The Busy Vibrant Mom - Strategic Time Management, Home Organization, Productivity, Christian Mom, Christian Parenting, Declutter

It's so easy to wast time and feel behind in home and work.  Now we all know that we need to be productive and get tasks done if we want to stay on top of managing our house, growing a profitable business, and taking care of all the things.  Sometimes it can be hard to buckle down and work, or we may just not know where to start.  In this episode we will discuss the top five time wasters and solut...

Hey friend, are you overwhelmed at the thought of decluttering? Wondering when you will have time to fit in decluttering as a busy work from home mom.  It feels like one more addition to your to do list…right?  In this episode our guest Emily McDermott gives us tips on how to fit decluttering into our busy schedule and the HUGE benefits of decluttering for just a small time investment.  Emily is a...

Email can seem overwhelming.  It can feel like the laundry, it just keeps coming!  Do you open your inbox and want to cry at the hundreds of emails to deal with in your inbox? Do you feel like you are entering a black hole of time when you start checking email?  It can take hours!  So how can you set up a productive email system that saves you time? In this episode we talk about three email secret...

The holiday season is upon us and we know that after all the craziness, activities, finals, and school work that our kids will be home on break.  So now what? How do we make progress in our work and stay productive with jumpy kids home 24/7? You might have flashbacks to the days of Covid when everyone was home for days on end.  No one wants to park their kids in front of screens all day, but at th...

The holiday season can be challenging.  It can come with a lot of pressure to get the perfect gifts, to plan out an amazing vacation, to have a Pinterest perfect house, to create the perfect lasting memories, and the list just goes on and on.  It's too much! Today in this episode I want to give you grace to let go of high expectations and standards, to let go of comparison, to let go one the press...

In this episode I interviewed a special guest, Erika Diaz-Castro, the podcast host of Her Renewed Strength.  Erika is a Jesus-loving Puerto Rican Christian life coach.  She helps women overcome anxiety and overwhelm.  In this episode we talk about how the level of boldness in your faith corresponds to time management.  We talk about how to trust God's timing when you might be anxiously waiting to...

It can be challenging to stay organized.  Life can get busy, and life with other humans makes things messy.  It can feel like an uphill battle as you trip over shoes, find random toys, shove in more laundry to the wash, and unload the dishwasher.  So how can you get organized, and stay organized when life is already crazy busy?  In this episode we talk about three easy ways to get organized, stay...

It's so easy to feel overwhelmed.  Schedules, work, routines, home management, school, homework, meals, can all seem overwhelming as we move through our day.  As more things are added to our plate it can seem overwhelming mentally, physically, logistically, and emotionally.  How do we find peace in a busy world when we feel overwhelmed? In our episode today we will be talking about three easy ways...

Often times we do not realize how much time we waste in starting our work block and actually getting tasks done.  After racing through our morning routine, which may include breakfast, working out, getting kids off to school, making lunches, tidying up the house, devotional time, etc.  We finally sit down to our work block to start work, and it can take us even more time to actually start working....

Evenings can be tricky.  We are often so tired from working all day, making endless decisions, and doing the thousand tiny tasks along the way.  Evenings always seem so short.  We are often trying to fit in too many things to a small window of time, whether that be working out, self care, homework, dinner, rest, preparing for the next day, and all the other things.  In this episode we will break d...

This season and the last quarter of the year, life can feel a bit crazy and busy and stressful and exhausting...often all at the same time! We are trying to balance so many seasonal events on top of all the normal tasks, and finish projects.  It can be hard to keep up the energy needed in our work to meet those end of the year, last quarter goals.  We can easily run out of steam instead of pushing...

Can you believe it is already fall?  Maybe it seems a bit shocking because it's a busy season of life as we jump back into school, homework, sports, after school activities, and all the things.  As the leaves are changing and we are heading toward the holiday season the wheel of time seems to start ramping up.  If we don't stop and plan out a few things we will end up with an extra busy holiday se...

