Clutter Free Academy

Are you unsure how to declutter and deal with different aspects of your tech? Does it get more complicated because you aren’t sure about the proper answer to questions like: what if there is personal information on there and what if I need it as a backup? Now you can safely lay those questions to rest because Kathi is here with Roger, her “chief tech get – a – ridder,” today. With such a fancy tit...

Do you spend way too much time looking for things? The more organized things are, the less time we have to spend looking for them. These days, there are so many options for keeping things contained and organized. Most of them are only a click away on Amazon. For those of us dealing with clutter, it’s super beneficial to have someone to help us sort through the enormous number of choices out there....

Are you on top of your container game? These days we have all sorts of new verbs: if we want to know something we "google” it, if we want to go somewhere we "uber” there, and if we need something in a few days we "amazon” it. Naturally the accidental homesteaders Kathi and Roger have things "amazon-ed" to their mountain home to make their clutter-free life easier and more functional. Join Kathi an...

Have you ever felt like you could only enjoy something after you’ve decluttered a certain space? This mentality is at the heart of Kathi’s discussion with Deanna Day Young and Grace Church. All of them have, at one point, felt unworthy of decluttering. Today, they are sharing some of their best advice for how to overcome these feelings of unworthiness, including: Why it’s so important to live with...

Do you long for partner power in your decluttering? Do visions of decluttering productively together bounce in your head, but you can’t seem to make it a reality? Kathi and Kelly are continuing the conversation on decluttering with a partner. Kathi’s response to this dilemma may surprise you as she discusses: “how doing the Clutter-Free program while trying to declutter with your spouse can be a p...

Do you struggle to get your partner on the same decluttering page as you? It can be lonely and overwhelming to be only one in charge of getting stuff out of the house. In this episode, Kathi and friend Kelly Wilbanks have a candid discussion about some of the challenges often faced when decluttering with our partner. Kathi has some great tips to lend us from her own success in partner decluttering...

Kathi and Roger are back to conclude their great remodel survivor story and give us the secrets to their survival.  In part one they shared their first three major tips  for decluttering, preparing, and navigating a remodel well. This week they are sharing their list of must-have supplies as well as their remaining tips including:  Take before pictures Use up your stuff  Have a five percent buffer...

Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to get through a remodel with your sanity AND your marriage still intact? Join Kathi and Roger as they take us through their remodel survivor adventure. For anyone going through a remodel, or even considering one, there are some things you need to know, including: Why you don’t want to store clutter  How to get rid of things well The importance of reducing a...

Do you struggle with keeping up with your decluttering efforts, despite the best of intentions? A Master List may be just the thing you need! Kathi and her favorite “clutter-buster,” Roger Lipp are preparing and equipping us for the One day Master List Challenge that will take place on July 20th over in  Clutter Free Academy . Get ready for the challenge and join in the conversation to find out wh...

Kathi Lipp is talking with Clutter Free community leader, friend, and screenwriter, Grace Church, about how decluttering and creativity can actually help one another. Have you ever struggled to balance decluttering time and creative time? You are not alone. In this episode, Kathi and Grace share how they have found that balance by: Shifting their mentality Doing a little bit every day Establishing...

Kathi is back with Clutter Free Academy and Clutter Free for Life leaders, Grace Church and Deanna Day Young for part 2 of her guide to “No-Buy July”. Together, the trio are sharing some personal examples and helpful strategies for our upcoming "No-Buy July" Challenge! Listen in as Kathi, Grace, and Deanna help us build a No Buy July strategy of our own through the four key principles: Use it up W...

Kathi is joined on the podcast today by two intrepid guides of Clutter Free Academy and Clutter Free for Life. Grace Church and Deanna Day Young are true long-time listeners and first-time guests here to offer inspiring and relatable insights from their own clutter free journey. Listen in as Kathi, Grace, and Deanna explain No Buy July through the four key principles:  Use it up  Wear it out Make...

Do you have a storage area, or two, that needs decluttering? The key, Kathi says, is to pick one of them and set a day for this challenge. Today on the podcast, Kathi and Roger are giving us an inside peek at their best tips for sorting and decluttering our storage including:  Plan a dump day Sort your storage into different categories Make categories for freecycle & donations  Make a goal to...

