m a big believer in listening to one person for different spaces, and my sister Hannah is that person for skincare. In this week’s episode, I’m sharing what I’ve learned from her over the year...
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#82: The Lazy Genius Finds the Best Way to Do Things from 2018-11-05T10:30

We like to do it right. We like to feel like we’re not wasting our time. How do we seek after the best way to do something without being a slave to the process? As the holidays approach, it’s a ...
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#81 The Lazy Genius and Healthy Eating from 2018-10-29T09:30

Are you tired of keeping up with diets and food trends? Let’s reframe how we view healthy eating and listen to what our bodies are telling us it wants and needs.
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#80 The Lazy Genius Daily Act of Kindness from 2018-10-22T09:30

When was the last time you showed yourself some kindness? And I don’t mean in the Tom Haverford “treat yo self” kind of way. I mean showing yourself a small act of kindness that doesn’t come wit...
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#79 The Lazy Genius Creates a Holiday Sabbath from 2018-10-15T09:30

It’s mid-October, and I’ve already seen Christmas lights in stores. The holidays are coming, y’all! While they’re full of mostly happy things like baking cookies and seeing family and friends, t...
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#78 The Lazy Genius House Purge from 2018-10-08T09:30

Are you feeling it, too? Are you feeling the itch to get rid of everything and start over? Do you want to make your home feel like fall but have too much stuff in the way? In this episode, we’re...
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#77 The Lazy Genius Rests from 2018-10-01T09:30

A couple of months ago, I asked on Instagram what you’d like me to talk about during our times together, and when someone said rest, the likes on that comment started piling up fast. Can we get ...
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#76 The Lazy Genius Meal Plan from 2018-09-24T09:30

We’ve been waiting for this one, haven’t we? We’re finally talking about meal planning! Getting dinner on the table happens most every day, and we’re still surprised it has to happen. Here are t...
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#75 The Lazy Genius Stocks the Kitchen from 2018-09-17T09:30

We’ve all seen the lists online. Lists of all the foods you should have in your kitchen so that dinner is always close at hand. But if those lists worked, you’d make more dinner more often and b...
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#74: The Lazy Genius Takes a Creative Leap from 2018-09-10T09:30

Do you have a creative interest you’ve been putting on the back burner? Maybe you think you don’t have time or you’re not talented enough. Here are 10 steps that will help you kick those thought...
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#73: The Lazy Genius Buys a Cookbook from 2018-09-03T09:30

Tired of buying a cookbook then never cracking it open? We’re talking about why that may be and how to fix it on this week’s episode. I also offer a fail-proof method of picking out a cookbook t...
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#72: The Lazy Genius Hosts a Book Swap from 2018-08-27T09:30

Hosting a book swap is a low-key way to meet new people and get some great books in the process. In this episode, we chart the path of a book at a book swap plus talk about food, music, and ever...
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#71: The Lazy Genius Goes to London from 2018-08-20T09:30

Traveling is new to me, but I never want to go anywhere but London again. What an incredible city. In this episode, I share seven regular life lessons I learned from my time in London.
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#70: The Lazy Genius Welcomes Fall from 2018-08-13T09:30

School is about to start, but it's still technically summer. How do we transition between seasons and schedules and stay present and all the things we hope for? Enjoy this episode about welcomin...
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#69: The Lazy Genius Summer Detox from 2018-08-06T09:30

August feels crazy because it is crazy. We're one step into summer, one step into fall, and feel like we're going to fall over. Plus, our kids have been with us for 578 years and we need a break...
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#68: The Lazy Genius Tries New Things from 2018-06-18T09:30

In this last episode of the summer, I share the gift of trying new things. We're often afraid of failing, but if we fail to build up our Try New Things muscle, those new things we so desperately...
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#67: The Lazy Genius Shops at the Farmers Market from 2018-06-11T10:43:39

The farmers market is a lovely place, but sometimes it can feel overwhelming. Do you haggle? Are the farmers mad when you buy from somebody else? How do you know if you like something or not? In th...
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#66: The Lazy Genius Yard Sale from 2018-06-04T09:30

Yard sales sound good in theory, but the piles of stuff, mean hagglers, and rainy mornings ruin everything. Is it possible to have a yard sale and not hate the entire process? Definitely. In this e...
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#65: The Lazy Genius Summer Strategy: Food from 2018-05-28T09:30

