Best of Both Worlds Podcast show

Best of Both Worlds Podcast

Summary: Love your career? Love your family? Best of Both Worlds is the show for you! Hosts Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It and a mom of four, and Sarah Hart-Unger, a practicing physician and mom of two (soon to be three!) discuss work/life balance, career development, parenting, time management, productivity, and making time for fun. Tune in each week for strategies to help you thrive in all spheres of life.

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 Raising a Child with Special Needs with Marketing Manager Lee Becknell. Ep 135 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:33

Lee Becknell is a marketing manager with a 6 yo son living with special needs. Door Dash:  Download app and use promo code BESTOF for $5 off your first order of $15 or more. Better Help is a convenient online counseling resource. Get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof.  Get started at betterhelp.com/bestof Capital One Walmart Rewards Card: Get 5% back at Walmart online, 2% back at Walmart stores (plus restaurants + travel!), and 1% everywhere else

 Childcare Revisited. Ep 134 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:12

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.   (A brief erratum from SHU - I mistakenly said we give 2 weeks vacation plus holidays.  It's actually 3 weeks plus holidays!  Oops!) Capital One Walmart Rewards Card: Get 5% back at Walmart online, 2% back at Walmart stores (plus restaurants + travel!), and 1% everywhere else

 Listener Hacks. Ep 133 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:35

This episode is devoted to sharing listener hacks. Q&A about vacation planning! Better Help is a convenient online counseling resource. Get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof. Get started at betterhelp.com/bestof Grove Collaborative is an online marketplace that delivers all-natural home, beauty, and personal care products directly to your door. For a limited time, get a free five piece cleaning set from Mrs. Meyer's and Grove by going to grove.com/bestof and placing your firs

 Finances, Frugality & More with Joel and Matt from How to Money. Ep 132 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:06

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.

 Listener Question Deep Dive: "I just want time to stop for a week so I can catch up and start fresh!" Ep 131 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:11

Today's episode was inspired around a listener question from a busy professional with three young children. Grove:  For a limited time, listeners can go to Grove.co/bestof and receive a free five-piece cleaning set - a $30 value! Better Help is a convenient online counseling resource to enable you to get help at your own pace and time. Get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof at betterhelp.com/bestof Bombas:  Try Bombas socks at bombas.com/bestof, and get 20% off your first pu

 Maternity Leave and Postpartum Health with Advocate and Expert Arianna Taboada. Ep 130 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:36

Sarah is on the mic solo, Arianna Taboada joins her to discuss maternity leave. In Q&A, Sarah shares a listener testimonial. Door Dash:  Download the app and use code BESTOF for $5 off your first order of $15 or more. Better Help is an online counseling resource. Get 10% off your first month with code BESTOF.  Goto betterhelp.com/bestof Fiverr helps you find the right freelance talent for your business or project.  Check out Fiverr.com, and you will receive 10% off your first order with code BE

 Laura's Post Baby Update! Ep 129 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:16

Our first post-baby update from Laura!! In Q&A, we address a question on handling first tri fatigue at work. Better Help, a convenient online counseling resource enables you to get help at your own pace and time. Get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof. Get started at betterhelp.com/bestof Thrive Causemetics is a high-performing beauty product line that gives back to women in need. Get 15% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/bestof and entering code "bestof" at checkout.

 A happy and organized two-career household, featuring Dr Gillian Goddard, endocrinologist & mother of 4. Ep 128 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:46

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. Sponsors: LinkedIn: Get $50 off your first job post at LinkedIn using the url LinkedIn.com/bestof Door Dash: Download app and use promo code BESTOF for $5 off your first order of $15 or more

 Favorite Things Episode. Ep 127 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:35

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?

 2020 Goals! Ep 126 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:49

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.

 2019 - Year In Review. Ep 125 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:39

In this end of year episode, Laura and Sarah review hits, misses, joys and lessons learned in 2019. In Q&A, we share our thoughts and advice on a listener's difficult situation. Sponsor: Calm is one of the leading apps for both meditation and sleep.  They offer a whole library of programs designed to help you get the sleep your brain and body needs.  For 25% off of a Calm Premium subscription, visit calm.com/BESTOF  

 Our first Mother-Daughter guest pair, with attorney Christy Higgins Wilcox and her mother, pediatrician Dr. Karen Higgins! Ep 124 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:57

We welcome our first mother-daughter pair to the show! Dr. Karen Higgins, a pediatrician in the days that being a working mother was unusual and joining her is daughter Christie, a working mother to her now 5-year-old. Sarah and Laura discuss holiday plans, and they answer a winter-themed question. Better Help, a convenient online counseling resource. Best of Both Worlds Podcast listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof.  Get started at betterhelp.com/bestof

 The Holidays // Ask Us Anything Part 2. Ep 123 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:32

Part 2 of our Ask Us Anything Series!  we answer some great ones in this episode! Sponsors Honeybook is an online business management tool that organizes your client communications, bookings, contracts, and invoices -- all in one place!  Get 50% off your first year at TryHoneyBook.com/BESTOF LOLA is a female-founded company offering a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, liners, and all-natural cleansing wipes.  Get 30% off your first month's subscription at mylola.com and enter code BESTOF at che

 How to Raise Kids that are Prepared for the Future (and also: musings on homework!) with Diane Tavenner Ep: 122 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:59

Laura and Sarah open up with one of those topics parents love to discuss (but find very frustrating in practice) -- homework!  Specifically, the dilemma of how involved to get any assignments that come home from school.  Then, expert guest Diane Tavenner shares what she has learned about facilitating independence and preparing our next generation for a happy life.  She is an educator, charter school founder, and author of the recent release Prepared: What Kids Need For A Fulfilled Life.

 Energy Management with Molly Fletcher. Ep 121 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:19

Molly Fletcher, a sports agent, and mother of 3 girls. In Q&A, a question about answering her 4 year old's query. Sponsors: Honeybook: Honeybook is an online business management tool that organizes your client communications, contracts, bookings, and invoices. Visit tryhoneybook.com/BESTOF to get 50% offer. Calm: Calm is one of the leading apps for both meditation and sleep. For 25% off of a Calm Premium subscription, visit calm.com/BESTOF

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