Best of Both Worlds Podcast

Welcome, Sarah Powers, host on "The Mom Hour". We share routines, tips & hacks. Sponsors: Honeybook is an online business management tool that organizes your client communications, bookings, contracts, and invoices -- all in one place!  Get 50% off your first year at TryHoneyBook.com/BESTOF LOLA is a female-founded company offering a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, liners, and all-natura...

Our guest today is Masha Saunders, a manager at a Big 4 accounting firm. She shares how it works with a toddler AND a partner that works overseas. Our Q&A centers on a listener with a partner who is working extremely long hours trying to climb a career ladder. Sponsors Better Help: Best of Both Worlds Podcast listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof. Get started at bett...

It's the 4th quarter and solidly into the 4th quintile, so it's time for a goals update! In Q&A, we answer a listener's question on goals for a long maternity leave. Episode Sponsors: Varsity Tutors, an effective and convenient tutoring service. Get $250 off your initial tutoring package with offer code BESTOF. Better Help, a convenient online counseling resource. Best of Both Worlds Podcast l...

It's fall - time for lots of cozy soups & stews at the family dinner table! But if you're like us, you're not interested in standing over a pot and chopping for ingredients for hours each weeknight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we announced on last week's very exciting episode, Laura is pregnant with baby #5! In this episode, we dive into all things pregnancy and baby, with plans & updates from Laura's journey. Tune in to learn about how she handled the 'reveal' with her 4 big kids and their reactions! We also share your advice about the new favorite baby products out. It's amazing how fast things change. In Q&amp...

A fun episode with an important announcement. The featured guest is Calee Lee, president, and creator of Xist Publishing, a publishing company focused on digital children's books.  Calee tells us her story of how she created and grew her company. In Q&A, we answer a question about chores -- are there any consequences of outsourcing in terms of how it prepares our kids to survive in the real wo...

Laura and Sarah bring some financial talk with finance expert Jean Chatzky! In Q&A, we answer a listener question related to ethical spending and philanthropy. Varsity Tutors is a service that helps you bring expert tutoring help to your home via a digital platform.  Get $250 off of your initial purchase of a tutoring package with offer code BESTOF. Better Help, a convenient online counseling...

Laura and Sarah reminisce about their pre-college days and the admissions process. Our guest is author and expert Lisa Heffernan, who just released a book, Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults. In Q&A, we answer a question related to daycare costs. Lola - visit mylola.com and enter discount code Bestof for 40% off your first order! Bet...

We open with a discussion of kids and independence. Myleen Leary is a professor and shares her journey as a single parent and academic who made the choice to adopt two toddlers from abroad. In Q&A, we tackle a planning question. Better Help is an online counseling resource. Listeners get 10% off your first month with code bestof. Get started at betterhelp.com/bestof! Hello Fresh is a meal kit...

Happy 2nd birthday to BOBW!  Today's episode is a celebratory one, as the podcast achieves this exciting milestone and most likely is nearing the 1-million-download mark.  Laura and Sarah tell the story of how the podcast came to fruition and then go into a behind-the-scenes look on how the show gets made, from brainstorming to "pod prep: to post-episode processing.  Learn more about your ad choic...

This episode features favorite tips from Laura, Sarah, and a slew of great advice from listeners & readers! In the Q&A, we answer a listener question about transitioning from an hourly to an 'exempt' position. Sponsors are MM Lafleur and LinkedIn Jobs. Offer codes: Get $25 off your first order from mmlafleur with URL mmlafleur.com/bestof and code "BEST OF". Get $50 off your first job post...

Sarah discusses the challenge of finding alternative childcare. Sarah and Laura welcome guest Helen Dayen, a finance professional who has pivoted into executive coaching. In Q&A, a listener writes in asking on ways to handle transitions during the workday. Episode sponsors MM LaFleur and Circle. For $25 off of your first MM LaFleur order, go to mmlafleur.com/bestof and enter code "bestof" at c...

