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Just in time for summer, Tsh and Christine talk about simple (but not always easy) ways to overcome negative body image issues.

Then, Tsh shares why and how she's going on sabbatical for a month in July. In our productivity-obsessed world that's a petri dish for all sorts of limiting beliefs about why sabbaticals are unnecessary or impossible, they talk about how Tsh has learned to overcome some of that thinking.

Related Posts:

• Why I'm Taking a Sabbatical by Tsh
• The Liberation of Lake Life (A Body Image Manifesto) by Christine

Links From This Episode:

• Christine on Instagram
• Christine's blog
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• Teens, Social Media & Body Image
• Third Love
• Harper Wilde
• Roolee
• Piper and Scoot
• Madewell
• Jessica Rey
• Why Every Leader Needs a Sabbatical
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The U.S. is a melting pot, so what does it look like to incorporate your ancestral heritage into your day-to-day family life? Tsh chats with Jacqui Skemp, who shares small, simple ways she weaves her culture — as a first-generation Mexican American — at home with her husband and small children. She also gives us a short-and-sweet good list update: four things currently making her life sweeter.

Related Posts:

• Summer Reading Guide for Kids by Tsh
• On Raising a Multicultural Family by Jacqui

Links From This Episode:

• Jacqui's blog, Mexican Domestic Goddess
• Jacqui on Instagram
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• Goodnight Moon / Buenas Noches, Luna, by Margaret Wise Brown
• Lil' Libros
• Instacart
• Simple Ep. 192: Fasting, Feasting & Intuitive Eating
• Coming Home, by Leon Bridges
• Simple Ep. 78: Summer Hospitality & Entertaining
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In what ways have you changed since high school? If you're normal, you've changed in so many ways you've lost count. Tsh shares how (and about what) she's changed her mind regarding her values, worldview, and perspective in the 20+ years since she graduated. (Spoiler: It's good to change our minds. It means we're growing and willing to learn.)

Crystal then chats about the vital role of people like therapists, coaches of all sorts, counselors and other helping professionals, and the unmistakable importance of investing in their wisdom. Both she and Tsh have benefited from smart, trained, thoughtful humans, and believe every penny budgeted for ongoing help is vital in their maturity and growth.

Related Posts:

• 6 Things I'd Tell My Graduating Self by Tsh
• How to Find a Counselor, Therapist, or Coach by Crystal

Links From This Episode:

• Crystal on Instagram
• Crystal's website
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• Boundaries, by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
• Stephanie on Instagram
• Wonderling Family website, YouTube channel
• Rough Guides books
• Lonely Planet books
• Travel purse
• Travel wallet
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Friendships: in this chat Tsh and Katherine talk about why we need to take the time for them even when life is busy, plus little ways we can better cultivate them. (The Internet, for all its foibles, can also be a really beautiful breeding ground for cultivating some of our best friends!)

They also park a bit on the legacy of Rachel Held Evans, and how our collective mourning of our loss of her has shown us blatantly and beautifully how we really can know each other through the Internet.

Then, they get into the tiny little habits serve as anchors in our chaotic days — which is all the more reason we should hold tight to them.

And then in the third segment, Tsh talks with her friend Stephanie Langford, who is currently still in Guatemala, as they answer one more of your travel questions.

Related Posts:

• My Good List by Tsh
• Reclaiming True Friendship in the Age of "Friending" by Katherine

Links From This Episode:

• Katherine on Twitter
• Katherine's website
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• #becauseofRHE
• Sarah & Jeff's remembrance
• Searching for Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans
• Hoopla app
• Simple Ep. 194: Teaching + Nature
• Compost bin
• The One Thing That Made It Easy to Stay Healthy by Katherine
• Morning stretch on YouTube
• Stephanie on Instagram
• Wonderling Family website, YouTube channel
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What's important about learning the names of things like flowers, trees, frogs — the stuff we usually drive by and don't think about? Andrea's loved nature since she was a kid, but she's re-embraced this side of her as a city-dwelling adult. She gets into why paying attention to nature is important, and also shares practical tips for getting into this wherever we live.

And with a few weeks of the school year, I'm talking about what I've learned after a year of teaching high school English. I am still very much a beginner here and will continue to learn as I keep going.

For the third segment. I am joined by Hayley Stewart, where we get into the liturgical calendar and what's in store for us in May.

Related Posts:

• 5 Things Teaching is Teaching Me About Myself by Tsh
• You Belong Among the Wildflowers by Andrea

Links From This Episode:

• Andrea on Instagram
• Andrea's website
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• "Nature is everywhere—we just need to learn to see it." TED Talk by Emma Marris
• The Nature Fix, by Florence Williams
• PlantSnap app
• TreeBook app
• The Audubon Bird Guide app
• iNaturalist app
• Our Planet
• Round Planet
• Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson
• Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv
• Roadside Geology
• Haley's blog, Carrots for Michaelmas
• Haley on Instagram and Twitter
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We've gotten into this episode's topic off and on here, but Crystal's a bit unique: while she doesn't use social media for her own personal work, a huge part of her job is helping others use social media for their work. She knows what it's like to use it both for connecting her real life with the Internet, and for helping business owners find their people online.

