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The Heart & Hustle Podcast

125: “Just Wait Til You Have Kids…” Busting that Motherhood & Productivity Lie with Laura Vanderkam

The Heart & Hustle Podcast

The Heart University

Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Business

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever struggled with the concept of “doing it all” and “finding work-life balance” or even heard (or heck, SAID) the phrase “just wait till you’ve had kids”, well today’s chat is gonna rock your world. We got to talk to the INCREDIBLE Laura Vanderkam.

Laura is the author of quite a few time management and productivity books, including I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Off the Clock, and 168 Hours, and more. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.

Today we sit down and talked to Laura about all things productivity & time management but from the perspective of a successful entrepreneur & businesswoman who is also an incredible mother of five kids.

Now you might be thinking “HOW DOES SHE DO IT ALL?!?” and guess what? WE TALK ABOUT THAT. This episode is for you if you’ve struggled with work-life balance, raising kids (or wanting to someday) while also running a business. If you’ve heard the phrase “just wait until you have kids…” and you’re ready to hear that myth busted once and for all as well as handed some tools and strategies to begin to take back your life.

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Heart and Hustle Podcast. We are your hosts Evie Rup and Lindsay Roman.

0:06.0

Now if you have ever struggled with the concept of quote doing it all and quote finding work life balance and even heard or heck said the phrase, quote,

0:16.9

just wait until you've had kids. Well, today's episode is about to rock your world.

0:23.0

Today we get to talk to the incredible Laura Vandercam.

0:27.0

Laura is the author of quite a few time management and productivity books,

0:31.0

including I know how she does it, what the most successful people do

0:35.0

before breakfast, off the clock, and 168 hours and more.

0:40.0

Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,

0:44.5

Fast Company, and Fortune.

0:46.6

She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast

0:49.0

and the co-host of the podcast Best of Both Worlds.

0:52.1

She lives outside of Philadelphia

0:53.4

with her husband and five children and blogs

0:55.6

at Laura Vandercam.com.

0:57.9

Now today we sit down and talk to Laura

1:00.1

who is also an incredible mother of five kids. Now you might be thinking how does she do it all and

1:08.7

guess what we talk about that. This episode is for you if you've struggled with work life balance or

1:15.2

raising kids or running to someday while also running a business. And if you've heard the phrase

1:20.4

just wait till you have kids and you're ready to hear that myth busted once and for all,

1:25.3

as well as handed some tools and strategies to begin to take back your life, keep listening.

1:31.3

Now without further ado, hustle podcast with Evie Rup and Lindsay Roman, two photographers turned

1:46.6

entrepreneurs and founders of the Heart University.

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