The Purpose Show

Living An Uncluttered Life goes beyond your physical possessions. It reaches out to other areas of your life such as your health, your calendar, your obligations, and even your friendships. What is this event doing for me? Is serving 3 days a week at this place bringing me joy? Does this person bring positivity or negativity to my life? Those are all questions we can ask ourselves as we start to l...

One of the most commonly asked questions I receive is around how I structure my months, week, and days. How I find balance in all that I have going on. Where the business fits in. Where homeschooling fits in. Where personal stuff fits in. Housework and cooking. All that kind of stuff. Simply put, my answer is a flexible, batch-style schedule. I believe in having a rigid schedule set up but also be...

Perfectionism is something we all face at one time or another. As women, we take on this pressure to be the best at whatever do. We want to be the best at cleaning or cooking. We want to be the best athlete or entrepreneur. We want to be the best mom. We simply want to be the best and become perfectionists in the process. Jordan Dooley is a recovering perfectionist who is passionate about sharing...

When it comes to simplifying my laundry routine, my moto is this: one load a day keeps Laundry Mountain away. Laundry is such an integral chore and a part of our role as moms. It can feel endless and overwhelming. But it doesn't have to be! If we can really simplify core areas of our lives (like laundry!), it will make everything so much easier. Simplification should never be over-complicated. So,...

A big part of what I do and talk about is toys and their effects on children. This is something that I have become really passionate about as I have evolved in doing what it is that I do. I have gone through lots of different seasons with toys with my kids. When it comes down to it, kids play much better with less options. Scientifically, their little brains can't handle all those options. We thin...

It's time for another Q+A! In this episode I am answering two questions I get asked a lot. "How I plan my week (with homeschool, work, house stuff, date night, etc.)?" And "How I teach my kids to develop a routine?" I love opening up the floor for you guys to ask questions! You always have such great questions + I want to be able to answer them for you. I hope you enjoy this months Q+A! Everything...

If you have been on the internet for any amount of time, you have probably experienced negativity in some form. Whether it is directly toward you or you see it on someone else's posts. There is negativity out there big time. It seems anytime you share something, someone will find a way to be offended by it or they will have something negative or irritating to say about it. Negativity is never goin...

For our family, we take it year by year when it comes to whether we homeschool our kids or send them to public school. And I get asked a lot about how we handle the transitions. It is such an adjustment for everyone. Sometimes the adjustment is easy + other times it is a little more challenging. In this episode I want to share my experiences with the transitions but also want to give you some tips...

I absolutely love technology. I have a business that is ran through technology. I can capture memories with my family through the camera on my phone. I can connect with people all around the world whenever I want. But it can get out of hand. It can become a distraction from what really matters and from what is actually going on. Our phones are playing a huge role in absent-minded motherhood (you k...

Our family has gone through all kinds of seasons when it comes to room sharing. From putting all the boys together to turning our master bedroom into a room shared with 4 kids … we experienced it all! Room sharing fosters closeness. And you will find joy in watching them grow closer. One of my favorite things is listening to the kids giggle every night before bed. No matter how much they bickered...

Running a business with your spouse is like an amped up version of being married. You are together all the time. You are having business meetings together, eating 3 meals a day together, watching the kids together, planning new content together. You do all of it together . And when you are used to being on your own it is weird to, all of the sudden, be doing it together. We are getting ready to ce...

Robin Long is the founder of The Balanced Life, which started as an online platform for her to teach Pilates but has grown to much more than that. She is a well of wisdom when it comes to living in the balance of food + exercise. We often get into the mindset that "exercise equals all of these hard things, so I can't exercise" or "well, if I licked a donut, then I might as well just eat burgers, f...

Surprise! Today is the very first episode of bonus episodes I will be sharing!  Every rare once-in-a-while, I will put out a Bonus Episode that was just too good to wait. Or it could be a message that I really had on my heart for you guys. In this episode, I am sharing all about homeschooling - how it works for us, the curriculum we are using, our typical schedule, and what I think about it. I kno...

