The Lazy Genius Podcast

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The Lazy Genius Podcast is here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. Each season will include conversations with Lazy Geniuses from all walks of life about topics that really matter - people, creativity, food, and television.

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#206 - The Lazy Genius Guid...

04.19.2021

It’s April, and we’re entering Teacher Appreciation Week soon. Then it’s Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and the end of school. And pandemic guidelines are loosening, people are planning weddings and baby showers. Then, of course, there are birthdays and ...

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04.19.2021 #206 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Buying Great Gifts It’s April, and we’re entering Teacher Appreciation Week soon. Then it’s Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and the end of school. And pandemic guidelines are loosening, people are planning weddings and baby showers. Then, of course, there are birthdays and ...
04.12.2021 #205 - How to Lazy Genius a Wedding First things first, you do not have to be planning a wedding to find this episode relevant. This is one of our Lazy Genius Brain episodes where we practice applying Lazy Genius principles to a specific area, even if it ...
04.05.2021 #204 - How to Rally on a Bad Day We all have bad days and for different reasons. There’s something about being inside a bad day that feels like there’s no way out. You kind of just have to wait until the next day and start over. But if ...
03.29.2021 #203 - 10 Things Saving My Life Right Now I love sharing lists like this and also encouraging you to make and share your own. We are still in it after a very long year, and paying attention to the things that bring us joy, make things easier, make ...
03.22.2021 #202 - Revisiting Your Morning Routine I want to revisit the concept of a morning routine, especially in light of still living kind of in a pandemic, and give you one question you can ask yourself - just one - as you think about how your ...
03.15.2021 #201 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Moving It’s finally here — an episode about moving! Good golly, I’ve been getting asked to Lazy Genius moving at least once a week for the last two years. But before you scroll away because you aren’t planning a move, I ...
03.08.2021 #200 - The Lazy Genius Starter Kit: 20 Episodes That Will Immediately Change Your Life Two hundred episodes is a lot, and it’s likely you haven’t listened to every single one. Or maybe you have but it’s been a while and you need a brush-up. Whatever it is, I went through the entire archive and ...
03.01.2021 #199 - 7 Ways to Get Out of a Dinner Rut Most of you live in the United States, many of you have kids, all of us are living in varying degrees of isolation still because of the pandemic, and all the things. Yet we still have to eat, we still ...
02.22.2021 #198 - How to Lazy Genius Your To-Do List People have always had stuff to do, but let’s think about it. Our culture and lives have evolved to such a point where if we don’t write down what we have to do, we will in fact forget. Today, we ...
02.15.2021 #197 - How to Navigate a Faith Crisis It’s a heavy topic, I know, but I want to give some language and space around this thing that many people in the Christian faith are struggling with right now. And who better to help us with this than Erin ...
02.08.2021 #196 - How to Lazy Genius Adult Screen Time I love my iPhone. I love my apps. I love Instagram. I love it all! And because we love it, we’re on it a lot, and while that is not a universally bad thing, you might desire a better relationship ...
02.01.2021 #195 - Creating Your Own Holiday When There’s Nothing To Look Forward To February and March struggle to bring the thunder. I mean, it’s just the way it is. We’re past the lovely winter holiday gauntlet, we’re past the energy around fresh starts in January, we’re still weeks away from spring break if ...
01.25.2021 #194 - From Selfies to Politics: How to Share Yourself Online with Laura Tremaine This is a rare episode where I talk to another human, and I only have humans on who are actual Lazy Geniuses at what they do, and you guys? Laura Tremaine is 100% a Lazy Genius, maybe even just a ...
01.18.2021 #193 - What I Want To Do in My 40th Year This is a year I want to pay attention to in ways I’ve never paid attention to a year before. So in today’s episode, I want to share some things I want to do in my 40th year, why that ...
01.11.2021 #192 - What To Do Before Reorganizing Your Home We all get that early January itch that carries into the dark winter of February where we just want our homes to feel good to be in. But we often start in the wrong place. I want to prevent that ...
