The Lazy Genius Podcast

The last in our three-part Food in a Bowl series, this week’s episode features hacks and how-to’s so you can build your best food bowls yet! Together, we will figure out the logistics of actually making food bowls a staple in your meal planning without feeling like you’re prepping literally everything always. This kind of episode is one of my favorites because we make can make life simpler but also more full . . . by filling it with things that matter, like delicious meals in a bowl.

Helpful Companion Links

• Are you signed up for the Latest Lazy Letter? June’s edition comes out next week, so don’t miss it if you’re looking for a new book to read or a podcast to listen to plus I give readers an inside look at my book writing process.
• I use Kokuho rice and a Japanese rice cooker that literally has no English words on it. If you don’t want to invest in a rice cooker, I suggest using Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything.
• Looking for my fake fancy Asian lettuce wraps recipe? Here you go.
• Yum-Yum Sauce makes every rice bowl better in my opinion. This is what we use. There’s a spicy version and regular.
• Here are five easy to customize food bowl dinner options.
• If you have questions, join me this Thursday on Instagram around 12:15 pm EST for a LIVE Q&A session.
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In part two of our Food in a Bowl series, we’re talking about flavors. There are so many ways to put together flavors because flavor options are literally endless. And that’s a little bit of why it’s hard, right? When we have so many options, it feels overwhelming and we just give up. In today’s episode, we’re going to distill flavor down a bit to help you think through how to put together your own dinner bowl.

Stuff Mentioned

• If you missed the first part in this series, listen to Food in a Bowl: Basics.
• The Flavor Bible is my most treasured book in my kitchen. I don’t say that lightly, y’all.
• Join me live on Instagram around 12:15 p.m. EST on Thursday to chat about food bowl engines and destinations.
• If Facebook is your kind of thing, we’ve got a Lazy Genius community over there. Join us and make some friends.
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This episode is the first of a three-part series about serving food in a bowl. My family’s favorite foods are served in a bowl from pasta and soup to ice cream and cereal, but this series focuses more on dinner bowls, meals that are made up of multiple components layered together, not necessarily soup. In this episode, I break down the four basic building blocks to a successful dinner bowl so you can start where you are and use the ingredients your family already likes to add food bowls to your meal plan.

Companion Links for This Episode

• The Swap is back with friends in The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle, but only until tonight (Monday, May 6th) at 11:59 p.m. EST. If you want The Swap, don’t sleep on it.
• If your preferred food in a bowl is soup, listen to The Lazy Genius Makes Soup.
• Find the five quick and easy rice and ground beef bowl options on the blog.
• Join me live on Instagram around 12:15 p.m. EST on Thursday to chat about week one of food bowls.
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Have you ever wondered how you can support The Lazy Genius Collective and this podcast? You can become a Patreon supporter, and as a thank you, you get a (really long) monthly episode of The Lazy Sisters Podcast, a show that Kendra does with her little sister, Hannah. It's fun, ridiculous, and the unedited Kendra if you were ever curious about that.

Here's a bonus episode of the most recent Lazy Sisters Podcast. If you ever want to hear more or just want to say thank you for The Lazy Genius Podcast, head to Patreon to become a supporter.

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We’re continuing our pizza conversation this week by talking about cheese, toppings, sauce, tools, and how you bake it. If last week’s episode on pizza dough didn’t convince you I’m a nerd over pizza, this one will. I’m realizing I have so much to say that I could have an entire series or even whole separate podcast on pizza. I love it so much and keep learning every time I make it. I hope the more you make it, the more you’ll learn and love it, too!

