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7 Tips To Develop Habits That Will Last

    According to a study out of Duke University, 45% of the activities we do in a day are already a habit. Think about when you get up in the morning. Most of us are still waking up but have still managed to put the coffee…
How To Stop Hanging Onto Clothes You No Longer Wear

How To Stop Hanging Onto Clothes You No Longer Wear

Letting go of our clothes can be difficult. We've all been there. No matter how hard we try, we can't seem to let go of that pair of shoes or that cute dress we bought years ago. Maybe it brings back old memories, or perhaps you think,…
15 Tips To Get your Family On Board with Decluttering & Organizing

15 Tips To Get your Family On Board with Decluttering & Organizing

' It can be tough when you’re the only one in the family who’s focusing on organizing and decluttering the home. It’s time to bring on reinforcements! Here are some quick tips to help get you and your family on the same page.   Children…
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Minimalist lifestyle: Improve Your Finances, Stress & Your Life

When most people think of minimalism, they think of owning as few things as possible. But what’s the real impact of having less in your home and your life?   Financial Adopting a more minimalist lifestyle can keep dollars…
5 Ways To Improve Work-Life Balance

5 Ways To Improve Work-Life Balance

Failing to find a healthy work-life balance can have disastrous consequences on your physical and mental wellbeing. Working more than 55 hours a week has been linked to anxiety and depression. But don't worry! You can take a few…
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…
7 Home Organization Myths

7 Home Organization Myths

Have you ever scrolled through Pinterest and seen beautifully organized homes where everything has its place?   Blankets rolled up in stylish baskets and every kitchen utensil sits nicely in a drawer perfectly sectioned off and easy…
6 Mindset Shifts You Need For An Organized Home

6 Mindset Shifts You Need For An Organized Home

We don't complete a task or reach a goal unless we put ourselves in the right mindset to achieve those goals.    The same is true for organizing your home.    Here are some mindset shifts that will help you reach those home organization…
8 Easy Tips to Get Organized For Christmas

8 Easy Tips to Get Organized For Christmas

The holidays are a wonderful time as we make time for those important to us. But, they can also be a very stressful time. Here are some EASY tips to help get you get organized for Christmas and get through the holiday season without the…
How to Set Up a Recycling System in Your Home

How to Set Up a Recycling System in Your Home

Have you been thinking about adding a recycling system in your home?   Systems keep us sane, save us time and make us more efficient. They work best when they're well thought out, leaving no stone unturned and every question answered. Have…
8 Ways to Better Organize Your Bedroom

8 Ways to Better Organize Your Bedroom

It's important to determine what purpose the bedroom will serve before you begin organizing. A bedroom can be many things, including a home office, a room to relax and watch TV, a place to read, or it can be solely a place for sleep. If…
7 Tips to Keep Your Bathroom Organized

7 Tips to Keep Your Bathroom Organized

  Trouble maintaining an organized bathroom? Are you the type of person who walks into the Pharmacy with the intention of picking up one thing and walks out with the latest lipstick or face cream in tow? Are you tired of wasting…
How To Stay Organized While Working From Home

How To Stay Organized While Working From Home

Are you organized while working from home? This past year we've had to rethink everything from how we do groceries to where we do business. For many of us, that meant we were ditching the commute and setting up offices in our home. But…

How To Get Motivated and Stay Motivated

  Get Motivated Getting motivated and staying motivated can be difficult.  Do you ever find yourself inspired to finally clean out the bedroom closet after listening to a home organizing podcast? Many of us have great intentions…

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…

7 Easy to Follow Tips to an Organized Christmas

The Christmas season is fun and exciting especially when you are spending time with family and friends. However, getting ready for Christmas can be stressful and time consuming. We've come up with 7 easy to follow tips to an Organized Christmas to help you save time, be organized and enjoy a peaceful holiday!
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Buying and Selling Your Home – Organizing Tips

  5 Organizing Tips When Selling Your Home! 1. Start Early. Give yourself plenty of time to find a reputable real estate agent, lawyer, mortgage broker, professional organizer, painter etc. 2. Declutter at least 3 months before…
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8 Teen Bedroom Organizing Hacks You Will Love

8 Teen Bedroom Organizing Hacks You Will Love I have been organizing quite a few teen bedrooms lately and wanted to share some ideas that may help you with your teen bedrooms. Teaching your teens to pick up after themselves, clean and…

Best Organizing Advice You Will Ever Need

Best Organizing Advice You Will Ever NeedI love organizing and I love helping my clients get organized. While working with clients, I often give them advice and little tips to help with the organizing process. I thought I would share some of…
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7 Organizing Mistakes I often see!

