Fancy Free Podcast

Author and speaker Theresa Boedeker gets herself into a chilly pickle and you'll be very impressed with her solution!

Theresa and I are both writers for Her View from Home.

Theresa is a mom of two children, 15 years apart. At first she had one learning to talk, and one talking back. One learning to drive, and one driving her crazy. Now one is the momma of two cuties and the other is starting college. Her husband and she live in Missouri and enjoy walking, gardening, and laughing at their complete oppositeness. She is a former English teacher, now a writer, speaker, and humor hunter who enjoys telling a funny story. She writes about life lessons, parenting, self-help, and Christian topics with both a serious and funny viewpoints and blogs at TheresaBoedeker.com.

Find Theresa:

• On her website - Theresa Boedeker
• On Facebook - @Theresa Boedeker

Oh! And also:

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Author and coach Vie Portland tells us of multiple wardroble malfunctions.

Vie and I met in a Facebook group called I Don't Have My Isht Together. Here is another interview with a member from that group.

Vie helps people find their fabulous! Through coaching, one to one and through her Community Interest Company; through her products; through her books; through her workshops.

Find Vie:

• On her website - VieNess
• On Instagram - @VieNessCIC
• On Facebook - Vie Ness Discover You Love You
• On Twitter - @VieNessCIC

Oh! And also:

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Dana Maree shocks her elderly neighbor by inadvertently presenting her, ahem, unmentionalbes.

Dana Maree is a proud maverick who dances to the beat of her own drum and found her purpose in her work as an Alignment Coach, inspiring women to build a life for themselves, free from guilt, shame and fear.

Find Dana:

• Her book, F@#* Motherhood
• Her website, Dana Maree Coaches
• Her Facebook group, Women Smashing Glass Ceilings

Oh! And also:

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Laura Tremaine tells a story of getting totally punked in high school. AND! The mystery remained unsolved until many years later!

Laura Tremaine is an avid reader, sporadic writer, and enthusiastic podcaster. She grew up in a small town in southern Oklahoma and moved to Los Angeles site unseen when she was 22. Years of film and television production followed, and in 2007 she married the director she met on her first movie set. For six years, Laura wrote regularly at Hollywood Housewife, a blog that opened doors of friendship and opportunity all over the world. Through blogging, Laura traveled to Sri Lanka, Haiti, Israel, and all over the United States writing and speaking. Eventually she closed the Hollywood Housewife blog and moved toward podcasting. She was a regular co-host on the girlfriend chat show Sorta Awesome and is the creator and host of the topic-driven Smartest Person in the Room. You can find her every week on her podcast 10 Things To Tell You, where every episode provides a prompt for you to take to your journal or text to a best friend or use to start a deeper, more meaningful conversation.Laura also sends out a monthly-ish email called the Secret Posts with personal thoughts and recommendations.Laura lives in LA with her husband, Jeff, and their two young children.Her first book Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First: 10 Questions to Take Your Friendships to the Next Level launched in February 2021.

Find Laura:

• Her book, Share Your Stuff, I'll Go First
• Her podcasts, 10 Things to Tell You and Smartest Person in the Room
• Her website, Laura Tremaine
• Instagram, @laura.tremaine

Oh! And also:

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Amy Lang is a sexual health expert who helps parents teach kids about the birds and the bees.

Find Amy:

• Her podcast, Just Say This
• Her website, Birds & Bees & Kids
• Instagram, @birdsbeeskids
• Facebook, BirdsBeesKids

Oh! And also:

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Carol Miller tells a hilarious story about a mammogram mishap. She is also a fascinating entrepreneur who turned a sewing factory into an award-winning brewery.

Carol is loving:

• Invested by Danielle Town
• Her motorcycle, Adam:

Here is Carol with John Cusack:

Find Carol

• Instagram: Chocolate Bob
• The brewery she opened: Textile Brews

Oh! And also:

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Comedian Katie Love tells a CRAZY story about finding out she was accidentally dating a murderer. She also has an amazing story of childhood loss, a religious cult, and being married at the age of 16.

Katie is loving the show A Million Little Things.

