10 Things To Tell You

After the final episode of 10 Things To Tell You airs, you will still be able to find me talking about books and reading (my favorite topic) in these places: On my personal Instagram account: @laura.tremaine In my free email newsletter the Secret Posts In regular episodes of my SECRET STUFF Patreon This episode is an excerpt from the SECRET STUFF Patreon podcast where I share my top books of the y...

I'm sharing my 10 Most Important Takeaways of 2021, a year that was personally hard and full of change and life lessons.  On this solo episode, I talk about everything from my word of the year to moving houses to confusing health problems to spiritual insight. And at the end I'm telling you about a big decision I made regarding the future of the show.  Thanks for listening, friends. I am honored a...

10 Prompts for self-reflection or great conversation at the end of the year (any year). My third annual 10 Questions for the End of the Year episode is here and while some of it may be a little familiar, there's a lot of new thoughts in this one.  Take these 10 questions to your journal, the holiday table, or to start any great conversation with friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, or anyone at...

My real life book club is BACK with our annual conversation about the Best Books of the Year! Please welcome my friends Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith back to the show for our fourth annual Best Books of the Year episode. We talk about what our reading life looked like in 2021, and then we each share a few of the best books that we read in the last twelve months.  CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL L...

I'm working on my next book, and while I can't give you too many details yet, I would love your help on one particular aspect:  I want your unique friendship stories! This next project is all about friendship, and I'm collecting unique friendship stories that could potentially be used in the book or part of a podcast series on the same topic.  Here's what I'm looking for: Stories about a surprise...

I’m sharing four mistakes I don’t regret in my: Education Marriage Business & Body As we come to the end of another calendar year, I’m (as always) nostalgic and reflective. Here are some of the biggest choices in my life that were the “wrong” choices, but I don’t regret them. (Okay, one of them I do regret.) At the end of the episode, we hear listener voices chiming in with some of their bigge...

Have you ever had the thoughts: I don’t have enough time Time is passing me by I’m wasting too much time If this is something that really affects your mood, your schedule, and you're full of frazzle, overwhelm, or a continuing existential crisis, then you may have Time Anxiety. (Not an official thing - just a name I gave to something that affects me regularly.) In this episode, I’m sharing about m...

I hope that you hear exactly what you need to in this episode.  FULL SHOW NOTES HERE My book: Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. Join the Secret Stuff Patreon If your book club read Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. , sign up here to request a zoom drop-in appearance SPONSORS: Skillshare . Go to Skillshare.com/YOU for one month of free premium membership. Prose . Go to Prose.com/YOU for 15% off your...

We're in the home stretch of 2021 and plans for 2022 are starting to take shape. So I am so excited to welcome Sarah Hart-Unger to the show to talk about planning (rituals, philosophies, and more) and planning tools (paper planners, apps, and books).  Planning and productivity is a side hobby of mine, but Sarah Hart-Unger is much more of an expert. She's a doctor, a mom, a blogger, and has not one...

Well this episode is a bit of a departure.  One of the strangest things about our life in Hollywood (and there are many, many strange things) is our enormous fish tank. Every time I share a little bit about our fish tank on social media, I get flooded with questions that I mostly can't answer.  So I finally recorded a conversation with someone who could! Nic Tiemens is the co-founder of Infinity A...

My annual social media challenge #OneDayHH will take place on Tuesday, November 9th 2021.  This short, informative episode will explain a little more about what #OneDayHH is, how it works, and why it's so meaningful.  #OneDayHH stands for One Day Hour by Hour, and that's what we do: document ONE DAY in our life, hour by hour. Sharing the things that don't usually get shared, like routines and spac...

This episode is for anyone who misses being a student.  I have a running list of classic novels that I want to re-read as an adult or read for the first time because I missed them in high school English class.  And so once a year or so, I force myself to pick up those novels that end up on All Time Best lists like this one . Or this one . Or even this one .  If you have the same literary burden, t...

It's the last Favorite Things episode of the year! I'm sharing some real biggies for my life right now, but we also have listener voices chiming in with their Favorites of 2021.  My list includes a new pair of jeans that made me feel great , two documentaries I can't stop thinking about, and some personal choices around my home and kids.  FULL SHOW NOTES HERE. Sponsors: Olive & June . Go to Ol...

