Stay ConnectedThe official podcast for all soulful women seeking to create beautiful and meaningful homes. We drool over helping families design and maximize their homes to be wonder-filled connection magnets!
The intentional magic all emerges from a fun combo of research gems and easy application to inspire you in creating your meaningful, grounded, functional, personal, AND beautiful house design.
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Is toy decluttering the key to making your life easier?
Krista Couch has used my toy decluttering process and shares surprising ways it’s changed things for her family and made her life easier.
Do you have friends and sisters you just love? I surely do. These ladies have shown me how to be curious, and kind, and graceful. They are strong and powerful. And they are also real and human.
I know their struggles with home and family and work. And they know mine.
I know they love their kids fiercely and they love exciting ways to connect with them easily.
Imagine gifting your group of gals something that supports them in all of these ways this Mother’s Day.
Are you imagining?!
And did you include YOU in this fun? Are you like me and do you get a great gift for your friend… and also get one for you? It’s like the mom version of friendship bracelets. That’s how you know it’s a great present, right?
🌟 This Mother's Day, when you buy my "Stop Toy Clutter" course for yourself, you can gift it to as many friends as you’d like for FREE! 🌟
Podcast Description
Your toy situation is worth getting figured out because it helps your kids thrive and their play deepen.
This rising tides will totally help you feel more peaceful at home.
But also, your peace is going to contribute right back and help their play in return! SYMBIOSIS!!!
Except, girl, you’re sabotaging your peace!! It’s affecting your kids.
Want to learn how to better access your inner peace? I teach this in my Stop Toy Clutter course. Grab it here ➡️https://www.carlythornock.com/stop-the-toy-clutter
How you and your kids feel in your house trumps every tip, trick, and expert styling hack. I help you design a house you love that your kids love too.
There are so many things you can do to feel better in your home, but by far, managing toy clutter is the easiest place to start.
When you start with the toy clutter, you’ll see an immediate difference in how you & your kiddos feel.
The way I teach toy clutter clean-up is informed by my background in child development. We prioritize the kids’ growth, and do it in a way that makes your life easier.
My new course, 3 Tools to Stop Toy Clutter (for busy moms!), helps you take the first step toward loving being at home. These tools will help take the burden off of your shoulders of managing and cleaning up the toys in your house.
Setting up these easy-to-use systems will make it easier for you to feel calm in your home AND help your children thrive.
Just watch, in no time they’ll be playing like they’ve never played before.
Nobody ever talks about how getting kids to clean up can be easy and delightful. When we recognize that kids are learning little by little, and we have appropriate toys and expectations, clean up is simple.
My brand new course "3 Tools to Stop Toy Clutter" outlines the whole process of getting the kids on board with toy simplification. If you've ever cried about clean up, or if your kids are struggling to keep their toys clean and tidy, this is for you!
Sing up HERE.
They say it takes a village to raise a child. And I completely agree.
Except sometimes the village drops by on holidays and leaves battery-operated nightmare toys…again.
Mastery of the 4 Stages of Guilt-Free Receiving so that you never feel put-upon by gifts, no matter how strange or loud or plastic
A quality Buffer Box
Scripts for how to ask for what you want and not sound like an entitled bi-scuit
Find the "Stop the Toy Clutter" course HERE
Your house is worthless if it’s not helping you magnify your relationships.
If you don't love being at home, your house is moving you away from your most important life goal: LOVING JOYFULLY.
I’ve mastered this— we moved into a 288-square-foot tiny house. That’s two adults, and three children, living in a small, shared space for 2 years now.
I credit all our toy-related sanity to the 3 techniques I'm teaching in my BRAND NEW COURSE The Busy Mom's Guide to Stop Toy Clutter.
This new course will teach you how to take easy steps toward loving being at home.
This is my signature process for turning your overwhelming, shared play space into something that works for you and knows you well enough that it could order your favorite brand of chocolate from Thrive.
And, I know you're going to LOVE it.
Find the "Stop the Toy Clutter" course HERE
Easter is an incredible time to give gifts, which means Easter can be a bit more stressful than you might like. This week, Carly takes you through her top tips, helping you find the perfect intentional gifts this year.
Simone's book series Exploring the Elements
Simone also sells the HEALY - Quantum Frequency Device
Simone Nofel is a wife and a mother who shares her passion for the great outdoors with everyone she meets. She travels the world and enjoys camping with her family, including their silly puppy Rufus. Her favorite places to explore are caves, and her favorite place to relax is by the ocean. She believes that as humans, our reconnection to nature will strengthen our connection to self, animals, plants, and each other. Simone encourages you to keep reading and most importantly, KEEP EXPLORING!
