Clutter Free Academy

Kathi and Tonya are here today with details on the upcoming "Great 100 Item Cupboard Clean-Out!" On Wednesday January 26th, Kathi Lipp and Tonya Kubo are hosting a friendly challenge in Clutter Free Academy. You mission, should you choose to accept it: get rid of 100 items in your kitchen. It's time to throw out those extra soy sauce packets, expired items, donate-able items, and takeout menus (you can find those menus on the Internet anyway). Listen in as the pair give all the details and guidelines for a successful kitchen clean-out. Now, gather your supplies - some of Kathi's go-to suggestions include: Garbage can/recycling can A box for food bank donations A black marker and labeling tape Plastic containers (Kathi's favorite are the OXO Containers) You got this!

Do you find yourself constantly overwhelmed by the clutter in your kitchen? The kitchen can be the hardest area of the house to keep decluttered because it is constantly being used. Kathi and Tonya are here in this re-released episode to break down their top 5 favorite tips to keep your kitchen free from clutter. Listen in as Kathi explains why she considers the kitchen countertops to be the most important real estate in your home (with the refrigerator running a close second), and many more tips including including: Law of proximity Do your dishes every night   Get rid of duplicate or excess dishes and appliances Note: Since this is a re-release of a previous episode, the mentioned giveaway has ended.

Kathi Lipp is here with friend and co-author, Cheri Gregory, to celebrate the release of their new book of devotionals: An Abundant Place. If you have found yourself overcommitted, overstressed, and in need of a mental getaway, Kathi and Cheri have written this book for you. In this special episode, the pair share their favorite ways to declutter their mental space and prepare for their time with God.   AND if you order your copy of An Abundant Place today, you are still eligible for pre-order bonuses including the An Abundant Place journal and the special podcast series “Devos for Dropouts.”   GIVE-A-WAY ALERT! Kathi and Cheri want you to have the key ingredients to a successful stay-at-home retreat! Leave a comment telling us what stay-at-home retreat item you would adore most, tag a friend, and you BOTH could win a copy of An Abundant Place, the (In)courage Devotional Bible, as well as all of Kathi’s must-have items for a cozy at-home retreat!

Kathi and Tonya are back in part 2 of the four critical strategies we need for staying clutter free for life. Last week, in part 1, we unlocked the secret key of challenges and talked about the power of a calendar.  Fighting clutter is more about how we deal with it on a regular basis than about our circumstances and situations, yet for some reason, we allow our clutter to cause us to feel shame. One of the best ways we can combat that shame is with the motivation and encouragement that comes through the power of community. There are a million different cluttery circumstances. The Clutter Free For Life Community has people from all kinds of backgrounds, and they really get it. It is really a place to find your people and gain:   Great Community that really understands  Checklists that keep you on track  Interactive coaching sessions   Is a clutter free home on your Christmas wishlist? Clutter Free For Life is on sale until January 6th!

Kathi Lipp and Clutter Free OG, Tonya Kubo, are here to share critical strategies guaranteed to help you live your best Clutter Free life. Listen in to learn how committing to challenges and being bossed around by the  calendar can help you:   Maintain mental energy while decluttering Manage decision fatigue Avoid BSOS (Bright Shiny Object Syndrome)   Don't miss this first episode in a 2-part series sure to help you end your year on a Clutter Free high note. And be sure to take advantage of the amazing offer to join the Clutter Free for Life program for the entire year of 2022 at a hugely discounted rate. Click here to find out more.

