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Gretchen (liberal atheist) and Kelley (moderate Christian) talk about balancing career, family, and everything else.
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Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Sometimes the best-laid plans and best ideas get waylaid by the occasional reality check. Kelley and Gretchen share a few of the monkey wrenches thrown into their summer adventures.
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Mentioned on the podcast
Dorr Museum of Natural History
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: Great Cranberry Island
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
We interview Rebecca Liberty, a Lutheran Pastor and life coach, about her journey to her career, and to Bangor. She shares some insights onto Christianity today.
And yes, at points you can hear our kids, because we are nothing if not an accurately named podcast, and it is summer and we recorded with them in the building for the first time.
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Mentioned on the podcast
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Liturgists: Evangelicals episode
Choosing Our Religion: the Spiritual Life of America's Nones, Elizabeth Drescher
California avocado farmer struggles to find workers
Redeemer Lutheran Church is seeking a new pastor!
Our Favorite Things
Rebecca: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and This is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are, by Melody Warnick
Kelley: Whole Foods
Gretchen: She Should Run Incubator
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
With the news from the Supreme Court this week, we decided to rerun how we are trying to stay sane during this moment of history. We have a new episode coming next week!
Are you rage-screaming into a pillow every day, or happily moving through each day (mostly) blissfully unaware of the newest presidential gaffe? Gretchen and Kelley talk about how they manage the influx of insane news. Like us on Facebook, email us at balancingchaospodcast@gmail.com, and don't forget to leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher!
Mentioned on the podcast
The Women's March Never Ended. These Stats Prove It.
News Sources
ICE detains a Polish doctor and green-card holder who has lived in the US for nearly 40 years
Read Judge Rosemarie Aquilina's powerful statement to Larry Nassar
It Began with Rachael Denhollander and it Ends with Her
Podcasts
Late Night Shows
Hawaii missile alert: How one employee 'pushed the wrong button' and caused a wave of panic
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: BOGS Arcata Stripe Women's Insulated Boots
Gretchen: Allerpet
Gretchen and her daughters at the 2018 Women's March
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Kelley recaps her trip to Jamaica (mildly NSFW - but really funny) and we talk about our summer plans.
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Mentioned on the podcast
Dr. Hyman: Top 10 Big Ideas: How to Detox from Sugar
Donate to RAICES for Gretchen's birthday
DLLT Dedicates the Trail to Tomorrow
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: Baggallini Bryant Pouch
Gretchen: Crosswalks
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
When your state's motto is literally "VACATIONLAND," people have questions about traveling here. While most people think "Lobsters and Lighthouses," there is SO much more to visiting Maine. Melanie is the grant manager for the Maine Highlands, a beautiful region of the state that is anchored by our hometown, Bangor, and includes one of the endpoints of the Appalachian Trail, Mt. Katahdin. Melanie shares her best tips and secret gems of the Highlands.
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Mentioned on the podcast
https://www.themainehighlands.com/
Maine's Needhams: A Sweet Treat Of Earthy Potatoes
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations S06E12: Maine
Flatlanders Smokehouse, Patten, Maine
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: Back Cove Trail, Portland
Gretchen: https://www.autoslash.com/
Melanie: Her new cat!
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Deborah is a stage IV metastatic melanoma patient in long-term remission. She shares her story with us, from diagnosis to where she's at today.
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Mentioned on the podcast
LLBean Sunbuster Beach Shelter
AAD SpotMe - find free screenings in your area
Our Favorite Things
Deborah: Facebook
Kelley: EWG Sunscreen Guide
Gretchen: LLBean Tropicwear Hat
Thursday May 31, 2018
Thursday May 31, 2018
Jane Drichta is a midwife, author, and founder of the Global Motherhood Initiative. We got to talk to her just days before she left to spend a year in Iraq setting up a maternity and mental health clinic in a Yezidi refugee camp.
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Mentioned on the podcast
Who are the Yazidis and why is Isis hunting them?
The group least likely to think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees? Evangelicals.
lost mothers: maternal mortality in the u.s.
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
#HomeToVote – and what it means to watch Irish women boarding planes to Repeal the 8th
I'm begging you: Stop donating canned goods to food banks
Donate to Global Motherhood Initiative
Our Favorite Things
Jane: Iron Man
Kelley: What do you do with an idea? - Kobe Yamada
Gretchen: NoseFrida
Thursday May 24, 2018
Thursday May 24, 2018
Kelley keeps texting us pics of her on a beach, so Gretchen interviewed Alexandra Hinrichs, a children's book author, about her favorite books, how she managed to be a guest at the Getty Museum, and suggestions for aspiring writers! Also, Gretchen has some things to say about pockets.
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Mentioned on the podcast
At the end of Winter: Central MA poet Susan Roney-O’Brien
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
Lurlene McDaniel (the Dawn Rochelle collection)
Dying Teenagers in Love Tears are the highest praise for Lurlene McDaniel’s brand of sick lit
Honoring Teen’s Sexual Reality: Judy Blume
Little Wings: Willa Bean series
That dystopian fiction was preparation tweet
A Brief History of Young Adult Books
From Tapestry to Picture Book: a Unique Collaboration
Getty: French Tapestry Exhibit
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
Our Favorite Things
Alex: The Children's Book Podcast
Gretchen: Good Reads
Thursday May 17, 2018
Thursday May 17, 2018
Kelley is on a tropical vacation this week, so we are rebroadcasting one of our most popular episodes. After the initial podcast ran, we each had people contact us to let us know it compelled them to take action of life insurance, wills, and other important things that are hard to think about. Jamie was very gracious in sharing her story, with the hope that it would encourage people to think about the unthinkable, and that's exactly what happened. It's never too early to buy life insurance (but it can be too late to do so, so do it!) - G
Kelley and Gretchen are joined by Jamie, who was widowed at 34, and has advice for planning for the unexpected. Enjoying Balancing Chaos? Tell two friends, like us on Facebook, email us at balancingchaospodcast@gmail.com, and don't forget to leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher!
Mentioned on the podcast
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
Select Quote (you want TERM life! Not whole life.)
Sarah Susanka, The Not So Big House
The Red File: Include marriage certificate, birth certificates, passports, wills, POA, mortgage information, list of accounts, health care providers etc.
Sheryl Sandberg, Katie Couric & Adam Grant on Living Option B*
Google's Inactive Account Manager (aka the Death Tool)
Medical School Anatomical Gift Programs
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach
How to setup and use Do Not Disturb on your iPhone
*I heard this as audio via the Death, Sex, and Money podcast, but it was originally from the 92nd Street Y.
Our Favorite Things!
Jamie: Motion Activated Toilet Bowl Light & Amazon Echo
Kelley: Stainless Steel Stemless Wine Glass
Gretchen: Hopkins Arctic Plow Snow Remover
Thursday May 10, 2018
Thursday May 10, 2018
Kelley and Gretchen are celebrating commencement season at work, and have some advice they'd give to new graduates as they seek their first professional jobs! You don't have to be a new grad to get tips on the job search, though!
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Mentioned on the podcast
This Is the Simplest, Most Successful Way to Save Enough Money for Retirement
The 5 Essential Retirement Moves to Make in Your 20s and 30s
85% of all jobs filled by networking
Evidence based interview strategy for new nurses
Ask a Manager: CEO's wife ruined my job prospects! (spoiler, she didn't, he did.)
How to refuse to share your salary history
Thank you notes after interviews examples
Evaluating your benefits package
Our Favorite Things
Kelley: HydroFlask
Gretchen: Overcast