Sarah covers the family's summer trip. Laura and Sarah explore ways to fit in health, exercise, sleep, healthy eating, and mental health. In the Q&A, a listener question on ramping up her career. Sponsors: Door Dash - an online food delivery platform working with over 300,000 stores. For $5 off your first order, enter code Best Of at checkout MM LaFleur - a clothing company with beautiful clas...

In this episode, Laura and Sarah are thrilled to welcome organizing and time management expert Julie Morganstern! She delves into organizing time vs space, and then we discuss all things parenting. In this special edition Q&A, we pose listener questions to Julie! Sponsor notes/codes: LinkedIn: To get $50 off your first LinkedIn Jobs post, visit linkedin.com/bestof MM LaFleur: To get $25 your f...

Laura and Sarah review their own childcare arrangements and the delve into one option that listeners have asked about for quite some time - au pairs! In the Q&A, we address a listener eager to revamp her planning methods for the next academic year.   Episode sponsors are Better Help and Circle.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

Laura and Sarah take a deep dive into their summer goals with a mid-summer check-in. Then, both hosts discuss routines -- those that work, those that don't, and those that they want to spend more time thinking about.  In the Q&A, we address a listener question on sleep troubles in young kids while traveling. Episode Sponsors are Better Help and Door Dash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Laura and Sarah open by chatting about summer and debating whether they consider themselves 'nice'. Our guest, Fran Hauser, is a successful media executive and is now succeeding as a startup investor and author. Today's episode sponsor is LOLA, a female-founded company that offers a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, and other feminine care products conveniently delivered to your door via subsc...

Laura and Sarah celebrate turning 100. Then, guest Andrea Walter joins in to tell her family's fascinating story of adoptive parenting. We also get a classic Day In the Life from this clinical pharmacist. In Q&A, we answer a question about last names and marriage - to change or not to change? Our episode sponsor today is Circle, a device and app to help you regulate and monitor screen time in...

The challenges of big kids vs little ones & In the Q&A, a listener question about adding a third kid to the family? Episode Sponsors: Better Help, a convenient online counseling resource. Best of Both Worlds Podcast listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code bestof at betterhelp.com/bestof! Hello Fresh is a meal kit delivery service that can be fun, convenient, and delicious...

We bring you a multitude of FRUGAL parenting tips and a listener question about MOM GUILT. Sponsored by: Better Help, an online counseling resource. Get help at your own pace and on your own time.  Better Health offers licensed professional counselors who treat depression, anxiety, stress, family conflicts, sleep issues, and grief management.  All sessions are confidential, with 3000 US licensed t...

Laura and Sarah discuss their latest favorite podcasts and are then joined by Emily Oster, a Ph. D. in economics and a professor at Brown University.  She is the author of recent release Crib Sheets: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, and she was inspired to dig deep into the data on how we parent when she first became a mother herself.  She and her husband now have 2 children....

Back by popular demand, Laura and Sarah revisit... well, many superficial things!  From diet and fitness to (ahem) cosmetic enhancements, we discuss our favorites and go off on a few tangents.  In the Q&A, we answer a question submitted by a "paper-geek with to-do lists, a posted weekly menu plan, paper wall calendar for the family, and personal day planner" who admits that even she gets plann...

Tiffany Dufu is the author of Drop the Ball, a book about eliminating excess and focusing on what matters so that women, in particular, can pursue their biggest dreams.  She has since created and is now leading her own business dedicated to helping women find their "Cru" -- think of a diverse and supportive network of local peers.  She is an inspiring and passionate speaker and her love of the wee...

In this episode, Laura & Sarah share their thoughts on the recent viral facebook rant from a working mother with 3 kids, in which she ended with "I don't know about you, but I'm ready to lean OUT." There may be a rant-induced rant in here somewhere! We also talk about work updates, some minor changes to the podcast, and answer a question from a listener who is a self-described "Type A perfecti...

This episode features Katherine Goldstein, host of The Double Shift, a podcast about the lives of mothers.  Learn about how she got into the podcasting business, and how we all feel like there continue to be gaps (and opportunities) in the podcasting sphere when it comes to working motherhood.  She shares with us her experiences as a relatively new parent finding her groove (her child is now 3), a...