Facebook Live: Handle Paper Like a Boss
Handle Paper Clutter Like a Boss: Create (and Use!) a Paper Organization File Time and again in our Clutter Free Academy Facebook group, one subject keeps rearing it's ugly head: "HOW do I handle all of the paper?!?" In July, we talked on Facebook Live about Kathi's...
3 Ways to Stop Screen Time from Ruining Your Mood — and Your Marriage!
3 Ways to Stop Screen Time from Ruining Your Mood--and Your Marriage! A few years ago I found myself, on pretty much a weekly basis, pondering, "How can life be so cruel?" I'd fixate on how deplorable our culture was. I'd bemoan how awful so many men were to so many...
#319: How to Put an End to Performancism (Loving Your Work and Your Life)
Kathi sits down with friend and coauthor of "Overwhelmed," Cheri Gregory to talk about performancism. It's important to know when to put an end to your day and stop working for the night. Cheri shares some personal stories about how she was able to shift her thinking...
How to Break Free from Performancism
Learn how to break free from the pressure to perform. Sitting at Kathi's kitchen table, I unfold and refold a napkin a dozen times before making the announcement that's been brewing for weeks. "I'm resigning as the hardest-working speaker you know." Kathi looks...
Two Places to Declutter for a Better Marriage
When I talk to women about what they want to improve in their lives, so many say something along these lines: “I want to focus on my husband this year. And I want to finally get organized. And lose weight!” OK – so I may not be able to help you with the weight thing....
Save on School Supplies (& Give Your Students an Important Lesson)
Learn a quick way to save on school supplies AND teach your kids an important lesson. Last night, I was at the office supply store along with about every parent and school-age child in our county. Fortunately, I was able to dash in and out in a matter of minutes to...
Eps. #318: How to Stop People Pleasing (from two former addicts…)
People-pleasing is exhausting. Like Kathi says, it reminds her of Christmastime when "We're baking cookies that nobody asked for." Kathi's friend, Cheri Gregory and co-author of "You Don't Have to Try So Hard," sit down to discuss why saying "sorry" is something women...
Real Ways to Create Contentment
On that sunny August day, I thought my life couldn’t get much worse. Recently separated from my husband and with no support from him, I was teetering on the financial edge. My kids and I had just moved in with my parents, and I was desperately looking for a job to...
Eps. #317 Perfectly Planned – How to Capture Beauty and Order at the Same Time
Ruth Chou Simons has come out with a tool for Kathi and fellow clutter-free people that you can start using now. Ruth's new GraceLaced planner is a 17-month journey into documenting the daily things happening in each season of your life. It's a time to slow down and...