10 Things To Tell You

This BONUS episode is for anyone looking for something interesting to watch (for families and for grown ups). On roughly week 11 of the Los Angeles lockdown due to the coronavirus, I sat down with my husband Jeff and our two kids - ages 8 & 10 - for a lighthearted chat about all the movies, documentaries, and tv series we watched during quarantine since this season meant a LOT more screen time for our family than usual.  Full show notes here. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Sign up HERE to get weekly episode emails Click HERE to join the 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 trying to understand another person's experience.  I’ve wanted to have this conversation with my hometown friends since I made the BIAS series on Smartest Person in the Room in 2018. I preferred to do it in person back then, but when the recent protests started over the murder of George Floyd, I asked if they would be willing to record online instead. LaToyia Brown, Monica Pickens, Danielle Williams and I grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma, a town that sits on I-35 about halfway between Oklahoma City and Dallas. Population 25,000. Ardmore is 63.2% White and 10.2% Black. I am white and LaToyia, Monica, and Danielle are Black. As I’m learning more about the racial divide in our country, I wanted to ask these friends about their lives in our hometown. I wondered if they experienced discrimination, what was taught in their homes and churches, and what they think about America now versus when we were kids. I had no idea what they were going to say when I pressed record. Our conversation is vul

This episode is for anyone who has felt shamed or judgmental over choices made during the global pandemic. Admit it you’ve either hidden your own activity or judged other people’s choices in the last few months. I’m joined by blogger, podcaster, and author Kristen Howerton (who you may know from her blog Rage Against the Minivan or from her weekly self-care podcast Selfie) to discuss the social shaming that we’re doing and feeling during this unprecedented season of the coronavirus. PRE-ORDER Kristen’s new book Rage Against the Minivan (Out June 9!) This episode is brought to you by the Audioboom Original podcast FAM: For All Moms Full show notes here Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group on FB Sign up to receive episode emails for 10 Things To Tell You Follow Kristen Howerton: Kristen Howerton on Instagram Kristen Howerton on Facebook Follow Laura Tremaine: Laura Tremaine on Instagram Laura Tremaine on Facebook Follow 10 Things To Tell You: 10 Things To Tell You on Instagram 10 Things To Tell You o

This episode is for anyone looking for an anchor to their day. I promise I'm not going to tell you to get up at 5am. I hold the word "morning" pretty loosely in this context, but I do think a time to pause and commit to ritual at some point in your day can bring much needed structure.  On this episode, I'm sharing my personal morning routine and giving you a few different ways to think about this topic.  SIGN UP HERE to receive the brand spankin' new episode emails! Mentioned in this episode: Ep. 18: 10 Thoughts On Anxiety The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod  Ep. 9: 10 Ways To Journal BONUS Ep.: Intentions, Affirmations, and Vision Boards, Oh my! The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Full show notes HERE. * Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the FB 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 is excited for summer reading!  I am so excited to welcome Anne Bogel, three-time author, blogger at Modern Mrs. Darcy, podcaster at What Should I Read Next? and someone who reads more books than anyone else I know! Anne recently released her latest book called Don't Overthink It. You can also go to her website to sign up to get her FREE (and much anticipated!) Summer Reading Guide.  On this episode, Anne and I talk about what our reading life looks like during the global pandemic, how the Instagram #Bookstagram community has changed the way we share what we're reading, and, of course, we give a few recent reading recommendations.  Click here for the full show notes (with links to all the books we talk about). This episode is sponsored by Molekule. Go to Molekule.com and use code YOU for 10% off your order.  Follow Anne on Instagram Follow Anne on Facebook Follow What Should I Read Next on Instagram * Follow 10 Things To Tell You on Instagram Follow 10 Things To Tell You on Fac

