Love your career? Love your family? Best of Both Worlds is the show for you! Hosts Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It and a mom of five, and Sarah Hart-Unger, a practicing physician, blogger, and mom of three, discuss work/life balance, career development, parenting, time management, productivity, and making time for fun. Tune in each week for strategies to help you thrive in all spheres of life.
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Best of Both Worlds podcast: The annual back-to-school bonanza
Sarah and I launched Best of Both Worlds in August 2017. We lightly covered back-to-school season that August because only a few of our kids …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Mental strength with Amy Morin
Life often requires a lot of resilience. While no one wants to have to rebuild from bad things happening, we often don't have a choice. …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Can we eliminate mom guilt? With Dr. Jennifer Reid
In years of writing about women, work, life, and time, I know that "mom guilt" is a topic that comes up again and again. I'm …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: The decluttering episode
Clutter is a very modern problem. Family life produces a lot of excess and the excess builds up. In today's episode of Best of Both …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Calendar mastery with Kelly Nolan
If you've got a busy life, you probably live by your calendar. But is your calendar accurately capturing what you have going on? In today's episode …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Have fun hosting + making the most of car time
Our apologies for anyone who listens to Best of Both Worlds during their Tuesday morning commute -- we had a slight delay in getting this …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Halfway Point — our 2026 mid-year check in
In our almost nine years of existence, Best of Both Worlds has developed a few traditions. One of those is our annual mid-year check in. …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Academic summer with professor Sarah Jedd (+ my out of office post)
We're in summer mode with Best of Both Worlds and exploring this topic from different angles. Today's guest is Sarah Jedd, a professor, mom of …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Summer chat on reading + Father’s Day
Father's Day is coming up this next weekend, as is the official start of summer with the solstice, so today's episode of Best of Both …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Productivity hacks (+AI)
I'm not sure how productive I'm feeling here as we drag through the last week of school into summer. But we do what we can! Today's …Read More
