Life Admin Life Hacks
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTools, techniques and tips to tackle your life admin with efficiency. Dinah Rowe-Roberts and Mia Northrop introduce ways to drop your mental load, save you time and money, create peace of mind and restore harmony in your household.
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096: Managing debt with Alpha Schulte
April 16, 2024 22:33 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah take Alpha Schulte, money coach and ex-tax accountant, on a deep dive into good and bad debt, credit scores, credit cards and loans, how to prioritise what debt to pay off first, and the help available if you have unmanageable debt. Resources ww.money-madesimple.com.au Money With Alpha podcast For the full show notes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks. Subscribe to our Momentum newsletter Find more inspo and tips on: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn
095: Circular fashion with Kathrin Baumann
April 03, 2024 01:11 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this episode, Mia delves into the world of circular fashion with expert Kathrin Baumann. Discover how circular fashion can reduce your mental load and save you time in managing your kids' or your own wardrobe. Resources Little Renters - Children’s clothing rental Promo code: LIFEADMINHACKS10 This provides your subscribers with a 10% (or $5) monthly discount for the first 3 month of subscription to Little Renters. The Volte - Adult clothing hire For the full show notes, head to Life...
094: ADHD organisation tips with Sharon Collon
March 20, 2024 05:09 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBIn this episode, Mia interviews Sharon Collon, an award-winning ADHD coach, who shares insights into the strengths and challenges of the ADHD brain and how individuals and families dealing with ADHD can get organised in a way that works for them. Resources The Functional Family ADHD Families Podcast For the full show notes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks. Subscribe to our Momentum newsletter Find more inspo and tips on: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn
093: Graduating from a 'life admin day'
March 07, 2024 22:01 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBTransition from a dedicated life admin day to a more efficient approach for better organisation. In this episode Mia and Dinah delve into the concept of a Life Admin Day and its effectiveness in managing the overwhelming tasks of adult life. They explore the challenges and benefits of dedicating a specific day to tackle life admin tasks and provide alternative approaches for a more efficient and sustainable life admin routine. For the full show notes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks. Subscr...
092: Making a climate resilience plan
February 21, 2024 02:09 - 27 minutes - 38 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah talk about improving the way you and your household cope with climate-related events and emergencies. This is known as climate resilience and it isn’t about preventing climate change or taking action against climate change, but preparing for escalating climate-related issues and disasters. Resources Emergency kits and evacuation plans https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/emergencykit https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/plan#household-emergency-and-evacuation-plan R...
091: Five ways to deal with overwhelm
February 06, 2024 19:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah discuss the common experience of overwhelm and share practical tips and strategies for managing it effectively. They explore the contributors to overwhelm, such as perfectionism, decision fatigue, multitasking, and comparisonitis. They emphasise the importance of mindset shifts, time management, setting boundaries, self-care, mindfulness, and organising and decluttering as key strategies for dealing with overwhelm. Resources The Art of Adulting program Boo...
090: How perimenopause affects admin with Mel Kettle
January 31, 2024 00:24 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MBIn this episode, Mel Kettle discusses perimenopause with Mia and Dinah and its impact on mental load, productivity, and life admin. Perimenopause is the transitional phase leading up to menopause, marked by hormonal changes and various symptoms. It can last for a significant period of time, during which women may experience changes in their menstrual cycle, hot flushes, night sweats, and other physical symptoms. However, what is often not discussed are the cognitive symptoms, such as brain f...
089: Meal planning for multiple dietaries with Annie Barry
January 23, 2024 19:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBMia and Dinah talk with accredited practicing dietician, Annie Barry, about how to plan family meals that help you 'glow, grow and go', balancing 'whole food' with 'soul food' and which food to embrace to support the perimenopause transition. Resources The Art of Adulting Annie Barry's website: www.allroundwellness.com.au Supermarket Meals Annie Barry on Instagram: @healthy.habits.dietitian Annie Barry on Facebook For the full shownotes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks. Subscri...
