Best of Both Worlds Podcast

Sarah covers the family's summer trip. Laura and Sarah explore ways to fit in health, exercise, sleep, healthy eating, and mental health. In the Q&A, a listener question on ramping up her career. Sponsors: Door Dash - an online food delivery platform working with over 300,000 stores. For $5 off your first order, enter code Best Of at checkout MM LaFleur - a clothing company with beautiful classics for work and excellent service. To enjoy $25 off your first purchase, enter code BESTOF at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laura and Sarah are thrilled to welcome organizing and time management expert Julie Morganstern! She delves into organizing time vs space, and then we discuss all things parenting. In this special edition Q&A, we pose listener questions to Julie! Sponsor notes/codes: LinkedIn: To get $50 off your first LinkedIn Jobs post, visit linkedin.com/bestof MM LaFleur: To get $25 your first purchase, visit mmlafleur.com/bestof and enter code "BESTOF" at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura and Sarah review their own childcare arrangements and the delve into one option that listeners have asked about for quite some time - au pairs! In the Q&A, we address a listener eager to revamp her planning methods for the next academic year.   Episode sponsors are Better Help and Circle.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura and Sarah take a deep dive into their summer goals with a mid-summer check-in. Then, both hosts discuss routines -- those that work, those that don't, and those that they want to spend more time thinking about.  In the Q&A, we address a listener question on sleep troubles in young kids while traveling. Episode Sponsors are Better Help and Door Dash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura and Sarah open by chatting about summer and debating whether they consider themselves 'nice'. Our guest, Fran Hauser, is a successful media executive and is now succeeding as a startup investor and author. Today's episode sponsor is LOLA, a female-founded company that offers a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, and other feminine care products conveniently delivered to your door via subscription. For 40% off all subscriptions, visit mylola.com and enter code Bestof when you subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura and Sarah celebrate turning 100. Then, guest Andrea Walter joins in to tell her family's fascinating story of adoptive parenting. We also get a classic Day In the Life from this clinical pharmacist. In Q&A, we answer a question about last names and marriage - to change or not to change? Our episode sponsor today is Circle, a device and app to help you regulate and monitor screen time in your family. Get $30 off your device when you visit meetcircle.com/BESTOF and enter BEST OF at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The challenges of big kids vs little ones & In the Q&A, a listener question about adding a third kid to the family? Episode Sponsors: Better Help, a convenient online counseling resource. Best of Both Worlds Podcast listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof at betterhelp.com/bestof! Hello Fresh is a meal kit delivery service that can be fun, convenient, and delicious!  For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to HelloFresh.com/Bestof80 and enter promo code Bestof Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We bring you a multitude of FRUGAL parenting tips and a listener question about MOM GUILT. Sponsored by: Better Help, an online counseling resource. Get help at your own pace and on your own time.  Better Health offers licensed professional counselors who treat depression, anxiety, stress, family conflicts, sleep issues, and grief management.  All sessions are confidential, with 3000 US licensed therapists in 50 states. Get 10% off your 1st month using code bestof at betterhealth.com/bestof! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura and Sarah discuss their latest favorite podcasts and are then joined by Emily Oster, a Ph.D. in economics and a professor at Brown University.  She is the author of recent release Crib Sheets: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, and she was inspired to dig deep into the data on how we parent when she first became a mother herself.  She and her husband now have 2 children.  In the Q&A, Laura and Sarah address a listener question about time estimation and avoiding overwork. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back by popular demand, Laura and Sarah revisit... well, many superficial things!  From diet and fitness to (ahem) cosmetic enhancements, we discuss our favorites and go off on a few tangents.  In the Q&A, we answer a question submitted by a "paper-geek with to-do lists, a posted weekly menu plan, paper wall calendar for the family, and personal day planner" who admits that even she gets planning fatigue.  Laura and Sarah discuss this well-known phenomenon and discuss how they cope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.