10 Things To Tell You

This episode is for anyone curious to hear the other angle of an origin story. It’s our wedding anniversary! This week, my husband Jeff and I celebrate 13 years of marriage, and so I thought it would be fun to have him on the show to share HIS side of our relationship’s origins. This is something I’ve talked and written about for years, but (surprise!) he has a different take. This week I want YOU to talk a partner or best friend about your relationship’s origin story. Ask, “Where did we begin?” and “What do you remember about that time?” and “Tell me your version.” Even if you think you know what someone is going to say about your relationship’s origin, you might be surprised at what comes up. Click HERE to sign up for the Secret Posts. Reminder that in my Secret Posts emails, I share behind the scenes information, announcements, and all of the stuff I don’t want to live on the World Wide Web. It’s also a digest of my recent book reviews, style and makeup obsessions, and more. Episode Sponsors: Go to SUNBASK

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This episode is for anyone looking for their next great book to read. It’s time for another episode about the best books we’ve read lately! This time I'm joined by Christine Koh, an author, speaker, blogger, podcaster, designer, and scientist. Yes, Dr. Christine Koh is all of those things, and on this episode she is sharing books that speak to the Asian American experience AND her newfound love of the romance genre. I'm sharing two books about cults, what I'm reading before I fall asleep at night, and the novel that took me totally by surprise.  So there is a LOT packed into this conversation. Full show notes here. Follow Christine on IG Listen to her podcasts Edit Your Life and Hello Relationships  Follow Laura on IG SPONSORED BY: BetterHelp. Go to BetterHelp.com/YOU for 10% off your first month.  Native Deodorant. Go to NativeDeo.com/YOU or use promo code YOU for 20% off your first order. * Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Sign up for episode emails Join the 10 Things To Tel

This episode is for anyone who struggles with her inner "good girl."  I read Break the Good Girl Myth: How To Dismantle Outdated Rules, Unleash Your Power, and Design a More Purposeful Life by Majo Molfino this summer and the whole idea resonated with me: identifying as a good girl, wanting to be seen as a good girl, and simultaneously wanting to get out of that trap. Even at 40-something, I am still dismantling these parts of my identity, and I could see myself - and so many of my friends - in the five different types of “good girls” that Majo writes about.  In our conversation, Majo shares a little more about “Breaking your good girl myth MEANS” and I share the parts of me that still sees myself a good girl, where that feels healthy and where that feels woefully outdated. Buy Break The Good Girl Myth by Majo Molfino Find out more about Majo Molfino here Follow @MajoMolfino on IG  Listen to her podcast Heroine * Remember to SUBSCRIBE to the 10 Things To Tell You podcast so that you don't miss bonus content l

This episode will motivate you to create a family yearbook (or any other kind of photo book). CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE LISTENER SURVEY Miss Freddy is back! Last year’s Ep 41: 10 Tips to organize your digital photos with professional photo organizer Miss Freddy was so popular that I couldn't wait to have Casey (aka Miss Freddy) back on the show for more ideas about what to do with all the photos we’re drowning in. This time we’re focusing on family yearbooks, but Miss Freddy’s advice applies to any sort of digital photo book you want to create. She’s sharing the steps, the tools, and the mindset to create an album you’ll be so happy to have. Go to Miss Freddy’s Backup Bootcamp course and use code 10THINGS Go to Miss Freddy’s Family Yearbook course and use code 10THINGS See the full show notes This episode is sponsored by BETTERHELP. Go to BETTERHELP.com/YOU for 10% off your first month The episode is sponsored by FUNCTION of BEAUTY. Go to FUNCTIONofBEAUTY.com/YOU for 20% off your first order Follow @miss.fre

