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: Nobody cares about your career, with Erika Ayers Badan
Ok, that headline isn't true -- we care about your career! But broadly, one of the biggest differences between school and work is that school …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Would you rather…?
If you have school-aged kids, you may have heard or played a game of “Would you rather?” In its purest form, you have to choose …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: College admissions with Alice Chen
I sent my high school senior off to his first day of school this morning. We spent time working through his college list last night …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Celebrating 7 years of BOBW
In the summer of 2017, Sarah Hart-Unger and I decided to start a podcast. We did a little research, figured out how this might work, …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Long weekends with little kids survival guide
People often speak of long weekends as "relaxing." But if you have little kids, you know that they are often anything but! In this week's episode …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Back to school, 2024 edition
My kids don't go back to school until after Labor Day. But I know for a lot of families this week or next marks the …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Digital Decluttering with Amanda Jefferson
Physical spaces can easily get cluttered with stuff. Digital spaces can too -- with notifications, old apps, old photos, unread mail and so forth. In today's …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Design your ideal work week
Sometimes work hours are set. But sometimes we have more flexibility. If you can choose your hours or location, how should you choose your hours …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Rest and trading off
There's a certain narrative out there that working mothers of small kids have zero downtime. From a time diary perspective this is not true. However, …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Mailbag (podcasting Qs, back-to-work advice, travel destinations, and more)
Over the July 4th long weekend, Sarah and her family visited me in Pennsylvania. While our kids played with our husbands in the pool, we …Read More