Clutter Free Academy

For those of you who also struggle with weight, health, and generally feeling defeated with anything in your life that feels like it will never be resolved, this is for you. This is me, at my home church last week, talking about weight (I'd be much more comfortable talking about sex, trust me,) and how I can keep coming back to find hope in what can feel like a hopeless situation. (There may have been a few tears shed...)

Can't find your favorite pair of sandals?

Where is that outfit you wanted to wear tonight?

Which clothes still fit you and which do not?

Going into our closet can be an overwhelming experience. Maybe you just shove things in there and say you'll get to organizing it "later."

Today Kathi and Erin discuss how to thin out the items that aren't needed today in order to be able to easily find the wardrobe you enjoy and will be wearing this week.

Can't find your favorite pair of sandals?

Where is that outfit you wanted to wear tonight?

Which clothes still fit you and which do not?

Going into our closet can be an overwhelming experience. Maybe you just shove things in there and say you'll get to organizing it "later."

Today Kathi and Erin discuss how to thin out the items that aren't needed today in order to be able to easily find the wardrobe you enjoy and will be wearing this week.

Where do our daughters find their value in our culture?

• Their number of Facebook likes
• Their amount of Twitter Followers
• The number of boys that like them

How do we help our daughters to find their value in the one who created them and loves them, Jesus?

Today we talk with Lynn Cowell, author of Magnetic: Becoming the Girl He Wants to learn how we can help our daughters grow up to have a healthy sense of worth.

Where do our daughters find their value in our culture?

How do we help our daughters to find their value in the one who created them and loves them, Jesus?

Today we talk with Lynn Cowell, author of Magnetic: Becoming the Girl He Wants to learn how we can help our daughters grow up to have a healthy sense of worth.

But when is weird something that we need to change and when is weird something we need to say, “Maybe this is what God’s done with me and it’s OK?”

Today we talk with Laurie Wallin, author of  Why Your Weirdness Is Wonderful: Embrace Your Quirks and Live Your Strengths. She is a life coach who teaches others how their weirdness enables them to love God uniquely and to love others more effectively.

Listen to today’s podcast and learn

• How your weirdness is God’s image in you
• How to ask questions to check if your weirdness is bringing God glory
• How you can use something you hadn’t always appreciated about yourself for God’s glory

But when is weird something that we need to change and when is weird something we need to say, “Maybe this is what God’s done with me and it’s OK?”

Today we talk with Laurie Wallin, author of  Why Your Weirdness Is Wonderful: Embrace Your Quirks and Live Your Strengths. She is a life coach who teaches others how their weirdness enables them to love God uniquely and to love others more effectively.

Listen to today’s podcast and learn

Today, we’re talking to Deva Dalporto of YouTube fame.  Yes, she’s the real woman behind the series of parody videos that you see on Facebook all the time.  She’s the mom behind What Does the Kid Say?, My Lips are Movin’ and her brand new Back-to-School Rap.  Listen in and find camaraderie in the fact that:

• Housekeeping is hard.
• Parenting is hard.
• Kids are hard.
• Life balance is hard.
• But there are millions of other moms out there who feel just like you do right now.  And maybe, just maybe if you step back and allow yourself to find joy in the big and the little, that burden will be eased.

Today, we’re talking to Deva Dalporto of YouTube fame.  Yes, she’s the real woman behind the series of parody videos that you see on Facebook all the time.  She’s the mom behind What Does the Kid Say?, My Lips are Movin’ and her brand new Back-to-School Rap.  Listen in and find camaraderie in the fact that:

Does your three-year-old know more about your iPhone than you do? Does your ten-year-old spend more time worrying about screen time than family time? Are you ready to throw screens out of your house altogether?  Listen in as Kathi and Erin talk to Arlene Pellicane, the author of Growing Up Social:  Raising Relational Kids in a Screen Driven World about:

• How to put appropriate boundaries in place with your kids in regards to technology.
• How to keep your kids relational even when they are inundated with screens and technology.
• How to teach your kids character and virtue even in a world where screens are so prevalent.

Plus, click here to take Arlene's quiz "Is Your Child Getting Too Much Screen Time" and then listen in to find out how you can find the happy middle between our screen-driven world and the relationships that help our kids to thrive.