Clutter Free Academy

Let's start this school year on the right foot! What supplies do you already have? Are you ready to keep the best and get rid of the rest? How can you organize tools in a way that works best for your family? Listen as Kathi and Erin discuss tips to Be Clutter Free Before School Starts in this second part of a two part series.  

Set up your family for a successful Back to School season!  What areas of the house are most important for you children's success? How can you teach your children the generosity that comes from decluttering? Today we talk with Erin MacPherson about ways to give your children the tools they need to think through the decluttering process and be clutter free before school starts.

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? Today Erin and I share our quick and easy ideas to have clutter free meal planning and summer entertaining! After listening, share one of your quick summer recipes and be entered to win a FREE book by  Susan Ma...

Kathi and Erin discuss what is on their bucket list to make this a fun summer. The list includes things they want to do with and without kids.

Kathi and Erin discuss the three different categories of people who criticize others on social media and how to respond to each type.

Rules, Boundaries, Guidelines..... How do we raise our children to be responsible adults? Do you lay down the law or do you let your kids have a say? And have you ever uttered words you never expected to have to say like, "No slugs in bed!" Listen as Kathi and Erin discuss setting rules for kids and then leave comments with your input and advice. [Tweet "Rules, Boundaries, Guidelines...How do we r...

Kathi and Erin discuss the Austin Floods and what we can learn to help people before, during, and after a disaster. Besides ideas about how to help, they also explain how living a clutter free life prepares us for times of crisis.

For those of you who also struggle with weight, health, and generally feeling defeated with anything in your life that feels like it will never be resolved, this is for you. This is me, at my home church last week, talking about weight (I'd be much more comfortable talking about sex, trust me,) and how I can keep coming back to find hope in what can feel like a hopeless situation. (There may have...

Can't find your favorite pair of sandals? Where is that outfit you wanted to wear tonight? Which clothes still fit you and which do not? Going into our closet can be an overwhelming experience. Maybe you just shove things in there and say you'll get to organizing it "later." Today Kathi and Erin discuss how to thin out the items that aren't needed today in order to be able to easily find the wardr...

Where do our daughters find their value in our culture? Their number of Facebook likes Their amount of Twitter Followers The number of boys that like them How do we help our daughters to find their value in the one who created them and loves them, Jesus? Today we talk with Lynn Cowell, author of Magnetic: Becoming the Girl He Wants  to learn how we can help our daughters grow up to have a healthy...

But when is weird something that we need to change and when is weird something we need to say, “Maybe this is what God’s done with me and it’s OK?” Today we talk with Laurie Wallin, author of   Why Your Weirdness Is Wonderful: Embrace Your Quirks and Live Your Strengths . She is a life coach who teaches others how their weirdness enables them to love God uniquely and to love others more effectivel...

Today, we’re talking to Deva Dalporto of YouTube fame.  Yes, she’s the real woman behind the series of parody videos that you see on Facebook all the time.  She’s the mom behind What Does the Kid Say?, My Lips are Movin’ and her brand new Back-to-School Rap.  Listen in and find camaraderie in the fact that: Housekeeping is hard. Parenting is hard. Kids are hard. Life balance is hard. But there are...

Does your three-year-old know more about your iPhone than you do? Does your ten-year-old spend more time worrying about screen time than family time? Are you ready to throw screens out of your house altogether?  Listen in as Kathi and Erin talk to Arlene Pellicane, the author of Growing Up Social:  Raising Relational Kids in a Screen Driven World about: How to put appropriate boundaries in place w...

Have you ever gotten yourself into trouble for something you said? We all have!  Today, our guest Karen Ehman, the author of Keep it Shut:  What to Say it, How to Say it and When to Say Nothing at All , tells us how to keep our words uplifting, fruitful and God-honoring. She shares how we can: Avoid saying painful things to our loved ones that can cause damage when we are in a moment of temporary...

Most little girls grow up dreaming of being a mom, but hardly any of them dream of becoming a stepmom. Nevertheless, approximately one million new stepfamilies are created every year. It’s no secret, being a stepmother can be a living nightmare. But it can also be an enriching and rewarding experience—one that God can use to strengthen you, helping you survive and even thrive in the toughest job y...

How do you stay connected to your man when your life is… crazy? Fellow podcaster and blogger Jamie Ivey shares her tips and tricks for keeping her marriage hot when she has four kids, a busy husband and messy house.  Listen in and get: •    Date night ideas that are creative and fun. •    Ideas on how to make our marriages a priority over work, over chores and yes, even over parenting. •    Tips o...

Do you ever feel like every second of your life is filled with… business? This week, we talked to Jessica Turner, the author of The Fringe Hours, on how we can declutter our schedules to find fringe hours—time to refresh ourselves and find elusive balance.  Find out how you can: •    Track your time so you can see where your time is going and adjust in order to find fringe time. •    How to model...

Who wants a red hot sex life? Yes, we're really asking you that and here's why: We believe that our media likes to act like hot sex is demoralizing and demeaning sex a la 50 Shades of Grey. It doesn't have to be that way! And we have proof: Our new e-Book 10 Ideas to Inspire Red Hot Sex is full of red hot sex ideas that are intimate, marriage-building and yes, hot. Listen in and Kathi and Erin wil...

Is your marriage in need of some love therapy? Kathi's husband Roger joins the podcast today to talk about Kathi and Roger's new book, Happy Habits for Every Couple . The book is full of fun, flirty ideas to intentionally connect with your husband in a meaningful way.  (And by meaningful, we're talking about chocolate, sex and romance.) Listen in and: •    Find out how you can connect with your hu...

You hardly have time to eat or shower… how are you supposed to have time for sex? Are you ready for a clutter free romance? Our new series of books, “Hot Mama,” was written just for busy women like you—women who want fulfilling, intimate and hot sex lives without all of the clutter that makes our marriages ho-hum.  And to kick it off, we’re talking about decluttering your life to make room for… se...

Dinner hour.  Two tiny words that can make your heart start to pound, your stomach clench and your hand reach for the phone to order pizza.  Again. Nothing (okay, almost nothing) is more stressful than planning, cooking and executing dinner.  Kathi and Erin share their best “been there, done that” tips for making dinnertime quick, fast and healthy.  Listen in and hear how you can: -          Declu...

We hold to our mantra: Clutter Free in 2015! In the past few weeks, everyone has jumped on the clutter free bandwagon (no, really, there are more than 5,000 women signed up for the 21 day Clutter Free challenge). We are so excited about this, because we know how crippling clutter can be. But, as we’ve begun to declutter, many questions have come up: – What sort of system works to start declutterin...

Are your kids acting entitled after the Christmas craze? Mary Hunt, the author of  Raising Financially Confident Kids , walks you through how to kick entitlement and irresponsibility to the curb this year and teach your kids that just because they have $3 doesn’t mean they need to spend it on bubble gum and Pokemon cards. A no-fail plan to help your kids become financially responsible. How to keep...