61: Do You Wanna Play?

62: BLAST FROM THE PAST - 10 Tips for More Meaningful Holiday Revelery

We were thinking, "How can we help our listeners have a wonderful season during this chaotic, often stressful when it should be peaceful time of year? Wait, we did a pretty good job of it last year." So here's our gift to you. Obviously, we're not above re-gifting. Here’s why we are bringing you 10 Tips for More Meaningful Holiday Revelry… as we all dive into THE holiday season, it’s easy to feel like we are just cramming holidays into our overcrowded lives. How do we avoid celebrations that feel empty and just like any other gathering? If we can’t infuse our holiday celebrations with meaning, why do them? In this episode, we’re talking about all the holidays we celebrate - even National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. You’ll hear the stories of our favorite holiday experiences, traditions we don’t want to give up, and you will learn our tips and tons of ideas for celebrating holidays with more heart and soul.

61: Do You Wanna Play?

Do you wanna play? Name a creative art and Meghan DeRoma has most likely played with it or practiced it with discipline. These days Meghan makes thoughtful things to delight kiddos. And that, you know, delights their parents. Her love for art in any form led to a career in the chaotic world of branding, graphic design, and marketing; working on brands like Target and Old Navy. Meghan’s unique mix of creativity + experience has manifested into her company Wannaplé. Leading it with her cofounder and sister-in-law Christine, they make a wonderful character-building brand called Silly Street and another fabulous game called Animal Act. Still flexing her creative muscle for brands like Tom’s along with creating children’s books and expanding Wannaplé, Meghan has found a way to piece together a life that gives her the opportunities to chase her creative whims and dreams - all while parenting two young guys of her own with her creative director husband.

60: Fear is a Funny Thing

Fear is a funny thing. Funny as in odd. But also... funny; as evidenced in this conversation about fear of all kinds. We’re reminiscing about childhood fears, family stories about spooky events, and movies that scared us. We share some cry-inducing laughs over scaredy-cat moments in our relationship. We also dive into fears such as anxiety, insecurities + self-doubt, fear of the more devastating kind, and so on.