Simone loves to empower families to be the healthiest versions of themselves through spending time outside, eating enriching foods, and developing healthful habits.
This week it's all about trusting your intuition and making decisions that make you feel GREAT! Evgenia Arasim joins us to talk fitness, food, and why you should get rid of your scale.
Find Evgenia HERE
Alisa and Tony are the co-authors of the Amazon best seller, The 6 Pillars of Intimacy® and 7 Days of Sex Challenge book. They believe that the healthy combination of sex, love, and commitment is more than the foundation of a strong marriage… it’s the glue that will keep a marriage together.
Alisa and Tony write, podcast, and coach couples around the world. They have been married for 27 years and have a son and a daughter. They live near San Diego, CA.
oneextraordinarymarriage.com
thekindredfarm.com
Christine Bailey is a grateful farmer, author, podcaster, wife, and mom, Of all the things Christine ever thought she'd be, a farmer was never one of them. But to her surprise, she's found her true self while digging her hands into the soil of Kindred Farm. Christine is the host of the weekly podcast, The Kindred Life, and author of The Kindred Life: Stories and Recipes to Cultivate a Life of Organic Connection (HarperCollins). She also home educates two wild and free daughters will always say yes to waterfall-chasing, campfire-sitting, and eating ice cream on the roof under a country sky.
mollydefrank.com
As stay-at-home Mom, former politico, and author Molly DeFrank says - we are drowning in digital distractions up to our eyeballs. To help stressed-out Moms combat the screentime stress, Molly has developed what she calls the “Digital Detox.” Learn all about how a few weeks away from the constant stream of digital dopamine could help you and your children connect, learn, and play better together.
Kim is the owner and founder of Nature's Path Occupational Therapy and a pediatric occupational therapist in Colorado Springs, CO. She has worked as an OT for 17 years. In her first 3 years she gained experience in adult neurorehab, specifically brain injury and spinal cord injury and continues to do PRN work with this population. For the past 13 years, Kim has worked in pediatric clinic-based services and early intervention services. In these 13 years, she has managed to take therapy outside whenever possible.
Kim has not only seen the therapeutic benefit of nature with children in therapy, but also as a mother of 6 children. Her passion runs deep for reclaiming exploration in nature for childhood development. She began Nature's Path as an alternative therapeutic model.
Kim has a B.S. in Occupational Therapy from Boston University and an M.S. in Occupational Therapy from University of Alabama, where she also received her Low Vision certificate. To better support the mom/baby dyad in the first year of life, Kim also is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC). Making her uniquely qualified to address feeding of the infant and toddler from a developmentally holistic perspective. Besides being a Mom and OT, you can find her running, hiking, snowboarding, camping, and exploring in the mountains.
https://naturespathot.com/
We get it, the holidays can be crazy, but do they have to be? We think not. Let's chat about toning down the pressure, sharing our take on gratitude, and offering three cool tips to keep things chill. Join us on this gratitude journey!
Jennifer Pepito has seven children and has been homeschooling for twenty-five years. She has graduated five children from her program, with two students earning honors degrees from their preferred university and one pursuing a Juris Doctorate. When she discovered that her second daughter had learning disabilities, Jennifer became an avid student of child development, learning from innovators and researchers such as Carol Stock Kranowitz, Gordon Neufeld, John Taylor Gatto, Jane Healy, Maria Montessori, Kim John Payne, and Charlotte Mason. The Peaceful Press resources were born out of these years of research.
Jennifer has a passion for equipping families to homeschool in a way that is developmentally appropriate, spiritually nourishing, and based on proven methods of education. She doesn’t want you just to homeschool. She wants to help you enjoy the homeschooling journey and learn with your children in ways that build connected families. Her book, Mothering by the Book can help you overcome the fears that steal that joy so you can savor motherhood.
Miss J believes that you deserve to have that magic moment in the mirror where you are transformed. That moment when you feel SO confident and SO stylish you can’t help but take a second look at yourself. You feel so good you even do a hip pop, hair toss, and give yourself a wink.
Miss J is a personal stylist, certified life coach, and lawyer. She is the professor of glam and elegance, also known as a Style Coach. She can help you have that magic moment too.
