The Simple Show

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 siteEuna Mae'sAmy on Facebook & InstagramTsh on Instagram and TwitterThe Simplest Way to Change the World, by Dustin Willis and Brandon ClementsCome and Eat, by Bri McCoyMy Life in France, by Julia ChildEverybody Always, by Bob GoffOctober 20, I’ll be at Nest Fest and at The Popcast Live — come say hi!Kindly leave a reviewBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

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 InstagramTsh on Instagram and TwitterPre-order Myquillyn’s fantastic book, Cozy Minimalist Home — comes out soon!When you do, head here to claim fun pre-order giftsCome to The Nest Fest and The Popcast Live (I'll be at both!)Sign up for The Cozy ClassThe Wondering Years, by Knox McCoyJeff Bethke’s recent (smart) revelationToo Small To Ignore, by Wess StaffordIf you love this show, would you Kindly leave a review?Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

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 TouchAvni on Facebook, Twitter, & InstagramTsh on Instagram and TwitterThe Four Desires, by Rod StrykerIn October, I’ll be at Nest Fest and at The Popcast Live — come say hi!Kindly leave a reviewBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

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 CollectiveKendra on InstagramTsh on Instagram and TwitterThe Lazy Genius Guide to Essential Kitchen ToolsThe Thrift Store Can Be Your (Nearly Free) Storage UnitThe Lazy Genius Cleans the BathroomBizarro Meal PrepOur favorite speakerChange Your Life ChickenThe Essential Instant Pot CookbookBench scraperBig wood cutting boardDutch oven (this is Tsh's favorite brand for the price)A classic KitchenAid mixer (though K & A both have this giant)Parchment paperA good chef's knifeStackable glass containersGigantic skilletWooden spoon collectionRamekins Mason jarsInstant 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 spatulasIf you love this show, would you Kindly leave a review?Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

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 WritersAllison on Twitter & Rebekah on TwitterTheir books, Writing With Mentors and Beyond Literary AnalysisTsh on Instagram and TwitterVarina, by Charles FrazierBachelor Nation, by Amy KaufmanRaising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy KurcinkaAmericanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDear Ijeawele, by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePeace Like a River, by Leif EngerIn October, I'll be at Nest Fest and at The Popcast Live — come say hi!Kindly leave a reviewBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

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 CollectiveKendra on InstagramTsh on Instagram and TwitterKendra’s Bowl CheatsheetKindly leave a review!Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

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 ThinJessica's blog, The Mom CreativeJessica on Facebook, Twitter, and InstagramVanderbilt University Medical CenterTsh on Instagram and TwitterCome see me at Nest Fest!And at The Popcast Live!Kindly leave a review!Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

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 CollectiveKendra on InstagramTsh on Instagram and TwitterKendra's Magic Question CheatsheetSign up for Hope*Writers — it closes tomorrow!Kindly leave a review!Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Toni Wallace is an attorney running for judge in her county in the upcoming elections — Election Day is November 6, 2018, so at the time of this episode, that’s just a few months away. She’s running for judge in Fort Bend County, Texas, but also identifies as, in her words, a small business owner, a wife, mom of three, lawyer, believer, Cheer Mom, Baseball Mom, Basketball Mom, Football Mom, Team Mom, and yep, a former judge. (We’ll get into that last bit.) I loved talking to Toni — she made me both want to vote for her if I was living in her county and wish I was her neighbor so we could go on walks and grab coffee together. I know you’re gonna love her. Notes From This Episode:Toni for JudgeToni on Facebook and TwitterTsh (me) on Instagram and TwitterAn American Marriage, by Tayari JonesKindly leave a review!Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

A few weeks ago, Brooke McAlary asked me to share the mic with her at Book People, a local bookstore here in Austin. She was in town for a book tour for her book, Slow, and she asked if I’d join her on stage to talk about slow living: what it might mean; what it does and doesn’t look like. So, here’s our live chat from just a few weeks ago, when Brooke and I talked with each other (and audience members) about our take on the topic. It was a lot of fun to see her in person again; it’d been years — she’s from Sydney, Australia. (If you’ve read my book, At Home in the World, it was her house we stayed at over Christmas, so it was from her parents where I learned the concept of the Westbrook Effect.) Notes From This Episode:Brooke's new book, SlowBrooke's podcast, The Slow HomeBrooke on Instagram and TwitterTsh (me) on Instagram and TwitterMy book, At Home in the WorldBook PeopleBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

