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Edit Your Life | Simplify + Declutter Your Home, Time, and Mental Space

Christine Kohwww.edityourlifeshow.com
Overwhelmed by "shoulds"? Struggle with perfectionism and boundary setting? Feel like you don't have time for the things you actually want to do? Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Hosted by Christine Koh (+ Asha Dornfest 2015 to 2021).

Episodes

How to Reduce Entertaining Pressure

In this episode from the locked archive, Christine and Asha share 8 tips for reducing entertaining pressure. Christine also shares about the recent delight of a food demo from a friend (in advance of which she did not tidy a thing). For links and related episodes, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christi...

Nov 14, 202437 min

Mini-Edit: What To Do Post-Election

In response to a listener request, Christine shares 6 recommendations for what to do next following the election. LINKS: Election Week Healing Plan The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 11, 202413 min

Realistic Time Management Tactics (with Kelly Nolan)

The time management struggle is real. Christine chats with Kelly Nolan about realistic time management tactics. They talk about big picture compassion around time struggles, digital calendars, boundaries, invisible labor, and more. For links and related episodes, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christin...

Nov 07, 202447 min

Mini Edit: How to Handle Family Decluttering Guilt

Christine welcomes home experts Shira Gill, Tracy McCubbin, Deanna Yates, and Rachel Rosenthal to weigh in about a listener’s letter related to family decluttering guilt. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Nov 04, 202415 min

My Journey to Becoming a Glorious Witch

It’s been a year of magic and growth—literally. Christine shares about her adulting goal of learning about medicinal herbs, which she lovingly refers to as her journey to becoming a glorious witch. She talks about how the journey started, what she is growing and using, and what she has learned so far. See the show notes for links and related episodes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-...

Oct 31, 202427 min

Mini Edit: October Micro Delights

Christine shares 5 delightful things from October. See the show notes for links. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 28, 20248 min

Easy Pantry Meal Ideas

Even if you enjoy cooking, it can feel like a slog at the end of a busy day. In this episode brought forth from the locked archives, Christine and Asha talk about 13 of their favorite pantry meals that make meal prep easy. Following the conversation, Christine adds 5 additional staples on regular rotation in her house. See the show notes for links to resources and related episodes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and dec...

Oct 24, 202433 min

Mini Edit: How to Handle Response Overwhelm

Christine shares 5 tactics for handling response overwhelm. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 21, 20248 min

Rethinking Parenting Expectations & Pressure (with Ben & Gabrielle Blair)

Stressed or freaked out by the immense pressures of modern parenting? Christine chats with Ben and Gabrielle Blair about their book, The Kids Are Alright: Parenting with Confidence in an Uncertain World. They talk about the power of listening, lowering the stakes, college stress, fostering independence in kids, and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and men...

Oct 17, 20241 hr 6 min

Birthday Reflections: Finding Contentment

On the week of her 51st birthday, Christine shares her reflections from a rather remarkable, publicly quiet year in which she found deep contentment in life. LINKS/RELATED EPISODES: Mini Edit: Finding and Articulating Purpose Creating Tactical + Restorative Routines (with Sarah Hart-Unger Mini Edit: Functional Feel-Good Fitness Preparing for + Embracing Midlife & Beyond (with Mimi Ison) My (unplanned) summer wellness transformation Improving Nutrition Across the Lifespan (with Dr. Federica Amati...

Oct 10, 202439 min

Mini Edit: Favorite Halloween Hacks

Christine shares her 7 favorite Halloween hacks. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 07, 20249 min

Leveling Up Your Human Skills (with Dr. Jenny Woo)

We can all stand to level up our human skills, especially in this era of tech where we’re weirdly both hyper connected and also disconnected. Christine talks with Dr. Jenny Woo about how to find compassion in your current emotional fluency and intelligence baseline, current trends and research, tactics for leveling up human skills, and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, r...

Oct 03, 202446 min

Mini Edit: September Micro Delights

Christine shares 5 delightful things from September. For links to resources mentioned, check out the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 30, 202410 min

20 Parenting Lessons

In this momentous month—which signals Christine’s 20th year as a parent—Christine shares two birth stories and 20 parenting lessons learned. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 26, 202443 min

Mini Edit: 6 Book Recommendations

Christine shares 6 book recommendations. For links to recommendations, see the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 23, 20248 min

At-Home Date Ideas (with Friends or Partners)

Looking to reconnect with your partner or friends on a budget? In this episode brought forth from the locked archive, Christine and Asha share eight ideas for at-home dates. Christine introduces the conversation with fresh commentary on fostering mindful connections and modeling rest, relaxation, and fun in a low pressure, no-guilt, creative manner. For related episodes and links, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advic...

