My Own Little Soapbox

Andrea shares her secrets to overcoming ADHD and Fibromyalgia in doing the "simple" tasks of cleaning.

Andrea discusses the basics of food safety to ensure you can enjoy cooking and keep yourself safe.

Andrea returns to instruction on cooking with the secrets to custards. She focuses on creme anglaise and pastry creams. She does all this while this busy mother prepares dinner for her family.

Andrea comes back to one of her favorite topics - baking. She gets excited about cooking and shows that enthusiasm as she discusses pastries. Learn the secrets she has been taught about getting the best results when cooking these treats.

Andrea talks about the unique secret that always made the Bean Family vacations more fun (as were many other times). She discusses why playing games were such a valuable secret to her childhood (and the vacations they took during that time in her life. She also talks about her dad's hobby of creating many of these games they played.

Andrea explains why "Being Outside Is The Best." The discussion even gets into the scientific benefits of being outside.

Andrea discusses ADHD and how it affects her and her life. Much of the information utilized is from https://www.additudemag.com/

Andrea described this episode as "I like Winnie The Pooh more than is normal for a healthy 22 year-old." She explains why this is an important part of her childhood and even her life now. As a bonus rant she also talks about "Prose".

Andrea really likes her sleep. Today she discusses WHY sleep is NOT overrated. As you listen to Andrea share her insights we once again get "rants" in the background (sometimes not so much in the background) from Danny again part of the recording. Andrea also rants about movies and what she is looking for in movies.

We return to the discussion of animals (one of Andrea's favorite subjects) as Andrea discusses why sloths are cool. As Dr Gibson and Andrea hold their discussion away from the studio, Danny has to put his two cents in as well (nothing like a 1 year-old to add to the conversation). She also discusses why she loves music and glass blowing.