Work + Life Harmony | Time Management, Organization and Planning for Overwhelmed Women
You wake up with a plan. By 10 AM, it's completely off the rails. By bedtime, you're mentally running through everything you didn't get to and wondering how tomorrow will be any different.
Work + Life Harmony is the weekly podcast that teaches women a completely different approach to time management, weekly planning, and productivity.
Hosted by Megan Sumrell, a time management expert with 20+ years in systems and planning, this show will change the way you think about your calendar, your to-do list, and how you spend your time.
Megan covers everything from weekly planning strategies and daily routines to goal setting, organization, and how to handle the curveballs that throw your whole week off. Her approach was built specifically for women managing work, family, and the million things in between, not recycled advice from productivity systems designed for someone else's life.
If you've been stuck in the cycle of overwhelm, guilt, and never-ending to-do lists, start here. New episodes every week.
Episodes
345 episodes
A 3-Stage Plan for Moms to Stop Dreading Summer with Erin Port
I have a total love-hate relationship with summer. I am always so ready for it to come, ready to ditch the alarm clocks and the get-ready-for-school morning routine, ready for more freedom and less structure. And then halfway through I find mys...
The Technology Shift That Quietly Created a New Kind of Mental Load for Default Parents
There was a time when staying on top of your family's schedule was actually pretty straightforward. A paper packet came home from school, the activity coordinator called the phone tree, and if you needed your partner to know something, you hand...
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How to Stop Managing Everyone When Your Family Has ADHD with Brooke Schnittman
Managing a household where brains work differently is genuinely one of the hardest things to navigate, and most families are figuring it out in real time without a lot of guidance. The systems that work for one person don't always work for anot...
Planning Will Finally Work for Your Life After You Do This First
Today's topic is not sexy. It is not glamorous. But I promise you this... if you do this one thing, it is going to be what makes any planning strategy you want to implement actually work.The chances are you have been avoiding this one th...
The Difference Between Planning and Decision Making on Big Projects
You've got a big project on your plate, maybe more than one, and the stress is already building before you've even taken the first step. You're researching, overthinking, trying to map out every possible outcome and contingency plan. And the mo...
How I Use My Paper Planner and Digital Calendar Together
If you use a paper planner and a digital calendar, you've probably had that moment where you wonder if you're doing something wrong. You're writing things down in two places, and everything in our tech-obsessed world is telling you to just pick...
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What to Do When Your Values and Boundaries Collide with Mindi Huebner
You've got a boundary you've worked hard to protect, and then life throws something at you that matters just as much. So now what? This is something that's been coming up again and again in our community, and honestly, it came up in my own life...
Your Calendar Is Lying to You
If you've ever looked at your calendar, seen a wide open afternoon, and thought "finally, I'm going to get so much done today" only to reach dinner time wondering where it all went, I recorded this one specifically for that feeling.There...
The Mental Load of Motherhood With Paige Connell
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't show up on any to-do list. It lives in the back of your brain at all hours, tracking what's running low in the pantry, remembering which kid has a permission slip due, mentally filing away t...
Where AI Actually Helps With Planning + Where It Doesn't
Your inbox is probably full of the same messages mine is right now. Every tech company and AI tool out there is promising to save you time, eliminate decision fatigue, and basically fix all your productivity problems. And the underlying message...
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The Real ROI of Good Systems: CALM
Everyone talks about systems like they're the key to doing more. Scale your business. Get more done at home. Be more productive. But here's what no one is telling you about why you actually need good systems, whether you're running a business o...
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How to Set Boundaries That Actually Stick at Work and Home with Kendall Berg
You know the boundaries you've set a hundred times before? The ones that work great for about three days until someone asks you to take on one more thing, stay late one more time, or handle one more crisis? We've all been there. Setting boundar...
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The Critical Difference Between Self-Care and Personal Time
You're doing all the self-care things. The skincare routine, the supplements, the bubble baths. You've invested in the products and carved out the time. But something still feels off. That's because there's a critical difference between self-ca...
Why Your Decluttering Keeps Failing and What Actually Works with Katy Joy Wells
You're exhausted from managing your house. The clutter feels endless. You've tried the methods, bought the bins, pulled everything out of your closet, and asked if things spark joy. Nothing sticks. A few weeks later, you're right back where you...
One Notebook Changed How I Get Everything Done and Stay Organized
Sticky notes on your desk. A notebook in your car. Another one by your bed. Maybe five different apps on your phone all capturing different types of information. Sound familiar?All those notebooks you think are keeping you organized are ...
Steal My "Household COO" Time-Saving System
Are you constantly interrupted by household stuff all week long? The emails from school, the forms that need signing, the bills that aren't on autopay, the portals that need checking. For years, I was handling these things every single day, eit...
Why Paper Planning Still Works Better Than Digital
There's this weird pressure to go fully digital with your planning and note-taking, like using paper somehow means you're falling behind. But despite spending over 20 years working in tech and running a digital business, the two most critical t...
Toxic Positivity Is Killing Your Productivity
Your boss just dropped three more projects on your already overflowing desk. When you express concern, you're told to "just be grateful for the opportunity." Your to-do list would take 42 hours to complete, but you only have 20 hour...
Slowing Down When You Have a Full Life with Monica Virga Alborno
If you've ever caught yourself saying "I'm so busy" like it's some kind of achievement, this episode is calling your name. Monica Virga Alborno, founder of Wanderwild Family Retreats and former Fortune 500 energy engineer, joins me to talk abou...
December 31st Isn't the Report Card for Your Entire Year
When did we all collectively decide that December 31st gets to define whether we succeeded or failed this year? December 31st is just a day. It's not a final exam, it's not a measure of your worth, and it definitely doesn't get to be the weapon...
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3-Step Process That Teaches Your Family to Solve Problems Together with Tia Graham
If your mornings feel like a logistical nightmare and every week brings new arguments over the same unsolved problems, you're not alone. Between school pickups, work meetings, and trying to keep everyone on schedule, it's easy for families to f...
Why You're Not Following Through With Your Plan
You've made the plan. You felt good about it. But now you're staring at it, not doing it, and beating yourself up for lacking willpower or discipline. Here's the truth: there's no planner, app, or productivity hack that's going to make you foll...
You Need to Know What Your Time Is Worth
If someone asked you right now what your time is worth, could you answer them? Most women can't. And that's a problem because when we don't know our worth, we make decisions from guilt and obligation instead of strategy and self-respect. We say...
The Truth About ADHD Procrastination and Motivation with Kristen Carder
"ADHD is a superpower."I used to say that too. I was coached to tell my daughter that her ADHD brain was special, powerful, a gift. But when Kristen Carder said "Actually, no it's not, and that's okay," something clicked for me. Because ...
Planning For Perfection vs. Planning For Reality
You know that feeling when you create the perfect plan for your week, and then by Tuesday everything has already fallen apart? Maybe your boss changed priorities, your kid got sick, or three unexpected things landed on your plate. So you tell y...