What if you don't have a grill? What if you hate salad? What if your kids run purely on snack bar fries and won't eat anything you make? Let's take a super quick trip down Summer Food Tip Road. ...
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#64: The Lazy Genius Summer Strategy: Routine from 2018-05-21T09:30

Sure, summer needs a routine but not quite the kind you might think. I'm not pulling a fast one; I really mean a different kind of routine. Listen in to get some new ideas.
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#63: The Lazy Genius Summer Strategy: Time from 2018-05-14T09:30

We're looking at the summer as one huge batch of time, but breaking it down into categories helps. In this episode, let's look at all the ways you (and your kids) can spend your time so you don'...
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#62: The Lazy Genius Summer Strategy: Mindset from 2018-05-07T09:30

Even now in May, summer already feels overwhelming. We want to get a lot done, rest, have time alone and away from our kids, and figure out the perfect balance between structure and freedom. Whi...
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#61: The Lazy Genius Exercise Routine from 2018-04-30T09:30

We need some reframing when it comes to exercise. If you love working out, you might not find this topic necessary. If you think working out is the worst, you're probably girding your loins agai...
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#60: The Lazy Genius Cleaning Routine from 2018-04-23T09:30

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#59: The Lazy Genius Evening Routine from 2018-04-09T09:30

A good evening routine sets the stage for the next morning. It's like a game of life dominoes; we just need to knock over the right one. Learn how to slowly build an evening routine that gradual...
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#58: The Lazy Genius Morning Routine from 2018-04-02T09:30

When we start the day with the right energy, sometimes things go better than we expect. How we develop a morning routine? Maybe not quite what you expect. Have a listen, and create mornings that...
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#57: The Lazy Genius Guide to Roasting Stuff from 2018-03-26T09:30

Roasting is one of the best skills to have in your cooking arsenal, and there's virtually no actual skill required. You just need a three basic rules and the cheatsheet below. Listen to an episo...
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#56: The Lazy Genius Makes Salad from 2018-03-19T09:30

Salads made by someone else are almost always better than ones we make ourselves. Let's remedy that, shall we? Learn the three salad rules and how to go from Matt Saracen salad to Tim Riggins sa...
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#55: The Lazy Genius Bakes Bread from 2018-03-12T09:30

Bread is one of the oldest, best foods around. I have no scientific evidence of this, but it feels right. You can't really Lazy Genius bread, but you can start with great principles and have a b...
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#54: The Lazy Genius Makes Soup from 2018-03-05T10:30

Soup is one of the most comforting foods around, but we often just dump everything into a pot and let it simmer for a few hours. There's a better (and quicker) way! Listen to The Lazy Genius Mak...
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Bonus: The Lazy Sisters Podcast Preview from 2018-03-01T10:30

Kendra and Hannah are real life sisters keeping you from real bad choices. The Lazy Sisters Podcast is launching on Patreon this week, and here's a quick preview.
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#53: The Lazy Genius Cooks Chicken from 2018-02-26T10:30

Cooking chicken is basically required to be a human, so let's do it right! In this episode, you'll get a rundown of the main cuts of chicken available at the store, what grade I give them, and t...
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#52: The Lazy Genius Spring Cleans from 2018-02-19T10:30

Spring cleaning is just doing the things we don't do on a regular basis, and you don't have to reserve a horrible weekend to make it happen. In this episode, figure out the three steps to doing ...
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#51: The Lazy Genius Cleans the Bathroom from 2018-02-12T10:30

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#50: The Lazy Genius Tidies the House from 2018-02-05T10:30

Tidying the house isn't cleaning the house; it's making it look clean. If you want some tips and perspective on the best tool in your Lazy Genius cleaning arsenal, this episode is ...
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#49: The Lazy Genius Home from 2018-01-29T10:30

We often define our home by it's style, but that's only a piece of the puzzle and a dangerous place to start... unless you're ready to spend a million dollars at Target. In this episode, explore...
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#48: The Lazy Genius and Time Management from 2018-01-22T10:30

We don't have to mechanize our schedules to stay on top of our days. Learn three pillars of Lazy Genius time management as well as my favorite time-saving Lazy Genius Tip of the Week that's basi...
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#47: The Lazy Genius Finds Her Purpose from 2018-01-15T10:30

