This episode is for you if you've ever taken a trip.  What is the best trip you've ever taken? And what does "best" even mean? Was the best location, with the best people, was it simple or revelatory or both?  This prompt is a great conversation starter.  In this episode, I'm sharing some of my favorite trips of all time. And at the end of me rambling, there are 10+ travel tips sent in my listeners. That's the best part of the whole show! Full show notes for this episode here.   Make sure and follow:   @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram   @10ThingsToTellYou on facebook   Sign up to receive episode emails here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you’ve ever struggled with anxiety or ever watched a loved one form coping mechanisms to handle their anxiety. I have more than 10 things to tell you about anxiety, but here is a place we can start the mental health conversation. In this episode, I'm sharing my lifelong anxiety starting in childhood, through the teenage and young adult years, after I had children, and into the present day.  I'm talking about what anxiety looks like for me, healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms, and the things that have given me the most relief.  The goal of this type of episode is just to share a common human experience. I hope that it makes you check in with your own body, be honest about mental health struggles, and bring about some understanding of the anxiety that millions of people live with every day.  * Full show notes for this episode here.   Make sure and follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook.   Sign up to receive episode emails here.   *   This episode was brought to you by my newsletter the Secret Posts.   Sign up to receive the Secret Posts here.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content warning. The themes in this book include child abuse and sexual violence.  This discussion of Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews is finally here! Meg Tietz and I sit down to talk about this cult classic novel that women of a *cough* certain age passed around among friends.  We thought we were in for a giggly conversation about a silly book. What we found between these pages surprised us both.  Full show notes here.  * Follow Meg Tietz on Instagram  Follow Laura Tremaine on Instagram Follow 10 Things To Tell You on Instagram   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you've ever felt stuck in your roles.  This episode and this concept is brought to you by an old boyfriend, who (I think?) made up this analogy and it contributed to the end of our relationship and also has stayed with me as a major life question and metaphor. * Full show notes for this episode here.   Follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook.   Sign up to receive episode emails here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you've ever needed a mantra, to get through the day, a season, or your life.  What is your mantra? Do you have one? Do you need one?  On this episode, I share three different mantras that I've used over the years and that I still call upon when needed. We also hear from listeners who sent in their own life mantras.  10 Things To Tell You is an interactive podcast. Each episode has a prompt and a topic that I want you to take to your journal, text to your best friend, or answer on social media using the hashtag #10ThingsToTellYou.  Full show notes for this episode here.   Make sure and follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook.   Sign up to receive episode emails here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you want to learn more about taking care of your skin, or if you're always looking for new makeup recs.  Guest Jamie Golden is giving us a skincare education. If you have no idea what serums you need or how to make your face look more like it did 10 years ago, you are about to take notes.  Jamie is most well-known for her popular (hilarious) podcasts The Popcast with Knox and Jamie, and The Bible Binge, but her personal obsession is skin care. Jamie's Instagram is full of beauty tips and recommendations.  On this episode, Jamie walks us through our basic skincare needs while Laura shares five or her favorite current beauty buys, from hair products to lipstick to a magical foundation.  Full show notes (with everything we recommend) here.  * Jamie Golden is on Instagram.  Jamie co-hosts The Popcast with Knox and Jamie and the Bible Binge. Find The Popcast on Instagram and Facebook. The Bible Binge on Instagram. and on facebook. * Make sure and follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook. Sign up to receive episode emails here.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you’ve ever wondered “Who am I supposed to tell these 10 Things to….?” Every week I go on and on about how we all have 10 Things To Tell, but WHO do you tell?  Friends? A sibling? A partner? No one? This episode is about the people who deserve your trust. I'm telling you the 3 things that make me want to share with someone, and what happens if that trust is broken. There's one thing in particular I really want you to pay attention to.  I hope this episode makes you think about the relationships in your life that inspires you to share your stuff, in both new and lifelong friendships. * Full show notes for this episode here.   Make sure and follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook. Sign up to receive episode emails here.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for anyone whose life didn't turn out exactly as they expected.  Who did you expect to be? Not who did you *want* to be or who did other people want you to be? But WHO did YOU expect to be at this stage of your life? And are you that person? I've thought about variations of this theme for years, maybe even my whole adulthood. Because my life hasn't turned out at all like I expected. Okay, that's not entirely true.  * Full show notes for this episode here.   Make sure and follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook. Sign up to receive episode emails here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you're always looking for new reading recommendations.  I'm listing the best books I've read lately, including novels, memoirs, and self-help. These are the books I can't stop talking about.  And I'm asking YOU to share the best book(s) YOU'VE read recently. Post on social using the hashtag #10ThingsToTellYou for all of us looking for something great to read.  Click here for the show notes with the full list of titles I discuss in this episode.  . . Make sure and follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook. Sign up to receive episode emails here.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you've ever been in a family. Family rules. We all have 'em. Curfews, screen time, don't wear shoes in the house, finish the food on your plate. In this episode we're talking about our most basic family rules and also the unspoken rules of a family that shapes our behavior.  Answer this question in your journal, with a friend, or on social media using the hashtag #10ThingsToTellYou: What are your family rules? Full show notes for this episode here.   Make sure and follow @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram and facebook. Sign up to receive episode emails here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices