This Organized Life

By Laurie Palau

Education Kids & Family

What's This Organized Life about?

Take a glimpse into my organized, but not-so-perfect world as a mom, author of the book HOT MESS: A Practical Guide to Getting Organized, and founder of Simply B Organized.

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Ep 320 Closet Organzing wit...

01.26.2023

Hi Friends,Today we are continuing with our Room-By-Room series, and talking about one of the biggest pain points for many of you-CLOSETS.From linen closets to primary closets, we tend to never have enough space, or if we do have ample ...

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01.26.2023 Ep 320 Closet Organzing with Heather Bifulco Hi Friends,Today we are continuing with our Room-By-Room series, and talking about one of the biggest pain points for many of you-CLOSETS.From linen closets to primary closets, we tend to never have enough space, or if we do have ample ...
01.19.2023 Ep 319: Kitchen Organizing with Lisa Eckerle Hi Friends!Today we are kicking off a new series here at This ORGANIZED Life, called Organizing Room by Room. With January leading the charge for decluttering and getting organized, we thought it would be helpful to bring on a bunch ...
01.12.2023 Ep 318: Calendar Planning with Katy Allen Hi Friends,Today we are talking about one of the core parts to living an organized life…Calendars.Joining me today is the creator and founder of Artful Agenda, Katy Allen. Katy is wife to American Idol champion Kris Allen and a mom ...
01.05.2023 Ep 317: 2023 Goals with Jen Hatmaker Hi Friends,To start off 2023 I am joined by none other than NY Times Best Selling Author Jen Hatmaker. If you don’t know Jen, she’s written about a bajillion books including For the Love, Of Mess and Moxie, and Fierce, ...
12.29.2022 Ep 316: Best Of 2022 Hi Friends,Each year we release our “Best Of”, and if you are new to our show, it’s a great way to binge the highlight episodes from other listeners. We include links to each episode we talked about, making it super ...
12.22.2022 Ep 315: Our Favorite Episodes of 2022 Hi Friends,We’re in the homestretch of 2022…what a year it’s been! Every year we take the last 2 weeks of December to look back on the 50 episodes we released this year.This week, my producer Kimberly and I shared some ...
12.15.2022 Ep 314: Navigating the 3 Types of Clutter During the Holidays Hi Friends,Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa it’s crunch time! With only days to go for each of these major holidays, navigating clutter pitfalls is no easy task.The physical clutter of presents and wrapping supplies that are overtaking your ...
12.08.2022 Ep 313: Creating a Cozy Home with Amber Brandt Hi Friends,Joining me today is Amber Brandt. Amber is passionate about helping clients and families create spaces that not only reflect their values, but help them live smarter, cozier, and more intentional lives. She believes authenticity, connection, and true hospitality ...
12.01.2022 Ep 312: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide Hi Friends!Today I am joined by my good friend, Martha-Carol Stewart, founder of Chaos Organizing in Baton Rouge and together we are bringing you our long awaited Holiday Gift Guide episode.Every year we look forward to sharing our ideas with ...
11.24.2022 Ep 311: Giving Thanks with Tim Kenny Hi Friends,Happy Thanksgiving! For this special episode we are focusing on gratitude, giving back, and using your superpowers to make a difference.Joining me is my friend, Tim Kenny, founder of The St. Baldrick’s Foundation-an organization that is near and dear ...
11.17.2022 Ep 310: Partner Spotlight with Leigh Genkinger Hi Friends,Before we get into today’s episode, my good friend Gail stopped by the show to recap our SBO Partner Retreat in Scottsdale. Huge shoutout to our incredible organizers who joined us from all across the country, our roster of ...
11.10.2022 Ep 309: Chasing the Bright Side Joining me today is Bestselling author of Chasing the Bright Side, Jess Ekstrom. Jess has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The View, Vanity Fair, People Magazine, Business Insider, Huffington Post and Forbes.After starting and growing her ...
11.03.2022 Ep 308: Time Blocking for the Holidays Hi Friends,Before we get started into today’s episode, we would like to thank our sponsor, Denise Albright for sponsoring this episode. Check out her entire catalog of products, including her gratitude journal and take advantage of a special offer exclusive ...
10.27.2022 Ep 307: Partner Spotlight with Angela O'Brien Hi Friends,Joining me today is Angela O’Brien, founder of Your Space Reclaimed in Dallas, TX. Angela is one of our incredible SBO Partners and I invited her on the show to talk about motherhood, organizing and all things Enneagram!I specifically ...
10.20.2022 Ep 306: Becoming Minimalist with Joshua Becker Hi Friends,Today I am joined by Joshua Becker, founder and editor of Becoming Minimalist, a website dedicated to intentional living. He is also a best-selling author of five books, including The Minimalist Home, The More of Less, Clutterfree with Kids, ...
