The Lazy Genius Podcast

You might be itching to get into your carefully planned summer routines, or maybe you know you want some but haven’t thought about what they are yet. Regardless of where you are, you want your routines to work! You want them to stick and do what they’re supposed to do! Today, I want to share with you the 5 steps to get to a routine that actually works.   Helpful Companion Links Here’s a Routines &...

Because of our wonky expectations about this supposedly magical season, we all have unmet expectations. There will be times when you don’t deal with them super well. So in today’s episode, let’s figure out how to not bummer our summer.   Helpful Companion Links Find the complete list of episodes mentioned in this episode here. Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The L...

Today is a very exciting episode, the first of its kind and hopefully not the last! One of my favorite things about this job is helping you all Lazy Genius your problems. It is always the most fun, the most gratifying, the most connective thing. So we’re going to bring that to the podcast in an Office Hours episode!   Helpful Companion Links Find me on Instagram @thelazygenius and here’s the origi...

My family of five went to Disney World for the first time in February of 2023, and I’m sharing the 13 things I’m glad we did and the four things we could’ve done without.   Helpful Companion Links Go Now Travel Company Disney Instagram highlight Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! Download a transcript of this episode.  ...

We are entering summer, at least in the northern hemisphere, and it might be worth thinking about the sun and your face. This episode is part skincare, part makeup, part pep talk.   Helpful Companion Links EltaMD Facial Sunscreen (Amazon) Black Girl Sunscreen (Ulta) Unseen Sunscreen by Supergoop (Ulta) Watermelon Glow Ultra Fine Mist (Sephora) May Lindstrom’s Blue Cocoon Farmacy’s Daily Greens moi...

Once May hits, it already feels like August is right around the corner. Time is weird, right? Everyone likely feels the urgency of the season in different ways. Instead of drowning in the overwhelm of this giant, approaching season, let’s make it smaller by asking a handful of questions where just one could adjust your thinking in a helpful way.   Helpful Companion Links The Summer Docket is avail...

This week marks the one year anniversary of the release of my second book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen, and today I want to celebrate that by sharing my favorite chapter with you. It’s the beginning of the whole kit and caboodle which is why I love it. It sets the stage for what matters about your kitchen and why not naming that causes problems.   Helpful Companion Links The Lazy Genius Kitchen // Buy...

Today is a very special bonus episode where I get to talk to one of my favorite bands in the whole world, Joseph. They have a new album releasing tomorrow, April 28, called The Sun. It is an album full of honesty, compassion, joy, and it also just sounds rad. Today, I talk with the sisters about what it’s like being sisters who also make music together, what you can do to help develop healthy rela...

This special episode is presented by KFC. KFC chicken nuggets have made their debut and they truly are the perfect chicken nugget. Each one is hand-breaded with KFC’s Original Recipe and absolutely packed with flavor. So basically what I’m saying is...KFC took all the magic that is a bucket of chicken and packed it into one small but equally amazing chicken nugget. And since KFC chicken nuggets ar...

One of the most beautiful things about being a Lazy Genius is that you can Lazy Genius literally anything. Some of those solutions are linear, but frustratingly, a lot of them are not. There isn’t always a straight line from a problem to a solution. Or is there? Today’s episode is as close as we’re going to get, and we’re going to get really really close.   Helpful Companion Links The Instagram vi...

Let's continue the conversation with friendship expert, Laura Tremaine! In this episode, she shares the rest of her list of 10 ways to start small in friendship, and there are so many things I wrote down like I was highlighting the conversation. You will get so much encouragement out of this episode that I think will translate to your actual life. And lucky for you, her book, The Life Council, doe...

Friendship is one of the most highly requested topics, and for good reason. No one can survive without a friend. For the next two weeks, I have my favorite friendship expert Laura Tremaine joining us to talk about how we can see our friendships in a whole new way. Less pressure, more permission, and a lot more connection. Helpful Companion Links Get Laura’s new book The Life Council (out April 4)...

