A Beautiful Mess Podcast

This week we're sharing what's on our Summer bucket list and discussing a hot take about shoe-free rules in homes.
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Elsie's Summer Bucket List:
Family vacation to New England
Summer Reading Goals
Teaching kids basic skills
Establish a family movie night
Draft a new novel
Emma's Summer Bucket List:
On Sabbatical
Family night in Branson
Make a digit collage project
Take a trip with her husband
Clean out kids' toys and books
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This week we're discussing Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke and taking a quiz on what kind of genius we are. We'll also chat about a listener hot take on whether or not kids should be taught euphanisms.
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The 6 Types of Genius:
Wonder
Discernment
Invention
Enablement
Galvanizing
Tenacity
 
Feel Something, Make Something by Caitlyn Metz
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
 
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This week we are joined by our bestie Katie Day who is here to share the five minute practice that changed her life. We'll also discuss a hot take about white tennis shoes.
 
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Katie's 5 minute practice:
Get water

3 things you are grateful for

First person goal

 
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Shailey & Katie's Lemonade Stand Podcast
 
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This week we're getting honest about what it's really like working with family. We've been working together since our early 20s and people always ask how we do it so today we're spilling the tea. We're also discussing what we're reading and a hot take about long vs short books.
 
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Biggest Pro: Time spent together
 
Biggest con: More risk to the relationship
 
Book Report:
Elsie: Lincoln in The Bardo by George Saunders
Emma: Lights Out By Navessa Allen
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This week we're talking about the books that genuinely shifted how we see the world — not just 5 star reads, but the ones that rewired our thinking and books we still find ourselves talking about years later.
 
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Elsie's books:
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Station Eleven by Emily Sr. John Mandel
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
 
Emma's books:
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 
Nonfiction Bonus:
Elsie: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
Emma: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
 
Book Report:
Elsie: The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
Emma: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
 
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