Best of Both Worlds Podcast

In this episode, Laura and Sarah have their annual back to school chat! Laura has 5 kids in 4 schools, and Sarah has 3 kids in 1 school -- one can guess who has the more complex logistics!They discuss this year's challenges and plans, delving into kids' activities, tech, school supply shopping, morning routines, and more!Episode Sponsors:Organize365: To learn more about Lisa Woodruff’s work and her amazing offerings, check out organize365.com, or go to organize365.com/minicourse for a free 7 days minicourse on getting yourself organized! Apple Card: The credit card created by Apple. It gives you unlimited cash back, every day, on every purchase — up to 3%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elder Care essentials are discussed by Lauren Smith, a gerontologist, and nursing home administrator. Topics cover navigating care for aging parents, including conversations, memory loss, legal documentation, and financial preparedness. Podcast also includes promos for other podcasts on various topics.

* Trigger warning -- if you are sensitive to conversations about weight or body size, you may want to skip this episode **In this episode, Sarah and Laura tackle a sensitive topic that is relevant to many women - body image. Sarah and Laura have somewhat differing personal approaches to this sensitive topic, so they unpack those and discuss their histories with body image over the years, including interactions with pregnancy and nursing.In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking about whether it makes sense to stop work to pick children up from school when they are able to do so (ie, remote and/or flexible work).Episode Sponsors:Conair: Conair Turbo ExtremeSteam Steam and Iron 2-in-1 is powerful, convenient, and easy to use! To get yours today, go to Amazon and search Conair Turbo Extremesteam®, and look for the Steam and Iron 2-In-1.Apple Card: Apple Card gives you up to 3% unlimited cash back on everything you buy. Apply now in the Wallet app on iPhone and start using it right away.Thrive Causemetics: High-performance beauty and skin-care products made with clean, skin-loving ingredients. Right now, you can get 15% off your first order when you visit thrivecausemetics.com/BESTOF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laura discusses here own thoughts about place and choosing where to live, and then interviews Melody Warnick, an expert on place attachment. They explore the power of place and the newfound flexibility many remote workers have found in the current era.In the Q&A, Laura answers a listener question about starting a podcast.Melody's latest book: If You Could Live Anywhere: The Surprising Importance of Place in a Work-from-Anywhere WorldEpisode Sponsors:Better Help: Better Help offers convenient online counseling that can help. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at betterhelp.com/bestof Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah and Laura open with an update on their summer reading lives. Then, Laura interviews listener-requested memoirist Mary Laura Philpott, author of Bomb Shelter and I Miss You When I Blink.In the Q&A, a listener with a 4 month old and 4 year old writes in wondering when she will be able to effectively plan her days again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's fun episode, Sarah and Laura are once again together in the same recording space -- this time Laura's home office, outside of Philadelphia!This episode is an on-the-cuff Ask Me Anything, with questions pulled from Laura's Instagram followers. They chat favorite podcasts to listen to, dream trips, podcast income, nanny driving logistics, and more!Episode Sponsors:Better Help: Convenient online counseling that can help. Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at betterhelp.com/bestofConair: Check out the Conair Turbo Extreme to get your 2-in-1 steam and iron steamer today!Yipes: Growing up is messy. Yipes! wipes to the rescue. Go to yipeswipes.com/BESTOF for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the intro, Laura and Sarah discuss some recent (very minor) challenges. Then, Sarah and Alyce have a rich conversation about Alyce's experiences raising a daughter with Dravet Syndrome, a genetic form of epilepsy that carries additional complications and challenges.Alyce is a lawyer married to another lawyer, and she shares tips on their sharing of childcare duties, ways to stay emotionally connected, and so much more. Resource mentioned by Alyce: Courageous Parent NetworkIn the Q&A, a scientist listener writes in for ideas on how to make the most of $2000 in professional development funds.Episode Sponsors:Nutribullet: Go to nutribullet.com and use promo code BESTOF for 20% off your order.Yipes: Growing up is messy. Yipes! wipes to the rescue! Go to yipeswipes.com/BESTOF for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the halfway point of 2022, Sarah and Laura chat about goals! Sarah discusses various ways of looking at our progress and the year thus far, and the two discuss their goals in several different categories:1) done/successful2) in progress & looking hopeful3) still interested but looking less hopeful4) those that need to be tabled or abandoned altogetherIn the Q&A, they answer an interesting question about what they choose NOT to spend money on.Episode Sponsors:Better Help: Better Help offers convenient online counseling that can help. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at betterhelp.com/bestofNutribullet: Easy, cost-effective, and mess-free smoothies! Go to nutribullet.com and use promo code BESTOF for 20% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah & Laura open with a brief discussion of makeup and Sarah's experience with accessories styling, and then they are joined by Jenny Eversole and Rebecca Kirkwood. Jenny is the creator of Style Space (and longterm BOBW listener!) and Rebecca is a makeup artist and clean beauty expert who worked with Laura for a beauty styling session! They chat makeup tips, mistakes to avoid, must-have products, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laura and Sarah discuss their earlier life concepts of working motherhood - did they think about being 'working moms' when they were young? Then, Laura is joined by Lisa Segner, who has a great career in finance as well as two young sons. Lisa shares her story, including her entry into working parenthood which did not go as well as she had imagined (and even included some second thoughts). In the Q&A, Sarah and Laura an interesting question from a listener about nanny share best practices.Episode Sponsor: Better Help - Better Help offers convenient online counseling that can help. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at betterhelp.com/bestof Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.