Best of Both Worlds Podcast

It's the traditional mid-year review! Sarah and Laura revisit their 2026 goals, and share progress as well as any revisions, since both believe it's certainly okay to leave a goal behind if it's a purposeful choice!

Categories included personal (hobbies + beyond), relationships, work, family/home, and fun.

In the Q&A a listener wonders whether Laura and Sarah listen to their own episodes!
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Today's episode opens with Sarah and Laura discussing frozen treats (yum!) and then Sarah interviews Sarah Jedd about all things academic summer. Sarah Jedd is a rhetoric professor with 5 kids (ages 5-college!) who also has an old-school blog called harrytimes.com.

In the Q&A, a listener wonders how to get the family to agree on a movie. (Or not!)
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In today's episode, Laura and Sarah open with a discussion of Father's Day, including past memories and current plans. Then, they delve into summer reading, from juicy new releases to non-fiction on trilobites.

Book Sarah mentions: The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh

In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking for tips on helping kids manage summer work - how to prevent overwhelm without having to nag?
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In today's episode, Laura and Sarah share some of their favorite tactics for productivity, from avoiding distractions to strategic multitasking.

Then, they discuss their current use cases for AI. Was this episode, in fact, AI-drafted or generated? (NO!)

In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking for tips for implementing TOAD time - Laura's acronym for Time Outside After Dinner! How do you beat the inertia especially when kids are young?
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In today’s episode, Sarah and Laura open by discussing where they think they are in the reproductive phases, and then Sarah interviews Dr. Gillian Goddard, endocrinologist and author of The Hormone Loop — about all things perimenopause in addition to other hormonal issues! Finally, the hosts answer a listener question about music lesson practice.
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