Being busy is either a badge of honor or something that is seen as really negative in our culture today. Like if you don't have a ton of whitespace on your calendar you are focused on the wrong things and you are too busy to really enjoy your life. Or some people won't even say the word busy or I hear them say they don't really like the word busy . I think that both ends of the spectrum and both v...

You know the items you have laying around taking up space, but are too sentimental to throw away? Or the boxes full of toys your kids don't play with anymore? What about the mountains of paperwork that are too important to get rid of? And the never ending rack of clothes that you don't wear, or wear that often? Oh, and don't get me started on the piles of stuff husbands leave around the house! If...

As busy mom's, we are in the hardest season when it comes to sex. We are exhausted majority of the time, we don't feel sexy because things are leaking, we are being pulled on all day, and if we are being honest, sex isn't our priority. We want it, but our bodies are too tired to do it. But sex isn't just going to happen if we are waiting for it to happen. It has to be something that we start looki...

There's this perfectionism that Pinterest and Instagram have brought into our society. And from that, there is this idea that if you change your mind, it looks like you are a mess. But, life is so crazy. Things are so stressful. Things change and flow all of the time. Seasons ebb and flow which means how you operate in those seasons sometimes changes. It is about saying "no" to what isn't working...

Have you ever wondered why we chose to have our kids so close in age or how we create boundaries with technology? If you said yes, then this is an episode you don't want to miss! And even if you said no, I believe you will still enjoy this episode, as I sit down + answer some of the top questions I get asked all the time. So grab a cup of coffee + enjoy! Everything I talk about in this episode can...

Although Prioritizing Date Night seems like an episode that might be helpful before Valentine's Day, I purposely waited until after because I believe date night is all of the time.  It shouldn't be something that is focused on once a year. Date night is an investment. And what you choose to invest in is important. Being busy, having kids, and not being able to get away are not excuses. Choose to p...

Happy Valentine's Day! Have you ever played the game "Would You Rather?" In this episode, Allie + Brian play "Would You Rather" in a fun Valentine's Day Quiz! Some answers are funny + some will make you think about your own response. Get to know Brian + Allie in this Valentine's Day episode! Everything I talk about in this episode can be found here: http://alliecasazza.com/shownotes/014

As moms, specifically SAHM moms, are we doing full hair & makeup every single day?  No, not necessarily.  But we can get in better rhythms and habits and make ourselves our priority.  Because if we are making ourselves a priority and making ourselves up a little bit, we will feel better about ourselves. It may seem a bit silly talking about hair and makeup for yourself.  But it makes a huge differ...

Allie is joined by her husband, Brian to discuss Cultivating Friendship in Your Marriage. Any couple can cultivate a friendship with a little work. Marriage is already work, so why not focus on working to be friends with your spouse. How do friends act? What do they do for each other? How are they with each other?  They go out for coffee. They talk about their day with one another. They intentiona...

Taking Care of Yourself is talked about a lot in our culture today, but I don't think we are truly taking action on it. I think it is hard for us to do that. We are taking care of so many other people all the time that we forget that we matter. Our tanks get low, close to empty. We get snarky, cranky, fussy. It's because your well is empty. You can not pull up fresh, hydrating water that your fami...

Being an Action Taking Problem Solving mom is about identifying the problems and taking action on them. It is writing out the issues and finding solutions for them.   Louise Hay says, "I do not fix my problems. I fix my thinking, then my problems fix themselves." When something is a problem in my life and I notice it is consistently a problem, I won't just leave it. I won't just wish that it would...

In this episode, Brian joins Allie to talk about how they remain so close and keep intimacy alive, even with one thousand children. With February, the month of love, right around the corner, the topic will largely circle around love, intimacy and marriage. However, this particular episode comes from the many questions Allie receives from her followers. People often ask how Allie and Brian remain t...