Last week I shared with you 3 Ways to Declutter Your Kids' Toys and this week I'm getting into the nitty gritty of what that actually looks like. Other podcasters and professional organizers have overcomplicated steps for decluttering and I'm giving you just THREE. Clear the space, sort the items, and stage the space with the items you decided to keep. Simple as that! You may eager to declutter and downsize your kids' toys right before Christmas but please wait until after the holiday celebratio...
Dec 21, 2022•15 min
If you are a mom, more than likely your kids have toys and it’s so easy for kids toys to accumulate and get out of control. When toys become cluttered, that means they are no longer played with or given attention, it's good to take some time to declutter. This is a good practice to get into especially around holidays and birthdays when kids are receiving gifts and new toys. You've probably experienced how clutter in other parts of your home can make you feel very overwhelmed and weighed down. Di...
Dec 15, 2022•20 min
Do you want to get more help around the house but you’re a little nervous to talk with your husband about this? Maybe you have in the past and it turned into a fight. Perhaps your tone was a little bit too harsh. Are you like me? I can sometimes be a straightforward and blunt person, and I don’t really sugarcoat things too well. Jered has to remind me to just change my tone. Say the same thing in a different way and then he will definitely want to do it. Are you like that? Do you struggle with y...
Dec 08, 2022•34 min
Do you ever wonder what it's really like to work with a professional organizer? Or do you wonder if people actually change and keep up with tidying up? In this episode, I'm checking in with my friend Kristen a couple of weeks after we decluttered her house. She shared with us how stressful it was having stuff everywhere, her fears about decluttering and minimizing things in her home, how her family reacted, and how her mindset has changed since our session. If you're a frazzled mom overwhelmed b...
Nov 30, 2022•28 min
Are you dreading the holiday season because of all the Christmas gifts that will clutter up your house? Gifts that your kids might play with one time and then lose interest shortly after. Mama friend, I'm right there with you! That's why this year I am becoming more mindful of my purchases, learning set boundaries and saying "no, thank you," and giving gifts that aren't wasteful. This time of the year can be difficult for moms who are trying to live more minimally so, in this episode, I'm sharin...
Nov 17, 2022•17 min
How many items are you hanging onto in the home that you used to use for a certain hobby that you're not doing anymore? Are you holding onto things that you collect because you had dreams of learning to play a musical instrument or working out at home?In this episode, I'm bringing to your attention five areas in your fantasy life to help you let go of the clutter that is possibly causing you overwhelm, anxiety or disappointment in yourself. If you started something and didn't finish it or wanted...
Nov 13, 2022•26 min
Are you fed up with the mess around your house? Are you tired of feeling like no matter what you do it's just never clean enough? Are you searching for a way to keep your home tidy only to continually circle Pinterest for the best cleaning tips?Friend, stop the madness! It's time to adopt a reset mindset!Tidying can be as simple as you standing up to leave the room looking around to see if there is anything that you can reset. Do you see anything that is out of place that needs to return to its ...
Nov 03, 2022•21 min
You want a clean home but it just feels like it takes so long to clean it. When you finish cleaning, you turn around and it's a mess again. So you give up or let it build up until the weekend and spend most of your Saturday cleaning your home. Your family may be living life while you're building up bitterness and resentment because you HAVE to clean. Friend, let's stop that weekly cycle dead in its tracks. What you need is to identify cleaning zones in your home, set up your systems and routines...
Oct 20, 2022•31 min
Are you tired of your house being a mess? Are you fed up with your car being a wreck? You may even be tired of your body being a hot mess. Have you been struggling to stick to your family's monthly budget and you find yourself inconsistent with it? I've been there myself and sometimes I find myself there again but I've found one main thing that helps me get out of the rut and to change my life. Habits. When I'm fed up with where I am I take a healthy look at my habits and how they're serving or ...
Oct 13, 2022•40 min
The seasons are changing and cool air is on its way. You know what that means - making room in your closet for all your fall and winter clothes. The best way to make more space in your closet for what you actually enjoy wearing is to declutter and systemize your seasonal clothes and in this episode, I'm sharing with you four seasonal decluttering and organizing tips you may not have thought of. Set a date, grab some trash bags, and a friend, and let's declutter your closet! JOIN The Accountabili...
