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Professional Organizer Helps Declutter Organize and Beautify Your Home and Your Life an Interview with Nikki Boyd (Episode 299)   Ecclesiastes 5:13 AMP “There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.”   *Transcription Below*   Nikki Boyd is a professional organizer, author of the Beautifully Organized series, and founder of the At Home With Nikki brand. Known for her elegant yet practical approach to organization, she inspires women to create homes that feel calm, beautiful, and intentionally lived in. Through her books, courses, and social media presence, Nikki shares simple, thoughtful systems that help people simplify their spaces and live more intentionally each day. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Real Simple, and House Beautiful.   LOOKING FOR HELP WITH YOUR LIFE? VISIT OUR WEBSITE | SUBSCRIBE OUR CHANNEL | JOIN OUR MASTER COURSE Ready to get organized? SCHEDULE A VIRTUAL SESSION Grab the books: The Beautifully Organized Series  Connect with Nikki on social: Instagram | Facebook | TikTok   Thank You to Our Sponsor: The Sue Neihouser Team   Questions and Topics We Cover: Where do your clients typically feel most overwhelmed and what is your process for eventually leading them to experience more peace?  Can you give us the best place to begin decluttering today? What is the best way to begin both decluttering and organizing kid spaces in our homes?    Related Savvy Sauce Episodes: Relationships and Opportunities that Arise from Using Your Gifts with Founder of Neighbor's Table, Sarah Harmeyer, Episode 47 Best Cleaning Tips from Clean Mama, Becky Rapinchuk, Episode 128 Experiencing Joy, Nourishment, and Connection at the Table with Abby Turner, Episode 168 Making Your Home a Place of Love and Peace: Special Patreon Re-Release with Devi Titus   Connect with The Savvy Sauce on Facebook or Instagram or Our Website   Gospel Scripture: (all NIV) Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”   Romans 3:24 “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”   Romans 3:25 (a) “God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.”    Hebrews 9:22 (b) “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”    Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”    Romans 5:11 “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”    John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”   Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”    Luke 15:10 says “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”   Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”   Ephesians 1:13–14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession- to the praise of his glory.”   Ephesians 1:15–23 “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.”   Ephesians 2:8–10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God‘s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.“   Ephesians 2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.“   Philippians 1:6 “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”   *Transcription*   Music: (0:00 – 0:09)   Laura Dugger: (0:12 - 1:49) Welcome to The Savvy Sauce, where we have practical chats for intentional living. I'm your host, Laura Dugger, and I'm so glad you're here.   Thank you to the Sue Neihouser Team for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking to buy or sell a home this season, make sure you reach out to Sue at 309-229-8831. Sue would love to walk alongside you as you unlock new doors.   I am so excited to get to host my guest for today, Nikki Boyd. Nikki is a professional organizer and also a prolific author. If you can see all of these resources, this is part of the Beautifully Organized series. Nikki is also the founder of At Home with Nikki brand. She is known for her elegant yet practical approach to organization, and she inspires women especially to create homes where they feel calm, beautiful, and intentionally lived in. She's going to share more of that with us today. Here's our chat.   Welcome to The Savvy Sauce, Nikki.   Nikki Boyd: Hi, I'm so glad to be here. Excited to be here.   Laura Dugger: Well, I'm delighted to get a chat with you, and I have to say your career absolutely fascinates me. So, will you share your path to getting to do the work that you get to do today?   Nikki Boyd: (1:49 - 7:21) Absolutely. It was very unexpected because a little secret, well, it's not a secret because I've been talking about ever since I've written my books, but I was a very messy child. So, as a child, you would have thought I would be doing what I do now. And so, it really was unexpected in the fact that I was a military spouse, just traveling around the world, supporting my husband in his dreams of being in the military and doing what he does. And depending on where we were, I would work different jobs. So, I have a very colorful work history and oftentimes frustrated by the fact of not being able to have a career and feeling like I want a career.   But it's funny how God works, and that's why we have to be patient, and we have to have faith because every last job that he provided added to my career today. And it was a necessity, and I didn't see that back then. And so, when he retired, he was like you supported me all these years. Now, it's time for me to do that in whatever your dream is of what you wanted to do. I had no idea what it was. I didn't know. I was like, what? I mean, I think I was right at 40 at the time, and I was like, okay, what is it I'm supposed to do? I'm trying to find myself at 40.   And so, I remember when we lived in England, I had went over a lady's house, and I had met for the first time, and she was having like this crafting party. And we went into a room in her home, and I had the best day. And she had, I believe it was 10 kids. They were a family of 10, yes. But it was the most peaceful environment. We sat there all day and crafted, heard no kids, had a beautiful time. When she was there, she was telling me back, this was years ago when YouTube wasn't a thing. And she was telling me about how, yeah, I like to film my crafts, and I put them on YouTube. And I was like, what is YouTube? Never thought anymore about it.   When we moved back to the States, I remembered just that experience. And I remember her saying the YouTube thing. And so, when I was trying to figure out what I was going to do, I said, you know what? Let me look into this. And just, I started filming myself, just doing whatever I was doing around my house. And then, the only person watching was my mom. Then over time, she said, put that there, put it out there. And I did. No one watched for the longest time, but I just enjoyed the process of feeling like I had that friend girl by my side in my home, as I went and organized and did the different things. And by this point, my home was my everything as far as providing for my family, a beautiful environment when they came home, and just being able to have a home that served others. And so, it just started trickling from then. People started watching. I started building a brand. And then, 2017 opened the doors to my professional organizing business, then started writing the books, five books in now on a Beautifully Organized series.   And even during that journey, I questioned God about it, because I would say I was about three years in where I wasn't really doing anything but filming. And I was like, Lord, this is not what I'm supposed to be doing. This is not a career. This is not... And I was battling with that. And I remember one night, I was in my bed and I couldn't sleep. And so, I got up and I got on my computer, and I had an email from a lady overseas. And she said, I just want to let you know that I got out of my bed for the first time in two years, because I lost my husband. I have three little ones. And I was just laying in my bed for two years, just numb. And I started watching your videos. And today, I got... You can imagine, I was tears. She said, “I got out of my bed for the first time. I organized my fridge. I set spaces for my kids' lunch. And I went out and bought me a teacup just for myself. And that to me was the first sign that God gave me that, Nikki, this does have purpose.   And so, I went on from that, and I just kept trucking along. And then as human as I am, a few years later, I questioned God again. I wasn't satisfied. And I was like, okay, God, yeah, I know, but I don't feel... I'm not feeling it. And he sent me another sign. I used to love covering. I used to love covering my Bible, making Bible covers. And so, I made a Bible cover on my YouTube channel. I was like, okay, I'm going to give away a Bible. We're doing a giveaway for a Bible. And so, I did the giveaway, just randomly picking someone, doing the thing. And then I mailed off the Bible. And I got a message from a lady, and she said, my goal when I got off work was to come home and to commit suicide. When I came home, your Bible was... I cry every time I tell the story. When I came home, the Bible that was on my doorstep, and I knew that was a sign from God that, hold on, hold on, keep going. And then I told the Lord from there, okay, I'm not questioning you anymore. This is the journey that I'm supposed to be on. And from that point, I just settled into it and grew from there. And that's what I do now.   Laura Dugger: (7:22 - 7:44) Wow. We got tears in my eyes from that story as well. Praise the Lord that you waited on Him, and you were still faithful in that journey, even when He wasn't showing you the whole path. But as a Jesus follower, Nikki, why do you think it is a worthy goal to pursue having a beautifully organized home?   Nikki Boyd: (7:45 - 9:48) Because that's how we serve others. That's how we do His work. That's how, not only when I say serve others, it's serving our family, along with our church, our community. When we establish an environment where we can welcome people in, or even if they're not coming into our home, where we're able to be in a spirit to where we can serve others outside the home. My kitchen is not chaotic, so I can make those cupcakes that I can take to church on Sunday, or I feel motivated and rejuvenated. I always say our home is our rejuvenation space. It's a space we come to to rejuvenate, and so that we can do the work we need to do when we walk outside those doors. And so, it just feeds so many things, along with it saves us time, it saves us money, it saves us from stress. And our God's an orderly God, and so we look to Him for that inspiration.   I always share too, is the first time when we open the Bible, we look at creation, and we see how He's the ultimate designer, and how He's so meticulous, and He's so thoughtful. And so, when I'm organizing my home, or decorating my home, I'm thinking like God did when He was creating the earth. He really took time and thought, and He rested Him. It was very intentional. And so that's a lot of how I like to approach our home, and how we set up systems, and how we work through the space. Because when you have a home that is in chaos, and when you have a home that just is overwhelmed with stuff, you're really just taken away from your family, taken away for yourself. I know I bought a wooden spoon. I know I got a wooden spoon here. Where's that wooden spoon? But then you have to go out and buy another wooden spoon when it's already been provided. Mm-hmm.   Laura Dugger: (9:48 - 10:05) So well said. And so, from your years of experience, where do your clients typically feel most overwhelmed? And then what is your process for eventually leading them into a place where they're getting to experience more peace?   Nikki Boyd: (10:06 - 11:38) So, a lot of spaces that clients are overwhelmed by, garages are big. The shoes at the entryway door, I hear that a lot, especially with families. You come in and the first thing, I always say your entryway is your first impression space. That's the first experience someone has when they walk into your home. And so, a pile of shoes is not the most engaging. And so that's a lot in the kitchen. The kitchen is a big... I guess there's a lot of places. Closets are big. Closets for my ladies, they're big. And so how I usually advise people is we have to start small. If you look at everything, the whole thing, you can get overwhelmed and your motivation can just diminish. So, I say, get those small wins in. Okay. So, we're at the entryway. Maybe just start with one thing. I always say, I like to use my senses to put things together. And so, I say, okay, how can I incorporate my five senses into the entryway? What I see, what I feel, what I smell. And just start with one thing. It may be the entryway table, the top of it. Okay. I'm going to take everything off of that. And I'm going to reset that today. I have that small win and then build on it. Tomorrow, it may be the shoes. Okay. The shoes. I'm going to create a system for the shoes. And the small wins is what equals the big... You know the story of the tortoise and the hare where you run that... You don't run that fast race with organization. You run the small race. Take your time. Yeah.   Laura Dugger: (11:39 - 11:57) Okay. That's helpful. So, when we're taking our time, do you even have a specific time limit? If somebody is just an average person with the average amount of stuff, if they want it top to bottom, their ideal home, is there a regular amount of time that that takes?   Nikki Boyd: (11:57 - 13:50) So, what I like to do, and I do this in my home still to this day, is I assign every room has a month. And so that way I'm very intentional. I'm focused on the whole house. I'm able to be very intentional. So, say the... I always start with the home office in January because that's when we need to go through our home files. That's when it's getting tax season. And so that's a great home office month. And that way you have all month to focus only on the office. So, I usually say, let me take the first three days and just sit in the office and think, okay, what works in here? What doesn't work in here? What do I desire for the space? And just kind of give yourself a couple days for that. And then the next day it'll be, the next few days will be about decluttering. Let me get everything out of this room that does not serve me in my current lifestyle, current life, because we want our homes to represent our life today, not our life 10 years ago. And so, then it's about taking a week and just decluttering the space. And then the next week it's about cleaning. Okay, now that we got all this stuff out, let's spend a couple of days cleaning. So having a whole month for a room, it really allows you to really be intentional, take your time, not stress yourself out, incorporate the family. And it's a great way of maintenance plan ongoing. So even though my home feels organized all the way through, it's great for maintenance because organization is not something that you do and you never have to do it again. It's just like cleaning. I wish I could clean one time and it's clean for the rest of my life, but that's not the reality, especially not with family. And so, the same with organization. So, I would recommend that, just kind of assigning every room in your house a month. Laura Dugger: (13:52 - 18:01) I like that pace. And I guess it's initially surprising, but Jesus always seems to have a certain pace that is wise and sustainable, and it does often surprise us.   We'll come back shortly after a brief message from our sponsor.   With over 28 years of experience in real estate, Sue Neihouser of the Sue Neihouser team is a RE-MAX agent of Central Illinois, and she loves to walk alongside her clients as they unlock new doors. For anyone local, I highly recommend you call Sue today at 309-229-8831.   And you can ask her any real estate questions. Sue lives in Central Illinois and loves this community and all that it has to offer. 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Thanks for your sponsorship.   Nikki, I love choosing a theme for every episode with a scripture verse, and we always include it at the top of our show notes for each episode on our website. So, the one that I selected for today is found in Ecclesiastes 5:13, and it says, "There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery." And that just stood out at me when we were planning this conversation. And it reminds me of something that I noticed about the book written, I think I'm saying her name right, by Shira Gill. And it's the one where you were featured. So, it, for anybody who hasn't read it, it highlights various organizers. But you all seem to share this similar conclusion that in America, the most common problem that leads to disorganization and chaos in all of our homes is simply holding onto too much stuff. So, will you share more of your experience with this, whether that's for yourself or with clients that you've worked with?   Nikki Boyd: (18:02 - 20:46) And it's hard because we live in a society where consumption is encouraged. We can't look, right? And so, it's a hard battle to fight. And then it's multiple people in the home a lot of times. So, you got multiple people bringing in stuff. And so, it's important to really have decluttering as a focus always in our home and having a system to just kind of move things out in a timely way, because it's a struggle because we build this attachment to stuff, you know, and we build it up for different ways. Either we paid a lot of money for it, so we can't, it doesn't fit, but I paid good money for this, so I got to keep it, even though it doesn't fit, you know, or someone gave it to us. I really don't like it, but so-and-so gave it to me. So, I have obligation, you know, that sentimental obligation.   But one tool that I have used over the years that has been really successful in helping me rid myself of clutter is to think about it in a way of, I'm being selfish. And so there, you know, I don't ever use this cup. I do, but I'm just saying, I don't ever use this cup. There's somebody out there that needs a cup that could be blessed by it, but it's sitting right here in my home. And I have the opportunity to move it on to be a blessing to someone else. So, when I look at things in my home that I'm not using, I would say, Nikki, stop. That can be right now blessing. And I pray, but I pray, God, please help this to get where it needs to get. Please help it to go where it needs to get. And so that has really, for me, been a way to really, and not only for myself, but for my family, to encourage my family to say, hey, there's somebody out here that could use this toy. There's a kid out there that really, they don't have any toys, but if we donate it, their parents can afford this toy, you know? So just, you know, really thinking outside of ourselves with the stuff and thinking on how we can really serve others with it. There might be even people in our community, young couples that are just starting out, you know, we have silver pieces that we never used. We might've got it 20 years ago and never used it, move it on to someone else, you know? So that's really helped me with decluttering.   And then having a system for it, you know, having a system in your home where you really, really are actively moving things away from your home, you know? And so, one system that I love to use is having a place where I can just drop things that, like a basket that every time I see something that, oh, yeah, that could bless someone, boom. And then that way you can just kind of put it, keep it in, take it to your trunk of your car. And the next time you pass in through a donation center, you can donate it. Yeah.   Laura Dugger: (20:47 - 21:00) That's good. And that gives us purpose in this process. I really like that. So, can you give us, do you even have a recommendation just for the very best place if we want to start decluttering today?   Nikki Boyd: (21:01 - 23:14) In your home, you mean like where to start? Yes. Okay. Remember I said, start small. So, one thing that I recommend is going in your kitchen because I have not met a person who has not had what they call a junk drawer. And I don't like calling anything in our homes junk because we don't have junk in our homes. We have beautiful homes, right? And so, I like to call it the utility drawer. So go in your kitchen. If all the listeners go in your kitchen today and open that utility drawer, and that is the starting point. And what you want to do is the first step you want to do is you want to give yourself an immediate boost by just taking everything out of that drawer and sitting it on the counter and looking at your beautiful empty drawer. That's that instant motivation that you get from seeing it clean and empty. And then the next step is just to give it a nice wipe down and clean so that you know that this is your new, not junk drawer, utility drawer. Rename it. It's important what we say, you know, how we speak, you know, what we come out of our tongue. So, utility drawer. And then from that point, you have all the stuff there. And the first way to start tackling it is because if you're looking at a big pile of stuff, you don't know what you have a lot of times. So, we have to get like items together so that we can realistically see what we have. And so just take a couple minutes and just at the counter sort like items together, pins, sticky notes, just get all those like items together. And then you have a clear visual of, okay, why do I have 20 lighters? I don't burn candles like that, you know. So, then you say, okay, so I'm going to keep two lighters and then everything else goes to donate and just work your way through each category. But what you've done is you've broken it down, something that's a big blob of clutter into something that's reasonable to assess and then deal with. And then from that point, what's left, you then start with the fun part of putting it in your drawer, creating your sections, and then saying, okay, you know what? How about I donate all these lighters and just keep the pretty green one that I love? So that's how I recommend. So, start with that one junk drawer. And once you have that success, you've built the motivation to then move to another part of your kitchen.   Laura Dugger: (23:15 - 23:31) Okay. That's so interesting too, just even how you say pausing to appreciate that beauty of an empty drawer. And it is true that I think even clearing things out, that is an automatic win that makes the space more beautiful.   Nikki Boyd: (23:32 - 24:42) Yes. It feels good. Because you're feeling lighter, right? You got all the junk and stuff, let's not call it stuff, over to the side and you feel lighter. And even as hard as it is to declutter for a lot of folks, they feel so good after it's done. It feels so good once you get that stuff away from you. So, it's the same, you're feeling lighter. It gives you just a kind of room to breathe a little bit, and you don't realize it because we go through our day just working and living around all this stuff that really is just kind of heavy.   Laura Dugger: (24:43 - 24:47) Absolutely. Yeah. Kind of open up the windows and air it out.   Nikki Boyd: (24:47 - 24:49) Open up the windows. Yes, yes.   Laura Dugger: (24:50 - 25:07) Well, maintaining home order and organization becomes a lot more complex when we add more people into our home. So, what's the best way to begin both decluttering and organizing the kids' spaces in our homes?   Nikki Boyd: (25:08 - 30:07) So, when I work with families, a lot of times they want to jump right in and say, okay, they want to talk about the stuff and all that. And I always kind of say, let's back up a little bit because we don't want to go in and create all these systems and then try to introduce it to the family because a lot of times that doesn't work. We have to get everybody kind of together. And one thing that's huge for me, my parents instilled it in us as family meetings, like weekly family meetings, because just like if you think about a company, a company, if they did not have their team meetings and everybody just came to work and did their own thing, they couldn't be successful. No one's on the same page. No one's communicating. No one understands the mission and the goals, and you can't be successful that way. So, it's the same with our family. If we don't talk about our goals, if we don't have a mission statement for our family, how do we know as a family that we're on the same accord and how do we move? We live in the same space. So, it's important to kind of establish a family meeting, whether you even do it every two weeks, even if it's once a month, but just having that time where you come together as a family so that you can all be on the same page.   And I talk about this in my home planner, Beautifully Organized Home Planner, is establishing that mission statement. And that's so important because, especially for our kids, so that they know kind of how we move within our family. And so, as a child, I actually didn't know this, but as a child, I got my mission statement for my family as a child. The very first scripture, Joshua 24:15, my mom, do you remember the little bread box that had all the scripture? You pick a scripture a day. And the very first scripture I ever learned was, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." The very first, and it's always stuck with me. And so that was when I became an adult, that became our mission statement for our family. And so, it makes it easy to kind of set the tone. And when you have the family meetings, you always want to set the tone with your mission statement to kind of keep reiterating that.   But then you want to also move into having those check-ins. A family is always coming and going all the time, right? And so family meetings give you the time to say, everybody go around, kind of, how are you doing? What's your highlight of the week? And what did you struggle with this week? And that gives you that moment to really make sure everybody is okay. One, the family meetings, you're teaching your kids how to communicate, how to work out problems, how to manage things. Have you ever had that situation where your kid comes to you at nine o'clock at night and said, hey, I got a school project due the next. We need to go to Walmart. I got a school project due. I need a poster board. Family meetings solve that problem because in that meeting, you're talking about, okay, what are our needs for this week? You know, what's the schedule this week? A lot of times as women, we take on a lot of the home responsibilities that really we should be teaching our kids so that when they leave the home, they have it. How to load a dishwasher, how to fold a towel. You can incorporate these small teaching lessons in the family meetings, you know? So, there's so many just benefits from that one, implementing that one system in your home, family meetings. So that's, for your listeners, that's the first thing that I would do. Set a time for family meetings. You may get resistance in the beginning. Push through. Because I tell you, when they get older, they will remember that and they will appreciate the time that you took to really bring the family together and have those meetings, even if they're kind of not appreciating it as young teenagers or kids. But that sets the tone. And even if you're single and you live alone, have your family meeting. You're still a family. You know, have that meeting where you sit down and you look at your budget, you look at your schedule, you look at kind of check-ins with yourself. You know, what was the tough for me this week? What was, you know, so whether you're a family of one or a family of 10, you know, that's the first start in that.   The next start is to not create systems on your own. You want the family to be a part of the process. So, one of the issues, I'll share a real-life issue that I really had in my home was I had, we're empty nesters. And so, it's just my husband and I and our two Yorkies. And my husband, he is who he is. I'm not trying to change him. When he comes in, he's going to put the work shoes here and he's going to drop this. You can follow the trail. And so, I was like, okay, by the front door, we don't need these shoes, you know? And so, I was like, okay, what can I do about the shoes to make him comfortable and me comfortable? So, I came up with, we got family shoes. So, I got these family shoes. They're the same shoe. They look kind of like, what's the shoe? Like clogs, but they're waterproof. What's the ones everyone has?   Laura Dugger: (30:08 - 30:09) I'm blanking on the name.   Nikki Boyd: (30:09 - 31:39) I can't remember. But anyway, they're shoes that, you know, I said, okay, these are home shoes and they're color coded. I have yellow, he has blue, but the simplicity of it being the same shoe takes away the visual color when you, visual clutter when you walk in the house. And it's great because we put them on to go walk the dogs. We go in and out all the time. We put them on and that's the only shoes that stay by the door, but it works. So how I had the buy-in, because if I just bought those shoes and put them there, he would probably walk past the shoes, and you know. So, what I did was I was like, honey, can we make a beautiful tray? I got this idea for us having home shoes. Can we make a tray? So, we Saturday, him and I together, we built this tray. He got out there doing this and he was invested because he built the tray. I ordered beautiful gold labels with his name on it, metal labels and very intentional. And it's gorgeous sitting by the door. It's so cute. He's sitting by the door and he has buy-in now because he made that tray. He's proud of that tray and he uses those shoes. He loves those shoes. And so, when we create systems, we want to make, find ways to incorporate the family so that they have a connection to the system. You don't want to just go put a bin or a basket and they expect the family to all kind of have buy-in with it. So that's how I would kind of move forward with incorporating the family with that kind of thing.   Laura Dugger: (31:40 - 32:30) I love all of that. And really, I just absolutely adored your recommendation for the family home meetings. I loved reading about that in your books. And one of them, it was from the Beautifully Organized Home Planner. You laid out even these titles. I'll just read a few of them. Going over the family schedule, meal planning, home issues, successes and struggles, home needs, like you said, maybe a family need for a field trip or home products to purchase, and teaching time, such as how to budget or how to fold a towel. And I love those practical tips. So, are there any other success stories from your family or others or final tips that you want to share about that home meeting, that family meeting specifically?   