This is an I-Heart podcast.

Hi, I'm Laura Vanderkamp.

I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, and speaker.

And I'm Sarah Hart Unger, a mother of three, practicing physician, writer, and course creator.

We are two working parents who love our careers and our families.

Welcome to Best of Both Worlds.

Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, and time for fun.

From figuring out child care to mapping out long-term career goals,

we want you to get the most out of life. Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. This is Laura. This

episode is airing in sort of early mid-November of 2025. We are going to be talking about rekindling the work flame.

So long-time listeners may recall that a few months ago we had an episode called Keep It Hot,

which was about long-term romantic partnerships and how one could keep the flame alive there.

And it turns out that there are some parallels with

work as well. If you've been in your job for a great many years, sometimes things can start to

feel a little bit stale, less exciting than you might hope. But there are things that you can do

to make your work life more exciting and interesting for you as well.

Now, obviously, there are some key differences between your marriage and your job.

One is that you should definitely change jobs if you get a much better offer of something

you would rather do, where there are a few more repercussions to doing that with your marriage. You probably really want to think about that with all the trauma that we'd cause. But, you know, the grass is not always greener. And so sometimes when people think we need a different job, you know, all jobs have their issues. I've definitely seen people in yours report to me that they're like, oh, this job is so stressful and terrible.

My coworkers are awful and you can't trust them.

And then you're like, I'm going to get a different job.

It's like, great, great, go do that.

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