As a fellow lady entrepreneur, Miss J has walked in your shoes and knows your struggles. As a lawyer, she has negotiated six and seven-figure deals. As a style coach, she helps women have total transformations through her Style Masterclass course. As an author, she teaches women about business, etiquette, and beauty from a modern perspective. She wrote "How to be a F*cking Lady: A Modern Guide to Being Charming & Fierce AF." Miss J believes confident women can be feminine & fierce AF. Confident women leave legacies.
Click HERE to work with Miss J!
Growing up in a household of an architect and real estate brokers, Anita naturally fell into design. Her background as a marriage & family therapist and real estate professional informs all of her interior design projects. After all, these are homes that people need to really live in!
When helping her clients find the home of their dreams, it was as much about the inside as it was the location. So her designs emphasize wellness from the inside out, creating thoughtful spaces that empower her clients to live their best lives.
Find out more at https://anitayokota.com
Get Anita’s new book HOME THERAPY
Ginny, along with her husband Josh, are the proud parents of five children ages 12 and under, residing in Southeast Michigan. Throughout their journey of parenthood, they consistently observed city, county, and state parks, as well as trails, campsites, and natural landscapes in general, being nearly devoid of children most of the time. About five years ago, they embarked on a simple but thought-provoking question: "Why is this the case?" With an abundance of natural beauty surrounding them, they found it counterintuitive that these outdoor spaces remained empty.
With the question of "why" still unanswered, Ginny and Josh conducted research and discovered that encouraging children to spend 4-6 hours outdoors in a day was considered an ideal amount of time. Initially, this seemed excessive, especially given that most children's activities typically last an hour or less, such as library programs. However, they decided to give it a try. The results were remarkable. Ginny, Josh, and their children haven't looked back. Their most memorable family moments, and Ginny's most successful moments as a mother, consistently revolve around these fully immersive nature days. Over time, they have uncovered a multitude of benefits stemming from these wonderful outdoor experiences.
Purchase Ginny's newest book HERE!
Laura is a Certified Nutrition Consultant and a Certified CrossFit Trainer. She has a passion for educating, and she absolutely loves teaching others about nutrition, functional movement, and the power each has to set the foundation for health, wellness, and true quality of life. She LOVES to eat and fuel her body to live life to the utmost, and she wholeheartedly believes that sustainably sourced, nutrient-dense foods can be the greatest form of medicine as well as the ingredients to create the most delicious, palate-pleasing meals (it's a win-win!).
https://myradicalroots.com/author/cflaurab/
Good things don't have to be easy. Good things don't have to be hard. The hard part is allowing it to happen, and receiving good things!
Katie is a Coach to Entrepreneurs, Mom to four, Wife, Author, and a Powerful Speaker.
She created a business called Puj. You can now find her products in 2,000 US stores and in 26 different countries. Her products have been sold to over 1 Million Customers around the globe.Today, Katie’s greatest hope is that she can be that inspiration for other women just like you.
She’s been featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show, Rachael Ray Show, Today Show and on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine. Martha Stewart, Matt Damon, Camilla Alves, Mario Lopez, Robert Downey Jr., Kourtney Kardashian, Bill & Giuliana Rancic, and Pam Beesley are just a few of the celebrities known for using her products.
We had a fantastic conversation with Rachel Nielson of the 3 in 30 Podcast!
Rachel talks about all the ways that value-first thinking can help you become a better woman, no matter what that looks like for you.
Values Deck https://www.amazon.com/Live-Your-Values-Deck-Practice/dp/1797206125/ref=sr_1_3?
Self-Assured Motherhood program
Part two of our conversation with the wonderful Delee Cox! This week, she breaks down the process of developing your own personal style.
Delee Cox:
Born and raised in Washington State, I have always been inspired by beauty and fashion. I turned my passion into a career when I graduated from cosmetology school in 2003. I then met my California dream boat, my husband of 18 years, and together we moved across the country and back finally landing in Utah.
After 13 years of being at home with my children I decided I wanted to go back to work and realized my passion had changed from styling hair to styling head to toe. I embraced the motto "just go for it!" and started my business at the beginning of 2020.
My knowledge and passion came from my own experience of having a closet full of clothes but always wanting more, and my transition from fast fashion shopping addict to slow fashion advocate. I now I have helped hundreds of women all over the country discover their personal style and turn their closet full of clothes into a curated wardrobe.
I currently reside in Utah with my husband, four children and two cats. I love cardio aerobics, hiking in the mountains, and I desperately miss the beach.
https://thestylistnextdoor.net
A timeless wardrobe isn't as difficult, unsustainable, or even as expensive as you might think! Enjoy part one of my conversation with the "Stylist Next Door" Delee Cox!
Delee Cox:
Born and raised in Washington State, I have always been inspired by beauty and fashion. I turned my passion into a career when I graduated from cosmetology school in 2003. I then met my California dream boat, my husband of 18 years, and together we moved across the country and back finally landing in Utah.
After 13 years of being at home with my children I decided I wanted to go back to work and realized my passion had changed from styling hair to styling head to toe. I embraced the motto "just go for it!" and started my business at the beginning of 2020.
My knowledge and passion came from my own experience of having a closet full of clothes but always wanting more, and my transition from fast fashion shopping addict to slow fashion advocate. I now I have helped hundreds of women all over the country discover their personal style and turn their closet full of clothes into a curated wardrobe.
I currently reside in Utah with my husband, four children and two cats. I love cardio aerobics, hiking in the mountains, and I desperately miss the beach.
About Evan and Susan Money:
We both come from normal dysfunctional families, raise your hand if you can relate : ) When we first got married our starry eyed quest was to live happily ever after and bring each others dreams to life. The challenge was, we had no money, like an old cell phone battery we were always in the red. My bride had a low paying high stress job and I had a struggling business. We drove junky cars and lived in a postage stamp sized rental house. In-spite of all this we decided to have faith and dream big, we set a goal to get remarried in a different state or country every year. With lot’s of prayer, action and creativity, we have been married over 20 times and yes we have had more than 20 honeymoons! Our story has been featured in media outlets around the world, but this is just the beginning of our story…
Join the exclusive Becoming Home retreat featuring Evan and Susan
About Travis
Good day! I am Travis Sorenson and in the Real Estate industry. With my nunchuck skills and willingness to tackle any seeming problem I am your go-to-agent. I've been doing this for 3 years and have helped many a person snatch that deal or close on that house they have longed to find. Trust me to stand up for truth and Justice in your behalf and the competition will cower beneath our grandeur! In all seriousness, I really enjoy and know the housing industry, have an MBA, my licensure as a professional social worker (if you need some encouraging ) and have training and expertise in negotiations and the Real Estate market. Hire me and you will have a great experience full of adventure, prosperity, and houses.
RiKelle and two of her closest friends have created what they call the Sister Wives Society! It's not what you think. Together, they trade off every Monday cleaning each other's houses. This is how you how you use your home to create connection!
Brooke is a certified Life & Marriage Coach & Relationship Expert. When she is not diving into the details of life and relationships she spends her time walking in the woods with her dog Bella, creating delicious meals from bare shelves and mystery freezer food, and semi folding her family's laundry. She is married to her hunky husband Jeff for the last 13 years and mother to three messy, feral sons with another baby on the way. Life is yummy, real, and messy. brookesann.com
Finding the right people to help you create your home can be tricky. Carly gives you her 5-step process for selecting the perfect people for the job!
Kyleigh's bio
Hi! I'm self taught on film and dslr and love storytelling through my lens. I'm adventurous, a lover of coffee & plants, and I'm always jamming to music. Being a mom of two little girls, photography is more than job for me, it's freezing those once in a lifetime moments in time. By providing you with beautiful keepsakes in the form of professional prints, i can help make your memories truly stay alive. I can't wait to tell your story and share it with the world!
I'm not just your cookie cutter photographer. My mission is to have you smile and enjoy the experience that you share with me, from consultation to print delivery day. For you to continue to share that experience and memory every time you pass by your beautiful artwork hanging on the walls.
https://www.photosbybirdy.com/
Kim Chatterton has been selling homes since December of 2007. Kim announced her partnership with Coldwell Banker in December of 2016. She previously worked as a Real Estate Professional with Berkshire Hathaway. Kim has assisted hundreds of buyers, sellers, investors, and builders across the state of Utah in successfully reaching their real estate goals.
Kim’s great success has come due to her business model which is based upon exemplary client services earning her continual repeat and referral business. Unsurpassed service, knowledge, and integrity are why you, your family and friends will choose her as your REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL for life.
Kim’s partnership with the number one brokerage in the world, Coldwell Banker, provides you with outstanding marketing, lead generation, local and national exposure through print, digital, and social media. Her knowledge of the market and professional relationships with the most experienced lenders, title companies, inspectors, and builders provide clients with the service they expect during one of the largest and most important financial investments you will ever make.
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Wanda Howard – Parenting Game Plan Call https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/obvw42nhre09lnrtvw5m
Join The Knowing!
