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You Could Do More and You Know It Aug 13, 2026

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Who cares? Not you…because you assume someone else will care.

📚 Book mentioned: Fair Play by Eve Rodsky

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Have You Tried An Audit? Aug 12, 2026

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It can be revealing, when you put it all down on paper. Whether it’s looking at your monthly spending or your daily eating habits, sometimes you don’t know until you see it all recorded.

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This is Costing You Aug 11, 2026

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Sure, more money is better than less…but only to a point, only within reasonable boundaries.

Full episode with Ron Chernow: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube

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You Can Have Conditions Aug 10, 2026

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Our job is to support our kids, to root for them, to let them become who they are. But that’s not a blank check.

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Your Kids Might Be the Key to Your Creativity | Austin Kleon Aug 08, 2026

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Kids approach creativity with a freedom most adults have forgotten. In this episode, Ryan talks with bestselling author Austin Kleon about why having children can enrich your creative life, finding time for creative work, and why parenting and creativity do not have to compete with each other.

Austin Kleon is a writer, author, artist, speaker, and blogger. He is most known for his New York Times bestselling books Steal Like An Artist:10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, Show Your Work!, Keep Going, Steal Like An Artist Journal, Newspaper Blackout, and now his new book: Don’t Call It Art: 10 Ways To Create Like A Kid Again

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You can follow his work at austinkleon.com, Instagram @austinkleon, and Twitter @austinkleon.

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Carry Them With You Like This Aug 07, 2026

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While we don’t have our families as much as we like, as inevitable as partings are, as constant as the missing is, we do get to carry them with us

🎶 Song lyrics: New Order T-Shirt - The National

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Even This, You’ll Miss Aug 06, 2026

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Right now, you have them. That does not last forever.

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Show Them What They’re Learning Aug 05, 2026

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Our kids don’t always need another lecture. They don’t always need us to explain it one more time. They need us to help them see it.

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Are You Doing This Enough? Aug 04, 2026

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Where could you be more affectionate and connected and loving? And more importantly, what do you think it would change if you did?

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This Is What They Love About Them Aug 03, 2026

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You don’t have to spoil your kids, but as we’ve said, you can and must take them seriously.

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