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Best of Both Worlds Podcast

Laura Vanderkam

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 four, and Sarah Hart-Unger, a practicing phy...

Episodes

20 of 135 episodes

Raising a Child with Special Needs with Marketing Manager Lee Becknell. Ep 135

Laura and Sarah discuss the time it takes to see doctors and other medical professionals, with a mind towards about how the time could reall...

45:33Mar 3, 2020

Childcare Revisited. Ep 134

In this episode, Laura & Sarah talk childcare. They open by discussing some recent changes in their own childcare strategies, and then delve...

40:12Feb 25, 2020

Listener Hacks. Ep 133

Laura and Sarah open by reminding listeners of all the ways to find us outside of this podcast -- blogs, Instagram, and beyond. Will an in p...

41:35Feb 18, 2020

Finances, Frugality & More with Joel and Matt from How to Money. Ep 132

In this fun interview episode, Laura & Sarah open by sharing their own most worthwhile splurges, and then welcome Joel and Matt from the How...

57:06Feb 11, 2020

Listener Question Deep Dive: "I just want time to stop for a week so I can catch up and start fresh!" Ep 131

Today's episode was inspired around a listener question from a busy professional with two young children, including a 6-month-old. In her qu...

30:11Feb 4, 2020

Maternity Leave and Postpartum Health with Advocate and Expert Arianna Taboada. Ep 130

Recorded just after Laura had baby #5, Sarah ponders the challenges of being on the mic solo. Then, very well timed as Laura is in lower gea...

37:36Jan 28, 2020

Laura's Post Baby Update! Ep 129

Today's episode features our first post-baby update from Laura!! She shares her birth story, how recovery is going, childcare changes, and h...

41:16Jan 21, 2020

A happy and organized two-career household, featuring Dr Gillian Goddard, endocrinologist & mother of 4. Ep 128

Dr Gillian Goddard is a private practice endocrinologist, working in NYC and living in the suburbs. Her comments on Laura & Sarah's blogs ha...

45:46Jan 14, 2020

Favorite Things Episode. Ep 127

Join Sarah and Laura for their first official episode of 2020, where both Laura and Sarah share their ultimate lists of Favorite Things -- f...

35:35Jan 7, 2020

2020 Goals! Ep 126

LV & SHU do their traditional yearly goals episode, sharing what they have in store for next year. Sarah has changed her system a bit, and L...

31:49Dec 31, 2019

2019 - Year In Review. Ep 125

In this end of year episode, Laura and Sarah review hits, misses, joys and lessons learned in 2019. Best (and worst) vacations and book reco...

38:39Dec 24, 2019

Our first Mother-Daughter guest pair, with attorney Christy Higgins Wilcox and her mother, pediatrician Dr. Karen Higgins! Ep 124

We welcome our first mother-daughter pair to the show on this fascinating episode! Dr. Karen Higgins became a pediatrician in the days that...

37:57Dec 17, 2019

The Holidays // Ask Us Anything Part 2. Ep 123

Welcome to Part 2 of our Ask Us Anything Series! While we may not answer everything that comes our way, we answer some great ones in this ep...

45:32Dec 10, 2019

How to Raise Kids that are Prepared for the Future (and also: musings on homework!) with Diane Tavenner Ep: 122

Laura and Sarah open up with one of those topics parents love to discuss (but find very frustrating in practice) -- homework! Specifically,...

46:59Dec 3, 2019

Energy Management with Molly Fletcher. Ep 121

Molly Fletcher worked for years as a highly sought-after sports agent, representing over $500 million in athlete contracts at one point. She...

37:19Nov 26, 2019

Ask Us Anything! Ep 120

They asked you answered! In this episode, Laura and Sarah put out a call to Instagram to 'ask us anything!', and you all definitely delivere...

40:54Nov 19, 2019

Couples That Work with author and dual-career marriage expert Jennifer Petriglieri. Ep 119

Jennifer Petriglieri is an associate professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD, a business school in France. Her latest book, Couples t...

43:28Nov 12, 2019

Dealing with Stress, Low Moods & Bad Days. Ep 118

Everyone has low moods sometimes -- including Laura & Sarah! This is a conversational episode about those times and what to do about them. L...

31:45Nov 5, 2019

Evenings Routines & Logistics with Sarah Powers. Ep 117

We are excited to welcome podcast veteran Sarah Powers to our show today! You may know her as 1/2 of the excellent podcast The Mom Hour, and...

52:37Oct 29, 2019

The Dual-Career Couple with International Travel -- how Masha Saunders makes it work. Ep 116

Our guest today is Masha Saunders, a manager at a Big 4 accounting firm. She shares her story about how she makes things work with both a to...

38:22Oct 22, 2019