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Kim's website
Sean Tebor is a passionate guide in the arts and sciences of conscious embodiment and integrated awareness. Drawing on over 38 years in an ever-evolving journey, his alchemy and integration of functional movement, energy and breath awareness, locomotion, strength, mobility, and gut integrity help practitioners develop profound tools for deepest self realization and healing. Sean passionately lifts and deepens the human experience in an evolutionary remembrance of our primal purpose - to come fully into Being.
carlythornock.com
Wanda returns to the podcast to discuss home design as a teaching opportunity!
"How do you raise emotionally healthy and confident kids?"
That was the question that filled Wanda's mind.
Knowing she wanted to parent differently, she started doing everything the parenting experts said to do BUT it only added to feelings of mom guilt, anxiety, and her already severe depression.
Determined and a desperate, she stepped into the unknown. She discovered 3 major parenting gaps and they all had to do with the traditions we have in our lives.
Learning these gaps enabled her to swing her depression to the curb and raise 4 emotionally healthy and confident kids of her own.
Now a parenting Coach herself she helps other parents know how to help their kids thrive in a way that leaves parents feeling energized too.
This week Carly is joined by husband of the podcast Chase! They take you through the first steps of learning to reconnect with you body, and to align your feelings with your thoughts!
When Joseph Hoffman, started teaching piano, he tried various methods. None of them provided the kind of complete musical training he wanted his students to have. Some methods emphasized note reading and others mostly focused on playing “by ear.” None of them seemed to have it all. So, he created his own approach: the Hoffman Method!
The Hoffman Method embodies Mr. Hoffman’s vast experience in music and childhood education: a piano teacher for decades; an expert educator with advanced degrees in music; a published composer; and a frequent presenter at piano teacher workshops, national conferences, festivals and competitions.
From a very young age, Tyler has been interested in creating things. At the age of eight his parents enrolled him in private art lessons where he learned the fundamentals of drawing and design. Years later he pursued art at the college level, first at Snow College where he received an Associate's degree, and finished at Utah State University earning a BFA in drawing and painting. Tyler has been the recipient of many awards and scholarships including the George and Marie Eccles Caine Endowment, and the Outstanding Senior Award. In 2015, Tyler was featured by Southwest Art Magazine as one of "21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch", and again in 2018 as one of "10 Painters To Buy Now." Tyler has been member of the International Guild of Realism and has exhibited his work across the United States and Japan. He currently lives and works in northern Utah.
IG: @tylereswain
Site: tylerswainart.com
As we continue on our season 1 journey - Sanctifying the Homebuilding Process - we are joined by the delightful Lisa Haynie! Lisa is a client who takes you through her experience working with Carly on the Intentional House cycle, and how it helped her and her family use their home to grow more connected!
Sara Yamtich is the founder and CEO of Conscious Conversion (formerly Resonate with Sara), a holistic multi-media marketing agency supporting soulful thought leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs. With a Masters in Social Work, a background that spans federal policy analysis and life coaching, and a ton of digital marketing experience, Sara takes professionalism, team management, and client care to a whole new level. Her work isn’t just about marketing strategy (though she rocks at that); it’s about helping clients resonate deeply with their audience so they can transform the planet and give voice to the new paradigm. In fact, Sara makes marketing (and everything else she does) a damn-near spiritual experience.
Sara, a single mom, lives in Hawaii with her 7-year-old son, Indy.
IG: @resonatewithsara
Site: consciousconversion.com
We are so thrilled to welcome you to the new Becoming Home podcast! This week, Carly takes you through the new set-up, makes some exciting announcements, and officially kicks off Season 1 of the Becoming Home podcast!
Join our book club!
In a reflection on It's a Wonderful Life, Carly teaches us to use the power of the "win-win" mentality to take back control and to say yes with enthusiasm.
This week we finish the 4-part 4D Home Design series with questions 10, 11, and 12! Carly shares the questions that will help you hone in on what you find beautiful, and how to manage the design process amidst disaster.
We are so thrilled to have Jessica Jackson on the show this week! Jessica shares how we can take ownership of our daily schedules, and how to stop our planners from getting in the way.
Jessica Jackson is the host of the Thriving in Motherhood Podcast and homeschooling mother to four kids who is determined to not only enjoy motherhood, but to build a strong family and become better in the process. Along the way she's become well practiced in thriving through survival seasons and making massive progress on her goals in small pockets of time with the Thriving in Motherhood Planner. She is happiest outside, playing the fiddle, and cargo biking with her kids.
website: thrivinginmotherhoodpodcast.com
IG: @thrivinginmotherhood.podcast
Hannah Olson is our guest this week, and she's dropping some genuine truth bombs. In motherhood, it's all about the relationship. Hannah how to separate the relationship from the job, as we totally redefine motherhood.