Kathi is back today for part 2 of “What to Watch While You Declutter” with author and host of “ The Couch with Mary Carver ” podcast, Mary Carver. Last week, in part 1 , the pair gave us criteria for shows we should avoid trying to declutter to. Today, they bring us hope by telling us what we should look for in a show to decluttering to, as well as a ton of great shows they personally recommend. L...

Kathi Lipp is here today with one of her new favorite people, author Mary Carver, to talk about what to watch while decluttering. Are you the kind of person who needs more than a playlist of worship music to declutter to? Maybe you enjoy a good television show to keep you company while you declutter, but you’re not sure how to strategically choose a show that will allow you to stay on task. In par...

Kathi and Roger are back for part 2 of The Automatic Home. Last week, the pair told us about all the automations they’ve put in place to make their home run more smoothly. Today they are here to talk about systems. We learned that the keys to an automated home are in the decisions and planning. We also learned there are so many ways to automate our home. Now, continuing the automatic home conversa...

Have you ever dreamed for an automated house like the Jetsons had? While Rosey may not be moving in, Kathi and Roger Lipp are here to help walk us through setting up a home that works for us and not against us. The keys to an automated home is in the decisions and the planning. There are so many ways to automate our home. Join in the conversation to hear about some of the key automations that serv...

Kathi and the OG of Clutter Free, Tonya Kubo are here to help us declutter our desk with the clean desk challenge! Do you have trouble focusing or being efficient at your desk? Our work is so much more productive when we have only what we need on our desk. Listen in to learn how Kathi and Tonya get so much done at their decluttered desks, exactly what they keep on them, and how we can have a clean...

Do you sometimes burn out from so much decluttering at once or because you can't figure out the best system? We often feel the need to understand things like how we make decisions and where our need for control comes from to move forward. Kathi and enneagram coach Lori Young are helping us to build better strategies for tackling our clutter based on our personality. In the  first episode, they dis...

Kathi Lipp is back with good friend and Enneagram expert, Lori Young for part 2 of this series: “How Knowing Your Personality Type Can Help You Declutter. Have you ever heard someone talk about a clutter strategy that has been helpful for them and thought, “there is no way that would work for my personality?” You may be right! Different personality types have different challenges and solutions. Kn...

Do you struggle with making decisions and taking more action toward decluttering? Sometimes we need to recognize and understand things like how we make decisions and where our need for control comes from to move forward. Kathi is here with her friend and enneagram expert Lori Young, helping us to build better strategies for tackling our clutter based on our personality. Join in the conversation to...

Kathi Lipp and Clutter Free OG Tonya Kubo have a challenge for you this month. Do you have a makeup and skin care graveyard in your bathroom? You know the one; the drawer full of old eye makeup you haven’t used in 3 years, and – let’s be honest – looks good on no one? On April 20th, you are invited to join the Great Product Purge. The mission: to purge 50 beauty products of any kind – makeup, clea...

Kathi Lipp is here today with her very good friend, Susy Flory for a special conversation about crisis. Have you ever found yourself surrounded by crises and it causes you to feel stuck? Join Kathi and Susy as they talk about Susy’s new book Sanctuary , a story about a man from a tiny village in Ireland who grew up on a donkey sanctuary. When Patrick Barrett left the donkey sanctuary to find his o...

Kathi Lipp is flying solo today and is bringing you her very own #1 trick for staying on task. Do you have unfinished tasks during the day? Kathi wants to help you solve that problem with "The List." To make your own list, find a notebook that makes you happy and write down the things you need to do - ALL the things you need to do - even if that includes taking a shower. It's that easy! Keeping a...

Kathi and her best back to basics buddy, Roger Lipp, are taking us back to the basics by helping us establish routines. After a super crazy 12 months, the Lipps are the perfect pair to talk about the importance of routines. Having a habit of good routines helped them to keep up with responsibilities during unexpected circumstances. There are a lot of misconceptions about routines, but the bottom l...