The Simplified Podcast with Emily Ley

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82: Four Ways Paper Planners Improve Life (at Work + Home!) Sep 15, 2022

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It's one of our favorite weeks of the year: Launch Week! 🎉 As beautiful as our Simplified Planners and products are, we get that you may be wondering: Why use a paper planner in a digital world? We're glad you asked! Emily put on her research cap to find out—and what she discovered will absolutely floor you. Today Emily's sharing four ways that paper planners can help you streamline your life at work and at home. Because it turns out, working on paper is kind of like a superpower for your brain (because it helps your brain remember more, minimize distraction, and even enhance creativity!). And couldn't we all use these superpowers every now and again?

(PS: don't forget to find your new Simplified favorite when the new collection drops on Friday 9/16, over at emilyley.com!)

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81: Kids & Phones: What's the Right Balance? (with Sissy Goff) Sep 08, 2022

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Getting a phone is a huge step for a kid (and their parent!), and there's a lot to figure out: what's the right age to get one? How can we help them use it in a healthy way? Social media, or no? Emily's been asking these questions herself since her sixth-grader Brady got his first phone a few weeks ago. And to get some advice, she's turned to child and adolescent counselor Sissy Goff! Sissy's a favorite around here (her episode on helping kids manage anxiety in Episode 30 is one of our most downloaded episodes ever), and this week she and Emily talk about how to help kids create a healthy relationship with technology. Sissy shares a ton of great info in this episode, including: how to build healthy boundaries around phones, which apps keep kids physically safe and mentally well when using their phones, and how to soothe hurt feelings when friends have tech privileges they don't.

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Sure as the Sunrise: 100 Morning Meditations on God's Mercy and Delight

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80: Get Your Home Organized for a Season Change Sep 01, 2022

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YAY, it's almost fall! 🍂 As the weather turns cooler, it's time to put away the flip-flops and floaties and break out all the pumpkins, all the cozy sweaters, and get your home ready for colder temps ahead. Consider this your "get your life ready for fall" checklist! Emily's dishing out quick and easy tips to get your closets, kitchen, decor, outdoors and more prepped before your schedule gets packed with all the fun fall things (or, for you brave people who live where it snows, before the first flakes come down).

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79: The Magic of the Perpetual Grocery List Aug 25, 2022

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Between work and life and making sure we have enough avocados for the week, there are a lot of logistics we have to keep track of. But you know what's pretty easy to automate? Your grocery list. No, really, it's true! Today Emily's sharing her secrets on her favorite tools for automating life in the Ley house. Whether you love to grab a cart and shop in person, or if you prefer clicking Add to Cart, Emily's going to show you how to slash time and money from your grocery budget, so you can actually use that time for things you actually want to do. Because let's be honest: no one wants to spend more than two seconds thinking about if they have enough avocados for the week.

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78: During Transitions, Go Easy On Your Kids–And Yourself Aug 18, 2022

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Any shakeup to your routine—whether it's a new school year, a new job, a big promotion, a birth, a death, a surgery, a divorce, whatever—requires you to pour a lot from your well. And you know what that means? To care for yourself, you need to restore your well with some rest and a heaping dose of grace. Today Emily's talking about how to navigate seasons of change, whether you're starting middle school or a brand-new phase of your life. And she reminds us that no matter where we are, we can find belonging and even create it ourselves. Because we're all going through change, in some form or another, and there's so much strength in finding safe harbor with other people who have learned, in their own way, how to navigate the waters of change too.

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77: When It's Hard to Connect with Friends, Be Intentional (with Team Simplified's Jessa) Aug 11, 2022

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It feels like we're ramping up for the busy season again, doesn't it? When life doesn't leave a lot of margin, do you ever feel like your friendships move to the back burner? We get it. We bet you do, too. Cultivating rich friendships has been one of Emily's priorities this year—even when life gets crazy, as it always does. And today, she's talking with one of the most wise and practical people she knows to talk about how she makes time for friendship: Simplified's art director, Jessa Bray! Emily and Jessa talk about moments their friends made the biggest difference in their lives, even when they thought they could go it alone. They talk about how to show up in the big and little ways for friends, even when it's crazy busy, and even how to make peace with relationships here for a reason or a season.

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76: Nail Back-to-School Prep Like a Champ Aug 04, 2022

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Welcome to August—or, as we call it at Simplified, Fresh Start 2.0! So much of our community is in the throes of Back-to-School prep, whether you're getting littles ready for a new school year or or just getting yourself ready to get back to a routine that doesn't include ice cream for dinner three nights of the week. It takes a bit of a brain shift to get back into the swing of things, so Emily's here to take you by the hand and gently guide you into five things you might want to put on your Back-to-School prep list. From lunches and schedules to getting your kid emotionally equipped to tackle a new school year, these are doable things that'll help you get your home and heart ready for a fresh start.

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75: What Your Kid's Teacher Wishes You Knew (with Team Simplified's Taylor) Jul 28, 2022

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There's no other way to say it: teachers are heroes. They're courageous and kind, selfless and brave and wise. Can you think of a teacher who spent time with you after school so you could understand how to multiply fractions? Or listened when you had a problem with a friend and didn't know how to respond to it? Or wrote letters of recommendation when you applied for colleges? It seems like teachers can make magic out of thin air. But as we'll hear today, it's not magic—it's years of training, hard work, and a lot of creativity. Emily's talking with her sister-in-law Taylor, Team Simplified's Administrator extraordinaire who's super good at juggling, thanks the to seven years she spent as a teacher! Taylor and Emily talk about why Taylor decided to be a teacher (spoiler alert: someone very close to both Emily *and* Taylor was the inspiration!), some of the lows and highs of the job, and what she wishes all parents understood about teaching. Taylor also reveals the very doable thing any parent could do to help a teacher (we'll never think about teacher gifts the same way again!), and the most helpful way parents could get involved with their kids' education.

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74: 5 Audiobooks Perfect for a Road Trip (or laundry!) Jul 21, 2022

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Is there anything better than a good book? Nope! How about one you can pop into your ears while you drive, or go for a walk, or get stuff done around the house? Hmm, that's pretty good too! Emily's our resident Audiobook Queen, and today she's got five recommendations you've *got* to check out this summer. From royal rom-coms to killer fiction (literally!), to some instructive and poignant nonfiction, there's something here for just about everyone—even some reads the littles will love!

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73: Helping Your Kid Navigate Puberty (with Birds & Bees) Jul 14, 2022

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Do you remember when your parents talked to you about your changing body? What did that feel like for you? Was a big conversation where it happened all at once, or did it happen in small pieces scattered over your childhood? Did you feel scared and overwhelmed, or did you feel curious and . . . okay? It's a big topic to tackle, both for parents *and* kids. That's exactly why Emily invited two of our favorite guests back onto the show this week: Megan and Mary Flo of Birds & Bees! All the way back in episode two, Mary Flo and Megan shared how to talk to kids about sex with calm and confidence, and it's one of our most downloaded episodes ever. Today, they chat with Emily about how to talk to kids at any age about bodies and how they'll change someday, and how bodies differ by age and gender. They share how to coach kids to communicate boundaries when it comes to their bodies, the best ways that parents can react to kids' surprising questions, and how to start talking to kids about topics that maybe you should've tackled a while ago (and don't worry, parents: this is a no-shame zone!).

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