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The Super Organizer JLJ had a great convo with Sheila about the history of Virtual organizing and her large part in its creation. They also talk about the future of Professional Organizing. Follow her at the virtualprofessionalorganizer.com
Send us a textIn this engaging conversation, host Ty-shaun-dra and guest Angie Hyche explore the intersection of organization, spirituality, and personal growth. Angie shares her journey from a structured upbringing to a period of spiritual wandering, ultimately finding her way back to faith. They discuss how clutter in our lives often reflects deeper spiritual issues and the importance of prioritizing what truly matters. Angie emphasizes that cleaning and organizing are not moral imperatives but rather reflections of our current life seasons. The conversation culminates in Angie's discovery of her passion for organizing and how it aligns with her faith, showcasing the beauty of order in God's creation. TakeawaysOrganization is essential for managing life's chaos.Spiritual growth often involves returning to faith after wandering.Clutter can be a reflection of our inner spiritual state.God's love is unconditional, regardless of our messiness.Prioritizing relationships over perfection is crucial.The journey of faith is personal and unique for everyone.Order and peace are part of God's design. Everything we do can be seen as a ministry.Being a good steward of our time and resources is essential.Connect with Angie Hyche:Visit www.angiehyche.com Fb/Ig @angiehycheauthorandspeakerPurchase Angie's Books: Uncluttered & Unholy Mess on Amazon Emerald Services: Tax Prep, Bookkeeping, Tax Planning - Emeraldserve.com Support the showJoin the Kingdom Fanatics community! Get access to exclusive content, green room access with guest and more. Visit our website; Like & Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel! We greatly appreciate all the love and support. To donate to the show, sow a seed here.Be Blessed AND Be A Blessing
Anne Steppe is on a mission to simplify spaces so that her clients can live well with less: less clutter, less chaos, and less stress. We could not be more on board with this mission! In this episode, she shares with us the biggest things that make an impact on the amount of clutter in your home and how you can implement those things today. Plus, she shares her own experience of downsizing from a 4,000 square foot home to a 2-bedroom apartment and getting rid of sentimental clutter to do so. If you're on a decluttering journey yourself, this episode is for you! As the Owner of Step by Steppe Professional Organizing for over 15 years, Anne has worked with clients in and around the Charlotte area to help them systematize their spaces to enhance their lives and wellbeing. She empowers her clients to live into the vision they have for their homes, lives, and businesses by organizing in ways that create efficiency, fuel productivity and spark creativity. Connect with Anne: Website Instagram Facebook Some key takeaways from this episode include: Even if the clutter in your home “doesn't bother you,” studies show it actually does. Anne dives into studies showing clutter's immediate impact on your heart rate, breathing, and energy levels. You might've heard the “one in, one out rule” for keeping clutter under control, but Anne's experience shows we have way more stuff than we realize. She actually suggests for every one item you bring into the home, you should get rid of three items to make a dent in your home's clutter. Deep breaths! Clutter does not just impact your family in the here and now. When we eventually pass on, all of our stuff gets left behind for our kids and grandkids to deal with. Be intentional about the legacy you want to leave behind. MUD/WTR is a coffee alternative consisting of 100% organic cacao, ayurvedic herbs and functional mushrooms. With just a fraction of caffeine found in coffee, you get energy, focus and immune support without the crash! Use this link for 15% off your purchase, or $20 off PLUS a 15% discount if you subscribe! Hilliard Studio Method takes working out to the next level to produce results that are nothing short of a total mind-body transformation. If you're ready to get in incredible shape, you can work out with us in-person at our Charlotte studio, join classes from home via Zoom, or sign up for our on-demand streaming service! HSM In-Person Classes HSM At Home (Via Zoom) HSM Streaming Be Powerful with Liz & Lee is focused on helping you find your inner power and for us to share our thoughts on society, culture, and current events. As the team behind Hilliard Studio Method in Charlotte, North Carolina, we love all things wellness and will also share info on how to live your healthiest life mentally, physically, and emotionally. Podcast contact info: Liz's Instagram Lee's Instagram Hilliard Studio Method HSM Facebook Liz & Lee's YouTube
Goal setting is something we all do each year, whether for our business or personal achievements. The key is to keep goals simple, actionable, and measurable, allowing you to track your progress effectively. Cindy B. Sullivan is here to give us some tips! Cindy B. Sullivan, founder of cbSullivan Consulting & Organizing, is a Productivity Coach, Author, Speaker, and Certified Professional Organizer®. Her work with Time Management and Productivity began in her early career as a corporate trainer for a financial institution. She became a Franklin Covey Certified Instructor in 2000 and offered productivity training to staff and upper management. Since leaving that role and opening her Productivity & Professional Organizing business, she has continued her focus on Time Management – remaining curious about how we each are unique in our abilities, preferences, and how we approach our use of time. Cindy enjoys working with clients from across various industries, positions, roles, and cultures - - broadening her view and understanding of this topic of Time Management, its impact on our lives, and how we can work to improve our skills. Contact information Cindy Sullivan- www.cbsullivanconsulting.com Benny Carreon- Velocity Technology Group- benny@velocitytechnology.group Dennis Jackson-WorX Solution- dennisj@worxsolution.com
Goal setting is something we all do each year, whether for our business or personal achievements. The key is to keep goals simple, actionable, and measurable, allowing you to track your progress effectively. Cindy B. Sullivan is here to give us some tips! Cindy B. Sullivan, founder of cbSullivan Consulting & Organizing, is a Productivity Coach, Author, Speaker, and Certified Professional Organizer®. Her work with Time Management and Productivity began in her early career as a corporate trainer for a financial institution. She became a Franklin Covey Certified Instructor in 2000 and offered productivity training to staff and upper management. Since leaving that role and opening her Productivity & Professional Organizing business, she has continued her focus on Time Management – remaining curious about how we each are unique in our abilities, preferences, and how we approach our use of time. Cindy enjoys working with clients from across various industries, positions, roles, and cultures - - broadening her view and understanding of this topic of Time Management, its impact on our lives, and how we can work to improve our skills. Contact information Cindy Sullivan- www.cbsullivanconsulting.com Benny Carreon- Velocity Technology Group- benny@velocitytechnology.group Dennis Jackson-WorX Solution- dennisj@worxsolution.com
This episode originally aired on July 1, 2024. Clea Shearer and Joanna Taplin are the dynamic duo behind “The Home Edit.” From their serendipitous start over a blind lunch date to becoming a runaway success, Clea and Joanna share their journey from launching their company to landing a Netflix show, and hosting “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” They discuss their unique approach to organizing — including their famous rainbow method — and reveal the secrets behind their successful friendship and business partnership.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Most people (me!!) have not super fond memories of middle school--but for Nancy and Tina, a junior high friendship blossomed into a business partnership in a wildly successful organizing business. I am talking to them about their partnership, organizing, life, and so much more--it's the PERFECT way to end 2024 on the Pro Organizer Studio Podcast! LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Connect with Tina and Nancy: www.unclutteredspaces.com Connect with Melissa: hello@proorganizerstudio.com The Ultimate Partnership: From Middle School Friends to Business Success Join Melissa as she wraps up 2024 with a special interview featuring Tina and Nancy from Uncluttered Spaces. These lifelong friends discuss their journey from seventh grade classmates to co-founders of a thriving professional organizing business. They share the ups and downs of their personal and professional partnership, provide valuable business advice, and highlight the importance of mental health in their work. Their unique approach to large-scale projects and their passion for helping others shines through! TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Wrapping Up 2024: Reflections and Excitement for 2025 00:58 Introducing Tina and Nancy from Uncluttered Spaces 01:56 The Origin Story: From Childhood Friends to Business Partners 04:09 Building a Business: Challenges and Triumphs 13:56 Navigating Partnership Dynamics 23:31 The Importance of Mentorship and Accountability 26:09 Client Relationships and Business Boundaries 34:00 Decision Fatigue and Efficient Organizing 42:39 The Impact of the Pandemic on Our Lives 43:57 Changing Perspectives on Home and Family 44:22 The Rise of Professional Organizing 47:25 Mental Health and Professional Organizing 48:33 The Value of Professional Organizing Services 52:30 Concierge Relocation Services 01:05:02 Senior Move Management 01:10:36 The Future of Professional Organizing 01:19:03 The Importance of Community and Partnership 01:26:54 Conclusion and Contact Information
Life's demands can leave little room for nurturing ourselves, but what if prioritizing personal well-being was the key to thriving in all areas of life? In this episode, Naeemah chats with Dina Smith, owner of Closet Therapy with Dina, and she shares practical tips for building sustainable self-care habits, overcoming the guilt of putting yourself first, and creating environments that support your mental and emotional health. A Coach, Speaker, and Licensed Professional Counselor, Dina R. Smith has worked in various treatment settings. After obtaining an undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University, Dina began her career in business excelling in consumer finance, sales, compliance, and corporate training. But, her best work was yet to come. Becoming a mother changed every aspect of her life and fueled a desire to help other women lead more fulfilled lives. Obtaining a Master's in Community Counseling from Argosy University changed Dina's career trajectory and she began working in mental health. This focus added anger management, substance abuse counselor, and marriage and family therapist to her well-rounded list of titles. Dina owns and operates a company called, “Closet Therapy with Dina.” Her business focuses on affecting the lives of children by helping moms create more balanced lives through Professional Organizing, Counseling, and Lifestyle Coaching. You can find Dina Smith living purposefully and empowering women to do the same. To learn more about Dina, follow her on social media @closet_therapywithdina To learn more about Naeemah, visit her website naeemahfordgoldson.com Follow us on Social Media! www.instagram.com/organizemeradio www.facebook.com/OrganizeMeRadio #OrganizeMeRadio #SelfCareMatters #PrioritizeYourself #WellnessJourney #IntentionalLiving #SelfCareTips #MindBodyBalance #TimeForMe #EmbraceWellness #HealthyHabits #ClutterFreeMind #BoundariesMatter #ElevateSelfCare #HolisticHealth #ThrivingNotSurviving #radicalSelfCare
