Simple You

This episode's podcast guest is productivity coach Louise Ledbrook and we're talking about how to master your time and productivity, to get you out of overwhelm and procrastination in achieving your goals!

Louise is a productivity and knowledge sharing expert who helps business owners and executives take control of their work and life, using mindset and organising techniques developed over decades of transforming teams and businesses. Louise is a Coach and Mentor, Founder and CEO of ProSMART®, Innovator of the ProSMARTTools® Platform and advocate for Female Leadership in all industries.

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Links and resources:

• Connect with Louise and learn more about her new course Organise Yourself Out of Overwhelm at facebook.com/louiseledbrookofficial and www.instagram.com/louiseledbrook
• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, click here.

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If you've tried to get on top of your clutter and aren't making any progress, it's likely you're making some classic decluttering mistakes that are pretty common. A few weeks ago I talked about 5 decluttering mistakes that people often make, and it was a popular episode so here are 5 more!

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Links and resources:

• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, click here.

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This episode's podcast guest is mindset coach Sarah Sampana. Sarah helps ambitious women to expand, clear up their mind space and heal their beliefs and stories, so they can begin to take inspired action to co create a life they love. We talk all about what is holding women back from living the life they dream of, and how our mindset keeps us from taking action, in decluttering and in life.

Join me for my FREE live masterclass on Thursday 11th February at 8pm Sydney time!

From Mess to Success: How to have a clutter-free home without the overwhelm, procrastination and indecision. Register here now!

Links and resources:

• Connect with Sarah at her website sarahsampana.com.au or on Instagram @sarah_sampana_coaching
• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, click here.

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Have you started decluttering and it is taking forever? It feels like it will never be done? Why isn't it working? If you're stuck and overwhelmed with the clutter clearing, it's likely you're making 5 classic decluttering mistakes that are pretty common and these are probably the reason you haven't finished decluttering yet.

Join me for my FREE live masterclass on Thursday 11th February at 8pm Sydney time!

From Mess to Success: How to have a clutter-free home without the overwhelm, procrastination and indecision. Register here now

Links and resources:

• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, click here.

If you enjoyed this episode, I would love it if you left me a rating and a review. Also, remember to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on my future decluttering tips and tricks!

New Year's resolutions haven't ever really worked for me. In this episode I give you my simple method for how to set goals for 2021, without overwhelming yourself or setting unrealistic long lists of goals that will be forgotten after January!

Links and resources:

• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me click here..

Listen to my podcast chat with Rachelle Glendon of How to Live Slow here

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Bonus podcast episode! As someone who suffers from chronic perfectionism, I was strongly compelled to speak about this topic. This Christmas we are striving to make the holidays extra special to make up for the events of 2020. However, it's important to remember that perfection is an unattainable myth, and that done is better than perfect.

Links and resources:

• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, check out my website.

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Looking for something new and inspiring to read? I got you.

In this episode I'm giving you my 5 favourite books on the topic of minimalism. In my opinion these are must-read minimalism books for both beginners and those who love simple living!

Links and resources:

1. The Joy of Less* https://amzn.to/3sAC09b
2. The $1k Project* https://amzn.to/39OxGuB
3. The top 5 regrets of the dying* https://amzn.to/2LOcCvY
4. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning* https://amzn.to/39Zznp9
5. Clutterfree with Kids* https://amzn.to/39JkvLp

• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, check out my website.

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*DISCLAIMER: Some of the links I provide in my descriptions contain affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I'll receive a small commission from each sale. You do not pay more or less for using the affiliate links. This helps support the podcast and allows me to continue to make content like this. Thank you for the support! This is not a sponsored post and any opinions expressed are my own.

One of the common mistakes I see many people make when tidying and organising their homes, is rushing straight out to buy boxes, baskets, bins and furniture to hide or contain all of their things. How do you know whether you need to organise your things or you should be reducing the amount of possessions you own? In this episode I run through 10 ways that signal you just have too much stuff.

Links and resources:

• Join the 3 Ways in 3 Days Declutter Challenge! Starts Monday 18 January, 2021.
• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, click here

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Today's guest is Rachelle Glendon, slow living coach from How to Live Slow. In decluttering your life, physical clutter plays a big part but so does learning how to simplify our schedules and our mindsets. In this episode Rachelle and I discuss the mental load of mums, establishing boundaries, FOMO and how we can start practicing the principles of slow living to protect our physical and mental health.

Links and resources:

• Follow Rachelle on Instagram @howtoliveslow and https://www.howtoliveslow.com
• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, click here

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Whether you're in lockdown or not, we can all use a little more inspiration and motivation to live more simply with less or to be kinder to our planet. If you're looking for something new to watch, you'll want to listen to this episode where I give you 10 inspiring minimalism shows to watch during the holidays.

Links and resources:

Netflix

• Minimalism – A documentary about the important things
• Minimalism – Less is Now
• Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
• Consumed
• A Plastic Ocean
• David Attenborough – A Life on our Planet (on my watch list)

ABC iView Australia

• The War on Waste. YouTube

Amazon Prime*

• Hoarders
• The Clean Bin Project (on my watch list). Vimeo

YouTube

• OWN "Oprah's What can you live without experiment"
• Matt D'Avella
• Rob Greenfield

• Get the Simple Organising Kick-starter Workshop for only $27 here!
• Follow me on Instagram @simplymel01
• For more simple living tips and information on how to work with me, check out my website.

If you enjoyed this episode, I would love it if you left me a rating and a review. Also, remember to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on my future decluttering tips and tricks!

*DISCLAIMER: Some of the links I provide in my descriptions contain affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I'll receive a small commission from each sale. You do not pay more or less for using the affiliate links. This helps support the podcast and allows me to continue to make content like this. Thank you for the support! This is not a sponsored post and any opinions expressed are my own.