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Part systems expert, part permission giver, Kendra Adachi, The Lazy Genius, is here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.
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Want to be both a parent and a business owner — and actually enjoy it? Then let's play! I’m on a mission to make business ownership as fun as child's play for moms and dads. I interview mompreneurs who are rocking this double gig of parenting and business ownership — with some even throwing homeschooling into the mix. We'll talk about playful productivity, tools and tech for online businesses, sales, marketing, copywriting, and the playful life. You're in the right place if you want to build ...
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My additional series is called "Stroke of Genius - A Memoir" Stay in touch! Send my an email here tara@trlconsulting.ca I have had a stroke in early November and have aphasia - language is jumbled up in speaking or writing. You'll note my podcasts will sound differently, but it stills me!) My name is Tara and I’m coming to you from somewhere near the Rocky Mountains. I like to see myself as middle aged but my chances of ever becoming a centenarian are very, very remote, so I’ve accepted that ...
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The Feel Good Effect is a wellness podcast with a mission to unpack what it really mean to be healthy, with conversations and solo episodes themed around an effective, gentle approach. Hosted by Robyn Conley Downs, founder of mission-driven media and education brand, Real Food Whole Life, the show is about leaning out of wellness as another set of impossible standards, and leaning into self-trust, powerful mindset shifts, and radically simple strategies & habits that really work.
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#376 - The Lazy Genius Back-to-School Checklist
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August is almost here, and when it hits, it hits hard, especially if you have kids going back to school. So today, I’m going to do some of the work for you. I’ve gathered some of the biggest tasks you likely have to prepare for going back to school, and by listing them all together and sharing some ways to Lazy Genius them. Helpful Companion Links …
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#375 - Behind-the-Scenes of the Book I Swore I’d Never Write
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My third book, The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius, releases in 78 days! Completely arbitrary, but on this random summer Monday, it sounds fun to talk about some behind the scenes details about the book. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Epis…
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#374 - What’s Saving My Life: Summer Edition
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Last week, I did an episode on all of your best summer ideas, and today I’m sharing the ten things we’re doing this summer that are saving my life. As always, this list is not something for you to copy. The point is to notice where you have problems, adjust, and see what works for you. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask y…
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#373 - Best Summer Hacks from the Lazy Genius Community
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I asked y’all on Instagram for your best summer lifesavers so far, and holy moly did you guys deliver. These are some of the best ideas that align so well with what it means to be a Lazy Genius, to name what matters to you in the season that you’re in and then make choices that support that! Plus, those choices help you feel like yourself. Helpful …
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#372 - 10 Things I Wish I’d Known In My 20s
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As often happens when we go through life, we learn things along the way. And sometimes we learn things that we so desperately wish we had learned earlier. Does that negate their value now? No. Is learning part of the process? Of course. But I think we can learn a lot about ourselves now by acknowledging what we have already learned. Since it’s midd…
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Summer is often a season for day trips for many reasons. Let’s apply the Lazy Genius Method to day trips to help you plan yours, but as we do, remember a key phrase: surprise and delight. It’s your energetic guiding light. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in Octo…
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TPM#34 Creating or revamping your website? Do it like a Lazy Genius!
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Get ready to make website development a breeze! In this episode, Shelley Tonkin Smith is diving back into the world of websites, showing us how to tackle website creation or revamp projects without the stress. She's applying Kendra Adachi's Lazy Genius principles to website creation, making the process fun and manageable. Shelley walks us through t…
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This episode is for those of you who would classify yourselves as readers and those of you who would not. I want us to look at the aspects of summer reading that are all over the Internet right now and decide if they are in or out for us as Lazy Geniuses. Are we paying attention to the best things? Are we telling ourselves the kind truths? Reading …
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The decision tree that comes from "Can I have a snack?!" is exhausting, whether the question is coming from your kids or yourself. Snacks, especially in summer, are the bane of many an existence, so today we’re going to try to make handling them easier. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying …
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#368 - My Playbook for a Lazy Genius Summer
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For many of you, it’s summer, or you might already be a couple of weeks in. Regardless, I’m going to share my plan for a Lazy Genius summer, and hopefully it’ll show you some ways to apply these principles to your own plan but more importantly to how you pivot around the plan when those times come. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The …
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We do this episode every season, and I have seven things to share with you. But what do you do when things that normally save your life don’t work in a new season? I’m tackling that at the end of the episode today. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Sha…
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#366 - Twenty Helpful Decisions I Keep Repeating
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My first book The Lazy Genius Way introduces 13 Lazy Genius principles that help you name what matters, ditch what doesn’t, and get stuff done. The first of those principles is Decide Once. Decide Once means you make one decision about one thing and you keep making that decision over and over until it doesn’t work for you anymore. Today, I’m sharin…
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TPM#33 Website Building: A Page-by-Page Guide from a Playful Copywriter
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Whether you're just getting started in business, or you've been in the game for a while, a professional website is difficult to live without... I must say, I consider a "home on the internet" that you own and control, an absolute MUST for a business owner. But building a website for your online business is not a one-and-done affair! Ask me, I know.…
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We know the feeling of Maycember. May has a similar energy to the beautiful chaos of December, but we forget it’s like that until we’re in it. I never remember how crazy May becomes until literally right now, and then it feels too late. If that’s you, this episode will help. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library…
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Sometimes life feels like a fire hose, a constant stream of events or tasks or humans or needs or stimulation that wear you down, metaphorically soak you through, and create an environment where what you need keeps getting pushed to the back of the line. In those times, what do we do? Today, I’m going to share four things to keep in mind when life …
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TPM#32 Ready for a LIGHTT approach to journaling?