Setting goals is tough without an overall purpose. Practically find yours with a tiny bit of Oprah woo-woo thrown in.
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#46: The Lazy Genius Loses Weight from 2018-01-08T10:30

Lose weight, y'all - the right kind of weight, the right way.
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#45: The Lazy Genius Sets Goals from 2018-01-01T10:30

It's a fresh start unicorn! January 1st AND it's a Monday! Before we jump on the roller coaster of goal-failing I mean goal-setting, let's talk. It's time to reframe our goals so we actually bec...
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#44: The Lazy Genius Bakes for the Holidays from 2017-12-18T10:30

Today's episode is about baking during the holidays, but there is not a single recipe or tip in sight. You might have just swiped to delete, but I sure hope not. Listen before you bake, friends....
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#43: The Lazy Genius and Self Care from 2017-12-11T10:30

It's easy to lose ourselves in the holidays... which is why we so look forward to the clean start of January. But do we have to wait with our shoulders clenched, crossing our fingers that we can...
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#42: The Lazy Genius Hosts a Holiday Party from 2017-12-04T10:30

Don't be afraid. It can be really fun to host a party, so if you're thinking of sliding one into your December calendar, I've got you covered.
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#41: The Lazy Genius Guide to Holiday Giving from 2017-11-27T10:30

It's time to start buying for people, and while it's incredibly fun, we can inject a lot of stress into it, too. In this episode, we'll breeze through budgeting, how to choose a gift, and talk i...
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#40: The Lazy Genius Navigates Family Tension from 2017-11-20T10:30

Spending entire days with your family over the holidays can sometimes feel a little tense. There's a lot of history and things unsaid - or very loudly and aggressively said - and those car rides...
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#39: The Lazy Genius Hosts Thanksgiving from 2017-11-13T10:30

Hosting Thanksgiving sounds great in theory but terrifying in execution. So many dishes. So much pressure. And the turkey! What if the turkey is horrible or raw or dry enough to sand the deck?&n...
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#38: The Lazy Genius Practices Thankfulness from 2017-11-06T10:30

It feels right to give thanks in November, but it also feels forced and annoying sometimes. Let's get back to the basics of gratitude and actually enjoy a season of giving thanks. No daily journ...
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#37: The Lazy Genius Budgets from 2017-10-30T09:30

We want to save money, have extraordinary experiences, and not stress from paycheck to paycheck. But how? I share the four pillars of a Lazy Genius budget and a peek into our personal family bud...
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#36: The Lazy Genius Conquers Holiday Overwhelm from 2017-10-23T09:30

In this episode of The Lazy Genius Podcast, you'll learn the one life-giving decision that makes the holidays come alive again, no stress needed.
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#35: The Lazy Genius Holiday Game Plan from 2017-10-16T09:30

It's possible to move through the holidays without going crazy. Your stuff and family are safe from your wrath if we can holiday game plan now!
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#34: The Lazy Genius Organizes a Home from 2017-10-09T09:30

In this episode, I'll share the five organizing personalities and how you could totally be organizing your home wrong. Ain't nobody got time for that. Let's be Lazy Geniuses about our homes!
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#33: The Lazy Genius Shops at Costco from 2017-10-02T09:30

This week, we talk about the benefits of Costco and the best items to buy (and skip) when you're shopping.
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#32: The Lazy Genius Cleans the Kitchen from 2017-09-25T09:30

The kitchen is the center of many homes, and when it's a wreck, we're not above contemplating arson. In this episode, you'll learn the Lazy Genius order to cleaning the kitchen. Yes, there's an ...
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#31: The Lazy Genius Makes a Smoothie from 2017-09-18T09:30

Yes, we all know what a smoothie is, but in this episode, we'll dig deeper into smoothies than you ever thought possible. Why do we drink them? When should we drink them? What's the actual best ...
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#30: The Lazy Genius Bullet Journals from 2017-09-11T09:00

You've heard lots of talk, seen all the photos on Pinterest, but let's figure out how to Bullet Journal for regular people.
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#29: The Lazy Genius Finds a Fall Rhythm from 2017-09-04T09:00

I'm back after my summer break (party emoji!) and easing into a fall rhythm. If you need one, too, this episode is all over it.