Well this MONSTER of an episode is brought to you by my inability to pick and choose among the great questions I got for this session of Ask Me Anything.  I'm sharing stuff about our new house, reading nonfiction, kids & tech, purposeful "no's", how I've changed, and vulnerability hangovers.  (I might have a vulnerability hangover after this episode!) Thank you to all who sent in such question...

Fall schedules are SO full around here, and this time of year our family can easily go weeks without a meaningful conversation.  I've created 10 Questions To Ask Your Kids that you can pick and choose, modify for your family dynamics, or toss up one at a time over a week or so in order to spark great conversations between kids and adults.  These questions work for all ages (as long as the child ca...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month , and I have long wanted to have this conversation with my friend, stylist, and breast cancer survivor Bethany Winters .  Content Warning: Bethany speaks candidly about her experience in this episode. Please take care while listening.  In 2016, at age 47, Bethany Winters was diagnosed with Grade 3 Stage IIB Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. What followed was a yea...

My health, hormones, and heart have been on a swinging pendulum and this fall I'm on a mission to get centered. We can't control everything that's happening in the world, but we can pay attention to our bodies and our homes and our rituals to create the best space for us to thrive.  I'm sharing 3 (small-ish) changes I've been making to navigate the logistics and emotions of the last year.  1. Less...

This episode is for anyone seeking a life change.  We cannot, of course, plan for many of the plot twists that life throws our way. Breakups, pregnancies, a PANDEMIC...there are many major life moments that can catch us totally by surprise.  But what if we WANT to shake things up? What if we're seeking a new direction in our story?  This conversation with Roxy Stone and Katelyn Beaty from the Save...

This episode is for anyone who needs a little style boost this fall. Okay, so it's been 18+ months of sweatpants and work-from-home pajamas and I'm over it. I want to feel cute in my clothes again. But I'm not totally sure where to start. My body has changed, my style has changed, my wardrobe needs have changed. Thank goodness for Alison Lumbatis , CEO of Get Your Pretty On and author of the new b...

This episode is for anyone overwhelmed with all their STUFF.  But rest assured, this isn't just another minimalist approach to your home. It's not even a get-rid-of-everything attitude. Allie Casazza has such a relatable story about the drowning days of early motherhood and how it led her to an AHA moment about all her STUFF. Eventually she created the online movement - and now book - Declutter Li...

Kicking off Self-Improvement September with writer, podcaster, and speaker Andrea Owen , author of the new book Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength .  Andrea's backstory of hitting rock bottom while also people pleasing and "powering through" was something I could relate to,  and the tips she gives in this new book were definitely something I needed to hear right now. Learn more...

This summer I read NINE books that I gave a 5-star rating. NINE. This is unheard of, to read such incredible books all in the same couple of months. But now I'm so excited to share them with you! Join SECRET STUFF , where you'll get access to: My list of Meh Bestsellers to Skip Stephen King Summer book club recaps Fall nonfiction book club Personal updates I don't share anywhere else List of books...

Content warning: Child loss and suicide  This episode is one of the most tender and important I’ve ever shared on this show, and I am just so deeply grateful to Amy Ortloff for having this conversation with me and letting me make it public.  In 2017, Amy Ortloff lost her middle child Ryan to suicide. Ryan was just 17 years old. Less than a week after his death, Amy took to her personal Facebook pa...

I'm so happy to welcome fellow debut author Sarah Bragg to the show! Sarah's book A Mother's Guide to Raising Herself: What Parenting Taught Me About Life, Faith, and Myself is out this week. We have a great conversation about permission in motherhood and finding our voices.  Find out more about Sarah Bragg Follow Sarah Bragg on IG Buy Sarah's book A Mother's Guide to Raising Herself * Thanks for...

Making a Favorite Things list is an act of gratitude.  And I remind you of this every 10 episodes of 10 Things To Tell You by listing 10 of my favorite things that are always all over the map: gifts, books, beauty products, philosophies, whatever I'm using or loving or thinking about right now.  And I want YOU to take a few minutes this week and think about 10 things that are bringing your joy. An...