This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. For a widely dreaded, often mundane task, organizing one's possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. Today, those with the means can hire professionals to help sort and declutter their homes. In More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Carrie M. Lane introduces us to this world of professional organizers and offers new insight into the domains of work and home, which are forever entangled—especially for women. The female-dominated organizing profession didn't have a name until the 1980s, but it is now the subject of countless reality shows, podcasts, and magazines. Lane draws on interviews with organizers, including many of the field's founders, to trace the profession's history and uncover its enduring appeal to those seeking meaningful, flexible, self-directed work. Taking readers behind the scenes of real-life organizing sessions, More Than Pretty Boxes details the strategies organizers use to help people part with their belongings, and it also explores the intimate, empathetic relationships that can form between clients and organizers. But perhaps most importantly, More Than Pretty Boxes helps us think through an interconnected set of questions around neoliberal work arrangements, overconsumption, emotional connection, and the deeply gendered nature of paid and unpaid work. Ultimately, Lane situates organizing at the center of contemporary conversations around how work isn't working anymore and makes a case for organizing's radical potential to push back against the overwhelming demands of work and the home, too often placed on women's shoulders. Organizers aren't the sole answer to this crisis, but their work can help us better understand both the nature of the problem and the sorts of solace, support, and solutions that might help ease it. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is at the intersection of space, behavior, and identity. He is currently conducting research about the negotiation that humans make between their identity and the spaces they inhabit. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his personal website, Google Scholar, Bluesky @professorjohnst.bsky.social,Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. For a widely dreaded, often mundane task, organizing one's possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. Today, those with the means can hire professionals to help sort and declutter their homes. In More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Carrie M. Lane introduces us to this world of professional organizers and offers new insight into the domains of work and home, which are forever entangled—especially for women. The female-dominated organizing profession didn't have a name until the 1980s, but it is now the subject of countless reality shows, podcasts, and magazines. Lane draws on interviews with organizers, including many of the field's founders, to trace the profession's history and uncover its enduring appeal to those seeking meaningful, flexible, self-directed work. Taking readers behind the scenes of real-life organizing sessions, More Than Pretty Boxes details the strategies organizers use to help people part with their belongings, and it also explores the intimate, empathetic relationships that can form between clients and organizers. But perhaps most importantly, More Than Pretty Boxes helps us think through an interconnected set of questions around neoliberal work arrangements, overconsumption, emotional connection, and the deeply gendered nature of paid and unpaid work. Ultimately, Lane situates organizing at the center of contemporary conversations around how work isn't working anymore and makes a case for organizing's radical potential to push back against the overwhelming demands of work and the home, too often placed on women's shoulders. Organizers aren't the sole answer to this crisis, but their work can help us better understand both the nature of the problem and the sorts of solace, support, and solutions that might help ease it. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is at the intersection of space, behavior, and identity. He is currently conducting research about the negotiation that humans make between their identity and the spaces they inhabit. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his personal website, Google Scholar, Bluesky @professorjohnst.bsky.social,Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies
This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. For a widely dreaded, often mundane task, organizing one's possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. Today, those with the means can hire professionals to help sort and declutter their homes. In More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Carrie M. Lane introduces us to this world of professional organizers and offers new insight into the domains of work and home, which are forever entangled—especially for women. The female-dominated organizing profession didn't have a name until the 1980s, but it is now the subject of countless reality shows, podcasts, and magazines. Lane draws on interviews with organizers, including many of the field's founders, to trace the profession's history and uncover its enduring appeal to those seeking meaningful, flexible, self-directed work. Taking readers behind the scenes of real-life organizing sessions, More Than Pretty Boxes details the strategies organizers use to help people part with their belongings, and it also explores the intimate, empathetic relationships that can form between clients and organizers. But perhaps most importantly, More Than Pretty Boxes helps us think through an interconnected set of questions around neoliberal work arrangements, overconsumption, emotional connection, and the deeply gendered nature of paid and unpaid work. Ultimately, Lane situates organizing at the center of contemporary conversations around how work isn't working anymore and makes a case for organizing's radical potential to push back against the overwhelming demands of work and the home, too often placed on women's shoulders. Organizers aren't the sole answer to this crisis, but their work can help us better understand both the nature of the problem and the sorts of solace, support, and solutions that might help ease it. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is at the intersection of space, behavior, and identity. He is currently conducting research about the negotiation that humans make between their identity and the spaces they inhabit. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his personal website, Google Scholar, Bluesky @professorjohnst.bsky.social,Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. For a widely dreaded, often mundane task, organizing one's possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. Today, those with the means can hire professionals to help sort and declutter their homes. In More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Carrie M. Lane introduces us to this world of professional organizers and offers new insight into the domains of work and home, which are forever entangled—especially for women. The female-dominated organizing profession didn't have a name until the 1980s, but it is now the subject of countless reality shows, podcasts, and magazines. Lane draws on interviews with organizers, including many of the field's founders, to trace the profession's history and uncover its enduring appeal to those seeking meaningful, flexible, self-directed work. Taking readers behind the scenes of real-life organizing sessions, More Than Pretty Boxes details the strategies organizers use to help people part with their belongings, and it also explores the intimate, empathetic relationships that can form between clients and organizers. But perhaps most importantly, More Than Pretty Boxes helps us think through an interconnected set of questions around neoliberal work arrangements, overconsumption, emotional connection, and the deeply gendered nature of paid and unpaid work. Ultimately, Lane situates organizing at the center of contemporary conversations around how work isn't working anymore and makes a case for organizing's radical potential to push back against the overwhelming demands of work and the home, too often placed on women's shoulders. Organizers aren't the sole answer to this crisis, but their work can help us better understand both the nature of the problem and the sorts of solace, support, and solutions that might help ease it. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is at the intersection of space, behavior, and identity. He is currently conducting research about the negotiation that humans make between their identity and the spaces they inhabit. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his personal website, Google Scholar, Bluesky @professorjohnst.bsky.social,Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology
This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. For a widely dreaded, often mundane task, organizing one's possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. Today, those with the means can hire professionals to help sort and declutter their homes. In More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Carrie M. Lane introduces us to this world of professional organizers and offers new insight into the domains of work and home, which are forever entangled—especially for women. The female-dominated organizing profession didn't have a name until the 1980s, but it is now the subject of countless reality shows, podcasts, and magazines. Lane draws on interviews with organizers, including many of the field's founders, to trace the profession's history and uncover its enduring appeal to those seeking meaningful, flexible, self-directed work. Taking readers behind the scenes of real-life organizing sessions, More Than Pretty Boxes details the strategies organizers use to help people part with their belongings, and it also explores the intimate, empathetic relationships that can form between clients and organizers. But perhaps most importantly, More Than Pretty Boxes helps us think through an interconnected set of questions around neoliberal work arrangements, overconsumption, emotional connection, and the deeply gendered nature of paid and unpaid work. Ultimately, Lane situates organizing at the center of contemporary conversations around how work isn't working anymore and makes a case for organizing's radical potential to push back against the overwhelming demands of work and the home, too often placed on women's shoulders. Organizers aren't the sole answer to this crisis, but their work can help us better understand both the nature of the problem and the sorts of solace, support, and solutions that might help ease it. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is at the intersection of space, behavior, and identity. He is currently conducting research about the negotiation that humans make between their identity and the spaces they inhabit. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his personal website, Google Scholar, Bluesky @professorjohnst.bsky.social,Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. For a widely dreaded, often mundane task, organizing one's possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. Today, those with the means can hire professionals to help sort and declutter their homes. In More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Carrie M. Lane introduces us to this world of professional organizers and offers new insight into the domains of work and home, which are forever entangled—especially for women. The female-dominated organizing profession didn't have a name until the 1980s, but it is now the subject of countless reality shows, podcasts, and magazines. Lane draws on interviews with organizers, including many of the field's founders, to trace the profession's history and uncover its enduring appeal to those seeking meaningful, flexible, self-directed work. Taking readers behind the scenes of real-life organizing sessions, More Than Pretty Boxes details the strategies organizers use to help people part with their belongings, and it also explores the intimate, empathetic relationships that can form between clients and organizers. But perhaps most importantly, More Than Pretty Boxes helps us think through an interconnected set of questions around neoliberal work arrangements, overconsumption, emotional connection, and the deeply gendered nature of paid and unpaid work. Ultimately, Lane situates organizing at the center of contemporary conversations around how work isn't working anymore and makes a case for organizing's radical potential to push back against the overwhelming demands of work and the home, too often placed on women's shoulders. Organizers aren't the sole answer to this crisis, but their work can help us better understand both the nature of the problem and the sorts of solace, support, and solutions that might help ease it. Michael O. Johnston, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is the author of The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle: Floatzilla (Lexington Books, 2023) and Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River (Lexington Books, 2022). His general area of study is at the intersection of space, behavior, and identity. He is currently conducting research about the negotiation that humans make between their identity and the spaces they inhabit. To learn more about Michael O. Johnston you can go to his personal website, Google Scholar, Bluesky @professorjohnst.bsky.social,Twitter @ProfessorJohnst, or by email at johnstonmo@wmpenn.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our latest episode, we are thrilled to host Dr. Carrie Lane, a leading expert in American Studies, as she unveils the intriguing world of professional organizing. Her latest book, More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working explores how this booming industry reflects the challenges of our current work culture. We also discuss the two parts of her book, the first which explores the history of professional organizing and the motivations behind those who choose this path, and the second on how the industry addresses the challenges faced by clients overwhelmed by both work and home responsibilities. Lane's research highlights the essential role of organizers in helping individuals navigate the complexities of modern life, emphasizing the importance of empathy, non-judgment, and realistic expectations.This episode offers a fresh perspective on the transformative power of organizing in our lives. Tune in to learn more about Dr. Lane's findings and how they resonate with the everyday struggles of managing work, home, and personal well-being.GUEST INFO:Dr. Carrie Lane, Professor and Chair of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton | Website | InstagramGet Dr. Carrie Lane's new book: More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't WorkingRESOURCE:Ready to declutter but not sure where to take items?Download my Decluttering Resources Quick Guide + join my email community.FEATURED ON THE SHOW:Come say hello on Instagram Follow me on Facebook See what I'm up to on LinkedIn Join my community at https://www.apleasantsolution.com/ LIKE THIS EPISODE?I invite you to share, rate, review, and follow my show. Also, join the conversation by connecting with me on Instagram @apleasantsolution.