01.04.2021 #191 - Naming What Matters in 2021 The turning of the calendar doesn’t change everything, but it does change something. It changes our outlook, even the tiniest bit. We are no longer in one of the hardest years, if not the hardest year depending on your life ...
12.28.2020 #190 - My Favorite Discoveries of 2020 I want to mark the end of this year here with you by sharing my favorite discoveries of 2020, and maybe it’ll make you want to remember the good things that you discovered and enjoyed and learned. So that’s what ...
12.21.2020 #189 - A Pep Talk for the Final Stretch We’re almost there. We’ve almost made it through this impossible year. I would love to take just a couple of minutes to find our position in it, our position in our days right now. Helpful Companion Links Get a copy ...
12.14.2020 #188 - How to Lazy Genius a Pandemic Cookie Exchange This year may not be the year to host the entire neighborhood or maybe even anyone for a traditional cookie exchange; however, it could be a fun way to get everyone in your house involved in the kitchen and flex ...
12.07.2020 #187 - Rethinking Opening Ceremonies I love implementing opening and closing ceremonies into my year and especially into the fall and winter holiday season. As we all know, holidays in 2020 are not what we expected. So how can we rethink traditions and gatherings and ...
11.30.2020 #186 - A Pep Talk for Not Knowing There is so much we don’t know. So today on this Monday after Thanksgiving and this final day of November, I think we could all use a short little pep talk and a way to start small with all of ...
11.23.2020 #185 - How to Think About Holiday Photos I get asked a lot about photo storage all the time, and I haven’t talked about it at all because I’m not an expert. But lucky for you, I’m joined by someone who is an expert on today’s show! Casey ...
11.16.2020 #184 - Find Your Holiday Decorating Personality It’s the middle of November, and some of you might have already gone through the process of decorating or you’re putting it off because it’s overwhelming or you always do the weekend after Thanksgiving which is coming up, but the ...
11.12.2020 BONUS: Lazy Geniusing Advent with Tsh Oxenreider In this bonus episode, I talk with Tsh Oxenreider about her new book, Shadow and Light, that walks us through Advent in the most Lazy Genius way possible. It gives us permission to engage in the season of Advent without ...
11.09.2020 #183 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Spices Spices are pretty important in cooking obviously, so let’s demystify a few things — what they’re good for, what to have on hand, how to use them, and how to store them. And we’ll run through what could be your ...
11.02.2020 #182 Loving People You Disagree With Tomorrow is Election Day. I can’t remember an election in my lifetime that was this contentious and would leave so many people devastated no matter the result. It’s just a lot. And you are a unicorn if you do not ...
10.26.2020 #181 - The Instant Pot Episode Here’s what we’re going to go through today: what the Instant Pot is great for, what it’s not great for, how to start using one including my favorite tools and resources, and my own personal Instant Pot rhythm. Because here’s ...
10.19.2020 #180 - A Pandemic-Friendly Halloween We’re less than two weeks out from Halloween, and of course my kids are already asking what we’re going to do. It’s uncertain times, y’all, and it’s tough to know how to do this Halloween thing. Let’s do a quick ...
10.12.2020 #179 The Lazy Genius Stores Recipes This is a very unsexy topic but also a really important one because we all have to eat. I don’t think a single person listening has never tried at least one recipe. So while this is super personal which we’ll ...
10.05.2020 #178 - How to Start a Hobby I hear a lot of you say you wish you had a hobby but you’re unsure of where to start or how to start or you feel like they could be a waste of time. We want them, we need ...
09.28.2020 #177 - The Lazy Genius Plans a Day I’m not going to give you my single day and tell you to copy it. I’m not even going to tell you what should be included in your day. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all situation. It rarely is. We’re going to ...
09.21.2020 #176 - Why Fall Reading Might Not Be Working For You Why fall reading? Like, what’s special about fall reading? How do you choose what to read? When do you read? Basically, I love making fall reading this amazing quest. I want to capitalize on the particular vibe of fall reading ...
09.14.2020 #175 - How to Create a Cozy Space We’re about halfway into September, and even though temperatures and even seasons depending on your hemisphere are different right now, something about life shifts when we hit September. And whenever I hit a shift, the importance of my environment is ...
09.07.2020 #174 - Try a Meal Formula this Fall! Now it’s not fall yet in weather or on the calendar, but it’s getting close. And while you might not think you’re the kind of person who would do a meal formula and very well could be right about that, ...
08.31.2020 #173 - What Is Your List-Making Personality? Lists are a big part of our lives, especially in these uncertain times, but I think we sometimes think there’s only one way to make them. That’s not true! So today we’re going to talk about list-making personalities and how ...
08.24.2020 #172 - Resurrecting Routines A couple of days ago, I asked folks on Instagram what one word they would use to describe their current relationship with routines. There were very few positive words, words that would indicate that routines are working. Here’s what we’re ...
08.17.2020 #171 The Ten Things Saving My Life Right Now I know that top ten lists can be a bit rote, but honestly, there’s something super life-giving for me personally to hear what other people are finding joy in. It gives me ideas of course, but more than that, it ...
08.11.2020 Bonus: Lazy Geniusing a Morning Routine with Erin Moon It’s our final bonus episode, you guys! Over the summer I’m talking to some Internet and IRL friends about Lazy Geniusing an aspect of our every day lives. Today, I’m talking to Erin Moon about morning routines! Helpful Companion Links ...
08.10.2020 #170 - How to Lazy Genius Anything I get messages all the time asking how a person can lazy genius their laundry pile or an awkward friendship encounter or online school or any number of things! The truth is that any challenge could use a Lazy Genius ...
08.03.2020 #169 - Audiobook Sneak Peek On Saturday, you might have heard the audiobook version of the introduction of my book The Lazy Genius Way, and today’s episode is chapter one! I don’t want to make you wait around, so here it is! Chapter One of ...
08.01.2020 Bonus: Introduction to The Lazy Genius Way Today’s episode is extra and very exciting. It’s the audio version of the introduction of my book The Lazy Genius Way! I’m so excited for you to get a sneak peek of the audiobook before it’s out in the world ...
07.27.2020 #168 - How to Go Back to School Transitioning from summer to school routine is a legitimate thing, but this year? Well, clearly we don’t have to say a lot about this year. So how do we go back to school when we don’t even know what that ...
07.24.2020 Bonus: Lazy Geniusing Teenagers with Kristen Howerton It’s another bonus episode, you guys! Over the summer I’m talking to some Internet and IRL friends about Lazy Geniusing an aspect of our every day lives. Today, I’m talking to Kristen Howerton and she’s helping us Lazy Genius being ...
07.20.2020 #167 - How to Make the Perfect Playlist Did y’all know I really dig playlists? Like so much. And I’ve been told, especially after my holiday playlists last year and my quarantine groove playlist this summer, that I’m really good at them. I will agree with you. This ...
07.13.2020 #166 - Book Launching 101 There is something so fun about getting a behind-the-scenes look at something like publishing. We all read books, but y’all the whole industry is something else. There’s so much happening, and it’s all really interesting! Well, some of it is. ...
07.06.2020 #165 - The Lazy Genius Packs for a Trip Vacations definitely look different this summer than they usually do, but trips aren’t just vacations. You’ll go see grandma, you might travel a state or two over when the holidays come soon. Basically, we’ll have trips long after this pandemic ...
07.01.2020 Bonus: Lazy Geniusing Dinner with Kate Strickler It’s another bonus episode, you guys! Over the summer I’m talking to some Internet and IRL friends about Lazy Geniusing an aspect of our every day lives. Today, I’m talking to Kate Strickler of Naptime Kitchen, and we’re Lazy Geniusing ...
06.29.2020 #164 - The Summer Meal Formula I’m not saying I fixed summer cooking because that would be stupid, but I think I found an approach that will be pretty awesome, especially if you’re three weeks into hot weather no school everyone home cooking and losing your ...
06.22.2020 #163 - When to Relax the Rules Summer is a season of relaxation, of later bedtimes and loungy days, but we’ve also kind of already been in a weird season of pseudo-relaxation and later bedtimes and loungy days because of COVID-19. It’s safe to say that easing ...
06.15.2020 #162 - A Peek Inside The Lazy Genius Way This is a very exciting and surreal episode for me to share because in case you didn’t know I wrote a book, and today is the first real day that I’m going to tell you about what is inside! On ...

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