Clutter Free Academy

This week, Kathi continues her four-part conversation with Tonya Kubo, leader of the  Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group  and all things, as they talk about being ready for anything. Today, Kathi and Tonya talk about preparing your pantry with two weeks of food, how to start with what you have on hand and create options. Let’s be honest; real food helps keep things normal when the rest of life is...

Kathi helps her friend and brand new prepper, Tonya Kubo, plan for any crisis. Kathi pulls wise advice from her new book,  Ready For Anything: Preparing Your Heart and Home For Any Crisis Big or Small,  to help Tonya and you prepare for any emergency that may come your way. Friend, we want you to be prepared, not scared. Today you will learn: The purpose of having a three day “bug out bag” and how...

Friend and new prepper, Tonya Kubo and Kathi Lipp talk about her new book releasing soon, Ready For Anything, Preparing Your Heart and Home for Crisis Big and Small. There’s no shame in not being prepared. Kathi and Tonya are here to help you be prepared for any crisis, even a shortage at the grocery store. Dear friend, don’t panic! Today you will learn what you need to do today to get prepared fo...

Kathi chats with Cheri Gregory, coauthor of Overwhelmed , and co-partner on every good caper, about how gutting your office space clears the way for your important work. Cheri shares her motivations and methods for clearing out the old and making way for the new. In this episode, you’ll learn tips and tricks to create a clutter free office. Don't panic, friend, we break it down in easy, actionable...

Kathi chats with her friend and co-author for  Overwhelmed  and  You Don’t Have to Try So Hard,  Cheri Gregory. Today they venture into the office where the hidden shrines reside and keep us from progressing in our work. Today you will learn: About the items we keep that become the shrines that define us. How to overcome the shame that traps those items in our office. How to release the fear of le...

Do you love to cook, but getting dinner on the table every night can be overwhelming? Today Kathi dishes with Hope Helmuth, author of  Hope’s Table: Everyday Recipes from a Mennonite Kitchen .  Hope’s cookbook is filled with beautiful, simple and delicious recipes for everyday meals. Kathi and Hope share scoop up their best kitchen tricks to keep you and your family happy at mealtime. In this epis...

Kathi is chatting with her co-author and partner in crime Cheri Gregory about an amazing new find that has helped her stay focused when she’s tempted to get distracted. If you need a tool to keep you on task, friend, you are in luck!   Focus Mate  is an online system that pairs you up with an online work buddy. Does this sound like something you’d love? Kathi and Cheri are going to tell you all ab...

Kathi is joined by early childhood educator (and bonus-daughter) Amanda Thivierge. How can you teach kids to be clutter-free? Well, Amanda shares her top three tips to fight clutter and get your kids in on it. Clutter-free is a journey, and we don’t all come by it naturally. Modeling for kids is key. (AND how to do that well.) Get brutal and say goodbye to the stuff you will not use. (BYE-BYE DOIL...

Kathi concludes her four-part conversation about creating your Clutter-free home with style-expert KariAnne Wood. A few weeks ago, we learned about dedicating your space for its purpose. Then we focused on how to decide the way you want the room to feel.  Last week we learned about the easy-to-do actionable steps it takes to cut the clutter. In this episode, you’ll learn more about creating style...

This week, Kathi continues her four-part conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the  Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group  about how to (finally) create the clutter-free home you’ve always wanted. A few weeks ago, we learned about  dedicating your space  for its purpose. Last week we focused on how to decide the  way you want the room to feel. In this episode, you’ll learn tip...

This week, Kathi continues her four-part conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the  Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group  about how to (finally) create the clutter-free home you’ve always wanted. Last week, we learned about  dedicating your space  for its purpose. This week, Tonya and Kathi discuss how to decide the way you want the room to feel.   In this episode, you’ll lea...

If you’ve ever decluttered only to have stuff creep back in, this episode is for you! This week, Kathi begins her four-part conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the  Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group , about how to create a clutter-free home. Kathi and Tonya chat about the power of dedicating each space in your home because you don’t want to live in a house by accident; y...

