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What's a Start-Up Community Leader? Callie Murray works as the community manager for a group in Atlanta called Plywood People, a non-profit that supports social enterprises. Basically, they're able to provide other social entrepreneurs, creatives and non-profit leaders with support and community as they launch and sustain. It's sorta like a start-up to support start-ups with a social focus.

And Callie has personal experience starting her own social enterprise business, so she's totally the right person to support these small business and nonprofit owners and help build their community.

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Jenni Burke is an unassuming literary agent, because she's one of the nicest people in the world to talk to, but the woman can get things DONE when it comes to contracts, business negotiations, and representing her authors well.

I love her approach and philosophy of slow publishing, authors living well so they don't burn out, and writing from a genuine place of having something to say instead of writing just to publish something.

Plus, spoiler alert: she's actually my literary agent, and as both an author and a friend, I couldn't love her more.

Links From This Episode:

• DC Jacobson & Associates
• Jenni on Instagram
• #TuscanyWritersRetreat on Instagram!
• Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
• A Circle of Quiet, by Madeline L'Engle
• The Wisdom of the Enneagram, by Don Riso & Russ Hudson
• Rhythms of Rest, by Shelley Miller
• October 20 (next weekend!), I'll be at Nest Fest and at The Popcast Live — come say hi!
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What does Amy Hannon mean by "hospitality cheerleader"? You'll probably be able to tell by the sound of her voice, honestly, but broken down, this means she owns a kitchen boutique shop called Euna Mae's in northwest Arkansas.

She's also written a cookbook called Love Welcome Serve, and she absolutely loves being around people. It's the thing she loves most about her work, and her enthusiasm is contagious.

Links From This Episode:

• Amy Hannon's site
• Euna Mae's
• Amy on Facebook & Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• The Simplest Way to Change the World, by Dustin Willis and Brandon Clements
• Come and Eat, by Bri McCoy
• My Life in France, by Julia Child
• Everybody Always, by Bob Goff
• October 20, I'll be at Nest Fest and at The Popcast Live — come say hi!
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A simple house habit we can all do today, good flowers on the cheap, a great new book, and wisdom beyond their years from young friends? My friend Myquillyn Smith says these little things are making everything better in her life right now.

Notes From This Episode:

• Myquillyn on Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Pre-order Myquillyn's fantastic book, Cozy Minimalist Home — comes out soon!
• When you do, head here to claim fun pre-order gifts
• Come to The Nest Fest and The Popcast Live (I'll be at both!)
• Sign up for The Cozy Class
• The Wondering Years, by Knox McCoy
• Jeff Bethke's recent (smart) revelation
• Too Small To Ignore, by Wess Stafford
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What's an osteopath, right? I wondered the same thing before talking with Avni Trivedi — I'd heard of the term, I just wasn't sure… Basically, picture a calm woman with a soothing voice in the heart of London, who invests in the health of other women, mind, body, and soul. That's Avni.

She says her approach brings together East and West, bridging the relationship between body and mind, and touch is core to everything she does: she uses skilled touch, careful adjustments and gentle movements to integrate different parts of your body. She's also a doula and something called a zero-balancer. We'll get into that.

Notes From This Episode:

• Avni's site, Avni Touch
• Avni on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• The Four Desires, by Rod Stryker
• In October, I'll be at Nest Fest and at The Popcast Live — come say hi!
• Kindly leave a review
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I'm wrapping up my series with Kendra on kitchen basics, and in this one, we're talking about essential tools. There's tons of links for you here, so let's get right to it.

Notes From This Episode:

• Get yourself The Meal Plan!
• Ep. 149: Kitchen Basics (1/3)
• Ep. 151: Kitchen Basics (2/3)
• Kendra's blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• The Lazy Genius Guide to Essential Kitchen Tools
• The Thrift Store Can Be Your (Nearly Free) Storage Unit
• The Lazy Genius Cleans the Bathroom
• Bizarro Meal Prep
• Our favorite speaker
• Change Your Life Chicken
• The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook
• Bench scraper
• Big wood cutting board
• Dutch oven (this is Tsh's favorite brand for the price)
• A classic KitchenAid mixer (though K & A both have this giant)
• Parchment paper
• A good chef's knife
• Stackable glass containers
• Gigantic skillet
• Wooden spoon collection
• Ramekins
• Mason jars
• Instant Pot (this is Tsh's brand that she loves)
• Ulu (this is Kyle's from Alaska!)
• A good blender (Tsh has a Blendtec; Kendra has a Vitamix)
• Silicone spatulas
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Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell are in business together, AND they're good friends. They've taught middle and high school students at all levels, in both public and independent schools, and from inclusion to AP and IB classes. Now, they travel the country to work with teachers and students to provide inspiration, helping educators do the hard-and-transformative work of teaching writing. Allison and Rebekah believe in the power of choice, authenticity, and students' voices in the reading and writing classroom.

Notes From This Episode:

• Allison & Rebekah's site, Moving Writers
• Allison on Twitter & Rebekah on Twitter
• Their books, Writing With Mentors and Beyond Literary Analysis
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Varina, by Charles Frazier
• Bachelor Nation, by Amy Kaufman
• Raising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
• Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Dear Ijeawele, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger
• In October, I'll be at Nest Fest and at The Popcast Live — come say hi!
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Continuing our deep-dive with co-host Kendra, right now we're talking about kitchen basics. In part 1 (episode 149), we talked about mindset. In this one, we're talking all about... the basics. Specifically, the classic go-to skills or recipes that we find useful.

As I've mentioned, Kendra knows her way around a kitchen and loves being there. But she's also not here to boss you around and tell you to do things exactly how she does them. She's not sharing the essential basic recipes you "should" know, she's telling us to find OUR go-to, fail-proof recipes and to know them well.

Notes From This Episode:

• Ep. 149: Kitchen Basics (1/3)
• Kendra's blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Kendra's Bowl Cheatsheet
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You might know Jessica Turner from her online work, running the successful website The Mom Creative, as well as writing a few books and teaching a course — but by day, she works full-time outside the home.

She loves working for Vanderbilt as an online strategist and content curator, and says it's a great place to work. She loves sharing with the world the great work they're doing in healthcare, and she's personally also passionate about healthcare. We get into all this in our chat, so if you feel like you already know Jessica, think again — this is about the other side of her work, and how she juggles it with her work you might be more familiar with.

Notes From This Episode:

• Jessica's new book, Stretched Too Thin
• Jessica's blog, The Mom Creative
• Jessica on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Come see me at Nest Fest!
• And at The Popcast Live!
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We thought we'd welcome the fall with getting back to the basics — in this case, in the kitchen.

Kendra knows her way around a kitchen and loves being there. But she also loves helping us keep things really simple, so we don't lose our minds when it comes to just feeding ourselves and our family. She's got a knack for cooking basics, kitchen set-up, and planning our menus so we eat what we want, without last-minute panic runs to the store or hail-mary it to the drive-thru.

Notes From This Episode:

• Kendra's blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Kendra's Magic Question Cheatsheet
• Sign up for Hope*Writers — it closes tomorrow!
• Kindly leave a review!
• Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret show
• Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here