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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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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.

    Raising Financial Grown-ups with Bobbi Rebell EP 350

    Raising Financial Grown-ups with Bobbi Rebell EP 350

    In today's episode, Laura and Sarah discuss when they themselves became "financial grownups" and then expert guest Bobbi Rebell joins Laura to share ways we can encourage a mature approach to money matters even from a young age. In the Q&A, a listener wonders how Laura and Sarah keep track of their calendars without relying on a digital system (like Google or Apple Calendar).
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    • 47 min
    Memory-Keeping, Traditions, and Celebrations! EP 349

    Memory-Keeping, Traditions, and Celebrations! EP 349

    Today's episode is dedicated to celebrating and preserving the moments that make up our lives, from the cutest baby phases to big milestones -- all of these things enrich our lives and have the power to turn the fleeting present moment into a deeper and more lasting experience. Laura and Sarah talk about the ways they preserve family (and personal) memories, and discuss the value and role of celebrations and traditions in their own families.In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking for fresh date night ideas!
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    • 36 min
    Slow Productivity & More with Cal Newport EP 348

    Slow Productivity & More with Cal Newport EP 348

    Laura and Sarah welcome Cal Newport to Best of Both Worlds to chat all things slow productivity and how Cal's stage of parenting influenced a lot of his current thinking around productivity, pacing, and getting things done.

    In the intro, Sarah and Laura discuss their own planning habits going back to childhood, and in the Q&A a listener writes in asking about how Laura and Sarah read blogs - do they browse through individual urls, or is there another way?Cal Newport's book Slow Productivity released in March 2024 and is available wherever books are sold.Sarah's recommended feed reader: Feedly
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    • 43 min
    Spring Mailbag! Kid bedtimes, household chores, 'split shift' childcare, and more EP 347

    Spring Mailbag! Kid bedtimes, household chores, 'split shift' childcare, and more EP 347

    Today's episode features a fresh crop of mailbag questions! Topics include:


    split shift childcare
    handling the daily household chores with young kids
    different formats for kid activities
    how has work / productivity changed since COVID
    thoughts on digital calendar frames
    retirement plans?
    dealing with kids that have disparate sleep needs
    how to handle the tension between wanting to stay up with teens and having your own morning routine
    the next 5 years of BOBW!

    Thank you to all for submitting questions - keep them coming! You can always find contact info on our websites, theshubox.com and lauravanderkam.com
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    • 37 min
    The Art of Endings with Emily P. Freeman EP 346

    The Art of Endings with Emily P. Freeman EP 346

    In today's episode, Laura chats with author Emily P. Freeman about endings, and in particular determining how and when to leave a situation that no longer fits.Emily's new March 2024 release is How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away, available wherever books are sold.In the Q&A, Sarah and Laura discuss their experiences in coming back from recent injuries.
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    • 35 min
    Getting to Know LV/SHU: A Fun Facts Episode EP 345

    Getting to Know LV/SHU: A Fun Facts Episode EP 345

    This episode is a departure from the usual topics + format, and is a chance to get to know Laura and Sarah just a little bit better as they share some very random things about themselves that (generally) have not been discussed on the podcast! From physical characteristics (flexibility + left-handedness) to Meyers-Briggs types to ideal superpower and much more - this is a fun conversational chat, recorded live together in Florida.
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    • 38 min

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