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How To Be Awesome At Everything

The How To Be Awesome At Everything is a podcast about our journey to be the best that we can in everything we do. To be intentional about how we spend our time and how we treat our bodies and how the thoughts that we think and words that we say create the world that we live in. What started as a folder of life lessons to share with her kids one day has become a podcast with over one million downloads. Always with a growth mindset, Lindsay presents topics that she thinks are worth hitting pause on life to focus on. She shares her successes (and failures!) in business and in life and her journey to be awesome at everything.
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Episodes

189. How To Be Awesome At Taking Time For You, So You Don’t Have Resentment

We are SO busy. There is always something to do - what feels like endless to do lists. We are often giving so much of ourselves to other people and your chores and your job. If you don’t get in those things that make you happy - what you are left with is not great - it’s called resentment. Resentment towards your kids, your boss, your spouse or significant other, your family… because you feel like you are constantly giving giving giving to one of more of these… without giving yourself what you n...

Feb 07, 202224 min

188. How To Be Awesome At Realizing You Can’t Make A Person Change

We’ve all had someone… or several people in our lives that we think… my gosh if they would just stop doing this… or start doing that… it would all change. And that’s what they need… and then we try to change them. We see it so clearly so often we do things like… Offer them unsolicited tips and advice Overly compliment them so they feel good Or maybe you tough love them and really tell them brutally honestly what you think is best for them. The problem is… even if you have the very best intention...

Feb 04, 202235 min

187. My Time At The Playboy Mansion And What It Taught Me

In this episode, Lindsay talks all about her experiences at the Playboy Mansion. What it was really like… the big parties… the Sunday pool parties… and what she thinks about the new documentary about Playboy. Interesting stories and life lessons in this one!

Jan 27, 202235 min

186. How To Be Awesome At Building Grit

On a scale of 1-10, what would you say is your level of GRIT? Everyone has a baseline of grit- your threshold- your mental toughness as it stands now. Maybe you’re a 4 naturally - and you’d like to be a 9. I have the best news. You can work your way to a 9… by pushing yourself consistently, seeing failure as temporary and an opportunity to learn and by doing things consistently that make you uncomfortable. When you keep exercising your grit muscle - your number goes up and it never goes back dow...

Jan 21, 202221 minEp. 186

185. How To Be Awesome At Prioritizing Your Girlfriends

Lindsays story! Coming out of college Lindsay says… When I graduated from college I had so many girlfriends - I was president of my sorority and active on campus so I just figured I would always have those relationships. I was so excited to start my business and then later excited to meet the guy who would become my husband. Other points in this episode: -It’s a very important topic for girls and women of all ages. -You need more than one - everyone has different situations and life experiences ...

Jan 14, 202227 min

184. How To Be Awesome At Not Trying To Be A Perfect Parent

As parents… I think the majority of us want to do the best for our kids, while still maintaining our sanity and feel like we have it together. I think sometimes we try so hard and want to do a good job that before we know it, we’re trying to be perfect. Which sounds like it might not be a bad thing… but actually… I think there are some serious problems that come along with trying to be a perfect parent. First, it’s an impossible expectation. To try to or expect to be perfect at parenting is just...

Jan 11, 202229 min

183. How To Be Awesome At Learning From Your Jealous Moments

Lindsay tells this story to set the tone for this episode. A few weeks ago I as running my favorite stairs. It was cold out and the fresh air felt so good and I had a full hour of alone time and my plan was to not think about a million things… just get outside and listen to loud music and sweat. Well that all changed when at the top of the stairs there were two teenagers passionately kissing on the bench. I did a few laps and they were still there, and did a few more and they were still there an...

Jan 05, 202233 min

242. How To Be Awesome At Suffocating Anything Negative

We are talking about our plan for less stress and more fulfillment in the new year.. by way of eliminating the negative and ramping up the positive. That’s it! More joy, less stress. More sleep, less sleepless nights. More relationships that lift you up and inspire you and less that drain you and make you feel like crap. Today’s podcast is your positive pep talk because the state of mind that you live in, determines how your days go… and all the days add up to how your year goes. We’re growing t...

Jan 01, 202227 min

182. How To Be Awesome At Knowing When You Aren’t Tired… You’re BORED!

Today we are doing to unpack why we are tired. Are we not sleeping enough? Not designing our schedule and routines so there is enough time for sleep and recovery? OR is it not that we are actually tired… but maybe we just aren’t inspired by what we are doing on the day to day? Maybe we aren’t tired or lazy at all, maybe we just don’t have enough of what sets our soul on fire in the day-to-day. If you catch yourself saying “I’m so tired” often… this podcast is for you! Let’s figure out WHY you ar...

Dec 31, 202128 min

181. How To Be Awesome At Post-Holiday Organize

Hope you had a great holiday! We are getting back into our podcasting routine and starting with this episode all about post-holiday organizing. So we all get the new stuff we got, and don’t just shove it in front of or on top of the old stuff you have- that you don’t use anymore and you don’t need- but rather, get a plan going for organizing as you go and doing it in a way that feels freeing and exciting and not painful and miserable. The harsh truth about organizing that Lindsay wishes she woul...