7 Organizing Mistakes I often see! Organizing is not always easy, so I want to share with you some organizing mistakes that I have come across while working with clients. I don’t want you to make the same mistakes. Instead, I really want…
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10 Spring Clearing and Organizing Tips!

Spring Clearing I love spring because it means summer is coming. It may be still cold out but we will be getting warmer weather soon, so now is a great time to do your spring clearing and getting your home organized. If you do it now, you…
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Reduce Mind Clutter. Gain Clarity

Do you want to reduce mind clutter and gain clarity? Most of us do at some point. You are thinking about your finances, having to drop off your kids to their sports activities, what to make for supper, how to organize your home, all the…

Tips for Organizing Your Office

OFFICE ORGANIZING! When it comes to organizing offices, there are lots to consider. Here are 20 Office Organizing Tips! Is your office organized, clean, functional, welcoming, and stress-free? If not, then you will be more productive if…

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Episode 76 How to Stop Digital ClutterSecond Set of Hands (Kathy McEwan)

Episode 76: How to Stop Digital Clutter

Do you struggle with digital clutter which can cause brain clutter? Do you have way too many emails in your inbox? Do you have a ton of apps? Do you have a bunch of files on your desktop? Do you struggle to find the digital files you…
Episode 75 Easy Home Decorating TipsSecond Set of Hands (Kathy McEwan)

Episode 75: Easy Home Decorating Tips

Let’s talk home decorating! Do you want to decorate your home but struggle with what to do or where to start? If so, this episode is for you. I have a few (actually more than a few) I have 20 quick and easy tips up my sleeve that I am going…
Episode 74 Decluttering Made EasySecond Set of Hands (Kathy McEwan)

Episode 74: Decluttering Made Easy

Do you have clutter and have a hard time letting go of your items? If so, you are not alone and that is why I came up with 12 awesome tips on how to make decluttering easier for you. This episode will definitely help you with your…
Episode 72: 10 Simple Habits for a More Organized HomeKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 72: 10 Simple Habits for a More Organized Home

Did you know that having an organized home really comes down to habits? Sure does. And on this week's episode I will be covering 10 simple habits for a more organized home with one bonus habit at the end. All these habits are achievable…
Episode 71: Spring Clearing - Getting Organized for SpringKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 71: Spring Clearing – Getting Organized for Spring

We all know about spring cleaning, but did you know about spring clearing? Spring is in the air. Our days are getting longer, we’re opening our windows for the first time in months and we’re feeling a sense of renewal in the air. On this…
5 Reasons Why Decluttering is Hard and How to Make it EasierKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 69: 5 Reasons Why Decluttering is Hard and How to Make it Easier

Has this ever happened to you? You wake up one morning and decide, "Today is the day I'm going to declutter my home!" So, you jump out of bed- excited with visions of a completely decluttered and organized home in your head, and you immediately…
7 Myths of Home OrganizingKathy McEwan (KathyMcEwan.com)

Episode 65: 7 Myths of Home Organizing

In this week’s episode, I go over 7 myths of home organizing. These sets of beliefs are not true and could be holding you back from getting your home organized. Have a listen to find out what the myths of home organizing are and their…
15 Quick Tips to Overcome ProcrastinationKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 64: 15 Quick Tips to Overcome Procrastination

Do  you procrastinate? Would you like to overcome your procrastination? If you are like most people, you do. We often put  things off that we just don’t want to do, even though we know we need to  do it. Not to worry though, on this episode…
Very Important Downsizing TipsKathy McEwan (kathymcewan.com)

