Episode 301- From Hands-On Mom to Mom of Adults- Dealing with the Transition and Your Kids Stuff

Episode 301- From Hands-On Mom to Mom of Adults- Dealing with the Transition and Your Kids Stuff

by | Apr 24, 2018 | Clutter Free Heart, Clutter Free Podcast, Podcast | 12 comments

Is your nest emptying?  Dealing with transition can be hard! It is both an exciting and difficult time as you process the loss you feel as your kids move out.  We need to remember that as The Lord lets us go through the hardship of our children leaving because He has dreams for our kids, He also has dreams for us.  We don’t need to apologize for pouring into our kids or needing to be poured into ourselves.  But as we are dealing with transiton, we need be mindful of what we are preparing for in the season ahead without trying to step out of the season we are in.

Join Kathi and Marci Seither as they talk about Marci’s book Empty Nest and discuss tips for dealing with transition, as well as handling the clutter those kids can leave behind. Plus, we will learn how to be kind to ourselves in dealing with the transition from being a hands on mom turned mom of adults.

Giveaway

Leave a comment about one thing you did, or anticipate doing, to ease yourself through the time of dealing with  transition when your child(ren) left home for the chance to win one of 3 books we’re giving away!

*US residents only

Bonus

Empty Nest Promo PDF

 

 

 

Meet Our Guest

Marci Seither

Marci Seither

Marci Seither’s writing career began after her humor article was published in the small-town newspaper. Since then she has authored two books and hundreds of articles for local papers as well as contributing to national publications such as Guideposts, Light & Life, and Focus On The Family.

Episode 300- When You Never, Ever Feel Like Enough

Episode 300- When You Never, Ever Feel Like Enough

by | Apr 17, 2018 | Clutter Free Heart, Clutter Free Podcast, Podcast | 52 comments

We all are prey to the way the enemy tries to take our mistakes and twist and turn those failures into making us believe that that is who we are.  But failure isn’t final and it isn’t fatal.  If you never, ever feel like enough, this is the podcast for you!

When we replace those lies with God’s truth, we start to change our thinking, our hearts and our behavior.

Join Kathi and Sharon Jaynes as they discuss Sharon’s new book, Enough, Silencing the Lies that Steal Your Confidence, and how clutter is all about a discontent heart.  They talk about that if we don’t deal with the heart issues of why we don’t believe we are enough we will just replace our clutter with more clutter, addiction or other things, and how knowing the 2 universal lies will help us see the areas we need to speak God’s truth into the lies we’ve believed.

 

 

Giveaway

Leave a comment about one of the lies you’ve believed for the chance to win one of 3 books we’re giving away!

when you never ever feel like enough

*US residents only

Bonus

Truth Cards

Meet Our Guest

Sharon Jaymes

Sharon Jaymes

Sharon Jaynes is a conference speaker, devotion writer for Girlfriends in God and Proverbs 31 Ministries, and author of 22 books. Her latest book, Enough: Silencing the Lies That Steal Your Confidence will help you accept God’s grace and move past failures and pre-load your heart with truth to fight your deepest insecurities.

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Episode #299 Hand Me Down Clutter

Episode #299 Hand Me Down Clutter

by | Apr 10, 2018 | Clutter Free, Clutter Free Podcast, Podcast | 1 comment

You’ve been given a gift, a hand-me-down that you’re hanging on to for dear life but it is has outlived it’s uselfulness. Or maybe it was never all that useful but out of guilt you’re holding onto it. When you get hand me down clutter, your parent’s stuff can weigh down your life.

Join Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory as they give you Three Easy-Peasy Steps to deal with clutter that has been handed down to you.

  1. Just get started
  2. Know the truth about the stuff
  3. Give yourself a firm deadline

It’s easier than you think and more freeing than you could ever imagine.

Meet Our Guest

Cheri Gregory

Cheri Gregory

Cheri Gregory is a teacher, speaker, author, and Certified Personality Trainer. Her passion is helping women break free from destructive expectations. She writes and speaks from the conviction that “how to” works best in partnership with “heart, too.”
Cheri is the co-author, with Kathi Lipp, of The Cure for the “Perfect” Life and Overwhelmed.
Cheri has been “wife of my youth” to Daniel, her opposite personality, for twenty-eight years and is “Mom” to Annemarie (25) and Jonathon (23), also opposite personalities.
Cheri blogs about perfectionism, people-pleasing, highly sensitive people, and hope at www.cherigregory.com.

