Do you struggle with making decisions and taking more action toward decluttering? Sometimes we need to recognize and understand things like how we make decisions and where our need for control comes from to move forward. Kathi is here with her friend and enneagram expert Lori Young, helping us to build better strategies for tackling our clutter based on our personality. Join in the conversation to learn more about how knowing the tendencies of your personality can help you declutter better by:
- Knowing how to plan and strategize better
- Recognizing our tendencies
- Understanding our motivators
Embrace your God-given personality while you tackle the clutter in a more efficient way.
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Overwhelmed: How to Quiet the Chaos and Restore Your Sanity
Feeling overwhelmed? Wondering if it’s possible to move from “out of my mind” to “in control” when you’ve got too many projects on your plate and too much mess in your relationships?
Kathi and Cheri want to show you five surprising reasons why you become stressed, why social media solutions don’t often work, and how you can finally create a plan that works for you. As you identify your underlying hurts, uncover hope, and embrace practical healing, you’ll become equipped to:
- trade the to-do list that controls you for a calendar that allows space in your life
- decide whose feedback to forget and whose input to invite
- replace fear of the future with peace in the present
You can simplify and savor your life—guilt-free! Clutter, tasks, and relationships may overwhelm you now, but God can help you overcome with grace.
Kathi and Cheri Gregory, co-author of Overwhelmed, get together for this episode for a little discussion regarding the concepts of being overwhelmed and being clutter-free. So often we find that our clutter overwhelms us and that being overwhelmed contributes to our clutter. It can be a vicious cycle.
Kathi and Cheri discuss five steps to keep from getting overwhelmed as you declutter your home, your heart, and your life. Order your copy of Overwhelmed here.
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Meet Our Guest
Lori Young
Lori Young is a professional speaker, writer and Certified Enneagram Coach. She received her Bachelor’s in Social Work from Colorado State University. Lori has an extensive background working with people, from sitting with dying patients and their families in hospice care to counseling women who left abusive relationships to starting a non-profit providing home furnishings for women finding independence from domestic violence. Lori has had a front-row seat to how people react in a crisis, how they interact in relationships, and how they communicate when life is hard. She uses her experience and expertise to give her audiences and coaching clients practical tools and advice for improving their relationships and communication.
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