About Hannah
After finding out she was expecting her first baby in 2015, Hannah had to work through a lot of her beliefs and misunderstandings about motherhood. 6 years, 5 kids, and a pandemic later, she has gotten really clear about what motherhood is and what it ISN’T. Now she is on a mission to help other women REDEFINE MOTHERHOOD to reduce "mom guilt" and experience more joy. The simple understanding that motherhood is not a job. identity, or hobby, it is a relationship, has changed nearly every aspect of her life and she's excited to help women everywhere understand just how much it will change everything for them, too.
Find Hannah
Instagram: @freckledhan
TikTok: @therealfreckledhan
Let's continue on with questions 7, 8, and 9 of 4D home design! This week we cover storytelling, affordances, and designing for intentional feelings.
This week we are thrilled to be joined by family-coaching wizard Wanda Howard! Wanda takes us through her short list of parenting pitfalls, and how we can learn to make choices together as a family that actually make us happier!
Find Wanda
@wandahoward.live
This week we have a wonderful conversation with friend of the show Csilla Fee! Csilla is a life coach, mother, wife, and an absolute delight to talk with. Listen in as we discuss the best ways to lean into those messy Holiday feelings.
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Sarah is a Mother of 3, a Chemical Engineer, Homesteader, Permaculture Designer, and a Nutritional Herbalist. In her 20s, chronic pain and dis-ease started her search outside the conventional medical system. Just as she was making these changes, she was T-boned at 60mph and developed intense chronic invisible pain. No more musical instruments, no more picking up her babies, no more laughing really hard at jokes. After exploring different modalities, she began studying with an Alexander Technique teacher to learn how to move and hold her body more intentionally. Then she discovered Vitalist Herbalism and began studying to become a Master Herbalist. Sarah believes that given the right nutrition and open cleansing pathways, the body CAN and DOES heal itself. Pulling in the other healing modalities to heal the mind and heart, creating more intentional movement through life, and cleaning up one's home environment, really bring it all together.
Find Sarah
On Instagram @everydayanexperiment
https://www.everydayanexperiment.com/joyful-holiday-wellness
This week we tackle the next handful of the 10 Intentional Questions. These questions all revolve around the second pillar of 4D Home Design - Simplicity.
This week we begin our journey with the 4D Home Design Process by tackling 3 of the big 12 questions to help you design better!
Carly shares her top 3 tips for all your happiest storage needs!
Learn to harness the power of wishes, and surround yourself with people who dream as big as you do! Achieve your family goals by becoming a DIvine Desirer.
Ruby and the Well
This week we dive deep with friend of the show Brittany Graham! She is the master of messes and "clutter-loving thoughts" (that will actually help you de-clutter!)
Find Brittany!
What does it mean to be our best self? Is it the same thing as being our most perfect self? This week we lean into the mess and unpack our perfectionism.
How do we even start reprogramming our hearts for abundance so that our relationships and houses reflect flow back to us? How do we see the things around us, good and bad, as the waves we surf to heal and connect?
It all starts with dismantling the rules of the game.
Being balanced doesn't mean being completely still. It is a million micro (and sometimes macro) adjustments that keep us constantly moving towards center.
Home is an immense place of comfort, safety, and learning. What if we could embody the idea of home, and make ourselves a safe place for those we love? Listen in as we discuss the Intrinsic Home!
This week we channel our inner Rascal Flatts and ponder the great highway of Life (and more specifically Faith and Knowledge). Buckle up!
Listen in to a recent live coaching session as we discuss ways to fully integrate the homeschool life!
Guess what! The concepts of home design we've been discussing for 60+ episodes apply to your clothes, too!
Our houses tell stories, and there's a lot you can learn from the homes of those you love!
Do your counters serve you, or do you serve them? How we choose to feel about clutter can determine how we feel about about our homes, and help us learn to like our homes even more!
This week we are joined by Jayna Seal, interior designer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We discuss why we are drawn to physical spaces for sacred experiences, and how our homes and places of worship are quite similar!
Listen in again on another collaborative episode with What Magnificence! Carly and Podcast Husband Chase explore the affordances of home design and how they can lead to healing, or push us out of our comfort zone.
Whether we realize it or not, we are always communicating with each other. This week we discuss nonverbal communication, and they ways it can influence our feelings of love, control, and how we think about our homes!
Taste is a skill that requires practice, just like any other. But, you are constantly stretching your design muscles whether you know it or not! This week we talk about how to trust your inner designer.