In this podcast, we're excited to welcome Cindy Sullivan, who dives deep into the concept of time. She emphasizes that time is a gift—a truth many of us have forgotten over the years. Through her extensive research, Cindy reveals that despite our individual differences, most of us grapple with time management. She shares insightful strategies and key pillars that can help us all create more fulfilling days and make the most of our precious time Cindy B. Sullivan, founder of cbSullivan Consulting & Organizing, is a Productivity Coach, Author, Speaker, and Certified Professional Organizer®. Her work with Time Management and Productivity began in her early career as a corporate trainer for a financial institution. She became a Franklin Covey Certified Instructor in 2000 and offered productivity training to staff and upper management. Since leaving that role and opening her Productivity & Professional Organizing business, she has continued her focus on Time Management – remaining curious about how we each are unique in our abilities, preferences, and how we approach our use of time. Cindy enjoys working with clients from across various industries, positions, roles, and cultures - - broadening her view and understanding of this topic of Time Management, its impact on our lives, and how we can work to improve our skills. Links: To purchase 6 Pillars book: books2read.com/u/bwBAZZ Book a 30 minute consultation: https://calendly.com/cbsullivan/exploratory-consultation Contact information Cindy Sullivan- www.cbsullivanconsulting.com Benny Carreon- Velocity Technology Group- benny@velocitytechnology.group Dennis Jackson-WorX Solution- dennisj@worxsolution.com
In this podcast, we're excited to welcome Cindy Sullivan, who dives deep into the concept of time. She emphasizes that time is a gift—a truth many of us have forgotten over the years. Through her extensive research, Cindy reveals that despite our individual differences, most of us grapple with time management. She shares insightful strategies and key pillars that can help us all create more fulfilling days and make the most of our precious time Cindy B. Sullivan, founder of cbSullivan Consulting & Organizing, is a Productivity Coach, Author, Speaker, and Certified Professional Organizer®. Her work with Time Management and Productivity began in her early career as a corporate trainer for a financial institution. She became a Franklin Covey Certified Instructor in 2000 and offered productivity training to staff and upper management. Since leaving that role and opening her Productivity & Professional Organizing business, she has continued her focus on Time Management – remaining curious about how we each are unique in our abilities, preferences, and how we approach our use of time. Cindy enjoys working with clients from across various industries, positions, roles, and cultures - - broadening her view and understanding of this topic of Time Management, its impact on our lives, and how we can work to improve our skills. Links: To purchase 6 Pillars book: books2read.com/u/bwBAZZ Book a 30 minute consultation: https://calendly.com/cbsullivan/exploratory-consultation Contact information Cindy Sullivan- www.cbsullivanconsulting.com Benny Carreon- Velocity Technology Group- benny@velocitytechnology.group Dennis Jackson-WorX Solution- dennisj@worxsolution.com
Cindy Sullivan joins again to expand on how to be more productive through organization. She has six pillars that she has identified that allow an individual to find that level of organization that helps them through out their day and life. (P)lanning (I)nternal Time Clock (L)ong range Goals (L)everage (A)rrangement (R)esources We are are stronger at some and then there are others we might have some opportunities. During the podcast, she shares more insight about these key pillars. Cindy B. Sullivan, founder of cbSullivan Consulting & Organizing, is a Productivity Coach, Author, Speaker, and Certified Professional Organizer®. Her work with Time Management and Productivity began in her early career as a corporate trainer for a financial institution. She became a Franklin Covey Certified Instructor in 2000 and offered productivity training to staff and upper management. Since leaving that role and opening her Productivity & Professional Organizing business, she has continued her focus on Time Management – remaining curious about how we each are unique in our abilities, preferences, and how we approach our use of time. Cindy enjoys working with clients from across various industries, positions, roles, and cultures - - broadening her view and understanding of this topic of Time Management, its impact on our lives, and how we can work to improve our skills. Contact information Cindy Sullivan- www.cbsullivanconsulting.com Benny Carreon- Velocity Technology Group- benny@velocitytechnology.group Dennis Jackson-WorX Solution- dennisj@worxsolution.com
Cindy Sullivan joins again to expand on how to be more productive through organization. She has six pillars that she has identified that allow an individual to find that level of organization that helps them through out their day and life. (P)lanning (I)nternal Time Clock (L)ong range Goals (L)everage (A)rrangement (R)esources We are are stronger at some and then there are others we might have some opportunities. During the podcast, she shares more insight about these key pillars. Cindy B. Sullivan, founder of cbSullivan Consulting & Organizing, is a Productivity Coach, Author, Speaker, and Certified Professional Organizer®. Her work with Time Management and Productivity began in her early career as a corporate trainer for a financial institution. She became a Franklin Covey Certified Instructor in 2000 and offered productivity training to staff and upper management. Since leaving that role and opening her Productivity & Professional Organizing business, she has continued her focus on Time Management – remaining curious about how we each are unique in our abilities, preferences, and how we approach our use of time. Cindy enjoys working with clients from across various industries, positions, roles, and cultures - - broadening her view and understanding of this topic of Time Management, its impact on our lives, and how we can work to improve our skills. Contact information Cindy Sullivan- www.cbsullivanconsulting.com Benny Carreon- Velocity Technology Group- benny@velocitytechnology.group Dennis Jackson-WorX Solution- dennisj@worxsolution.com
It's Day 3 of the WEEK OF CABRI and we are diving into one of THE most important subjects for organizers--working with clients with ADHD. Adapting to clients with ADHD means talking about how we need to emphasize the wide spectrum of symptoms and the need for flexibility. We are also talking about the significance of not overcomplicating organizational systems and maintaining simplicity for clients. Lots of great things here for our favorite professional organizers! 00:55 The Importance of Working with ADHD Clients 01:34 Adapting to Clients' Needs 08:56 Simplifying the Organizing Process 13:34 Future Trends in Professional Organizing 17:27 Embracing Slow Periods in Business 20:25 Conclusion and Contact Information
Clea Shearer and Joanna Taplin are the dynamic duo behind “The Home Edit.” From their serendipitous start over a blind lunch date to becoming a runaway success, Clea and Joanna share their journey from launching their company to landing a Netflix show, and hosting “Extreme Home Makeover.” They discuss their unique approach to organizing — including their famous rainbow method — and reveal the secrets behind their successful friendship and business partnership.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feeling overwhelmed by your cluttered surroundings?Step into the world of decluttering with "The Quiet Part", where host Mark Hansen and organizing professional Meghan Cocchiaro discuss the profound benefits of a tidy home. Meghan recounts her path from corporate chaos to creating peaceful, organized spaces for families, enhancing their overall well-being. This episode is packed with relatable anecdotes, expert advice, and actionable strategies for anyone looking to declutter their life.Key Highlights:The Visual Noise Concept: Explore how reducing clutter reduces the 'visual noise' that overwhelms your senses and disrupts your peacePersonal Clutter Tolerance: Learn how to identify your clutter threshold and customize your organizational practices accordinglyPractical Organization Tips: Get started on your decluttering journey with Meghan's easy-to-follow steps that cater to your unique household needsPsychological Benefits: Discover the mental and emotional uplift that comes from maintaining an orderly environmentProfessional Guidance: Gain insights into selecting the right organizing services to fit your lifestyle and communicating effectively to achieve optimal resultsAnd much more!Resources:eBook: What The Hack Are You Thinking?Connect with Mark Hansen: LinkedIn: Mark HansenWebsite: SecondComma.comEmail: mark@second-comma.comPhone: (972) 521- 6857Book a 15-minute Intro Call Connect with Meghan Cocchiaro: LinkedIn: Meghan CocchiaroWebsite: OrganizedbyMeg.comCall or text Meghan Cocchiaro: (513) 817-1584E-mail: meg@organizedbymeg.com About Meghan Cocchiaro: Meghan Cocchiaro transitioned from a high-pressure corporate job to a fulfilling career in home organization, driven by a passion to help others reduce stress through organized living. With a hands-on approach, Meghan tailors her strategies to fit the unique dynamics of each family, fostering environments that support both daily tasks and long-term wellness.About Mark Hansen: Mark Hansen, financial planner and the thoughtful voice behind 'The Quiet Part' podcast. Mark's journey from sales to finance, fueled by personal experiences, shapes his honest, deliberate approach. As a devoted family man with a flair for storytelling, Mark emphasizes financial aspects within your control - like spending habits, income strategies, and long-term planning. It's an exploration of the profound motivations driving our choices. Join Mark for not only practical and friendly guidance but also for inspiration in navigating life's financial journey.
