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Academics, Independence, and Adoption - Interview with Myleen Leary. Ep 109

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Release Date: 09/03/2019

Raising a Child with Special Needs with Marketing Manager Lee Becknell. Ep 135 show art Raising a Child with Special Needs with Marketing Manager Lee Becknell. Ep 135

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Lee Becknell is a marketing manager with a 6 yo son living with special needs.

info_outline Childcare Revisited. Ep 134 show art Childcare Revisited. Ep 134

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Laura & Sarah talk childcare. They also talk payroll, taxes, and considerations for selecting preschools and daycare.  Our listener question is about the popular trend of prepping for the week on Sundays.  

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This episode is devoted to sharing listener hacks. Q&A about vacation planning!

info_outline Finances, Frugality & More with Joel and Matt from How to Money. Ep 132 show art Finances, Frugality & More with Joel and Matt from How to Money. Ep 132

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In this fun interview episode, Laura & Sarah open by sharing their own most worthwhile splurges, and then welcome Joel and Matt from the How to Money podcast! Laura and Sarah are both fans of their show, so they were excited to have this best-friends team on to share some money advice and to discuss some of the choices they've made around work and money -- both spending and saving.

info_outline Listener Question Deep Dive: Listener Question Deep Dive: "I just want time to stop for a week so I can catch up and start fresh!" Ep 131

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Today's episode was inspired around a listener question from a busy professional with three young children.

info_outline Maternity Leave and Postpartum Health with Advocate and Expert Arianna Taboada. Ep 130 show art Maternity Leave and Postpartum Health with Advocate and Expert Arianna Taboada. Ep 130

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Sarah is on the mic solo, Arianna Taboada joins her to discuss maternity leave. In Q&A, Sarah shares a listener testimonial.

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Our first post-baby update from Laura!! In Q&A, we address a question on handling first tri fatigue at work.

info_outline A happy and organized two-career household, featuring Dr Gillian Goddard, endocrinologist & mother of 4. Ep 128 show art A happy and organized two-career household, featuring Dr Gillian Goddard, endocrinologist & mother of 4. Ep 128

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Dr. Gillian Goddard is a private practice endocrinologist working in NYC. Listen for her great insights into life with an au pair, home schedule management, and sharing responsibilities as parents. We discuss Laura's 'maternity leave', and answer a listener question about finding the daily grind overwhelming.

info_outline Favorite Things Episode. Ep 127 show art Favorite Things Episode. Ep 127

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Join Sarah and Laura for their first official episode of 2020, where both Laura and Sarah share their ultimate lists of Favorite Things -- from workout gear to office supplies to beauty and beyond. Then, they share a list of listener-contributed favorites! Finally, in the Q&A they answer a question from a listener related to her husband's job choices: should he "lean out" so that she can lean in?

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LV & SHU do their traditional yearly goals episode, sharing what they have in store for next year. Sarah has changed her system a bit, and Laura has quarterly goals in multiple domains to share. Work, fitness, family, and more are discussed in this episode! In the Q&A, a listener writes in about her seven-year-old having meltdowns whenever she travels to work, and we give some tips and thoughts about what might help.

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Sarah and Laura open with a discussion of kids and independence, which is fitting because our guest is a strong independent woman herself!  Myleen Leary is a professor and shares her journey as a single parent and academic who made the choice to adopt two toddlers from abroad.  Her girls are now 9 and 11, and Myleen's career continues to thrive, and she shares how her unconventional journey helped her to bypass old assumption and patterns to enable her to create a life and family she loves.  In the Q&A, we tackle a planning question as a reader asks how to hold her planning time sacred among many competing priorities.  
 
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