Podcast Episodes

#416 - What’s Saving My Life

If you’re new here, this is a favorite episode we do once a quarter. Barbara Brown Taylor, a fantastic author, coined this phrase years ago: what’s saving my life, and I love the regular practice of …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

#415 - How I Keep My Kitchen (Mostly) Clean

We spend so much time in our kitchens—making food, cleaning up food, putting away food. The mess that comes out of that room is nothing short of terrifying. In this episode, I’m sharing 10 things tha…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

#414 - What I Hope My Kids Know When They Move Out

My oldest is wrapping up his freshman year of high school, and I can feel how fast it’s all going. This episode is about what I hope he—and all my kids—know before they leave home.

It’s not a checklis…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Introducing: What We Spend

Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial spectrum are opening their wallets—and their lives…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

#413 Office Hours

It’s time for another Office Hours episode! Every quarter, you send in your questions and challenges, and I offer a Lazy Genius lens to help you navigate them.

You don’t need someone else to solve you…

Published on 5 months ago

#412 - 6 Common Mistakes When Naming What Matters

Naming what matters is the whole foundation of everything we do here, and I think it’s also one of the most challenging. Today, I’m going to share six common mistakes when naming what matters so that…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

#411 - 10 Things to Do Before Taking a Trip

As we get a little closer to spring break and summer which inevitably involves a trip or two, I wanted to do an episode to help us think about trips with a little more intention. The ten things apply…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

#410 - How to Deal with All the Paper

I did an episode on organizing paper over five years ago, and it’s solid. But it’s time to look at it again. Because paper is everywhere. It’s like Michael Scott said in that episode of The Office wh…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

#409 - How to Parent When Your Kid Is Annoying

Kids are wonderful. Kids are also annoying. Parenting asks us to love them while they push our buttons, and if we don’t think ahead, we might react in ways we regret.

In this episode, three things to …

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

#408 - Three Surprising Steps to a Clean House

If you think like a Lazy Genius, there are three surprising steps to a clean house. They’re a short little row of dominoes that impact how you see your home and what you do to keep it clean. And mayb…

Published on 6 months ago