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In this episode of the Matt Feret Show I interview Donna Barwald, a professional organizer and author. We discuss the negative impact of clutter on stress levels and organizing as a skill. She emphasizes the importance of curating belongings and only keeping items that are useful and bring joy. Donna also discusses the challenges of downsizing, especially as it pertains to older adults and those with neurodivergence. Watch the full episode on YouTube. Introduction to Donna Barwald and Professional Organizing with Matt Feret [1:09]When to Get a Professional Organizer with Donna Barwald [16:50]Decluttering Family or Sentimental Items with Donna Barwald [19:07]Couples and Decluttering [33:49]How to Approach Decluttering with Family [41:16]Donating or Selling Clutter with Donna Barwald [53:34]Final Thoughts and Conclusion with Matt Feret [1:01:39]Connect with me via the podcast website, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Donna's professional organizing business website, Amazon book store, LinkedIn, Facebook.Heritage Auction's website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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On today's episode, I have the privilege of introducing you to Crystal Tharp. Crystal is the owner of The Organized Home and producer of The Home Approach program and Purpose Driven Productivity Program. With over twelve years of combined experience working in the Professional Organizing industry and coaching industry, Crystal combines her expertise in decluttering, organizing, home management, time management and productivity with her passion for helping busy Christian women to become better organized and more productive at home and at work, so they can show up prepared to meet their daily priorities, achieve their daily goals, and bring out their best self.Connect with Crystal Tharp Here:www.facebook.com/crystal.tharp.organizedwww.facebook.com/theorghomepagewww.instagram.com/theorghomewww.linkedin.com/in/crystaltharphttps://www.pinterest.com/theorghomehttps://youtube.com/@theorghomeConnect with Brandie and Natalie: https://victoriousentrepreneursrising.com/Learn more about GPA: https://girlpoweralliance.com/brandiethomas Learn more about RLA: https://girlpoweralliance.com/radiant-leadership-academy/
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Moving can be stressful, but what if it could be an opportunity to learn to let go and create a lighter, more organized life? Join Angela Brown as she welcomes guest Star Hansen, a decluttering wizard, for a refresh on all things organization and moving prep. This episode dives deep into the transformative power of embracing minimalism. Explore practical tips and advice on how to let go of physical and emotional clutter, respectfully declutter with loved ones, and live with less for a more fulfilling lifestyle. Angela shares her personal experiences, and Star provides powerful insights to help you conquer the decluttering mountain. Learn how to start small, plan for the future, and use the moving process as a springboard for creating a home that reflects your true self. Don't miss this inspiring episode - it's the perfect way to lighten your load and create a home you truly love! Learning to Let Go with Every Moving Box Chapters: 00:00 Introducing Star Hansen 00:16 Understanding Indications and Decluttering 00:27 The Journey to Living with Less 00:51 The Role of Storage Units in Decluttering 01:41 The Power of Detachment in Decluttering 02:15 The Importance of Respect and Curiosity in Organizing 04:04 Planning for the Future and Decluttering 05:37 The Ultimate Guide to Moving RESOURCES ----------------- Why the F*#@ Am I Still Not Organized? - https://amzn.to/485I0dM The Ultimate Guide to Move In Move Out Cleaning - https://amzn.to/48X0fmg NEAT: 10 Easy Steps to Change Your Life - https://amzn.to/42KJfy1 Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home - https://amzn.to/3vus0nN Home Therapy: Interior Design for Increasing Happiness - https://amzn.to/3HqCOWE (When available, we use affiliate links and as Amazon Associates, we earn a commission on qualifying purchases.) *** RATE THIS PODCAST *** https://ratethispodcast.com/askahousecleaner *** TRAINING & CLEANING CERTIFICATION*** https://savvycleaner.com/join *** MOST REQUESTED LIST OF CLEANING STUFF I USE *** https://www.Amazon.com/shop/AngelaBrown SOCIAL MEDIA --------------- *** CONNECT WITH STAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** Website: https://starhansen.com/podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarHansen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/star.hansen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/starhansen Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/starhansen/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starhansen *** CONNECT WITH ANGELA ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AskAngelaBrown Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/AskAngelaBrown Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AskAngelaBrown Instagram: https://instagram.com/AskAngelaBrown Pinterest: https://Pinterest.com/AskAngelaBrown Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/AskAngelaBrown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@askangelabrown Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/AngelaBrown URL: https://AngelaBrown.com NEED MORE CLEANING HELP? ------------- *** GOT A QUESTION FOR A SHOW? *** Please email it to Angela[at]AskaHouseCleaner.com Voice Mail: Click on the blue button at https://askahousecleaner.com *** PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANERS PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProfessionalHouseCleaners/ *** VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRBO.Airbnb.Cleaning/ *** LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET MORE CLEANING LEADS *** https://housecleaning360.com SPONSORSHIPS & BRANDS ------------------- Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsor is #SavvyCleaner training and certification for house cleaners and maids. (https://savvycleaner.com/join) And your host today is #AngelaBrown - https://g.page/r/CbMI6YFuLU2GEBI/review *** ADVERTISE WITH US *** We do work with sponsors and brands. If you are interested in working with us and you have a product or service that makes sense for the cleaning industry here's how to work with us -https://savvycleaner.com/brand-deals *** SAVVY CLEANER BRANDS *** SAVVY CLEANER - House Cleaner Training and Certification – https://savvycleaner.com/join VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING – Cleaning tips and strategies for your short-term rental https://TurnoverCleaningTips.com FUNNY CLEANING SHIRTS – Incentive and thank-you gifts for house cleaners and maids. https://FunnyCleaningShirts.com HOARDING WORLD - Helping you change your relationship with stuff https://HoardingWorld.com REALTY SUCCESS HUB - Helping you sell your home fast https://realtysuccesshub.com CREDITS -------------------------- Show Produced by: Savvy Cleaner: https://savvycleaner.com Show Host: Angela Brown Show Editor: Anna Nikitchuk Show Producer: Anna Nikitchuk
The practice of regifting, when done thoughtfully, can be a clutter-busting act of sustainability. In this video, host Angela Brown and professional organizer Nicole Gabai share creative strategies for repurposing unwanted gifts. They advise evaluating items objectively to determine if they'd be better suited for someone else. Nicole notes that being honest about misfit gifts prevents overstocking your home. Throughout the video, Angela and Nicole propose creative ways to deal with unwanted or unfitting gifts, like donating or re-gifting. Tune in for practical advice, relatable stories, and a fresh perspective on managing the items that come our way, turning potential clutter into meaningful gestures of generosity. How The Practice of Regifting Can Tidy Up Your Home Chapters: 00:00 Introducing Nicole Gabai 00:21 Dealing with Unwanted Gifts 01:13 The Art of Re-gifting 02:14 The Gift Drawer Concept 03:00 Preventing Overstocking and Shopping Smart 04:12 The Joy of Gift Giving RESOURCES ----------------- The Art of Organizing: An Artful Guide to an Organized Life - https://amzn.to/3HlvRq1 The Ultimate Guide to Move In Move Out Cleaning - https://amzn.to/48X0fmg Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home - https://amzn.to/3vus0nN Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day - https://amzn.to/48WDleK Home Therapy: Interior Design for Increasing Happiness - https://amzn.to/3HqCOWE (When available, we use affiliate links and as Amazon Associates, we earn a commission on qualifying purchases.) *** RATE THIS PODCAST *** https://ratethispodcast.com/askahousecleaner *** TRAINING & CLEANING CERTIFICATION*** https://savvycleaner.com/join *** MOST REQUESTED LIST OF CLEANING STUFF I USE *** https://www.Amazon.com/shop/AngelaBrown SOCIAL MEDIA --------------- *** CONNECT WITH NICOLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NicoleGabaiProfessionalOrganizer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolegabai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-gabai-75029911/ *** CONNECT WITH ANGELA ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AskAngelaBrown Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/AskAngelaBrown Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AskAngelaBrown Instagram: https://instagram.com/AskAngelaBrown Pinterest: https://Pinterest.com/AskAngelaBrown Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/AskAngelaBrown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@askangelabrown Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/AngelaBrown URL: https://AngelaBrown.com NEED MORE CLEANING HELP? ------------- *** GOT A QUESTION FOR A SHOW? *** Please email it to Angela[at]AskaHouseCleaner.com Voice Mail: Click on the blue button at https://askahousecleaner.com *** PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANERS PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProfessionalHouseCleaners/ *** VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRBO.Airbnb.Cleaning/ *** LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET MORE CLEANING LEADS *** https://housecleaning360.com SPONSORSHIPS & BRANDS ------------------- Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsor is #SavvyCleaner training and certification for house cleaners and maids. (https://savvycleaner.com/join) And your host today is #AngelaBrown - https://g.page/r/CbMI6YFuLU2GEBI/review *** ADVERTISE WITH US *** We do work with sponsors and brands. If you are interested in working with us and you have a product or service that makes sense for the cleaning industry here's how to work with us -https://savvycleaner.com/brand-deals *** SAVVY CLEANER BRANDS *** SAVVY CLEANER - House Cleaner Training and Certification – https://savvycleaner.com/join VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING – Cleaning tips and strategies for your short-term rental https://TurnoverCleaningTips.com FUNNY CLEANING SHIRTS – Incentive and thank-you gifts for house cleaners and maids. https://FunnyCleaningShirts.com HOARDING WORLD - Helping you change your relationship with stuff https://HoardingWorld.com REALTY SUCCESS HUB - Helping you sell your home fast https://realtysuccesshub.com CREDITS -------------------------- Show Produced by: Savvy Cleaner: https://savvycleaner.com Show Host: Angela Brown Show Editor: Anna Nikitchuk Show Producer: Anna Nikitchuk
The Queens go head-to-head as they compare a 1 Star Review against a 5 Star Review for the organizing company, My Home SOS, LLC in Austin, Texas. Trey laments used puzzles and the Queens try to organize Jim's review. Queendom Question: Do you own a Stinky the Skunk? Ask your mom!(01:10) Lodge a Complaint!(08:20) 1 Star Google/Yelp (?) Review(s)(25:29) There's A Reply!(37:23) Exclusive Offer(38:21) Oh Baby or Bag of Beans?!(51:08) 5 Star Thumbtack Review(52:04) On This Week's After Show PodReview The Pod at lovethepodcast.com/thereviewqueensDONATE to the Production of Review That Review by visiting ReviewThatReview.com/Donate Click Here to Join our Patreon for Bonus content and Member's Only After-Show Companion Podcast featuring additional reviews, deeper dives, salacious stories, and more.***** PROMO CODES *****REVIEWQUEEN at clean.emailREVIEW40 at vitable.com.auREVIEWQUEEN at shesbirdie.comREVIEWQUEEN40 at NatalieWeissVoice.comQUEEN15 at SmartPatches.comQUEEN at superchewer.com***Click Here to Join the Queendom Mailing List!Leave us a voicemail at 1-850-REVIEW-0WATCH CLIPS on YouTube!Visit our website for more: www.ReviewThatReview.com@TheReviewQueens | @ChelseyBD | @TreyGerrald ---Review That Review is an independent podcast. Executive Produced by Trey Gerrald and Chelsey Donn with editing and sound design by Trey Gerrald. Cover art designed by LogoVora, voiceover talents by Eva Kaminsky, and our theme song was written by Joe Kinosian and sung by Natalie Weiss.