10.13.2022 Ep 305: Ask Me Anything with Josh & Laurie Palau Hi guys,Thanks to everyone who sent in questions for our Ask Me Anything episode. We tried to answer as many questions as possible, and encourage you to continue submitting questions to [email protected] for future episodes.Below are a few of the ...
10.06.2022 Ep 304: Living As Neighbors with Shannan Martin Hi Friends,To kick off October, I had the opportunity to sit down with a very special guest. Joining me today is Shannan Martin, author of The Ministry of Ordinary Places and Falling Free. I have been a long time fan ...
09.29.2022 Ep 303: Partner Spotlight with Courtney Wilson Hi Friends!Today we are back with another one of our incredibly talented SBO Partners. Joining me today is Courtney Wilson, founder of Simpli Sort in San Diego. Courtney started her career as a graphic designer turned stay-at-home mom to her ...
09.22.2022 Ep 302: Other Side of the Mic with The Art of Decluttering Hi Friends!Last month I had the pleasure of sitting down with my dear friends, Kirsty and Amy, for their popular podcast The Art of Decluttering to talk about my Enneagram and Clutter framework.It was such a great conversation that I ...
09.15.2022 Ep 301: From the Ground Up with Noell Jett Before we get into today’s episode, I have a favor to ask you. We are planning an “ask me anything episode” where we answer listener questions on the air. Questions can be about organizing, parenting, marriage, the enneagram, entrepreneurship-you name ...
09.08.2022 Ep 300: Fair Play with Eve Rodsky Hi Friends!Join me in celebrating our 300th episode
09.01.2022 Ep 299: Funeral Pre-Planning with Dean Lambert Hi Friends,Before we get into today’s episode, I want to remind you to visit DeniseAlbright.com for all of your back to school organizing products. Use promo code SIMPLYB to receive 40% off your entire purchase of -valid through Sept 15, ...
08.25.2022 Ep 298: Partner Spotlight with Kate Bosch Before we get started, I’d like to thank our sponsor for today’s episode The ClassKeeper and ClassKeeper App! Use Promo code SIMPLYB when you visit DeniseAlbright.com to receive 40% off your entire purchase-valid through Sept 15, 2022We are back today ...
08.18.2022 Ep 297: Creative Keepsakes with Denise Albright If you are a parent of school aged kids, you are going to want to lean into this episode!Joining me today is Denise Albright. Founder and Queen Bee for a collection of organizing products she designs and distributes through her ...
08.11.2022 Ep 296: 5C's to Living an Organized Life Hi Friends,This episode was originally scheduled to release last week, as a follow up to our Enneagram and Clutter series (side note: If you haven’t had a chance to listen, I highly recommend you do!)Over the past 9 weeks I ...
08.04.2022 Ep 295: Do I Need This? with Kate Schermerhorn Hi Friends!Joining me today is Emmy-winning filmmaker and photographer, Kate Schermerhorn. Kate recently completed her third feature length documentary, 'Do I Need This?' about consumerism, excess, and the stuff from which happiness is truly made. The documentary is already getting ...
07.28.2022 Ep 294: Procrastination and Priorities with Gail Waterman Hi Friends!Today we are wrapping up our Enneagram & Clutter summer series with my good friend, Gail Waterman. Gail is no stranger to TOL, you may remember her talking about her experience caring for aging parents, and most recently on ...
07.21.2022 EP 293: Summer of Enneagram with Kimberly Hermann For the lashttps://www.instagram.com/themrshermann/t 2 episodes in this series we are bringing the guests in-house with 2 of my team members. Joining me today is Enneagram 8, Kimberly Hermann. Kimberly is a wife, mom of 3 girls and the backbone of ...
07.14.2022 Ep 292: Finding Joy and Building in Margins with Jackie Brewster Join me next Wednesday for a FREE webinar! 5 Ways to Make Money as a Professional Organizer. This webinar is for anyone who is interested in starting or scaling a business in the professional organizing world. You can register here: ...
07.11.2022 BONUS EPISODE Join us for a free webinar Most people think that to be a successful professional organizer you need hundreds of clients, but I’m here to show you there’s another way. Whether you’re currently a Professional Organizer and looking for creative ways to grow your brand or ...
07.07.2022 Ep 291: Self-Doubt and other fears with Angee Robertson Hi Friends!Have you ever thought to yourself “What if I need this someday?”What if your initial response to most things were rooted in fear? I’m talking about the worst-case scenario thinkers. You know, the folks who are mentally preparing for ...
06.30.2022 Ep 290: Summer of Enneagram with Kellyn Swift (E5) Joining me today is Enneagram 5, Kellyn Swift. Kellyn is the founder of unabridged freedom, and facilitates the popular IG page: @5ish_andiknowit.Known as the Investigator, fives have a desire to acquire knowledge to appear capable and competent. I often describe ...