The Internet can become a downward spiral when it comes to things like mental health, relationships, societal structures, politics, and beyond. And yet it can also be a thing of beauty, helping us connect like never before in human history. It all has to do with mindset, motive, and purpose.

Related Posts:

• What I Read in April by Tsh
• The Social Media Guidelines That Help Me Still Enjoy Social Media by Crystal

Links From This Episode:

• Crystal on Instagram
• Crystal's website
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• The Essentials class–enroll by tonight!
• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
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Yep …Our relationships with food. Christine articulates what it means to feast, to embrace a season of coming around the table to share a meal and how that pairs really well when you also embrace more fasting in your life. This is especially great now that we're in the season of Eastertide.

Tsh shares her own personal guidelines with eating, which sounds stoic and hardcore, but it's not. It embraces a philosophy of feasting as well, and it's been a mental game changer for her.

In the third segment, Tsh talks with Stephanie, who's currently in Guatemala, as they answer another one of your travel questions.

Also: Tsh is closing up her class, The Essentials, for good! As in, it will no longer be open for enrollment ever again. So, if you'd like in, do it now — enrollment closes for the final time on Friday, May 3rd, 2019, so head here snag your spot.

Related Posts:

• How I Menu Plan by Tsh
• Intermittent Fasting, Feasting, and the Perfect Pesto by Christine

Links From This Episode:

• Christine on Instagram
• Christine's blog
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• The Essentials class–enroll by next Friday, May 3!
• Steven's pesto recipe
• Christine's bread recipe
• Siete Foods
• What Gathering Around The Table Has Taught Me, by Christine
• The Four Tendencies Quiz, by Gretchen Rubin
• Losing 100 Pounds Podcast
• The Complete Guide to Fasting, by Jason Fung, MD
• 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating
• Keto Diet for Beginners
• What is Mindful Eating
• Stephanie on Instagram
• Wonderling Family website, YouTube channel
• Kyrgyzstan World Nomad Games
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Tsh shares a little practice she's been doing the past few months to help her weekends go much smoother. To anyone around her, it probably looks like nothing — but to her brain, it's been a game changer.

And Katherine's not only a local pastor, but by golly this is Holy Week — so, we get into what this means when it comes to sitting in discomfort and letting ourselves feel all the things, instead of rushing from the weirdness of Palm Sunday into the colored Easter eggs of Easter. Even if you're not a Christian, I think you'll resonate with this.

They also get in to what this means in light of this week's heavy news of Notre Dame in Paris — what a symbol for Holy Week.

Related Posts:

• My Most Valuable, Non-Renewable Asset (& Yours Too) by Tsh
• Making Sense of Easter by Katherine

Links From This Episode:

• Katherine on Twitter
• Katherine's website
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• No Easy Choice, by Ellen Painter Dollar
• The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone
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What's the difference between a scarcity and an abundant mindset? It really comes down to gratitude as the ultimate antidote, whether it's fear, overwhelm, jealousy, or good old-fashioned FOMO.

What does it mean to be a hometown tourist? It's also about mindset, discovering where you live with a spirit of curiosity.

Tsh and Christine get into both these things, including a few practicals on how to incorporate both of these in your daily life.

Then somewhat ironically, in the third segment Tsh chats with Stephanie Langford, answering your travel questions: this time, they're talking about good spots in the U.S. for a weekend getaway.

Related Posts:

• I Love This Place: Georgetown, Texas by Tsh
• My Good List by Christine

Links From This Episode:

• Christine on Instagram
• Christine's blog
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
• Scarcity thinking vs. abundance thinking graphic
• John C. Maxwell article
• Stephanie on Instagram
• Wonderling Family website, YouTube channel
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Austin, Texas
• Highway 30-A in Florida panhandle
• Portland, Oregon
• New York City
• San Diego, California
• Seattle, Washington
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Washington, D.C.
• Moab, Utah
• Vancouver, British Colombia - Vancouver Island, Victoria, Sunshine Coast
• Okanagan Valley
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This is a regular series here on the show — and in this one, Tsh talks to her good friend, Emily P Freeman. She's a fellow writer and podcaster, and she's got a new book of the same name (it might be Tsh's favorite of hers yet).

Emily's been on this show a few times; the last time was last summer after she & Tsh co-led Literary London and they debriefed about our experience. In this chat, Emily shares with us 4 things currently making everything a little bit better in her life.

In the episode's third segment, since it's the start of a new month, as always Tsh talks with Haley Stewart about what's in store for us in the liturgical calendar in April.

Links From This Episode:

• Emily's latest book, The Next Right Thing
• Emily on Instagram
• Emily's website
• The Next Right Thing Podcast
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• Ep. 141: Literary London
• Gregory's Coffee
• One Line a Day Journal
• The Lazy Genius Podcast
• Ep. 109: Let's Deep Dive
• A Star is Born
• The Next Right Thing, by Emily P. Freeman
• Rich Villodas tweet
• Choosing Rest, by Sally Breedlove
• Haley's blog, Carrots for Michaelmas
• Haley on Instagram and Twitter
• Ep. 165: The Liturgical Calendar (2/3)
• The Gospel of John
• Saint George & the Dragon, by Margaret Hodges
• Catherine of Siena, by Sigrid Unset
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