Have you ever found yourself needing to clear space but having no idea where to even begin? Perhaps you were named in a departed loved one's will to clear the estate, or you need some guidance preparing for a home renovation, or maybe you're just overwhelmed by clutter. Mark speaks with Sara Washburn of Peace by Piece Professional Organizing to discuss the purpose of her organization and what services are offered. 0:00 Intro 2:41 How "Peace by Piece" Came to Be 8:00 DIY Action Plans and Coaching 12:05 Home Decluttering and Organization 18:25 A Kind Request 19:24 Estate Clearing 24:24 Renovation Preparation 26:40 What Motivates Sara? 29:26 Cause for Tears 32:50 Hoarding 38:40 Investments Don't Hug 39:12 Hoarding (cont'd) 46:19 Sara's Army Lesson 48:17 The One Thing 52:55 Conclusion To contact Sara, or for more info on her services, please visit: https://peacebypiecewi.com/
Let's start focusing on simplicity and repurposing core elements rather than buying new items for each occasion. In this video, host Angela Brown and professional organizer Nicole Gabai, share their own experience shifting to a minimalist approach for decoration, party planning, and cooking to better fit your busy schedule. Nicole emphasises on the 'back to one' setup, a technique that involves re-purposing core elements instead of buying additional items for each occasion. Angela shares her own experience of a minimalistic approach in decoration, planning parties, and managing cooking effectively during holiday season, also highlighting her shift from traditional holiday decoration to a less time-consuming method due to her busy schedule. Tune in to this episode to discover the joys of focusing on simplicity while organizing and gaining valuable tips on how to navigate each occasion with ease. Focusing on Simplicity While Organizing Chapters: 00:00 Introducing Nicole Gabai 00:26 The Concept of Back to One in Home Organization 01:39 Balancing Home Decor with Lifestyle and Space 02:01 Choosing Not to Decorate for the Holidays 03:00 Efficient Holiday Party Planning and Execution 03:51 Minimalist Holiday Decorating Ideas 05:02 Reflecting on the Holiday Season and Home Decor RESOURCES ----------------- The Art of Organizing: An Artful Guide to an Organized Life - https://amzn.to/3HlvRq1 The Ultimate Guide to Move In Move Out Cleaning - https://amzn.to/48X0fmg Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home - https://amzn.to/3vus0nN Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day - https://amzn.to/48WDleK Home Therapy: Interior Design for Increasing Happiness - https://amzn.to/3HqCOWE (When available, we use affiliate links and as Amazon Associates, we earn a commission on qualifying purchases.) *** RATE THIS PODCAST *** https://ratethispodcast.com/askahousecleaner *** TRAINING & CLEANING CERTIFICATION*** https://savvycleaner.com/join *** MOST REQUESTED LIST OF CLEANING STUFF I USE *** https://www.Amazon.com/shop/AngelaBrown SOCIAL MEDIA --------------- *** CONNECT WITH NICOLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NicoleGabaiProfessionalOrganizer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolegabai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-gabai-75029911/ *** CONNECT WITH ANGELA ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AskAngelaBrown Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/AskAngelaBrown Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AskAngelaBrown Instagram: https://instagram.com/AskAngelaBrown Pinterest: https://Pinterest.com/AskAngelaBrown Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/AskAngelaBrown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@askangelabrown Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/AngelaBrown URL: https://AngelaBrown.com NEED MORE CLEANING HELP? ------------- *** GOT A QUESTION FOR A SHOW? *** Please email it to Angela[at]AskaHouseCleaner.com Voice Mail: Click on the blue button at https://askahousecleaner.com *** PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANERS PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProfessionalHouseCleaners/ *** VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRBO.Airbnb.Cleaning/ *** LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET MORE CLEANING LEADS *** https://housecleaning360.com SPONSORSHIPS & BRANDS ------------------- Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsor is #SavvyCleaner training and certification for house cleaners and maids. (https://savvycleaner.com/join) And your host today is #AngelaBrown - https://g.page/r/CbMI6YFuLU2GEBI/review *** ADVERTISE WITH US *** We do work with sponsors and brands. If you are interested in working with us and you have a product or service that makes sense for the cleaning industry here's how to work with us -https://savvycleaner.com/brand-deals *** SAVVY CLEANER BRANDS *** SAVVY CLEANER - House Cleaner Training and Certification – https://savvycleaner.com/join VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING – Cleaning tips and strategies for your short-term rental https://TurnoverCleaningTips.com FUNNY CLEANING SHIRTS – Incentive and thank-you gifts for house cleaners and maids. https://FunnyCleaningShirts.com HOARDING WORLD - Helping you change your relationship with stuff https://HoardingWorld.com REALTY SUCCESS HUB - Helping you sell your home fast https://realtysuccesshub.com CREDITS -------------------------- Show Produced by: Savvy Cleaner: https://savvycleaner.com Show Host: Angela Brown Show Editor: Anna Nikitchuk Show Producer: Anna Nikitchuk
As a professional organizer, Lucy Milligan Wahl has a unique perspective on the private lives of busy professionals and their families.Episode Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lmwedits/Web: https://www.lmwedits.com/mediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lmweditsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn2el8k_VRKy4JxtsQQgrjAJoey Pinz Conversations Podcast Information: • Website: https://www.joeypinz.com • Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/joeypinz • Music by Tom Izzo: @wahlsinger https://tomizzomusic.com Support our podcast: • Subscribe: https://joeypinzconversations.com/subscribe/ • How much is this podcast worth to you? Consider $5, $10 or $20/mo with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joeypinz • How about a one-time payment? • What is the episode worth to you? $25/$50/$100/$500 /$1,000/$5,000 with PayPal (one-time): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JoePannone Please subscribe/follow to Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations Podcast: • Spotify, Apple, Google, or others. Please consider rating with 5 stars if you like it. • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joey-pinz-discipline-conversations/id1583997438 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69SFwY3XSwcw9qNvElAn10 • Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xODI4OTA2LnJzcw • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeyPinzDisciplineConversations?sub_confirmation=1Please follow on social media: @TheJoeyPinz • Instagram: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.instagram.com/TheJoeyPinz • Twitter: @TheJoeyPinz https://twitter.com/TheJoeyPinz • Facebook: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.facebook.com/TheJoeyPinz • TikTok: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoeypinz • Minds: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.minds.com/thejoeypinz • YouTube: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.youtube.com/@thejoeypinzFinally, join our newsletter: https://joeypinzconversations.com/#newsletterSupport the show
Marty Stevens-Heebner is the Founder & CEO of Clear Home Solutions and an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and podcast host. She is also the President of NASMM (the National Association of Senior & Specialty Move Managers), with certifications in Senior and Specialty Move Management, Professional Organizing, and Aging in Place. Clear Home Solutions was the first nationally accredited firm in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. She was also the first Certified Senior Move Manager in the country. Today we discuss all aspects of moving, organizing, sorting, how to navigate a hoarding situation, moving someone with dementia, the process of where to start when it comes to moving and taking care of yourself along the way. SHOW NOTES and resources mentioned.
Marty Stevens-Heebner is the Founder & CEO of Clear Home Solutions and an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and podcast host. She is also the President of NASMM (the National Association of Senior & Specialty Move Managers), with certifications in Senior and Specialty Move Management, Professional Organizing, and Aging in Place. Clear Home Solutions was the first nationally accredited firm in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. She was also the first Certified Senior Move Manager in the country. Today we discuss all aspects of moving, organizing, sorting, how to navigate a hoarding situation, moving someone with dementia, the process of where to start when it comes to moving and taking care of yourself along the way. SHOW NOTES and resources mentioned.
Can you afford the services of a professional organizer? Most people can't, and that's one of the big problems with the industry. Many professional organizers have come up with alternative ideas that allow them to reach more people with their services. Join us to learn more! I'm happy to welcome back to the show Alison Lush, a Certified Professional Organizer who specializes in chronic disorganization. Alison last joined me for Episode 5 about Gentle Organizing. Today's discussion is about the problems with professional organizing and how the industry is evolving to be accessible to more people. The good news is that there are different levels of help available more than ever before for organizing and decluttering your spaces! Show Highlights: Why a main problem with the professional organizing industry is that the services are not accessible for most people How the pandemic massively impacted professional organizers in beneficial ways that are far more economical for clients How Alison's focus has changed to educating and empowering the individual to get unstuck Why there is a spectrum of disorganization in which most people exist somewhere in the middle Highlights of new gap-filling services that some innovative professional organizers are offering (See Resources and Links) Why Accountability Groups and Body Doubling have become the cornerstone of Alison's work with clients Why the biggest question for professional organizers to ask regarding the client is, “What do they need?” The difference between being unwilling and being overwhelmed in organizing and decluttering Alison's advice about finding a professional organizer Resources and Links: Connect with Alison: Website and TikTok JUDITH KOLBERG Conquering Chronic Disorganization book – emotion-based decluttering and organizing strategies https://www.judithkolberg.com/ HAZEL THORNTON Go With the Flow!: The clutter flow chart workbook https://www.org4life.com/ SUSAN GARDNER The Focus Project “If your possessions interfere with your quality of life, The Focus Project is a way to look at them through a different lens.” Frame, Value, Edit. Exercises that promote looking at your belongings from a different angle. Reflection, partnering, creativity are encouraged, along with curiosity about the root causes of clutter. – Self-directed LYNNE POULTON Declutter GO! by Lynne Poulton - Once you start, you're on a roll. Declutter GO! GAME NIGHTS – Group body doubling – weekly guided activities, prompts – group body doubling or autonomous - JONDA BEATTIE AND DIANE QUINTANA Release-Repurpose-Reorganize CARDS https://releaserepurpose.com/?fbclid=IwAR3UkkdN6FdroVrQ260VV17XqvA2MnuMl5Hf9DHfzdMD_OaiYLz8tFbyYag - Self-directed – focused areas – systematic VICKIE DELLAQUILA Ophelia the Organizer – Follow her adventures and hear her organizing advice https://www.opheliatheorganizer.com/ JULIET LANDAU-POPE Organizing Bootcamp (5x15 minute sessions over weekdays) https://jlpcoach.com/ Connect with KC: TikTok, Instagram, and Website Get KC's book, How to Keep House While Drowning We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: www.strugglecare.com/promo-codes