This episode is for anyone looking for a quick, meaningful exercise to boost spirits.  I'm sharing my experiences with Love Floods, from my days as a summer camp counselor to current friendship and colleagues.  Mentioned in this episode: Radical Compassion by Tara Brach Ep 51: Masterminds: How To Structure and Maintain a Business Peer Group 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group on FB Full show notes here. This episode is sponsored by SKILLSHARE. Get 2 months of premium membership free at Skillshare.com/YOU Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for you if you are working from home right now and need some tips or mindset shifts to be less distracted and more productive.  My guest is Emily P Freeman, The Next Right Thing author and podcaster. Her work-from-home structure of Theme Days is something I adopted months ago and on this episode we talk about her approach to this schedule and how she's modifying it during the Covid 19 stay-at-home orders.  We also talk about the things that we're measuring to feel accomplished, and how social media is making us feel right now when our main connection with the outside world is the internet.  Full show notes here. Find Emily: www.emilypfreeman.com Emily on Instagram Hope*Writers The Next Right Thing podcast The Next Right Thing book Also mentioned on the show: Ep #73 of The Next Right Thing: Design Your Rhythm of Work with Theme Days Ep #174 of The Next Right Thing: Reimagine Your Workday   Connect with 10 Things To Tell You: @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram @10ThingsToTellYou on Facebook 10 Th

This episode if for you if you’re staring at that old shoebox full of memorabilia and aren’t sure what to do with it. A friend messaged me to ask if she should keep or toss a stack of old journals. In a weird coincidence, I was in the middle of a project that required I pull out some of my old journals from decades ago. I’m sharing stories of rereading journal entries, the ritual of throwing old memories away, and what I learned from discovering a long ago letter. This episode is sponsored by SCENTBIRD. Go too Scentbird.com/YOU and use promo code YOU for 30% off your first month.  Full show notes here. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on IG Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group on FB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for you if you strive to find meaning in everything.  I want you to think about whether everything deserves the energy you're giving it.  Full show notes here.  Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook 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 looking for a little cheer and distraction.  It's another Favorite Things episode! My current favorites are definitely influenced by the current coronavirus quarantine, but there's a little something for everyone here: books, beauty products, kitchen items, and the few mindsets that are keeping me sane in self-isolation.  This episode is sponsored by SKILLSHARE. Go to Skillshare.com/YOU for 2 months free membership! Full show notes here.  @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram @10ThingsToTellYou on FB Join the 10TTTY Connection group on FB 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 needing a little light distraction.  The Tremaines are waving hello from week 3 of self-isolation to stop the spread of coronavirus. This episode ended up being an accidental model for the type of conversations you could be documenting in your life and family right now during this historic time.  My husband Jeff and I start the show by answering questions from the 10TTTY FB Connection group, including: have we learned anything about one another during this time? How do we balance accepting one another while also pushing the other to grow? How are we connecting right now? Then our kids jump on for just a few minutes and share their thoughts on what spring break in self-isolation looks like.  This turned into a fun, family-centered show.  This episode is sponsored by BLINKIST. Go to BLINKIST.com/YOU for 25% off your subscription.  Mentioned on the show: Ep 8: Jeff Tremaine has 10 Things To Tell You Ep 58: 10 Ways To Write Your Own History Ep 34: The Robbery (1 year later) Full show no

This episode is for you if you're looking for ways to document your life during the everyday (or during a historic moment).  As the world fights a global pandemic, we are part of a pivotal moment in history. Whether you're hunkering down at home, in an essential job to keep the economy afloat, or on the front lines in the medical profession, this is a time for us to write our OWN stories. Don't simply trust what the history books will say. Document it for yourself. I'm sharing 10 simple ways to write your own history, for your own private documentation or to share publicly. All of these methods are simple and easily available.   If you choose to document on Instagram, tag the show and use the hashtag #OneDayCV Full show notes here.  This show is sponsored by SCENTBIRD. Go to Scentbird.com/YOU and use promo code YOU for 30% your first month.  @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram 10 Things To Tell You connection group on FB   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic

This episode is for you if you need to understand and better cope with your anxiety. Dr. Becky from Dr. Becky At Home is a clinical psychologist who specializes in helping people cope with anxiety and stress. I found her on Instagram when someone shared one of her posts, and what followed is one of the best and most important conversations I’ve ever had on this show.   Dr. Becky encourages us to form a relationship with our anxiety, and our conversation includes all of the things I’ve always wanted to ask: what does self-talk REALLY look like? What does it mean if we really can’t find the source of our anxiety? How do we balance being “strong” in front of our kids while also letting them see us have natural emotions?   I am so excited to share this one with you. This will be a conversation I will reference for a long time.   DrBeckyAtHome on Instagram   DrBeckyAtHome website   *   Full show notes for this episode   @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram   @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook   Learn more about your ad