Sep 19, 202438 min

Mini Edit: 4 Healthcare Adulting Tips

Christine shares 4 tips to make healthcare-related adulting less onerous. RELATED EPISODES/LINKS: Self-Care for Stubborn People Essential Non-Spa Self-Care The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Sep 16, 20248 min

Simplifying + Evolving Birthday Celebrations

Amidst a fresh wave of nostalgia and awe over the fact that her firstborn is now 20 years old, Christine shares 11 recommendations for simplifying and evolving birthday celebrations related to evaluating your own issues alongside your kid’s preferences and passions, setting boundaries, simplification tactics, and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and menta...

Sep 12, 202421 min

Mini Edit: How To Handle Homework

Christine shares 8 tips for how to handle homework with kids. RELATED EPISODES/LINKS: Mini Edit: My 13-Week Calendar System Mini Edit: 4 Planning Optimization Tips The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Sep 09, 20248 min

How to Nourish Your Gut Microbiome + More (with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz)

Did you know that the gut impacts way more than digestion? Christine chats with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, an expert in digestive diseases and the gut. The conversation includes broad, top-level perspectives, cognitive reframes around nutrition and our role as change agents related to our gut microbiome, and tactical recommendations. For links and related episodes, visit this episode's show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simpli...

Sep 05, 20241 hr 10 min

Mini Edit: August Micro Delights

Christine shares 5 delightful things from August. For links and resources mentioned, visit the show notes for this episode. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 26, 20247 min

Negotiating Time In Relationships

Time can feel like the scarcest resource. In this episode from the locked archive, Christine and Asha respond to a listener's letter asking for advice about the very evergreen issue of negotiating time in relationships. Christine and Asha talk about conversational tactics and adjustments, fostering goodwill in small ways, and more. RELATED EPISODES: Learning To Compromise Well (with Jonathan Baxter, LMHC) How To Improve Partner Communication (with Jonathan Baxter, LMHC) Mental + Physical Load Ma...

Aug 22, 202437 min

Mini Edit: Favorite School Lunch Tips

Christine shares her 6 favorite school lunch tactics. RELATED EPISODES: Back-To-School Food Tactics (with Laura Fuentes) Mini Edit: School Lunch Life Skills The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

Aug 19, 20247 min

Improving Nutrition Across the Lifespan (with Dr. Federica Amati)

Are you looking to reorient your relationship with food to a joyful space of possibility? Christine chats with Dr. Federica Amati about reframing our perception of food as an ally not enemy, reconnecting to food as a way to nurture relationships, the impact of nutrition at different life stages, tactical nutrition tips, and more. See the show notes for links and resources. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter yo...

Aug 15, 202455 min

Mini Edit: 4 Planning Optimization Tips

Inspired by a recent episode with Sarah Hart-Unger, Christine shares 4 planning tips she has implemented to orient towards calm and joy. RELATED EPISODES: Creating Tactical + Restorative Routines (with Sarah Hart Hunger) Mini Edit: How To Use Todoist Mini Edit: Functional Feel-Good Fitness The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit que...

Aug 12, 20248 min

Tips to Simplify Back-To-School Season

Seasonal transitions can be both wonderful and challenging. Christine shares 7 tips to simplify back-to-school season, spanning shopping, schedules, routines, and transitions. She also includes a couple of financial life skill lessons. RELATED EPISODES/LINKS: Seasonal Subtraction Tactics (with Amy Wilson & Margaret Ables) Creating Tactical + Restorative Routines (with Sarah Hart-Unger) Raising Middle Schoolers (with Phyllis Fagell, LCPC) Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tip...

Aug 08, 202422 min

Mini Edit: Functional Feel-Good Fitness

Christine shares 7 tips for prioritizing functional, feel-good fitness. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 05, 20249 min

Reimagining Midlife (with Katie Fogarty)

So much good is coming down the pike; it's time to rewrite the narrative. Christine chats with Katie Fogarty about reimagining midlife, including handling ageism, lessons learned through perspective and physical shifts, menopause advocacy, and more. For links and resources, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with ho...

Aug 01, 202439 min

Mini Edit: July Micro Delights

Christine shares five delightful things from July. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to [email protected] or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 20247 min

Simple Ways To Prioritize Your Partner

The little things can be the big things. Christine and Asha talk about simple ways to prioritize your partner, though many tips apply to all relationships. RELATED EPISODES: Modeling Imperfection Mini Edit: End of Work Day Transition Ideas Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at [email protected] or DM @edi...

Jul 25, 202434 min