Season 10 and a half: A Very Merry Inbetween-isode! We’re popping in to give you a quick life update, some GOALS we’ve been crushing, and our top 3 gifts to give yourself this holiday season. Katie has a longevity, anti-aging regimen she’s dying to share with you and a VERY CRINGEY massage story gone so wrong she allllmost couldn’t get through the re-telling. Oh and Shailey has become a renovation real estate mogul!

We’re walking you through The New Habit Formula, exploring What are Atomic Habits? AND we’re checking in on the goals we set 12 weeks ago and making new goals for next season premier! Did Shailey ever bodypump with Katie? Did Opal cut her Disney-princess hair? Did Katie stay sober curious? What about reducing screentime and carving out more intentional time with kids? TUNE IN!

Daily Dewy 5-step Makeup Routine with Emily Edgar, pro makeup artist, NYC via Springfield, MO. She’s back with her 5-step make-up routine that ANY of us can do. She empowers us not to just repeat exactly what works for someone else, but choose the feature you love the most and spend your time there. And she answers YOUR LISTENER QUESTIONS! And what does Emily keep TWENTY of in her purse 100% of the time? Bonus, Shailey reveals the one makeup product she’d take with her if she was stranded on a desert island and Katie weighs in with a 15- second hack that gives you Botox-results.

Simplified skincare routine with Emily Edgar! Skincare for busy gals who are aging (and hot take: aging isn’t bad!) What you should NEVER skip and what you can ditch! She’s boiling it down to 4 simple steps. We’ve got Emily Edgar, educator and pro makeup artist from NYC, and the author of The Brides Guide to beauty, online masterclass intended for brides. Coming soon. January 2022!

Our go-to gifts for friends, family and co-workers. It doesn’t have to cost a lot to mean a lot!

Our fixer Uppers! We both recently renovated old houses and we’re bringing you our 5 favorite things we included in our renos, the things we scrimped on and don’t regret and Katie's ONE REALLY BIG regret that she can’t undo and is simply stuck with for all time. (It’s juicy. Shailey gets uncomfy. Stay tuned.)

Vintage Rugs: what on earth are all these dirty old rugs and why is everyone so obsessed? Where to start, what to look for, where to put them. What if you have wall-to-wall carpet? What is the difference between Persian and Turkish. CAN I JUST GO TO TARGET INSTEAD? It's a rugucation.

Walking for Creativity: the surprising benefits of walking both physical and mental health. Geniuses throughout history who incorporated a daily walk and how YOU can get more steps in your day. Is walking better for you than running? (WHAT? HOT TAKE!? Stay tuned.) Bonus: you’ll get to hear Shailey cat-call her neighborhood construction workers which took us STRAIGHT to regret time.)

GROCERY SHOPPING HACKS. The products we love and are not being paid to talk about. (but we would take money for it. Just to be clear.) We will each tell you our go-to items at our grocery store of choice! What items we love and why.

Wow. Katie is like...weirdly excited to bring you some low-maintenance parenting quality-time hacks!!! Starting with Family Movie Night: THE NEXT LEVEL. Listen up for some simple ideas to start your family traditions and the WHY behind what makes it so intentional and special. And if you stay to the end, you'll get to hear Shailey take a movie trivia quiz you WONT want to miss. Let's just say....Nobody puts Shailey in a corner.

Thrifting: How to know where to go and what to look for! This episode is brought to you by: Your Grandma! - You knew what was up. Shailey's Top 5 things she looks for when she thrifts and why she loves it!

Decorating with your roommate when you don't have the same taste! We’ll be talking about how to compromise with a roommate or spouse and then at the end expert interior designer Shailey Murphy will be solving YOUR listener roommate challenges you submitted on instagram. (spoiler: they are HILARIOUS.)

We’re back!!! In this episode, Where have we been for... like... 2 years? Well, we’ve been off-audio REAL friends going through a pandemic! Haha! We’ll catch you up on our missing two-year timeline, our current goals, and a segment you won’t want to miss called “Making Covid lemons into (room temperature) lemonade!” (Subtitle: Covid is very serious and this is just a joke and it’s nothing to make light of, disclaimer, disclaimer, obviously covid is serious. nothing is funny we love you k bye.)

Create a simple, tidy home you love to be in. What is your vision for you home? For Kathryn Kelly (Refresh Organizing) it was a cozy cottage in Napa Valley that had very few items but all of them were absolutely lovely. She went through the rigorous certification process by (our queen!) Marie Kondo herself and is now one of the very select few licensed Konmari organizers. She walks us through the process and how we can all put our house (and lives!) In order. Topics discussed: organizing by category instead of by room, having a clear “why” and “vision” for your home and how you can EVEN “konmarie” your schedule. (We are GEEKING OUT over this episode! What a wealth of knowledge Katy is!!!)

Create a simple, tidy home you love to be in. What is your vision for your home? For Kathryn Kelly (Refresh Organizing) it was a cozy cottage in Napa Valley that had very few items but all of them were absolutely lovely. She went through the rigorous certification process by (our queen!) Marie Kondo herself and is now one of the very select few licensed Konmari organizers. She walks us through the process and how we can all put our house (and lives!) In order. Topics discussed: organizing by category instead of by room, having a clear “why” and “vision” for your home and how you can EVEN “konmari” your schedule. (We are GEEKING OUT over this episode! What a wealth of knowledge Katy is!!!)

(Yikes, was that some click bait or what?) Here we go again talking about Katie’s body. This time she lost 90 pounds with her fourth child. Topics include: paleo, keto, strength training, her wrist injury, how she healed it, anti-inflamation, calories-in calories-out myth. Also: Katie is not a doctor. Please consult a doctor. She’s just a mom of four with a microphone and 90 fewer pounds on her body. Oh, and 90% more energy. Also she likes herself. She liked herself before she lost the weight and still likes herself now. Body positive. Go bodies. (Phew. Got those disclaimers in. Let’s begin.) Books discussed: Body Love by Kelly LeVeque Food Freedom Forever by Melissa Hartwig

Janae Hardy, photographer, interior design guru, A Beautiful Mess contributor, mother of 3, on JOMO - The Joy of Missing Out: When you choose to miss out for the sake of your values. Why she quit the hustle and how it created margin in her life to optimize joy and rest. If curating a PERFECT instagram feed were a contest, she would win…except for…wait... where is she on instagram? She gone. She’s probably taking a nap or looking out a window listening to classical music or reading a book about the brain. Sources she mentions: Brain Book: https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Your-Brain-Happiness-Thinking/dp/0801015707 Podcast about the Sabbath: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rest-for-your-soul/id84246334?i=1000427206727

Managing a creative team and managing your family! How regular check-ins, asking for input, and owning your mistakes can work in business AND home! Topics include: how to create a positive brainstorm environment vs how to crush a soul. And a new segment that JUST might get Katie called down to HR...

Productivity and procrastination. Anxiety and Perfectionism. It’s all connected. Katie procrastinated and made herself MISERABLE over a project she actually TRULY WANTED TO DO. Then she read a book about procrastination and it was a GAME CHANGER. Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play: The Now Habit by Neil Fiore.

The enneagram: typology of nine interconnected personality types. How knowing yourself can help you crush your goals and improve your marriage and relationships. Shailey: ok so since we have 4 hours of childcare for this we can probably record 5 entire episodes if we are super focused and don’t take any breaks or make any major mistakes. Katie: Cool. Or we could do like 3 episodes and take a big break and go get sushi and have like the best day of our entire lives!!! Shailey: 4 episodes, little break and order food? Katie: Deal.