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Best of Both Worlds Podcast

Best of Both Worlds Podcast

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Summary

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 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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Episodes
  • Personal Policies + Standard Operating Procedures for Life EP 483
    Nov 3 2026

    In today’s episode, Laura and Sarah open by discussing BLP Live (coming up this week + both are excited). Then, they delve into a discussion of personal policies - the idea that you could make rules for yourself to avoid decision fatigue and ensure you are sticking to what works (similar to Kendra Adachi’s Decide Once rule!). Each share various and sundry personal policies in multiple areas of life! Then, in the Q&A, a listener (maybe an introverted one?) shares her dilemma around forced social time at afterschool pickup.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    36 mins
  • Time Off + Daily Planning EP 482
    Oct 27 2026

    In today's episode, Laura and Sarah take a deep dive into how they handle time off, and then provide a detailed account of current practices around daily planning. They also chat about time estimating abilities!

    In the Q&A, a listener writes in about handling toddler/baby day care illnesses over the long winters.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    43 mins
  • Body Language: Women's Health with Pamela Brown, CNN Anchor + Correspondent EP 481
    Oct 20 2026

    In today's episode, Laura and Sarah open with a discussion of their own favorite healthy habits -- the actions or routines they think make the most difference in daily well-being. Then, Laura interviews Pamela Brown, CNN anchor and investigative correspondent on her work focused on women's health. She shares her findings as well as how they've been applied ot her own career and family journey.

    In the Q&A, a listener inquires: how do you handle weekends derailed by bad weather (ie, a sports tournament is no longer happening and suddenly you have 2 empty days on your hands?)

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    42 mins
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I love the message of this podcast - it’s possible to love your career and your family! The hosts Sarah and Laura offer great advice and it’s fun to hear their different takes. Highly recommend!

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