06.23.2022 Ep 289: Summer of Enneagram with Leeann Dearing (E4) We are continuing with our Summer of Enneagram series and I have to admit that I was definitely fan- girling over today’s guest.Joining me today is Enneagram four Leeann Dearing who you may know from her viral videos on the ...
06.16.2022 Ep 288: Summer of Enneagram with Pro Organizer Studio We are back with part 2 of my conversation with the dynamic duo from Pro Organizer Studio-Jen Kilbourne and Melissa Klug. If you haven’t listened/watched last week's episode, I suggest you hit the pause button and go check it out.Today ...
06.09.2022 Ep 287: Summer of Enneagram with Pro Organizer Studio Today we are continuing with our summer series on Clutter & The Enneagram and boy you are in for a treat! Joining me today are my good friends Melissa Klug (Enneagram 2) & Jen Kilbourne (Enneagram 3), aka: the dynamic ...
06.02.2022 Ep 286: Summer of Enneagram with Andrew Lang (E1) Today we are kicking off our summer series on Clutter & The Enneagram! Each week for the next 9 weeks, I chat with different guests who each have a different Enneagram type and talk about the role that clutter plays ...
05.26.2022 Ep 285: Partner Spotlight with Kelly Beutler We are back with another Partner Spotlight Episode, and today I’m joined by my good friend, Kelly Beutler. Kelly is the Owner of The Joyful Sort in Columbus, OH. Kelly is a boy mom, lover of donuts, and passionate about ...
05.19.2022 Ep 284: Raising Simple with Zoë Kim Joining me today is the creator of the community Raising Simple, and author of the book Minimalism for Families, Zoë Kim. During our conversation we talked about how she defines minimalism, the importance of writing down your “why”, and the ...
05.12.2022 Ep 283: Life in Harmonie for Kids with Kait Hilton Hi Friends!Joining me today is Kait Hilton, founder of Harmonie Organizing in the DC/ MD area. Kait is also one of our SBO Partners, and I invited her on the show today to talk about her newest venture, My Token ...
05.05.2022 Ep 282: 15 Minute Formula with Cara Harvey Hi Friends,Today I’m talking with Cara Harvey about her new book, The 15 Minute Formula. Some of you might recall my conversation with Cara on episode 222, when we spoke about why she started her podcast, A Purpose Driven Mom. ...
04.28.2022 Ep 281: Partner Spotlight with Mary Cornetta Hi Friends!Joining me today is Mary Cornetta. Mary and I met several years ago when I was starting the SBO Partner Program. At that time, she was launching her company, Sort and Sweet Inc, a professional organizing service based on ...
04.21.2022 Ep 280: Couples and Clutter with Elizabeth Earnshaw Hi Friends!Today’s topic is one that is widely discussed as a source of tension in relationships: Clutter & Stress between Couples. It typically results when one person carries the majority of physical and mental load and is left feeling resentful, ...
04.14.2022 Ep 279: Life Coaching for Teens with Kim Worrell Hi Friends! Joining me today is Kim Worrell, founder of KBW Coaching. Kim is a lifelong athlete and has been a competitive rower for over 15 years. She has spent almost 2 decades coaching middle and high school student-athletes and ...
04.07.2022 Ep 278: Spring Organizing Checklist Happy April everyone!Technically, Spring is here (although in the North East it doesn’t quite feel like it) and you know what that means….time for some Spring Cleaning Tips.On today’s episode I walk you through my Spring Organizing Checklist for both ...
03.31.2022 Ep 277: Partner Spotlight with Kristy Potgieter Hi Friends!We’re back today with another Partner Spotlight Episode! We started this series back in January, and I hope you’re loving it as much as I am. Each month I sit down with a different professional organizer to get a ...
03.24.2022 Ep 276: Motherhood Simplified with Krista Lockwood Joining me today is Krista Lockwood, founder of the blog and podcast Motherhood Simplified where she teaches decluttering for moms who don’t want to be a full-blown minimalist. As a mom of 5, she knows how overwhelming life can be. ...
03.17.2022 Ep 275: Small Business Organization with Melissa Leon Hi Friends,Today we’re talking all about how to keep your business finances organized. Joining me today is Melissa Leon, founder of Two Sense Consulting where she helps sma ll business owners make sense of how they are using their time ...
03.10.2022 Ep 274: Closet Edit with Sarah Sailors Joining me today is one our SBO Partners, Sarah Sailors Founder, of Styled by the Wave . Sarah is on a mission to end the mindset of “I have nothing to wear” by teaching women how to maximize their closets ...
03.03.2022 Ep 273: Divorce and Decluttering with The ExExperts Hi Friends,Today we are talking about Decluttering and Divorce. This is a topic that I’ve wanted to address for some time, and I have the perfect guests for y’all! T.H Irwin & Jessica Klingbaum are best friends, podcasters and founders ...
02.24.2022 Ep 272: Partner Spotlight with Lynn O'Meara Hi Friends!Today I am joined by SBO Partner, Lynn O'Meara. Lynn is the founder of LM Organizing in Wilmette, Illinois. I invited her on the show to talk about what prompted her to start her business (during the pandemic!), and ...

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