Nikki Boyd: (32:31 - 33:40) One tip that I think could be very helpful is when it comes to the meal planning, because that's always a stressor for a lot of families, coming home, what are we going to have for dinner? I didn't meal plan. So, one thing you can do is create a list, a running list of all your ideal meals for your family. It may be spaghetti and meatballs or steak and potatoes, just different meal combinations. And that is your master list of meal combinations. Then in your family meetings, it's not necessarily about trying to figure out meal planning. You just have every family member, okay, pick your meal that you want for the week. So, everybody is kind of contributing. If you're cooking five days out of the week, everybody picks a meal from the list. So, it's like you don't have to kind of think up a combination. You just kind of pick and plug and play. You know what I'm saying? So, I would recommend that creating a master list of combination meals, and then everybody just kind of choose a meal or you can use it solo. You can say, okay, I'm just going to shop my list and put it on the calendar. So that solves a big problem. That's been very useful for a lot of families when it comes to meal planning.   Laura Dugger: (33:41 - 33:55) Okay. I literally am going to start that today. Usually, my husband and I will come together and sync up our calendars and everything for the week, but this is good motivation. I think it'll be so much more beneficial to include the whole family.   Nikki Boyd: (33:55 - 34:27) And also, what's great about that is all of these things have multiple benefits. The other benefit for that is you're teaching the kiddos how to kind of coordinate, how to come together and coordinate together our meal for the family. Also, if you have that picky eater, you can kind of get buy-in because they've had the opportunity to really choose what we're eating. And so, they'll have a little more buy-in because that was their selection. So, there's several benefits from having the family put the meal plan together.   Laura Dugger: (34:28 - 34:40) I love that so much. And Nikki, do you also have suggestions for the simplest ways to stay on top of all the paper that comes into our home?   Nikki Boyd: (34:41 - 39:27) When you asked me in the beginning, what's a big problem? I didn't mention that, but paper clutter is huge. In fact, before the podcast, I had a client session and that's what we dealt with was paper. And so, one thing is just figuring out how can I stop the paper from coming in? Let's stop the problem, try to kind of halt the problem, and then we'll deal with the backlog. So, one is with mail. So, I like to say treat mail like it has a disease, like it has COVID or something. You don't want COVID in your house. So okay, when I go to mail, as I'm walking from the mailbox, I'm kind of like pulling. And then another thing is to have a sorting station. So, if you have family members that multiple people that have mail, or even if you're single and you have mail that's like maybe bills, and then you have maybe magazines, you can have a sorting system right in your kitchen or wherever you tend to drop that mail. But instead of having a basket where it just kind of piles up, have more of a sorting system.   And so, I like recommending... In fact, can I grab it real quick? Because in my session, I was sharing this with my client. Because so say you have, I love something like a box like this. It's an acrylic box and it's multifunctional in the fact that you can put your family calendar down in the front. And because it's acrylic, you can use a dry erase to kind of put your calendar items on. So, it's double duty. So, on the counter in the kitchen, you have your family calendar, or you can use it for the meals or whatever you want. But then you have your hanging files, and you can have one for each family member. Because sometimes you have kids in college that live at home and they get mail or your husband or whatever, or however you want to set it up. Everybody has your phone. That way when you come in, it's easy to drop in there. And I would even have one for magazines. What I would not allow in here is junk mail. I would take junk mail directly to the trash. I would also try to kind of eliminate as much junk mail coming into my mailbox. So, if you can stop getting the advertisements and getting the things with your bills, doing more electronic statements versus having to mail the statements, that can always be a game changer too. But this could be a great system for the mail and it's neat and clean and it kind of minimizes the paper clutter when it comes to that.   Another way is paper clutter that outside of mail that a lot of folks have is just like their home files. So, they don't really have a system for keeping home files. And so, it just tends to create piles around the house. And so, I've always, and again, when I told you that, you know, I had all those jobs in the past. And so I was in England, I was a registrar at a school, and I learned about a binder system there. They kept all their files in binders. And that's what I use for my home files ever since, because it was just like a light bulb. It was my aha moment. And it's basically having a binder for kind of the different categories of things that you need to keep on file. So, your home mortgage paperwork. So, I have one file where all the homes that you bought, you keep all of that paperwork in there. You have one for vital records, you know, just different things that you keep, you have in a binder. And it just is a really efficient way to create that home management, you know, that home file system and not have the papers all over.   With that, one thing that, so with that, like even with the system that I showed with the mail coming in, you have to tack on that component of, okay, I have to address things. So even if you come in and you put the mail in there, you have magazines in one, you have your mail, you can't just leave it, or it starts to pile up and that will get crazy. So, what I do is I always say Fridays at 2 PM is my cutoff. So, every Friday at 2 PM, I have to, before I go into my weekend, I have to clear out. So, setting a, just a intentional time that you do a clear out. So that is the component that a lot of people miss. Some people are good about putting things in a system, but that follow-up. And so, with any mail system or any filing system, you have to have that, that component. And I like to tie it to my weekend, just like if you were working a job, you know, you have to, if you don't clock out, you might not get paid. Right. They need to see that timecard, you know, back in the day now. But the same with, with this, before I start my weekend, I gotta clean up the mail bin.   Laura Dugger: (39:29 - 40:49) By now, I hope you've checked out our updated website, thesavvysauce.com, so that you can have access to all the additional freebies we are offering, including all of our previous articles and all of our previous episodes, which now include transcriptions. You will be equipped to have your own practical chats for intentional living. When you read all the recommended questions in the articles or gain insight from expert guests and past episodes, as you read through the transcriptions, because many people have shared with us that they want to take notes on previous episodes, or maybe their spouse prefers to read our conversations rather than listen to them or watch them now that we're offering video rather than just audio. So, we heard all of that, and we now have provided transcripts for all our episodes. Just visit thesavvysauce.com. All of this is conveniently located under the tab show notes on our website. Happy reading.   You also teach that another crucial factor of maintaining a beautifully organized home is keeping it clean and tidy. So, what's a realistic cleaning schedule that we could try out?   Nikki Boyd: (40:52 - 43:11) So, the thing that is just a game changer is the 10-minute sweep before you go to bed. Taking 10 minutes and just walking around your house and in 10 minutes, everybody in the house stops and just do whatever you can do. Put the remote control back, clean up the dinner dishes. Because if you think about it, if you're a family of four, 10 minutes is 40 minutes. That's 10 minutes of work per person. So that's a 40 minutes of cleaning. So that's one thing is incorporate a 10-to-15-minute sweep every night before you go to bed. And that's just walking around doing whatever you can do to pick up. Not structured, just everybody just pick up for 10 minutes, play music, play a song and do it for five minutes.   The other thing that works for a lot of folks that I've shared is when you end your workday or end your day, add on an hour. So, what I used to do is when I worked outside the home, when I got home, I used to love watching Law and Order all the time. And so, I would get on and I would put Law and Order on and that was a one-hour episode. And I would not sit down, and I would do everything for that one hour. I would clean up, I would get my clothes ready for the next day, I would prep dinner. So, I always told myself, I don't get off work at four o'clock, I get off work at five o'clock. And so, I had Law and Order in the background, it made me feel like I wasn't just not miss cleaning. I've grown since then. Now I love my inspirational music more. That was back in my day. We grow. But that one doing it that way, adding, tacking on an extra hour, it was great because the rest of the evening I had for myself. I mean, clothes were picked out, dinner was done, house was clean, no pressure. And so sometimes what we do is we come in and then we get distracted by the kids asking for this or doing this. And then we sit down, let me sit down a minute from work. And it just is, it takes our time. It just, it takes our time. But if we're very intentional about, okay, no, I'm not off work yet. Let me do this. And then I have the rest of the evening.   Laura Dugger: (43:12 - 43:26) So that's good. And I feel like that's kind of low hanging fruit that we can apply right away. Are there also any tips you have for what we should be doing weekly or monthly or quarterly or even annually?   Nikki Boyd: (43:27 - 45:37) Yeah, there's different routine. I think there's there in my book, I have it broken down. I think when you think of cleaning, you want to think of it, you have daily cleaning, you have weekly cleaning, you have monthly cleaning, and then you have quarterly cleaning, seasonal cleaning. Because there's seasonal things that you want to do to, again, go back to saving that time, saving that stress. And it's things like cleaning out the vents and even having the air conditioner service so that when the summer hits, you're not dealing with an issue. So, if we have these systems in place to tackle our cleaning at certain points, then it really solves a problem from having issues.   And so, what I would do is I would sit down and I would say, okay, the sweep that I talked about 10 minutes, that's a daily. So that would be my daily thing. And then I would not create a system at this point for me, I don't like to have to think about outside of my 10-minute sweep cleaning every day. I just don't. And so, I would just say, create a routine where you could maybe have one day a week where that's where you're tackling kind of the bulk of your cleaning, such as if you're mopping floors and handling your floors, handling the deeper items, dusting, those are weekly. So, I would do those weekly. But daily, the sweep, that helps maintain all of the other stuff in dishes daily, you have to do that. I like doing a dishwasher system of my family know, don't put anything in the sink. When you wake up, my job is the dishwasher stays empty for them. And then that way they always know dishes don't touch a sink, dishes touch the dishwasher. And then I make sure to have it unloaded by the morning at the start of their day so that they can then always unload. So, there's little systems like that to help keep things maintained as far as cleaning up, but I just don't encourage having a routine where you feel like every day I have to just spend a lot of time cleaning. But that 10-minute sweep is the secret weapon guys, the 10-minute sweep.   Laura Dugger: (45:38 - 45:57) I love it. And even the dishes example, it really doesn't take more effort to put it into the dishwasher. So, I love time-saving tricks like that. Are there a few more helpful ways that you can share how we can maximize function throughout our home?   Nikki Boyd: (45:58 - 50:39) Yeah, sure. So, God has given us a beautiful thing in our senses and what we see, what we taste, what we smell. And so, I'm always, you hear me say that all the time, use that tool he gave us to implement the systems in your home. So, when you go in a space, say, okay, when I walk in this space, how can I engage what I hear? How can I engage what I see, what I taste? And use that to start implementing the system of organization. And then the first step that I always tell everyone outside of that is, if you have a home right now that you feel it's just overwhelming, you don't know where to start, the family's just all over, it's just, we got a lot going on and I don't have time even at night because I got to go somewhere tonight. So, what I'll say is one, give yourself grace, start there, breathe, it's going to be okay. And remember, you can do this. The next thing is give yourself a small win, just immediately go to the utility drawer and say, that's the first, for everybody, that's the first thing, give yourself, because it's a proof to you, you know you can do it.   And then next, when everybody goes to bed tonight, get you a cup of tea or your preferred drink and go sit in the first space that's frustrating you, the main space. And don't put pressure on yourself to try to figure it out. Don't run out to the store trying to buy things and say, I'm going to get this place in order, the worst thing you can do. Just go have a cup of tea and sit in that space and breathe. And I promise you, and I think it's the point of just letting God, let you relax and give you the information you need to do what you need to do. And I find that when I sit in the space, it saves me money, it saves me time because I'm not going on my own accord, going out, running the target. I'm sitting here and I'm thinking, okay, this is a lot, this is a lot, help me figure this out. And when, after I just sit there and be, I start the process of just trying to figure it out and say, okay, the first step I'm going to do is I'm going to go get a box and everything that's trash, I'm going to put in here and get rid of all the trash and just steps, incremental steps, trash, then things. Okay. I'm going to shop. And I like using that word shop. I'm going to shop my room, this room, this is the room of the month. I'm going to shop this room for help. Who can I bless? Who can I, what can I take and bless? You know what? I really don't, I don't use this. Let me send that off. And then you'll start lightening your load. So that's kind of the steps I would take. It's not the traditional step of walking in and it's just, let's declutter. Sometimes you got to sit back, and you got to be a little bit before you, you jump in so that you make smart decisions.   One thing, please don't ever, I never encourage anyone to just kind of get motivated and say, okay, run a target and buy a bunch of bins and baskets. And I'm going to come back and organize the pantry. It's a temporary fix because you haven't given yourself the opportunity to just really think out what you really need. And a lot of times you have what you need right in your home. It's about thinking outside of the box. For example, yeah, I could go out and buy an expensive jewelry box, but this is my jewelry box. I had this beautiful bowl in my kitchen. I was like, oh, this is the perfect jewelry. I love it. It's easy. It functions. I don't have to open anything when I want my bracelet. It has just my jewelry that I'm wearing in this life. It's gorgeous. No one knows what it is. It works. So, a lot of times in our home, things are multifunctional and we don't even think about it. For example, I like sitting out little games and cards in my office to remind me to do something fun before I start work. This is a soap dish I had. This is where I keep my little cards in my soap dish. It used to be a soap dish, but now it's a beautiful card rest and it looks so cute. So, I challenge you not to go out into the store and consume more, but think about how can the things that I do love, how can I bring new life to them and use them to incorporate in my home to help function? So, there's so many things, even that tray that I talked about for the shoes, you might have a tray that's sitting on your dining room table that you could use for a shoe tray. So that's another thing to think about when you're implementing systems in your home.   Laura Dugger: (50:40 - 50:50) I love that. Okay. So that answers some of the function, but you're also starting to tie in beauty. How can we level up our style in our home as well?   Nikki Boyd: (50:50 - 54:24) Yeah. So, the thing with style is everybody's style is different. And so, what I find a lot of times when I'm working with folks is they Pinterest and they'll see all of these things and that's what they feel they want, but they seem to never can achieve it. And it's actually because I find a lot is because they have their own style and they need to tap into that instead of tapping into everyone else's. I think it's good to use inspiration. I love inspiration but use it as that to bring you back to what you truly love, because you don't want to go paint your wall green and think, oh, I really don't like green. I forgot about that. So that's one thing is to really know that we all have our own, God's given us all our own. We're all different. We're all special. We all have a beautiful style about ourselves.   And I'm going to say it again, because it's such a powerful tool. Those senses, that is the secret weapon to incorporating style in your home. So, when you come in and you say, okay, let's take the entry way, for example, again, we go to the entry way, because that's such an important part. That's the first space that welcomes people. Okay. When someone comes into my home, how can I engage their sense of taste? Ah, I'm going to create a little drawer. I have these little bowls here. I'm going to put little bowls in the drawer and I'm going to put mints in different candies so that when guests come over, I can say, hey, before you leave, make your little candy bag or grab some candy taste. What can I do with the sense of touch? Now, so I always like to have a bench in my entryway because I love to sit and look out the door when I have my coffee in the morning. So, I put a nice cozy blanket there so that I can have that sense of touch. So just walk your way through and challenge yourself. Okay. What I see. Okay. Oh, flowers. We need something that... So, use those senses and then say, okay, I'm going to incorporate one for each one. And that's a great tool to use to help if you're... Because some folks are like, I don't have, I don't know how to incorporate beauty. That's a way, a tool you can use to help you kind of try to implement it.   And then challenge yourself to only shop your home. Don't go outside the home for it. I did that with my recently with my entryway. I was like getting bored with how it was looking and I was like, ah, okay, Nikki, challenge yourself. How can you totally redecorate your entryway and beautify your entryway without buying the thing? And so, I had in my attic, my old kitchen table and its white kitchen table from my previous home. I said, oh, let me use that. Instead of having a bench in my entryway, I have a center round table now. And it's just a whole different look. I went to my guest and then I was like, okay. And this is the other thing. I was like, oh, I want a different color in here. Well, I was like, hmm, I got yellow in my guest bedroom. So let me shop my guest bedroom and pull a few of those and I can add it into the entryway. I took some books. I took some things and I had a new entryway in no time. So that's a wonderful way to do it. And a lot of times too, if you have a lot of books in your home, take those covers off of your books. You would be surprised how they have beautiful linen and embossed gold and different colors. And that's just such a beautiful way to display, create beauty in your home. It's just kind of looking behind those covers and then displaying your books that way. Yeah.   Laura Dugger: (54:24 - 55:03) I'm a book lover. So that speaks to me for sure.   Nikki Boyd: (54:28 - 54:28) Yeah.   Laura Dugger: And so, speaking of books, then I loved your quote on page 15, where you talk about this process of decluttering and organizing that leads to a place where, here's your quote, where life becomes more meaningful and enjoyable and it all starts at home. So, Nikki, we've talked about how to start with our home, but if we consider our whole lifestyle as well, are there any other additional ways to elevate both our function and our delight?   Nikki Boyd: (55:04 - 57:46) Yes. So, when you are living within your home, you want to think about it being your vacation spot. You know, when we go on vacation, we have expectations, right? We want to feel good. We want to relax. We want the nice hotel room. But ideally the thought process should be, we want that at home because that's where we're at most of the time. That's, you know, where we, you know, our family nurturing, we nurture our family, all the things. So, step one is to think about how do you start your day. If you, for me, I can't do the alarm clock. You, you wake up to this banging. That's a stressful way to wake up. So, think about how can I wake myself up and make it on time without it being so stressful? And what I've come up with is I have a clock that is, it's a sunrise clock where it wakes you up slowly with the light. It kind of just eases you into your day like sunlight. And it has been a game changer for that. Even if you don't do that, does your spouse get up before you? Talk with your spouse and say, “Hey, I want to get away from the alarm clock. I know you get up before me. Can you just wake me up by kissing me on my cheek?” Just wake me up with a kiss. That's, you're going to be my alarm clock. Okay. You'll find those creative ways to have a better start to your day.   You know, even that night, my husband and I, we started a while ago where we sleep to inspirational Christian music. And it is a game changer for how you wake up. And it's just listening to that all night, not too loud, just softly on. It just, when you wake up, you are just in a whole different mood, you know? And so that's one simple thing to implement to have a great start to your day. And even playing instrumental worship music all day throughout your house, it changes the atmosphere. It changes the environment, you know? So again, going back to those senses, what do we see? What do we hear? So just your routine is so important. You know, we talk organization but incorporating that routine in our home is so important. You know, even when our kids come home from school, do they run into chaos? We're fussing. No, get that, get that. No, no, no, no. Say it's, no, don't get me wrong. It can be hard as a mom. It can be hard, but we have to, before we walk in the door, talk to ourselves and say, okay, I'm going to set the tone for my children when we come in. We're going to set the tone. And it may be sitting down and laughing before we get into homework and doing the things. And so, but being intentional about creating those routines. Yeah.   Laura Dugger: (57:47 - 58:04) So much wisdom packed in. And one other thing that I appreciate about you is the high value that you place on the hospitality. So, will you share all of your best practices and motivations as it relates to hospitality?   Nikki Boyd: (58:05 - 1:01:36) Yes. In fact, I just did this weekend at my, I'm the hospitality coordinator at church. And so, I just did a training with my hospitality team. So, I'm fresh off of this. So it was, we had a blast, but you know, it's hospitality. And I want to say this to anybody, anybody, we all have that ability to do it. And you don't have to have a big, beautiful home. You can live in a cardboard box and have a beautiful time. I've had my most beautiful experiences have been in small apartments where we're all sitting there and we're just having a great time. And that's the best memories. So, it's about, how can I create a beautiful experience for anyone who walks through this door? And so that's what you want to think about when you're trying to create a home that has a beautiful element of hospitality embedded in it.   And so, for me, again, simplicity. One thing I said in the training this weekend is I had a white serving bowl and I said, take two minutes and give me 20 uses for this bowl that does not pertain to food. And so, they thought about all kinds of things. A simple bowl with a little intention can do great things. So, something you have in your home, as simple as it is, it can have the opportunity to serve so many people, can be so hospitable to so many people. So, it's just about using that creativity with the things that we have and also about being present. When people come in our home, you want to be present. It's not about, you know, because I, whenever I'm asked, who do you, what woman in the Bible do you most connect with? And a lot of times I say Martha, because I can tend to be that person. I'm so busy trying to get everything right and doing, I'm missing the point. The point is to be with that person. The point is to sit down and be hospitable and to just create that memory. And so, I always tell people, I'm trying to get away from my Marthism and just really, really, when someone comes over, it's about really sitting down and being with them and creating that memory. And so just have fun with it, you know, and don't feel like, I always tell people, don't feel like you have to have the best or have to have the biggest menu. That's not, that's not what you need.   Now, one thing, a tip that a friend did share with me that is a good tip to share is always have something out small, like a bowl of nuts or a little charcuterie cheese, something on your table, because it's a good tool. If you see people grabbing for it, that means they're hungry. So, then that cues you, let me offer them something to eat. Or let me, you know, so if people are snacking, that means they're hungry. You know, if they're grabbing content, so it's a good little tool to see if you need to kind of just put something else out or offer something else. You know, also having water, just simple things, having water right in your entryway, having on a tray as they walk in. I always like to have a welcome beverage. So, when you come in, if it's winter, having hot chocolate, a craft with some hot chocolate, when people come in, giving them a, you know, a nice welcome gift that tells people that, you know, I'm happy you're here, you know, so just, you know, and be creative. There's so many things that you can do with what you have that can just really make people feel so special.   Laura Dugger: (1:01:37 - 1:01:42) I'm not surprised that you're the hospitality coordinator at your church. That's amazing.   Nikki Boyd: (1:01:43 - 1:01:44) I love it. I love it.   Laura Dugger: (1:01:44 - 1:01:57) And if we want to continue learning from you, can you share the places where we can go to follow you for more inspiration and more about the work that you offer that we could reach out or inquire about?   Nikki Boyd: (1:01:58 - 1:02:28) Yes, yes. I'm At Home with Nikki all online and it's, I spell my name N-I-K-K-I and my website is athomewithnikki.com and then social media and all the places At Home with Nikki is the brand. And I do virtual organizing sessions. So, I work with women all over the world in their homes every week. And so, on my website, you can learn more about that. And yes, I do YouTube over 900 videos of talking about all the stuff. So, you definitely check that out too.   Laura Dugger: (1:02:29 - 1:02:49) That is incredible. We will add links to all of those places in the show notes for today's episode. But Nikki, you may be familiar that we're called The Savvy Sauce because savvy is synonymous with practical knowledge. And so, as my final question for you today, what is your savvy sauce?   Nikki Boyd: (1:02:50 - 1:03:23) I would say my savvy sauce, and you probably, Nikki, you've been talking about it the whole time, but it's just so, it just so is, is the senses. Like everything I do, I'm always like, how can I engage that? And I'm so thankful to God for that, because it's like, it helps me solve problems all of the time. So, whether I'm planning a meeting, okay, how do I engage their senses? If I'm entertaining, how do I engage their senses? If I'm organizing, okay. So that is my savvy sauce is those senses that God gave me. So, it's the tool that I use all the time.   Laura Dugger: (1:03:24 - 1:03:59) I love it. Even with you using the visual aids today that came alive, but Nikki, you are just an absolute joy. And I wish I lived closer and could come be a guest in your home and learn firsthand from you. And have a cup of coffee around the table. But this has just been a treasured conversation. And so, I just want to say thank you for boldly stepping into this calling that the Lord gave you. You're clearly blessing so many of us through exercising your gifts. So, I just want to say thank you for being my guest.   Nikki Boyd: (1:04:00 - 1:04:02) Oh, thank you for having me. I'm blessed to be here. Thank you.   Laura Dugger: (1:04:02 - 1:07:18) One more thing before you go, have you heard the term gospel before? It simply means good news. And I want to share the best news with you, but it starts with the bad news.   Every single one of us were born sinners, but Christ desires to rescue us from our sin, which is something we cannot do for ourselves. This means there's absolutely no chance we can make it to heaven on our own. So, for you and for me, it means we deserve death, and we can never pay back the sacrifice we owe to be saved.   We need a savior, but God loved us so much. He made a way for his o

