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What Is A Home Inventory-Why Should You Consider One

What Is A Home Inventory & Why Should You Consider One?

What is a home inventory? A home inventory is an up-to-date list of your possessions or belongings with an approximate financial value of those items.   Why it's necessary "Hope for the best, plan for the worst." Lee Child Most…
Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?

Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?

  Are you constantly looking through "junk" drawers, pulling boxes from storage, retracing steps to find things that have been "lost" in your own home?   As humans, we like to, and even need to surround ourselves with…

Elana’s Journey from Disorganized to Organized

  This week I had the pleasure of talking to one of my Calm the Clutter members (you can catch the podcast episode HERE). We discussed her personal journey with the program and how she went from disorganized to organized and how she's…
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5 Ways To Live Abundantly With Less

  Live Abundantly With Less   We live in a world of more; more shoes, more furniture, more things.   But does all this stuff mean that we’re actually living more abundant lives?   Not necessarily.   Stuff only…

10 Simple Tips To Organize Your Kitchen & You For Healthy Eating

10 Simple Tips To Organize Your Kitchen & You For Healthy Eating    These 10 simple tips to organize your kitchen will have you and your family eating healthy without feeling overwhelmed. In fact, eating healthy doesn’t have…

Sorting Through Your Loved One’s Belongings After Death

I often get asked, “What kind of clients typically call you for organizing help?” The answer is about 1/3 of our clients are seniors or those with health problems, 1/3 are busy professionals and the remaining third are those who are chronically…

5 Wild Emotions When Dealing With Clutter

5 Wild Emotions When Dealing with Clutter While working with clients who have clutter, I have noticed the many different emotions they go through. This week, one of my clients was crying from feeling so overwhelmed. I had a business lunch…

Mixed emotions, getting the mind organized

Time is flying by. The first month of 2016 has already passed and I am reflecting on what has transpired during the month of January. I sit here with mixed emotions. I am mourning the loss of a musical genius, David Bowie, who was…

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5 Key Ways to Simplify Your LifeKathy McEwan

Episode 40: 5 Key Ways To Simplify Your Life

Episode 40:  5 key ways to simplify your life Do you feel stressed and overwhelmed with trying to keep up with everything you do? Would you like a more simplified life? On this week’s episode I cover 5 Key Ways to Simplify Your Life and…
7 Life Changing Tips When You’re Overwhelmed by LaundryKathy McEwan

Episode 39: 7 Life Changing Tips When You’re Overwhelmed with Laundry

Are you overwhelmed with laundry? Do you struggle to keep up with it? Do you have piles of laundry to do or piles of clean clothes that are not put away? A common problem that I hear from a lot of people is that they feel overwhelmed by laundry. I…
Dealing with Trauma with Acclaimed Filmmaker Eric ChristiansenKathy McEwan

Episode 34: Dealing with Trauma with Acclaimed Filmmaker Eric Christiansen

From dealing with trauma to acclaimed filmmaker! Wow, what a privilege it was speaking with 7 time Emmy winner and filmmaker Eric Christiansen about trauma and hope. We discussed:   The stigma of mental heath How Eric believes…
10 Great Tips to Help You Remember Your TasksKathy McEwan

Episode 31: 10 Great Tips to Help You Remember Your Tasks

How to remember your tasks. Do you sometimes forget to do your tasks? We all get busy and forgetting important tasks or important dates can be really challenging to our overall success.  Not to mention how overwhelming we can feel when we…
7 Important Home Organizing Questions AnsweredKathy McEwan

Episode 30: 7 Important Home Organizing Questions Answered

Important home organizing questions.   In this episode I answer some really important home organizing questions that were asked by community members in our Facebook group Organize for Success. If you have clutter, there is a good chance…
7 Ways to Increase Productivity in a CrisisKathy McEwan

Episode 28: 7 Ways To Increase Productivity In A Crisis

Increase productivity Life in general can be stressful at times which can lower our productivity level but add a crisis in the mix and it is even harder to get everything you want done. Do you wish you had more time to do the things you love…
Home Organizing During Covid-19Kathy McEwan

Episode 25: Home Organizing During Covid-19

Home Organizing During Covid-19  The Coronavirus has taken a real toll on our society and I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe. I am thinking about all of you during this difficult time.    Now more than ever is a good…
Increase Productivity And Decrease StressKathy McEwan

Episode 24: Increase Productivity And Decrease Stress

Want to decrease stress and increase productivity? If so, check out my conversation with community curator, speaker and author Katie Jefcoat. We discuss tips on being more productive and the importance of knowing what your priorities are.…
Episode 14 –20 Ways Moms Can Let Go –Part 2Kathy McEwan

Episode 14: 20 Ways Moms Can Get Organized – PART 2

Episode 14 –20 Ways Moms Can Get Organized –Part 2 Are you a busy mom (or dad)? Do you struggle with finding the time to get everything done? Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed and tired? If so this episode is for…
Episode 11 –10 Top Reasons Why We Have Clutter and What We Can Do About it!Kathy McEwan

Episode 11: 10 Top Reasons Why We Have Clutter and What We Can Do About it!

Description Episode 11 –10 Top Reasons Why We Have Clutter and What We Can Do About it! Do you have clutter? Do youever wonder why you have so much clutter? Well there are lots of reasons why people have clutter, and not everyone…
The cost of clutterKathy McEwan

Episode 10: The Cost of Clutter – You may be very surprised

Description Do you know the cost of clutter? Do you have a lot of clutter?  In this week’s episode we discuss various ways that clutter is costing you, and it is not all about finances. Yes, we will talk finances but we are also…
4 Types of Disorganization. Which category do you fall under?Kathy McEwan

Episode 09: Four Types of Disorganization. Which category do you fall under?

Description Do you have a lot of clutter? There are 4 types of disorganization, which category you fall under? In this week’s episode, I talk about 4 types of disorganization and the difference between them. Hint, one is a disorder…
How to Become More Productive – 7 Easy StepsSecond Set of Hands

Episode 07: How To Become More Productive In 7 Easy Steps

Description   Download PDF Shown Above Do you wish you had more time in your day to do the things you love to do? Do you feel overwhelmed with all that needs to be done? Do you want to have more productive days? If…