Hi, I'm Laura Vandercam. 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.

On the Best of Both Worlds Podcast each week, we share stories of 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.

Listen to Best of Both Worlds every Tuesday on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to listen to yourself.

I know that a lot of people find listening to audio recordings or watching video recordings of themselves to be painful, but it doesn't have to be.

And it can be a great way to become more effective at Communication.

So before breakfast is celebrating its fifth anniversary right around now.

Since launching this show in March of 2019, I have recorded well over 1300 episodes.

My process involves recording and then listening to the recording to double check for my producer if there are

any required sound edits. I do not love the sound of my voice. But at this point I have gotten used to it. I also

listen to interviews I have done on other people's podcasts. Doing so has brought me face to face or perhaps ear to ear

with some of my more annoying vocal ticks.

I have not gotten rid of all of them by any means, but at least being aware

of them has helped me do them a little less. So I know not everyone is into podcasting, but many people do have to address other people

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