In this episode of the Crazy Cool Family Podcast, Suz and McKenzie talk with Becky, founder of Clean Mama about simple, sustainable home keeping routines for busy families. Learn the 5 daily cleaning tasks, a practical weekly cleaning schedule (bathrooms, dusting, vacuuming, floors, catch-all), how to involve kids in chores, and how to keep a non-toxic home with easy DIY cleaners. If you're overwhelmed by clutter, laundry, and dishes, this conversation will help you create peaceful family rhythms that support Christian parenting and the mission of your home. What you'll learn: The 5 daily resets: wipe counters & dishes, check floors, make beds, tidy clutter, daily laundry check The weekly flow that prevents marathon cleaning days Rotating tasks & monthly focus (deep clean + organize without overwhelm) How to show, don't tell when teaching kids chores (age-appropriate tools + tiny wins) Mindset shifts: “I get to” gratitude, timing tasks (

#588 Struggling to keep up with content creation or wondering how to turn a blog into a full-fledged business? In this episode hosted by Kirsten Tyrrel, Becky Rapinchuk, founder of Clean Mama, shares how she built a thriving brand from a simple cleaning routine, growing it into a multi-stream business with books, memberships, and a product line now in national retailers. She breaks down the power of email marketing, the importance of standing out in a crowded space, and how consistency is the key to long-term success. Whether you're starting a content business or looking to scale, Becky's journey is packed with actionable insights to help you build something sustainable and profitable! (Original Air Date - 2/17/25) What we discuss with Becky: + From blog to brand – How Clean Mama grew into a thriving business + Email marketing matters – Owning your audience for long-term success + Stand out online – Avoid copying and build an authentic brand + Multiple income streams – From Etsy printables to books and products + Sustainable growth – Scaling a business without burnout + Adapting to change – Navigating shifts in SEO and social media + Consistency is key – The power of regular content creation + Full-time entrepreneurship – Transitioning from side hustles to CEO + Smart partnerships – Choosing brands that align with your values + Lessons from 2020 – How the pandemic fueled business growth Thank you, Becky! Check out Clean Mama at ⁠CleanMama.com⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠Clean Mama newsletter⁠. Follow Becky on ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠. Watch the ⁠video podcast⁠ of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/training⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And follow us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tik Tok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to hear from more incredible entrepreneurs? Check out all of our interviews ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show is bursting with freshness as I chat with the delightful Becky Rapinchuck from Clean Mama about all things spring cleaning and simplifying life. Dive into our conversation packed with tips and tricks to banish clutter and revitalize your space this spring! Becky spills the beans on how she kickstarted Clean Mama, unveiling the secrets to making cleaning feel like a breeze. Discover the art of dividing and conquering tasks, finding your groove in different seasons of life, and granting yourself a generous serving of grace during busy times because, hey, seasons change! But wait, there's more! Becky unveils her magic potion, Oxygen Whitener—your bleach-free ticket to dazzling whites. Plus, snag a Cleaning Routine Freebie and Clean Mama's Free Guides to level up your cleaning game. Hop on over to cleanmama.com or stalk Becky on socials @cleanmama for a treasure trove of cleaning wisdom and inspiration. Let's make this spring sparkle!

Struggling to keep up with content creation or wondering how to turn a blog into a full-fledged business? In this episode hosted by Kirsten Tyrrel, Becky Rapinchuk, founder of Clean Mama, shares how she built a thriving brand from a simple cleaning routine, growing it into a multi-stream business with books, memberships, and a product line now in national retailers. She breaks down the power of email marketing, the importance of standing out in a crowded space, and how consistency is the key to long-term success. Whether you're starting a content business or looking to scale, Becky's journey is packed with actionable insights to help you build something sustainable and profitable! What we discuss with Becky: + From blog to brand – How Clean Mama grew into a thriving business + Email marketing matters – Owning your audience for long-term success + Stand out online – Avoid copying and build an authentic brand + Multiple income streams – From Etsy printables to books and products + Sustainable growth – Scaling a business without burnout + Adapting to change – Navigating shifts in SEO and social media + Consistency is key – The power of regular content creation + Full-time entrepreneurship – Transitioning from side hustles to CEO + Smart partnerships – Choosing brands that align with your values + Lessons from 2020 – How the pandemic fueled business growth Thank you, Becky! Check out Clean Mama at CleanMama.com. Subscribe to the Clean Mama newsletter. Follow Becky on Facebook and Instagram. Watch the video podcast of this episode! And follow us on: Instagram Facebook Tik Tok Youtube Twitter To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors. Want to hear from more incredible entrepreneurs? Check out all of our interviews here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#811 The way podcasting connects me with entrepreneurs in niches I know nothing about is so powerful. I'm lucky because that's a great way to get inspired and learn about strategies I haven't tried. Today's episode is a perfect opportunity to do just that! My guest is Becky Rapinchuk from Clean Mama. She helps her followers declutter their homes and establish effective cleaning routines. Becky's business insights about manufacturing and selling physical products are especially valuable, so listen in on this behind-the-scenes session to learn more about her brand! So, how do you write sales copy to create an organic connection with your audience? How do you create consumable products and sell them on a subscription basis? Also, what should you do to stand out in a niche dominated by someone as popular as Marie Kondo! Tune in because we tackle all those questions with Becky! Show notes and more SmartPassiveIncome.com/session811.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's podcast, I am joined by the amazing Becky Rapinchuk, the queen of clean and the mastermind behind Clean Mama! Becky is going to share all her best cleaning tips and hacks that will transform the way you approach house cleaning. Learn how to simplify your cleaning routine and create habits that will keep your home spotless with ease. Get ready to be inspired to clean your house today with Clean Mama! Learn more about Clean Mama Here: https://cleanmama.com/ Learn more about Becky's Homekeeping Society Subscription: https://homekeepingsociety.com/ Shop Clean Mama's Cleaning Products: https://shop.cleanmama.com/ Try Clean Mama's 30 Day Cleaning Class: https://shop.cleanmama.com/products/30-day-cleaning-class     You can find more Clutterbug content here: Website: http://www.clutterbug.me YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clutterbug TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/   #clutterbug #podcast

Today I talked with Becky from Clean Mama, an online cleaning community and blog. Becky is the QUEEN of implementing cleaning systems to help you create and maintain a home that brings you joy rather than stress. We talked about preparing for the back-to-school season and returning to the structure of the school year. Becky walked us through an introduction to the Clean Mama system and shared what advice she'd have for someone just starting. It was a great conversation and I hope it inspires you to clean something, just like it did me! LinksGet Your Outfit Formulas Membership!Don't forget to use promo code “TALS50” for 50% off your first month!The Ultimate Book of Outfit FormulasCloset Cleanout GuideBecky's Clean Mama site and communityFor July 2024, use code “SCHOOL24” at checkout to get 3 months membership in Becky's Homekeeping Society for the price of 1For show notes and additional resources, and to get an exclusive discount on my outfit planning program, Outfit Formulas, visit alisonlumbatis.com/podcast

Spring is in the air! And that means it's time for some Spring cleaning! Busy moms know maintaining a tidy and organized home can be a challenge. After recently discovering Clean Mama's effortless cleaning routines, I had to share them with you! Her simple checklist is designed to streamline your daily tasks and keep chaos at bay, covering everything from decluttering strategies to deep cleaning tips. By following this simple cleaning schedule and incorporating simple tech, like the pet-friendly Roomba, my day-to-day house cleaning is finally feeling more manageable...so I hope these quick tips help you too! Grab those cleaning supplies and let's get ready to reclaim your space and sanity for Spring - and hopefully on into the Summer months too! Tune in now to revolutionize your cleaning routine!Check out the show notes HERE.Get every new episode of Secret Mom Hacks delivered to your inbox by subscribing for free HERE!Connect with Secret Mom Hacks:Website: http://www.secretmomhacks.comJoin newsletter: https://www.secretmomhacks.com/about/#/portal/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@secretmomhacksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristamischell/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/secretmomhacks/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretmomhacksPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/secretmomhacks/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@secretmomhacksX: https://x.com/secretmomhacksListen to these episodes next:Creating a happy, healthy, harmonious home with feng shui expert Patricia Lohan | Ep. 35Teaching tidiness early in life & giving back with home organizer Kristy Edwards | Ep. 58Workouts for moms at home: My top fitness YouTube Channels for easy at-home strength and cardio | Ep. 62Favorite resources for listeners:Instacart for grocery delivery - use code KFARMER39312D to get $10 off your first order.Qube for managing your family spending plan - use code SECRETMOMHACKS to get two months free.

In this episode, I sit down with Becky Rapinchuk, the founder of Clean Mama, to dive into the world of spring cleaning and sustainable home maintenance. Discover Becky's journey from toxic cleaning ingredients to founding her own lifestyle brand, which is dedicated to safe and effective cleaning solutions. Explore her tips for a daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal spring clean, including time-saving techniques and eco-friendly practices. Whether you're a homemaking and homekeeping enthusiast or are looking to revamp your routine, this episode delivers valuable insights and inspiration for creating a fresh and healthy living environment.Purchase Becky's books here:The Organically Clean HomeSimply CleanClean Mama's Guide to a Healthy HomeThe Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful HomePurchase Becky's safe cleaning products here.Visit the Clean Mama website here.

Today's episode features a planner peace submission that was so intriguing that it warranted an entire episode! Our listener Erin has a lot on her plate (full time job, 2 kids, volunteer work, caring for relatives, and more!) -- and she has put together and incredibly comprehensive system that brings her to a current state of Planner Peace! Rather than a stack, she's combined digital and physical elements from her favorite tools to create a streamlined system. Products Discussed: 1) The Remarkable2 Tablet: https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2 2) Day Designer Monthly: https://www.bluesky.com/collections/day-designer-for-blue-sky 3) Organize 365 Sunday Basket: https://organize365.com/sunday-basket/ 4) Artful Agenda (she syncs with Google Calendar): https://artfulagenda.com 5) Trello: https://trello.com 6) MaskeLife: http://makselife.com 7) Clean Mama: https://cleanmama.com You can find Erin (and submit questions to her directly!) through her family's photography account, @lukepearson.photography ! Episode Sponsors: Jenni Kayne: Find perfect transitional spring pieces at at jennikayne.com. Use code PLANS at checkout to get 15% off your first order and support the show! Factor: Delicious and fresh already-prepared meals delivered to your door. Head to factormeals.com/plans50 and use code plans50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next box! PrepDish: Super convenient and delicious meal plans straight to your inbox! Check out PrepDish.com/plans for your first two weeks, FREE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen as host Lindsay Tarwater explores the art of tidying up with special guest Becky Rapinchuk, also known as “Clean Mama.” Having authored four books on the topic, Clean Mama shares her tried-and-true methods for maintaining a clean and organized home and workspace. Clean Mama also shares the mental health benefits of clutter-free space, offering listeners practical advice and inspiring stories along the way. You won't want to miss out on her refreshing take on spring cleaning and discover how a tidy home can bring joy and tranquility to your life this season. Remember, all episodes of the employee resource group's Winning Wellness show stream under the UFG SPIRIT podcast channel on Spotify and Apple Podcasts — subscribe and listen anytime.

Today's show is bursting with freshness as I chat with the delightful Becky Rapinchuck from Clean Mama about all things spring cleaning and simplifying life. Dive into our conversation packed with tips and tricks to banish clutter and revitalize your space this spring!   Becky spills the beans on how she kickstarted Clean Mama, unveiling the secrets to making cleaning feel like a breeze. Discover the art of dividing and conquering tasks, finding your groove in different seasons of life, and granting yourself a generous serving of grace during busy times because, hey, seasons change!   But wait, there's more! Becky unveils her magic potion, Oxygen Whitener—your bleach-free ticket to dazzling whites. Plus, snag a Cleaning Routine Freebie and Clean Mama's Free Guides to level up your cleaning game.   Hop on over to cleanmama.com or stalk Becky on socials @cleanmama for a treasure trove of cleaning wisdom and inspiration. Let's make this spring sparkle!  

