Have you ever experienced an ultra-productive day only to find yourself back at square one shortly after? In this episode, professional organizer Joy, delves into the hyperfocus-crash cycle, explaining why it happens and how to work with your brain's unique wiring. Joy shares insightful analogies and practical tips for managing your home in a way that aligns with your natural tendencies. Discover how to set realistic deadlines, create accountability, and embrace your ad hoc cleaning style withou...
Jun 19, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast You remember that old saying, "This is harder on me than it is on you"? As a parent, Joy shares her heartfelt experiences of navigating the tough decisions and emotional challenges of raising her children. She vividly recalls the struggle of pushing her son to stick with wrestling despite the difficulties and the life lessons it imparted. Joy draws a powerful parallel between parenting and organizing, emphasizing how she sees the same struggle in her clients as they declutter their homes. She un...
Jun 13, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, shares her personal experience with a messy kitchen and provides a practical tip to overcome priority paralysis. She recounts the chaos she faced before a flight and offers insights into how to tackle overwhelming spaces without getting bogged down by inefficiency or perfectionism. Joy emphasizes the importance of starting anywhere and prioritizing motion over perfection. She encourages listeners to embrace their unique thought proc...
Jun 04, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Joy Loving Home podcast, where Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, guides you through the ups and downs of finding routines that fit your unique brain. In this episode, Joy discusses the common struggle of sticking to routines, especially for those with ADHD. She challenges the notion that we are bad at routines and encourages listeners to recognize the rhythm in their lives, even if it isn't linear or conventional. Joy shares personal anecdotes about the chaos of daily...
May 31, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Embrace the Chaos: Your Summer Organizing Hack Welcome or welcome back to the Joy Loving Home podcast. The summer rhythm is coming, and with it, a whole lot of chaos, spontaneity, and coming and going. With your kids out of school and extra activities aplenty, this season can feel overwhelming. However, in this episode, we explore how you can embrace the chaos with an unusual organizing hack. The idea is simple: treat your home like a construction site. Like a road construction project that seem...
May 22, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the podcast, we're inspired by a YouTube short titled "Three-Year-Old Boy Who Leaves Professional Engineers Shocked". In the video, a three-year-old child uses a unique approach to fix an unbalanced Lego bridge, showing us how a fresh perspective can redefine problem-solving. Join Joy, a professional organizer, mom of four and fellow fish brain, as we delve into this story and its parallels with organizing our homes. Together, we will learn how to subtract rather than add, and...
May 16, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Let's discuss the downside of choosing to declutter without organizing. Decluttering alone without a game plan for organizing can lead to discouragement and a sense of failure, as it often doesn't reveal any immediate 'win' or visible change. For neurodiverse brains it is important to see decluttering and organizing in tandem, not as separate activities. Let's challenge typical home organizing philosophies to find a method that suits your unique needs and thinking patterns. Remember to have a 'R...
Apr 30, 2024•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this potentially controversial episode, I challenge one of the widely accepted approaches to organizing: decluttering first. Listen for a recent example of organizing a closet for a client who wanted to give her husband the gift of organization without making any decluttering decisions on his behalf. Going through this non-standard approach, I reveal interesting insights on how not decluttering can remove stress and decision fatigue. I share insights on how to make organizing a simpler proces...
Apr 26, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Discover practical and tangible steps to help reset your home environment, especially for those with ADHD, in the latest episode of Joy Loving Home podcast. Rather than offering a quick fix or hack, which might work temporarily, this episode delves into the real reasons we often struggle to reset our lives after a period of chaos. Often, people with ADHD experience difficulty with resetting because of the inherent chaos of their minds and surroundings. Using a fish-monkey analogy, it is explaine...
Apr 16, 2024•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the monumental 200th episode of the Joy Loving Home podcast, join a deeply personal exploration centered on the intricacies and emotional hurdles of assisting loved ones through the process of downsizing. As many of us are bound to experience this phase ourselves, this episode offers tangible insights from seasoned professional organizer, Joy. Joy shares lessons drawn from her experiences assisting her in-laws' transition to a retirement community. Beneath these stories, glean important tips ...
Mar 28, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Feel like you are always busy but nothing ever gets accomplished? Listen to today's hack and see if it helps! Try Magic Mind for some Focus, Energy, & Less Stress! https://magicmind.com/Joyshome Code JOYLOVING for 20% off Connect With Me Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Website: https://joylovinghome.com Membership: https://joylovinghome.com/membership Podcast Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity...
Mar 21, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you struggling to get organized? Perhaps perfectionism is to blame! Don't think that is you? Have a listen and see if it sounds familiar...and what to do to overcome it. Connect with Me: Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Membership: https://joylovinghome.com/community
Mar 12, 2024•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is the companion episode to 195. I first outlined why hiring a professional organizer is a bad idea if you have ADHD and now I am sharing why it is a great idea! Listen to both & decide how to find the help you need to really start seeing a change in your home! The Room of Requirement Episode - Episode 18 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-loving-home-sahm-productivity-home-organization/id1579243596?i=1000538923307 Connect with me: Website: https://joylovinghome.com Free Communit...
Mar 06, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast I know what it feels like to work and work on your home & feel like you never make any progress. Listen to what is actually happening and how to actually start seeing a change! Connect with me! Free Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Membership: https://joylovinghome.com/membership Email: joy@joylovinghome.com IG: https://instagram.com/joylovinghome...
Mar 01, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thinking about hiring an organizer to help fix your home? Listen to this first so that you know how to pick the right one & what to really expect about what can change. Magic Mind Link https://magicmind.com/joyshome Code JOYLOVING Connect with Me: Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Newsletter: https://joylovinghome.com Membership: https://joylovinghome.com/membership Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity IG: https://instagram.com/joylovinghome...
Feb 29, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you find yourself busy doing anything but what you are supposed to be working on? Try these 3 hacks & see if you can knock out the hard stuff! Membership Open Now https://joylovinghome.com/membership Podcast Community https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity
Feb 16, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Little bit of nostalgia today...thinking back to when we couldn't control time. It was a huge advantage to our parenting and our productivity. Listen and see if you agree! Join the Membership Group as a special Valentine's Gift to yourself! Be on the waitlist to get in Waitlist: https://joylovinghome.com/membership Magic Mind Offer Details: https://magicmind.com/JANjoyshome Code: JOYLOVING It's an extra 20% off, which gets your 75% off. This only lasts until Feb. 10th Act Now!! Connect with me: ...
Feb 09, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Let's talk about how our ADHD Brains are wired and the reality of the actual systems & organizing that it can handle. Listen for 3 places you can take action to put room for reality into your organization! Subscribe to the newsletter: https://joylovinghome.com
Feb 06, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Give the WHY on the Fly technique a try...it keeps you from overplanning without any action....or taking action without any plan of WHY. Magic Mind Links: https://www.magicmind.com/JANjoyshome Code: JOYLOVING Connect with me: Free Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Membership Waitlist: https://joylovinghome.com/membership IG: https://instagram.com/joylovinghome...
Jan 30, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part of A Series - Every 10th Episode I ask us to break an organizing, planning, or productivity "rule" for our ADHD brains and I suggest a way to do things differently. Today I am tackling what happens when you search online for organizing advice...be careful!! Mentioned in the Podcast: https://www.southernliving.com/small-organization-tasks-for-new-year-8418385 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-loving-home-sahm-productivity-home-organization/id1579243596?i=1000640566319 Connect with Me...
Jan 25, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is a bit of a continuation from episode 188 - so if you haven't listened to that yet, go there first. In this episode, I explore how if you are in a Catch 22, at least choose the lesser evil. It doesn't sound like an uplifting episode, but it may help you have an epiphany about how your brain works and at least not beat yourself up about it...that is the greatest waste of time! Mentions in the Episode Magic Mind Promotion: https://www.magicmind.com/JANjoyshome Magic Mind Code JOYLOV...