Why “more helpful”? Because I think that most spring cleaning information I run across is not helpful, at least not how I need it to be. So today, we’re going to do what we often do: we’re going to tackle both perspective and practicality.   Helpful Companion Links How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis (I say KC Price in the episode, but it’s KC Davis!) Episode #298: How to Keep Up with Hou...

Is there a way to compassionately experience stressful situations? There actually is, and author and licensed trauma therapist, Aundi Kolber, is on the show today to talk about how. Learn about the flow of strength (a mind-blowing concept), the difference between triggers and glimmers, and how honoring your body's pace is just as important as the healing itself. Aundi's first time with us was one...

Being a person is tough. We all know this. Part of what I love about this job is offering encouragement and tools, not just to take the edge off, but to enjoy being a person and living your life in a way that’s meaningful and matters to you. So let’s talk about what we need to have more fun.   Helpful Companion Links The Power of Fun by Catherine Price  Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee The Art of Gathe...

Ali Slagle is a food writer for The New York Times, the author of one of my favorite cookbooks, and an all-around delight. She’s here today to put some words to the never-ending chore of dinner and give us a fresh perspective on how to find and use low-effort, high-reward recipes. Helpful Companion Links I Dream of Dinner (so you don’t have to) by Ali Slagle The New York Times food Instagram where...

Let’s take a minute to validate the complexity that is caregiving. It’s loving and fulfilling and something we’re probably honored to do. Most often, we’re caring for people we deeply love, who are desperately important to us, and when pressed, we’d likely say it’s an honor and privilege to care for that person or people. But caregiving is also constant and often draining. It takes so much energy...

I get asked often where someone should start with the podcast since there are over 300 episodes now, and I always point them to that episode 200. But we have made some really great episodes in the last 100 episodes, so this is part two of that.   Helpful Companion Links Episode #200: The Lazy Genius Starter Kit Episode #238 - How to Get Stuff Done When You Don’t Feel Like It Episode #257 - The Laz...

Editor’s Note: This episode was slated to be a bonus episode, but then Team LG was struck with the stomach bug. Thanks for your understanding of this editorial change. We are about to enter March Madness, and I know a lot of you want to sort of be involved and understand what actually happens in basketball. I did an episode like this for football a couple of years ago, and it was so fun for me bec...

This episode isn’t about how to kindly change your body. It’s about kindly navigating the fact that your body is changing. Those are two very different things. Our bodies are present with us at all times, and yet we often have such strange, sometimes even contentious, relationships with them. I want to relax that tension today in how we talk about changing bodies because my guess is you’re already...

Are you feeling “rut energy” around the table? Maybe you’re already tired of soup. Maybe you had January goals to cook more at home or try new things, and you haven’t experienced that the way you hoped. Maybe you’re having to tighten your budget after the holidays and don’t have as much to spend on groceries, not to mention that the price of them is going up. I would like us to put a positive spin...

We do these episodes about once a quarter for two reasons. One, it’s a wonderful practice that I want to remind you of as often as possible. And two, because our seasons of life change, so do the things that save them. It’s really important to me that we pay attention to seasonal practices so that we get off that train of a linear life that goes from start to finish. That’s not how life works, so...

It’s easy to feel behind in our homes, like everything is at best a sneeze from falling apart. So today, we’re going to talk about how to choose the household habits that matter to you and how you might keep up with actually doing them.   Helpful Companion Links Recent episodes on habits: #297 - 5 Steps for More Ease at Work and #296 - How to Lazy Genius Your Habits Seasonal Home Maintenance Check...

Kendra is joined by her little sister Hannah to answer your questions, many of which are about how to foster connected relationships between siblings. The sisters also talk about their current favorite things, including a Kindle accessory that could revolutionize the world. Helpful Companion Links Billy Summers by Stephen King The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Solace House by Joy Ellis (narrated b...

I believe that people can feel more at ease at work no matter what work it is you do. In part one, we’re going to walk through how to do that, and in part two, we’ll apply those principles to a real life example to show you how the steps can work. So let’s jump in!   Helpful Companion Links Episode #296: How to Lazy Genius Your Habits Episode #177: The Lazy Genius Plans a Day Sign up for the Lates...