Homeschooling and housekeeping can be difficult to juggle. Hiring help, prioritizing tasks, and utilizing systems such as the Fly Lady and Clean Mama systems can be helpful when trying to keep your house clean while homeschooling. In this episode Pam breaks down some of the popular systems and offers tips for asking for help and knowing what to prioritize.

Today we are answering the question, can you actually have a clean home and a busy life? Is it possible to have a home that feels good, is clean and tidy, laundry is done, and dishes are in the dishwasher, all while all the other things are going on too? In this episode, I am chatting with my friend, Becky, of the Clean Mama. I'm so excited for you to hear this interview and to hear what her house is really like. I mean, she is truly the Clean Mama. Her entire company, her line of cleaning products, her systems, her books, everything revolves around keeping a clean house. We dive into what its really like and how she can help us balance the busy and enjoy a clean home at the same time. In addition, this episode comes with some amazing companion principles. Becky shares in the episode about her Daily Five system and we have that printable for you. There is a lot more great info for you in the links below. This will help: 

Forming good habits is one of the best ways to stay in control of your money and create a life you love for the long term—so let's talk about some of those wealth-building and time-saving habits. Plus, we'll find out the top 10 things people get wrong about money.   In this episode: ·      The Best Money Habits to Have Before Your 30s ·      One Routine That Can Save You Time and Money with Clean Mama ·      The Top 10 Things People Get Wrong About Money   Helpful Resources: Christian Healthcare Ministries How Well Do You Know Money? Quiz Financial Peace University EveryDollar                                       Sponsors pay the producer of this show, The Lampo Group, LLC, advertising fees for mentioning their services or products during programming. Advertising fees are not based upon or otherwise tied to any product sale or business transacted between any consumer or sponsor. The following sponsors have paid for the programming you are viewing: Christian Healthcare Ministries.

If you're like most people, having stress in your life is inevitable. If you're dealing with stress right now, know that you're not alone, and with everything that we have been through as a society these past couple years, how can we be surprised if we are experiencing stress?  As a listener of The Balanced Life, you know that Robin has been working very intentionally over the past year to not only reduce stress in her own life, but also to figure out how to effectively manage it. In today's episode, we are going to dive into a practical and helpful framework that Robin uses called “The 3 D's” – which is Do, Delegate and Delete. With this framework, the goal is to simplify our routines in order to help reduce unnecessary stress in our lives, and by doing this, it can really reduce our overall load, day-to-day.  We hope this episode will encourage you to take some time to pause and reflect, and to think about the things that you really want to do and be spending your time on, and the framework Robin shares will help you do just that.  Show highlights: what you can look forward to in this episode! Some stress is actually shown to be good for you, but being in a constant state of chronic stress is a recipe for disaster and will negatively impact your health Robin reveals the “3 D's” framework and how she, her team, and friends use it to simplify more and stress less Some examples of what's on Robin's “Do” list and why she is prioritizing these things in this season of her life How she thinks of delegation, and the first things that comes to mind when she's looking to take things off of her plate Asking for help is not only beneficial to you, but also to the people that you are asking for help  You may be able to delete things from your life that may have once been important in a different season, because little things deleted now can equal big results and more time back in your day  Links in this episode: Try Lindywell free for 14 days! Follow Lindywell on Instagram @wearelindywell  Get Pilates workouts, tips, and resources delivered straight to your inbox!  73: The power of routines + creating a healthy home with Clean Mama 50: Simple Ways to Declutter and Reduce Stress Amy McCready's Website Instacart   

If you've been following along on Instagram or Facebook, or are a member of The Balanced Life Sisterhood, you've heard Robin talking about what it means to create a healthy home environment. Often when we think of health and well-being, we think about the foods we're eating or how much we're exercising, but how often do we think about our environments and how they are supporting us? Today's episode is with Becky, aka “Clean Mama”, and she is the perfect person to be talking about this topic. Becky is a long-time member of The Balanced Life Sisterhood and she is an expert on what it takes to have a clean and healthy home. Becky has created systems and processes that take the stress and overwhelm out of housekeeping, and her work has changed the lives of so many people! We hope you come away from this episode feeling encouraged and empowered to create a healthier home and to keep it with a bit more order, without feeling overwhelmed. Be sure to follow Clean Mama on Instagram, @cleanmama, and if this episode was helpful to you, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. If you think someone else would enjoy it and it could help them improve their environment and health, please share it with them!  Lastly, you can join our free workshop to learn tips to help you build consistency in your fitness routine and boost your ability to create and sustain a healthy lifestyle, even when you're short on time and energy like so many of us are. You can sign up now at https://www.thebalancedlifeonline.com/creating-healthy-routines-webinar.   Show highlights: what you can look forward to in this episode! Safety in the home with the products Becky uses has always been important, especially since a scary incident years ago with her oldest child and a product she came into contact with If you feel you're too busy to clean, you'll never get a handle on it. Becky shares her 4-part routine, starting with simple daily tasks that will actually give you back your time. Studies show that more clutter leads to more stress, but just cleaning off a table or removing items from one small area can make a huge reduction in the amount of stress that you're feeling. Showing versus just telling or teaching your kids what to do will work so much better, and remember to break it into small, manageable tasks when getting them involved! There are certain things you can do if you and your roommate(s) have different cleaning habits, but it's important to set the ground rules before moving in together. Becky shares her thought process when developing her own DIY recipes for cleaning solutions that are quick and easy to make. There is one area of the house that is worse than the others for toxins, which is why she recommends starting there. Becky and Robin share a lot of the same philosophies on life, and she's a big believer in grace over guilt when balancing life and maintaining a clean and healthy home. Links in this episode: Becky's Website, Instagram & Facebook Her Shop All of Becky's Books       Sign up for the free Creating Healthy Routines Webinar The Balanced Life Sisterhood The Balanced Life on Instagram Sign up for The Balanced Life Newsletter

Spring is here and for many people, that means it's time for spring cleaning! A recent survey from the American Cleaning Institute found nearly 80% of American adults do some form of spring cleaning every year. But let's be honest: it can be daunting or feel pointless if we can't keep the place clean the rest of the year. To make it all feel a little more doable, and a little less stressful, I'm talking with the expert known as “Clean Mama.” Her real name is Becky Rapinchuck and she was on the show a few years ago, as well. She's the founder of "CleanMama.com" and regularly shares her advice with more than 750,000 followers on Instagram. Today, you'll learn how to set yourself up for spring cleaning success and how to keep a cleaner, less cluttered home – the kind that will make you feel more relaxed 365 days a year. This episode is brought to you by Pampers.com and Indeed.com/newsworthy Get ad-free episodes and support the show by becoming an INSIDER: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider

Today I am talking to Becky Rapinchuk, also known as The Clean Mama. Becky is the creator of the Clean Mama System, which was designed to help you have the clean home you've always wanted. We talk about how and why she started this business and she shares her best advice for making cleaning a manageable part of any daily routine. For more from Juna, check out the Juna App!

Do you feel like your home is not very clean or organized and there's an amount of clutter that feels overwhelming and somewhat intimidating to even approach? Becky Rapinchuk is the founder of Clean Mama. Listen as she shares about a cleaning experiment that has worked for her and now thousands of others around the world. If you need that gentle nudge and encouragement to jump in and experience the joy of a clean and organized home, then today's show is just for you.

Just because you're working from home doesn't mean that you have more time for chores. In fact, sometimes it's easier NOT to clean because you just want to relax at the end of the day. But there are simple things you can do to maximize your time at home and keep a clean home. Adam Schroeder and Naresh Vissa talk with Becky Rapinchuk about this. Becky is known as the "Clean Mama," Becky Rapinchuk is a natural cleaning and homekeeping expert, a wife and mom to three, and a successful entrepreneur. She's the blogger behind Clean Mama, the leading online homekeeping community, and advises the world's leading lifestyle brands--Martha Stewart, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle, Bissell, and Samsung--on how to clean up life's little and big messes. She's also the go-to girl for the over twenty million readers who follow her online and buy her books, paper goods, and signature cleaning products. She is the multiple New York Times' bestselling author of Simply Clean: The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day, Clean Mama's Guide to a Healthy Home: The Simple, Room-by-Room Plan for a Natural Home, The Organically Clean Home: 150 Everyday Organic Cleaning Products You Can Make Yourself--The Natural, Chemical-Free Way, and the new book Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home. Website: www.Patreon.com/WorkFromHomeShow www.CleanMama.com Featured Photo by No Revisions on Unsplash www.WorkFromHomeShow.com

Approach your home with some mindfulness and find out how some simple cleaning routines can go a long way with cleaning expert Becky Rapinchuk. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp offers you access to your own licensed professional therapist – all from the comfort of wherever you are. You can arrange weekly video chats or phone calls, text with your carefully curated counsellor, and do so at an affordable price. And anything you share is confidential. I've been using BetterHelp for a while and I am highly impressed. It's been a huge help for me and I know it can be the same for you. Start living a happier life today with BetterHelp. As a listener, you'll get 10% off your first month by visiting https://betterhelp.com/timecrafting (betterhelp.com/timecrafting). Give BetterHelp a try today. This episode is sponsored by Setapp, a large collection of 200+ powerful Mac apps, for almost any task, available by subscription. It's the best way to discover new, quality apps so you can get all the tools you need to be productive. Plans start from $9.99 per month. With this flat monthly fee you get access to full-featured pro versions of apps, including Ulysses, MindNode and CleanMyMacX. Head over to https://setapp.com/?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=productivityist (Setapp.com) for a one week free trial today. From a messy kitchen to ‘junk' drawers – ever find your home is not the nirvana that you would like it to be? Today I'm joined by Becky Rapinchuk, aka the Clean Mama, who is a cleaning expert, a wife and mom, a successful entrepreneur, and a former art teacher. I find out what it takes to create a home that's effortlessly peaceful. We dive into her book Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home, and unpack some of her key insights. We explore the power of rituals, keeping your home clean alongside a busy family, and her seven peaceful home guidelines we all need to follow. Talking Points Why creating a peaceful home needs to be effortless (02:07) Identify your pain point and happy tasks (04:14) Maintaining a peaceful home as a family (09:35) The Clean Home Reset Checklist (14:39) The Seven Peaceful Home Guidelines (33:51) Quote "I'd rather do a task well than do it half-way." Helpful Links https://cleanmama.com/ (CleanMama.com) https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Mamas-Guide-Peaceful-Home/dp/0062996126 (‘Clean Mama's Guide To A Peaceful Home' by Becky Rapinchuk) Want to discover some of the books mentioned on the podcast? https://www.scribd.com/g/9a8d8 (Check out Scribd, my reading app of choice.) Podcast Theme Song: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eFDGyraN87 (Nothing at All by Fictions (courtesy of Epidemic Sound)) If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. And if you want to have easy access to the archives of the show and ensure you don't miss the new episodes to come then subscribe to the podcast in the app you're using – or you can do so on a variety of podcast platforms by clicking https://productivityist.captivate.fm/listen (here).

We've been in our homes more than ever this year. In this episode Abigail speaks with Becky Rapinchuk from Clean Mama about how we can use a simple ten minute habit to transform our homes into clean, organized, and comfortable spaces that inspire us more than they stress us.

