Stressful Homes, Maximalism, School Prep in COVID, Talking to Cats, Jane Austen Was Here, Home Carnival Foods

Is Your Home Stressing You Out? (0:00:00) Whenever feelings of anxiety or pressure come up, it’s good to have a safe place to go where you can get away from those negative emotions. But what if that place of stress is your own home? Whether we know it or not, it turns out there are a lot of things we might be doing in our homes that are giving us unneeded stress. So, what are these hidden stressors that are hiding in plain sight? Today we’re joined by Dr. Carla Manly, a clinical psychologist and author, here with us to talk about how to destress your home. Maximalism (0:19:26) Marie Kondo has been the reigning queen of all things interior design for years. Out with the old, and out with the new even –minimalism decrees that less is more and almost nothing is everything. However, minimalism might soon lose its pedestalled place to its polar opposite—maximalism, which embodies the idea that more is always more. Here to discuss all things maximalism, how to do it right, and why you need more of it in your life is designer Jessica McCarthy of JAM Creative. School Preparation during COVID-19 (0:36:45) Friend of the show Carrie Ann Rhodes talks with Lisa and Richie about what we should be doing to prepare our kids for a school year that is impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Communicating with Cats (0:52:46) We want to believe our pets love us just as much as we love them. Unfortunately, there’s no way to know for sure—since there’s a pretty obvious language barrier between us and our favorite furry friends. But sometimes it seems like—especially with cats—they’re trying to communicate with us in their own way. From purring, to rubbing up against our leg, to bringing us dead animals... are they trying to tell us something? And how can we know what they’re trying to say? Here to share her advice with us on how we can communicate with our cats is BasePaws founder and CEO Anna Skaya. Jane Austen Was Here (1:08:52) Whether it’s the dashing Mr. Darcy, the wit and humor, or the Regency era manners and fashion that dr