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Latest Episodes:

Making Home Work For You (with Maggie York) Jan 12, 2022

Today's guest of You Know How to Live is Maggie York!

Maggie York is so many wonderful things- she’s an interior designer, she’s a social media influencer, she’s a former client and a current close friend, she’s a mom of four, she’s a midwest gal, she’s a farmer’s wife, she’s a force of inspiration. I am so so excited for you to get to know her and for this conversation on making your home work for you! You can connect with Maggie on Instagram to get incredible home and lifestyle inspiration and practical strategies for beautiful styling.

In this interview Maggie talks about making your home work for you and making design and decor choices that support the way you want to live in the day to day, all household members accounted for. She shares how to know which home projects to tackle first and the most neglected room (that we really shouldn't ignore). We also discuss how to adjust your goals when they no longer serve you and how to accept that what works for you may not be what you *think* your life should like.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Maggie on Instagram
Maggie's Recent Read: Vibrate Higher Daily
Maggie's Favorite Things Right Now: This Stanley Tumbler, an iPhone stand, and a f rother.

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Keeping Your Peace No Matter What (with Colleen Blake Miller) Jan 05, 2022

Today's guest of You Know How to Live is Colleen Blake Miller, R.P., M.Div.

Colleen Blake Miller is based out of Toronto, Canada where she works to combine her advanced degrees in psychotherapy and divinity to embolden women to live full and healthy lives. Colleen regularly speaks at conferences and programs across North America when she is not working with her clients in one and one and group settings. She is the author of The Life Map, an easy-to-follow guide to realizing and fulfilling your life’s purpose.

In this interview Colleen reveals the pain points that come up most frequently in her Cognitive Behavioral Therapy sessions (and how to address them). We talk about putting your peace first and the value of choosing not to make concessions. We also get into Colleen's transition into entrepreneurship from employment.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Colleen on Instagram
Read Colleen's book, The Life Map
Read what Colleen is reading: Winning the War in Your Mind

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Strengthening Your Creativity (with Sarah Stein Greenberg) Dec 29, 2021

Today's guest of You Know How to Live is Sarah Stein Greenberg!

Sarah is the executive director of the Stanford d.school. She leads a community of designers, faculty, and other innovative thinkers who help people unlock their creative abilities and apply them to the world. Sarah speaks regularly at universities and global conferences on design, business, and education. Just this fall she published her book 'Creative Acts for Curious People'. I read it and HIGHLY recommend grabbing a copy. It's packed with a ton of exercises to strengthen your creativity!

In this interview we talk about how you can put this book to use to improve how you work and play regardless of if you are in a creative field or not.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Sarah on Instagram
Check out the the d.school at Stanford
Read Sarah's Book: Creative Acts for Curious People

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Finding Your Unicorn Space (with Eve Rodsky) Dec 22, 2021

Today's guest of You Know How to Live is Eve Rodsky! Eve is the author of New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club Pick, 'Fair Play', and has a new book dropping on December 28th, 'Find Your Unicorn Space' AND has a documentary 'Fair Play' set for release in 2022. This is her first interview that touches on the film- so you'll be the first to hear from Eve on this Hello Sunshine production!

Across these mediums, Eve is working to change society one partnership at a time by coming up with a new 21st-century solution to an age-old problem: women shouldering 2/3 or more of the unpaid domestic work and childcare for their homes and families. We get into where it all started and how you can become a part of the Fair Play story and movement. If you've found yourself wondering what your interests truly are and if you'll ever find the time to really dig into pursuing them- this is the episode you cannot miss.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Eve on Instagram
Read Eve's Books: Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space
Eve's Recent & Recommended Read: Between Two Kingdoms
One of Eve's Favorite Things: Post-it Notes

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Passion Pursuits with Partners (with Marcus & Victoria Ford) Dec 15, 2021

Today's guests (Yep! That's TWO) of You Know How are Marcus and Victoria Ford! Victoria and Marcus run the prepfordwife.com where they share home life, DYIs, and classic style from the sunny locale of Cary, North Carolina. Just this month their kitchen was featured in Country Living Magazine. Today we are talking about how they’ve managed to balance running their decade old and highly successful blog with working full time and rewatching their beloved Harry Potter films.

