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Life Made Simple with CarlaRae
by CarlaRae Arneson
Inspiration and motivation to help simplify your home, time, to-dos, health, relationships, and emotional well-being. Since 2001, CarlaRae has been a Professional Home Organizer and Life Coach helping families and individuals clear the chaos and clutter from their lives. She launched this podcast to help bring even more people the freedom of simplicity. Each episode gives you practical tips and resources that you can implement today to find balance in your everyday life to become happier and healthier once and for all. With no judgment and with complete understanding, CarlaRae will inspire you to let go of everything holding you back in life while focusing on what really matters to you. She offers plenty of free worksheets, guides, and other amazing resources to help you along the way. The Life Made Simple Podcast is home organizing, time management, personal development, priorities, productivity, motivation, family, relationships, diet and exercise, weightloss coaching, and so much
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#256: Finding Joy In The Midst Of Trying Times
As you know, right now there is an emerging health crisis that most of us are affected by in some way or another. Life can be so unpredictable. And uncertainty can be stressful. Dwelling over negative circumstances can be productive when we're trying to solve problems or process emotions. But...
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#255: How To Reclaim Your Time And Get More Done
Do you have a huge project on your to-do list that you really want to complete? You're committed and motivated, yet somehow it never gets done? I'm guessing it never gets done because you continually run into the same roadblock… over and over again. This roadblock, for many people, is time. Do…
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#254: Where To Put Worn Clothes That You Want To Wear Again
In our home, it's a huge crime to toss practically clean clothes into the laundry basket. But what do you do with worn clothes that aren't dirty and can be worn again? For most families, "half-clean" clothes tend to pile up on the floor, get tossed on chairs, and wadded up on dressers and...
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#253: Simplify Your Home With These 17 Decluttering Questions To Ask Yourself
Clutter can be so exhausting... especially when trying to get rid of it. Parting with things that you have an attachment to, for some people (including myself), can be really hard. In our culture we're encouraged to buy more and do more. We all grew up acquiring things, but most of us were never...
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#252: Change Your Life With This One Simple Belief
The beliefs you have about yourself and the world (which are sometimes subconscious) naturally affect your thoughts… which affect your feelings… which affect your behavior and your actions. So, to put it simply, your deep ingrained beliefs determine what you do each day to accomplish your goals…
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#251: Build New Habits & Accomplish Your Goals With This One Simple Tactic
I'm sure you have a few to-do lists (for some ideas on how to manage them, check out Episode #173). You probably write them all down or you may even have an app on your phone (listen to Episode #90 to hear about one of my favorites). And you may even have a daily focus list (if you don't, you…
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#250: What Really Determines Your Happiness & Success
Happy New Year! Can you believe we're in a new decade?!? This is the time of year when many of us reflect and look back at our past. We assess how everything went (good and bad) and then, of course, we resolve to do better. If you want a little inspiration on specific resolutions, go way back to...
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#249: A "Perfectly Perfect" Special Guest (SPECIAL CHRISTMAS ENCORE EPISODE)
Merry Christmas! Today's episode is our Christmas Special from a couple years ago when my little boy, Levi, joined me on the show. It's definitely for the whole family to enjoy… if you have kids, have them listen, too! Simplicity University Our first signature course is now open for...
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#248: How To Stop Kids From Constantly Asking For Stuff
Everyone knows that there is no creature more persistent than a child trying to get what he or she wants. For today's episode, I share with you one of my most effective parenting strategies that can help with even the most demanding child. And even if you don't have kids, you can definitely apply...
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BONUS EPISODE!!!
I have something to share that I am so incredibly excited about! So I decided to release a bonus episode with all the details. I created Simplicity University as an online school to offer a variety of digital courses and workshops to help you organize your home and simplify your life. Each course...
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#247: Unexpected Places Where Negative Energy Might Hide In Your Home
As a professional home organizer, one of my most favorite topics to talk about on the show is clutter… what it is, where it comes from, and why we have such a hard time getting rid of it. For today's episode, I not only talk about the psychical clutter that tends to pile up in our homes, but I…
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#246: Who Do You Surround Yourself With?