Jan 23, 2024•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you feel like all you need is balance in your life? Or do you feel more like you are balancing on a tight rope? Today I explore what it means to fall off one side or the other...into the stillness of underwhelm or the paralysis of overwhelm. And more importantly, how do we get back on the wire moving forward? Connect with Me: Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Website: https://joylovinghome.com Free Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Membership Waitlist: https://joylovinghome.com/memb...
Jan 19, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Think about it Thursday...I have an observation that I'd love your feedback on... How do you handle your organizing tasks? Do you Capitalize or Compartmentalize? Tune in to hear my thoughts on the difference and which one I think is more ADHD friendly. Membership is Open for a Limited Time! Join at https://joylovinghome.com/membership Connect with Me: Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Podcast Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity IG: https://instagram.com/joylovinghome Website: https://joy...
Jan 11, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ready to set a plan for 2024 that is tailored for your ADHD Brain? This simple 3 step system will be all you need to make real progress on your home & life in 2024! Join me live on 1/8/24 at 12:00 noon EST for a full demonstration of how this works! Join my free group to see it in action! https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Want some accountability to really stick to it? Sign up to find out the moment my membership opens! https://joylovinghome.com/membership...
Jan 04, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast The New Year is upon us! How do you keep yourself and your impulsive ADHD Brain from setting itself up for more disappointment this year? Listen in for 3 things to avoid & what to do instead! Connect with Me: Membership Waitlist: https://joylovinghome.com/membership Newsletter: https://joylovinghome.com Podcast Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Email: joy@joylovinghome.com IG: https://instagram.com/joylovinghome Mentioned in the Episode: Episode 119: https://podcasts.apple.com...
Dec 31, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast You know that Christmas bin that has stuff in it that you never put out, but you never get rid of it either? It's time to quit being haunted by it! Listen for how to take ACTION! Connect with Me! Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Website: https://joylovinghome.com Membership Waitlist: https://joylovinghome.com/membership Free Podcast Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity...
Dec 15, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast So once in a blue moon you actually have made progress ahead of schedule...but your ADHD brain wants to stop so you can still frantically cross the finish line at the very end. Ugh! How do you get your brain to keep going? Tune in to see if the RUSH method helps! Podcasts mentioned in the episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-loving-home-sahm-productivity-home-organization/id1579243596?i=1000543647050 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-loving-home-sahm-productivity-home-organ...
Dec 08, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Christmas is here...are you filled with glad tidings? Or are you filled with overwhelm at all that had to get done and your ADHD Brain is panicking at all the things that have to get done? Take a breath and listen to today's podcast with a hack on how to calm your brain and start to make progress! Join me in my free podcast community as we do 12 Days of Christmas Procrastinator's Prep Planning Together! Join the Group & see the daily live challenges here: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunit...
Nov 29, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm about to try something new...to me it is scary...and intimidating...and would be a lot easier if you join me with some encouragement! It's called 12 Days of Procrastinator's Christmas Prep Plan...it is ADHD friendly and ready for you to feel set for Christmas early this year! I hope you will join me! Step 1 - Get the Free Guide https://joylovinghome.myflodesk.com/christmasprepplan Step 2 - Print the Guide Step 3 - Join the Free Group https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Step 4 - Tune into t...
Nov 26, 2023•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast So you have heard how important it is to set up routines and systems for your home so that it will stay neat and orderly, right? Wrong...I say to break this rule for your ADHD brain! Listen for why & what to do instead! Join me for 12 Days of Christmas ADHD Friendly Procrastinator's Christmas Prep Plan Here: https://joylovinghome.myflodesk.com/christmasprepplan Connect with me: Email: joy@joylovinghome.com Website: https://joylovinghome.com Membership Waitlist: https://joylovinghome.com/memb...
Nov 21, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast