The Lazy Genius Podcast

By Kendra, The Lazy Genius

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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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#131 - The Perfect Thanksgi...

11.11.2019

Y’all, we’re about to spend an entire episode talking about Thanksgiving turkey. Or just turkey if you periodically cook a ten pound bird when it’s not Thanksgiving. I want to talk through it a little because sometimes we need a ...

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11.11.2019 #131 - The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey Y’all, we’re about to spend an entire episode talking about Thanksgiving turkey. Or just turkey if you periodically cook a ten pound bird when it’s not Thanksgiving. I want to talk through it a little because sometimes we need a ...
11.04.2019 #130 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Hosting Anything It is the first week of November, and all of the holiday hosting is about to hit hard so I want to give you some tools to enjoy this time, not dread it. Helpful Companion Links Get this month’s Latest ...
10.28.2019 #129 - How to Holiday Road Trip It’s about that time. Grandparents in faraway states are waiting, but getting in the car with all the stuff and possibly all the children can feel daunting. Hopefully, this episode will help that, but please note, this episode only covers ...
10.21.2019 #128 - How to Escape the Fall Frenzy Chaos and frenzy pull me under. I feel stressed out, I get headaches, I get mad, my body physically hurts, and I don’t enjoy what’s happening right in front of me. That’s no fun at any point in the year ...
10.14.2019 #127 - The Lazy Genius Chooses a Planner A few weeks ago, I shared how I plan a week like a Lazy Genius. That led us to a great conversation on Instagram about the many, many options available to us when we’re choosing a planner. But here’s the ...
10.07.2019 #126 The Lazy Genius Guide To Grocery Shopping There are lots of ways to approach shopping for groceries from where you go to making a shopping list, and today I’m going to share my seven principles for buying groceries like a Lazy Genius. We can, in fact, Lazy ...
09.30.2019 #125 - The Lazy Genius Asks for Help Sometimes asking for help is the hardest thing to do, but you’re allowed to ask for help, no matter the circumstance. It’s good, in fact, to ask for help. And today, we’re talking about the ways to do it – ...
09.23.2019 #124 - The Lazy Genius Weekly Plan If you’ve ever purchased multiple planners in a year, this episode is for you. Today, we’re walking through three questions to ask when planning your week, and then we’ll use my own weekly plan for this week as a kind ...
09.16.2019 #123 - The Lazy Genius After School Routine Snacks, homework, playing, chores, making dinner, not to mention those extracurriculars if your kids are into sports and clubs. The reason why the hours after school is over feel frenzied is because it IS frenzied. But a routine can help. ...
09.09.2019 #122 - What I Hope to Read This Fall and Why Today we’re talking about books! And based on your responses to the Latest Lazy Letter (which has tons of book and podcast recommendations), you love talking about them, too. I’m sharing what I learned from setting summer reading goals and ...
09.02.2019 #121 - How to Build a Fall Dinner Queue One of my favorite ways to approach a new season is to have a dinner queue to pull from when deciding what to eat for dinner. In this episode, I’m going to share my reflections from my summer dinner queue ...
08.26.2019 #120 - The Lazy Genius Plan for Fall Routine Even though the fall/winter American holidays don’t technically start until Halloween, it does my brain – and likely yours – a lot of good to start thinking about time now. I want to create routines and view my time through ...
08.19.2019 #119 - Plan Your Opening Ceremony Opening and closing ceremonies are the magic pill that can make different seasons and transitions come more alive. The problem with moving from one season to another, one holiday to another, one season of life to another is that we ...
08.12.2019 #118 - The Enneagram Part Two: How to Make Sense of Yourself Let’s talk a bit more about the Enneagram. The Enneagram has its own language in many ways. And if you aren’t familiar with the concepts, it all sounds like gibberish. In today’s episode, I go through a few of the ...
08.05.2019 #117 - How to Lazy Genius Kid Chores Chores seem like a good anchor in the summer, but they really are a huge part of routine in the fall. But how do we do it? Allowance or no allowance, charts or no charts, how young is too young ...