Do you feel stressed by the mess and disorder of your home? We all want our homes to be cozy and comfortable spaces where we can leave the challenges of the outside world behind and connect with our families.Tune in for Moments with Marianne radio show with special guest Becky Rapinchuk as we discuss her new #book Clean Mama's Guide to a #Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home. Becky Rapinchuk is the founder of Clean Mama, the popular homekeeping community. She is the author of Simply Clean and The Organically Clean Home and has been an advisor and homecare expert for many well-known brands.  https://cleanmama.com/

In this episode, we're joined by Becky Rapinchuck. She is the creator of the wildly popular cleaning website, Clean Mama and author of the book “Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home.” She shares systems and rituals to transform our homes into clean, organized, and comfortable spaces. This important information comes at a critical time when we are all spending more time doing more tasks at home. In this episode, you'll learn: How disorder and messes affect our mental health Recipes for safe and effective home-made cleaning products How to get kids to help with chores Why it's important to free up mental and physical space Cleaning routines for any schedule Resources Book: Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home Guest website

Best Cleaning Tips from Clean Mama, Becky Rapinchuk   Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"   Becky (also known as Clean Mama) knows how to clean quickly and effectively and wants you to know her secrets. This wife and mom of three kids and two dogs, this former art teacher and pro mess cleaner-upper is now a 4x author (most recent book came out December 2020) and natural cleaning + homekeeping expert. She consults brands and has been featured for her methods by Real Simple, Martha Stewart, Apartment Therapy, Kitchn, Midwest Living, Parents, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, Better Homes & Gardens, Mother Earth Living and more.  Becky is most widely known for the Clean Mama Cleaning Routine but she would rather be known as the person that helps you figure out how to get and keep your home clean in just minutes a day. Find her at cleanmama.com and socially as @cleanmama – follow for her methods, stick around because they work.    At The Savvy Sauce, we will only recommend resources we believe in! We also want you to be aware: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.    Books and Products by Clean Mama, Becky Rapinchuk: Simply Clean Clean Mama's Guide to a Healthy Home Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home The Organically Clean Home Cleaning Towels Cleaning Cloths   Clean Mama Website   Other episode mentioned from The Savvy Sauce: Thriving With Kids at Home During Quarantine with Amanda Leman    Clean Mama on Social Media: Instagram and Facebook   Thank You to Our Sponsor: Samaritan Ministries   Connect with The Savvy Sauce on Facebook or Instagram or Our Website   Please help us out by sharing this episode with a friend, leaving a 5-star rating and review, and subscribing to this podcast!   Also, check out our Patreon Page to find out how to gain access to additional podcasts and goodies!   Gospel Scripture: (all NIV)   Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”   Romans 3:24 “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”   Romans 3:25 (a) “God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.”    Hebrews 9:22 (b) “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”    Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”    Romans 5:11 “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”    John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”   Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”    Luke 15:10 says “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”   Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”   Ephesians 1:13–14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession- to the praise of his glory.”   Ephesians 1:15–23 “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.”   Ephesians 2:8–10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God‘s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.“   Ephesians 2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.“   Philippians 1:6 “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

How do we maintain a clean, clutter free home? Many of us long for this, yet feel somewhat frustrated and stuck when it comes to cleaning, organizing and de-cluttering our home. Author and Cleaning Expert, Becky Rapinchuk gives encouragement and direction for those who wish to organize and maintain a cozy, comfortable home. Also, check out her website: www.cleanmama.com

Kathryn interviews Founder of Clean Mama Becky Rapinchuk, author of “Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home.” She shares her game-changing method of freeing up mental and physical space to help us find joy and make our home-keeping routine effortless. Rapinchuk's a go-to expert for Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, the NY Times, Bon Appétit, HGTV Magazine, InStyle, Shape, Oprah.com, Houzz, Refinery29 and more. Kathryn also interviews Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Everplans Abby Schneiderman, author of “In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later”. She's crafted a practical program to plan for any contingency plan, covering everything from insurance and wills to medical issues and estate planning. Schneiderman's an industry expert in the areas of digital estate planning, technology and consumerism. She is a Forbes.com contributor and has been featured in the NY Times, WSJ and CNBC.

Kathryn interviews Founder of Clean Mama Becky Rapinchuk, author of “Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home.” She shares her game-changing method of freeing up mental and physical space to help us find joy and make our home-keeping routine effortless. Rapinchuk's a go-to expert for Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, the NY Times, Bon Appétit, HGTV Magazine, InStyle, Shape, Oprah.com, Houzz, Refinery29 and more. Kathryn also interviews Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Everplans Abby Schneiderman, author of “In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later”. She's crafted a practical program to plan for any contingency plan, covering everything from insurance and wills to medical issues and estate planning. Schneiderman's an industry expert in the areas of digital estate planning, technology and consumerism. She is a Forbes.com contributor and has been featured in the NY Times, WSJ and CNBC.

In this episode, I'm joined by Clean Mama's Becky Rapinchuk as we discuss simple to implement systems and rituals to transform our homes into organized and comfortable living spaces. Connect with Becky on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/cleanmama/ CLICK HERE to purchase your copy of Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home. I Choose My Best Life Podcast is one of the  Top 20 Christian Women Podcasts I Choose My Best Life Books: Sacred Rest, Come Empty, Set Free to Live Free Connect with Saundra: Twitter: @DrDaltonSmith Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/drdaltonsmith Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrSaundraDaltonSmith

Kathryn interviews Founder of Clean Mama Becky Rapinchuk, author of “Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home.” She shares her game-changing method of freeing up mental and physical space to help us find joy and make our home-keeping routine effortless. Rapinchuk's a go-to expert for Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, the NY Times, Bon Appétit, HGTV Magazine, InStyle, Shape, Oprah.com, Houzz, Refinery29 and more. Kathryn also interviews Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Everplans Abby Schneiderman, author of “In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later”. She's crafted a practical program to plan for any contingency plan, covering everything from insurance and wills to medical issues and estate planning. Schneiderman's an industry expert in the areas of digital estate planning, technology and consumerism. She is a Forbes.com contributor and has been featured in the NY Times, WSJ and CNBC.

Kathryn interviews Founder of Clean Mama Becky Rapinchuk, author of “Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home.” She shares her game-changing method of freeing up mental and physical space to help us find joy and make our home-keeping routine effortless. Rapinchuk's a go-to expert for Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, the NY Times, Bon Appétit, HGTV Magazine, InStyle, Shape, Oprah.com, Houzz, Refinery29 and more. Kathryn also interviews Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Everplans Abby Schneiderman, author of “In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later”. She's crafted a practical program to plan for any contingency plan, covering everything from insurance and wills to medical issues and estate planning. Schneiderman's an industry expert in the areas of digital estate planning, technology and consumerism. She is a Forbes.com contributor and has been featured in the NY Times, WSJ and CNBC.

​Kristy talks with Becky of CleanMama.com on how to keep your home clean and in shape! By breaking it down into daily tasks, weekly, and rotating monthly to keep it manageable and efficient! You will function and feel best in a clean home, learn how to make it a family affair and to work together to get your home in shape and keep it clean! If cleaning is something you dread, tune into this duo you ill not want to miss. Snag our free download to start building home cleaning habits!​ https://startplanner.com/collections/homelife/products/cleaning-habits

#075 In today’s episode, I’m talking with Becky Rapinchuk, founder of Clean Mama, who is an expert in simple systems that help you consistently maintain that cozy place between chaotic and spotless. We’re talking all about taking a business from side-hustle to full-time income, how to get your whole family involved in your cleaning routine, and why cleaning just a little bit every day is a game-changer. (1:49) How Becky transitioned from blogging and working overnights at Target to building her own business (12;45) Why the Clean Mama routine works for any schedule, life stage, or family size (20:00) Struggling with clutter? Check out this genius tip! (30:10) The secret to getting your whole family on board with the cleaning routine (35:06) The mantra that will keep the mess to a minimum (38:09) Chelsea’s Top Takeaways Looking for more information, mama? Visit the show notes at https://www.smartmoneymamas.com/becky Grab your FREE Meal Planning Printables! https://smartmoneymamas.com/meal-planning-printables/

Do you get overwhelmed with cleaning your home? Tired of spending your time off cleaning while others are enjoying their time off? This week I am talking about creating a cleaning schedule that will help you space out your cleaning. If cleaning is too much for you, go ahead and considered hiring some help. Today's Tip: Having a clean space gives you a clear mind and help you burn calories too! Check out Clean Mama who has great site that helps everyday women simplify the cleaning routine. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/arvilla-beckworth/message

I've been a fan of Becky Rapinchuk of the website, Clean Mama, for so, so long because she approaches cleaning her home with simplicity and ease. I'm thrilled that she stopped by A to B Podcast today to share the cleaning routine she has been perfecting and teaching others for over 10 years! Find show notes at AtoBpodcast.com/86.

In this episode, Cara sits down for PART II with homekeeping + natural cleaning expert and 3x author, Becky Rapinchuk for insight on making your own cleaning products, some amazing resources to stay on track with your cleaning routine, and some tips for a quick and impactful declutter session. Go back and tune into Part 1 if you missed it — Becky shares all about her story and her amazing cleaning approach including daily and weekly tasks that work for all kinds of personalities through all seasons of life. She also dives into how to find your cleaning sweet spot and how learning what "clean" means for you can help your happiness. This episode is part 2 of 2 — Click here for part1 You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify – or listen to it below!     LISTEN NOW .icon-3-1 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-1 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-2 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-2 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-3 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-3 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-4 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-4 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-5 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-5 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-6 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-6 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-7 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-7 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000}

In this episode, Cara sits down with homekeeping + natural cleaning expert and 3x author, Becky Rapinchuk for insight on how to gradually build a cleaning routine into your everyday life so it becomes an easy and essential habit. Becky shares all about her story and her amazing cleaning approach including daily and weekly tasks that work for all kinds of personalities through all seasons of life. She also dives into how to find your cleaning sweet spot and how learning what "clean" means for you can help your happiness. This episode is part 1 of 2 — tune in here for part 2 You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify – or listen to it below!     LISTEN NOW .icon-3-1 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-1 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-2 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-2 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-3 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-3 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-4 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-4 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-5 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-5 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-6 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-6 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-7 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;box-shadow:0px 0px 0px 0 ;padding:px;}.icon-3-7 .aps-icon-tooltip:before{border-color:#000} .icon-3-8 img{height:50px;width:50px;opacity:1;-moz-box-shad...

Clean Mama.com says here's how you can clean all your bathrooms in 15 minutes.

Who thinks weekends should be for recharging and not housework? While the end result is awesome, cleaning the house isn’t exactly fun.  Today we’re talking to a guest instructor with a strategy for ditching the weekend-long cleaning marathons and the Monday thru Friday chaos. Becky Rapinchuk, also known as Clean Mama, has been sharing her time-saving cleaning routine online since 2009. Her quest is to simplify everyday life and show her readers and followers how to get the cleaning done quickly and safely, so they can enjoy the things that matter.  Her ideas and tips have been featured in Real Simple, Martha Stewart magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, and many others. Becky believes your clean home is just a daily task away- and we are here for it! By the end of this class you’ll have an understanding of The Clean Mama routine, some awesome home-keeping tips and ideas for making your home feel cozy and clean! What do you think is the biggest cause of overwhelm when it comes to maintaining a home? People like to be told what to do sometimes. It's overwhelming when you don't know where to start. Why do you suggest a cleaning routine? You waste a lot of time looking around for the biggest messes. Instead of being reactive, you'll know exactly what you need to do daily. What does your routine look like? Daily Tasks: Make beds, check floors, counters, clutter, laundry. Weekly Tasks: M- bathroom, T- dusting, W- vacuuming, Th- floor washing, F- catch-all, S-sheets and towels. Rotating Tasks: Clean appliances, floor boards, windows, comforters etc. Monthly Focus: Each month has a different focus, like paperwork or decluttering for example. How much time do you devote to these daily tasks? 15-20 mins. Let’s talk about the tools for the job. Which products do you love to use? Here is her favorite page off her website! Microfiber towels Microfiber duster A good vacuum with a HEPA filter. Becky's favorite vacuum is THIS ONE How do you avoid a stinky vacuum? Clean it out really well! Use a cotton ball and drop some essential oils on it, then drop it in the tank. What do you suggest people avoid when buying cleaning products? Bleach Most conventional cleaners because of all of the chemicals Dryer sheets (use wool dryer balls instead and vinegar as fabric softener) How do you get bad smells out of your sink? Sometimes you need a professional if there's something in your trap or a bad connection with your dishwasher, so make sure that's not the case. If you think it's food, put a couple ice cubes, dish soap and/or baking soda down the drain. What do you suggest for cleaning toilets/grout with toddler boys!? Cream of tarter paste and an old toothbrush. Put it on the grout, let it sit a couple minutes and wipe it clean. Hydrogen peroxide and vinegar will also cut the smell. THIS lime enzyme all natural cleaner. How often do you replace sponges? Throw them in the dishwasher at night at least once a week, and you can do so until they start to deteriorate. How do you clean your makeup brushes? Use a silicone mat like this one. HOMEWORK: Make a nightly sink scrub: 2 cups of baking soda, essential oils (clove and lemon is great) then add a squirt of dish soap and scrub with a sponge or a dish brush and rinse. Make your bed every day! FIND BECKY! INSTAGRAM: @cleanmama FACEBOOK: facebook.com/cleanmama WEBSITE: cleanmama.com HOME SCHOOL’D COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/homeschooldpodcast HOME SCHOOL’D INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/homeschooldpodcast/ HOME SCHOOL’D BLOG + SHOWNOTES: https://homeschooldpodcast.com AARON MASSEY’S SITE: https://www.mrfixitdiy.com TRACY PENDERGAST’S SITE: https://hey-tracy.com