Do you feel stuck sometimes in your business? You might be working on tons of tasks and projects, but not seeing any results.  It's easy to feel overwhelmed, discouraged, or up to our eyes in projects.  In this episode we tackle three common mistakes we all make in our business that keep us stuck.  I have definitely experienced all three of these! Grab that notebook as we explore three common mist...

Do you feel like you are surviving your week, just wishing it was the weekend already, or are you thriving in your week, and enjoying each day? Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious? Maybe you feel like you are running on a hamster wheel or walking on a never ending moving sidewalk. It can be discouraging to feel that you are just trying to get by.  In this episode I share ten w...

It's so easy to feel overwhelmed.  To feel behind in work, watch as dirty dishes take over the kitchen, avoid opening the laundry room for fear the laundry will escape, and to feel like your house is actively moving towards entropy.  So what do we do when we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control?  In this episode I provide three simple solutions to help you move through overwhelm and feeling...

If you haven't heard, today is the day! I'm doing a special workshop just for you! Grab your seat for the FREE workshop at www.byrdmichelle.com/workshop .   Tuesday, September 19th today!! 10am PST/ 11MST/ 12pm CST/ 1pm EST We will focus on how to go from overwhelmed to organized, give you time management tools, and strategies to help you stay on top of all the things as a busy working mom. We wil...

Hey friends! I wanted to pop in your earbuds today to let you know about a crazy totally free workshop we are doing tomorrow!!!! Tuesday, September 19th at 10am PST/11am MST/ 12pm CST/1pm EST. Go to byrd michelle.com/workshop to save your seat today! I designed this workshop for the overwhelmed moms who don't know where to start, who want more time in their schedule, and who want to start living t...

It can be hard to create and stick to a new habit.  Often times we have the best intentions.  We want to start working out, doing a daily quiet time, going on dates with our kids, eating heathy, drinking more water etc.  All these are amazing intentions!  How many times have you started a new habit and stuck to it for a few weeks, but then it slowly stalled out?  In this episode we talk about a po...

Is your laundry room overflowing? Do you dump in dirty clothes and quickly close the door? Are you worried that the laundry may multiplay and take over?  Me too! The laundry feels like taxes or the mail.  It just never stops! Kids come home from school with dirty, smelly, sweaty clothes, sports uniforms, and everything in between.  It can be difficult to find a time to schedule in laundry to your...

Are you tired of answering the same questions from your kids or your spouse everyday?  Do the same questions keep coming up? Do your kids ask about school events, sports games, vacations, and all the scheduling items?  It can be a lot to keep track of and be able to answer on a dime.  In this episode we talk about building a command center.  This will help you outsource answers to all those questi...

Do you want to know the number one tool that saves time, money, brain power, and helps you be more at peace? It's one of my favorite tools, decluttering! In this episode we break down the benefits of decluttering.  There are so many benefits! We also talk about several different methods of decluttering, and which method or combination might work best for you.  Lastly we talk about how to fit in ti...

As moms we can easily feel exhausted at the end of the day after taking kids to school, managing the house, working, meal planning, carpooling, and all the tasks we do each day.  So how can we free up brain power to give ourselves more energy throughout the day?  The number one time saving tool we will be talking about today is how to establish routines.  Routines can free up brain power while sti...

Even if we are exhausted after a long day we still need to get dinner on the table for our family.  It can seem like an overwhelming challenge after working all day, driving kids all over, managing the house, and helping with homework.  In this episode we talk about three simple steps that will help you get your meals for the week organized, as well as some tricks to save you time and energy.  Fro...

If you only have one time management tool in your tool belt I hope you have this one.  In this episode we talk all about batching, my favorite time management tool!  This is truly the Swiss Army knife of time management tools.  You can use batching to help with so many tasks! It can help you save time, be more productive, and save brain power by making less decisions.  In this episode we define ba...

How many times have you finally gotten kids off to school, cleared your schedule, and settled in front of your laptop ready to start your work block only to be frozen trying to decide what task to work on next?  So how do you get the most out of your work block, stop procrastinating, and actually know what to work on when?  In this episode we talk about the benefits using task mapping software, an...