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Life Made Simple with CarlaRae

Inspiration and motivation to help simplify your home, time, to-dos, health, relationships, and emotional well-being. Since 2001, CarlaRae has been a Professional Home Organizer and Life Coach helping families and individuals clear the chaos and clutter from their lives. She launched this podcast to help bring even more people the freedom of simplicity. Each episode gives you practical tips and resources that you can implement today to find balance in your everyday life to become happier and healthier once and for all. With no judgment and with complete understanding, CarlaRae will inspire you to let go of everything holding you back in life while focusing on what really matters to you. She offers plenty of free worksheets, guides, and other amazing resources to help you along the way. The Life Made Simple Podcast is home organizing, time management, personal development, priorities, productivity, motivation, family, relationships, diet and exercise, weightloss coaching, and so much more!

Copyright: © 2020 CarlaRae Arneson

Latest Episodes:

#167: Retail Therapy vs Mindful Shopping Jun 05, 2018

Show notes

A listener recently sent me a note: "CarlaRae, I really want to simplify my life, but the problem is I LOVE to shop!"

Do you relate to that statement? I know I sure do! Shopping can definitely be fun. And it can be very therapeutic. But, mindless and impulsive shopping can become a huge problem if you're not careful.

Today, we take a look at the psychology behind retail therapy and I give you some very practical strategies to help you become a more mindful shopper, so that your retail habits don't jeopardize your efforts to simplify your life.

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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

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#166: Home Organizing Myth #2 - Debunked (PART 2 of 5) Jun 01, 2018

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The myth that I debunk today is a very common misconception. It's the idea or belief that if you are a truly organized person, then your house is perfect.

Well, here's the truth (and maybe by telling you this I'm letting you off the hook): Being organized doesn't mean being perfect.

Links Mentioned in this Show:

Episode #138: Messy, Cluttered, Or Disorganized? There Is A Difference!

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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

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#165: Treat Your Life Like A Rose Bush - "It's Time To Prune!" (ENCORE EPISODE) May 28, 2018

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Why is it so hard to let a good thing go?

For today's Encore Episode we are going to rewind to one year ago. In this episode I share with you one of my most favorite strategies for finding simplicity.

Links Mentioned in this Show:

Episode #10: "Can You Have Too Much of A Good Thing?"

Episode #75: "Treat Your Life Like A Rose Bush - It's Time To Prune!"

Episode #76: " How & What To 'Prune' Out Of Your Life"

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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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#164: Home Organizing Myth #1 - Debunked! (PART 1 of 5) May 25, 2018

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This is the first episode in a 5 part series. Over the years, I've witnessed many of my clients fall victim to a handful of misconceptions that they somehow came to believe about how to organize and how to stay organized.

So, over these next 5 weeks for our "3 Minute Thursday" episodes on Life Made Simple, I am going to debunk 5 of the most common home organizing myths.

On today's episode we start with Myth #1: Organizing is something you only have to do once.

Well, sorry, but most of the time, that simply isn't true. Organization is not a one-shot deal.

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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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#163: How To Calm And Reclaim Your Busy Brain May 22, 2018

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I don't know about you, but sometimes my mind is complicated. All the thoughts that swirl around inside my head are messy, chaotic, even confusing at times.

As I try to simplify my home, my schedule and all other areas of my life, I want to also figure out how to simplify my crazy cluttered brain.

Which is why, for today's episode share with you an excerpt from a book called Reclaim Your Brain: How to Calm Your Thoughts, Heal Your Mind, and Bring Your Life Under Control, written by a psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Joseph Annibali. In it he explains why getting negativity under control is crucial to a calm, mindful brain and how to do it.

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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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#162: Become A Better You In Just 15 Minutes! May 17, 2018

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I'm a firm believer that you can completely change your life by just spending a few minutes a day listening, watching, or reading something that inspires you, challenges you to grow, or somehow just makes you a better you. If you listen often than you know I LOVE personal development.

It's hard to wake up every morning motivated to conquer your day. It just is. We don't always feel motivated. You have to be intentional about surrounding yourself with things and people that motivate you.

The problem is, we don't always FEEL like doing it. And for many of us who have crazy busy lives, sometimes we feel like we just don't have the time for it.

If you ever feel like that, then today's episode will help.

Links Mentioned in this Show:

Blinkist App: Blinkist.com

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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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#161: 20 Mom Things I Wish I Had Done More Of May 15, 2018

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Yesterday was Mother's Day... a day to celebrate the strong amazing women in our lives who have helped raise us, teach us, and have loved us more than life itself.

Today I'd like to share with you an inspiring article written by Rachel Marie Martin. Her blog is FindingJoy.net. The article is called "20 Mom Things I Wish I Had Done More Of".

Keep in mind there are many points that can pertain to your life even if you aren't a parent.

Links Mentioned in this Show:

Rachel's Article: 20 Mom Things I Wish I Had Done More Of

Rachel's Blog: FindingJoy.net

Episode #95: Take Time To Savor Your Little Ones

Episode #96: Dear "In A Minute" Mom

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Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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#160: One Simple Way To Battle Your "Blahs" May 10, 2018

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Sometimes, life is hard. There are many days, sometimes weeks, and even seasons in my life when I feel unmotivated and uninspired. And it doesn't feel good.

But the problem is, when you feel like that, when you're in the middle of feeling "blah", it's even harder to work your way out of it.

Sometimes, in those moments, I just don't care. I don't want to tackle my to-dos. I don't want to work. I don't feel like doing my best or being my best. In fact, I don't feel like doing anything.

In those moments, it's easy to feel almost complacent and even lazy. And you know what, it's ok to have those kinds of days. But when those inevitable seasons last longer than I'd like them to, I want to flip a switch and somehow snap out of it.

On today's episode of Life Made Simple, I share with you one strategy that I've used in my own life to help battle your "blahs".

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Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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#159: What To Do With Your Half Dirty Clothes That You Intend To Wear Again May 08, 2018

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I try to get as many wears as I can out of things like jeans, sweaters, and most of my blouses before I wash them. My husband and son do the same thing, which SIGNIFICANTLY cuts down on the amount of laundry we have to do.

How often you wash a piece of clothing is, of course, entirely up to you. The real dilemma that I address on today's episode is this: when you wear something, but you're not ready to wash it yet, what do you do with it?

What do you do with the clothes you have that are half-dirty, half clean? Where do you put those in-between clothes?

Links Mentioned in this Show:

Episode #21: Here's Your Closet Clean-Out Master Plan!

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Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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#158: Scientific Evidence That Clutter Causes Anxiety May 04, 2018

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A messy home can be maddening! But don't worry... you're not crazy.

Did you know that there is scientific evidence that clutter causes anxiety?

On today's quick and brief 3 Minute Thursday Episode, I share with you an article that I recently stumbled across that offers some reasons as to why clutter causes stress as well as a few tips to help prevent clutter.

Links Mentioned in this Show:

Article by D.G. Sciortino: There's Scientific Evidence That Clutter Causes Anxiety

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Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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