Homemaking is a word that has some complicated implications, but what can homemaking really mean to you? What has it meant throughout human history? Listen in and learn the ingredients that create a happy home where people can thrive!
*Books Referenced*
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture
Home Economics: Fourteen Essays
What does it mean to intentionally make a mess? Prepare yourself, and your home, for this very messy challenge!
Ever wondered how to get what you want, and feel great about the entire process? This week we explore the art of attaining, from curious beginnings to a confident celebration!
Our relationship with our homes determines our relationship with our people, and our relationship with our people determines our relationship with our homes! Let your relationships teach you how to make the best choices for you and your people!
Listen in on an exclusive Home Love Lab call as we spotlight a longtime client and friend of the show - Jenna Jones! Jenna shares her personal experience in the Lab, and how she has learned to change her life and make more intentional choices.
Life is best understood through its many contradictions. Carly takes you through 5 paradoxes that will help you experience the full spectrum of living, loving, and learning.
Give yourself the gift of learning to be present, self-aware, and still. It's hard, but the benefits are endless. This week Carly shares her top reasons for implementing a bit more stillness in your day-to-day.
Carly shares a training she developed to help with the very first steps of designing a house. Rethink your relationship with your home, and its relationship with you, before you even start!
Join the Home Love Lab
https://intentionalhouse.kartra.com/page/eyM9
This week's episode is a very special combined feed-drop with What Magnificence. Carly is joined by her husband as they discuss the physical, emotional, and domestic benefits of sensory awareness!
What Magnificence
https://anchor.fm/s/7bd5e3fc/podcast/rss
Join the Home Love Lab
https://intentionalhouse.kartra.com/page/eyM9
Who is in charge, you or your house? This week we discuss the kind of radical self-discipline it takes to make priorities in your home, and to live by them!
This week, Carly is visiting the Texas farm where her dear Grandpa grew up. Learn how your home can help you remember, reflect on, and honor the life of a loved one who has passed on.
How do the elements inspire you in your home design? Join us this week as we explore representation, symbolism, and emotion doubling (and how they can make your house feel way more like YOU)!
Emily Bailey is a master of all things homeschool! She shares her experiences with adult ADHD, teaching neurodivergent children, and developing education plans that work for your whole family.
Find Emily @homeschoolunscripted on Instagram
This week we practice our thought skills! Sometimes, it's better to be "not nice." Learn to make room for yourself and all the thoughts and emotions you are allowed to think and feel!
We love minimalism, but sometimes less is just less. Learn how to have a sleek, manageable house that still works for you!
You don't have to be a master draftsman to design your dream house! Carly walks you through the steps of how you can use a piece of scrap paper, and the lifetime of experience you already have, to design a home you will love!
This week we have the pleasure of sitting down with the amazing Paige Rien! We discuss finding space for your whole family in the design process, and how to design spaces that work for the whole family!
Find Paige on social - @paigerien
And check out her amazing books!
Revived & Renovated: Real Life Conversations on the Intersection of Home, Faith and Everything in Between
Love the House You're In: 40 Ways to Improve Your Home and Change Your Life
4th dimensional design is all about connections, wonder, and relationships! Making space in your planning for space and time and people.
This week we analyze the myth that the amount of work we have to do is determined by how much our families care about us. Let go of the unnecessary shoulds, and take a relationship-first approach to housework.
Once again Carly is answering all your burning questions! Topics include chores, toys, and noisy homes!
Carly shares a meditation for the most sacred of secret places - the bathroom. When you've locked yourself away for a few moments of solitary comfort, give this meditation a try!
This week, Carly covers the basics of the House Coach/Homeowner relationship. Learn all about the Home Love Lab program, and how it could be a perfect fit for you and your home design journey!
Problems wither over or under spending are often symptoms of a larger problem. Learn to understand how your relationship with yourself and the ideas you choose to believe impact how you feel about spending!
To make a house lovely, you have to love it! Messes are only temporary, so find the best way to make meaningful experiences from the things that take the most time and money.
A new year means a new set of goals and resolutions! Hear how you can use your home to help you make bigger, stickier goals!
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Podcast husband Chase joins the conversation this week, discussing the biology behind overstimulation! It's all about finding your optimal stimulation, and using that to help you connect with the people you care about.
This week it's all about presenting the best, most honest version of yourself! Start with love and trust for yourself and for the being you choose to spend time with.
Beauty is a choice, and it's totally worth choosing! Learn to let yourself love beauty for beauty's sake.