In this episode of the Make Room Podcast with Jennifer Ford Berry, we discuss the fascinating world of Enneagram Personality Types and how they can affect your organizing habits. If you're someone who struggles to keep your space tidy and organized, or you're constantly battling clutter and chaos, this episode is for you. Whether you're a perfectionist who can't bear to part with anything, a people-pleaser who struggles to set boundaries or a creative type who is easily distracted, you'll gain valuable insights and learn practical strategies for getting organized. We'll also discuss how understanding your enneagram type can affect your communication. You'll learn how to recognize the organizing habits of those around you and how to work together more effectively to create a more harmonious and organized environment. So if you're ready to dive deep into the world of enneagram personality types and discover how they affect your organizing habits, tune in to this thought-provoking episode. You won't want to miss it! -- Laurie Palau is the author of the book HOT MESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GETTING ORGANIZED, host of the popular weekly podcast, This ORGANIZED Life, and founder of Simply B Organized-a lifestyle company helping people live simply and work smarter. Her advice has been featured in national publications including Real Simple & The New York Times and can be found as a frequent guest on other podcasts. She speaks, teaches, and writes on the topics of clutter, the enneagram, and entrepreneurship. Laurie's other passion is helping to support women entrepreneurs. Through her SBO Partner Program, she offers group and individual mentorship to folks who are looking for guidance and strategies to start, run, or grow their Professional Organizing business. A self-described homebody and coffee lover, Laurie lives with her husband Josh, 2 grown-ish daughters, and dog, Jeter in small river town in Bucks County, PA (mid-way between New York and Philadelphia-yes we are a house divided in sports!) Talking Points: Laurie's "why" for being a professional organizer. Industry changes since we both began organizing. How knowing your enneagram helps with getting organized: head, heart, and gut. Clutter causes conflict. Living with OCD and how to communicate this well. Effective communication: grace and language. --- Find Laurie! Email: laurie@simplyborganized.comWebsite: https://simplyborganized.com/Instagram: @thisorganizedlifepodcastFacebook: This ORGANIZED Life Podcast; Simply B Organized --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makeroomshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makeroomshow/support
In this episode of the Make Room Podcast with Jennifer Ford Berry, we discuss the fascinating world of Enneagram Personality Types and how they can affect your organizing habits. If you're someone who struggles to keep your space tidy and organized, or you're constantly battling clutter and chaos, this episode is for you. Whether you're a perfectionist who can't bear to part with anything, a people-pleaser who struggles to set boundaries or a creative type who is easily distracted, you'll gain valuable insights and learn practical strategies for getting organized. We'll also discuss how understanding your enneagram type can affect your communication. You'll learn how to recognize the organizing habits of those around you and how to work together more effectively to create a more harmonious and organized environment. So if you're ready to dive deep into the world of enneagram personality types and discover how they affect your organizing habits, tune in to this thought-provoking episode. You won't want to miss it! -- Laurie Palau is the author of the book HOT MESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GETTING ORGANIZED, host of the popular weekly podcast, This ORGANIZED Life, and founder of Simply B Organized-a lifestyle company helping people live simply and work smarter. Her advice has been featured in national publications including Real Simple & The New York Times and can be found as a frequent guest on other podcasts. She speaks, teaches, and writes on the topics of clutter, the enneagram, and entrepreneurship. Laurie's other passion is helping to support women entrepreneurs. Through her SBO Partner Program, she offers group and individual mentorship to folks who are looking for guidance and strategies to start, run, or grow their Professional Organizing business. A self-described homebody and coffee lover, Laurie lives with her husband Josh, 2 grown-ish daughters, and dog, Jeter in small river town in Bucks County, PA (mid-way between New York and Philadelphia-yes we are a house divided in sports!) Talking Points: Laurie's "why" for being a professional organizer. Industry changes since we both began organizing. How knowing your enneagram helps with getting organized: head, heart, and gut. Clutter causes conflict. Living with OCD and how to communicate this well. Effective communication: grace and language. --- Find Laurie! Email: laurie@simplyborganized.comWebsite: https://simplyborganized.com/Instagram: @thisorganizedlifepodcastFacebook: This ORGANIZED Life Podcast; Simply B Organized --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makeroomshow/support
In our series on marketing "yes!" and "you can skip this!" for your professional organizing business--we turn to Jen Mary of Everyday Style to hit us with some truth bombs about what you can do to maximize the times you are using social media in our "proof of life" strategy. We want you to make the time you are spending on social into valuable time so you can go find clients with your other marketing. Spoiler alert: stop giving TIPS! We are going for inspiration, not information, and we're breaking it down for you. Here is a great example of what we're talking about today: "If you imagine standing on a stage and you've got a microphone and there's thousands of people in the audience, and you wanna get the people you wanna work with, walking up there and saying, you need to color code your scarves not an "amen" moment. You walk up there and you say, 'The weight of your things is crushing. Have you ever not wanted to have people over because you're so afraid they're gonna look in your closet? Are you tired of buying things constantly but you can't seem to get ahead?' That's when that woman or that person goes, yes. So instead of giving information, we need to really be talking about transformation. What will be different by working with you? What are those pain points, those symptoms that people are experiencing that is so much more powerful than color code your closet." LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Listen to Jen on her Everyday Style School Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-everyday-style-school/id1464962252 The clip from The Bee Movie referenced in the pod! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_AZgoP2Jig Learn more about Everyday Style: https://youreverydaystyle.com Learn more about our signature program, Inspired Organizer®: https://www.inspiredorganizer.com A LITTLE BIT OF THE EPISODE: Melissa Klug: Jen has been a guest on our podcast before and she and I met at a networking event years ago, like 2019, I think, and we just like totally hit it off. And she has a, business that does similar things to what we do. We have analogous clients and I love her and I wish you guys all got her in person. I get her in person, you guys don't, but she just has the most creative ideas. And we were talking offline about something the other day and I'm like, girl, we just need to get on the podcast and record it. So, yes. Yes. Can you give people the two second version of what you do in life? Jen Mary: Yeah, absolutely. So my business is called Everyday Style. We make daily style easy for just like regular, everyday women. We don't work with celebrities and models and photo shoots. We work with women who are tired of hiding from their friends at the grocery store, right, who like dread date night because they have nothing to wear. We really wanna bring the joy back to getting dressed so that women can live full rich lives. But we wanna make it really easy. So we have capsule, wardrobe guides and style classes and our membership. And then we have my podcast, which is the Everyday Style School, which teaches you everything your mom never did about getting dressed. Melissa Klug: I love what Jen does for people, it's called "Everyday" for a reason. We are not talking about going to shop at Chanel unless you want to, which good for you, girl. We support that, yes, we, we support that, but we just want every day people to feel happy and confident in themselves. But the reason we are having this conversation is because we have recently started to align on things that we see on social media and obviously if you're listening to this podcast, I'm hoping that you listen to a couple of episodes ago when I did an entire podcast about why social media isn't it for organizers? And I stand by that. However, in that podcast we did, , we're not telling you to completely abandon social media. And so if you are going to continue using social media, and if you are going to do like, let's say one post a week like Kate suggested, we want it to be a really good post. And that's what Jen and I have feelings about. We have feelings, right? Mm-hmm. , oh, Jen Mary: we have many, many feelings about social media. Many. We Melissa Klug: have so many feel. Well, lemme start out with, before we get into what we were going to talk about, I do want to hear from you, explain a little bit about your feelings on social media in terms of what we do as organizers or what people in your style network do. Jen Mary: Yeah. So my style network actually trains stylists and certifies them to be in-home one-on-one wardrobe stylists. So the parallels are definitely there, sort of how we work with people, what services that we provide. So I think there's so much to take out of what we talk about that, that your organizers can take. I really think that everybody needs to right size social media in their own business. Yeah, that's it. I mean, we live in the digital age and when somebody hears about you or sees you somewhere, or you know, their friend tells them about you, they're gonna go to your social media, you know, and you have to have something. You can't have just nothing. It's just proof of life. But I really think that that every small business owner should dig into how much time they're spending on it. And what is it actually getting you? And I charged my stylist. how much to, to, to find out how much time are you spending creating social media? Like sit down and batch content for a month. If that's one post a week, how long did it take you to do four? If you wanna do two, how long did it take you to do eight? Everything from ideation to scheduling it, all the creative, all the captions. How long did that take you? And then at the end of the month, go back and look at your analytics. I, I don't know about you, but I'm obsessed with looking at my analytics on Instagram. And if you have a business or creator account, which you should, you can see there's just on every post view analytics, the, the thing that it will show you is how many non followers was your content delivered to. Mm-hmm. it is low. It is really, really low. And I feel like organizers and, and stylists, they're doing this to gain a following. They're doing this to get clients. But if it's only telling, showing your things to people who already follow you. , what's it for? What's it for? And so at the end of the month you go, well, I spent 12 hours and it was delivered to five people. Right. That's not a good use of time. Melissa Klug: Also, not only how many non followers is it getting delivered to, but thinking about how many of your actual followers Oh, yeah. Saw it. Jen Mary: Oh yeah. That's a depressing number, isn't it? Melissa Klug: It's, I mean, based on things that I've read, it can be as low as [00:08:00] 10% of the people. Oh, follow you. Jen Mary: I think that's a really generous number. Yeah. I think, let's look, let's look. I have my phone here. I'm gonna pull it up. Let's do a realtime data dive. We are Melissa Klug: using, as my husband frequently says, he's like, if only in our pockets, we had a computer that had all of the information in the world that Jen Mary: we could look up. I . So I have, all right, so this post is doing 95% better than my recent post, so this is a good one. Right? Right. Let's boost it. Don't boost it. Tip number ever. Oh, please don't ever, let's view the insights. So I have, I don't know, around 7,000 followers. It reached 1,737 people. Okay. Of that 17 were non followers. Melissa Klug: 17 people. Jen Mary: 17 people . Now, luckily that was like a post I took at Target of my new zebra jacket that I adore, and I put it up with a picture of my dog. But that took me no time to create, no time to, but it did take time to schedule and write a caption and all that good stuff for 17 people. Did they even follow me? Yes. Did they, did they take the next step? I don't know. So right size your social media. Melissa Klug: Again, I would like to point out, and we, we talked about this in that podcast episode, it also depends on what you do for a living and what you're trying to sell. Your followers. Yes, Jen is selling global. Reach, so she is putting out social media. And theoretically, no matter where you are in the universe, you can buy Jen's product. Yeah. If you are an organizer selling in-home local, regional organizing services, thinking about who you're doing those posts for and who is even going to possibly see it. And if you're spending two hours on a reel, making it perfect. Yes. Versus spending two hours doing SEO on your website or working on your Google business profile. That's what we want you to look at. We both want you, all of us want you to look at your data and see what it is actually giving you for the time that you're spending. Jen Mary: Absolutely. Absolutely. I made my stylist take a little pledge at the beginning of the year, but they were only gonna do things that worked. Okay. Cause when you start cutting out things that aren't working you get a lot of time back. So much time. Yes, so much time. So much time.
