1KHO 488: How to Make an Overwhelming Life Easier | Emily Ley, The Simplified Cookbook

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Life is already complicated—dinner doesn’t have to be. In this refreshingly down-to-earth conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with Emily Ley, bestselling author, planner designer, and creator of The Simplified Cookbook, to talk about what it really takes to make family life easier. Emily shares her journey from climbing the corporate ladder to launching a wildly successful business that helps women ditch the overwhelm and embrace simplicity—starting with dinner. From “stupid easy” recipes and genius hacks like perpetual grocery lists to the power of deciding once (hello, pizza Fridays!), Emily offers practical tools that make daily life feel lighter and more joyful. But this episode isn’t just about food—it’s about freeing up time and headspace to focus on what really matters. Emily and Ginny dive into the beauty of assembly meals, why three out of four goals is enough, and how Substack has become a space of encouragement for overwhelmed moms. Whether you’re trying to simplify your meal routine, build meaningful family traditions, or just find permission to let go of perfection, this conversation is your breath of fresh air. ** Get your copy of Emily's new cookbook here Learn more about Emily and all she has to offer here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.9	Barclays ready-made investments.
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0:24.5	Investing is not for everyone.
0:25.5	The value of investments can fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you invest.
0:29.1	Tees and Cs apply.
0:30.6	Here we go.
0:31.6	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:33.6	My name is Ginny Urge.
0:34.6	I'm the founder of 1,000 Hours Outside. And I've got like businesswoman
0:38.2	extraordinaire. I got her cookbook. But then when I was looking into all like your your business model
0:44.3	and what you sell and what you help people do, I was like, this is incredible. Oh, thank you.
0:49.8	The book is called the simplified cookbook. Everything you do is about simplifying planners,
0:55.1	organization. Life's overwhelming enough. We've got to make it easier. Yes. Okay. So what's the
1:00.6	back? There's a cute dog. Yeah, that's Walter. He is the permanent fixture here in the office. He
1:05.5	refuses to leave. Very cute. Okay. So what's your backstory on becoming a person that's helping other people simplify and be more organized?
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