Business Finances Through the Lens of Your Natural Strenghts - Chaos to Peace with Conny

You might wonder, what does forgiveness have to do with clutter or decluttering. Well turns out a lot but that's not the only topic we are discussing. Julie has extensive Neuro-Strategic training and learned from her research that a majority of our actions are automated and that becoming aware and changing these is key to transforming lives for the better. Habits play a big part in dealing wi...

I am very excited to welcome Suzanne Carpenter to the show today. Suz, how her friends call her, is a Certified Nutritional Consultant but most of all she is a lot of fun. We had a great conversation around clearing up food confusion.  Years ago Suz suffered from an eating disorder but then was asked a very pivotal question that started to change everything for her, she was finally willing to do s...

Keri Lonny, todays guest on the podcast, was lovingly called a 'hoarder' by her partner. She used to spend 3 hours a day cleaning, sorting and organizing her clutter. Then she realized how much time and energy all this clutter was taking from her and she started to change, but then something tragic happened, her Dad died in a car accident. All of a sudden she was not just dealing with he...

Today I welcome Lisa Zawrotny to the show. Lisa had a deeply overwhelming time in her life juggling multiple roles as a caregiver of her mother who suffered from Alzheimer, a wife, mother of two, and business owner. Now she is a Certified Stress Management Coach as well as a professional organizer and productivity coach. What you will discover in today's conversation:  What it means to care f...

This week I welcome Hannah Hassler to the show. We met in a Facebook Group we are both in and she surprised me by saying that she is reducing mental noise by burning her journal pages. So of course I had to know more about that and I invited her to the podcast and Hannah said yes.  When you hear our conversation and her explanation why she burns the pages, it will all makes sense. Even I had an ep...

I am very excited to welcome Johanna Buss to the show today. Johanna Buss, a serial entrepreneur, time management guru . She is a mom of three children 5 and under, owns three business, has a full time job, and is known for helping working mothers create a firm foundation in their family and home so they can focus on growing their businesses. I loved talking with Johanna, we laughed so much too, a...

It doesn't matter if I am at a networking event, hosting a workshop or a challenge I often get this question: "how do I deal with family or household members that have clutter" And just like with anything, there is no magic wand that I or you can wave to solve this issue, but I give you some tips and ideas on how to deal with it. You'll find the extended show notes and trasncri...

I am very excited to welcome Maria Berry-Swann to the podcast today.  We are talking about how to strategically organize our closet and how to build a capsule wardrobe.  This episode goes together with last weeks episode, #26 called Too many clothes and nothing to wear, I shared with you my tips on how to declutter your closet and how to make sure it doesn't get cluttered again. I hope you li...

I said it a few times on this podcast already that everything in your outer environment is a reflection of something that's inside of you! This is because there is an energetic connection between you and your belongings. So if your clothes are in chaos, parts of you are in chaos too and what often goes with it is that you don’t feel good about yourself and you are stressed already first thing...

Meet my guest Melissa Stuart. Melissa is an audacity and purpose coach. She helps her clients embrace their true self to align with their purpose and manifest their wildest dreams. She says to live with audacity, you need to get really authentic and honest with yourself about who you are, what your experiences are, who you like being around what type of people you like working with. So this interv...

Today I welcome Jill to the podcast to talk about her approach of decluttering the to-do list.  In last weeks episode 23) Social Clutter and full calendars I already shared my tips on how to create a schedule and calendar that is aligned with your priorities and creates a life that you enjoy.  This week we learn how Jill helps her clients. She is a life coach for artists and musicians and as a mus...

Today I want to talk about social clutter and add that to the mental clutter, and how we have as a result of those two an over-full calendar and endless to-do lists.  The three areas thoughts, time and people work together and a shift in one area will create a shift in the others. But be aware this category of clutter will take us into tender and possibly difficult territory, but bear with me, of...