This episode is for you if you have a hard time distinguishing between your anxiety and your intuition.  As someone who talks openly online about both my lifelong anxiety and following my intuition, this is a question I get a lot. I don't have all the answers, and don't always get this 100% correct, but on this episode I'm talking through how we can conflate these two things, and the #1 question I ask myself to know the difference.  This episode is sponsored by AURATE. Click here for 15% off your first order. Use promo code YOU.  Full show notes here. @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook   Join the 10 Things Connection Group on FB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for you if you're in the mood for a little light-heartedness.  Today I'm taking a walk through the cultural icons of my youth and what it says about who we were drawn to when we were kids. Whether it's actors, fictional characters, musicians or sports stars, the people we wanted to be when we were young say something about our personalities.  This is a fun conversation to have at a party or on a road trip. (Spring break, anyone?) But there are still insights and connections to be made with a pop culture topic.  This episode is sponsored by SKILLSHARE. Click here to get 2 months free.  This episode is sponsored by RITUAL. Click here to get 10% off your first three months.  * Full show notes for this episode here.   @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram   @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook   Join the 10 Things Connection Group on FB       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for you if you've ever dreamed of living abroad with your family for a year.  I've been dying to share this conversation with my dear friend Julie Stillwell. In 2018, Julie and her husband Tom took their two young daughters to live in Amsterdam for one year. All four had lived in Los Angeles their whole lives, so this was a family adventure with a hundred takeaways.  We talk about the logistics of moving abroad and the emotions of both leaving and adjusting. We talk living without a car and sending their kids to the International School. We talk about style and food in Amsterdam versus the United States. We talk about why life seems simpler and slower in this part of Europe, and how temporary absence can actually deepen relationships.  There are so many nuggets of wisdom and things to think about in this episode. It made me realize that sitting down with a friend and giving full focus to something big in their life isn't something I do enough.  Full show notes for this episode here. @10ThingsT

This episode is for you if you can never get enough book talk. This Best Books lately episode ran longer than I expected and I didn't have time to tell you about all the awesome books in my MASSIVE To Read pile. I chose 10 of the books waiting on my kindle or on my bedside to share with you, and then listed the rest over on the blog. (You can find my full To Read list here.) I love hearing what YOU'RE reading lately, and so the last few minutes of this bonus episode includes listener recommendations, straight from their own mouths. So now my To Read pile is somehow larger than it was before I recorded this... * Full show notes for this episode here.   @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram   @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook   Join the 10 Things Connection Group on FB   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for you if you love to read (and follow literary controversies).  Book episodes are the best episodes! We spend the first half hour talking about the best books we've read lately with Jessica Turner, and we take a brief detour to talk about #Bookstagram and our current reading habits (including a new hobby Jessica picked up and the #ReadYourBooks challenge she's hosting online).  In the second half of this extra long episode, I'm joined by my real-life book club friend Stephanie Newman-Smith to talk through the layers of controversy around the novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. We talk about who can tell what stories, how the publishing industry is complicit in silencing non-white voices, and the bizarre marketing missteps around the novel that Oprah picked for her book club.  This episode is sponsored by Glossier. Click here for 10% off your first order.  This episode is sponsored by Bombas. Click here to get 20% off your first purchase.  Find Jessica Turner here. Follow Jessica on IG Fo

This episode is for you if you struggle with negative self-talk. A lot of have a critical voice in our head telling us all sorts of ugly things that lead to second-guessing and self-doubt. But where did that voice originate? Did it come from a parent? An old coach or similar authority figure from your youth? An ex?  On this episode, I'm sharing about the critical voices in MY head and why identifying them (instead of struggling to ignore them) is helpful to squash them for good.  This episode is sponsored by Glossier. Use this link to get 10% off your first order.  This episode is sponsored by Vistaprint. Use promo code YOU for free shipping on all business cards.  Full show notes for this episode here.   @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram   @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook   10 Things To Tell You Connection group on FB     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for you if you're stuck on a decision.  This is simple. This is basic. But next time you're spinning out on making a decision (any decision), ask yourself: What would YOU tell you to do? This little exercise can bring immediate clarity when we're lost in a sea of Pro/Con lists and justifications.  On this episode, I'm sharing how this has applied to my own life, especially when I lost myself for a bit in my mid-thirties.  This episode is sponsored by SKILLSHARE. Go too Skillshare.com/YOU for 2 free months of premium membership. Full show notes here. Join the 10TTTY Connection FB group. Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on FB   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.