In this episode, Sarah and Laura celebrate ergonomically-improved recording setups, and then discuss current business book favorites. Then, Sarah interviews Nick Sonnenberg, an entrepreneur, writer, and founder/CEO of Leverage, an operational efficiency consultancy. They chat email, managing other workplace communications, meetings, and much more.

In the Q&A, Sarah and Laura give advice to a reader in graduate school wondering how to balance networking time with her studies.

Nick's new book Come Up For Air was released just last week -- a guide to maximizing efficiency in the workplace to free up extra time at work for everyone on the team. Find it wherever books are sold and delve into free resources from Nick at comeupforair.com.

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Sarah shares her recent 'not according to plan' experience with flu/COVID, and then Laura and Sarah discuss what happens when things don't unfold as they anticipated. Both make a case for planning anyway - though "plan tightly, then lightly" might apply to the near vs farther future. They discuss backup plans, anticipating problems, resilient scheduling and more.

They also pop in with a little 2023 goals update!

In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking about how to best handle transitions. She'd like to read, but finds it hard to focus in small bursts and she's tired because she has toddlers! Sarah and Laura offer suggestions and alternatives.

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In this episode, Sarah and Laura discuss the items in their lives they feel have been fully worth upgrading, and expand on certain areas that they feel have been just fine without any recent updates! Then, both identify some "pebbles in the shoes" - small problems causing lots of pain that theoretically could have an easy fix!

In the Q&A, a listener wonders how to handle her company's new "unlimited vacation" policy. Does more really mean less in this case?

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In the first mailbag ep of 2023, Laura and Sarah cover it all!

Question topics include:

• Stroller recs
• Planning with partners
• Parenting stages
• Fitting in fertility treatments
• Screen time
• Whether to set goals you don't necessary want to do but feel would benefit your child
• Time spent on the podcast
• Spring fun list ideas
• Pumping and finishing outpatient notes
• Solving play date difficulties

Keep your questions coming! Post to our comments, email us, or join our Patreon (http://patreon.com/bestofbothworldspod)!

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In today's episode, Laura and Sarah discuss all things travel, from planning to some specific tips around family ski trips + international travel.

Sarah shares details about her family's recent trip to Montana, while Laura discusses her winter break in London with her 3 older kids. They cover gear, passports, kid-friendly activities, and more!

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Sarah and Laura open with a discussion of the most cluttered trouble spots in their homes, and then Dana K. White -- author and host of the "A Slob Comes Clean" podcast -- joins Laura to discuss organizing and cleaning in a functional and realistic way.

In the Q&A, a listener pregnant with her second writes in asking for help deciding on whether to plan on #3.

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