The Lazy Genius Podcast

You guys! This show is 10 years old. This week is our tenth birthday, and I cannot believe I’ve been making this show for as long as my daughter has been alive. Today, I’m going to share some of your own memories of the show and things you’ve learned as well as my own, and we’re just going to have a big ol’ lovefest. I’m so grateful we get to celebrate 10 years!

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The Summer Playbook


 Episode #11:The Lazy Genius Shops at Aldi


Tody app


Episode #451: Permission to Not Be Great


Episode #54: The Lazy Genius Makes Soup


Episode #266: How to Lazy Genius a Summer at the Pool


Emily P. Freeman


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If your calendar feels like it's yelling at you, you're not alone. Welcome to Maycember. It's end-of-the-year energy, but in May. Instead of trying to fix your whole schedule, let's look at one week at a time.

In this episode, I'll walk you through a simple way to declutter your week that you can use now or anytime you need a breather.

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The Summer Playbook


Creature of Habit by Courtney Barnett


Pumpkin by Georgie Parker


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We have never done an episode like this before, and I’m so excited to do it today. I know an AMA isn’t like Truth or Dare at a sleepover (spoiler alert: I always picked Truth!), but it feels like that kind of fun. We’re all just eating our popcorn in cozy pants and chatting about nothing important. We’re talking about desert island snacks and how I came up with my kids’ names and how I became friends with other authors and so many more.

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The Best Granola EVER


Emily P. Freeman


Myquillyn Smith (The Nester)


Thing Thing


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Today, we’re going to talk about how to create healthy phone habits. Healthy habits are personal. What’s healthy or unhealthy for me might not be for you, so this isn’t a judgmental episode. Instead, we’re going to examine what healthy means, what parts of our phone experience need some attention, and figure out how to create some better practices that align with what matters.

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My profile on Spotify


I mentioned looking for a folder on my profile of podcast playlists, but after recording, I realized you can’t see it publicly. Here are those podcast playlists: Planning, Margin, Work, Change, Chores, Cooking, Kids, Office Hours, Summer Sanity, Holiday Sanity, Starter Pack, and Guests


Gonna Try to Run playlist


Calling for Spring playlist


Road Ready app


New York Times Cooking and New York Times Games


Merlin Bird ID app


5 Calls app


Kindle app


Libby app


Chirp app


Audible app


Book of the Month app


Aardvark Book Club app


Book Buddy app


Trello app


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We like to rerun old episodes that still feel relevant and maybe even needed during this season, so today we want to share with you Episode 210: How to Lazy Genius Kids Screentime. A lot has changed in the landscape of screen time in the last five years, but I do think this episode is still relevant.

In this episode, you’ll be reminded that there’s no singular way to do this, I’ll encourage you to use screen time to fill your own bucket, and you’ll hear a handful of ideas for House Rules you could use for kids’ screen time to make it easier in your home. Overall, it’s a deep breath of an episode and will help you feel like you’re not reinventing the wheel every day.

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Here’s the episode on chores for kids from a few years ago.


The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haid


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