Clutter Free Academy

How do we deal with other people's clutter? What if it's your parents' clutter? And what if you are living in their house...... for free? One listener asked me for advice on a very overwhelming situation so I brought my wonderful co-author, Cheri Gregory, to weigh in.  Turns out, there is a lot to consider when facing a situation like this. What questions do you ask yourself? What questions do you ask your parents? In the end, there are important conversations we all need to have in order to understand the stories behind our parents' treasures.

Feeling overwhelmed with all you have to do? Do you have ideas and projects but feel like you are juggling all the plates in the air and can't get a grip on what you have done and what needs to be done next? I just happen to know one of the best personal resources for being productive:  my talented and productive husband, Roger Lipp!! Listen as we talk about the three key components to getting and staying productive. We'll learn crazy technical terms like Kanban, Scrum, and Pullback Planning. It's actually quite fun and we promise you'll feel like a productive project manager in no time!

Want to get things done and yet don't know where to start? Can you find your desk under all your piles? Today we talk about my process of creating your own creative space. A place where your creativity has room to flourish.

Michele Chushatt-Undone Life Together All of us end up with a life that doesn’t look quite like we imagined it would look. What do we do when we wake up someday and we’ve got this life we don’t recognize?

Showing love doesn't have to be take a lot of time! In fact, you can use simple ways to show your husband you love him and we are here to show you how. Kathi's new book 101 Simple Ways to Show Your Husband You Love Him is now available! In this podcast, she and Erin discuss the second five days of the 10 Days of Love for Your Man challenge. It's the perfect time to refocus on your man as we celebrate Valentine's Day. You'll love the simplicity of the ideas as well as the impact they can have on your marriage.  

Showing love doesn't have to be complicated! In fact, you can use simple ways to show your husband you love him and we are here to show you how! Coming soon is a book by Kathi and her friends about 101 Simple Ways to Show Your Husband You Love Him. In this podcast, she and Erin discuss the first five days of 10 Days of Love where you can do something simple each day to love on your man. We have a beautiful download that you can print out and have as a reminder of these great ideas.

Ideas to Keep You Motivated to Stay Clutter Free. As January is coming to an end, most resolutions start to fall apart because the novelty wears off. We won't let your motivation to be Clutter Free slip away! Decluttering isn’t a two week process (that’s just the Kickstart) this is something you have to do for the rest of your life and we have to stay motivated and figure out how we are going to do this! Listen as Kathi and Erin discuss Ideas to Keep You Motivated to Stay Clutter Free including discovering the best gift you can give yourself each week. It will give you less stress and help declutter your life. Don't forget you can still sign up for the Kickstart to Clutter Free HERE. See the Free Download to create your Home Mission Statement.

Sometimes the cutest things become our biggest challenge when getting Clutter Free and those would be our not so Clutter Free Kids. Today we share real life strategies that we can use with our children to not only help us kick clutter our of our homes, but will also give our children the strategies they will need to live a Clutter Free life when they leave our nest. Don't forget that it's not too late to join us for the Kickstart to Clutter Free e-course!

What counts as a thing when counting what is going out? What do you do when guests leave their clutter at your house? What about our kids’ clutter? What do you do when you no longer can use something, but it’s so good that you want to find just the right home for it?   Download of 50 things to give away today!

Kick Off your New Year with the Kickstart to Clutter Free E-course! Success is greater when you have the help of direct instruction and a support system of others who are doing a program with you. Join us as we take on the challenge of 14 days, 500 things, no mercy! You will receive: Daily Instructional Videos Daily Assignment Downloads Downloadable Tools And you will have amazing results in 15 minutes a day!  

Want to get a head start on next year's Christmas? What we do with Cleaning Up Christmas now will set us up for next year's success! Listen as Kathi gives ideas on how to be prepared for unwrapping next year's Christmas.

10 Great Clutter Free Christmas Gift Ideas for Everyone On Your List. What are Clutter Free Christmas gifts? You know, things that won't get used. "Shelf-Sitters" that collect dust and take up space with no purpose. In this episode Kathi talks about 10 Great Christmas Christmas Gift Ideas that people will use and love.

You asked the questions about Taming Your To Do List, Christmas and we've got your answers! How do we make sure we don't forget to get gifts for all the people who matter to us? How do we get all the gifts without going broke OR crazy? How do we deal with all that goes into Christmas cards??? Plus other listener questions. Kathi and Glynnis discuss how to handle the overwhelmed to do list of Christmas.

Sex, Love, and Intimacy.... It's a part of our lives and yet, no one wants to talk about it. I mean REALLY talk about it. Even as adults, we have questions we are afraid to ask. Kathi and Erin talk with author Juli Slattery about her book 25 Questions You're Afraid to Ask About Love, Sex, and Intimacy to get to the heart of the questions to ask yourselves about godly sex.

Got too much to do and not enough time in the day? Does procrastination keep you from doing what you really want to get done? Does it seem that what you were once able accomplish now seems like a huge struggle? You are NOT alone! Our current technology makes getting things done very different from how things worked when we were growing up. Add kids to the mix and we all find ourselves wondering how anything gets done! Listen as Kathi and Erin ask author, Glynnis Whitwer, questions about her book Taming the To-Do List: How to Choose Your Best Work Every Day.

With all of the distractions in our lives, how do we live in order to create meaningful relationships with our children? Where does our time with work, technology, and household duties fit in with the little people in our lives? And how to we communicate with our children in order to build their trust? Kathi and Erin talk with Hands Free Mama, Rachel Stafford, about Hands Free Life: Nine Habits for Overcoming Distraction, Living Better, and Loving More.