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#411 Wear it Out – How to Best Manage Your Home During a Time of Crisis
Kathi and her friend Tonya Kubo, leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group and Clutter Free for Life, are here for Part 2 of the How to Best Manage Your Home During a Time of Crisis series. Last week we talked about the principle of use it up. To continue the...
Apricot and Blueberry Oatmeal Bars
Apricot and Blueberry Oatmeal Bars I love any recipe that is a twofer. A twofer is any dish that can be served just after making, and then is also fabulous later on as a LOOP (Left Over On Purpose.) Let me introduce: Baked Oatmeal. The reason...
4 Ways to be Prepared for any Crisis, Big or Smalll
My friend, Susy, told me an interesting fact about astronauts. “They don’t prepare for disaster. They prepare for multiple disasters all happening at the same time.” I bet for many of you, that is how the last few months have felt. It wasn’t just fear of a pandemic....
8 Ways to Make Your Cleaning Products Last Longer
Need some simple ways to make your cleaning products last longer? Here are 8 simple ways to stretch your supplies, and cut down necessary trips to the store. Like many of you, I’m looking for ways to leave the house less for errands. Less time...
#410 Use It Up – How to Best Manage Your Home During a Time of Crisis
Join in the fun as Kathi and Tonya Kubo, our very own fearless leader of Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group and Clutter Free for Life, get to nerd out on one of Kathi’s favorite topics and challenge our thinking about what we really need to be happy, healthy, and...
#409 How Do I Set Manageable Goals?
Kathi and Tonya Kubo, leader of Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group and Clutter Free for Life are here for Part 4 of the How Do I? Series. In this series, we have learned how to get unstuck from our clutter rut, how to get rid of the good stuff, and how to know where...
#408: How Do I Know Where Stuff Goes?
This week, Kathi and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group and Clutter Free for Life, Tonya Kubo, are continuing the conversation in the How Do I? Series. Last week Kathi and Tonya talked about how to get rid of the good stuff. Today Tonya brings...
#407: How Do I Get Rid of the Good Stuff?
Do you want to enjoy decluttered spaces but aren’t sure just how to get rid of the good stuff? Well, friends Kathi and our very own Tonya Kubo, leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, are here to help! Last week, we learned about getting unstuck from your...
#406: How do I Get Unstuck from My Clutter Rut?
Join in the excitement as Kathi and Tonya Kubo, leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, teach us how to get unstuck from a clutter rut in the brand new How Do I? Series. Let’s learn how to do these things together, friends! We want to give you some tools to...
#405 Ready for Anything Week 4: 3 Months of Expenses (and How to Actually Save Up…)
This week Kathi and her partner in crime and leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, Tonya Kubo, are back in part four of this Ready for Anything series. Join in the discussion as they help us prepare our hearts for any crisis big or small by giving us...
#404 Ready for Anything Week 3: 2 Weeks of Food and Water and Your Inventory Plan
Kathi and Tonya are here to help you prepare your heart and home, right in the middle of the current situation. Today they talk about building a pantry with two weeks of food, how to start with what you have on hand and create options. Let’s be honest; real food helps keep things normal when the rest of life is hard.
#403 Ready for Anything Week 2: Creating Your 3 Day Bug Out Bag and a 5 Minute Plan
Kathi helps her friend and brand new prepper, Tonya Kubo, plan for any crisis. Kathi pulls wise advice from her new book, “Ready For Anything: Preparing Your Heart and Home For Any Crisis Big or Small,” to help Tonya and you prepare for any emergency that may come your way.
402 Ready for Anything Week 1: What is 3-2-3 and How do I Get Started?
Kathi Lipp and Tonya Kubo are here to help you be prepared for any crisis, even a shortage at the grocery store.
Dear friend, don’t panic! Today you will learn what you need to do today to get prepared for the current circumstances.
#401 Comparison Caused Clutter in My Home with Wendy Pope
Do you ever feel the sting of comparison? Today, you will learn how comparison gets us to a place of clutter.
400 Gutting Your Office with Cheri Gregory Part 2
You’ve big dreams to fulfill, but the stuff in your office keeps getting in the way? Author and speaker Cheri Gregory shares her motivations and methods for clearing out space in your office.
#399 Gutting Your Office with Cheri Gregory Part 1
So, we keep these things around. If I was a real crafter, I would have this. If I was a real writer, I would have this. If I’m a good mom, I would have this. So we keep little shrines around to our better selves.
#398 Simple Meal Prep from Hope’s Table by Hope Helmuth
Do you love to cook, but getting dinner on the table every night can be overwhelming? Kathi Lipp and Hope Helmuth scoop up their best kitchen tricks to keep you and your family happy at mealtime.
#397: How to Stay Focused (When Everything is Trying to Distract You)
Cheri Gregory tells us about a useful online tool to help us stay focused when we are easily distracted.
#396: Clutter Free Kids – Secrets from a Preschool Director on How to Keep Kids Clutter Free and Organized
Pre-school Director and early childhood expert, Amanda Thivierge, shares her go-to tips and tricks to get kids in on the clutter-free game.
#395: How to (Finally) Create Your Clutter Free Home Step #4 Do your Thing to Create the Room of Your Dreams
Kathi concludes her four-part conversation about creating your Clutter-free home with style-expert KariAnne Wood. A few weeks ago, we learned about dedicating your space for its purpose. Then we focused on how to decide the way you want the room to feel. Last week we...
