Clutter Free Academy

Kathi and Erin discuss what is on their bucket list to make this a fun summer. The list includes things they want to do with and without kids.

Kathi and Erin discuss the three different categories of people who criticize others on social media and how to respond to each type.

Rules, Boundaries, Guidelines..... How do we raise our children to be responsible adults?

Do you lay down the law or do you let your kids have a say?

And have you ever uttered words you never expected to have to say like, "No slugs in bed!"

Listen as Kathi and Erin discuss setting rules for kids and then leave comments with your input and advice.

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Kathi and Erin discuss the Austin Floods and what we can learn to help people before, during, and after a disaster. Besides ideas about how to help, they also explain how living a clutter free life prepares us for times of crisis.

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.

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.

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

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.