Links You May Find Helpful

• Jump over to listen to The Lazy Genius Makes Pizza (Part One) if you haven’t listened to that yet.
• If you want to take cues from my pizza sauce recipe, you can find it on the blog.
• Thinking about trying caramelized onions on your pizza? Here’s a recipe to make them in the crock pot and on the stovetop (I usually leave out the balsamic vinegar, but that’s just me).
• Since I make pizza almost every week, it’s important to me to have a pan I love. I use this cast iron pizza pan. My friend Michael believes his pizza steel is best, and my cooking sister Bri McKoy uses a pizza stone. Use whatever makes you happy.
• Having a pizza peel handy also makes pizza assembly a breeze. I use this wooden one (and store it with my cutting boards). They also make aluminum ones, so again, find what works best for you if you want to invest in one.
• And as I said last week, a bench scraper is one of the best tools to have in your kitchen. Amen.
• Bonus tip from Michael — how to make hot honey: Warm up honey in a little pan, add in chopped dried chiles, and warm that together for about 15 minutes on the stove. Then let it cool and put it back in a bottle. He drizzles that on pizzas when they come out of the oven or by the slice and swears by it.
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The only thing that comes close to Change Your Life Chicken in emails and DMs on Instagram is Pizza Fridays. Anytime I post my meal plan for #ItsMealPlanMonday and it says Pizza Friday, I get a ton of DMs asking for my favorite pizza recipe, my favorite pizza stone, my favorite sauce. . .you get the point. Well guys, I’ve done my research, compiled the facts, and now, I’m ready to share everything I know about pizza with you! This week, we’ll talk all things pizza dough. Next week, we’ll talk about sauce and toppings and cooking techniques and everything else.

Stuff Mentioned

• First things first, don’t let your pizza (or any of your food related plans) suffer from House Hunters Syndrome.
• My favorite book to learn all the pizza things from is The Elements of Pizza by Ken Forkish.
• I’ve linked my go to recipes for each dough I mention in this episode here: Neapolitan (crispy and chewy), New York (thicker and more common), Sicilian (thickest, square, and deep dish).
• Once you get to the kneading and rolling out phase, you may want to consider using a bench scraper to make clean up a breeze.
• But if you only want to add one new thing to your kitchen and you don’t have a digital scale, get yourself a digital scale. It’s really the only way to go when it comes to weighing ingredients like flour.
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Does your van look like a thrift store on wheels? Me too. And I’m okay with that because I choose to be lazy about my car. This week, I’m sharing a few quick tips that help me keep a handle on the stuff in my van, so I don’t lose my mind every time I have to go somewhere. However, if you’re looking for tips on how to keep the exterior of your car clean, keep on searching. I basically have zero to say about it other than I guess it’s good to wash it sometimes?

Stuff Mentioned

• Keep the cleaning train going and listen to the Lazy Genius Spring Cleans.
• I share more thoughts about the cleanliness of my van in Why I Don’t Care that My Van is a Mobile Thrift Store.
• To manage all the paper trapped in your car, may I suggest listening to The Lazy Genius Organizes Paper?
• Check out Atomic Habits by James Clear if you want to establish better habits like cleaning the trash out of your car.
• Sign up for The Latest Lazy Letter to get my monthly newsletter full of podcast recommendations, insider tips, and books….all the books.
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This week I’m joined by the Lazy Genius Collective mascot, Emily P. Freeman. (Kidding, but not because you can play a drinking game with how many times I talk about her on all the platforms. ) Her new book The Next Right Thing comes out tomorrow, April 2, and what better way to celebrate than to have her on the podcast?! We’re talking about making decisions and how to find peace in those decisions when we don’t have much clarity surrounding them.

Companion Links

• Follow Emily’s sister The Nester and the Internet’s resident ray of sunshine Bri McKoy on Instagram.
• Buy Emily’s new book The Next Right Thing, which comes out April 2, or pre-order it today (April 1) and get pre-order bonuses!
• The three episodes of The Next Right Thing podcast I mention at the end: Learn to Walk in the Dark, Take Off Your Crown, and Let Time Be Your Friend.
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We’re finally talking about it, y’all -- how to Lazy Genius sickness. I’m chatting about the essentials that keep us mostly sane while we’re battling it out with germs and cranky kids. And I know what I’m talking about. Our family went through it in the first couple of months of 2019 with two bouts of the stomach bug, the flu, sinus infections, a cold that wouldn’t end… it was rough. The steps I share in this episode made it far less horrible for us, and I hope they do the same for you.

Stuff Mentioned

• My favorite kids gummy vitamins and probiotic gummies.
• My Sick Kit is made up of: Clorox wipes, grocery bags, a bucket, good tissues, Zycam, and a clipboard for homework or coloring.
• Some older blog posts that you may not know about: How to Use Trello to Track Your Reading, The Lazy Genius Guide to Food Prep, and When You’re Not Excited About Having a Baby.
• Follow me on Instagram @thelazygenius. I hang out over there live every Thursday around 12:!5 pm EST.
• Sign up to receive the Latest Lazy Letter. The next one goes out next week!
• Download a transcript of this episode!

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You guys, we’ve hit 100 episodes! How fun is that?! And the only appropriate way to celebrate, in my opinion, is to deep dive into Change Your Life Chicken! I never thought a chicken recipe would be my legacy, but here we are. This recipe is a staple in my meal plan, and I talk about every step in great detail in this episode. If you’ve never made it before, this episode will make it a regular in your rotation. I’m absolutely sure of it.

Stuff Mentioned

• Follow me on Instagram where I spent most of my Internet time. You can always find me there for Meal Plan Mondays and my Instagram Lives on Thursdays.
• Find the original post on Change Your Life Chicken with all the pictures and steps included.
• My Instagram highlight of your CYLC experiences.
• My interview with The Kitchn where I talk about Change Your Life Chicken.
• Download a transcript of this episode!

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It’s finally happening, y’all. I’m telling you how to feed a crowd this week! Or at least, I’m telling you how I feed a crowd and sharing things that are must-dos for me to keep my cool when I open our front door to welcome guests. I’m also sharing four ideas for crowdpleasers that we use at our community group when we host on Sundays.

Stuff Mentioned

• Five ways to enjoy making dinner if you want people in your home for a meal, but you’re not loving the idea of cooking it all.
• Pro tip: add salad dressing to the bottom of your serving bowl if you’re serving salad at dinner. You can listen to the Lazy Genius Makes Salad here.
• When you’re building your to do list for a crowd, don’t forget to add “make a marinade.”
• Change Your Life Chicken is a great actual crowdpleaser because you can make as much or as little as you need to feed your people. Plus, it’s Whole30 and Paleo compliant. Learn how to make it here.
• If you want to grill chicken, here’s how I tackle grilling things.
• Get breakfast for dinner ideas and inspiration here. The Pioneer Woman’s Thanksgiving breakfast casserole is a good one.
• If you want to give the Greek feast a try, my favorite lazy hummus is Trader’s Joe but Smitten Kitchen’s recipe is a good one if you want to make it from scratch. I use tzatziki from Smitten Kitchen as well (just add more lemon, dill, salt, and garlic).
• This pork shoulder recipe is my ride or die. It makes great tacos or nachos.
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We’re talking fridge clean-outs this week on the podcast. This is one of those episodes we wish didn’t exist but also need very badly. We’ll spend a few minutes going over the seven steps to tackling this chore, the tools you’ll need to be successful, and a way to make it happen less often and definitely be less gross.

Helpful Links

• Don’t sleep on The Meal Plan! I’m closing the doors on it March 7th. If you want to revolutionize your meal planning game this spring, this is it!
• Here’s the Bizarro Meal Prep method I swear by when using up random ingredients left abandoned in my fridge.
• How to stock your kitchen to eliminate those straggler ingredients that never get used and tend to make a mess.
• Join me on Instagram! I’m there live every Thursday around 12:15 pm EST.
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If you’ve been feeling like you’re not making anyone happy at dinner time (including yourself), this episode is for you! I’ve been talking about Brainless Crowdpleasers for a long time around here, but this week I’m breaking the concept down to set you up for success. I’m describing how to determine what counts as a brainless crowdpleaser and just how many people you should be able to feed with one. And I’ll teach you how to build up your list of Brainless Crowdpleasers and how you stock your kitchen based on your list.

Helpful Links

• The Meal Plan is available until March 7th. Don’t sleep on this if you want to get your meal planning game in shape before Spring!
• Follow me on Instagram for Meal Plan Monday ideas, Thursday Instagram Lives, and crowd favorite series You’re Doing Great.
• Listen to The Lazy Genius Stocks the Kitchen to learn how to stock your kitchen efficiently and effectively.
• Some of my family’s Brainless Crowdpleasers: Change Your Life Chicken, Magic Instant Pot Curry Rice, and Make Your Own Hamburger Helper.
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Although this is a frequently requested topic, I get that your situation might be very different from mine and from each person listening. I hope this episode is an encouragement on how to think about your own work, whether professional or what makes you feel like a person outside of motherhood, laundry, cookings and all the things.