07.29.2019 #116 - How to Lazy Genius Kids’ Clothes Do you feel buried under mountains of kids’ clothes? Or you feel like you’re constantly running to the store to pick up pants that fit? Or maybe you’re tired of managing a closet full of tiny person clothes when your ...
07.22.2019 #115 - Present Summer, Prepared Fall After a three week hiatus, we’re jumping into practical ways to start preparing for fall while still enjoying what’s left of summer. Have you ever noticed how we tend to wait to get the school supply list or for our ...
06.24.2019 #114 - The Truth About Your Enneagram Number A few months ago, I asked you to send me questions you have about the enneagram on Instagram. You guys went hard. So we’re going to talk about it in two parts over the course of the summer. Today’s episode ...
06.17.2019 #113 - The Lazy Genius Does Laundry Updated! I know what you’re thinking…”Kendra, you’ve already done an episode on laundry!” That’s true. But things change, including how I tackle laundry. This episode and the one before is definitely not one size fits all. That said, I’m going to ...
06.10.2019 #112 - Grasping for Summer Routine Summer is officially here, and I'm honestly nervous about it. It feels so lovely and so awful all in the same breath to have the kids home all day, to deal with the heat, and to have glorious routine take ...
06.03.2019 #111- What I’ll Be Cooking This Summer Hi friends! We’re in part two of a three-part series that celebrates the changing seasons. Summer teaches us to slow down and be flexible. It’s a time to play and have fun on purpose. Last week, I shared my summer ...
05.27.2019 #110 - Summer Reading Plans 2019 Summer reading is a thing, right? We did it as students in school, our kids might do it, and it just feels like the time of year to have a stack of books ready to go. I want to share ...
05.20.2019 #109 - Food in a Bowl: Hacks and How-To’s The last in our three-part Food in a Bowl series, this week’s episode features hacks and how-to’s so you can build your best food bowls yet! Together, we will figure out the logistics of actually making food bowls a staple ...
05.13.2019 #108 - Food in a Bowl: Flavors In part two of our Food in a Bowl series, we’re talking about flavors. There are so many ways to put together flavors because flavor options are literally endless. And that’s a little bit of why it’s hard, right? When ...
05.06.2019 #107 - Food in a Bowl: Basics This episode is the first of a three-part series about serving food in a bowl. My family’s favorite foods are served in a bowl from pasta and soup to ice cream and cereal, but this series focuses more on dinner ...
04.29.2019 #106 - The Lazy Sisters Bonus Episode Have you ever wondered how you can support The Lazy Genius Collective and this podcast? You can become a Patreon supporter, and as a thank you, you get a (really long) monthly episode of The Lazy Sisters Podcast, a show ...
04.22.2019 #105 - The Lazy Genius Makes Pizza Part 2 We’re continuing our pizza conversation this week by talking about cheese, toppings, sauce, tools, and how you bake it. If last week’s episode on pizza dough didn’t convince you I’m a nerd over pizza, this one will. I’m realizing I ...
04.15.2019 #104 - The Lazy Genius Makes Pizza (Part 1) The only thing that comes close to Change Your Life Chicken in emails and DMs on Instagram is Pizza Fridays. Anytime I post my meal plan for #ItsMealPlanMonday and it says Pizza Friday, I get a ton of DMs asking ...
04.08.2019 #103 - The Lazy Genius Keeps the Car Clean Does your van look like a thrift store on wheels? Me too. And I’m okay with that because I choose to be lazy about my car. This week, I’m sharing a few quick tips that help me keep a handle ...
04.01.2019 #102 - How to Make a Decision with Emily P. Freeman This week I’m joined by the Lazy Genius Collective mascot, Emily P. Freeman. (Kidding, but not because you can play a drinking game with how many times I talk about her on all the platforms. ) Her new book The ...
03.25.2019 #101 - The Lazy Genius Deals with Sickness We’re finally talking about it, y’all -- how to Lazy Genius sickness. I’m chatting about the essentials that keep us mostly sane while we’re battling it out with germs and cranky kids. And I know what I’m talking about. Our ...
03.18.2019 #100 - Change Your Life Chicken You guys, we’ve hit 100 episodes! How fun is that?! And the only appropriate way to celebrate, in my opinion, is to deep dive into Change Your Life Chicken! I never thought a chicken recipe would be my legacy, but ...
03.11.2019 #99 - The Lazy Genius Feeds a Crowd It’s finally happening, y’all. I’m telling you how to feed a crowd this week! Or at least, I’m telling you how I feed a crowd and sharing things that are must-dos for me to keep my cool when I open ...
