Merry Christmas! Today’s episode is our Christmas Special from a couple years ago when my little boy, Levi, joined me on the show. It’s definitely for the whole family to enjoy… if you have kids, have them listen, too!
Simplicity University
Our first signature course is now open for pre-registration: Organizing Basics 101: Mindsets & Action Plans To Simplify Your Home. While it’s in the final stages of production, for a limited time, you can pre-enroll for this course at a huge discount (over 50% off).
We are also offering a GOGO special… “Get One, Give One!” Get one course enrollment for yourself and give one to a friend for 75% off.
Just go to SimplicityU.com for more details.
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Everyone knows that there is no creature more persistent than a child trying to get what he or she wants.
For today’s episode, I share with you one of my most effective parenting strategies that can help with even the most demanding child.
And even if you don’t have kids, you can definitely apply this concept to your own life as an adult, as well.
Simplicity University
Our first signature course is now open for pre-registration: Organizing Basics 101: Mindsets & Action Plans To Simplify Your Home.
While it’s in the final stages of production, for a limited time, you can pre-enroll for this course at a huge discount (over 50% off)!
We are also offering a GOGO special… “Get One, Give One!” Get one course enrollment for yourself and give one to a friend for 75% off!
Just go to SimplicityU.com for more details.
Subscribe!
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to subscribe to the show to stay updated on all our new episodes. You can also visit (or share) our website at LifeMadeSimplePodcast.com or CarlaRaeArneson.com.
And feel free to subscribe to our mailing list! Don’t worry, we promise to keep you email safe.
Do you have any questions, comments, or do you just want to say hi? Click here to send a private message on the “Ask CarlaRae” page of our website.
Do you like what you hear on the show? I would be so grateful if you could leave me a review on Apple Podcasts (previously called iTunes). Just click here to post a review in the iTunes App. Select “Ratings and Reviews” then “Write a Review” and let me know what your favorite part of the show is. Thank you so much!
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Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"
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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com
Episode #167: Retail Therapy vs. Mindful Shopping
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I have something to share that I am so incredibly excited about! So I decided to release a bonus episode with all the details.
I created Simplicity University as an online school to offer a variety of digital courses and workshops to help you organize your home and simplify your life.
Each course can be taken in your own time, while in your own home, and can be completed at your own pace. It's definitely unlike anything you've seen before! They'll include videos, audio clips, worksheets, and other helpful downloads. The courses are compiled of modules and lessons that are specially designed to inspire and motivate you.
Over the last few years, I’ve been creating my first signature course, Organizing Basics 101: Mindsets & Action Plans To Simplify Your Home. It is now in the final stages of production. For a limited time, we will be opening up pre-enrollment for this course at a huge discount (over 50% off).
We are also offering a GOGO special… “Get One, Give One!” You can pre-register for the course yourself AND buy one at 75% off to gift to a friend.
Just go to SimplicityU.com for more details.
Subscribe!
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to subscribe to the show to stay updated on all our new episodes. You can also visit (or share) our website at LifeMadeSimplePodcast.com or CarlaRaeArneson.com.
And feel free to subscribe to our mailing list! Don’t worry, we promise to keep you email safe.
Do you have any questions, comments, or do you just want to say hi? Click here to send a private message on the “Ask CarlaRae” page of our website.
Free Resources:
Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"
Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY
Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"
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As a professional home organizer, one of my most favorite topics to talk about on the show is clutter… what it is, where it comes from, and why we have such a hard time getting rid of it.
For today’s episode, I not only talk about the psychical clutter that tends to pile up in our homes, but I give you very specific ideas to help you free yourself from the mental clutter that naturally coincides with the physical clutter. And you’d be surprised at some of the unexpected places where that kind of clutter shows up!
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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com
Episode #243: What Do You Surround Yourself With?
Episode #246: Who Do You Surround Yourself With?
Episode #15: Do You Have A “Just In Case” Mentality?
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A few weeks ago, I asked you an important question: “What do you surround yourself with?”
On today’s, episode I encourage you to simplify your relationships by becoming more aware of WHO you surround yourself with.
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Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com
Episode #243: What Do You Surround Yourself With?
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The idea of gratitude seems fairly simple. Right?
“Be thankful for what you have.”
We should all feel grateful. Well, at least that's what we want to feel.
Unfortunately, gratitude can sometimes be very complicated. And the feeling of thankfulness doesn’t always come naturally to everyone.
On today’s episode of Life Made Simple, I explore a little bit of the science behind gratitude. And for those of you out there who might occasionally struggle with feeling grateful, I offer you a few ideas that might help.
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During this time of year, the trees naturally know that it’s time to drop their leaves to make room for new ones in the spring.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we did the same thing? If we naturally knew how to let go of the old to make room for the new? On today’s episode of Life Made Simple, I give you my thoughts on how to do just that.
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Do you like what you hear on the show? I would be so grateful if you could leave me a review on Apple Podcasts (previously called iTunes). Just click here to post a review in the iTunes App. Select “Ratings and Reviews” then “Write a Review” and let me know what your favorite part of the show is. Thank you so much!
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What do you surround yourself with?