088: Finding more time in your day
January 16, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBMia and Dinah talk about how to find more time in your day for reading, exercising, studying, family, yourself...all the things. They canvas 12 ideas you can start experimenting with today. Resources The Art of Adulting online membership For the full shownotes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks. Subscribe to our Momentum newsletter Follow the latest tips and hacks on: Instagram Facebook LInkedIn
087: Staying on top of life admin
January 09, 2024 19:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBMia and Dinah talk about what it means to be 'on top of things', how to diagnose why you might not be on top of things, and the essential tools, mindsets and processes to adopt to get on top and stay there. Resources Monthly Momentum Digital Calendar For the full shownotes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks. Subscribe to our Momentum newsletter Follow the latest tips and hacks on: Instagram Facebook LInkedIn
086: Building your financial IQ and EQ with Marion Mays
December 26, 2023 19:40 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBMia and Dinah interview certified money coach, Marion Mays, to discover how to improve your financial IQ and EQ, build wealth, finding the right financial professional advice and managing your finances systematically. Resources Thalia Stanley Group Money Smart For the full shownotes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks. Subscribe to our Momentum newsletter Follow the latest tips and hacks on: Instagram Facebook LInkedIn
085: Life admin categories
December 12, 2023 23:27 - 32 minutes - 44 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah talk about what life admin is and is not, and describe the different categories of life admin, so that you can approach it in a more systematic way. Mia and Dinah share their definition of life admin and explain that it is not housework or parenting but it often overlaps. Life admin is the third piece of the domestic labour puzzle and includes the scheduling, booking, shopping, paperwork, and planning that often facilitates housework and parenting tasks, but a...
084: Gift giving guide with Ali Linz
November 30, 2023 00:31 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBDiscover gift-giving hacks for the festive season to save money, reduce your mental load and and buy group gifts efficiently. In this episode, we interview Ali Linz, co-founder of Group Together, about the benefits of group gifts, common mistakes when buying gifts, and the benefits of a systematic approach to gift buying. Resources GroupTogether Get Ready for Christmas Checklist Catherine Hamlin Fred Hollows Foundation Oxfam Christmas gifts Kmart Wishing Tree For the ful...
083: Cost Savvy Christmas
November 14, 2023 22:33 - 36 minutes - 50 MBDiscover smart strategies for a memorable and meaningful holiday season without breaking the bank. Mia and Dinah talk about celebrating Christmas given the high cost of living and how people can enjoy a low cost Christmas with some clever hacks. They discuss: Setting a Budget Cost-Saving Strategies for Buying Gifts Budget-Friendly Holiday Meals: Travel Hacks for the Holidays: For the full shownotes, head to Life Admin Life Hacks - https://shorturl.at/duyG1 Subscribe to our news...
082: Carol Robertson on buying property with an advocate
November 01, 2023 02:44 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBMia and Dinah interview advocate, Carol Robertson, and discover how a buyer's advocate can help reduce the mental load of buying property, saving you time and stress. Carol Robertson is a real estate veteran with more than 20 years of experience in property. She specialises in her clients' homes rather than property investment and provides valuable insights and guidance for her clients to make informed decisions about their next home and selling their current one. She is dedicated to reduci...
081: The importance of financial wellness with Obu Ramaraj
October 17, 2023 22:15 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah follow Obu's journey from an affluent upbringing to navigating financial constraints, setting the stage for a discussion about helping women take control of their financial wellbeing. Obu Ramaraj is a money management speaker, author of two books: Smart Women: Smart Home Loans - what your lenders won’t tell you and Smart Women Smart Habits - powerful practices to create your ideal financial future. She’s the CEO of Smart Money Solutions. Her mission is to help...
080: Unlocking meaning in the everyday with Casper ter Kuile
October 05, 2023 03:58 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah interview Casper ter Kuile, author of The Power of Ritual and co-founder of The Nearness, about infusing meaning and ritual into daily routines to transform how we approach life admin tasks. The inspiration for his book, The Power of Ritual, came from his secular upbringing and his curiosity about intentional living. Casper highlights the need for intentional community-building in a world with fewer traditional religious structures. The conversation delves...
079: Dream big and plan smart with Kristina Karlsson
September 20, 2023 06:24 - 39 minutesMuch loved the world over, Swedish-born Kristina Karlsson is the Founder of kikki.K, Founder & Creative Director of Dream Life, author of bestseller Your Dream Life Starts Here and host of the Your Dream Life podcast. which has over 2.5 million downloads in more than 160 countries. In the episode, Kristina: discusses how her journey began when she moved from Sweden to Australia, searching for her life's purpose. Her partner's suggestion to write down her dreams led her to create her ow...