03.04.2019 #98 - The Lazy Genius Cleans Out the Fridge We’re talking fridge clean-outs this week on the podcast. This is one of those episodes we wish didn’t exist but also need very badly. We’ll spend a few minutes going over the seven steps to tackling this chore, the tools ...
02.25.2019 #97 - One Simple Step That Changes Meal Planning Forever If you’ve been feeling like you’re not making anyone happy at dinner time (including yourself), this episode is for you! I’ve been talking about Brainless Crowdpleasers for a long time around here, but this week I’m breaking the concept down ...
02.18.2019 #96 - The Lazy Genius Works from Home Although this is a frequently requested topic, I get that your situation might be very different from mine and from each person listening. I hope this episode is an encouragement on how to think about your own work, whether professional ...
02.11.2019 #95 The Lazy Genius Guide to Marinades In all the time I spent dreaming and planning for this podcast, I never thought I’d spend an episode talking about marinades. But here we are. My DMs blow up every time I make something with a marinade. You ask, ...
02.04.2019 #94 - The Lazy Genius Guide to Freezer Meals This week, we’re doing math on the podcast. Well, Freezer Math. Freezer Math will help you know how much to cook when you want to stock your freezer. Then, I share the Seven Rules of Freezer Cooking. This is serious ...
01.28.2019 #93 - Cook Without a Recipe Are you afraid to go off script on a recipe? Or maybe you’re not afraid, but things never turn out just right when you riff in the kitchen. This week, I’m sharing a handful of concepts that if you understand ...
01.21.2019 #92 - Finding a Bedtime Routine For Kids This week’s topic is one of the most frequently requested topics I’ve received via Instagram DMS and emails, but I know it’s not for everyone at this point in time. If you don’t have kids or they don’t give you ...
01.14.2019 #91 - The Lazy Genius Organizes Paper Have you ever noticed paper is like a magnet? The more you have laying around the more it attracts. In this week’s episode, I tackle the three biggest problems we have with paper and give you an inside look at ...
01.07.2019 #90 - Set the Right Goals Without Fizzling Out Goal setting can be a dangerous game. We can go overboard and try to do all the things, but when we don’t, we feel like complete failures. This week’s episode, I share three steps to help you move from goal-setting ...
12.31.2018 #89 - Reset the House Instead of Burning It Down Tomorrow marks the beginning of 2019, can you believe that?! In today’s episode, I talk about why it’s okay if you don’t have all of your goals and intentions for the year crystal clear by the time the ball drops ...
12.17.2018 #88 - Refocus Your Christmas Brain A gentle, loving reminder that you matter this Christmas season. . .even if you feel overwhelmed and those family traditions you care so much about fall apart. Helpful Companion Links Want to get a jump start on the new year? ...
12.10.2018 #87 The Lazy Genius Guide to Flexibilty The holidays can be tough, especially when it comes to managing our expectations when making memories. It doesn’t take much to turn our meticulously planned, yet festive holiday light display route into an awkward car ride with a crying toddler ...
12.03.2018 #86: The Lazy Genius Buys Meat I know, I know. You were probably expecting a holiday-centric episode now that it’s December, but I can’t think of a better way to prepare for the holidays than talking about something that can help make mealtime easier. Even when ...
11.26.2018 #85: The Lazy Genius Kitchen Reset We’ve got a short episode for you today, but don’t sleep on it, y’all. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the state of your kitchen and pantry and all of the upcoming holiday baking and cooking, this episode is for you. ...
11.19.2018 #84 The Lazy Genius Guide to Lunch When you think of the words “meal plan,” I bet you think of dinner. But lunch is just as important. This week, I’m talking about ways to find strategies and recipe ideas to make lunch not feel like such a ...
11.12.2018 #83: The Lazy Genius Skincare Routine I’m a big believer in listening to one person for different spaces, and my sister Hannah is that person for skincare. In this week’s episode, I’m sharing what I’ve learned from her over the years and a few of my ...
11.05.2018 #82: The Lazy Genius Finds the Best Way to Do Things We like to do it right. We like to feel like we’re not wasting our time. How do we seek after the best way to do something without being a slave to the process? As the holidays approach, it’s a ...

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