Eps #296: How to have a cute, cozy home and be Clutter Free at the Same Time with KariAnne Wood

Eps #296: How to have a cute, cozy home and be Clutter Free at the Same Time with KariAnne Wood

by | Mar 20, 2018 | Clutter Free Podcast, Podcast | 53 comments

Can you actually have a cute and cozy home without having clutter pile up on shelves, furniture and countertops? We wanted to know- can you decorate and be clutter free?

Kathi invited KariAnne Wood, author of DIY Home Planner to the podcast this week because she is a woman that gets it. She’s an expert on making a cozy home without causing us clutter gals to go into complete overwhelmed mode. From helpful tips on where to start, to the best places in your home to make the greatest impact, all without the clutter, KariAnne brings her best ideas to our listeners.

This is one of the most fun podcasts we have ever done and it is rich of great ideas on how we can decorate our homes to make it the place we want to be without adding stress to our lives.

 

WIN a copy of DIY Home!

Comment below and tell us what your biggest decorating challenge is because of clutter? Comment and three people will win a copy DIY Home Planner by our guest KariAnne Woods. Join us on Facebook Live on March 28 and your question could be featured! Can’t wait for it? Buy it today!

 

 

BONUS!!!

Quizzes to take from KariAnne:

Are you a pattern pro?

What kind of window treatment does your room desperately need?

Are you a design expert?

What type of flooring fits best?

 

30-Day Challenge with KariAnne

Are you ready to take the 30-Day challenge with KariAnne? We’ll be joining together over at the Clutter Free Academy Group to start the challenge on April 1. Join us for FB Live on March 28 (check out Facebook for announcements on time) to go through more details. Sign up now at https://thistlewoodfarms.com/30-days-of-free/

Meet Our Guest

KariAnne Wood

KariAnne Wood

KariAnne Wood writes the award-winning lifestyle blog Thistlewood Farms, a tiny corner of the internet where all her stories and DIYs hang out and drink sweet tea. She also writes, photographs, and styles for several national magazines including Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Ideas, Country Women, and Flea Market Décor.

Find out more at KariAnne’s’s website: www.thistlewoodfarms.com

Eps. #294 How to Keep Comparison from Conquering Who You Are

Eps. #294 How to Keep Comparison from Conquering Who You Are

by | Mar 6, 2018 | Clutter Free Podcast, Identity, Podcast | 8 comments

It all started in the garden with Eve…doubt and comparison crept in with the question, “Did God really say….?”

We see it in the Bible with the story of Rachel and Leah too. They didn’t need social media to allow comparison to grow a wedge between them. We need to decide who’s truth we are going to align our lives with, ours or God’s?

Join Kathi and Nicki Koziarz as they talk about comparison and how we have the false perception that to do something great for the kingdom of God, we need to go viral, live big or have thousands of followers. Nicki urges us to see how what God is doing in each of us is so special and unique, that we can’t dare to put a classification on what He’s doing in our lives.

Book Giveaway

Meet Our Guest

Nicki Koziarz

Nicki Koziarz

Nicki Koziarz is a wife and mom to three girls plus a handful of barnyard babies. They live just outside of Charlotte, NC. She is an inspirational author, Bible teacher, and speaker with Proverbs 31 Ministries. Nicki leads from her own brokenness that somehow God is making meaningful. www.nickikoziarz.com

Eps: #292 The Clutter Free Emergency Prep Kit Part 2

Eps: #292 The Clutter Free Emergency Prep Kit Part 2

by | Feb 20, 2018 | Clutter Free Podcast, Podcast, tips and ideas | 6 comments

Erin MacPherson is back with Kathi in a discussion you don’t want to miss. They continue their chat on the topic of preparing a Natural Disaster Kit and the importance of being prepared.

In this episode, Kathi and Erin discuss how thinking ahead can make a world of difference in a disaster or unexpected moment. Thinking now will save time later and it might just save your furry friends. They, of course, share how to do it without collecting clutter.

 

Meet Our Guest

Erin MacPherson

Erin MacPherson

Erin MacPherson lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Cameron, her sons Joey and Will and her daughter Kate. She is the author of “The Christian Mama’s Guide Series“, a staff writer for Dun & Bradstreet and a freelancer for publications like Thriving Family Magazine, MOPS MomSense, FamilyLife Magazine, Daily Guideposts and BEMag. She blogs about her life, her kids and her faith at ChristianMamasGuide.com.