Helpful Links For You

• Join the Lazy Genius mailing list. Don’t sleep on this, y’all. The Meal Plan is coming back!
• Here’s a starter pack of episodes where I talk about productivity and household chores that you may find helpful: The Lazy Genius Finds the Best Way to Do Things, The Lazy Genius Cleaning Routine, The Lazy Genius Tidies the House, and The Lazy Genius and Time Management.
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In all the time I spent dreaming and planning for this podcast, I never thought I’d spend an episode talking about marinades. But here we are. My DMs blow up every time I make something with a marinade. You ask, “What’s in that liquid?” You say, “My dinners never turn out like this.” And you worry about things turning out salty. A lot. Well, today we’re talking about creating your own magical marinades that can take an average meal from “meh” to “best meal ever!”

Important Stuff

• Check out the whirlwind of a 24 hours — including receiving a shout out from Pam Beesly Halpert herself —I had on Instagram last week.
• Listen to the Lazy Genius Buys Meat for ideas and tips on buying things to slather in marinade before cooking.
• Level up your cooking skills and learn how to cook without a recipe.
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This week, we’re doing math on the podcast. Well, Freezer Math. Freezer Math will help you know how much to cook when you want to stock your freezer. Then, I share the Seven Rules of Freezer Cooking. This is serious business, y’all. So grab your calculator apps and let’s stock our freezers.

Links to Help You Out

• Every month, I share books I loved, podcast episodes you should listen to, and stuff from me that I don’t share anywhere else in a newsletter. If you’re not on the list, sign up here. The next one goes out on Wednesday.
• If you need help meal planning before you start stocking your freezer, there’s an episode for that.
• Maybe you want to start stocking your freezer by stocking up on meat. Here are my words about buying meat.
• Become a supporter of The Lazy Genius Collective on Patreon. Every month, my sister and I release a special show for Patreon supporters called The Lazy Sisters if that’s your jam.
• Follow me on Pinterest to find freezer meal recommendations that won’t overwhelm you.
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Are you afraid to go off script on a recipe? Or maybe you’re not afraid, but things never turn out just right when you riff in the kitchen. This week, I’m sharing a handful of concepts that if you understand them in concept will start to change your cooking experience tremendously. I’m not saying you’ll walk away from this episode a master chef, but your confidence and understanding of what can make you become better will definitely change.

Companion Links for this Episode:

• Download my super helpful eBook The Swap all month long to help you make a clear path through your stuff. It’s available through January 31. Have questions? Shoot me an email or send me a DM on Instagram.
• My favorite cookbooks that teach you the only skills you need to cook: Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat (there’s a new-ish Netflix show of hers by the same name) and The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg.
• Join me on Instagram on Thursday around 12:15 p.m. EST for my weekly LIVE discussion.
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This week’s topic is one of the most frequently requested topics I’ve received via Instagram DMS and emails, but I know it’s not for everyone at this point in time. If you don’t have kids or they don’t give you trouble at bedtime, feel free to skip this one. But if you do have trouble at bedtime, I go through all the details of our kids’ bedtimes and what works for us and what doesn’t.

Helpful Links

• If you don’t have a need for this episode, try listening to The Popcast with Knox and Jamie, The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman, or What Should I Read Next with Anne Bogel.
• Download my super helpful eBook The Swap all month long to help you make a clear path through your stuff.
• Routine Roundup Links: Morning Routine, Evening Routine, Skincare Routine, Exercise Routine, Cleaning Routine, etc.
• If you’re having a hard time getting your little ones to brush their teeth, try listening to Gimlet Media’s Chompers. Two-minute podcast episodes that tell jokes or short stories that are great for kids and holds their attention while they brush.
• Here’s a similar alarm clock that we use that lights up green when it’s time for the kids to wake up/leave their rooms.
• Join me on Instagram on Thursday around 12:15 p.m. EST for my weekly LIVE discussion.
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Have you ever noticed paper is like a magnet? The more you have laying around the more it attracts. In this week’s episode, I tackle the three biggest problems we have with paper and give you an inside look at how I lazy genius my paper situation at home.

Helpful Companion Links

• Download my super helpful eBook The Swap all month long to help you make a clear path through your stuff. If you have questions about The Swap, feel free to DM me on Instagram or shoot me a quick email at kendra@thelazygeniuscollective.com.
• Here’s a similar basket option to the one that contains the kids’ art that lives near the art supplies.
• Join the conversation over at The Lazy Genius Collective Facebook group.
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Goal setting can be a dangerous game. We can go overboard and try to do all the things, but when we don’t, we feel like complete failures. This week’s episode, I share three steps to help you move from goal-setting that doesn’t work to a mindset that does so that January starts feeling more exciting than terrifying.

Links You May Find Helpful:

• Listen to last year’s New Year’s episode The Lazy Genius Sets Goals and read How to Set Goals Like a Normal Person.
• Here’s Emily P. Freeman’s The Next Right Thing podcast (p.s. she’s coming out with a book by the same name in April!).
• If you feel inspired in the new year to try something new, there’s a Lazy Genius way to do that.
• Sign up for a free PDF of questions to guide your intentions each month.
• Download a transcript of this episode!

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Tomorrow marks the beginning of 2019, can you believe that?! In today’s episode, I talk about why it’s okay if you don’t have all of your goals and intentions for the year crystal clear by the time the ball drops tonight. And I offer three tips for resetting your home after the holidays in a (mostly) painless way.

Stuff Mentioned: 

Listen to last January’s The Lazy Genius Sets Goals or read How to Set Goals Like a Normal Person if you feel like you need some concrete goal-setting encouragement.

For you list makers out there, check out Emily P. Freeman’s “Make the Most Important List” on The Next Right Thing podcast.

The Nester recommends taking out everything from a room other than main furniture every now and then to let the space speak its mind and tell you what it wants to be. You can read more about decorating in the right order in her book The Cozy Minimalist Home.

Check out my ebook The Swap if you’re hoping to declutter and find a path through your stuff this year.

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A gentle, loving reminder that you matter this Christmas season. . .even if you feel overwhelmed and those family traditions you care so much about fall apart.

Helpful Companion Links

• Want to get a jump start on the new year? Listen to The Lazy Genius Sets Goals OR read How to Set Goals Like a Normal Person (or do both)
• Looking for a bit of rest even though your kids will be home from school for two weeks soon?! Listen to The Lazy Genius Creates a Holiday Sabbath
• There won’t be a new episode next Monday, Christmas Eve, but you can find me all the time on Instagram @thelazygenius
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The holidays can be tough, especially when it comes to managing our expectations when making memories. It doesn’t take much to turn our meticulously planned, yet festive holiday light display route into an awkward car ride with a crying toddler and hot chocolate that’s basically chocolate milk. This week, I’m offering three steps to help you detach your personal value from memory-making success which will help manage the holiday stress.

Helpful Links

• Sign up for my monthly newsletter roundup of all the things I’m loving.
• If you’re still feeling overwhelmed, listen to The Lazy Genius Rests if you need space in your soul and The Lazy Genius Creates a Holiday Sabbath if you need space in your schedule.
• Need a calendar overhaul? Read How to Plan Your Holiday Calendar and then embrace the ebb and flow of all the holidays by listening to The Lazy Genius Conquers Holiday Overwhelm and create those opening and closing ceremonies you’ve heard me talk about.
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I know, I know. You were probably expecting a holiday-centric episode now that it’s December, but I can’t think of a better way to prepare for the holidays than talking about something that can help make mealtime easier. Even when it’s the holidays, we need to eat regular meals and buy meat. I hope this episode helps give you a clearer path in the grocery store.

Links You May Find Helpful

• Sign up for the Lazy Genius monthly newsletter! The first edition of the monthly newsletter goes out on Wednesday, December 5th.
• Some of my family’s favorite brainless crowdpleasers that can be made meatless or can help stretch the meat you have on hand: tomato soup and grilled cheese, Indian coconut soup, noodle bowls, bare-bones chicken soup risotto, make your own hamburger helper.
• Want to look into buying meat at the farmers market? Listen to The Lazy Genius Shops at the Farmers Market.
• I’ve written many love letters to Kirkland Signature Frozen Meatballs. Maybe you will, too.
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We’ve got a short episode for you today, but don’t sleep on it, y’all. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the state of your kitchen and pantry and all of the upcoming holiday baking and cooking, this episode is for you. Give it a listen, and check out some of the other episodes I mention in the links below.

Stuff Mentioned:

• I talk about finding the best list of essentials for your pantry in The Lazy Genius Stocks the Kitchen. Spoiler alert: the best list is made up of the things you actually use instead of what the Internet says you should have on hand.
• Bizarro meal prep that changes the game (and gets stuff on its last legs out of your fridge!)
• The Lazy Genius Cooks Chicken, and so can you! Also a companion episode is The Lazy Genius Meal Plans. Get your meal planning on, y’all.
• Feeling overwhelmed at the idea of hosting a holiday party? Yep, there’s an episode for that.
• Join our Facebook community! We’d love to talk all things Lazy Genius with you there.
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When you think of the words “meal plan,” I bet you think of dinner. But lunch is just as important. This week, I’m talking about ways to find strategies and recipe ideas to make lunch not feel like such a throwaway meal. Plus, there's an exciting new community on the Internet that I think you'll love.

Companion Links

• The Wondering Years by my Internet brother and The Popcast’s own Knox McCoy
• The Monday Uniform
• Planetbox lunchboxes (my boys have this one)
• Listen to this episode if you want to hear me talk about meal matrixes
• The Tim Riggins Salad of my dreams
• The Lazy Genius Collective Facebook group
• Download a transcript of this episode

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I’m a big believer in listening to one person for different spaces, and my sister Hannah is that person for skincare. In this week’s episode, I’m sharing what I’ve learned from her over the years and a few of my favorite tried and true products.

Companion Links for this Episode:

• The Lazy Sisters Podcast
• Our honorary third sister Erin Moon is taking over while Hannah is taking care of a tiny human. Follow her on Instagram for lovely anti-basic shaming pledges and #gnomeonyourhome updates.
• I’ve rounded up all of the skincare products I use in this blog post.
• Download a transcript of this episode!

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We like to do it right. We like to feel like we’re not wasting our time. How do we seek after the best way to do something without being a slave to the process? As the holidays approach, it’s a great time to think differently about how you choose what you choose.

Helpful companion links to this episode:

• For When Systems Can’t Save - a helpful blog post when your brain gets spinny
• The Lazy Genius Does Laundry - an episode on a potential best way to do laundry
• The Nester is the one voice I listen to about my home, and her new book Cozy Minimalist Home will change everything for you.
• The entire podcast is a collection of my best way of doing many things, so scroll through the archive in your podcast app or on the site and listen to an episode that grabs your attention.
• Download the episode transcript here!

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Are you tired of keeping up with diets and food trends? Let’s reframe how we view healthy eating and listen to what our bodies are telling us it wants and needs.

Stuff Mentioned

• The Lazy Genius Loses Weight
• If you’re here for the healthy eating, I have a suspicion you might be curious about how to Lazy Genius an exercise routine
• Follow me over on Instagram @thelazygenius
• Download a transcript of this episode

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When was the last time you showed yourself some kindness? And I don’t mean in the Tom Haverford “treat yo self” kind of way. I mean showing yourself a small act of kindness that doesn’t come with qualifiers or require a certain number of checkmarks on your to do list to obtain.

Stuff Mentioned

• Be Kind to Yourself by Andrew Peterson
• The Lazy Genius Rests
• The Lazy Genius House Purge
• The Lazy Genius Creates a Holiday Sabbath
• My guiding light Emily P. Freeman who reminds me to sit down on the inside
• Download a transcript of this episode

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It’s mid-October, and I’ve already seen Christmas lights in stores. The holidays are coming, y’all! While they’re full of mostly happy things like baking cookies and seeing family and friends, the holiday season can wear you out if you don’t build in time to rest. Here’s how you can create a practice of Holiday Sabbath this season.

Stuff Mentioned:

• The Lazy Genius Conquers Holiday Overwhelm
• The Lazy Genius Holiday Game Plan
• My thoughts and opinions on rest (and how to do it like a Lazy Genius)
• Lauren Washer’s instagram post piled high in laundry
• Easy brainless crowdpleasers Change Your Life Chicken and Make Your Own Hamburger Helper to help you put dinner on the table during your holiday Sabbaths
• Download a transcript of this episode

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Are you feeling it, too? Are you feeling the itch to get rid of everything and start over? Do you want to make your home feel like fall but have too much stuff in the way? In this episode, we’re going to talk about how to purge the house like a Lazy Genius, how to see our stuff with new eyes, and how to give ourselves a break when we can’t seem to create the space we want.

Stuff Mentioned

• Do you need reinforcement for how small steps matter? How to Set Goals like a Normal Person
• #66 The Lazy Genius Yard Sale
• I wrote a long post about what kitchen tools are essential. It may help you purge your kitchen.
• Emily P. Freeman’s The Next Right Thing podcast
• John O’Donohue’s book To Bless the Space Between Us
• Nest Fest details and tickets for October 20th, and I’ll be a special guest at The Popcast Live Show that night, too.
• Download the transcript of this episode

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A couple of months ago, I asked on Instagram what you’d like me to talk about during our times together, and when someone said rest, the likes on that comment started piling up fast. Can we get better at resting? Can we set better goals and push toward resting better? In this episode, we’ll talk about how we need to look at rest differently and then figure out practical ways to actually do it in our regular life.