We’re thrilled to welcome Becky – the person behind the cleaning phenomenon that is Clean Mama – to the podcast for this very special episode, not least because Becky actually knows what she’s talking about! Connie, Steve and Chris put some of the Pass It On cleaning tips to Becky for her verdict, and discover to their delight that she’s doing exactly the same kind of inventive work in the US, with a simple store cupboard of ingredients, that the Pass It On housewives were doing in Scotland in the 1950s!There are far more tips in the Pass It On books than we can cover in the podcast, but remember, you can get 20% off the books this show is based on at dcthomsonshop.co.uk, using the discount code ‘thrifty’ at checkout; that code is valid till 12 Feb 2020! Let us know what you think of the show at twitter.com/ThePassItOnPod or facebook.com/PassItOnTips, and if you know anyone who’d enjoy the podcast as much as you do – pass it on!

Becky of Clean Mama chats with Mariam about how a clean home can lead to more fulfillment, inspiration, and success. Decluttering and tidying up can have a major impact on our stamina, health, and mindset. Shift your habits now as Becky teaches us her world renowned cleaning and organizational tips! Put these tips into use and watch as your space transforms before your very eyes.

Going natural isn’t just a better way to a cleaner home—it’s vital to the health of our bodies, our families, and our planet.Scientific evidence points to a clear link between household chemicals and a number of diseases and chronic health issues.Becky Rapinchuk, author of Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home: The Simple, Room-by-Room Plan for a Natural Home and creator of the popular cleaning website Clean Mama, believes cleanliness should be about detoxing, embracing organic, all-natural methods and products, and protecting the environment.Becky joins Dr. Roizen to discuss why going natural isn’t just a better way to a cleaner home—it’s vital to the health of our bodies, our families, and our planet.Plus, she shares some inexpensive swaps for harsh chemical cleaners and detergents. Bonus5 Proven Ways to Prevent Tick Bites This Summer

My first podcast interview with my sweet sister, Haley Pearson. Haley shares some great tips on how she organizes her household. You'll also love her story about what happened with her dog, hint - there was grape seed oil involved. Haley and I talked about everything from eMeals to the cozi calendar to Clean Mama's books. All GREAT resources for moms! Make sure to stop by TenFold Collective and use the code - Morgan20 - for 20% off of anything for the entire month of May. Their jewelry is beautiful and would make great gifts (maybe for your mom?). It's also the perfect time to sign up for my FREE Summer Organizing Challenge HERE and don't forget to get your FREE printables in my shop. Thank you for your reviews and for subscribing! I love sharing with you. For all of the show notes + links click below on the "episode webpage."       

Steph interviews Becky Rapinchuk aka Clean Mama®, who is a natural cleaning and homekeeping expert. Becky’s daily, simplified cleaning routine is easy-to-follow and takes 30 minutes or less. Learn how to create your own, natural cleaning products and how to create a simple cleaning routine for your family, so you can spend more time enjoying your life. Enjoy the listen! You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. We’d love to hear your thoughts on Instagram or Facebook. Topics Discussed: How to get started with natural cleaning The most important products to swap first Easy DIY cleaning products Becky’s favorite natural cleaning products/brands How to create a simple cleaning routine Age-appropriate cleaning activities for kids Show Notes Clean Mama® website Becky’s new book: Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home Nightly sink scrub recipe Window cleaner recipe Follow Clean Mama  on Instagram The HMHB Weekly Email Series Whole Mamas Pregnancy Program Nourish Kids Medicine Kit and Ebook Dr. Elana’s Medical Center: Nourish Medical Center Follow Steph and Elana on Instagram Whole Mamas Podcast Archive Becky, aka Clean Mama, is a natural cleaning and homekeeping expert, business owner and author of the books Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home, 2019, Simply Clean, 2017, The Organically Clean Home, 2014. She’s also a wife and mom to three, a business owner, and a former art teacher. She writes at cleanmama.net and is intent on helping you discover new ways to do the mundane tasks of homekeeping safely and naturally. She’s developed a cleaning routine that’s used by thousands of people to do a little every day to keep it more manageable and under 30 minutes every day. Please remember that the views on this podcast and website are not meant to be substituted for medical advice, shouldn’t be used to diagnose, treat or cure any conditions, and are intended for general information purposes only.

The news to know for Thursday, March 21st, 2019! Today, we're talking about what happened the day before the first Boeing plane crash, and there's new word from the Fed that affects your bank account. Plus, Google's new AI-powered Doodle, Apple's new AirPods and Woodstock 50. Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes! Then hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview. Spring is officially here, so we're talking with "Clean Mama" about how to overcome overwhelm and tackle that spring cleaning.  Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.  You can also go to www.theNewsWorthy.com to see story sources and links in the section titled 'Episodes' or see below...  Become a NewsWorthy INSIDER! Just click here to sign up: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider           Sources: FAA & Boeing Investigation: Seattle Times, AP, Bloomberg Interest Rate: Bloomberg, CNBC, USA Today Brexit Delay: AP, Washington Post Google Fined by EU: CNN, NYT Peloton Sued: WSJ. CNET Most Expensive Cities: The Economist Apple AirPods: The Verge, Apple Google AI Doodle: Engadget Woodstock 50: NBC News Purim: Chabad.org First Bird Fossil with Egg: National Geographic, Fox News  

Can cleaning be cute and safe? We caught up with the Clean Mama herself, Becky Rapinchuk , to talk everything from simple routines to what's actually in your cleaning products!

Keeping a house clean doesn't have to take hours. In fact, Becky Rapinchuk of Clean Mama says that it can be done in as little as 10 minutes a day. Her routines and systems for keeping a house clean will help you to stay on top of the chores and not get overwhelmed.For Show Notes: www.momswhoknowpodcast.comVisit her website: https://www.cleanmama.net See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’ve tuned into any of the podcasts you know that I love a clean house. I do not feel my best if my house is cluttered or messy. But yet, I sit, frustrated in a chaotic mess each day with three tiny children running around. So, I jumped at the opportunity to bring on this well known Mama. Most people know her by the name, Clean Mama but her real name is Becky. Her blog, cleaning routines, and daily tasks lists have gained national attention because she lightens our cleaning load by simplifying the process. In each blog post she aims to be helpful, teach something, and enrich your homekeeping. She has a laundry list of places and companies in which she has been spotted, featured and even sponsored by. Her work looks amazing and it is no wonder that she has close to a million page views per month on her website and over 110,000 email subscribers. I just keep thinking, teach me your ways Clean Mama! Today we are going to going to chat with her about how she got started, what the biggest challenges are for Mamas, how to simplify our routines, and ultimately own your mom life when it comes to homekeeping. In this episode we dive into:Her big blogging breakSome of the most asked questions or challenges when it comes to keeping a tidy and clean home?How she helps Mamas overcome this challengeResources she has for youHow take the first step in creating and maintaining a good clean homeWhat she stands for as a MamaHer biggest challenge when it comes to motherhoodNotable Quote: Be fearless in the pursuit that sets your soul on fire You can find out more about Becky and get her cleaning routines HERE

Keeping your living space clean can feel like a never ending task that requires constant copious amounts of energy. And when it comes to cleaning, many approach it like they do their wellness- they’re either cleaning all the things or none at all. Becky the home keeping expert from Clean Mama joins Jen and Annie […] The post Episode 6: Bringing Balance to Cleaning with the Clean Mama appeared first on Balance365.

Today we are starting a new series on Clean, Green Living. So many of our listeners are interested in simplifying and living intentionally. Often times when we start cleaning out our physical and mental clutter, we find the space to think about things that might have otherwise felt overwhelming. Which brings us to this series. Over the next couple of weeks we are going to talk all about ways in which you can live cleaner and greener and we are starting by chatting with Becky Rapinchuk of the Clean Mama blog. Becky is also author of one o of Heather's favorite books, Simply Clean. She is a wife, mom, long time blogger, cleaning guru, and DIY master. Today we are talking to Becky about blogging, ways to stay on top of keeping a tidy and clean house that don't leave you overwhelmed, and DIY home cleaning recipes.

Whether we like it or not, cleaning our house is a job that must be done. Today on The Home Hour, we’re strategizing to figure out how to make it easier! On this episode Kirsten and Graham chat with the Clean Mama herself, Becky Rapinchuck, about how schedules and routines can help make keeping a clean home more manageable! We discuss Becky’s approach to systematically laying out chores as well as her favorite time saving hacks, the best cleaning tools, and recipes to create your own all natural DIY cleansers. We also learn a great tip to help our kids to make their beds and get into a meaty debate with Graham’s cable guy over sharing favorite family recipes! Links we mention on this episode: * Clean Mama Website!  * DIY Disinfecting Spray Recipe * DIY Marble & Granite Spray Recipe Visit the Clean Mama site for great resources and printables and be sure to check out her newest book SIMPLY CLEAN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making over our beach house isn’t all rainbows and unicorns and pink siding. So this week we’re diving into a few tasks that have been especially stressful - and we’re sharing one thing we did to calm our nerves (and remind ourselves why we’re doing all of this in the first place). We also get some pro tips from the Clean Mama herself for keeping a house more tidy and organized (including the best tools and tricks that she uses on her own home). Plus we’re sharing the Instagram account that surprised John, the outdoor updates Sherry has been eyeing, and we test our expertise in all things Ikea. Be sure to check out younghouselove.com/podcast for notes, links, and photos from this episode.

Open up the windows and be inspired by that springtime sunshine! This week, Megan chats with home care expert Becky Rapinchuk whom you may know as Clean Mama! There is a LOT of personality talk in this episode as these two ENFPs dig into Becky's story of becoming a housekeeping guru. Becky shares her homemaking confessions along with her best tips for spring cleaning. All of that, plus Awesome of the Week! SHOW NOTES Living Proof Dry Shampoo Hot Tools 1 1/2 inch curling iron Clean Mama printable shop Simply Clean, Becky Rapinchuk Find Becky at CleanMama.net, on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram You can find Megan on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter!

Hi friends! I have a fun episode for you today. I'm speaking with Becky Rapinchuk, the founder of the site Clean Mama. Today we are chatting about the many jobs she's had, how she got started as a cleaning expert, and tips for keeping your house clean and tidy even with littles at home. She also has a new book that comes out TODAY, so you'll definitely want to pick that up on Amazon. Show Notes: Check out Becky's site Clean Mama or follow her on Instagram You can get her new book "Simply Clean..." Another book by Becky: "The Organically Clean Home" Connect with Jessica: Instagram//Facebook//Email