After Bhoomi and Danny talk about their differing perspectives on downtime from work, guest couple Tom Hobson and Jennifer Hurshell provide theirs. Days off, weekends, vacations, work-life balance… all can create contention for entrepreneurial couples.

Welcome to For Better or For Work. 

What’s it like to be partners in business and in life? Mirasee owners Danny Iny and Bhoomi Pathak tackle the unique challenges as well as benefits of working with a spouse or significant other. Each episode features a guest couple who also share their experiences, perspectives, and hard-earned wisdom.

Tom “Teacher Tom” Hobson and Jennifer Hurshell together run Teacher Tom’s World. Tom is an early childhood educator, international speaker, education consultant, teacher of teachers, parent educator, and author. He is best known, however, for his namesake blog Teacher Tom’s Blog, where he has posted daily for over a decade, chronicling the life and times of his little preschool in the rain-soaked Pacific Northwest corner of the USA. 

Teacher Tom shares his play-based pedagogy through online e-courses for early childhood educators; produces online early childhood conferences; consults with organizations about his “Family Schools” program; and inspires early years audiences around the world (Greece, UK, Iceland, Australia, China, Vietnam, New Zealand, Canada, and across the US) both virtually and in person with his engaging views on early childhood education, play, and pedagogy.

He was pressured by his blog readers into authoring his first book, aptly named Teacher Tom’s First Book, and is thrilled about the recent release of Teacher Tom’s Second Book.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee
Teacher Tom’s website
Teacher Tom’s Instagram
Teacher Tom’s LinkedIn
Teacher Tom’s books

Credits:
Guests: Tom Hobson and Jennifer Hurshell
Hosts: Danny Iny and Bhoomi Pathak
Producer: Cynthia Lamb
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Scripted and assembled by: Cynthia Lamb, Geoff Govertsen, and Michi Lantz
Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

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Music and SFX credits:
Track Title: A New Adventure
Artist Name: Reveille
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Lift It Up and Feel Good
Artist Name: Rhythm Scott
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS