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Work + Life Harmony | Time Management, Organization and Planning for Overwhelmed Women

Work + Life Harmony | Time Management, Organization and Planning for Overwhelmed Women

Megan Sumrell: Time Management and Productivity Coach 351 Episodes Jun 30, 2026

Work + Life Harmony is a weekly podcast hosted by Megan Sumrell, a time management expert with over 20 years of experience. The show offers a fresh approach to time management, weekly planning, and productivity specifically designed for overwhelmed women juggling work, family, and everything in between. Each episode covers strategies for daily routines, goal setting, organization, and handling unexpected curveballs. The podcast aims to help women break free from the cycle of overwhelm and guilt, providing practical advice to create more harmony in their lives.

Episodes

What Smart Women Get Wrong About Delegation with Emily Morgan Jun 30, 2026 1633 Most of us have tried delegation. We've handed things off, watched it fall apart, and quietly decided it's more trouble than it's worth. Emily Morgan has spent nearly 20 years studying exactly why that happens and what the people who actually crack it are doing differently.Emily is the founder of Delegate Solutions, a fractional executive assistant company, and author of Let It Go (
The Part of Productivity AI Can't Give You Jun 23, 2026 1032 The noise around productivity has gotten really loud lately, and I think a lot of it has to do with AI. There are apps, tools, and technology promising to 10X your output, and every corner of the internet is telling you how to squeeze more into your day. But what if that constant push to produce more, faster, is actually making you worse at the very thing it's claiming to help you with?In thi
Why Eat the Frog Is Setting You Up to Fail Jun 16, 2026 1072 You've probably heard the productivity advice that says you should tackle your hardest task first thing in the morning. Eat the frog, they call it. Get the big, heavy, ugly thing done before you do anything else, and the rest of your day is downhill from there.Sounds great. Except... what happens when life lands in your lap before you ever get to the frog?If you've been trying this metho
Breaking the Busyness Cycle Before You Pass It to Your Kids Jun 9, 2026 1708 I know we've talked about boundaries on this show before. But this conversation? It went somewhere I really wasn't expecting.My guest today is Alex Lianne Carter, a master certified neurocoach, educator, and children's author who burned out, rebuilt her life one small decision at a time, and eventually packed up her family and moved to Panama. When Alex reached out to me about comin
4 Hidden Costs of AI That Are Stealing Your Time Jun 2, 2026 1209 Everybody's telling you AI is going to save you time, but nobody's handing you the full picture.I'll be upfront: I use AI every single day. It is a real, genuine part of how we run The Pink Bee. This is not a "AI is bad" episode. But I have been watching the conversation around AI get louder and louder, and something critical keeps getting left out of it. Because everythin
Ditch Money Overwhelm with Linda Grizely May 26, 2026 2032 If you've been hanging around here for a while, you know we talk a lot about time. But here's something I've noticed over and over again with the women I work with: once they start getting out of overwhelm with their time and their physical space, a third area starts showing up. Money. That's why in this episode, I brought personal finance expert and financial wellness speaker
Teaching Your Kids Time Management Before the Next School Year May 19, 2026 1550 If the end of the school year is feeling like a highlight reel of forgotten deadlines, last-minute store runs, and late-night stress in your house, it's worth asking why this keeps happening, because it's probably not the first time, and without the right tools in place, it won't be the last.We drop kids into a system that goes from one teacher and one classroom straight to seven di
How I Plan My Entire Summer Around Two Types of Days May 12, 2026 1223 Summer is coming, and if you've got kids at home, you already know the tension: you want the lazy pool days AND you need to get things done. This episode is the system that makes both possible.I'm revisiting one of my all-time favorite summer planning tools: A days, B days, and C days, and this year I'm going deeper than I have before. I'm also sharing the extra layer that busi
A 3-Stage Plan for Moms to Stop Dreading Summer with Erin Port May 5, 2026 1736 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 myself craving the structure back, caught in this endless tug of war between still having a company to run, wanting time for myself, and also actually enjoying
The Technology Shift That Quietly Created a New Kind of Mental Load for Default Parents Apr 28, 2026 972 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 handed them the paper. Done. Information found you, and you could pass it along just as easily.Then came the apps, the portals, and the online enrollment s
How to Stop Managing Everyone When Your Family Has ADHD with Brooke Schnittman Apr 21, 2026 1878 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 another, the communication styles that feel natural to one family member can feel completely foreign to someone else, and somewhere in the middle of all of
Planning Will Finally Work for Your Life After You Do This First Apr 14, 2026 937 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 thing because you misunderstand the intent of it. And once you understand why you're doing it, everything changes.In this episode, I'm breaking down t

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