In this episode, the Fords share the story of how they met and their mutual love of the sciences. Their "meet-cute" is straight out of a romance film and this story cannot be missed! They talk about what it is like to work in partnership both in how they approach the blog as well as home duties! If you've ever wondered what it would be like to pursue a passion alongside your partner, this is the episode for you!

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Victoria and Marcus on Instagram
Visit the Prepford Wife Blog & Website
A Ford Fav Books: The Giving Tree & The Giver
Ford Favorite Things: The Notes App & EVA Slides

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FREE GIFT: Scoop Kate’s ‘Success Capture System’ here

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Who Are You Being Good For? (with Sophia Benoit) Dec 08, 2021

Today's guest of You Know How to Live is Sophia Benoit! Sophia Benoit's new memoir, Well, This Is Exhausting, was named a Best Book of the Month by Vogue, Good Morning America, Fortune, Goodreads, and more. Benoit is a writer and comedian who grew up in Missouri and was correctly voted “Most Likely to Never Come Back.” She writes sex and relationship advice for GQ and Bustle and has had bylines in Allure, Refinery29, The Cut, The Guardian, and more.

In this episode, Sophia shares how she became a writer and what it was like to live out her dream from youth of publishing her first book. We get to hear the details of her work routine for optimal productivity, down to her number one amp song! We also discuss tendencies we shared as young women to shape our personalities and interests to the guys in our lives (does that resonate!?) and growing out of that toxic rhythm.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Sophia on Instagram and Twitter
Sophia's Recent Read: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Sophia's Favorite Thing: Her around the neck reading light
Sophia's #1 Amp Song: Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac

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FREE GIFT: Scoop Kate’s ‘Success Capture System’ here

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

The Funny Thing About Humor (with TJ Therrien) Dec 01, 2021

Today's guest on You Know How to Live is TJ Therrien! TJ is a family and birth order humor content creator who shares his skits with millions of viewers across TikTok and Instagram. TJ also leads a creative team at one of the largest churches in America. Plus, TJ serves as a long time bat boy for the Minnesota Twins baseball team (when he’s not coaching one of the sports teams of his four kids). Is he busy? YES. Is he having fun? You better believe it!

In this episode, TJ shares the story of how his unassuming jump into the TikTok scene went from a way to destress during the pandemic, to a full-time revenue stream in a matter of a few short months. With so much to balance, TJ talks about his bullseye method of prioritization, how he cultivates a healthy lifestyle with long standing morning habits, and of course- how birth order plays into it all.
Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with TJ on Instagram and TikTok
Check out TJ's Parenting Podcast
TJ's Favorite Read: The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
TJ's Favorite Thing: His Spotify Playlists
TJ & Kate's Go-To Mug: The Navy 20oz. Yeti Tumbler

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FREE GIFT: Scoop Kate’s ‘Success Capture System’ here

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Getting Business Minded (with Carly Riordan) Nov 24, 2021

Today's guest on You Know How to Live is Carly Riordan! Carly is a full time blogger and soon to be first time author with Penguin Random House with her book, Business Minded (out Dec. 28, 2021). A graduate of Georgetown University's undergraduate business school, she turned her blog into a legitimate, successful business and now offers everything you need to know to turn your creative passion into a successful company.

In this episode, Carly shares how to go from being curious about entrepreneurship to taking a few steps forward into discovery and planning mode. She offers up great advice about honing your intuition and tells her story of developing self trust and learnings how to monitor feedback. We also get to hear which push notifications she allows on her iPhone, her realizations about prioritizing sleep, and about that time she almost did a reality TV show (and why she's glad it never aired).
Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Carly on Instagram
Visit Carly’s website
Get Carly's book Business Minded
Carly’s Recent Reads: Maid & The Body
Carly’s Favorite Thing Right Now: Ilia's Super Serum Skin Tint
Book Kate's Mentions: Mindset

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Cracking Your Motivation Code (with Todd Henry) Nov 17, 2021

Today's guest of You Know How to Live is Todd Henry. Todd is the founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams be prolific, brilliant and healthy. He regularly speaks and consults with companies about how to develop practices that lead to everyday brilliance. He's also authored five books (I've read and recommend them all!)

In this episode, Todd talks about determining your unique Motivation Code to get to the root of why you operate as you do and why you gravitate toward certain roles or tasks. He also shares revelations on the origin of the word passion and how it can fundamentally change your method of pursuit, and he demystifies reasonable expectations for what a job can offer and what it cannot.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Todd on Instagram
Visit Todd’s website
Reads Todd’s books: The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, Herding Tigers, The Motivation Code
Listen to Tod’s Podcast, The Accidental Creative
Try Scrivener, Todd’s favorite writing tool
Todd’s Recent Read: How to Be Like Walt
Todd’s Favorite Things: Apple Watch (Kate loves her, too!) & Coke Zero Vanilla

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

When Mindfulness Meets Racial Justice (with Rhonda V. Magee) Nov 10, 2021

Today's guest of You Know How to Live is Rhonda V. Magee, author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice.

Rhonda is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco. Also trained in sociology and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), Rhonda is a highly practiced facilitator of trauma-sensitive, restorative MBSR interventions for lawyers and law students, and for minimizing the effects of social-identity-based bias.

In this episode, Rhonda discusses the practice of mindfulness within the context of racial justice and how you can incorporate it into your daily life. She also shares transformative advice she personally received in therapy (that anyone can readily apply), her tried and true way to wake up, what she would've pursued as a career in another life, plus several more insights, tips and stories you'll enjoy!

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Rhonda on Instagram
The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee
Black and Buddhist by Cheryl A. Giles
The Right Use of Power by Cedar Barstow
Social Dominance by Jim Sidanius
Black Fatigue by Mary-Frances Winters
Zuri (One of Rhonda's favorite places to shop)

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Chief Secrets to Living a REAL SIMPLE Life (with Liz Vaccariello) Nov 03, 2021

The very first guest of You Know How to Live is Liz Vaccariello! Liz is Editor in Chief for both REAL SIMPLE and SHAPE magazines. REAL SIMPLE is one of the premier brands in the women’s lifestyle space with a print and digital reach of nearly 21 million. Vaccariello has led many of media’s most recognizable brands, including Parents, Prevention and Reader’s Digest.

In this episode, Liz shares her morning routine, how she prepares for slam-dunk public speaking, how she manages a marriage between an extrovert and an introvert, why she refuses to suck in (and why you should kick that habit, too) plus several more insights, tips and stories you'll enjoy! This conversation is a total blast-- sound off in the comments about your favorite part!

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Liz on Instagram
Ouai Finishing Cream
Quiet by Susan Cain
KOSÅS Tined Facial Oil
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson

Introducing: The You Know How to Live Show Oct 31, 2021

Season One of You Know How to Live drops Wednesday, November 3rd! Follow or add to your queue so you won't miss the launch!

Does this sound familiar? Life is just so generously full of back to back challenge and grind. I mean how many times a day do we, if we’re fulfilling our responsibilities, find ourselves up to our elbows in tasks we either can’t stand or feel neutral about?

We are so fascinated by people who seem to have it figured out, aren’t we? And that doesn’t mean we assume these people have perfect lives or that no harm comes their way- the tough stuff, the boring stuff- it’s all wickedly inevitable.

Yet, motivation is not the thing to chase. Spend five minutes paying attention to some of the greatest psychology and lifestyle influencers of our time and you will walk away knowing you cannot rely on motivation. Not for anything. Well, not for anything that lasts!

So this is my hope for this show. I want to make it accessible to you- applied psychology, habit theory, and the very best anecdotal advice and insights with the vehicle of enjoyable conversation with the authors, experts and wizards who dare to suggest what will work if motivation won’t.

Hit whatever button you need to hit to get your reminder so that you can walk away episode after episode feeling like You Know How to Live!

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Produced with 32One Media

Edited by Alex Davidson