The Simplified Podcast with Emily Ley

9: Simple Habits That Stick

Habit. Raise your hand if that word makes you shudder. Over and over, we hear that good habits lead to happier lives. But honestly? Thinking about developing good habits can feel boring at best, or at worst, like one more thing on your to-do list. But you can harness habits you already have into simple routines that can free up your mind and your schedule. This week, Emily shows three ways to incorporate routines that’ll give you a bit more space for what matters most to you. From finding ways to make doing the dishes enjoyable, to outsourcing your least favorite chores to your kids (this is a judgement-free zone, friends), Emily shows that routines and habits don’t have to be hard. With a little effort and a lot of grace, making simple choices ahead of time can offer you the freedom and breathing room you’ve been looking for. * * * NEW SIMPLIFIED PLANNERS & PRODUCTS ARE HERE! emilyley.com * * * ORDER EMILY’S NEW BOOK! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

April 15, 2021

18 min

8: Love People Well (Growing Boldly #3)

In a world where we can choose to be anything, let’s choose to be kind. This week, Emily shares why treating others with respect and kindness is the best way forward, and how when we choose to love people well—even when they don’t look or think like us—we enable ourselves to grow and empathize with others just a little bit more. Emily also gives us a few tactical (and free!) ways we can love the people around us, including ourselves. Because after all, cultivating a life we love starts with cultivating a life filled with love. * * * GET EMILY’S NEW BOOK TODAY! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

April 8, 2021

17 min

7: Use What You Have (Growing Boldly #2)

When you hear the phrase “use what you have,” what do you think of? Maybe the physical things you have on hand—your laptop, your bookshelf, your favorite top. But using what you have also applies to the internal traits you already possess—your grit, your perseverance, your wisdom. We all have a toolkit filled with intangible helpers at our disposal, but we often forget about them. We forget how capable we are of leading, of guiding, of loving those around us. This week, Emily reminds us that we can conquer the obstacles in our way through our own grit and determination. Right now, we can choose to tap into a growth mindset that says, “This may be hard, but it’s worth it,” and, “I won’t stop until I reach my goal.” And when we do that, we grow boldly into the life we want to build, and in the process, we encourage those around us to tap into their own power. * * * GET EMILY’S NEW BOOK TODAY! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

April 1, 2021

18 min

6: Believe in Who You Are (Growing Boldly #1)

One of life’s biggest challenges is closing the gap between who we are and who we want to be. And how do we close that gap? By growing boldly and believing in ourselves. Sure, we all feel wobbly as we meet new obstacles and figure out what matters to us. But as we learn to trust in the wisdom we’ve earned from everything we’ve faced, steadiness comes—we just have to believe it’s real and it belongs to us. This week, Emily walks us through how she’s learned to get her beliefs inside to match her actions outside, and how that alignment helps her feel like someone she can believe in. Emily shows us that despite the voices telling us we aren’t enough, we each have the time, the resources, and the worthiness right now to build a life we love. * * * GET EMILY’S NEW BOOK! Find the exclusive edition of Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love at your favorite Target store today! * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

March 25, 2021

19 min

5: Simply Defining Your Space (The Keeping of Home #1)

We all have different definitions of the word “home.” Some think of a house filled with family and friends, with love and laughter. Others think of a physical place, like sitting on a sandy beach or hiking in the mountains. But Emily defines “home” this way: it’s the space where you feel like your best self. From time to time, Emily will share ideas about what it means “keep a home” and build a space that looks and feels like *you.* This week, Emily walks us through how to think about building a home that reflects what’s important to you—the physical things like where you want to live, or what small little joys can bring life to your space. Emily reminds us that no matter where you are in life, whether you’re in a familiar place or one that feels a little new and uncertain, you can build a home that’s brimming with warmth, one with plenty of love that wraps around your people. * * * PRE-ORDER EMILY’S NEW BOOK! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love is out March 23, 2021! * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

March 18, 2021

16 min

4: How to Make Friends as a Grown-Up (BFF Chat with Kristin Winchester)

In our circle of people, friends are some of the most special—after all, they’re the family we choose! But as we get older, making friends (and keeping them) doesn’t feel as easy as it used to be. Kids, careers, life obligations, you name it: sometimes the simple work of keeping everything going doesn’t leave much room for friendships. We’re not casually bumping into people we know at our lockers or at the coffee pot these days. So how do we make friends as a grown-up? And how do we nurture the friendships that already mean so much to us? Emily calls up her real-life BFF Kristin Winchester (affectionately known as KNW!) to chat about how they met and how they’ve stayed close, even though they haven’t seen each other for more than a year. These twin moms share that it can feel uncomfortable to be vulnerable with someone about decades worth of “your stuff,” but the risk to be seen as we are is worth it. (PS: be on the lookout for Kristin to return for more BFF Chats as she and Emily explore the fun stuff that only real friends can!) * * * PRE-ORDER EMILY’S NEW BOOK! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love is out March 23, 2021 * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

March 11, 2021

31 min

3: Creating Calm & Clearing Clutter #1 – Simplify Your Calendar

On The Simplified Podcast, we want to give you practical tools to help you build a life you love. One of the ways we’ll do that is by helping you create calm and clear clutter from different parts of your life. And today, we’re asking you this: have the words, Gosh, I’m so stressed, rolled around your mind this week? We’ve all been there. We’re constantly working, loving, cleaning, caring, organizing, grocery shopping, and dealing with the minutiae that make up every single day—often without scheduling a break for ourselves. Our calendars are filled to the brim, every square scribbled with activities and commitments. But what if you decided to take an eraser and scrub some of those commitments off your calendar? What if you said no to a few things so you could give an enthusiastic yes to something else, like margin and rest for yourself, or more time with your family? Emily walks us through four steps to simplifying our schedules so that we can unapologetically declare what matters to us and learn to be fully present in the lives we’ve worked so hard to build with the people we so fiercely love. * * * PRE-ORDER EMILY’S NEW BOOK! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love is out March 23! * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

March 4, 2021

16 min

2: Simplifying “The Talk” with Your Kids – A Chat with Birds & Bees

As kids grow up, parents have a lot of responsibility to walk them through hard conversations. And no conversation is as awkward as “The Talk.” Oh yes, that Talk—the one where your mom pulled you aside with hushed tones and anatomically correct drawings about your changing body that made you want to squirm right out of your chair. But you know what? The Talk doesn’t have to be the cringe-worthy conversation of yesteryear (insert *sigh of relief* here!). Emily’s joined by Mary Flo Ridley and Megan Michelson of Birds & Bees, who empower parents to have more purposeful conversations about sex. Mary Flo and Megan walk us through a few steps to simplify “The Talk” for kids at any age, and show us that children’s minds are like a sponge: we can fill them with information drip by drip, allowing their minds to expand gradually instead of giving them a firehose of information that’ll overwhelm them, or letting someone else be the one to fill the sponge. Two big takeaways from this conversation: every family’s message around sex is going to look different—and as a parent, you are the best person to be the loving truth-teller to your kids. You’ve got this! * * * A DEAL FOR YOU! Get 20% off Birds & Bees' Online Course with code SIMPLIFIED at birds-bees.com. * * * PRE-ORDER EMILY’S NEW BOOK! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love is out March 23! * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

March 4, 2021

36 min

1: Where to Start When Everything Feels Hard

Welcome to the very first episode of The Simplified Podcast! Throughout the show, Emily will take you by the hand and help you think about some of the pressure points in your life—like overwhelm at home and work and in your relationships—and give you tactical tools to bring more calm and confidence into your days. Emily kicks off her brand-new podcast by laying all the cards on the table and asking: can we dare to build a life we love, even when life throws unimaginable challenges our way? We all worry about our families, and our careers, and our futures in the face of uncertainty, but none of us wants to spend every single day battling the anxiety monster. So how do we move forward when we feel stuck? Where do we start when everything feels hard? Emily walks us through three steps for putting one foot in front of the other so we can step out of the anxiety keeping us frozen and into this brave truth: we may not have control of what happens to us, but we do have a choice about how we respond. * * * PRE-ORDER EMILY’S NEW BOOK! Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love is out March 23! * * * SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher * * * LET’S BE FRIENDS! Simplified: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Emily Ley: Instagram | Facebook

March 4, 2021

21 min

[Trailer] Introducing: The Simplified Podcast

Do you feel like your life needs a bit more breathing room? Do you miss a calendar that had more blank space, or a to-do list with fewer items to check off? If you’re thirsty for a fresh way of living with more joy and less overwhelm, then you’ve come to the right place! Creator of The Simplified Planner®, bestselling author, and mama of three Emily Ley invites you to The Simplified Podcast, a brand-new show launching in just a few weeks, where she’ll help you explore tactical ways to organize and automate the complicated parts of life so you can focus on what truly matters most. Your first Simplicity Tip: Go ahead and Subscribe so you get the show right in your favorite podcast provider—that’s one less to-do for you!

February 15, 2021

6 min

The Simplified Podcast with Emily Ley

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The Simplified Podcast with Emily Ley

Episodes

9: Simple Habits That Stick

8: Love People Well (Growing Boldly #3)

7: Use What You Have (Growing Boldly #2)

6: Believe in Who You Are (Growing Boldly #1)

5: Simply Defining Your Space (The Keeping of Home #1)

4: How to Make Friends as a Grown-Up (BFF Chat with Kristin Winchester)

3: Creating Calm & Clearing Clutter #1 – Simplify Your Calendar

2: Simplifying “The Talk” with Your Kids – A Chat with Birds & Bees

1: Where to Start When Everything Feels Hard

[Trailer] Introducing: The Simplified Podcast