394 How to (Finally) Create Your Clutter Free Home Step #3 Declutter Your Space
This week, Kathi continues her four-part conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group about how to (finally) create the clutter-free home you’ve always wanted. A few weeks ago, we learned about dedicating your...
393 How to (Finally) Create Your Clutter Free Home Step #2 Decide How You Want Your Room to Feel
You’ve decided to make a change and declutter your home. To help you stay out of a sense of overwhelm, experts Kathi Lipp and Tonya Kubo talk about their proven strategies to combat clutter. Together they break it down into easy-to-understand steps that will have your home looking like new in no time!
#392: How to (Finally) Create Your Clutter Free Home Step #1: Dedicate Your Room for Its Purpose
If you’ve ever decluttered only to have stuff creep back in, this episode is for you! This week, Kathi begins her four-part conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, about how to create a clutter-free home....
#391: Redesign Your Life
We are all living a life we didn’t design. In this episode, Kathi chats with Tracy Steel, author of A Redesigned Life: Uncovering God's Purpose When Life Doesn't Go as Planned, about how to apply a designer’s eye to see the work God is doing in your life, when things...
#390: Getting Organized with Mother of Mayhem, author Kristi Clover
Are you putting off getting organized until the mayhem dies down in your home? What if you could make changes that make a big difference right now, in the midst of chaos? In this episode, Kathi talks with Kristi Clover, author of M.O.M.—Master Organizer of Mayhem,...
#389: Clutter Free for Life: Accountability
This week, Kathi concludes her conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, about three key ingredients to forming lasting clutter free habits. Previously, they talked about the importance of routine and...
#388: Clutter Free for Life: Realistic Expectations
This week, Kathi continues her conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, about some of the key ingredients to forming lasting clutter free habits. Last week, they talked about the importance of routine. This...
#387: Clutter Free for Life: Creating Your Routine
This week, Kathi chats with founder and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, Tonya Kubo, about some of the key ingredients to forming lasting clutter free habits. Once upon a time, Kathi was in a perpetual panic, just surviving and trying (but...
#385: How to Love Being Home
Do you long for a cozy home that feels like your happy place? This week, Kathi chats with Liz Marie Galvan, designer and author of the best-selling book, Cozy White Cottage: 100 Ways to Love the Feeling of Being Home. Kathi and Liz discuss how to begin creating the...
#384: Can Less Clutter Lead to Less Family Grumbling?
This week, Kathi chats with special guest and prolific author Tricia Goyer about Tricia's new book, The Grumble-Free Year. We'll learn how her family's year-long experiment giving up grumbling had an impact on the whole family and the way they interacted with one...
How Our Cluttered Thinking Prevents Us from Getting Rid of Physical Clutter
Do you want to impress others and look good? Or do you want to declutter so that you can be free to do what you’re created to do?
#381: Clutter Free Basics: 3 Totes and 2 Bags
This week, Kathi finishes her three-part series of Clutter Free Basics with Tonya Kubo, fearless leader of Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group. Kathi and Tonya discuss the three totes and two bags system. When combined with space boxing and time boxing, this system...
#380: Clutter Free Basics: What is Time Boxing?
Have you ever noticed how time-consuming decluttering can be? Perhaps you're caught in an endless cycle of decision fatigue and shame about clutter. You need time boxing! This week, Kathi and Tonya Kubo, fearless leader of Clutter Free Academy on Facebook, continue...
#379: Clutter Free Basics: What is Space Boxing?
If you get overwhelmed at the thought of decluttering an entire room, this week’s episode is just what you need! Kathi and Tonya Kubo, founder of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, discuss the first of three Clutter Free basics: space boxing. This technique...
Three Sneaky Ways Our Misconceptions Land Us in Piles of Clutter
What you believe directly correlates with what you do. Sometimes our false beliefs hold us back from living the clutter-free life and being the person God created us to be.
Kathi’s Secret To A Simple, Peaceful Christmas
Ready or Not, Christmas Is Coming. Christmas — whether you really love it, secretly dread it, or fall somewhere in between — shows up the same time every year, as unavoidable as your aunt’s fruitcake.
The Secret to a Good Morning Is an Evening Routine
I’m going to share with you another secret to having a good morning: planning and prepping the night before. Fifteen to thirty minutes in the evening of being kind to your tomorrow-morning self can save you a whole morning of chaos.
#373: Declutter Your To-Do List (Part 2)
If you need to declutter your to-do list, you are in good company! In this week’s podcast, Kathi continues her conversation with Tonya Kubo, grand poohbah of all things Clutter Free Academy online, about how to declutter your to-do list.In Part One of this episode,...
#372: Declutter Your To-Do List (Part One)
This week, Kathi is joined by Tonya Kubo, fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook group, to discuss strategies for dealing with an overwhelming to-do list. They share their own proven tips for making an overwhelming to-do list manageable and resetting...
EMPTY NEST FULL LIFE: Kids and Stuff Go Hand in Hand
Having to manage their stuff while they’re living under your roof is to be expected, but what about when they’re NOT living under your roof anymore? You now have an empty nest and a full house.