Dec 27, 202123 min

180. How To Be Awesome At Special Thanksgiving Moments

On today’s podcast, Lindsay talks about how she’s learned through the years that holidays can easily be overwhelming or even underwhelming. It’s so much prep and set-up and planning… and often times it can feel like it’s just more work than it is fun. On today’s podcast, she is sharing my favorite tips for enjoying the process and planning in a way that is comfortable for you and fun! Also, activity ideas and ways to connect everyone. And in a time that is more polarizing than ever, we are chatt...

Nov 25, 202122 min

179. How To Be Awesome At Pushing Yourself Physically

Lindsay is obsessed with finding the extra gear in life. That shift that you make that takes things in your life to the next level. She believes that most of us are capable of a lot more than we think we are. Like we literally have an extra gear. Most of us still have more in us. But we often put up these invisible hurdles and tell ourselves that this is the most we can do with this or we can’t even attempt this because of this. Lindsay’s favorite way to push herself in all aspects of life… is t...

Nov 19, 202118 min

178. How To Be Awesome At Party Activities That Kids Love

Let’s talk about party activities! Today we are fully diving into fun activities for KIDS! Things to keep them busy and happy for the whole party. Giving you lots of ideas of how to keep kids of all ages entertained and how to set it up so it’s exactly what your birthday boy or girl like best too. How to set-up activities when you have a variety of ages of kids… and what the heck to do for older kids that’s not lame. So many ideas for you… some with vendors and some doing entirely on your own… a...

Nov 16, 202136 min

177. How To Be Awesome At Starting Your Day in the Best Way

This podcast episode is ALL about the power of your mind and how you your approach to your days! And how it affects how you walk into situations and how it completely determines the outcome!! So often we get in routine and just keep doing the things we’ve always done. And - we find what we are looking for. If you wake up and you’re grumpy and you’re irritated and you’re thinking about that meeting that might be irritating.. you’re going to have a less than awesome day because you started out wit...

Nov 06, 202131 min

176. How To Be Awesome Special Episode: Life Lessons at 40

In this podcast, Lindsay talks about the life lessons she’s learned in her first 40 years! Here are some of the highlights: -Everybody is the happiest when they get to do what they want to be doing. When you get to do want to be doing you’ve won. -You’re going to be 90!!! Right now it’s not too late, but one day it will be. When you’re 120 and you’re not mobile- you can’t build that company you wanted, you can’t spend that time with your kid… it’s regret… and it paralyzing. -The ONLY decision th...

Oct 27, 202148 min

175. How To Be Awesome At Giving Yourself Grace

Today we’re talking about giving yourself grace… that space you sometimes need to mess up and not beat yourself up over it or have days when you just don't have as much energy to do all the things you want to do… Lindsay talks about being an entrepreneur by nature and pushing herself and holding herself to high standards, like many of us. But what she’s realized lately is often times her expectations were unrealistic- which she would have told you is a great thing- set super high goals because o...

Sep 29, 202133 min

173. How To Be Awesome At Freezing Your Eggs with Amanda Cameron

Today on the podcast, Lindsay's incredible friend Amanda joins her to talk about her experience and journey to freeze her eggs. This is a great episode about this topic that we think should be talked about more than it is. Thankfully due to modern medicine there are so many ways for women to improve their odds for having children, now or in the future. I’m so proud of Amanda for doing this and for sharing it all with us! Amanda has been one of Lindsay's closest friends for the last 25 years! The...

Sep 20, 202146 min

174. How To Be Awesome At Pumping Yourself With Positivity

When you are having a day or a moment when you just need POSITIVITY- Lindsay has a FULL ON PLAN for you! Maybe you’re just in a funky headspace and being negative or stuck on something that happened that you want to let go but are having a hard time with it, or you are in an argument with someone close to you, or you’re stuck in a complaining loop, or you just got yourself into a mood where you hate everyyyoneeee… we’ve all had moments or days like allll of these and it can be H-A-R-D to get you...

Sep 20, 202121 min

172. How To Be Awesome At Eating Without Guilt

Today we are talking about removing the feelings of guilt and shame when it comes to food. We live in a diet culture - with a new fad or restrictive diet or skinny tea every time we turn around. We see messages about getting your body back after baby and pictures of super airbrushed bodies in our feed all day. Of course we’re going to compare ourselves and feel less than. If you listen to the podcast on the regular you know Lindsay talks a lot about picturing yourself at 90 years old and looking...

Sep 14, 202145 min

171. How To Be Awesome At Respecting Opposing Covid Views

We alll have our own thoughts about it all - masks, the vaccine, how elected officials have handled it, mandates, quarantines… But when you think about it, of course we do. We all have our own set of experiences and views and it shapes what we think and the choices we make. The crazy thing is… before the last 2 years, especially the last year, we all seemed to appreciate perspectives that were different than our own. We didn’t think that people that didn’t think like us were idiots, they just ha...

Aug 29, 202124 min

170. How To Be Awesome At Crushing Your Career Goals With Savannah Foster

On today’s podcast Lindsay is talking to her very good friend Savannah Foster about her high powered career- in a male dominated industry- and how she continues to reach new heights in her professional life while raising a family and maintaining a great relationship with her husband. She’s so interesting to talk to- Savannah is an NFL sports agent and the VP of Client Relations for Athlete’s First, one of the biggest sports agency. She basically manages the lives of over 50 NFL football players....

Aug 21, 202141 min

169. How To Be Awesome At Being A Room Parent

Let’s talk about being an awesome room parent! Supporting teachers and your school… and getting extra time with your child in the classroom or on field trips… being a room parent can be so much fun and a great way to be involved on campus. If you’re a room parent this year or are considering taking on the role in future years… this podcast is for you!! Lindsay is sharing so many awesome tips for how to make this job not too complicated or stressing… how to do sign-ups and plan parties… how to wo...

Aug 17, 202134 min

168. How To Be Awesome At Starting Your Day At 5am

It’s both the most painful thing ever at times and also the most rewarding. We are talking about waking up EARLY… well 5am to be exact. Countless studies show that we are our sharpest and most productive in the first few hours of the day and there’s also a lot of research supporting the thoughts that more sleep and waking up early leads to better health and an overall healthier lifestyle. But here’s the real reason. You get TWO full hours to yourself before the world is awake and moving! You lik...

Aug 03, 202135 min

167. How To Be Awesome At Managing This Comparison Culture

How crazy is it to think that we wake up… brush our teeth, check social media and for a lot of us… start comparing ourselves and our lives to other people’s. Social media has made it so easy- too easy- to compare what we have or don’t have or what we are doing or aren’t doing- to people we don’t even know. Some days it may affect us more than other days… but the real trick here is to realize that today, we live in a comparison culture. And we have to make an actual effort to resist comparing our...

Jul 26, 202125 min

166. Awesome Cabo Travel Guide

Let’s talk about Cabo!! One of Lindsay’s favorite vacation spots! She’s breaking down what she thinks are the most awesome places to eat and stay… and some tips and hacks to make it easy and fun. What to plan ahead of time and what to make sure you pack. Cabo is great for kids and families… but also so much fun for an adults trips or a romantic getaway. Not to mention you can get a juice or a cocktail inside of an actual fruit, at just about anywhere you go. Let’s plan your trip to CABO! Cabo tr...

Jul 24, 202143 min

165. How To Be Awesome At Controlling Your Crazy

Lindsay says… "Out of allllll the podcast episodes I’ve recorded… this is probably the one that would have saved me the most conflict in my life." Here’s what we’re talking about- you know when you’re on FIRE about something? Usually about something that someone did or didn’t do, and you are coming in HOT, you do not care… you are holding nothing back… basically you’re losing your shit. And often times, rightfully so!! I’m not saying you’re wrong for FEELING this way, we’re just questioning, is ...

Jul 19, 202120 min

164. How To Be Awesome At Keeping Marriage Fun With Karli Fisher

How to be super fun, even though you’re also super responsible and have lots of things to take care of on the daily. Today, Lindsay’s friend Karli is coming on the podcast to chat about how to keep your relationship fun and to make it a priority even if you’re exhausted or on a tight budget or annoyed by your partner… It is no easy task to switch from taking care of kids and trying to rock through your to-do list, and then move into the fun and carefree partner that just loves to laugh and relax...

Jul 16, 20211 hr 3 min

163. How To Be Awesome At Radiating Happiness With Jenny Pelton

Welcome back to the How To Be Awesome At Everything Podcast! In this episode is our very first guest in our summer series- Lindsay’s friend Jenny. She literally radiates happiness. Like all of us, Jenny has real life sadness and struggles that happen but she manages it so incredibly, Lindsay is getting into her mindset behind it. How do you stay happy and in a positive headspace when life is complicated or people suck or you’re dealing with sadness? How do you stay happy when your kids are wild ...

Jul 12, 202134 min

162. How To Be Awesome At Choosing A Party Theme

Today we are talking PARTY THEMES! Lindsay is sharing what she thinks is the best way to go about brainstorming and choosing a party theme… and of course we are talking about ALL SORTS of themes - some traditional and some totally creative and unexpected. Even for the most causal or smallest parties, a theme is the best way to give your event a feeling and a vibe… and it makes it so much fun to plan. And one of our main goals in party planning is to make sure you are doing it in a way that allow...

Jul 10, 202132 min

161. How To Be Awesome At Realizing The Importance Of Self Love

Realizing the importance of self love is so important. In this episode, Lindsay is sharing the most impactful concepts around self-love from her two favorite experts on the topic- Brene Brown and Oprah Winfrey. We sometimes group self love with self confidence and while both important, they are also very different. And just because you have self confidence doesn’t always mean you have that real, deep self love. The self love that we are talking about is waking up each day feeling worthy and know...

Jul 06, 202125 min
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