What’s a “diversity champion,” right? Well, Michelle Glauser started a community organization called Techtonica, out of a passion for seeing more diversity in the tech industry — it’s a 6-month tech apprenticeship program that partners with tech companies to provide free tech training, living stipends, and job placement to women in need. They specifically focus on underserved, diverse populations with this opportunity to be involved in a long-term, tuition free, full-time program that prepares (and then places!) apprentices in the software engineering field, without having to worry about financial instability. Michelle says since becoming an engineer in 2012, she’s been passionate about helping underrepresented people join, feel comfortable in, and stay in the software industry. If you know much about the tech world, you know that Michelle’s non-profit’s focus on women, low-income, and tuition-free training is a really big deal. Notes From This Episode:TechtonicaMichelle on TwitterTsh (me) on Instagram and TwitterHomegoing, by Yaa GyasiEducated, by Tara WestoverBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

A few weeks ago, I talked with Bethany Rydmark; she’s the one who started the PDX Food Swap in Portland. After we chatted, I also asked her about what’s saving her life right now. This is a thing we do here on the pod every now and then; this idea is taken from Barbara Brown Taylor, a writer who, in her book, An Altar in the World, she talks about how easy it is to focus on the things that are making everything harder, and that instead, we need to remember to look around and notice: what are the little things that are making everything a bit better? Bethany shares a few things she's loving right now. I hope you enjoy this short chat, because down the road, we’ll be doing more of these — I might ask a favorite guest from our work episodes to come back on, or another friend or co-host you love hearing from — or even some of you lovely patrons! After my chat with Bethany, I’m sharing a little something I’ve got available for you right now that’s only open right now, so hang on to the end for that. I think you’ll really like it. Notes From This Episode:Enroll in Like Your Life during the fall flash sale! It ends tomorrow.Bainbridge IslandDarlingsideGod of Loss music videoDarlingside on Tiny DeskBig Dreams, Small Spaces on NetflixBethany’s blog, Two OregoniansBethany on InstagramTsh (me) on Instagram and TwitterBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to The WRLD at HomeSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

It’s the start of a new school year for most of us right now, so I figured: what better way to celebrate the amazing work our kids’ teachers do than share a conversation I’ve had with one? Rissie Lundberg is a math teacher at an all-girls high school, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and she’s part of a mathematics department made up entirely of women — which is actually pretty rare, even in a girls’ school. She absolutely adores what she does, both getting her hands dirty in math, and inspiring girls to love it as much as she does. Notes From This Episode:Rissie's school and InstagramRissie's InstagramTsh (me) on Instagram and TwitterThe Calculus of Friendship, by Steven StrogatzEducated, by Tara WestoverThe Glass Castle, by Jeannette WallsWonder, by RJ PalacioBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

A bonus work-themed episode for the week! While we're busy getting ready for the fall season of the show around here, I thought I'd share one of my favorite earlier episodes of Women's Work, before we merged it into one lovely show here. Tanorria Askew is a personal chef and through her business, Tanorria’s Table, people can hire her for both everyday meals and special occasions. Her cooking roots originate from the south, and Tanorria says she loves to put a modern spin on American Comfort Food — she recently placed 4th on Master Chef! She’s passionate about good food, gathering people around the table to have good conversations, and enjoying life through it all. Her can-do attitude is contagious. Honestly... You can't not love Tanorria. Notes From This Episode:Tanorria’s TableTreats By TanorriaTanorria on Instagram and TwitterMasterchef Season 7Tsh on Twitter & InstagramOf Mess and Moxie, by Jen HatmakerDisunity in Christ, by Christena ClevelandBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Andrea Debbink is an editor at American Girl magazine, the beloved magazine you’ve probably seen in bookstores and is read by so many girls over the years. You might have read it when you were a young girl. She creates a lot of the content their readers love, like recipes, crafts, stories, and beyond. In fact, she recently relaunched one of her favorite segments from the magazine from when she was a young reader herself: Featuring inspiring women from history, "Who's That Girl?" shows how ordinary girls became women who made their mark on the world. Andrea also recently wrote her first book, Spark, specifically for American Girl readers! Notes From This Episode:Andrea's new book, Spark: A Guide to Ignite the Creativity Inside YouAndrea's websiteAndrea on InstagramAmerican Girl magazineTsh (me) on Instagram and TwitterHow to Stop Time, by Matt HaigThe Genius of Birds, by Jennifer AckermanThe Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter WohllebenBecome a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret showSign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly emailFor any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here