A few weeks ago, I asked you an important question: "What do you surround yourself with?" On today's, episode I encourage you to simplify your relationships by becoming more aware of WHO you surround yourself with. Subscribe! If you haven't already, don't forget to subscribe to the show to stay...
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#245: The Science Behind Gratitude
The idea of gratitude seems fairly simple. Right? "Be thankful for what you have." We should all feel grateful. Well, at least that's what we want to feel. Unfortunately, gratitude can sometimes be very complicated. And the feeling of thankfulness doesn't always come naturally to everyone. On...
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#244: The Perfect Time of Year To Let Go and Declutter
During this time of year, the trees naturally know that it's time to drop their leaves to make room for new ones in the spring. Wouldn't it be amazing if we did the same thing? If we naturally knew how to let go of the old to make room for the new? On today's episode of Life Made Simple, I give…
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#243: What Do You Surround Yourself With?
What do you surround yourself with? Throughout your everyday life you are surrounded by things, people, and ideas. You see things and you hear things. And when you see and experience those things, they have some sort of an effect on you, whether you know it or not. Your brain is constantly...
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#242: The Art of Downsizing Art (ENCORE EPISODE)
We're right in the middle of the back to school season. If you're a parent of a school aged child like me, your home is probably already getting flooded with drawings, paintings, hand prints, coloring pages and worksheets. On our last episode of Life Made Simple I gave you a handful of organizing...
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#241: Back To School Made Simple (ENCORE EPISODE)
Back to school season is in full swing! If you're a parent who is drowning in the back to school chaos and craziness, then this show is for you. On this special Encore Episode, I share with you some of the organizing tips and routines that we've implemented in our own family that can help get the...
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#240: Rally Your Friends To Help You Get Organized
We all face different roadblocks and challenges when trying to organize and simplify our home. And sometimes it's hard to face those challenges alone. For today's episode of Life Made Simple, I share with you how I've rallied some of my closest friends to start a mini clutter challenge group. It...
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#239: How To Simplify Your Brain When It Gets Complicated (ENCORE EPISODE)
As humans, our minds are complicated. Our brains and all the complex thoughts that come in and out of them are very complicated. As I try to simplify my home, my schedule and all other areas of my life, I want to also figure out how to simplify my crazy complicated mind. On this episode of Life...
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#238: Transform Your Kids Into Healthy Eaters
When I was a new mom, I was convinced that my child was going to eat anything I put in front of him. I was determined that he would never be a picky eater and would love eating vegetables. I loved healthy foods when I was a kid, so why wouldn't he? Well, unfortunately, Levi has an aversion to…
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#237: How To Have A Healthy Relationship With Food
After trying an extreme diet for many months, I learned there is sooooo much psychology behind food choices and nutrition. While making those major changes, I also had to become more aware of my relationship with food... which can be pretty complicated at times. Can you relate? For today's…
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#236: Tips & Tricks To Help Rescue Your Fading Fridge Food
Does food ever get lost in your fridge? It gets pushed to the back, overlooked, or maybe it just gets forgotten about? There have been too many times when I've bought fresh food from the grocery store, went days without eating it, then regretfully had to toss it in the trash. On today's episode I...
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#235: Random Lessons I Learned From An Extreme Diet (plus a GIVEAWAY!)
With big life changes and transitions, come big life lessons. For the last six months, my family and I made some MAJOR changes in our diet. During this episode, I tell you all about that journey and all the random lessons I learned from it. It was actually very interesting how many of those…
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#234: When A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (CarlaRae Confesses)
I'm on a journey to simplify my life, but sometimes it's hard letting go of things that I feel attached to. On today's episode I explain how there is one category in my life that I need to downsize. I also tell you how I recently had a consultation with myself as my own personal professional home...