Listen to a chat with Michelle Kapler from Just One Glass! We discuss other cozy alternatives to alcohol during the holidays and ways to be intentional about holiday calibrations that make you feel great.
It's all about the why! Why do we nag? Why do we have to do all these chores? There's an answer in there that can be rooted in happiness.
Learn to say no to holiday activities that just don't work for your family, and learn how to say yes to new fun ways to celebrate!
Carly talks crock pots and answers all your burning questions! How do I get rid of dust? How can I sanity proof my home? How do I let go of my stuff?
A special episode featuring Carly's workshop - Nailing Transitions!
Aristotle said "Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." Get out the nails and put some art up on those walls!!
Show up for yourself with love as you consider your future in a new home! Carly takes you through the fears and pitfalls of preparing to purchase property, and how to make decisions that make you happy!
Remodeling, redecorating, or re-anything can really amplify any stress in your relationships. This week we discuss how to maximize love in stressful times of change. Carly shares her latest RV Adventures.
How to live, listen to, and learn from your wants. And a special surprise, we are announcing the official launch of the Home Love Lab!
The seasons are changing! Does that mean you should too? Carly takes you through her top tips for navigating the seasons of life!
The process works for everyone in your household! Carly opens up about her entire-family approach to home design that limits conflict and maximizes love.
Carly discusses the psychological power of a good tune! Enhance your mood, organize your home, and express love through music.
This week's special guest is The Intentional House Husband, Chase! Cars, destruction, and the nervous system are discussed.
Chops, kicks, and punches are Carly's favorite things this week. She also discusses how to optimize your home systems to help you be the best parent you can be!
Carly talks you through one of life's most turbulent adventures - moving! Tips on how to contextualize the situation and teaching your brain to feel great.
If you're a yellow personality (which Carly is) some chores can be a total drag. Carly discusses her methods for making the mundane a bit more fun!
Carly answers 3 questions submitted by three of our listeners! Topics range from at home messes, spirituality in the home, and ice cold showers!
This week Carly takes you through four important eras of home building and design. The fine balance between modern and traditional is discussed, as well as ways to have the best of both worlds!
Carly teaches you how to UNdesign (emphasis on the UN) your home! She also discusses the joys of beanbags and the pros and cons of a pioneer lifestyle.
Pajama friends come highly recommended in this weeks episode! Carly discusses "The Model" and how it can help you take control of any home-based situation.
Carly discusses the choice to be happy. In this episode she shares her best advice and research for helping you understand and overcome doubt.
The podcast welcomes its very first guest, Leslie Alder! Leslie teaches us how to declutter our phones while still capturing all those amazing family moments.
Carly deconstructs her many experiences in her many childhood homes. How do our childhood define us and impact our decisions as homemakers? In this episode, Carly takes you through the textures, feelings, and memories of childhood homes.
Carly discusses her favorite TV heroine and teacher supreme, Miss Frizzle. Beyond teaching science, history, and all that fun school stuff - Frizzle teaches us to have fun and take risks. Carly also answers a listener question about home maintenance. How much is too much?
Don't let clutter control your life. In this episode, Carly discuss ways to manage clutter and how you feel about it. She shares her new favorite show, and answers a listener question about when to join the Intentional Home community!
Carly covers her newest move, the RV Life, and a floor-saving tool. She explores the intricacies of connection based design and how our things can improve our relationships. A listener asks about design conflict between parent and child.
This episode is all about learning to make your space your own! Whether its a temporary rental, or a home that will serve your family for generations, the same great advice applies. Carly also answers a listeners question about the perfect bed.
Carly analyzes the hows and whys of mess stress. She shares ways you can turn the biggest messes into the best part of your day. Beyonce, Bunny the stuffed animal, and and listener question about "cleanup" are also discussed.
Carly shares her family's journey through homeschooling and how you can optimize your house for learning. She discusses a lifesaving water filter and answers a listener question about toy management.
Carly shares her RV renovation story and takes you through the nuances of tiny living. She shares helpful tips about how to maximize your minimal space, such as using color to declutter, and building nooks for momentary getaways.
Carly examines the differences between a traditional designer and a house coach. She explores the ways in which we can prioritize design choices and balance form with function.
Carly takes you through the ins and outs of the Intentional House Cycle. She describes the continual flow of design and redesign, and how you can adjust this cycle to fit your needs.
Carly takes you through the basics of Intentional Design. She also shares a bit of her life journey, from pudding parties to grad school. Topics include learning to use your things to love your people, and making practical design choices.
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