Favorite Things List

Podcasts

 

Community Made

Host: Jayson Gaignard
For folks interested in learning to build an awesome community around them.

Let It Out

Host: Katie Dalebout
For folks looking for a cozy space to discuss soft stories, life, love, & well-being.

Redesigning Life

Host: Sabrina Soto
For folks who are looking to discuss life, growth, friendship, and purpose.

Spiraling

Hosts: Katie Dalebout and Serena Wolf
For folks with anxiety looking for personal tips to manage it from those who can relate.

 

Together Apart

Host: Priya Parker
For folks looking to host a great virtual event and those looking to build their event planning skills.

Why Won’t You Date Me?

Host: Nicole Byer
For folks looking for real-talk (& laughs!) about 21st century relationships, dating, and sex. (Explicit)

Writing Excuses

Hosts: Many / Varies
For folks who are (or want to be) writers that want to know more about how to build a great story.

Young House Love Podcast

Hosts: John & Sherry Petersik
For folks who like to talk (and laugh) about design, home improvement, and life at home.

 

Being Boss

Hosts: Emily Thompson & Kathleen Shannon
For folks who are creative entrepreneurs who like to talk about business habits & mindsets.

The Fizzle Show

Hosts: Many / Varies
For folks who are creative entrepreneurs who are looking to grow their online businesses.

Elise Gets Crafty

Hosts: Elise Blaha Cripe
For folks who are looking to be inspired to be more creative in their day to day lives.

Happier Podcast

Host: Gretchen Rubin
For folks who are looking to add a little bit more happiness to their day-to-day lives

 

HBR Women at Work

Hosts: Amy Berstein, Amy Gallo, and Emily Caulfield

For folks who are (and are supporters of) women in the workplace

 

Books

Full list on Bookshop.org can be found here. Links below may only be for the first book in the series.

 

The Bride Quartet

Adult Fiction / Romance

 

5 Love Languages

Self-Help

 

The Year of Less

Self-Help

The Sisterhood Series

Young Adult Fiction

 

Eat Pray Love

Personal Memoir

 

MWF Seeks BFF

Personal Memoir

The Alice Collection

Young Adult Fiction

 

The Happiness Project

Self Help

 

Lamb

Religious Humor

 

The Art of Gathering

Personal Growth

 

Quizzes To Know Yourself Better

 

16 Personalities

Myers-Briggs-like, discussing Mind, Energy, Nature, Tactics, and Identiy

 

StrengthsFinder

Measuring your talents
(Similar) Alternative Free Version

 

Four Tendencies

Helping you figure out how you respond to outter and inner expctations

 

Working Genius

Natural talents at work: wonder, invention, discernment, galvanizing, enablement, & tenacity

Business Chemistry

Business-driven
Integrator, Pioneer, Driver, Guardian

 

Kolbe

Improving human performance: Fact finder, follow through, quick start, & implementor

VIA Character Strengths

Defining your character strengths that make you feel authentic and engaged

 

Values Exercise

An excellent exercise from Emily and Kathleen from Being Boss to define your values

Newsletters to Receive

Fun fact: newsletters are my favorite way to receive content from people. You can enjoy them on your own time, they’re usually full of great links, and you can reply back to the person who created the content. So my suggestion? Find your people in life and subscribe to their newsletters. I hope I’m one of them for you, but even if I’m not, you should totally check out the following folks’ newsletters below:

 

Curious Tribe

From Justin Shiels: A weekly pep talk designed to help you live a healthier life

Harper Honey

A blog about living boldly, finding magic inside yourself, and making space for joy

JL&Co

By Jessica Lawlor: Tips to step outside your comfort zone & crush big goals

 
 

Newsletter Links

 

February 24, 2021.

  • Episodes 75 and 76 of the Today By The Way podcast where Indiana Adams talks about what to do when a friendship is hard.

  • Episode 612 of the How to Be Awesome At Your Job podcast that talks about how to find the perfect career-fit using an analytical approach.

  • This quote about laughter by Sophie Scott.
    “Laughter is an ancient evolutionary system that mammals have evolved to make and maintain social bonds and regulate emotions.”

  • I received one of these stamped spoons from Rebekah’s Valentine this week from a friend in the mail and love it. I feel so seen and loved!
    (The spoon I received says “Tea is Life” - because it is.)

  • The entire podcast series of Together Apart by Priya Parker, which I binged fairly quickly. She talks about how to gather together even while we have to remain apart.

  • The concept of doing a “shopping ban” as inspired by Cait Flanders who wrote The Year of Less.

  • I’ve created a Spotify playlist from my favorite Pandora playlist, which I call “mornings” based on Chantal Kreviazuk. (This feels very meta.) Think every rom-com from the 90s. If you like female singer-songwriter-style songs, this playlist is for you.

March 10, 2021.

  • This Medium article by Misha Glouberman on how to host a cocktail party on Zoom.

  • This Real Simple article by Jancee Dunn about how she learned to throw amazing parties every time. (This article often references Priya Parker.)

  • This 18-minute Writing Excuses podcast that talks about how to write endings. (It never hurts to be able to tell a good story.)

  • This 5-minute video where new friend Steph Trujillo walks us through her process for creating her vision board.

  • Friend of the podcast (S1E7) Justin Shiels’ new free download: 30 journaling prompts for deep self reflection.

  • Loving Creative Mornings virtual field trips. Last weekend I did one called “Discover Your Next Creative Idea through List-Making!" with Leya Van Doren, a creativity coach and podcaster.
    Note: John (my fiancé) joked that if someone was going to satirically come up with a name for a workshop that was just for me, this would be it. He was correct, it was amazing.

  • I pre-ordered two children’s books this week. (Links below are affiliate.)
    Is this something everybody does? I always feel like I need to try them before buying them for people.