Oct 06, 2022•18 min
When you hear the word minimalism what comes to your mind?Do you think of a bare house without any decor or character? Do you think strict rules of not being able to buy or own anything? Or do you think of giving away all your possessions to live in a tiny home?Well, let me tell you that minimalism isn’t any of that. I mean yes it can look like that for some people but the majority of people who choose a minimalist lifestyle do so for this one main reason - to live in a way that is not too overw...
Sep 28, 2022•47 min
Do you want your children to thrive? Well, of course you do. What parent doesn't? But what does thriving actually look like? And what does it take to get there? On today's show, I have Jodi Mockabee, homeschooling mom of five and author of the book The Whole & Healthy Family . We discuss what she has learned in the trenches of motherhood and how she has helped her kids thrive in mind, body and spirit. We also cover how to talk to our kids about sex in a way that is natural and brings familie...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min
How do you make your home feel cozy? Do have to fill it up with stuff so it feel more like "home?" Well, I'm here to tell you that you can have a cozy, warm home without all the clutter. We went from a 2400 square foot home to a 300 square foot tiny house and then back to a 2000 square foot farmhouse. I've been able to make our farmhouse feel quaint and cozy without filling it full of unnecessary clutter. But where did it all start and how was I able to retrain myself not to hoard things just be...
Sep 09, 2022•19 min
My life is different now that I don't procrastinate. Today marks the one-year anniversary of my podcast, The Habits and Home Show, and also signifies the day I decided to stop being a procrastinator. On the very first episode of the podcast on September 1, 2021, I shared my personal struggle with procrastination and how I had felt led to start the podcast months earlier but I kept putting it off. I shared that perfectionism and a fear of failure had been holding me back from launching the podcas...
Sep 01, 2022•24 min
Do you find yourself always saying that you need to find balance in your motherhood and in your home? Do you wonder if balance is even possible?On the show today, Michelle Hiatt is revealing some gold nugget facts about balance and it's not going to be the answer you're expecting. Actually, it's much more simpler than what you're probably thinking. This episode is going to help lift off of you some of the pressure to perform that you have placed on yourself. Get ready to walk away lighter and mo...
Aug 24, 2022•33 min
Stop talking about your weight around your daughter. This includes dieting and self-hatred comments. It's forming a negative self-image and other detrimental side effects. Do this instead! Speak life over yourself! JOIN The Accountability Club COACHING Schedule a 15-Minute Consultation FREE Daily Reset Checklist SHOP Workbooks, Workshops, & MORE! If this episode blessed you, leave a review! Thank you so much! - XO COACHING Schedule a 15-Minute Consultation JOIN The Accountability Club FREE D...
Aug 12, 2022•6 min
It's a new school year and you want to make sure you're organized. Don't worry, I've got you covered with this simple 5 step checklist for decluttering your homeschool.Need some encouragement to throw away the craft supplies you're still holding on to years later? What about all that unused curriculum that you're saving for the next child knowing that you're not sure if you'll really use it? Yep! We're giving it away!I'm also going to help you set up your homeschool classroom area with some orga...
Aug 10, 2022•23 min
Do you live with someone who is untidy, a little messy, or a lotta bit messy, and you may have even called him a hoarder behind his back? If you saying a resounding YES, then this is the episode for you. A listener called in seeking advice on what to do when she's ready to declutter her home and live more minimal but her husband won't let her tought his things.Yikes! That's a question I get from.a lot of my clients. Let's listen to her question and then I'm going to give you some straight forwar...
Jul 27, 2022•22 min
When I work with a client decluttering and organizing her space, my support and coaching doesn't stop there. I'm always available for follow-up and accountability. In this episode, I'm checking-in with Caroline Brown a month after my in-person session with her as we had decluttered and organized her seven year old's bedroom. Caroline gives a behind the scenes look into what it's really like working with a professional organizer and gets vulnerable about the habits she was lacking to pass on to h...
Jul 22, 2022•42 min
A couple months ago I shared a podcast episode on How to Overcome Travel Exhaustion and Stress and bounce back quicker to be a productive mom after taking a trip. What I love about what I shared is that it provided a great pre-travel checklist and it's what I refer back to anytime I'm about to travel. Things such as making sure the kitchen is stocked with food for when we return and hiring a housecleaner to come clean while we're away. Click HERE to listen to or read all the tips on preparing fo...
