Opening Bible verse: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11

Your basement is some valuable real estate in your home. Is it a dumping ground or is it usable, active space adding value to your home and life?

On today's podcast episode I walk you through 6 easy steps to organize your unfinished basement.

1. Mark off and clear pathways to mechanical areas and egress window(s). You can use painters tape to clearly define the walkways.

2. Ask yourself: What do I want to keep down in the basement? Make a list of broad categories.

3. Assign areas to each category.

4. Do a quick sort of items. Is there obvious trash or donate items? If you are keeping an item, quickly place it in the area in which it will live.

5. Once everything has been placed in its' permanent area, keep only the items you use at least once per year.

6. How will you store the items in this area? Begin organizing on shelves, in bins, etc. You can keep anything you want, it just has to fit comfortably on the shelf or home that you've assigned it.

***If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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Opening Bible Verse: Romans 10:22

Boy did I mess up and the guilt was killing me. Should we avoid the feeling of guilt at all costs or can we embrace it for the good?

If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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Raquel Rose, owner and visionary of, The Little Rose Shop, a former school counselor who turned her passion for supporting families into simple, beautiful resources that help families build faith habits at home joins us on today's podcast episode. We talk all about how an unexpected pregnancy in college led to this beautiful business of creating Catholic gifts, books and more for moms to use in building holy habits at home. We also chat about promptings from the Holy Spirit that led Raquel to creating a prayer group among friends and how you can too!

In this episode we talk about listening to the Holy Spirit and I reference another one of my podcast episodes on gifts of the Holy Spirit. You can listen to that here: 284. Is Clutter Preventing You from Using Your Charism?

If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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Opening Bible verse is 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2

Persistence and Perseverance is key. Here is a quick list of recommended daily routines:

1. Pray your rosary before anything else.

2. Trash

3. Ask yourself, "What's for dinner?"

4. Tidy as you go

5. Do the dishes

6. Make your bed

7. Do a load of laundry

8. Declutter as you go

**If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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Opening Bible verse: Romans 12:2

The world will tell you that you need more more more and a bigger house to store it all. Do not be conformed to this world. Embrace the home God has given you.

In today's podcast episode I share my approach to working with what storage you do have. Begin in the positive mindset and use the limits of your home to determine the limits to your belongings.

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After living in a home for 32 years, where do you begin decluttering? How do you establish a routine of decluttering?

On today's podcast episode, I answer these questions from one of our Facebook members.

Opening Bible verse is: Matthew 13:3-9

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Amy Brooks, creator of Prayer, Wine, Chocolate and Co-Founder of Catholics Online joins us today to declutter her home office which is in a corner of her bedroom. Tune in to get an idea of what an hour of declutter coaching with me would entail.

Amy is like so many Catholic moms who try to juggle running a small business while still managing the household. Things get messy! Oh and let's not forget, we need to nourish our marriages too! It's a lot for us women. Let's help Amy declutter her bedroom office space to create a relaxing place to retire at the end of the day.

If you would like to sign up for Amy's Prayer, Wine, Chocolate Retreat on November 15th in Philadelphia, please follow the link on her website here:

https://www.prayerwinechocolate.com

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Why can't you get it together? Why can't you just get the clutter out? Why is this so hard?

If you want to know what needs work in your heart, pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary everyday for one month and begin to hear the voice of God. Our Blessed Mother gives 7 promises to those that pray this rosary on a regular basis.

1. I will grant peace to their families.

2. They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.

3. I will console them in their pains, and I will accompany them in their work.

4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my Divine Son.

5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy, and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.

6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death; they will see the face of their Mother.

7. I have obtained from my Divine Son that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness, since all their sins will be forgiven and my son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

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