Throughout your everyday life you are surrounded by things, people, and ideas. You see things and you hear things. And when you see and experience those things, they have some sort of an effect on you, whether you know it or not. Your brain is constantly absorbing the positive and negative energies that those things represent to you, which may be different for different people.
What matters is whether or not it is a positive or negative effect.
For today’s episode, I focus on information that we surround ourselves with. I also give you ideas on how to build better boundaries with sources of information that tend to pop up and steal your attention when you least expect it.
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Episode #47: How Do Digital Distractions Impact Your Life?
Episode #148: A Lesson I Learned When I Didn't Take My Own Advice (CarlaRae Confesses)
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We're right in the middle of the back to school season. If you're a parent of a school aged child like me, your home is probably already getting flooded with drawings, paintings, hand prints, coloring pages and worksheets.
On our last episode of Life Made Simple I gave you a handful of organizing tips and routines to help the school year go more smoothly for you and your family. And for today's episode, we take a look at how we can celebrate our children's artwork without drowning in it.
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Episode #91: A Unique Strategy To Help You Let Go Of Keepsakes
Episode #10: Can You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing?
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Back to school season is in full swing! If you're a parent who is drowning in the back to school chaos and craziness, then this show is for you.
On this special Encore Episode, I share with you some of the organizing tips and routines that we've implemented in our own family that can help get the school year off to a good start for you and your family.
Keep in mind, while the tips and strategies I give you are mainly geared towards children in elementary school, you can still get a lot from this episode even if you have older kids.
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Episode #63: You Need More Margin Time (CarlaRae Confesses)
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We all face different roadblocks and challenges when trying to organize and simplify our home. And sometimes it's hard to face those challenges alone.
For today's episode of Life Made Simple, I share with you how I've rallied some of my closest friends to start a mini clutter challenge group. It can be so amazing to have accountability, support, and encouragement when trying to reach certain goals in life.
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As humans, our minds are complicated. Our brains and all the complex thoughts that come in and out of them are very complicated.
As I try to simplify my home, my schedule and all other areas of my life, I want to also figure out how to simplify my crazy complicated mind.
On this episode of Life Made Simple I share with you some fascinating information about our brains that I recently found in an amazing article.
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Episode 67: Good Night, Sleep Tight! (Sleep Habits Series PART 1)
Episode 69: Wake Up, Sleepy Head! (Sleep Habits Series PART 2)
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When I was a new mom, I was convinced that my child was going to eat anything I put in front of him. I was determined that he would never be a picky eater and would love eating vegetables. I loved healthy foods when I was a kid, so why wouldn't he?
Well, unfortunately, Levi has an aversion to most anything green. And he would easily eat cake and ice cream for every meal if I let him! So I've definitely had to learn how to get really strategic to insure he eats a well balanced diet.
For today's episode I wrap up our series all about healthy eating. After announcing the winners for our Clean Eating Magazine giveaway, I share with you some really great tried and true tips on how to get your child to eat healthy foods.
If you weren't one of our lucky winners, just click on the link below to get an exclusive coupon code to receive a one year subscription for only $10... that's 79% off the cover price!
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After trying an extreme diet for many months, I learned there is sooooo much psychology behind food choices and nutrition.
While making those major changes, I also had to become more aware of my relationship with food... which can be pretty complicated at times. Can you relate?
For today's episode, I offer you some thoughts and a few simple tips that I've been implementing into my own life when it comes to meals and the foods I eat.
I also share with you some new habits and lifestyle changes that I'm trying to make that you can hopefully find some value in as well. Many of them have completely changed and simplified my relationship with food!
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Want to enter a drawing to win a free subscription to Clean Eating Magazine??? Just click on the link!
We will draw the names of three winners on July 31st of 2019. If you are a winner, we will notify you through email.
If you are tuning into this episode AFTER the drawing, just click on the same link to get an exclusive coupon code to receive a one year subscription for only $10... that's 79% off the cover price!
If you do not win in the drawing, we will still send you the same awesome coupon code.
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Episode #235: Random Lessons I Learned From An Extreme Diet
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Does food ever get lost in your fridge? It gets pushed to the back, overlooked, or maybe it just gets forgotten about?
There have been too many times when I've bought fresh food from the grocery store, went days without eating it, then regretfully had to toss it in the trash.
On today's episode I share with you some very simple tips and tricks to help you rescue and save some of your fading fridge food before it goes bad.
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Want to enter a drawing to win a free subscription to Clean Eating Magazine??? Just click on the link!
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If you are tuning into this episode AFTER the drawing, just click on the same link to get an exclusive coupon code to receive a one year subscription for only $10... that's 79% off the cover price!
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With big life changes and transitions, come big life lessons.
For the last six months, my family and I made some MAJOR changes in our diet. During this episode, I tell you all about that journey and all the random lessons I learned from it. It was actually very interesting how many of those lessons run parallel with other topics I often talk about on the show concerning organizing and simplifying your home and life.
My intention of this episode (and a few to follow) is to explore the mindsets behind healthy eating, as well as the habits and lifestyle changes that go along with it.
Please keep in mind, I am not a certified nutritionist, dietitian and I am for sure not a doctor. The information I share with you on this show is based off of my own personal experience and many years of research. So as you hear me share strategies and techniques that have worked for me, keep in mind that everyone is different... your experience and views may not be the same as mine, and that's of course, totally ok.
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FREE GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
Want to enter a drawing to win a free subscription to Clean Eating Magazine??? Just click on the link!
We will draw the names of three winners on July 31st of 2019. If you are a winner, we will notify you through email.
If you are tuning into this episode AFTER the drawing, just click on the same link to get an exclusive coupon code to receive a one year subscription for only $10... that's 79% off the cover price!
If you do not win in the drawing, we will still send you the same awesome coupon code.
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FREE DOWNLOAD: CarlaRae's Nutrition Guide
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Enter The Free Drawing: CarlaRaeArneson.com/CleanEating
Episode #7: The Ultimate 3-Day Jumpstart To Good Health
Episode #176: I'm Trying Hard Not To Be A Perfectionist Procrastinator (CarlaRae Confesses)
Episode #63: You Need More Margin Time!
Episode #215: Why You Should Embrace Margin In Your Life
Episode #103: Don't Wait For Special Occasions!
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I'm on a journey to simplify my life, but sometimes it's hard letting go of things that I feel attached to.
On today's episode I explain how there is one category in my life that I need to downsize. I also tell you how I recently had a consultation with myself as my own personal professional home organizer and came up with a great solution to my problem.
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Last week, we decided to start our summer adventures a little early. We pulled our son out of school for a whirlwind road trip from Seattle, Washington to Austin, Texas. We drove 32 hours straight there with very few stops!
I know it may sound crazy (especially considering we even took our dog) but it was fun. And we survived. And in this episode I tell you all about it.
Now keep in mind, the ideas I share with you can be applied to ANY space in your life, particularly in your home. Not just your car. So, even if you aren't planning any road trips this year, you can still get a lot from this show.
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Episode #231: How To Organize Your Car (And Keep It That Way!)
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When you get up in the morning to start your day, do you have a good game plan?
I'm sure you have your day planned out and you know where you need to be and when you need to be there. But when it comes to your to-do's, do you know EXACTLY what needs to be done? And if you do, do those things actually get done?
If you feel like your mile long to-do list is paralyzing and you're totally overwhelmed with too much to do, then this episode will help.
On today's show I share with you a very simple to-do list strategy to help you focus on your priorities (with no distractions) to get more done.
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Episode #68: Get More Done With A Focus Frame
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I honestly can't believe we haven't done a single show on how to organize your car!
On today's episode, not only do I give you all my thoughts, tips, and tricks on how to organize your car, but I also talk about how to KEEP it organized.
And since I toss a lot at you, I created a new freebie checklist for you to download.
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Free Checklist: "Essential Items To Consider Keeping In Your Car"
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Shopping and acquiring new things can be fun and VERY therapeutic.
But having too much stuff that you have to organize, manage, and store is NOT always fun.
What if we can somehow tap into the therapeutic aspects of letting go of things? What if we could get equal enjoyment from purging things as we do from buying them? Wouldn't that make simplifying and organizing a lot easier?
On today's show I revisit a unique perspective that can help you clear out the clutter in your home to reveal the simplified space hiding underneath.
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Over the years, I've learned that simplifying your home isn't just about where you put things or what nifty little storage bins you should buy to put things in. There is actually soooo much more to it than that.
Organizing your home and simplifying your life has a lot to do with your mindsets, not just storage tips. Which is why, I always say that I specialize in the psychology behind home organizing.
For today's episode, I share with you a "mindset strategy" that I use for certain clients. And I even use it myself, at times... because it works.
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Ever get to the very end of a huge organizing project and then all of a sudden you feel STUCK? You have a bunch of little piles and things that need to be put away, but you feel overwhelmed?
Today, I chat about one of the hardest, most challenging issues that many of my clients face when organizing their homes. And it's actually something I even struggle with on occasion.
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After listening to our last couple episodes about whether or not you should finish what you start, are you finally ready to tackle a few of your unfinished projects cluttering up your house?
Get ready to take notes! On today's episode I give you a 6 step action plan to help you finally finish those good intentions.
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Episode #225: Should You Finish What You Start... Or Not?
Episode #226: What Is Your Real Road Block?
Episode #88: Paint Or Get Off The Ladder!
Episode #104: A Unique Technique To Tackle Any Task
Episode #8: How To Make A "Perfect Day Itinerary"
Episode #11: How Do I Make A "Perfect Week Itinerary"? (Ask CarlaRae)
Episode #176: I'm Trying Hard Not To Be A Perfectionist Procrastinator (CarlaRae Confesses)
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Sometimes, while in the middle of a project, it's easy to get stuck. You lose steam. Or you get discouraged. Or you lose interest.
Then you stop. And then you never get around to finishing it.
It just happens.
And sometimes you don't finish what you started because it's no longer a priority, which is totally ok.
But, sometimes, you stop because something very specific is blocking you.
On today's episode, I talk about why it's important to figure out what your real roadblocks are so that you can finally push past them.
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