006: Get out of your Creativity Rut!

A Very Merry Inbetween-isode!: 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! by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

45 min listen

Habit Hacks! Season Finale!: 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! by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

43 min listen

Daily, Dewy Makeup Routine with Emily Edgar, pro makeup artist: 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. by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

65 min listen

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.: 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! by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

51 min listen

Gift Guide: Meaningful giving on budget: Our go-to gifts for friends, family and co-workers. It doesn’t have to cost a lot to mean a lot! by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

37 min listen

Our Fixer Uppers! our 5 favorite things we included in our renovations, where we went cheap, and what we regret: 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.) by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

30 min listen

Vintage Rugs: a rug-ucation by Turkish and Persian collector, Shailey Murphy: 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. by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

42 min listen

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?: 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.) by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

41 min listen

Grocery Store Hacks: our go-to shopping lists, meal prep, and we’ll teach you how to “Aldi”: 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. by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

53 min listen

Level up your: Family Movie Night. Low-maintenance Parenting quality time hacks: 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. by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

31 min listen

Thrifting: Shailey's top 5 things to look for and why she LOVES it: 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! by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

40 min listen

Decorating with your Spouse/Partner/Roommate when you don't have the same taste!: 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.) by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

36 min listen

Season 10 Premier! We're back after a short two-year break!: 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.) by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

41 min listen

Pt 2: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up with Kathryn Kelly certified KonMarie organizer by Marie Kondo: Simplify & Organize.: 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!!!) by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

43 min listen

Pt 1: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up with Kathryn Kelly certified KonMari organizer by Marie Kondo: Simplify & Organize.: 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!!!) by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

49 min listen

Katie lost 90 pounds without counting calories or working out even one time. Here’s how! (Whole 30? Paleo? Keto? Lose the baby weight?): (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 by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

47 min listen

The Joy of Missing Out: Janae Hardy on JOMO - 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: 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 by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

61 min listen

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!: 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... by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

49 min listen

Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play: The Now Habit: 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. by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

51 min listen

The Enneagram, the typology of nine interconnected personality types! Our Strengths, Our weaknesses, Our marriages and our friendship.: 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. by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

64 min listen

Season 9 Premier! We’re back and we’ve been busy! Shailey created a new baby AND created a new house. Katie destroyed a house AND destroyed her weight loss goals.: Shailey created a new baby AND created a new house. Katie destroyed a house AND destroyed her weight loss goals. (Up top! Gutted her house, lost her gut. Amiright?) Also one of these self-employed girls went and got herself EMPLOYED. Tune in to hear the shenanigans, what’s coming up on this season, AND a brand new segment you WILL NOT WANT TO MISS! ( I mean…it’s a doozy, you guys. Buckle up.) Freshbooks.com/sk to make your business accounting LEGIT . Enter SHAILEY AND KATIE in the “How did you hear about us? Section” gusto.com/sk for BOMB payroll management thevirtualsavvy.com/lemonade for your free starter kit and checklist by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

39 min listen

107: Season Finale: The Secret to Being Happy: What IS in actually your control and What Isn’t? Positivity, Dealing with FOMO, and Marriage fights.: Making all kinds of lemonade today! Topics addressed: feeling “left out”, FOMO-fear of missing out, marriage fights, realizing your life isn’t what you “dreamed”, what about when you are mourning? Or going through something really hard? Digging deep today by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

57 min listen

106: Take charge of your pelvic Health! Your pelvic floor (Yes, your pelvic floor!…you have one!) does so much more than you know! With Melissa Dessaulles!: Vulnerability alert! Intimate topic alert! NSFW! The girls share some intimate stuff and they’re SO glad they did. There are so many things we put off a s”normal” that we. Do . not. Have. To live. With! Melissa is a pelvic health physical therapist. And t by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

56 min listen

105: Five stages of RENOVATION...WHAT HAVE WE DONE? Time vs. money: which matters more to you during a renovation?: From the ground level of a home renovation from a pregnant mom of a toddler, Shailey gives us an update on her home status. Her plan at the beginning was aggressive, even for an interior designer. So naturally, they made it more complicated as they went! by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

73 min listen

104: STOP COMPARING with Michelle Knight! Overcoming comparision-itis and perfectionism! Self-acceptance, purposeful living and storytelling when it comes to entrepreneurship and motherhood.: STOP COMPARING with Michelle Knight!  Overcoming comparision-itis and perfectionism! Self-acceptance, purposeful living and storytelling when it comes to entrepreneurship and motherhood. https://www.brandmerry.com/ by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

44 min listen

103: Finish your book and self-publish it! With Kelsey Baldwin (author, Strong Girl, Brave Girl). Productivity tips, self-discipline tips!: If you want to write a book, then write it! Kelsey Baldwin tells us why and how she wrote it and the (easier than you think) way she got it on amazon and into hundreds of women’s hands.Topics include: self-disciple tips, keeping yourself accountable, dead by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

63 min listen

102: So there's this thing called "Childcare", I guess? : Going from a homeschooling stay-at-home-mom to part-time childcare 5 days a week. Katie shares why she tried out childcare this year and how it’s going.: Katie Day, (photographer, actor, business-owner, mom of four) hasn’t used in childcare in her 8 years of being a mom. In fact, she even homeschooled. So why did she decide to experiment and put her 2 oldest in public school and her 2 youngest in preschool by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

62 min listen

101: The year to TAKE CONTROL of your home! Modern Home management with Kendra Hennessy.: The year to TAKE CONTROL of your home! Modern Home management with Kendra Hennessy. She helps us become a little more “homemaker-ish” by sharing systems, routines and mindset shifts that simplify life and put the fun back into being a mom. Including: Sett by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

53 min listen

100: 100th episode! When Katie met Shailey! Intentional Friendship tips, Community over Competition, Be the friend you want to have! Reach out to a girl crush. Encouragement: Think nice things then say those things out loud!: 100 EPISODES!!! How we met! When Katie met Shailey! (And when Shailey met Katie! And was that the same day? Spoiler: it was not.) Also: Intentional Friendship tips, Community over Competition, Be the friend you want to have! Reach out to a girl crush! Enc by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

55 min listen

099: Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive with Jessica Turner author of “Stretched Too Thin”: Pivot from Surviving to Thriving with Jessica Turner (author Stretched Too Thin!) She addresses the key pain points of working moms - everything from guilt to marriage to work boundaries to self care to outsourcing - and gives practical advice on how to p by Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand: Design Moms Finding the Happy Balance as Work-from-home Entrepreneurs

45 min listen

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