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Shelley's discovered a chilled approach to daily journaling, designed to bring clarity and joy to the lives of busy mompreneurs. It's called the LIGHTT Journaling Method. Shelley shares her journey of rediscovering the power of journaling and outlines the six key components of her LIGHTT method: Lowlight, Insight, Gratitude, Highlight, Traction, an…
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This is our quarterly episode where I take your problems and try and Lazy Genius them! Today, as always for these episodes, I’ll put the questions focused on kids and parenting at the end in one chunk so that those of you without kids don’t have to listen if you’d rather move along with your day. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PL…
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#362 - A Simple Strategy for Your To-Do List
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Y’all know I love helping us deal with our to-do lists. Life is full of things to do, and sometimes we feel buried in all that wants our attention. So today’s episode is a short and sweet look at one simple strategy that might make a ton of difference for you. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider ca…
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#361 - Two Things That Make Friendship Easier
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No matter your level of extroversion or introversion, your age, your life stage, or any other factor, we all need friends. I tend to focus on more concrete things on the show, but I think that one of the reasons we struggle to find and maintain meaningful relationships is partly a logistical one. And yet, finding time to connect with people is just…
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#360 - A Pep Talk for the Perpetually Tired
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Is this maybe the most appropriately named pep talk of all time? Quite possibly. I have a feeling a lot of you always feel tired. In fact, like me, you feel tired so often that it’s annoying at this point. You’re tired of being tired. Will we ever not be tired?! I think we all need some solidarity in this space as well as some practical help. My go…
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While this episode is definitely seven routines that work for me, the reason I’m sharing them is not so that you will do them because they’ll work. It’s more to see how I arrived at certain routines, what priorities they support, and maybe they’ll inspire a small change or adjustment in your own routine that could make your life work better for you…
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#358 - How to Kindly and Efficiently Get Where You Need to Go
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We all have places we need to go, and we want to kindly and efficiently get there. That looks different for everyone though. I’m going to break this episode down into three sections: expectations, kindly getting there, and how to bring in efficiency. Do not skip straight to part three, please. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN …
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#357 - Your Planning Playbook for Spring 2024
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One of the most foundational principles of managing your time like a Lazy Genius is to think about your season. We all need tangible help with planning. That’s why I wrote a book called The PLAN. But since it doesn’t come out until October and we need to plan some stuff now, let’s plan our spring together. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new b…
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This is a beloved quarterly episode where I share the things in my life that are saving it. It could be products that bring joy or efficiency, moments that make me feel like myself, things I’m looking forward to… the list is varied every time. The practice, though, is just as important as the list itself, which is why I encourage you to ask yoursel…
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#355 What to Do When You’re Bored with Your Life
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This feeling hits all of us at some point. You’re bored with the meals you eat, the clothes you wear, the stuff in your house, bored with your job, your routine, your partner, all kinds of things. Today, I’m going to offer you a process to help you get past the feeling of being bored with something in your life. Helpful Companion Links Episode #295…
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A few weeks ago, I invited Jenna and Angela from our beloved Office Ladies Podcast to join me for Office Hours so we could Lazy Genius something real from their lives together. Y’all loved that episode so much. I got countless DMs asking if the baskets were working for Angela and how Jenna was holding up with school email. Well, I thought it would …
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TPM#31 Top 3 Small Biz Money Mistakes (and how to avoid them) with Anne Gray
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Are you making one of the top 3 money mistakes in your business? Today, my friend and fellow business owner, Anne Gray and I talk through these three mistakes and share our best tips for avoiding them. It's actually more like one BIG TIP, and (spoiler alert, it's the Proft First System, developed by Mike Michalowicz. I'm going to be leading a Profi…
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