Kathi and her favorite holiday celebrant, Roger Lipp, are bringing all the best tips for our least stressful holiday season ever and equipping us with a game plan to carry it out. So much of preparing our house is about being comfortable in our own space. There are some key things we can do to declutter and make the holidays less stressful including   Determine the priority places & spaces to be decluttered Make a help list  Don’t leave room for unmet expectations  Get a membership to Clutter Free for Life

Kathi is here with long awaited guest: three times best selling author, Nicki Koziarz to talk about how to make challenging decisions. So much of the clutter in our lives is caused by avoiding decision. As the clutter continues to build, we are flooded with choices, and that can leave us feeling overwhelmed. Even though many of the decisions we are faced with on a daily basis are small decisions, they can seem very daunting causing us to continue to avoid them. Listen in as Kathi and Nicki give us some hard truths that can help us develop our decision muscle, including:   None of us are exempt from hard things How to deal with the emotion attached to the clutter  How to make hard decisions when it seems contrary to what’s expected   For a chance to win a copy of Nick Koziarz' book, Flooded: The Five Best Decisions to Make When Life is Hard and Doubt is Rising, click here 

Kathi Lipp and her partner in decluttering and everything else, Roger Lipp, are back to continue their great discussion on to how to celebrate the holiday season without sabotaging your Clutter Free journey.  Are you unsure of how to approach the holidays without adding to your or your loved ones' clutter? Kathi has 10 incredibly helpful tips just for that. She and Roger shared the first five suggestions in part 1. Listen in now as they share the last half of their insightful list of suggestions for celebrating the season clutter-free. Kathi explains the value in:   Do an inventory Ask for specifics Gift a membership to Clutter Free for Life And more!

Kathi Lipp is here with her partner in decluttering and everything else, Roger Lipp, to talk about how to celebrate the holiday season without sabotaging your Clutter Free journey. Are you unsure of how to approach the holidays without adding to your or your loved ones' clutter? Kathi and Roger give five insightful suggestions to celebrating the season clutter-free, including: Go gift-less Give "clutter-less" gifts Gift a membership to Clutter Free for Life Be sure to catch next week's episode when Kathi and Roger will share the last half of their advice for a Clutter-Free holiday.

Have you been in need of a retreat, my friend, but can’t get away? Kathi and Cheri Gregory, her most frequent co-author, are giving us a sneak peek into their new devotional: An Abundant Place. If you are living in the real, everyday mess of life, then you will love learning about this devotional and how it takes us on a journey to that abundant place where Jesus redeems those messes and makes beauty out of them. The best part is that if you pre-order now you get some really fun bonuses including:  Devos For Dropouts Podcast Series Companion Journal  Invitation to a Private Devotional Group with Kathi and Cheri ORDER AN ABUNDANT PLACE

Hey friend! We are better together, and today we are going to join forces to declutter together! So grab your tools, set up your stations, and join Kathi on this episode to declutter together. First, if you haven’t already, go and listen to last week’s episode, How to Get Rid of 250 Things in One Day, Part 1 to set yourself up for success. Then jump on in and let’s get rid of some things together, make hard decisions, and learn about Envisioning your decluttered spaces & people using the things you don’t need  How to repurpose things  What storage is costing you

Kathi is talking about the exciting new 30 Day 1K challenge! Let’s crush it together and get rid of 1000 things this November. Tune in to this episode to find out how you can get rid of 250 things in just one day by following nine simple steps including: Set your goal Gather your tools Checklists Set up stations and a timer

If you work outside of your home, or even if you have a home office, you know how hard it can be to keep a clean desk. Our desks often seem to be the catch-all for anything we aren't sure what to do with. If you're like the rest of it, you're desk quickly gets out of control with clutter. You can tame this clutter monster too! Join Kathi and Tonya today as they discuss how to have and keep a clean desk.

