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Feb 23 2024
Critical Hearts
In this episode, Lisa discusses the tragedy of having her work professionally edited, and how being criticized is a lot like playing Zelda.To read the original post, click here.Subscribe to Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram here!
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Feb 23 2024
Critical Hearts
In this episode, Lisa discusses the tragedy of having her work professionally edited, and how being criticized is a lot like playing Zelda.To read the original post, click here.Subscribe to Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram here!
Feb 9 2024
You're Already Doing Hard Things
In this episode, Lisa would like you to remember that yes, you can do hard things, AND you're already doing a bunch of them. Right this minute!Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Feb 2 2024
Beware the Ides of February
In this episode, Lisa discusses February, which is the worst.Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jan 26 2024
Trust Yo' Self 2024
In this episode, Lisa reads too much advice and decides it's probably best that we just do our own thing. Whatever the thing may be.Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jan 19 2024
Why You Might Be Too Comfortable
In this episode, Lisa discusses Anna Lembke's excellent book with terrible news, Dopamine Nation, and how we all have to take cold showers, apparently.Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jan 12 2024
Why I Love Martha Stewart Living
In this post, we celebrate the terrible beauty of the late, great periodical branch of Martha Stewart Omnimedia: Martha Stewart Living. Please listen and remember to paper Lisa's coffin with back issues, when the time comes.Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Dec 15 2023
How to Take Advantage of Black Friday Deals After Age 35
In this seasonal—and also eternal—post, Lisa talks about shopping after age 35, which is a lot like tap dancing after having your feet removed.Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Dec 8 2023
Season 2 Premiere: 'Tis the Season to Feel Self-Conscious
In this post from October 2020, Lisa talks about having Raynaud's Disease and how that makes her feel like a lawn gnome.Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jul 7 2023
Season 1 Finale: Why Travel is Good for Us (Even If We're Anxious)
In this episode, Lisa reads a post about travel anxiety and wraps up season 1!Read the original post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jun 30 2023
How I Fell Out of Love with Dieting
In this post, originally titled "Diet Riot," Lisa discusses still having to eat cantaloupe and celery sometimes, but at least doing it with less enthusiasm.Read the original blog post here.Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jun 23 2023
Confessions of a Chronic Undersharer
Now a recovering undersharer, Lisa reads a post from December 2020 about getting hives whenever people ask how she's doing. And why that's probably not the best approach to life.Read the original post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jun 17 2023
The Create Channel
In this deep cut from 2020, Lisa discusses finding creativity again after ignoring it for most of the last decade.Read the original post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jun 9 2023
Nobody Puts Indiana in a Corner
In this post, we discuss the unsung loveliness of Indiana and grumble about people with bad attitudes.Read the original post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
Jun 2 2023
Don't You Know That You're Toxic?
Lisa reads a blog post about discovering the term "toxic positivity," which somehow was only three years ago? Huh. You can read the original post here. Visit Lisa's current website here!Subscribe to Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook!
May 26 2023
The Future Land of Make Believe
Lisa reads a blog post about her tendency to make all future thinking into negative thinking, and she shares a workaround that helps her avoid this up to fifty percent of the time.Read the original blog post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
May 19 2023
Lacey the Puppy Guru
In this episode, Lisa reads a blog post from her early days of puppy training, which is kind of about cleaning up pee and kind of about not arguing with reality. Read the original post here!Sign up for Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook here!
May 12 2023
On Zelda
In this episode, Lisa reads her first post about The Legend of Zelda and her sometimes preference for Hyrule over reality.Read the original post here! Visit Lisa's current website here!Subscribe to Lisa's newsletter here!Follow Lisa on Instagram or Facebook!
May 5 2023
I Volunteer
In this episode, Lisa reads one of her most-read posts, "I Volunteer," about considering the possibility that she signed up for every hot mess this world has to offer.
Apr 25 2023
The Most Dangerous Question
Welcome to the blogcast! In this episode, Lisa reads the first post she made after quitting her teaching job. You can read the original post from July 2020 here. You can read Lisa's current work at lisaswander.com/blog, or find her on Instagram @lisa_swander. Or sign up for her monthly newsletter!