Join Katie the Laugh Gallery Live Event at Art Share L.A. on Sept 25th!

Katie Love is a writer, comedian, and the producer of Laugh Gallery, an unscripted series featuring funny people reviewing art. Katie performs at such venues as The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, Laugh Factory, and Flappers. She is the author of the novel, "Cubicide," and the upcoming memoir, "Two Tickets to Paradise, from Cult to Comedy." Katie resides in Los Angeles with a 20lb cat and no regrets. Learn more about Katie at WriteLaughLove.com

Find Katie at

• Her website WriteLaughLove.com
• LaughGalleryUSA.com
• Instagram @laugh_gallery

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Rachel Nielson of 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms Podcast tells us all about her confusion regarding condoms and the awkward conversation she had with her father. I CRIED I laughed so hard. She is ADORABLE!!!

Rachel interviewed me about Fancy Free on 3 in 30. Listen to that episode here!

Rachel's favorite TV line comes from this SNL skit.

For more SNL laughter, check out the famous cowbell skit here.

My top 5 favorite episodes of 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms Podcast:

013: HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING // RACHEL GAINER

020: HOW TO BE A FRIEND INSTEAD OF JUST BEING FRIENDLY // BROOKE ROMNEY

044: THREE STRATEGIES TO FIND JOY AFTER A MOVE // JESSICA DAHLQUIST

164: 3 WAYS TO HEAL YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD THIS YEAR // NATALIE SHAY

107: SURVIVING DEPRESSION IN MOTHERHOOD // SARAH MCKENNA

Join the Fancy Free Tribe email list here for a chance to win one of three Flecks of Gold Journals!

Rachel Nielson is a lover of practical ideas, conversations with kindred spirits, and my two wild children who keep life interesting. She combined all of these passions when she created 3 in 30, a podcast for moms who want doable takeaways to try with their families - strategies to help us manage the madness and maximize the magic of motherhood. Before her kids were born, she was a camp counselor for kids with disabilities, an international volunteer in an orphanage in El Salvador, and a high school English teacher. Then she and her husband struggled with infertility and went through the adoption process and IVF to get their two miracle babies. After all of her experiences working with children, and after her long fight to become a mother, she truly believed that she would thrive as a mom from day one. Let's just say, her transition into motherhood was a little bumpier than she had imagined. With a sense of humility and desperation, she started reading parenting books, attending motherhood conferences, and processing what she was learning by writing articles for parenting websites. Her podcast was the next step in that journey. She is excited to host a show where we can listen to experts share their best try-this-at-home strategies to help us create more meaning in motherhood. And because she knows moms are short on time to listen to podcasts (and short on brain space to even remember what was in those podcasts!), she keeps each episode to 30 minutes with 3 memorable takeaways.

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Follow button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Five Season 4 Fancy Free Guests tell us about their craziest first (ish) dates. You can't MAKE this stuff up, guys!

Joanna Crohn

Chantea McIntyre

Lana Hogue

Lea Taylor

Casey O'Roarty

Here is my interview on 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Subscribe button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne

Lindsay Cook's pregnant body betrays her, and she and her two-year-old son end up getting a great laugh together.

Lindsay is loving

• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown

Lindsay Cook is a mom of 3 kids ages 8, 6, and 4. She and her family moved to Arizona about a year ago and love it there! Her husband is a physician, and they met in college in Utah and got married. They moved to Missouri for his medical school, then moved again to Texas for his residency training. From there they came to Arizona where theyt plan to stay put! They added their 3 kids to the mix along the way! She has a degree in Psychology and has dreams of going back and getting a master's degree once her youngest is a little bit older, but for now, she chooses to be a stay-at-home mom which is both wonderful and crazy.

Things to Know:

• Get your cozy clothes at ShelfieShoppe! Use code FANCYFREE for free shipping.

• Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun!

• Click the Subscribe button so you don't miss a single episode!

• Leave a rating and written review! I will be forever grateful!!!

• If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at [email protected]! Do it. It'll be fun!

• The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter!

Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look!

~Joanne