Meet my guest Sue Maisano, Sue was born in a poor Chinese village and defied all odds and transformed her own life.  She believes that ANYONE can achieve great things when they align with their soul’s purpose and draw upon their inner power. Listen in to hear how she shares with us How she used visualization to make her dream to come to America a reality How you too are able to hear and listen to...

This is a special episode, I celebrate a milestone on my podcast journey and I share with you how I got started, what mental clutter I had to let go of and how I've overcome some of the obstacle.  You'll discover What my podcast journey has to do with your goals and dreams How to start on any goal or dream you have and specifically how to start with decluttering The only way anything get...

Meet my guest Marina Villatoro, she calls herself the Trader Chick, and she shares with us how Day Trading put her on a spiritual journey.  She shares with us how decluttering her house lead her to declutter her thoughts, specifically her limiting beliefs and money stories, and helped her to become successful with Day Trading how her morning routine puts her in the right frame of mind for work how...

There is so much heartbreaking stuff going on in the world right now, it has thrown me off and affected me emotionally, maybe it's the same for you.  You might think that it's trivial to talk about and deal with clutter, but I don't think so. As I said before on this podcast, clutter stresses us out and therefore decluttering is self-love and is self-care. If all the events going on...

Meet my guest Mimi Pettibone, she calls herself the Dream Detective. Mimi has been fascinated by dreams and what they might mean since she was a little girl, and she is passionate about helping people listen to the messages of their dreams and inner guidance. In our conversation we talk about  how listening to the messages of our dreams can help us clear our mind and subsequently clear our clutter...

Today I am talking with Julie Johnson and she sent me a huge long list with all of her accomplishments but the reason I am very excited to welcome Julie to the podcast is she spent a year without spending any money.  Yes you heard that right, she challenged herself to not spend any money for a whole year, except for utilities, daycare, gas, insurance, and groceries. Listen in on how she solved not...

Meet my guest today Dr. Lydia de Leòn, a Greek Architect and Wellness Coach. She also holds a Ph. D in Physiology. She is the creator of Healing Architecture and co-founder of Geophilia Institute.  We discuss how science and spirituality are merging, and how we have the science to connect architectural design with health and wellbeing. Geophilia is the science of improving the coherence of your in...

If you are a regular listened of my podcast and/or you know me for a while, then you know that I talk a lot about how your home needs to support you and needs to be your sanctuary (just listen to episode 14 for example)  Well Leah just published the Sacred Unplanning Workbook that is based on her online program Sacred UnPlanning, and in that book is a full chapter on creating sacred space. Her wor...

Does your home reflect the stage in life you are in and heading towards or does it represent more the past? The idea is that your home changes and evolves with you and for you so it's truly supportive for what you want to accomplish and a sanctuary to relax and rejuvenate.  Listen in and hear about How to figure out if your home supports you or not Examples of how my home supports me What to...

Meet my very first guest on the podcast: David Orozco from TD Wellness in Atlanta GA. As you know, my motto is "a few minutes a day, keep the chaos away" and David's approach when helping his clients to eat healthier and to lose weight is all about small changes, or One Small Bite , which is also the name of his podcast.  Small changes little by little start making a BIG difference...

Cicero said: "A room without books is ⁣like a body without a soul."  I agree, totally, there is something special and magical about books, and yet, books actually really can be(-come) clutter. Listen in and hear about  Why you need to declutter books and when My step by step process on how to declutter books The one regret I have about the books I decluttered You'll find the show no...

Clutter is so much more than just the physical stuff. Our minds can get cluttered too, with old beliefs and negative self-talk. Listen in on my take on mental clutter, how it can prevent you from decluttering (or anything else you planned on doing) and what I do to manage and declutter my brain. You'll find the show notes at https://connygraf.com/podcast/11 Check out my eBook From Chaos to Pe...

What are your priorities in life and does your ' norma l' life reflect them? What are you grateful for right now that you have in your life and what is missing or what is, or became a burden?  These days that we are spending at home during the lockdown, during this Covid-19 crisis, are different than our regular life.  The picture that comes to my mind is a magnifying glass or even a mic...