Moms come to me when they: Are feeling exhausted from working “harder” and want to learn how to work “smarter”. Want to create new household systems that make their life easier and more enjoyable. Want to develop better habits and routines, leading to more productivity and less frustration. What is your goal for being on The Go Be Great! Podcast To share my God-given calling, expertise, and encouragement with those who struggle with disorganization and would appreciate hearing from a Home Organization Coach and either become inspired to take action or would like to learn more about working with me as their coach. Crystal is the owner of The Organized Home, LLC and producer of The Home Approach® program, empowering moms to create an organized home that they love, so they can thrive at home. With over ten years of combined experience working in the Professional Organizing industry and coaching industry, she combines her expertise in decluttering, organizing, and home management with her passion for helping moms to bring out the best in themselves. While coaching moms is her God-given calling, she also loves being a mom to her young children (ages 4, 6, and 8), date nights with her husband, and family outings on the weekends. Above all, she is most passionate about following Jesus and inspiring others to do the same. With 10 years of combined experience as a Professional Organizer and Home Organization Coach, I facilitate a successful path enabling my clients to experience a life-changing transformation, both in their home and the faith-based transformation that they experience within themselves. They master organized habits, routines, and systems at home, which leads to better time management and productivity at work, so they can thrive in their organized home and show up as their best self in their business. Contact Crystal: https://www.theorghome.com https://www.facebook.com/theorghome https://www.instagram.com/theorghome https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystaltharp GO BE GREAT! WITH COACH KARENA PODCAST Ready to be a guest on the show? We'd love for you to create and submit your profile to us! Once we have received and reviewed it, if you're a great fit, then we will email you a link to schedule your recording. If you're interested but not sure if you're ready to be a featured guest, then you may want to grab my mini e-course to help you get ready. Hundreds of budding and established entrepreneurs have sought to be on my podcast. Not all of them were approved. To be honest...some just were not ready, which was evident. Are you a woman wanting to live your life on purpose? We're here to help women overcome the inner stumbling blocks holding them back from living their authentic life. You can listen in and learn how to break through limiting beliefs, self-sabotage, and procrastination to achieve your goals and live your life of purpose and authenticity. Click the button below to submit your request to be a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobegreat/message
Social media IS NOT the answer for marketing an in-home service business in 2023...so what IS the answer? Today's podcast answers that important question with our guest Kate from katethesocialite.com. We are giving you actionable tips on what your marketing should look like, and how to create that client funnel to your business. LINKS FOR LISTENERS: Connect with Kate The Socialite here: https://www.katethesocialite.com Connect with us: https://www.inspiredorganizer.com PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: Hey, pro organizers. It's your podcast co-host, Melissa, and we have gotten such awesome feedback from people on our episode last week if you have not heard it, just go back one episode and listen to it. We're talking to Kate. Kate runs a marketing business for home professionals, and we are talking about marketing your organizing business in 2023. Last week we talked about why social media might not be the thing you wanna do for your marketing, but this week we're talking about what should you be doing for your marketing. With people that I coach, whether it's one-on-one or in our inspired organizer coaching program, the most common question I get. How do I get more clients? How do I get more consistent clients? And what we talk about in this podcast today is how do we create a system to get those consistent clients coming in? This episode is full of really great actionable tips. In editing the episode, I sometimes have to listen to it multiple times and I am writing down like, oh, that's a great idea. I need to do that for my organizing business. So I would love for you to listen to this episode. Take notes, whether it's on the Notes app on your phone, which is what I use all the time, or pen and paper, which I also use quite a bit. There are awesome ideas in here for you, If you didn't happen to listen to last week's episode and you're listening to this one and wondering, Hey, do I hear a baby in the background? The answer is yes, you do. Kate had her seven month old son who is our third guest on the podcast. He does not know anything about marketing and organizing business, but he is really cute. I can tell you that, I'm not going to waste any more time. I wanna turn it over to my guest, Kate, from Kate the socialite. So we have talked about the thing that you have realized, and I have realized, and many of us have realized, but maybe haven't gotten off the hamster wheel yet, doesn't work. What are your foundation, so when a client comes to you and you say, this is what actually works. What does that look like for you? Yeah, it looks like making marketing personal because really marketing is a relationship and that means that you can't be marketing to just anyone who has a home and might possibly need your organizing services. When a client comes to me, I remind them that marketing is a relationship between them and their ideal client. And that's why you shouldn't have marketing that is so generic you have to be intentional so that, , it all starts at the website level. If you don't have a website, you need to get one because you should be talking directly to your ideal client on your website. It shouldn't, you shouldn't start talking about yourself right away and what you do. You should actually say, Hey, busy career woman or busy mom or whomever, do you ever feel like your house is a chaotic mess? But you cannot get on top of it? And they'll be like, yep, totally. Okay, now you've got them. Now you can say, well, here at, my organizing studio we specialize in helping people just like you because we know that your time is valuable and we know that your home functions better when it's organized. So click here to check out our services. Like, oh, right, okay. Now they've got the specific call to action. They feel heard, they feel understood, and you can carry that through to your service packages. So instead of saying it's the pantry revamp, you can give it some sort of, Name that's still very clear, that is aligned with your ideal client. When you describe the package, describe it from the perspective of that particular person. Yes. You know, we are gonna take all your vitamin water, we're gonna take all your kids' snacks, we're gonna take all these things and we're gonna make it organized so that you know when you need to buy more, so that you use the stuff you already have and that actually saves you money. And so that you have that, that visual, that eye candy, when you open your pantry, you're excited to look at it because, man, that looks good. Yeah. And that makes you feel good. . And I, I love what you're saying because I, a couple things. I had a business coach that used to always use the phrase, use second grade language with people. And I think a lot of times we have people that are like, I have to sound like really fancy, or really, like, I have to make this sound beautiful. Especially when you're building a website, you just, you think, no, please use simple words and use, use that, connect with people. Yes. Words, like, the words that you hear in every consultation. The word I always hear is overwhelmed. Mm-hmm. . So everybody's overwhelmed. Whether it's overwhelmed, chaos. Any of these words that you hear clients say to you all the time, use those words in your marketing to connect with people. Mm-hmm. . Yep. I mean, . It's the really, the most successful trick in the marketing book. Just use your ideal client's words back at them. They're telling you how they want to be marketed to, so pay attention on those discovery calls because it, it's amazing. It'll help your copywriting so much and you don't have to worry about sounding polished. You don't have to worry about sounding professional, obviously stay away from profanity, although I feel like a few WFS might be appropriate if it's that could work situation. Yeah. I mean, you know, let's just, let's just say that, but after you've got your website squared away, Think about the blog, turn your most common questions into a blog post. Yes. And share your projects, share photos. Share what the client's problem was and how you fixed it. But share it from an emotional standpoint. Not, oh, their pantry was a mess, but this couple is super busy with work and they are trying to eat healthy. They can't find anything in their pantry. Here's how we made it easier for them to live a healthy, happy lifestyle. Share the photos cuz now you're connecting with people on an emotional level. You can do the same thing in an email newsletter, but it has to be shorter. You have to have a specific call to action for people to book a call. And it really could be that. Yeah. And blog posts in particular, I think that there are a few words that start to scare people a little bit, or phrases. So I think when, when sometimes when people are like, oh, blog posts, oh, I have to like, basically write a a book quality piece of, of marketing, you know, it has to be perfect. Nope, it doesn't have to be, none of these things have to be perfect, first of all. But you can take something, a simple concept in your in your business, and you can write a blog post. It could be what, what do you recommend for blog posts? 500 words. What's your. Yeah. So 500 is the minimum. You could go up to a thousand. I think most people get tired of writing at that point. Yeah. even. I do, and I'm a writer. Yeah. But yeah, if you have a 500 word post that's basically a single page document in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. So single space, single page, and make sure that you have headings so that people can skim it. Make sure you've got a nice balance of photos. Like you don't want it to be all images because that's not really helpful for your seo, but you wanna make sure that you're able to tell the story and don't stretch it out to make it 500 words if it's just not that long. But also make sure that you're hitting on the emotional points and then ending with. , are you ready to take the next step? Well, the next step for people reading your blog posts wouldn't necessarily be to book a call with you right away, though. You could have that as an option. Maybe the next step for them is actually to get one of your free downloads. Your free download should not be, here's how you can organize this yourself because you're not trying to sell. Yeah. Why? But it's more so like, here's what you can expect when working with a professional organizer. Mm-hmm. , and it walks people through the emotional component of it. We're not gonna throw away your stuff. We're gonna help you make streamlined decisions. And then we're going to get the appropriate sized, you know, organizational things for your space. We're gonna put it all together. We're gonna teach you the organizational system so that it doesn't get screwed up within a week. Yes. And then that's also when you can talk about the maintenance packages that you might offer so that they're not like, oh, so I hire you and then you're gone forever. Don't leave me like this. You know? Right. And it's a great upsell, but as long as you're focusing that download on. , here's how we are gonna help you and not, here's how you're gonna do it yourself. Yeah. People are going to get so much value out of that, and the value isn't necessarily the knowledge of, okay, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do this. It's more like, okay, they're gonna help me. They understand my problem. It's not gonna disrupt my life. It's actually going to improve my life. Then once they get your download, because they had to sign up for it via their email address, now they're in your contact. You can't ignore them, okay? There's a lot of untapped revenue in your mailing list, even if you've only got 12 people there. Even if it's 10 people. You guys, yes. It doesn't matter how small your list is, it really does not. So make sure that you're reaching out to them once a month. Now we get down to you. Okay, well, what could I say in that newsletter, you could talk about one of your previous clients, but if you don't have a lot of clients right now, that could be pretty hard to do. So instead, you can talk about here's how I approach organizing the kitchen. You know, here's how I organize the cabinets. Here's why. And it's again, not d iy. And then you could also just talk about like, one of the newsletters that we have in my membership is the emotional cost of. . Mm-hmm. . And then we also have one about how cluttered eats equity. And that one's for people who are like trying to get ready to sell their home. But they've got so much stuff in it that when people come for showings, it's like I can't see past your stuff. Sorry. Yep. You know? And that can actually cost you big time, even when the market is hot. Sure, your home might sell, but it's not gonna sell for what it could have sold if your stuff was just not in the way. Yeah. And so really taking people up to a bird's eye. and helping them understand that this is why organizing matters. It's not just about having Instagram perfect pantries. It actually has real world implications. And talking to them about that once a month in a newsletter, that's where we're seeing conversions happen. People will click reply and they'll be like, I really need your help. When are you available? And all of a sudden they're just in a huge. because they're like, oh, I didn't know I needed this, but I need it and I need it now. And that's like the perfect situation. So, that's the sales funnel. Now people are getting to your site because you're blogging once or twice a month or they met you in person or someone referred them to you. You have to have that blog to really engage with them. That lead magnet or the, the free download to capture their contact info and then the newsletter once a month to nurture them into a client. And that's what you can do. And you can do that in addition to being social, on social media. Right. Or you can do it completely in place of social media. Right. And here's the crazy thing I'm gonna throw out there the return on investment for email marketing versus social is 40 times higher. Okay. So I want everyone to like stop and absorb that because I do, I talk a lot about it's, and we're gonna talk about this, but email marketing is the most slept on thing in our business. I think it's something that people maybe know that they should be doing, but 40 times the return even, I assume you're gonna agree with this. With a small list. Even with a small list.