Kathi has Tonya Kubo, who really loves a good challenge, with her today. The excitement can’t be contained as they uncover all the details of the upcoming 30 Day 1K challenge that is happening in November! The most important thing in decluttering is decision. When we are overwhelmed with decisions, we really just need clarity. Join in the conversation to discover how you can wake up at the end of November with 1000 things gone from your house and a significant amount of space freed up by: Knowing the guidelines of the challenge Knowing these guidelines are here to serve you Gaining clarity about clutter and decisions

Kathi and Tonya are back with us today discussing how to store everything with limited space. Listen in as they encourage us to find creative spaces using what we already have. Together let’s think about what kind of storage we have and how we are using it by: Designating each space for a purpose Making it work hard for us Making the spaces function for us Looking for hidden storage spots

Kathi and Tonya, the clutter free queen, are disclosing their favorite recipes to help us use up everything in our fridge. The possibilities are endless when we learn to think from the repurpose angle. Listen in as they encourage us to make creative combinations using what we already have. Get a few more recipes for your collection and learn to simplify your life and declutter your fridge with: • LOOP • Staples and go to meals • Clean out the fridge soup

Kathi is here today with Becky Keife, author of The Simple Difference. They are leaning more heavily on the live more life aspect of being clutter-free. Kathi and Becky explore how every small kindness makes a big impact and we can incorporate it into our everyday life. Many of our clutter problems are often rooted in living in the past or the future, causing us to neglect the present. Join Kathi and Becky’s conversation to learn things we can do right now that help with being clutter-free and making a difference through kindness, including: Being where your feet are Live eyes wide open Consider your STEM resources The Simple Difference: How Every Small Kindness Makes a Big Impact  We’ve all got a lot of questions these days: In a world marked by division, how do we create bridges of meaningful connection? When despair runs rampant, is real hope possible? When competition is elevated, is compassion still relevant? And at the end of the day, can one person really make any impact at all? When the

Coming in for the third round of teaching us all things organization are Kathi and Tonya, the organizational queen who gets things done. Really only 10 percent of organization has to do with the frou frou stuff. The other 90 percent can be split into thirds. In the first episode, Kathi and Tonya walked us through the first 30 percent: decluttering the nonsense so we don’t have to touch it again. The second episode covered the next 30 percent and was all about making decisions in advance and bossing our inner child around. Now, in the finale, they’re talking about how to put those decisions into action and showing us: • We underestimate the fatigue of many little decisions • How these decisions end up zapping our energy • What Mr. Rogers has to do with organization   THE CLUTTER-FREE HOME When it comes to your home, peace is possible… Longing for a place of peace from which you can love others well? The Clutter-Free Home is your room-by-room guide to decluttering, reclaiming, and celebrating every

Kathi is back with her buddy Tonya continuing the conversation on how to get organized for good. Last week they helped us discover that decluttering is the first 30 percent. Today the discussion moves into pre-deciding, the second 30 percent. Only a tiny 10 percent make up the part we typically think of when it comes to organization. Listen in to find out about Part 2 of the important 90 percent and how these three principles will help you actually get organized for good: 10 percent is choosing the systems that work for you 30 percent is decluttering 30 percent is pre-deciding Wondering about the last 30 percent? Be sure to join in next week to find out in Part 3 of How to Actually Get Organized for Good.   THE CLUTTER-FREE HOME When it comes to your home, peace is possible… Longing for a place of peace from which you can love others well? The Clutter-Free Home is your room-by-room guide to decluttering, reclaiming, and celebrating every space of your home. Let author Kathi Lipp (who once liv

Kathi is talking with Tonya Kubo today, and they’re cracking the case on perhaps the most common topic in Clutter Free Academy: just how in the world do we get more organized? Organization is really about getting ahead and thinking about where things will be when we need them. Kathi simplifies this process by reminding us that everything has a cost of space, time, energy, or money. Then she helps us prioritize the systems and things we really need in this season, teaching us about the first 30% of organization: Don’t let it into the house Kick it back into play Lessen the amount of things we manage   THE CLUTTER-FREE HOME When it comes to your home, peace is possible… Longing for a place of peace from which you can love others well? The Clutter-Free Home is your room-by-room guide to decluttering, reclaiming, and celebrating every space of your home. Let author Kathi Lipp (who once lived a life buried in clutter) walk you through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are