We’re wrapping up our summer series with Kendra, who’s here with me in London as I type this! Before we left, we chatted about what’s saving our life right now.

Links from this episode:

• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• #LiteraryLondon and #TravelsWithTsh! Especially check our Stories on Instagram.
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at Home!
• Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

We're keeping on with our summer series, What's Saving My Life. Up this time: it's Erin!

Links From This Episode:

• Erin's blog, Design for Mankind
• Erin on Instagram and Twitter
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• Hackwith V One-Piece Swimsuit
• Galettes (here's an example)
• Erin's planner!
• Magnolia candles
• Lotta from Stockholm Low Wood Clogs
• My rekindled enjoyment of sewing! (on my to-try list)
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• Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Continuing our summer series, What’s Saving My Life, this time it's Haley's turn! Girlfriend is due with baby #4 in about two weeks, and is also dealing the delightful 100+ degree days of central Texas. Grace and peace to her.

Links From This Episode:

• Haleys blog, Carrots for Michaelmas
• Haley on Instagram and Twitter
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• Arnold Palmer: half lemonade, half iced tea (try it in popsicle form!)
• Thoughts of Dog on Twitter
• Lily's sugar-free dark chocolate chips
• Voxer
• Women’s Work, my other podcast
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at Home!
• Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Because we're taking some time off from work this summer, we thought it'd be fun to give you a low-key, easy series for July: What's Saving My Life.

This is always a fan favorite, where I talk with each of my co-hosts about the little things that are making our lives just a bit happier and brighter right now.

First up? Stephanie, who's currently out and about, exploring Eastern Europe with her fam. Enjoy!

Links from This Episode:

• Stephanie on Instagram
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• Steph's face routine: Andalou Naturals' Argan Stem Cell Benefit Balm + Eau Thermale Montbrun UV Moisturizing Cream (similar) + Witch Hazel
• All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
• Everyone Brave is Forgiven, by Chris Cleave
• The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
• A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and A Great War, by Joseph Loconte
• #LiteraryLondon! Learn more here
• Fat bombs
• Women’s Work, my other podcast
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at Home!
• Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Before we get going on our next deep-dive series (starting next week), I thought it'd be fun to give you a little sneak peek at what I'm doing behind the scenes right now in Patreon. It's called The WRLD at Home — where WRLD stands for Watch, Reed, Listen, and Do. 

I'm having a ton of fun creating this side project, so here's a preview behind the curtain at what I'm sharing with the patrons! (Each WRLD episode is short, so what you've got here is actually two episode drops, back-to-back.)

Enjoy!

Links From This Episode:

• Become a patron and get access to The WRLD at Home!
• The Cuba episode from Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• Women’s Work, my other podcast
• Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

We’re wrapping up this series on making the most of our summer — even as adults — by me tapping into Kendra’s wheelhouse this time. In the last episode, I helped her prep for a family road trip. In this one? She’s helping me think through a dinner party. Because our house is still fixer-upper mode, but I don’t want that to stop us from having friends over. Kendra’s got a fun take on the basic idea of a “dinner” party… You’ll see what I mean.

Links from this Episode:

• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• The Lazy Genius Summer Survival Guide
• Women’s Work, my other podcast
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at Home!
• Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Keeping on in our series on making the most of our summer — beyond just making them fun for kids — for the next two episodes, Kendra and I each tap into our wheelhouses and help each other.

First up... I'm helping Kendra prep for her family's summer vacation. She admits they don't travel much, and well — we do quite a bit. So in this chat, you'll hear me walk her through the ins and outs of packing, roadtripping, and guesthouse life.

Most of all, we get into the most important key to successful family travel: mindset. Because if you go in thinking it'll be just like traveling with only adults, you'll be in for a surprise. But if you're willing to embrace the reality of travel with kids, you might find it's more fun than you imagined.

Links From This Episode:

• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• The Lazy Genius Summer Survival Guide
• My travel memoir, At Home in the World
• Literary London!
• Women’s Work, my other podcast
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at Home!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Continuing our series on grown-upping the summer, this time Kendra and I talk about work. Because sure, it’s summer, but also, we’re adults with jobs and stuff.

As self-employed types, we talk about how we get work done with kids in the house — hers are a bit younger, so she shares juggling toddlers and young school-age kiddos, while my oldest is now 13 and I can attest: it makes allllll the difference now in my own work life.

Basically, what I’m saying to the working parents with tinies at home is: before you know it, it most likely will get easier. I’ve been exactly where you are and thought it’d never happen.

It’s still a challenge for me, though, so I share how expectations make or break me when it comes to getting work done in the summer. Plus, there’s a newer pressure I didn’t feel a few years ago when everyone was smaller:

I’ll blink, and kids will start leaving the house. So family-bonded summers actually feel more important than ever right now.

Links From This Episode:

• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• The Lazy Genius Summer Survival Guide
• Maker vs. Manager's Schedule
• Deep Work, by Cal Newport
• LITERARY LONDON!
• Looping for task management at home
• Women’s Work, my other podcast
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at Home!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Summertime isn’t just for kids or students! Kendra and I start a new series here on how we can make the most out of our own summers, even if we’ve got kids at home, or even if not much as changed in our working day-to-day.

In this first installment, we talk about bucket lists… in that’s fun to have our own. Sure, we make one with the kids, but who’s to say we can’t do our own? It all comes down to reasonable expectations — no remodeling the entire house or spontaneous 3,000 mile road trips here. 

Kick off the summer with us! This is a fun series.

Links From This Episode:

• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• The Lazy Genius Summer Survival Guide
• Put on that swimsuit, by our friend, Jessica
• Women’s Work, my other podcast
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at Home!
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

We’re wrapping up our series on re-learning things as an adult! Part 1 covered relationships, part 2 was physical health, part 3 was work, and for this last one? We’re tackling education.

Not the educational system, nor our kids’ academics — we’re referring to our own self-education, whether it’s about the practical things we’ve come to learn are important (personal finance) or how to keep your brain engaged, even when life is busy (puzzles).

Come along for the ride!

Links From This Episod