We are all living a life we didn’t design. In this episode, Kathi chats with Tracy Steel, author of  A Redesigned Life: Uncovering God’s Purpose When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned,  about how to apply a designer’s eye to see the work God is doing in your life, when things don’t go according to plan.   This week, Tracy shares some of the things she learned as an interior designer that help her underst...

Are you putting off getting organized until the mayhem dies down in your home? What if you could make changes that make a big difference right now, in the midst of chaos? In this episode, Kathi talks with Kristi Clover, author of  M.O.M.—Master Organizer of Mayhem , about ways to get organized, no matter what life season you are in. This week, you’ll hear how decluttering is something you’ll have...

This week, Kathi concludes her conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, about three key ingredients to forming lasting clutter free habits. Previously, they talked about the importance of  routine  and  realistic expectations  in becoming clutter free. In this episode, you’ll hear about how accountability will help you live the clutter f...

This week, Kathi continues her conversation with Tonya Kubo, founder and fearless leader of the  Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group , about some of the key ingredients to forming lasting clutter free habits.  Last week , they talked about the importance of routine. This week, you’ll hear about how realistic expectations will help you live the clutter free life you’ve always wanted. In this episod...

This week, Kathi chats with founder and fearless leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group, Tonya Kubo, about some of the key ingredients to forming lasting clutter free habits. Once upon a time, Kathi was in a perpetual panic, just surviving and trying (but not succeeding) at managing her clutter.  Years into her clutter free journey, she knows the importance of a routine in staying clutt...

Have you ever made progress on your decluttering journey only to stop when something unexpected and unwelcome happens? Maybe you have a loved one going through hard times and you want to help, but don't know where to begin. This week, Kathi chats with Niki Hardy, author of Breathe Again: How to Live Well When Life Falls Apart , about what to do in difficult seasons. In this episode, you'll learn t...

Do you long for a cozy home that feels like your happy place? This week, Kathi chats with Liz Marie Galvan, designer and author of the best-selling book,  Cozy White Cottage: 100 Ways to Love the Feeling of Being Home . Kathi and Liz discuss how to begin creating the cozy, beautiful home you’ve always wanted. In this episode, you’ll learn the connection between decluttering and creating a home you...

This week, Kathi chats with special guest prolific author Tricia Goyer about Tricia’s new book,  The Grumble-Free Year . We’ll learn how her family’s year-long experiment giving up grumbling had an impact on the whole family and the way they interacted with one another. In this episode, you’ll also discover how our physical space can have an impact on our emotions. Clutter free really can work, ev...

If you are overwhelmed trying to make life Pinterest-perfect, you are in good company! This week, Kathi chats with comedian and self-proclaimed Hot Mess for Jesus, Kerri Pomarolli. Kathi and Kerri discuss what it means to find grace right where you are today, in the midst of a messy, busy life. In this episode, you’ll laugh along with Kathi and Kerri as you learn: What it means to be a Proverbs 32...

When you hear the word “relentless,” does it have a positive or negative connotation for you? Some of us hear it and think of persevering, continuing no matter what is in our way. Others of us think of wave after wave of challenges in our lives. In this week’s episode, Kathi sits down with Michele Cushatt, one of her besties and author of Relentless: The Unshakeable Presence of a God Who Never Lea...

This week, Kathi finishes her three-part series of Clutter Free Basics with Tonya Kubo, fearless leader of Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group. Kathi and Tonya discuss the three totes and two bags system. When combined with  space boxing  and  time boxing , this system leads to a sustainable clutter free home. In this episode, you’ll learn how: each technique discussed in Clutter Free Basics harmo...

Have you ever noticed how time-consuming decluttering can be? Perhaps you’re caught in an endless cycle of decision fatigue and shame about clutter. You need time boxing! This week, Kathi and Tonya Kubo, fearless leader of  Clutter Free Academy on Facebook , continue their series on Clutter Free basics. In this episode, they discuss time boxing, a technique that leads to a decluttered home over ti...

If you get overwhelmed at the thought of decluttering an entire room, this week’s episode is just what you need! Kathi and Tonya Kubo, founder of the  Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group , discuss the first of three Clutter Free basics: space boxing. This technique makes decluttering go faster, feel more doable and more satisfying. In this episode, you’ll learn what space boxing is and hear real-l...