In this episode we talk about how female TEDx presenters get more polarized comments, has busyness become a badge of honor, hydroflasks, and some hysterical outtakes. Come listen in!

Current Event

Army allows dreadlocks

Main Topic

Why being too busy makes us feel so good.

How to stop being so busy all the time.

Of things that matter most

Favorite Things

Book - Option B

Hydroflask

Better Help

Talk Space

Inspiring Woman

Benazir Bhutto

Plastic straws causing mass waste, lemon s'mores, and the loneliness of parenting teens. Join us!

Articles from Main Topic

Website for Parenting Teens

Resources for Parenting Teens

Book Titles (can search on Amazon)

Parenting a Teen Girl: A Crash Course on Conflict, Communication and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk

How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans: How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Raise a Respectable Adult

He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself

Have a New Teenager by Friday: How to Establish Boundaries, Gain Respect & Turn Problem Behaviors Around in 5 Days

Favorite Things:

The Next Right Thing Podcast

Ulta Lip Crayon

Cleansing Water Facewash

Allyson's BBC Japan Series

In this episode, Allyson and Tiffany discuss whether or not Laura Ingalls was a racist, how to avoid the tendency to get bogged down by First World Problems, board games and the My Fitness Pal app, and Virginia Apgar, the inventor of the Apgar test.

No more swimsuits in the Miss America pageant, differentiating between commandments and culture within the LDS Church, semi-homemade facial scrub, and Princess Diana are all on the table today. Every 5th episode will be an LDS topic. Come listen in!

News Story:

Miss America Pageant's Swimsuit Changes

One Former Contestant's Opinion

Main Topic:

The 9 Basic Doctrines of the LDS Church from LDS.org

"The Coming Revolution Inside of Mormonism" by Greg Trimble

BYU Women's Conference Talk by Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt, "As I Have Loved You, Love One Another"

LDS Living Article: "When We Try to One-Up the Lord's Standards: Culture vs. Commandments"

LDS Perspectives Podcast, Episode 27, "What is LDS Doctrine?" with Michael Goodman

Favorite Things:

Haribo Candy

Spotify

PB Fit

Congresswoman Mia Love standing up for postpartum mothers, flowerpots, wanting time to speed up, and supporting family members who come out as gay. Come take a listen!

Links:

Current News Story:

The Emily Effect

Main Topic:

14 Ways to Get Through Tough Times

Favorite Things:

A favorite basic/mozzarella/tomato recipe of Tiffany's.

Goodreads

Torani Syrups

Allyson's favorite self-tanner

Prom dresses as cultural appropriation, using your smartphone to help you be MORE productive, and an inspiring story of a woman who lost 300 lbs. Come take a listen!