Stuff Mentioned:

• The Incomparable Emily P. Freeman
• My Penny and Sparrow playlist that always calms me down
• Nest Fest details and tickets for October 20th
• I’ll be a special guest at The Popcast Live Show on October 20th as well. Head over to my Instagram to see how you can win a pair of tickets
• Download a transcript of this episode

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We’ve been waiting for this one, haven’t we? We’re finally talking about meal planning! Getting dinner on the table happens most every day, and we’re still surprised it has to happen. Here are three simple steps (plus one exciting announcement) that will help you get dinnertime under control.

Stuff Mentioned:

• The Lazy Genius Stocks the Kitchen
• Salt Fat Acid Heat, this cookbook talks about the principles of creating delicious meals using, you guessed it, salt, fat, acid, and heat
• Mad Hungry, another favorite cookbook which is about feeding families with a focus on the teenagers taking over the reins.
• The Lazy Genius Meal Plan Notebook
• Download a transcript of this episode

Note: In this episode, I mentioned two levels of The Meal Plan. I decided to scrap that. We’re all VIPs, so there’s only one level!

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We’ve all seen the lists online. Lists of all the foods you should have in your kitchen so that dinner is always close at hand. But if those lists worked, you’d make more dinner more often and be less stressed about it. That’s why we’re going to talk about how to make your own list that works for your family and your lifestyle because I’m guessing a jar of roasted red peppers and grasini don’t make the cut.

Stuff Mentioned:

• The Lazy Genius Shops at Costco
• A few of my crowdpleasers: Change Your Life Chicken, Homemade Hamburger Helper, Japanese Curry Rice
• Graze, my favorite niche cookbook
• The Magic Question printable
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Do you have a creative interest you’ve been putting on the back burner? Maybe you think you don’t have time or you’re not talented enough. Here are 10 steps that will help you kick those thoughts to the curb and take a creative leap!

Stuff Mentioned:

• Hopewriters
•  Stop Collecting Gurus - The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman
• The Wondering Years - Knox McCoy
• The Popcast with Knox & Jamie - always keeping us educated on the things that entertain but do not matter
• The Lazy Genius and Self-Care
• A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman
• Download a transcript of this episode

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Tired of buying a cookbook then never cracking it open? We’re talking about why that may be and how to fix it on this week’s episode. I also offer a fail-proof method of picking out a cookbook that will serve you and your family for years to come.

Stuff Mentioned:

• How to Know if a Recipe Is Any Good
• Don’t miss My Favorite Cookbooks post that went live today
• And it’s sister post My Favorite Dessert Cookbooks
•  Download a transcript of this episode

Preorder Shannan Martin’s new book The Ministry of Ordinary Places here. Her previous book Falling Free changed my life, and I will forever recommend her beautiful words.

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Hosting a book swap is a low-key way to meet new people and get some great books in the process. In this episode, we chart the path of a book at a book swap plus talk about food, music, and everything else to have a great party.

Curious about how many friends to invite? How to set up the books? How to collect the books in the first place? We cover it all here. Enjoy listening, and if you host your own, don't forget to tag me on Instagram and use the hashtag #lazygeniusbookswap!

Stuff Mentioned:

• Want to get detailed reviews of every book I read? Join the mailing list here!
• Annie B. Jones is a favorite IG account for books, and she's a real life bookstore owner! Want a behind-the-scenes look into her life? She was on one of my favorite episodes of Simple if you want another podcast to add to your queue.
•  How to Never Run Out of Food at Your Party
• Fun music ideas for a chill book swap: Kate Rusby, Gregory Alan Isakov, and the Your Favorite Coffeehouse playlist on Spotify
• Download the transcript

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Traveling is new to me, but I never want to go anywhere but London again. What an incredible city. In this episode, I share seven regular life lessons I learned from my time in London.

If you're interested in more travel details (what I did, what I packed, and how much I hated the flight), head to the show notes.

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And here's where you can download a transcript of The Lazy Genius Goes to London.

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School is about to start, but it's still technically summer. How do we transition between seasons and schedules and stay present and all the things we hope for? Enjoy this episode about welcoming fall without aggressively leaving summer behind.