Episode 63: Very Important Downsizing Tips

Downsizing can be extremely stressful, especially if you have lived in your home for many years and you have to let some items go. On this week’s episode, I provide some very important tips to help anyone who is planning on downsizing. Check…
How to Organize and Declutter Your Home When You Are ExhaustedKathy McEwan (KathyMcEwan.com)

Episode 61: How to Organize and Declutter Your Home When You are Exhausted

Do you get exhausted with the thought of organizing your home? Do you want to get organized but are too tired to even think about it? Do your items start to pile up because you are too tired to organize? If so, this episode is for you. I provide…
How to Get Organized for 2022Kathy McEwan (KathyMcEwan.com)

Episode 60: How to Get Organized for 2022

Episode 60: How to Get Organized For 2022 Are you tired of bein in the same disarray as you were the year before? The new year is a chance to try something new, get clarity and organized. In this episode I provide tips to help you have a successful…
How to encourage a messy partner to get organizedKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 59: How to Encourage a Messy Partner to Get Organized

Do you live with a partner who is messy? Do you wish he or she would tidy up, so you don’t have to come home to a mess? If so, this episode is for you. I go over how to encourage a messy partner to get organized. P.S. I would be so grateful…
Stressed out? I can relate! Important Tips to Reduce Your Stress LevelKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 55: Stressed out? I can relate! Important Tips to Reduce Your Stress Level

Are you feeling stressed? Would you like to reduce your stress? If so, I can totally relate. In this episode I share how stressed I have been feeling, how it has affected my body, and what I am doing now to help reduce my stress level. If you…
Why do we have so much stuff?Kathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 54: Why do we have so much stuff?

You ever wonder why we have so much stuff? In this week’s episode I provide 8 reasons why we have soooo much stuff and what you can do to stop bringing in so many items into your home. The less items you have, the easier it is to have an organized,…
11 Easy Bathroom Organizing TipsKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 48: 11 Easy Bathroom Organizing Tips

Episode 48: Easy bathroom organizing tips! Bathroom clutter can be so overwhelming. If you have clutter in your bathroom, this episode is for you. I provide 11 easy bathroom organizing tips to help you so you can have a clutter free and organized…
4 Habits You Need To Stay OrganizedKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 47: 4 Habits You Need To Stay Organized

Did you know that in order to have an organized home and stay organized it all comes down to habits. Yup it sure does. So what kind of habits should you have? Have a listen as I go into detail exactly what you need to do to stay organized.   P.S.…
5 Ways to Live Abundantly with LessKathy McEwan

Episode 41: 5 Ways to Live Abundantly with Less

Did you know that you can live abundantly with less and that you don’t have to have a lot of "stuff" to have a rich life? It’s true! And on this week's episode, I cover 5 ways to help you live abundantly and rich but with having less. P.S.…
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…
How to Become More Organized In 20 Minutes or LessKathy McEwan

Episode 32: How to Become More Organized In 20 Minutes or Less

Show Notes: How to become more organized Home organizing that can be done in 20 minutes or less? Wait?? What?? Is that possible? Yes it sure is and I will be explaining how. I will be discussing 12 different tasks that you can do in 20 minutes…
Being Organize Can Change Your LifeKathy McEwan

Episode 29: How Being Organize Can Change Your Life

How to change your life! Having an organized home is life changing. It really is! If you have a lot of clutter than this episode is for you. On this episode I provide 7 top ways being organized is life changing. I also provide examples of what…
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.…
Get organized and stay on trackKathy McEwan

Episode 15: Behind in Getting Your Tasks Done? What I did to keep me on track and get organized!

Description Do you ever get behind in your tasks and feel overwhelmed?  Want to get organized and stay on track? If so, I am going to share with you how I have been feeling lately, how my tasks have been falling behind, and what I did…
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…

Episode 03: Organizing for a Move Part 2

Description 7 Top Tips to an Organized Move   Do you feel overwhelmed with the thought of moving? Whether you are moving in the near future or in the next few years, this episode will give you the tips you need to have an organized…