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#233: Survival Guide - How To Pack For A Road Trip
Last week, we decided to start our summer adventures a little early. We pulled our son out of school for a whirlwind road trip from Seattle, Washington to Austin, Texas. We drove 32 hours straight there with very few stops! I know it may sound crazy (especially considering we even took our dog)…
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#232: A Simple To-Do List Strategy To Get More Done
When you get up in the morning to start your day, do you have a good game plan? I'm sure you have your day planned out and you know where you need to be and when you need to be there. But when it comes to your to-do's, do you know EXACTLY what needs to be done? And if you do, do those things...
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#231: How To Organize Your Car (And Keep It That Way!)
I honestly can't believe we haven't done a single show on how to organize your car! On today's episode, not only do I give you all my thoughts, tips, and tricks on how to organize your car, but I also talk about how to KEEP it organized. And since I toss a lot at you, I created a new freebie...
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#230: Simplify Your Life With This Unique Method
Shopping and acquiring new things can be fun and VERY therapeutic. But having too much stuff that you have to organize, manage, and store is NOT always fun. What if we can somehow tap into the therapeutic aspects of letting go of things? What if we could get equal enjoyment from purging things as...
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#229: Sometimes You Just Need A Drastic Change For A New Perspective
Over the years, I've learned that simplifying your home isn't just about where you put things or what nifty little storage bins you should buy to put things in. There is actually soooo much more to it than that. Organizing your home and simplifying your life has a lot to do with your mindsets…
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#228: Solutions For A Major Home Organizing Challenge
Ever get to the very end of a huge organizing project and then all of a sudden you feel STUCK? You have a bunch of little piles and things that need to be put away, but you feel overwhelmed? Today, I chat about one of the hardest, most challenging issues that many of my clients face when…
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#227: How To Finally Finish What You Start
After listening to our last couple episodes about whether or not you should finish what you start, are you finally ready to tackle a few of your unfinished projects cluttering up your house? Get ready to take notes! On today's episode I give you a 6 step action plan to help you finally finish…
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#226: What Is Your Real Road Block?
Sometimes, while in the middle of a project, it's easy to get stuck. You lose steam. Or you get discouraged. Or you lose interest. Then you stop. And then you never get around to finishing it. It just happens. And sometimes you don't finish what you started because it's no longer a priority…
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#225: Should You Finish What You Start? Or Not?
For today's episode of Life Made Simple, I continue with the topic of good intentions... as in something we keep with a good intention to DO, MAKE, FINISH, or FIX. We all have those kinds of projects in our life. Things that we start, we intended to do, but for whatever reason we just haven't...
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#224: A Simple Health Habit I've Needed To Focus On (CarlaRae Confesses)
For today's quick and brief episode of Life Made Simple, I share with you one simple health habit that I've been working on for the last few months... and it's a total game changer! Links Mentioned in this Show: Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode224 Share this Podcast:...
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#223: A More Positive Perspective Of Packrats
We all know that here are a lot of negative connotations associated with the term "hoarder" or even "packrat". They always seem to get a bad rap. And while I know that there are for sure negative effects and consequences of hoarding behavior, for today's episode I offer you a slightly different...
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#222: 9 Things You Might Have Too Many Of
There is nothing wrong with having multiples of things... especially when you use them regularly. Or if you really just love them. But, over time, a few things somehow multiply and they turn into too many. And when you have too many of an item they tend to take up space, time, and energy. On...
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#221: Understanding The 5 Love Languages (PART 3)
After listening to the first few episodes in this series, I hope by now you have figured out what your primary love language(s) are. Today, I explain how to better speak other people's love languages that may be foreign to you. I also explain why it's so hard for some people to learn new…
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#220: One Organizing Rule You Should Follow
Today we go back to the basics of home organizing with one simple rule that you need to know to help keep your home clean, clear, and clutter-free. Links Mentioned in this Show: Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life" Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY Share this Episode:...
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#219: Understanding The 5 Love Languages (PART 2)
So... have you figured out what your love language is? Last week we looked at the five different love languages from Dr. Gary Chapman. For today's part 2 episode in this series, we dive even deeper into understanding each of those love languages and how to figure out your own primary love…
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#218: When Their Love Tank Is Running Low
When trying to figure out your loved one's love language, it's important to pay attention to how they express love to you and to others. But, like I explain in today's episode, another thing you need to pay attention to are things that they complain about. What complaints do you hear most often...
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#217: Understanding The 5 Love Languages (PART 1)
Have you ever heard of the 5 Love Languages? If not, then I'm pretty confident you're going to find this concept to be quite fascinating and it just might change your life in a really big way. And if you've already heard about the 5 Love Languages before, then this will be a good review. It comes...
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#216: Simple Pleasures To Sprinkle Throughout Your Day
What little things in life make you happy? Lately, I've been making more of an effort to indulge in simple pleasures... little things that I love. Things that bring me joy. And I find ways to sprinkle them all throughout my day. On today's episode I share a handful of my favorite simple pleasures...
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#215: Why You Should Embrace Margin In Your Life
Have you ever noticed that the unexpected always seems to pop up when we least expect it? The solution is to always anticipate unanticipated situations... which is, of course, easier said than done. On today's episode I share with you a great example as to why you should schedule intentional…
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#214: What To Do With Whatchamacallits
Have you ever organized a space in your home and all of a sudden you come across a random doodad? Maybe a thingamabob? Or a strange doohickey? Whatever you want to call them, what do you do with those little misfits? Especially if you're not ready to let them go because they might be important.…
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#213: Back To The Basics of Home Organizing (CarlaRae Confesses)
Believe it or not, even though I am a Professional Home Organizer, my house is not always PERFECTLY organized. While I can confidently say that everything has a logical home, and most things are in their homes, I have to admit that there are many areas of my home that need updating. Organizing is…
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#212: What Might Be Holding You Back?
When wanting to reach true happiness, success, and fulfillment in life, it is definitely important to ask yourself WHAT will make you happy. It's good to ask yourself HOW you can get there. But perhaps sometimes it's more important to ask yourself WHAT is holding you back from being where you...
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#211: Pause, Reassess, Refocus, & Push The Reset Button
Do you feel so caught up in being busy and feeling overwhelmed that the ordinary fundamentals of life get neglected? Then maybe it's time to slow down and go back to the basics of life. Or maybe you feel overwhelmed for other reasons... maybe because of a huge life change. The rollercoaster of...
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#210: Back From My Break And Going Back To The Basics
Happy 2019... I've missed you! Sometimes you just need to pause, reset, refocus, and go back to the basics in life. Which is exactly what I have been doing for this past month while on a short hiatus. Now that the holidays are over, I am officially back and hitting the ground running! I am so…
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#209: A "Perfectly Perfect" Special Guest (SPECIAL CHRISTMAS ENCORE EPISODE)
Merry Christmas! Since this episode will be released the day before such a special holiday, I wanted to invite an extra special guest to join me on the show. Links Mentioned in this Show: Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode209 Share this Podcast: LifeMadeSimplePodcast.com Simplicity...
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#208: Clever Clutter Free Gift Ideas (ENCORE EPISODE)
I don't know about you, but I am trying to simplify my home, not clutter it up. And when it comes to birthdays and Christmas, I for sure do not want to clutter up the homes of the people that I love. Gift giving is hard. It just is. Especially when I feel like everyone I know already has…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Inspiration and motivation to help simplify your home, time, to-dos, health, relationships, and emotional well-being. Since 2001, CarlaRae has been a Professional Home Organizer and Life Coach helping families and individuals clear the chaos and clutter from their lives. She launched this podcast to help bring even more people the freedom of simplicity. Each episode gives you practical tips and resources that you can implement today to find balance in your everyday life to become happier and healthier once and for all. With no judgment and with complete understanding, CarlaRae will inspire you to let go of everything holding you back in life while focusing on what really matters to you. She offers plenty of free worksheets, guides, and other amazing resources to help you along the way. The Life Made Simple Podcast is home organizing, time management, personal development, priorities, productivity, motivation, family, relationships, diet and exercise, weightloss coaching, and so much
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