Today on the podcast we have Laurie Palau, the founder of simply B organized, professional organizer, author + speaker. She’s a fellow Bucks County, Pennsylvania business owner, a mom, wife, entrepreneur, & coffee lover. She is passionate about helping people reduce clutter in their lives, so they can spend time doing the things they love with the people who matter most.

She’s best known as the host of the weekly podcast, This ORGANIZED Life, and author of the book, HOT MESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GETTING ORGANIZED.  Both are essentially survival guides for anyone who has felt overwhelmed and needs some simple strategies to get on track.

We had such an awesome conversation -- Laurie walked us step-by-step through her decade in business, which I think is so useful and inspiring, regardless of where you are in your own business. She told us how she started organically, gained momentum, then intentionally focused on slow and steady growth because she had small children when starting out -- the true definition of lifestyle design! And now 10 years into her business, she’s an author, speaker, podcast host, and has created an amazing global community for professional organizers to connect with one another. Her business has grown and flourished in some really amazing ways.

Listen to my interview with Laurie to learn…

• A year-by-year breakdown of Laurie’s decade of entrepreneurship

• How she stumbled upon Professional Organizing and turned it into a career

• The investments she made early in her business to set herself up for success

• How Laurie built a mentorship program and partners program into her business