Episodes related to this one:

• The Lazy Genius Morning Routine (if you need a little routine refresher)
• The Lazy Genius Conquers Holiday Overwhelm (about opening and closing ceremonies)
• The Lazy Genius Finds a Fall Rhythm
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August feels crazy because it is crazy. We're one step into summer, one step into fall, and feel like we're going to fall over. Plus, our kids have been with us for 578 years and we need a break. In this episode, let's reset our minds and change our posture a little. It's okay for motherhood to be hard, but it doesn't have to paint the entire picture. If you're home with kids, this episode is especially for you.

Related Info to Check Out:

• #62: The Lazy Genius Summer Mindset
• #43: The Lazy Genius and Self-Care
• #38: The Lazy Genius Practices Thankfulness
• #13: The Lazy Genius Makes a Friend
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In this last episode of the summer, I share the gift of trying new things. We're often afraid of failing, but if we fail to build up our Try New Things muscle, those new things we so desperately long for will be harder to find.

Hear what I'm working on this summer, what new things have entered my life, and why this summer break is part of that. I hope you try some new things, too!

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The farmers market is a lovely place, but sometimes it can feel overwhelming. Do you haggle? Are the farmers mad when you buy from somebody else? How do you know if you like something or not? In this episode, all of your farmers market questions will be answered, and if they're not, join me on Instagram @thelazygenius to ask yours.

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Yard sales sound good in theory, but the piles of stuff, mean hagglers, and rainy mornings ruin everything. Is it possible to have a yard sale and not hate the entire process? Definitely. In this episode, you'll be set up for yard sale success from organizing your stuff, signs, haggling, pricing, and everything in between.

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What if you don't have a grill? What if you hate salad? What if your kids run purely on snack bar fries and won't eat anything you make? Let's take a super quick trip down Summer Food Tip Road. Even if you just take one tip from this, that one tip could make a huge difference. Listen in and find one that works for your life.

Companion Episodes:

• The Lazy Genius Grills
• The Lazy Genius Makes a Salad

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And check out the giant blog post with every summer tip I have!

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Sure, summer needs a routine but not quite the kind you might think. I'm not pulling a fast one; I really mean a different kind of routine. Listen in to get some new ideas.

Companion Episodes:

• The Lazy Genius Morning Routine
• The Lazy Genius Evening Routine
• The Lazy Genius Fall Rhythm

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Check out Hope*Writers! The membership window closes this week!

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We're looking at the summer as one huge batch of time, but breaking it down into categories helps. In this episode, let's look at all the ways you (and your kids) can spend your time so you don't confuse them and always feel tired.

Companion Episodes:

• The Lazy Genius Summer Strategy: Mindset
• The Lazy Genius and Self-Care
• The Lazy Genius and Time Management

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Even now in May, summer already feels overwhelming. We want to get a lot done, rest, have time alone and away from our kids, and figure out the perfect balance between structure and freedom. While that balance might not actually exist, a new mindset can certainly help you try.

In this, the first episode in a four-part series, we're going to develop a strategy for the summer, and as always around here, we begin with a little reframing. Listen in.

Stuff Mentioned In This Episode:

• Emily P. Freeman, author of four books, including Simply Tuesday that is a lovely reminder of the beauty of smallness
• John Freeman, husband to Emily and non-profit director who ran that parenting workshop I mentioned
• the episode about opening and closing ceremonies around holiday time... the concepts work for summer, too
• follow me on Instagram @thelazygenius to meet me live every Thursday around 12:15pm EST
• download a transcript of the episode if you prefer reading to listening

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We need some reframing when it comes to exercise. If you love working out, you might not find this topic necessary. If you think working out is the worst, you're probably girding your loins against the incoming guilt.

In The Lazy Genius Exercise Routine, you'll get zero guilt. In fact, I think you'll feel free to approach exercise in a way that makes sense without feeling like you have to look like an Olympian.

Stuff Mentioned In the Episode:

• The Lazy Genius Loses Weight
• The Lazy Genius Cleans the House
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We've talked about how to clean bathrooms and kitchens, how to do laundry, how to spring clean, tidy, and clean our house without hating it. Is there really more to talk about? Actually, yes.

In The Lazy Genius Cleaning Routine, we figure out how to create an actual routine, a rhythm for keeping your house relatively clean on a relatively regular basis.

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