Jul 14, 2022•23 min
Hey mama friend! Have you been thinking about homeschooling your kids but you're too scared to take the plunge?It's been on your heart for a couple of months or maybe even a couple of years but for one reason or another you are always able to find an excuse whether it's due to family finances, lack of confidence in your ability or not wanting to give up the career you love. It could even be a combination of all three of those and then some.You may even some have friends that homeschool or follow...
Jul 06, 2022•42 min
Do you feel intimidated using power tools as a mom? Well, today I'm sharing with you 5 power tools that I've learned to use that once felt daunting but have become tools I love using for chores around the house. They're even easy for your kids to use. Listen in as I reveal which power tools I'm loving lately and teaching my kids how to use so that they actually have some chores to do around the house. And the BEST part.... they love using them too! With love and straight truth, Lisa JOIN THE FRE...
Jul 01, 2022•17 min
Do you find yourself caught up in the rat race of taking care of everyone else and putting yourself last by neglecting your own self-care? You may even feel burn out and worn down from giving 100% of yourself to others, your family, your work and even the upkeep of your home, that you feel you have nothing left to give yourself. You strive to eat healthy but you find yourself running through the drive thru to satisfy your craving for salty French fries. You may be the mom who needs four cups of ...
Jun 29, 2022•29 min
Join the 3 day Clear the Clutter Challenge to declutter your email inbox! I know you keep avoiding your email and it's become a big mess. Let me tell you that it's possible to delete the emails without worry and overwhelm and start fresh so you can start using your email again. You don't have to do this! I have an entire Facebook community waiting to do this with you. Don't wait! It's July 1-3, 2022! By July 4th we will be letting freedom ring in more ways than one! Let's do this! JOIN Clear the...
Jun 27, 2022•8 min
If you haven’t been able to declutter your entire home but you want a quick win to make your house look less cluttered, THIS is the episode for you! You can actually achieve a less cluttered-looking home with these simple daily habits. Take on one new “reset” routine until you have it will established as a habit and then move on to the next routine. And don’t forget to teach these to your children and husband as well. JOIN The Accountability Club COACHING Schedule a 15-Minute Consultation FREE D...
Jun 24, 2022•12 min
Do you ever find yourself walking out the door of your home feeling like a frazzled hot mess express? You probably left some dishes on the counter, clothes on the bed or floor, and one or two important items you needed for the errands you're about to run. You probably yelled at your kids a couple of times and now sitting in the car realizing that they didn't even do the tasks you demanded of them. You may even be cussing under your breath or guilting yourself for losing your cool when you went t...
Jun 17, 2022•22 min
Learning homesteading skills has this tendency to bring family members closer together Children are naturally drawn to working in dirt and caring for small farm animals. Some adults also have the desire to get back to their roots - growing food in gardens, canning the extra for later and baking breads at home instead of always running to the store. Courtney Albertson's family just finished their first year of homeschooling, and she too wants to start learning basic homesteading skills. To her, h...
Jun 09, 2022•30 min
When I have the opportunity to sit down and talk with other homeschooling moms, their stories of how they came to homeschooling is always very similar. It usually starts with, "I said I would never homeschool," which always makes me chuckle because I once said the same thing. Just like schooling outside of the home, homeschooling comes with its own set of challenges in managing the home and keeping your sanity with systems and routines. On the show today, Courtney Albertson, a work-from-home, mi...
Jun 09, 2022•33 min
Have you ever noticed that restaurants and public businesses typically clean their bathrooms every evening? We would be disgusted if we walked into a public restroom if it wasn't cleaned at LEAST once a day. But how often are the bathrooms in our home getting cleaned? Ekkk... I hate my own answer to that question. I don't know about you but I enjoy using a clean bathroom. I just don't particularly enjoy sharing it with other people in my house who don't contribute to the keeping and cleaning of ...
Jun 04, 2022•14 min
Hey friend! Have you started decluttering your home but you get hung up on purging items that you've spent money on? I encounter this all the time with my clients. They say things like "But I've spent a lot of money on that. I can't just get rid of it? And my response is always the same. When was the last time you used it? Are you going to commit to using it again? Is it something you want to sit on a shelf and look at? 9 times out of 10 my clients end up parting with the items that is pulling o...
May 25, 2022•19 min
