This woman is the living definition of being a trailblazer! Without a business background, she started a business in an industry she didn't realize existed, she learned the tools necessary to run a business, she learned skills in trades she never expected...and...she shared all her gained wisdom with others, who some would call her competitors. Our guest, Melanie Dennis, is a founding member of NAPO-Ohio, where we met and benefited from her blazed trails.

We hope this episode inspires you to venture into the unknown, professionally or personally, and embracing every opportunity.

Thanks for listening and keep blazing that trail,
Karen & Janet
 
Guest Information
Melanie Dennis,  Retired!

 Host Information
Janet Jackson, Organization Solutions, LLC  |  OrganizationSolutionsLLC.com
Karen Kruzan, K2 Organizing  |   k2organizing.com

A special episode in honor of National Get Organized Month! 

How much fun can three organizers have talking about solutions for home, work and life? Listen in and found out. We discuss some common problem areas and provide our own proven solutions for maintaining clutter, physically and mentally. A misconception of professional organizers is that they are perfect. We are sure to put that myth to an end once and for all!

 We hope you're inspired to try a trick or two and, most of all, know that you're not alone!

Thanks for listening and keep blazing that trail,
Janet & Karen

Guest Information
Lynne Poulton, CPO® , CPO-CD® , LSW, Board Certified Professional Organizer
Wholly Organized! LLC
Website: wholly-organized.com
Call: 330-858-5886
Email: [email protected]

Sponsor Information
K2 Organizing- No judgement, just relief
Website:  k2organizing.com
Call or text: 614-795-0626
Email: [email protected]


Resources Mentioned

• Self-Help workbook, Rise Above Your Stuff
  available at: http://www.k2organizing.com/#products
• Stop the Clutter Cards
  available at: http://www.k2organizing.com/#products

Host Information
Janet Jackson, Organization Solutions, LLC  |  OrganizationSolutionsLLC.com
Karen Kruzan, K2 Organizing  |   k2organizing.com

This small town girl is making an International splash. Kim Coomer and her husband own D&E Machine in Lebanon, Ohio, a small picturesque town in southwest Ohio.  Listen to what happens when you combine one part charming with one part genius and a heavy pour of connections.

We hope you're inspired to embrace new connections in your own life, appreciate former connections that helped you get where you are right now, and perhaps be that one connection who helps someone else blaze their own trail.

Thanks for listening and keep blazing that trail,
Janet & Karen
 
Guest Information
Kim Coomer, Owner
Spirits On Ice
Website: spiritsonice.com
Call: 513-932-1250
Email: [email protected]

Resources Mentioned

• Spirit Ice Vice: spiritsonice.com/

Host Information
Janet Jackson, Organization Solutions, LLC  |  OrganizationSolutionsLLC.com
Karen Kruzan, K2 Organizing  |   k2organizing.com

It doesn't matter who you are or what you do, we all find ourselves frazzled from time to time. The key is to not stay frazzled. In this conversation with Andrea Sharb, an ADHD coach, we discuss her work with clients and share our own personal strategies for reclaiming our day and focusing - rather than  letting that frazzled feeling consume us.

We hope you find some inspiration for the next time you feel a bit frazzled.

Karen & Janet

In this COVID pandemic it is useful to know that we are all afraid and wondering about the best way to carry on.

Dr. Dennison shares that, "Giving yourself compassion allows a person to develop a compassionate resilience to be able to increase tolerance to stressful situations. When we practice this self compassion we begin to embody resilience. Only then can we pass the resilience onto our family, community and world at large. So instead of sending shock waves of fear throughout our earth lets send waves of compassion to increase stress tolerance. Celebrate!"

We hope you are inspired by Dr. Dennison's three simple techniques for practicing self-care that we can be used now or any time we feel empty. We can assure you that by the time the podcast was over, we were in a different place!
 
Thanks for listening and keep blazing that trail,
Karen & Janet
 
Guest Information
Dr. Barbara Jo Dennison, PhD, LISW-S
Dennison & Associates, Inc.
Website: dennisonassociatesinc.com
Call: 614-888-8440
Email: [email protected]

Resources Mentioned & Quotes Shared

Check out resources that Dr. Dennison and our very own Karen Kruzan have co-authored!
All available at www.FreshStartGroups.com 

• Rise Above Your Stuff Workbook
• Fresh Start: Group Manual
• The Many Faces of Hoarding & Trauma DVD
• Fresh Start Manual & the Many Faces of Harding DVD

Other Resources mentioned:

• Doxy.me: a HIPAA-secure video telehealth platform
• Peter Levine
• Wayne Dyer

 Host Information
Janet Jackson, Organization Solutions, LLC  |  OrganizationSolutionsLLC.com
Karen Kruzan, K2 Organizing  |   k2organizing.com

We’re curious about what others are observing and discovering in this strange reality created by COVID-19. We asked Melissa Cutcher of Technology First to join us in an honest, unscripted conversation where we chat about what has changed for the better – and the not-so-better. We learned that we all enjoy “getting in the stuff” of life, but with different approaches.

We hope you enjoy what three self-proclaimed introverts have to say about life without interaction and that perhaps it brings you some sense of camaraderie. 

Thanks for listening and keep blazing that trail,
Janet & Karen
 
Guest Information
Melissa Cutcher, Executive Director
Technology First
Website:  technologyfirst.org/
Call: 937-229-0054

Resources Mentioned
Technology First is an industry-led, industry-driven trade association. Their goal is to develop the Dayton and southwest Ohio region into the best-connected information technology community. As new technologies enter the marketplace leveraging the experience of peers and the knowledge of suppliers becomes necessary to make better, faster decisions. Visit them at technologyfirst.org       

Host Information
Janet Jackson, Organization Solutions, LLC  |  OrganizationSolutionsLLC.com
Karen Kruzan, K2 Organizing  |   k2organizing.com

Get to know your hosts! Karen Kruzan interviews Unscripted co-host Janet Jackson.

As mentioned before, Karen and Janet connected at their industry meetings and grew to realize just how similar their unique perspectives of reality were. Janet began her career as a professional organizer in 2001, with a simple mission to help others become more organized. It has since evolved into a successful consulting and training practice, helping businesses and organizations implement more efficient workplace processes and solutions. She has created a collection of training sessions to share these tips and solutions, available to anyone at anytime at www.abetterwayto.co

Please meet Unscripted's co-host, Karen Kruzan. The reason Karen and Janet connected in their industry meetings is that it seemed like they were always “in each others heads”. Each seemed to take turns saying what was in their collective brain, which often times was the challenging – questioning – viewpoint to the general conversation. Karen is a licensed therapist, a professional organizer, creator of Stop the Clutter cards, and author of a self-help workbook Rise Above Your Stuff, both available at at www.freshstartgroups.com

Listen in to learn more about Karen...

Welcome to Janet & Karen Unscripted! We are two organizing professionals offering perhaps the most imperfect podcast available. In this episode, we thought you might appreciate hearing a little bit about who we are, how this podcast came to be, and why. It also serves as our disclaimer that our podcasts are truly unscripted and  imperfect!

Karen Kruzan: www.FreshStartGroups.com
Janet Jackson: www.OrganizationSolutionsLLC.com, www.ABetterWayTo.co