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Christine answers the question, “How do you recommend getting back into a movement routine?”LINKS/RELATED EPISODES: Embracing Micro Goals Why Self-Care Is Hard + How To Make It Happen Making Time for What Matters (with Laura Vanderkam) The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a lot of grousing about midlife AND there are many gifts this stretch of life brings. Christine talks with Lizzie Bermudez, an Emmy winning TV journalist and co-host of the forthcoming podcast Our Halftime Show. Christine and Lizzie talk about midlife pain points, the upsides around boundary setting and handling judgment, menopause, and more.LINKS + RELATED EPISODES: Lizzie Bermudez: website, Instagram, Our Halftime Show podcast Untamed by Glennon Doyle (book recommendation by Lizzie) Lizzie’s beauty picks: Kosas: Air Brow Tinted Clean Volumizing Eyebrow Gel, Natura Bisse: Stabilizing Cleansing Mask, Tatcha: The Rice Polish Foaming Enzyme Powder Christine’s eye cream: MIZON Snail Line Snail Repair Eye Cream Saying Yes To Saying No The Power of Curiosity (with Rachel Koh) Christine’s CNN article: Experiencing Hulk rage and terrible sleep? It may be perimenopause — here’s what to do Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The days are long but the years are short. And the stress and pressures in everyday parenting seem greater than ever. Christine talks with mom of three, best-selling author, and psychotherapist Dr. Tina Payne Bryson about the brain’s natural developmental runway. Dr. Bryson shares a slew of practical and compassionate parenting tactics and also talks about what kids need in order to thrive, and how to let go of the baggage that gets in the way of us seeing our children for who they are, not what we want them to be.LINKS + RELATED EPISODES: Dr. Tina Payne Bryson Books mentioned: The Power of Showing Up, The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline Christine’s CNN article: 5 ways to support tweens' and teens' developing brains The Case for Sleepovers via The Atlantic How to Teach Kids Life Skills Supporting Kids Through Continued Uncertainty & Stress (with Dr. Lisa Damour) Simple, Everyday Coping Tactics (with Janine Halloran, LMHC) Navigating Big Feelings + Hard Conversations (with Katie Hurley, LCSW) How To Improve Communication with Kids (with Ned Johnson) Raising Functional + Kind Kids (with Catherine Newman) How To Raise Kids To Be Thrivers (with Dr. Michele Borba) Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What foods and beverages bring you comfort and delight during the cold winter months? Christine shares about her seasonal intake patterns, preferred beverages, and the baked goods and mealtime items that are on high rotation right now. She also shares a favorite recipe collection hack and an update on her micro goals.LINKS + RELATED EPISODES: Christine’s Substack newsletter, There's Always A Story @drchristinekoh on Instagram Embracing Micro Goals Self-Care for Stubborn People The Power of Curiosity (with Rachel Koh) Simple Friendship Reboot Tactics Yoga with Adriene 30-day “Center” journey Video on Christine’s random calendar invite drops; she’s 2 for 2! Christine’s recipe binder system Sally’s Baking Addiction Carrot Cake Cupcakes Shalane Flanagan’s Superhero Muffins Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread Mark Bittman’s How To Cook Everything Mushroom Barley Soup via Food & Wine *Increase the richness by adding cornstarch slurry, balsamic vinegar, and Trader Joe’s Multipurpose Umami Seasoning Blend Lentil Soup via Cookie & Kate Chicken and wild rice soup via Food & Wine Magic salt Eric Kim’s Korean American cookbook Mark Bittman’s baked sweet potato fries @halfbakedharvest: Pull Apart Christmas Tree Garlic Bread + Roasted Balsamic Parmesan Brussels Sprouts Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prioritizing connection time is important all year round, but it can be a challenge amidst the busyness of everyday life. Christine chats with author and entrepreneur Thien-Kim Lam about simple ways to be intentional about relationships and find ways to show your partner you care without needing a ridiculous amount of money or time.LINKS + RELATED EPISODES: Thien-Kim Lam: website + books Happy Endings, Full Exposure, subscription service Bawdy Bookworms Simple Friendship Reboot Tactics Tiny Moments of Self-Love Embracing Everyday Moments (with LaShawn Wiltz) Becoming More Present Love Languages quiz   Thien-Kim’s book recommendations: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski + Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn Christine’s examples of “spicy” level by authors Helen Hoang: The Bride Test, The Kiss Quotient (high spice) Jasmine Guillory: The Wedding Date (medium spice), Christina Lauren: The Unhoneymooners (mild spice) Thien-Kim’s recent book pick: The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa (high spice!) Thien-Kim’s recommended romance book blogs and podcasts: Love in Panels, Smexy Books, Smart Bitches Trashy Books, RomBkPod Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Giving another person the safety to express themselves limitlessly and honestly is a gift. Christine chats with writer and mom of four Rebecca Woolf about her compelling memoir, “All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire.” Christine and Rebecca talk about the power of honesty, the ability to love and loathe with compassion, the interplay between authenticity and shame, and more.LINKS + RELATED EPISODES: Rebecca Woolf: website, memoir All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire, Substack: the braid Healing Through Expression (with Kristen Mei Chase) Finding Your Confidence + Voice (with Wendi Aarons) Living with Intention (with Ali Edwards) Embracing Vulnerability + Power In Sharing (with Laura Tremaine) Reframing the Abortion Narrative (with Gabrielle Blair) Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Friendships are wonderful and necessary, and can be a source of stickiness and conflict. Christine details her historical issues around friendships, how she has grown over the years and what she still wrestles with, and shares 8 simple tactics to find moments of reconnection with friends.LINKS + RELATED EPISODES: Embracing Micro Goals How To Talk About Gender Identity (with Casey Brown) Navigating Big Feelings + Hard Conversations (with Katie Hurley, LCSW) Living with Intention (with Ali Edwards) Reviving & Rethinking Friendships Jane Fonda, on friendships Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo The results from a holiday session with Christine’s Sprinkles Scientist friend Kristen Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We all need to heal, and healing can come through many forms of expression. Christine chats with former creative arts therapist and writer Kristen Mei Chase about different ways to work through logistical and emotional barriers, including the many ways in which writing her debut novel “A Thousand Miles to Graceland” helped her heal and find empathy for both herself and others. They talk about narrative busting on old patterns in relationships, becoming brave, Asian American representation, and more.LINKS + RELATED EPISODES: Kristen Mei Chase: website, Cool Mom Picks, Spawned with Kristen and Liz Kristen’s debut novel, “A Thousand Miles to Graceland” The Power of Creativity (with Rachel Koh) Finding Your Confidence + Voice (with Wendi Aarons) Embracing Micro Goals Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Sheri Gurock’s temperature blanket Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Curiosity can be healing and it is important to disrupt the narrative that you are too busy, old, etc., to consider trying new things that could bring joy or fulfillment to your life, or returning to things that used to help you in different stages of life. In this episode, Christine talks to her mother, Rachel Koh, who has lived a bright life replete with curiosity.RELATED EPISODES: Self-Care For Stubborn People Birthday Reflections + Extraordinary Care Living with Intention (with Ali Edwards) Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Setting high bars and aggressive goals can be paralyzing. Enter, micro goals. Christine talks about the power of focusing on the small things that may not be as sexy from a big goal setting perspective, but that are just as crucial to address to improve everyday quality of life. She walks through big picture concepts, some of the micro goals she is planning on tackling, and also shares an exciting announcement.Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices