Life Organized Podcast

Ep. 25 - When The Day Starts Off On The Wrong Foot

Aren’t bad mornings just the worst?
You wake up tired. The kids are late to school. Everyone is grumpy and you instantly feel behind.
We need a plan for those kinds of mornings, and in today’s episode that is exactly what I give you.
We’ll give these kinds of mornings a name, and then we’ll figure out exactly what you need to do to turn the ship around.
Bad mornings don’t need to turn into bad days.
With a little course correction, you can get right back on track.
Tools In This Episode:
A Day/B Day
Links: 
Ep. 2 - When You Don't Know Where to Start
Ep. 8 - When Done Is Better Than Perfect

Ep. 24 - When Swimsuit Season Is Around The Corner

Remember in the summer as a kid you couldn’t wait to start wearing shorts? Or go swimming for the first time?
If you are like 60-70% of the adult women in recent studies, you aren’t feeling so excited about showing all that skin anymore.
I’m not a health coach and I’m certainly not implying you should have to DO anything to get ready for summer…
…but living an organized life means you are committed to getting rid of clutter, and that might include negative feelings about yourself and your body.
With 3 months of runway between now and summer, there is plenty of time to make some subtle shifts in your self-care. And don’t worry, while there are some great changes we can make with food and exercise, that is not the focus of this episode. Get ready for something a little less emotionally charged – and a lot more fun.
Ready to make this your best summer ever?
Let’s start with decluttering all the things that will try to hold you back.

Ep. 23 - When You Want To Organize Your Paper

Research shows that over 50% of people struggle with their paper.
They have too much loose paper in their home, and can’t find important papers when they need them.
So if you struggle with this too, you’re not alone.
That’s why I am helping you organize your paper in this episode.
I’ll share two simple tools to get that paper under control:
How you can organize paper the way your computer organizes your email
The single most important habit for organizing your paper
Listen, no one teaches us this stuff in school, and we certainly aren’t paying for “paper lessons” for our kids.
Let me help you demystify paper clutter.
You’ve got lots better things to do with your time than dig through those piles to find what you need.
Links:
Life Organized Membership

Ep. 22 - When You Need To Stick With It

Have you ever thought about how much of what we do every day or every week is so repetitive?
And Isn’t it such a bummer that most of what we have to repeat just isn’t that fun?
I mean, it’s not like we need sunshine and roses every moment of the day…but if we feel like a rain cloud is following us around most of the time, it can get kind of hard to keep doing all the things day after day.
We procrastinate.
We complain.
We get behind.
We dread it.
And that’s not the way to live an organized life.
What we need is a way to sweeten it up - and in this episode I give you a clever little tool to help you with those regular tasks that just aren’t very fun.
It’s a catchy mantra that you can teach your kids and your spouse - and use for yourself. 
It’s funny how much easier it is to do something when we have the right tool.
Links: 
5-Finger Rule free download

Ep. 21 - When It Isn’t Very Fun

Have you ever thought about how much of what we do every day or every week is so repetitive?
And Isn’t it such a bummer that most of what we have to repeat just isn’t that fun?
I mean, it’s not like we need sunshine and roses every moment of the day…but if we feel like a rain cloud is following us around most of the time, it can get kind of hard to keep doing all the things day after day.
We procrastinate.
We complain.
We get behind.
We dread it.
And that’s not the way to live an organized life.
What we need is a way to sweeten it up - and in this episode I give you a clever little tool to help you with those regular tasks that just aren’t very fun.
It’s a catchy mantra that you can teach your kids and your spouse - and use for yourself. 
It’s funny how much easier it is to do something when we have the right tool.
 
Links:
Life Organized Membership

Ep. 20 - When Your Family Won’t Throw Things Away

How can your stop family members from being packrats.
Often, people don’t want to part with their things, even if it's time to move on from them. This can be pretty frustrating if you're trying to keep order in your home.
In this episode I share two simple tools — plus one bonus tip — for finding a a solution that works for everyone.
LINKS:
Get Organized Bootcamp
Life Organized Membership
Also, contact me if you would like information about personal coaching.

Ep. 19 - When You Need To Menu Plan

It may surprise you to know that menu planning is one of the top things my clients want help with.
There is something about sitting down at night to a family meal that helps them feel like they are on top of their lives.
Research shows there are a whole lot of other important things happening as well. From academics and stronger family relationships to mental, social, physical and behavior health, family meals are important to prioritize….
…and one way to ensure they happen is through menu planning.
In today's episode I give you 3 tips to successful menu planning. Plus a bonus tip for when all your plans go out the window!
In This Episode:
Habit Hooks
Go-To Meals
Done is Better than Perfect
Links:
Life Organized Membership

Ep. 18 - When You’re Not Keeping Up

I had an interesting experience on the treadmill a few weeks ago.
I couldn’t realize why my runs were so hard – until I noticed that the incline setting was stuck. Even though the treadmill said I was running at no incline, the machine was stuck at level 10.
This made me think about more than just running.
Sometimes we don’t recognize that we are trying to keep up with everything even though in life we are on a level 10 incline. We expect things to happen as easily and effortlessly as they always do – and when they don’t, we can be awfully hard on ourselves. We can wonder what’s wrong with us, why other people seem to be able to get it all done, and worry that we’re never going to have what it takes.
But we don’t have to do it that way anymore. Not when we know how to detect the inclines in our lives, and not when we have the tools to know what to do about it.
In this episode I share 3 tools to help you when you are facing life on an incline.
In this episode, how to: 
Acknowledge the incline
Default to self-love instead of self-criticism
Do something about it
Tools:
What do you need, what’s missing?
Links: 
Life Organized Membership

Ep. 17 - When You Have Too Much Stuff

All right, ready to learn about a quick organizing habit that is mindless and easy to implement – but powerful in preventing the buildup of clutter?
It’s a little tool called FIFO and stands for First In, First Out.
Today we’ll talk about how FIFO is your new mantra each time you bring something new into the house, because it leads you to automatically select something to get OUT of the house. 
This mindset is an easy way to avoid accumulating too much stuff – and with a little tweak can even help you get ahead of a clutter problem without making it into a big project.
Learn how to easily implement FIFO, and even adapt it to help you clear the clutter from your time and schedule.
FIFO is one of those powerful organizing habits we love because it requires very little effort while giving you great results. I hope you feel an instant connection with this tool and adopt it indefinitely!
 
Tools taught in this episode:
FIFO – First In, First Out
Links: 
Clutter Busters 

Ep. 16 - When It’s A New Year

Ready for another great metaphor? Today I’ll compare pursuing your goals to sailing on a ship – and if that ship is leaky, you’re not going to be making it very far with those goals.
A disorganized life is a lot like a leaky ship – and until we seal up all the places disorganization is leaking into our lives, we will never really have the bandwidth to pursue the things that are really important to us.
So how do we organize our lives so we can have smoother sailing towards the things we really want to achieve? Well, you’ll definitely want to check out the Life Organized membership link below to learn more.
And if the membership isn’t a good fit for you, then just start to identify parts of your life that hold you back. If you are willing to slow down on your goals long enough to seal up these leaks in your life, you’ll be amazed at how much more joyful the journey of accomplishing your goals can be. 
Tools Mentioned:
The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.
Links:
Life Organized Membership