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#28: The Lazy Genius Creates Space from 2017-07-03T09:30

Join me on Instagram @thelazygenius.
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#27: The Lazy Genius Movie Night from 2017-06-26T09:30

1. Get ideas from Pinterest!
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#26: The Lazy Genius Grills from 2017-06-19T09:30

1. Get grilling ideas from Pinterest.
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#25: The Lazy Genius Bakes Cookies from 2017-06-05T09:30

1. Get my favorite Lazy Genius cookie baking tools!
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#24 - The Lazy Genius Thinks Differently About Cooking from 2017-05-29T09:30

1. Read some stuff that goes with the episode.
How to Survive Dinnertime P...
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#23: The Lazy Genius Reads from 2017-05-22T09:30

1. Read what was mentioned.
Summer Books You Don't Have To Wait For
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#22: The Lazy Genius Goes on a Date Night from 2017-05-15T09:30

1. Read a few things that were mentioned.
In Defense of Skipping Date Nig...
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#21: The Lazy Genius Does Laundry from 2017-05-08T09:30

Stuff that's mentioned...
When Laundry Eats You Alive
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#20: The Lazy Genius Makes Tomato Sauce from 2017-05-01T09:30

1. What's mentioned and what's helpful...
Choose Your Own Adventure Tomato S...
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#19: The Lazy Genius Gets Dressed from 2017-04-24T09:30

1. Check out the stuff mentioned in the episode!
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#18: The Lazy Genius Raises a New Baby from 2017-04-17T09:30

1. Read some posts to make the episode even better!
The Baby Stuff I'd Rescue In ...
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#17: The Lazy Genius Cleans the House from 2017-04-10T09:30

1. Read this week's Lazy Genius post!
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#16: The Lazy Genius Puts Stuff On the Wall from 2017-04-03T09:30

1. Check out the Pinterest board!
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#15: The Lazy Genius Fixes Breakfast from 2017-03-27T09:27

1. Read a few Lazy Genius breakfast posts.
How to Have a Sit-Down Breakfast with ...
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#14: The Lazy Genius Survives a Class Party from 2017-03-20T09:30

After you listen...
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#13: The Lazy Genius Makes a Friend from 2017-03-13T09:30

A few things for after you listen...
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#12: The Lazy Genius Buys a Gift from 2017-03-06T10:30

In this episode, I share ways to come up with great gift ideas and actually remember them.
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#11: The Lazy Genius Shops at Aldi from 2017-03-04T10:30

You should be shopping at Aldi, and if you already are, you could be shopping smarter! Kendra shares her favorite tips and items from the store that saves us all so much money.
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#10: Fictional Lazy Geniuses with Emily P. Freeman from 2016-07-05T09:57

Emily and Kendra talk again but this time about their favorite lazy geniuses on television. Spoiler: a lot of them are jerks or kind of annoying. What does that mean?! But really they're ju...
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#9: Uncovering Your Creative Rhythm with Emily P. Freeman from 2016-06-28T09:25

Emily Freeman is the perfect balance of boss lady and soul whisperer. She gets stuff done and has the work to prove it but her goal is to create space for your soul to breathe, and our souls can...
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#8: A Lazy Genius Marriage with Kaz Adachi from 2016-06-21T09:59

He didn't own a cell phone until 2014, he does a mean Cookie Monster impression, and he's the laziest of all geniuses. In this episode, Kendra talks with her husband about their lazy g...
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#7: Finding Your Home's Personality with Addie Jones from 2016-06-14T09:22

Introducing the coolest girl ever with the coolest job ever. Addie Jones is a stylist, decorator, and creative ninja. She's also incredibly kind and generous with her ideas and encouragement. Ke...
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#6: Raising Boys with Chad Smith from 2016-06-07T08:57

Do you love The Nester? Not as much as this guy. Chad Smith is husband to The Nester and has been a teacher, youth pa...
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#5: Lazy Genius Baking with Jamie Golden from 2016-05-31T09:33

Jamie Golden, co-host of The Popcast, joins Kendra to talk baking. They share tips to help you not wash dishes ever again...
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#4: Giving Up On Perfect with Mary Carver from 2016-05-24T09:40

Funny, honest, and a real Lazy Genius, Mary and Kendra have a conversation about kids, goals, marriage, and everything in between. Sometimes it's hard to be a person, and Mary gets that. She als...
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#3: Raising Imperfect Teenagers with Meg Duerksen from 2016-05-17T09:05

Meg is creative, chill, and a mom of five teenagers. In this episode, she candidly and generously shares her experiences in parenting grown people who still live in your house. Her words are kin...
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#2: Television Cheat Sheet with Nick Flora from 2016-05-12T09:10

Ever wish you had a television cheat sheet? Everyone keeps talking about this show and that show, and you simply don't have the brain cells to keep up. Today, Kendra and her pop culture bro...
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#1: How to Embrace Change with Emily V. Gordon from 2016-05-10T09:20

Emily is a therapist turned comedy writer who has been through more change than most of us experience in five lifetimes. If you've ever wondered what it's like to take a big (or little) lea...
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Introducing The Lazy Genius Podcast! from 2016-05-06T14:53:38

Used with permission.
It's finally here! Welcome to season one of The Lazy Genius podcast!
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#335 - 7 Ways to Manage Daily Chaos from 2023-10-09T09:30:41

#334 - How to Create a Relaxing Home Routine from 2023-10-02T09:30:22

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#332 - How to Enjoy Your Evening Hours from 2023-09-18T09:30:29

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#329 10 Things to Do When You Don’t Want to Cook from 2023-08-28T09:30:46

#328 - My 10 Most Memorable Books from 2023-08-21T09:30:43

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#327 - Lazy Genius Office Hours from 2023-08-14T09:30:43

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#326 - How to Magic Question Your Morning from 2023-08-07T09:30:07

#325 - Dealing with Differences on How Something Is Done from 2023-07-31T09:30:12

#324 - How to Make the Rest of the Summer Easier from 2023-07-24T09:30:48

#323 - How to Lazy Genius a Big Change from 2023-07-17T09:30:47

#322 What to Do with Random Pockets of Time from 2023-07-10T09:30:58

#321 - How to Neutralize the Sunday Scaries from 2023-07-03T09:30:10

#320 - How to Feel Good About Free Time from 2023-06-26T09:30:10

#319 - 21 Books for Your Summer Reading from 2023-06-19T09:30:19

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#318 - 10 Foods I’m Stocking This Summer from 2023-06-12T09:30:23

#317 - 5 Steps to a Routine That Actually Works from 2023-06-05T09:30:04

#316 - How to Not Bummer Your Summer from 2023-05-29T09:30:46

#315 - Lazy Genius Office Hours! from 2023-05-22T09:30:04

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#314 - Put On Your Summer Face from 2023-05-15T09:30:43

#313 - 10 Questions for the Start of the Summer from 2023-05-08T09:30:21

#312 - My Favorite Chapter from The Lazy Genius Kitchen from 2023-05-01T09:30:55

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#309 - The Friendship Episode, Part Two with Laura Tremaine from 2023-04-10T09:30:51

#308 - The Friendship Episode, Part One with Laura Tremaine from 2023-04-03T09:30:44

#307 - A More Helpful Way to Look at Spring Cleaning from 2023-03-27T09:30:04

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#306 - What We Need to Have More Fun from 2023-03-20T09:30:03

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#304 - How to Rest When You’re Caring for Everyone Else from 2023-03-06T10:30

#303 - The 10 Most Helpful Episodes From the Last Two Years from 2023-02-27T10:30:08

#302: The Lazy Genius Guide to Basketball from 2023-02-20T10:30:56

#301 - How to Kindly Navigate a Changing Body from 2023-02-13T10:30:22

#300 - How to Lazy Genius Meal Prep from 2023-02-06T10:30:41

#299 - What’s Saving My Life from 2023-01-30T10:30:41

#298 - How to Keep Up with Household Habits from 2023-01-23T10:30:22

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#297 - 5 Steps for More Ease at Work from 2023-01-16T10:30:16

#296 - How to Lazy Genius Your Habits from 2023-01-09T10:30:43

#295 - How to Start Fresh Without Starting Over from 2023-01-02T10:30

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#293 An Easily Forgotten Holiday Reminder from 2022-12-19T10:30:05

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This Thursday is American Thanksgiving, and we’re coming up on a season of lots of holidays, and with those holidays come many many expectations. You have them, your kids have them, your parent... Listen

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#287 - How I’m Making Dinner Easier for the Rest of the Year from 2022-11-07T10:30:46

#286 What’s Saving My Life from 2022-10-31T09:30:03

#285 How to Parent When Kids Constantly Change from 2022-10-24T09:30:08

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#283 What It Really Means to be a Neighbor with Shannan Martin from 2022-10-10T09:30:05

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