Myquillyn Smith (aka The Nester) has influenced the way I think about decorating my home for years, through her blog, social media, and books. Her latest book Welcome Home is about decorating your home for the seasons without buying a bunch of expensive decor, and how you can signal the natural cycle of the year using scents and textures and sound. These concepts apply even when you live somewhere where the temperature doesn't change much!  Myquillyn gives me a little pep talk about creating a home that is the background for family memories, and she reveals a fairly genius way to decorate for the holidays that removes a bulk of the stress. (Why hadn't I thought of this before??) Buy Welcome Home Follow Myquillyn Smith @thenester on IG The Nester's blog + courses Full show notes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is part pep talk, part permission, and part mindfulness around the nuance and energy of friendship. I'm sharing about loneliness, the benefit to shallow friends, the necessity of friends who make you talk, and the call to look closer at old friendships (and whether or not they're all serving you). Related or mentioned episodes: Ep 2: Are you lonely? Ep 49: Where are your bandaids? Ep 75: Who are you talking about? Full show notes here. SPONSORED BY: BetterHelp. Go to BETTERHELP.com/YOU for 10% off your first month. Sunbasket. Go to SUNBASKET.com/YOU and use promo code YOU for $35 off your first order.   Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the 10TTTY Connection Group Sign Up for Episode Emails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time for another round of Favorite Things! This episode is a list of my current favorite things, and as usual, my picks are all over the place. I’m sharing my new project management app (which has changed my work life), a podcast recommendation, interesting people to follow on Instagram, what I’m getting my husband for his birthday, a new (old) beauty product, and more. I hope this list encourages YOU to share your current favorite things! Full show notes here. This episode is sponsored by BRADDOCK face masks. Go to BRADDOCKUSA.com and use promo code YOU for an additional 25% off your first purchase. This episode is sponsored by NOTECUBE. Go to THENOTECUBE.com and use promo code YOU for 20% off your purchase. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Sign up for episode emails Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for anyone who needs a little help with their attitude and self-talk right now. I know I beat this drum regularly, but I really believe that the way we speak to ourselves shapes the way we move in the world. And these days, my self-talk can be all over the place. On this episode, I’m sharing my own personal current mantras and affirmations, and also just talking about how these things can work in your life. (Hint: it’s not magic. It’s brain science.) But the best part of this episode is hearing from the listeners who sent in THEIR own mantras. So many great words out there. Sponsored by: NOTECUBE. Get 20% off your order at THENOTECUBE.com with promo code YOU BRADDOCK. Get 25% off your purchase at BRADDOCKUSA.com with promo code YOU See full show notes here. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Sign up for episode emails Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

This episode is for anyone interested in raising their hand. Jenna Arnold is an educator, entrepreneur, activist and mother who lives in New York City, and her new book is Raising Our Hands: How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Front Lines.  In this BONUS episode, Jenna and I talk through a few of the reasons white women statistically stay silent about important issues: perfection, performance, and peacekeeping.  I really liked Jenna's book and am excited to share this conversation with you.  Follow Jenna on IG Buy Jenna's book Full show notes here Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the 10TTTY Connection Group Sign up for episode emails   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for anyone who needs a good, long, catchup with girlfriends.  It's been awhile since we've had a huge dose of girlfriend chat on the show, but great conversations are the driving force of 10 Things To Tell You. In our long overdue conversation, Meg and I each share five things we need to catch up on. We talk loneliness, Real Housewives, true crime obsessions, the perfect amazon purchase, shoes, and intuition.  Meg Tietz created and hosts the Sorta Awesome podcast (where I'm a former co-host), and she just launched a new daily show called Awesome Today. She also runs the fantastic FB group called Sorta Awesome Hangout. Follow her on IG. Thanks to our sponsors: SKILLSHARE. Go to Skillshare.com/YOU for 2 months free premium membership.  RAYCON. Go to BuyRaycon.com/YOU for 15% off wireless earbuds.  Full show notes for this episode here. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the 10TTTY Connection Group Sign up for episode emails   Learn more about your ad choices. Vi

This episode looks at your life like a movie.  What's your BIG story? The main narrative arc to your life? The story that is central to your identity? Anyone who knows you well knows this story. Maybe it happened in childhood. Maybe you're currently in the middle of it. But we all have one, big, main story.  In movies and in literature, they call this the Hero's Journey. It's one of the the most common storytelling devices in art. On this episode, I'm sharing my own BIG story. The thing that I arrange events into Before & After. I can't wait to hear yours. Buy my book! (Out 2/21) This episode is sponsored by BETTERHELP. Go to BetterHelp.com/YOU for 10% off your first month. This episode is sponsored by NATIVE Deodorant. Go too NativeDeo.com/YOU for 20% off your first order. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Sign Up for episode emails Join the 10TTTY Connection Group on FB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo

This episode is for anyone who could use an honest evaluation in the middle of something. (And maybe a reset.) In the beginning, we make plans. Set goals. Hope for the best. At the end, we evaluate how it went. We make notes for next time. We accept our trophies or don't. But what about in the middle? Don't we need to stop down and ask some hard questions in the MIDDLE? To see if we're on track? To make tweaks? To define what it means to "finish well"?  Here are 10 Questions to ask yourself when you're in the middle of anything. The middle of a project or the middle of a season, all 10 questions apply. For me, I'm answering from the middle of the year. It's hard to believe, but we are still in the very middle of 2020. And I have LOTS of feelings about the first half, and the tweaks I want to make for the months remaining.  Full show notes for this episode here. This episode is sponsored by BETTERHELP. Go to Betterhelp.com/YOU for 10% off your first month of online counseling.  Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG

This episode is for anyone who had felt icky, gleeful, guilty, or triumphant after talking about someone else. Look, we all do it sometimes, right? We gossip or vent or judge someone in conversation with friends. But does talking about someone behind their back REALLY say more about us than it does about them? Let’s discuss. This episode is sponsored by SUNBASKET. Go to Sunbasket.com/YOU for $35 off your first order. Full show notes for this episode here.  Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group Sign up to receive episode emails   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for anyone who can't get enough of the book talk. We didn't have time for me to share ALL the great books I've been reading on the recent reading episode, so this is a little bonus to tell you all about my current book stack, including a new novel that's a contender for favorite of the year, and a nonfiction book that I am forcing myself to read with an open mind. I'm also sharing a few of the books in my immediate To Read pile, plus the three books that I've preordered for fall release.  Full show notes for this episode can be found here.  Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Sign up to receive episode emails Join the 10TTTY Connection Group   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is a midsummer reading check-in.  It's time for another episode about BOOKS and this time I'm joined by my good friend Sarah Bessey. Sarah is a writer, speaker, and all around woman of wisdom. She is the author of Jesus Feminist, Out of Sorts, and the spiritual memoir Miracles and Other Reasonable Things. She is also the cofounder of the Evolving Faith conference.  On this episode, Sarah and I each share the best books we've read lately, including popular novels, Canadian authors that fly under the radar, and social justices resources. The full list of books discussed can be found in the show notes. You can also view them on Bookshop.org. This episode is sponsored by SKILLSHARE. Go to Skillshare.com/YOU for 2 months free premium membership.  Follow Sarah Bessey on Instagram and Facebook Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Sign up for episode emails Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on A

This episode is for anyone curious about the process of writing and publishing.  I wrote a book! Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First will launch in February 2021, but I'm taking some time this week to talk all about the behind-the-scenes details I've always been curious about with other authors.  I'm answering questions from the 10TTTY Connection group about how I got an agent, crafted a book proposal, signed a book deal with a publisher, wrote & edited the book, and chose a cover.  There is SO MUCH to say about this longtime dream coming to fruition, after years of uncertainty and rejection.  This episode is sponsored by NATIVE. Go to NativeDeo.com/YOU for 20% off your first order.  This episode is sponsored by MOLEKULE. Go to Molekule.com and use promo code YOU for 10% off your first order.  Full show notes here. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group Sign Up to receive episode emails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega

This episode is for anyone who has has been told that there's no use fighting on facebook.  Has the internet ever changed your mind on an issue? Is it easier to hear a new perspective from friends and acquaintances or from strangers? The episode is all about the ways that people’s social media posts ARE changing our culture, through snark, humor, memes or thoughtful shared experiences. Let’s be honest about when a post has opened our eyes or when we’ve decided to dig in our heels. I share my own thoughts on this topic, as well as a few ways (some silly, some serious) that the internet has changed my perspective. At the end of the show a few listeners chime in with their thoughts. This episode is sponsored by SKILLSHARE. Get two months premium membership FREE at Skillshare.com/YOU Full show notes for this episode here. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group Sign up for episode emails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad

This episode is part friendship, part therapy, part work/life balance. I am so excited to share this conversation with my friend Kendra Adachi (aka The Lazy Genius) because not only do we talk about being “work friends” and how that narrow relationship title offers us freedom in our friendship, but Kendra also applies her Lazy Genius principles to my problem prioritizing work tasks. And I have kind of am embarrassing breakthrough.  This episode is sponsored by Care/Of. Get 50% your first order with code YOU50 Preorder Kendra's book The Lazy Genius Way Then get all of her preorder bonuses Follow Kendra on Instagram FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow 10 Things To Tell You on Instagram Follow 10 Things To Tell You on Facebook Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group Sign up for episode emails   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Please indulge me in a little birthday episode. I turn 41 this week and though it’s not the major milestone I celebrated last year, I still have things to say. This episode is half nostalgic nonsense and half preach-y. I guess this is what happens when I go off script.  This episode is sponsored by SKILLSHARE.  Full show notes here. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the Connection Group on FB Sign up here to get episode emails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.