Here are the things to expect in the episode:Why is being organized a vital skill?What are the 7 steps in the organizing process?What are the benefits of being organized?Why is it difficult for some to become organized?And much more! About Gayle:Gayle M. Gruenberg, CPO-CD®, CVPO™ Gayle is the Chief Executive Organizer of Let's Get Organized, LLC, based in northern New Jersey, USA. She is a Certified Professional Organizer in Chronic Disorganization, a Certified Virtual Professional Organizer, and an Organizer Coach. Gayle is the organizing expert with the lifestyle brand Change Your Attitude, Change Your Life, is featured on the Conversations with Joan show on New York's AM 970 and iHeartRadio, and regularly contributes articles to the brand's online forum. Gayle speaks and writes about Chronic Disorganization and is frequently featured in international publications and online media. Gayle is the author of Get the Big O (Organized, of course)! 7 Steps to Your MOST Satisfying Life and has several other books in the works.Gayle is a member of and serial leader in the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. Let's Get Organized has been consistently voted the #1 Professional Organizing firm in Bergen County, New Jersey. Connect with Gayle Gruenberg!Website: https://lgorganized.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LetsGetOrganizedLLCInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/letsgetorganizedllc/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaylegruenberglgo/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@getorganizedwithgayleYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GayleGruenberg Connect with Anne Zuckerman!Websites: https://justwantedtoask.com/Bezi Woman: https://beziwoman.com/ | https://www.beziwoman.shop/two-step-order1591558404525Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bezibradiscsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/beziwoman/
In 2008, Dr. Regina Lark founded A Clear Path: Professional Organizing and Productivity. Regina is a featured speaker and educator on issues ranging from productivity, hoarding, and women's leadership. As a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®), Regina is a specialist in boomer and senior downsizing, residential organizing, and life transitions. With an additional Certification in Chronic Disorganization, she works with clients who are challenged by ADHD, hoarding, procrastination, and time management. Regina is the author of 3 books: Before the Big O: Professional Organizers Talk About Life Before Organizing (2014); Psychic Debris, Crowded Closets: The Relationship between the Stuff in your Head and What's Under your Bed (3rd ed, and now available on Audible); Emotional Labor: Why A Woman's Work is Never Done and What To Do About It (2021) Since 2018, she is identified as one of “20 Best” Professional Organizers by Expertise.com. In 2016, she was named one of LA's Top 10 Organizers by CBS/KCAL Channel 2. Dr. Lark is a current Board member of OPICA Adult Day Care Center. She earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern California, writing a dissertation on interracial marriages between Japanese women and American GIs after World War 2. For fun she plays golf and tennis, and writes goofy songs about clutter. www.AClearPath.net 818-400-9592 regina@aclearpath.net
Hi Friends!Today we are kicking off a new series here at This ORGANIZED Life, called Organizing Room by Room. With January leading the charge for decluttering and getting organized, we thought it would be helpful to bring on a bunch of experts who specialize in certain spaces to talk about some of the struggles they see people facing, and share some solutions to help you in your organizing/decluttering journey.To start us off, I invited one of my friends, and one of your favorites, Organizational Designer Lisa Eckerle, to join me in talking about one of my favorite rooms in the house-The Kitchen.You might remember Lisa from Episode 268, where she shared her story of starting her Professional Organizing business on the weekends while working a full-time job and mothering 2 littles. Once folks got wind of her incredible eye for design and her on-point organizing skills, her business took off and she was able to leave her full time job and run Sort Support, full time. She specializes in ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN, and is currently one of the leading experts in the Indianapolis area. -So for all my Indy listeners-make sure to check her out!As the epicenter of our homes, kitchens do a lot of heavy lifting. From cooking and food storage, to conversation areas, command centers, or a homework hub-a good organization plan is critical for reducing anxiety and feeling in control of your space.Although you don't have to start in this room, for many it's their biggest pain point.If your kitchen is organized (or disorganized), it sets the tone for the rest of the house. During our conversation we talked about: Common pitfalls she sees and hears from her clients who struggle to keep their kitchens organized.Strategies to help make your kitchen more functional and less stressful.Why ditching (infrequently used) single use gadgets is a simple way to free up space. Lisa's signature “C.R.A.P “Method is great for this! Cheap, Repetitive, Aggravating, Past its prime.Breaking your kitchen into “zones” by categories to make finding things easier for the whole family. Some examples include Cutting Drawer, Baking Station, Prep Area, Cook CabinetKitchens are one area in the home where the right products can make a huge difference-(*disclaimer we don't want you buying the wrong products for your space or lifestyle). Lisa shares some of her “go-to” products when it comes to Kitchen organization, including turntables, drawer dividers and using a lid holder to store lids upright (one of my personal faves too!)Make sure to check out the links below to connect with Lisa or to find anything we talked about in this episode.Make sure to tune in next week as we continue our Room by Room Organizing Series with Closets! If you know someone who could benefit from this episode, do them a favor and forward to them!XOXO-LaurieP.S. If you are a professional organizer or thinking about becoming one, we'd love to chat with you to see if the SBO Partner Program is a good fit for you!CONNECT WITH LISA:WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOKLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:BOOK: The World Needs More Purple PeopleLID HOLDER | TURNTABLES | DRAWER DIVIDERS
Coco Alexandra supports women through familial, relational and childhood trauma and guides them back into a state of empowerment through parapsychology, coaching and energy healing. https://www.cocoalexandra.com Gayle Gunn is the creator of Ener-CHI Organizing offering a blend of Professional Organizing, Life Coaching, & Interior Design, for guiding Heart-centered Professionals to awaken the mind, body, spirit, and space connection. https://www.gaylegunn.com Robin Mooney is the founder of On Purpose Coaching where she guides others to uncover their unique genius and come alive. www.robinmooneycoaching.com Susan Prescott is an expert certified coach and Akashic Records reader who helps business owners identify their soul talents and energetic gifts to align with the energy of their business experiencing profound shifts for success. https://www.activatingprosperity.com Learn more about the Soul Professional movement at: https://www.soulprofessional.com/ #SoulProfessional #consciousleadership #sixfiguresoulbusiness #soulalignedbusiness #entrepreneurship #CamilleLMiller #NLBP #author #books #entrepreneurship #NLBP #CamilleLMiller
For the 63rd episode, I invited Christa Jones to speak about how to declutter and organize your space! Are you in the decluttering mood, but have no clue where to start? Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and stressed about the current state of your living space? Well tune into today's episode to learn more about how you can transform your living space with more confidence! You will discover... - What are the benefits of having a clean & organized space? - What are some tips to keep our spaces organized? - Why do we find some things more difficult to let go than others? AND MORE! Christa Jones is a Professional Organizer & Declutter Coach in Alberta, Canada. She helps Busy, Overwhelmed and Discouraged Individuals Reclaim Control of their Homes & Schedules, Restore their Peace & Sanity, and Renew Confidence in themselves. She physically helps families declutter, simplify and organize their lives so that they can make room for what really matters. Hundreds of women and their loved ones have experienced the amazing mental, emotional and physical benefits of working with Christa as their Professional Organizer. With over 15 years of experiences in the world of business, she utilized all of the knowledge and skills she's gained in order to grow her Professional Organizing and Coaching “side hustle” to a 6 Figure Revenue Company with a Team of Professional Organizers helping hundreds of individuals and families in only 2.5 years. She also now uses this extensive experience as a Business Coach to empower and assist other women in launching, growing and scaling profitable businesses that excite them, fulfill them, and provide them with the time and finances for the things that are most important to them! Connect with Christa: www.rosecityprofessionalorganizing.com If you are interested in joining the next self-love retreat in Basalt, Colorado (May 19th-22nd 2023) you can find the link to book HERE! Are you looking to be reminded to love yourself every time you open a page from your book? Well, I have created beautiful self-love bookmarks to mark your pages with love! Get your free bookmarks HERE! If you enjoyed today's episode take a screenshot and tag my instagram @blissfully.bloom in your stories! I would love to hear your insights, takeaways, or any "aha moments." Sending you love, light, and bliss ~ Victoria
ReGina Smithwick was born in Harlem, NY, raised in Mount Vernon, NY, and Teaneck NJ. She now resides in Winterville, NC with her three children. She is the founder of ReGina Smithwick Enterprises LLC, providing Certified Life Coaching, Workshops and Courses plus Professional Organizing. She is also the creator and producer of Talk Show & Podcast, Let's Talk 1943. She shares her wisdom on how you can Wring Out Your Sponge to release your past hurts so you can embrace who you are becoming!
What Makes Organize It SWFL a Good Neighbor...Organize It SWFL is a Professional Organizing and Residential Cleaning company that has been serving Southwest Florida for the past eight years.We are both certified KonMarie Consultants and voted “Neighborhood Favorite” cleaning company for 2020 2021 and 2022 by Nextdoor, Best of Fort Myers and Best of Cape Coral.Let us help reclaim your disorganized, messy areas and develop systems that harmonize with you, your home, and your business!To learn more about Organize It SWFL, go to: https://organizeitswfl.com/Organize It SWFL13601 McGregor Blvd, Suite 14Fort Myers, FL 33919239-222-2365Support the show
Pro Organizer Bootcamp: A Podcast for Professional Home Organizers
Tune in to WEEK THREE in this Pro Organizer Blueprint miniseries from Pro Organizer Bootcamp. I'm completing just ONE needle moving activity per day for my business! I'm not getting it all done in one day or even one week… in Pro Organizer Bootcamp we're all about BABY STEPS to success! Do you know what your “big rocks” are? What is the ONE thing that you can tackle today? Remember, action cures fear! If you need help and motivation along the way, check out the resources below and learn how to start your own organizing business or take your existing professional organization company to the NEXT LEVEL! ► FREE Get New Organizing Clients Fast Guide https://bit.ly/getclientsfastguide ► FREE CONSULTATIONS 101 MASTERCLASS: https://bit.ly/consultations101masterclass ► Course & Coaching: https://www.proorganizerbootcamp.com ► HoneyBook Contracts & Invoicing Software for Pro Organizers - get 20% off with Melisa's link at http://share.honeybook.com/melisa823 ► MELISA'S BOOK ON AMAZON: https://bit.ly/pivotingbook ► MELISA'S FAVE TOOLS: https://linktr.ee/proorg ► PRO ORGANIZER BOOTCAMP PODCAST SERIES: https://www.proorganizerbootcamp.com/podcast ► PRO ORGANIZER BOOTCAMP ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/proorganizerbootcamp ► PRO ORGANIZER BOOTCAMP ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/proorganizerbootcamp ► PRO ORGANIZER BOOTCAMP ON PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/proorganizerbootcamp