The Girl Next Door Podcast

Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content. Kelsey is in the hot seat today as Erica interviews her about practicing sustainability at home. Along the way we have a nostalgic moment with Ferngully, offer lots of practical tips, and give you permission to do your best. Just for Friends of the Show , Kelsey shares the unsustainable things she sees people doing that...

This fall, Kelsey is offering Everyday Habits, Rituals, and Routines , a workshop to bring more intention to your days. Hear more about it in this episode from her RISING*SHINING podcast. Register for Everyday Habits, Rituals, and Routines Read more about the workshop . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're bringing you the third episode in our Everyday Home Series. We're inviting you into our homes and chatting about how we actually live in them. From where we do most of our living to where we eat, and where we keep those random household necessities. Plus, some desert-specific ways we live in our homes. See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com Become a Friend of the S...

Continuing our Everyday Home Series, we chat about our best affordable home decor tips. We share the best home updates you can make for under $100 and our favorite affordable brands. Plus where we save money on decor versus where we've found it's worth spending a bit more. See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bo...

Welcome to our summer Everyday Home series! Today we're chatting about creating a home that you love to live in and that works for your family. Stay tuned for our next episodes on affordable home design and how we actual live in our homes. See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnext...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Join us for an evening routines choose-your-own adventure! Down one path you'll find orderly calm, and down the other it's boisterous bordering on chaotic. Do not take detours for shower complaints nor a pre-bedtime cheese stick. Beware your husband's toothbrush in the dark! But do get as specific and quirky as you would like when it comes...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com We all have our superpowers and one of Erica's is setting and encouraging boundaries. Get ready for some big sister energy from the Queen of Boundaries herself as we explore why and how we set boundaries. We hope you'll feel empowered to set and hold any boundaries that you need in...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Today we're inventing the wheel as we drive, or at least that's how it can feel when it comes to kids and screen time. This is a topic we're revisiting so we share what devices and screen privileges our kids have now, what we've changed our minds about, and our best parenting advice for kids and screens. See full show notes on our website:...

See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoor We love to get your emails: higirlsnextdoor@gmail.com Your reviews on Apple Podcasts of where ever you listen really help the show – thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roll out your sleeping bag or hook up your RV, we’re going camping! We share our best advice for tent and RV camping including how to get started, what to eat, and our best tips and hacks. We’ll see you in the woods! See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoor We love to get you...

See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoor We love to get your emails: higirlsnextdoor@gmail.com Your reviews on Apple Podcasts of where ever you listen really help the show – thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community and get bonus content Join us for the plant talk fun, and stay for the plant therapy you need. We share our plant triumphs, our shame, and our best tips. Along the way we ponder the instant death of succulents, phallic blooms, and the superiority of yucca fries. We also dream about our old lady gardening goals and need you to weigh in on a...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Let's take a collective deep breath and have a conversation about how we're navigating this election season. We give our most optimistic pitch for why we think everyone should care about politics and vote, and chat about how we're taking care of ourselves through the election. Plus, how to have conversations when we disagree. Friends of the...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Looking for a great book this spring? We have some suggestions! We're sharing what books we've read lately, what's next in our TBR queues, and the books our kids have loved recently. Plus, we talk about what else we've been listening to, and each recount a recent memorable reading moment. For Friends of the Show on Patreon we're talking abo...

We have passionate feelings about keeping our nails painted, but bare nails are also welcome in this episode! We chat about how we paint our nails and why, what colors we go for and avoid, and share funny nail painting stories. Along the way we try to avoid lava rocks and being naked and scratchy. Also, please don't look too closely at our toes! See show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.c...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Every family deals with hard stuff, from the everyday to the serious. Today we continue our conversation about family culture talking about how we deal with hard stuff in our families. Along the way we remind ourselves to think, "I knew you'd do that," and that kids most definitely can smell fear. On Patreon, we're talking about what we mos...

Today we're diving into how we create family culture with quality time. We talk about what quality time looks like in our families currently and what it doesn't look like. For Friends of the Show, we're chatting over on Patreon about quality time with our spouses. Mentioned on the show: This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained Kelsey wrote a blog post about taking a day off Become a Friend of...

Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content every episode. We're wrapping up our organizing series by talking about how we manage kid stuff. We talk about clothes, books, and toys as well as school things and extracurricular gear. Plus we share our tips for decluttering kid stuff if it's driving you bananas. We've also freshened up some parts of our show after 10...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Let's keep talking about organizing! This week we're diving into four categories of stuff cycles: food, laundry, paper, and our cars (where stuff is constantly cycling through). We share what works for us and where our challenges are. Along the way you'll meet the Laundry Captain and Car Lieutenant plus your mind will be blown when we show...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community We're kicking off a three-part organizing series so come on in! Today we're chatting current organization wins and fails, little changes that have made a big difference, and each revealing our Monica closet. Along the way we ponder the aggression of fitted sheets and why everyone should try to add a Command hook to their life. Mentioned on...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Join us as we officially welcome 2024! We share what's on the horizon for each of us in 2024, our one-word intentions for the year, and our goals across all areas of our lives. Plus we get a little woo woo and pull animal spirit cards to see which spirits are guiding us this year. And, as always, we leave messages for our future selves to h...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community New year, new grievances! We're kicking off the year with a laugh by sharing another round-up of annoying things. Think of this as our annual "airing of the grievances" to clear the air before we embark on our lofty goals. From mismatched socks to scary sinks and crumby counters, laugh and nod along as we share some very annoying things. Me...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community It's our last episode of 2023! We reflect on our intentions for the year – abundance and tend – after remembering what they actually were. We share our "bests" of 2023 and what made us laugh, cry, curse, and think. Thank you so much for listening along this year and being part of the conversation. We are wishing you a peaceful end to 2023 a...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community We're wrapping up this year's Holiday Home series with an episode all about practicing a kindness mindset this season. We share what makes us feel grinchy and how we can make our way back to kindness amidst holiday stress. Plus we talk about specific ways we show kindness to people in our lives and community this time of year. Along the way...

Become a Friend of the Show! – join our Patreon community Get cozy and join us as we share our holiday favorites! Plus a pine-scented candle sniff test and review, and a favorites lightening round. Mentioned on the show: Our episode Everyday and Divine Feminism Klaus 8-Bit Christmas Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year In A Holidaze Amazing Peace When Santa Was A Baby The Nutcracker of Harlem Chris...