Clutter Free Academy

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422 - How to Kickstart Your Major Decluttering this Fall Part One Aug 18, 2020

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Have you been feeling like you need to go a little deeper in your clutter free journey? Well, Kathi is here and with her is the grand poobah of all things clutter free and Clutter Free Academy Facebook group, Tonya Kubo. They are here with exciting news to ramp up your second half of the year and help kick start your major decluttering this fall.

Listen in to find out:

When you have to go deep and do the big thing
Why 500 things
How to kick things back into play
How we’re going to dive into Kick Start together

Use the code cfa_kickstart to get it at $25 Clutter-Free Home

Are you longing for a place of peace from which you can love others well? The Clutter-Free Home: Making Room for Your Life is your room-by-room guide to decluttering, reclaiming, and celebrating every space of your home.

In The Clutter-Free Home, you’ll walk through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but also create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.

Order your copy of The Clutter-Free Home on Amazon today.

421 - Creating a Clutter-free Community of Sharing Aug 11, 2020

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On today’s episode of the podcast, Kathi is joined by Tonya Kubo, the illustrious leader of the Clutter-Free Academy Facebook group. Kathi and Tonya share about the value of creating a clutter-free community and how you can create a culture of generosity and reciprocity in your own community.

On today’s show you’ll learn:

How a “small give” can be a great way to start building a community of sharing
Why it is a false economy to hold onto stuff “until I have time to sell it”
The many benefits of a “semi-permanent” loan

Clutter-Free Home

In The Clutter-Free Home, you’ll walk through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.

420 - Is It Hoarding Or Is It Clutter? Part 2 Aug 04, 2020

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419 - Is It Hoarding Or Is It Clutter? Jul 28, 2020

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Do you have a loved one who struggles with hoarding? On today’s episode, Tonya Kubo joins Kathi as they discuss what it’s like to live with and love a family member who struggles with hoarding. This is another great re-release in the Best Of Clutter Free Academy series.

In this episode you will learn:

The difference between hoarding and clutter
Why hoarding is really a symptom of anxiety
How to practice empathy with loved ones while understanding that only hoarders can help themselves

Clutter-Free Home

In The Clutter-Free Home, you’ll walk through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of, and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.

Order your copy of The Clutter-Free Home on Amazon today.

418 - Clutter Free Meal Planning and Summer Entertaining Jul 21, 2020

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Hey Friends, you are in for a real treat with this Best of Clutter Free Academy series! You won't want to miss any of these episodes, as we have picked the top four all-time favorites to re-release for you. This week Kathi and her guest, Erin Macpherson, share quick and easy ideas for clutter-free meal planning and summer entertaining. Friend, if you can answer yes to any of these questions, you will not want to miss this episode:

Tired of always wondering, "What should I make for dinner?"
Overwhelmed by planning meals week after week?
Want to have good friends over this summer, but it all seems like too much to plan?

Clutter-Free Home

In The Clutter-Free Home, you’ll walk through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of, and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.

Order your copy of The Clutter-Free Home on Amazon today.

417 - How To Get Over a Poverty Mentality with Tonya Kubo Jul 14, 2020

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Join Kathi and Tonya Kubo, the fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group and Clutter Free for Life, where they have all the fun, for today’s interesting topic of getting over a poverty mindset. Kathi and Tonya discuss the difference between poverty circumstances and poverty mindset. In understanding the difference, we can take an honest look and realize what is pushing us into our place of pain and discomfort. With this understanding, we can ask the three important questions:

Do you love it?
Do you use it?
Would you buy it again?

Clutter-Free Home

In The Clutter-Free Home, you’ll walk through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of, and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.

Order your copy of The Clutter-Free Home on Amazon today.

416 - Declutter to Stress Less & Lower Anxiety Jul 07, 2020

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Kathi and her dear friend Bonnie Gray, author of Whispers of Rest, are here to help lift us out of stress and anxiety, especially through the tough times we have recently been facing in close quarters. If you are in a place where you know that getting rid of some clutter would really help you but are overwhelmed by depression or anxiety, these actionable steps will really help you. Join in, friend, and learn how to invest in yourself and take care of the you that God created you to be!

In this episode you will learn about:

Three actionable steps Bonnie Gray took to get rid of the clutter during depression and anxiety
Why soul care is so important in overcoming clutter and anxiety
Bite-size decluttering
The power of today

Clutter-Free Home

In The Clutter-Free Home, you’ll walk through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of, and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.

Pre-order your copy of The Clutter-Free Home on Amazon today.

415 - How To Unhustle Your Life with Milena Regos Jun 30, 2020

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If you can relate to living a chaotic, overstuffed, and overscheduled life, then you definitely won’t want to miss this conversation. Join Kathi and her kindred friend Milena Regos as they help us discover how to unhustle our life and find courage, simplicity, joy, wellbeing, and a sense of purpose.

In this episode you will learn:

The Importance of a Reset
How to Re-evaluate Your Life
How to Build in Reset
Five Actionable Steps to Unhustle your life

Ready For Anything

Bad stuff happens all the time, but this doesn’t mean we have to live in constant fear.

Ready for Anything: Preparing Your Heart and Home for Any Crisis Big or Small gives finite simple steps for being proactive rather than reactive—helping you prepare your mind, heart, and home for any unfortunate circumstance. Full of stories and humor along with facts, tips, and lists, Kathi’s book offers a down-to-earth guide that will show you how to face the unexpected with confidence, relying on God’s strength and plan rather than giving in to fear and anxiety.

Her step-by-step plan is easy to implement and will help anyone become a better steward of their resources as well as be the neighbor who can help in a crisis rather than needing help. Kathi’s goal is to equip readers to be the frontline of helpers in any crisis, from a natural disaster to a friend’s job loss.

Order your copy of Ready For Anything today.

414 - Big Living in Small Space Jun 23, 2020

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We are all trying to get more life into the four walls we are seeking to stay safe within. Adjusting to this new normal has been a challenge for many of us. Today, Kathi and Jen Pepito, of Peaceful Press, who has been doing this for a while, are discussing big living in a small space. Whether you are running a business, newly homeschooling, or doing a combination of all the things inside your home, you will definitely want to learn about these great principles for managing life in a small space, including:

How to keep it all together in a small space
How to stay productive in a small space
Classic principles that are great to use right now
Jen’s #1 tip for suddenly homeschooling

Clutter-Free Home

In The Clutter-Free Home, you’ll walk through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of, and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.

413 - Do Without: How to Best Manage Your Home During a Time of Crisis Jun 16, 2020

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Back for our final session of use it up, wear it out, make do, do without are Kathi and her very own Roger Lipp. In the first two episodes with Tonya Kubo, leader of Clutter Free Academy, we learned to use it up and wear it out. In the third episode, Kathi and Roger talk about how to make do, and now they are back talking about the concept of do without. With all of us going through the current covid crisis together, we have all learned something about ourselves. Listen in to find out about some of the things Kathi and Roger have learned about themselves during this time and their answers to:

What can we do without?
What can we substitute?
How can we make another experience better?
Has this earned a space in my house?

Ready For Anything

Bad stuff happens all the time, but this doesn’t mean we have to live in constant fear.

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