078: AI shortcuts for life admin
September 13, 2023 00:28 - 32 minutesIn this episode, we explore the AI tools Chat GPT and Google’s Bard to expedite your life admin and drop your mental load. We talked about: the key differences between the tools Chat GPT has been trained on data up until 2021and is better at responding to analysis queries Bard is continually drawing information from the internet so it has the latest information and research Bard generates multiple drafts of its response and ChatGPT lets you see alternatives if you ...
077: Penny Locaso on hacking happiness
September 06, 2023 01:55 - 38 minutesPenny Locaso is the world’s first Happiness Hacker on a quest to teach 10 million humans by 2025 how to flourish in life. Voted one of the most influential female entrepreneurs in Australia, Penny works with governments, educators and the likes of Google, Microsoft, Deloitte, and LuluLemon, to empower people to release their fear of uncertainty, and build a more intentionally adaptable society. Penny created the world-first Intentional Adaptability Quotient® (IAQ®) psychometric tool, which...
076: Olivia Clayton on how to get organised with ADHD
August 22, 2023 22:12 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Olivia Clayton shares the impact of ADHD on organisational skills, common challenges faced by individuals with ADHD, and practical strategies and tools to help adults with ADHD stay organized. Olivia Clayton is a clinical psychologist who supports many adults with ADHD as part of her private practice work. She's a founder of Collected Minds, a multidisciplinary service which seeks to provide high quality timely online psychology and mental health support to people across Au...
075: Managing productivity with Donna McGeorge
August 09, 2023 01:54 - 24 minutesIn this episode we interview productivity coach, Donna McGeorge. Donna is passionate about enhancing the large amount of time we spend in our workplace (too much, for many) to ensure it is effective and productive, as well as enjoyable. More often than not it’s getting the simple things right, consistently, that has the greatest impact. She also knows that when we decide to be intentional, we can surprise ourselves with what we can achieve. Known as THE productivity coach, she has a range...
074: Managing your career admin
July 25, 2023 23:05 - 27 minutes - 40.3 MBIn this episode, we interview executive coach and recruitment expert June Parker. June Parker is an executive coach, people strategist and facilitator with 20 years of experience working in recruitment, HR consultancy, career coaching and technology development. She has been a general manager, a business owner and now heads up the career coaching and transition practice at CLA where she leads a team and provides executive coaching to a range of clients from individual contributors to CEOs. ...
073: Life admin not worth doing
July 12, 2023 03:46 - 28 minutes - 41.6 MBIn this episode, we walk through how to decide what not life admin is not worth doing. We discuss the art of prioritizing, delegating, and letting go of non-essential tasks to free up time for what truly matters. Mia and Dinah kick off the episode by discussing the importance of understanding one’s season of life, values, and goals. By doing so, individuals can identify where to focus their efforts and tackle their life admin more efficiently. They acknowledge that when life admin is over...
072: Laura Vanderkam on calming the chaos
June 27, 2023 21:38 - 34 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this episode, we interview author and time-tracking expert Laura Vanderkam. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including the new Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street ...
071: Embracing lists
June 14, 2023 02:47 - 25 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode we discuss the importance of using lists to improve productivity, save time, and reduce mental load. Lists are the secret to successful adulthood. Mia and Dinah discuss the different types of lists: to-do lists, checklists, and reference lists. To-do lists consist of time-bound tasks that require action, while checklists help with recurring activities and ensure efficiency. Reference lists capture suggestions and recommendations and serve as a source of information....
070: Your money mindset
July 13, 2022 20:37 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah tap into the expertise of coach Nicole Alesios to discover how your money mindset and archetype impact your relationship with money, your habits and decisions about money management, saving, investing and outsourcing. About Dr Nicole Alesios Nicole is an economist, money mindset coach and speaker who is passionate about helping people to have easier money conversations through money mindset coaching and also helping them set a clear and achievable...
069: Sharing the mental load with your partner
June 29, 2022 10:52 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBIn this episode, Mia and Dinah dive into how to share the mental load, drawing on expertise from relationship expert and psychologist Dr Morgan Cutlip. About Dr Morgan Cutlip Morgan Cutlip has a PhD in Psychology, is a wife, mom to two kids and life-long lover of all things relationships. Dr Morgan's work centres on creative content development for My Love Thinks.com and delivering educational content for your relationships in a way that is not just professional but also pract...
068: Managing investments
June 16, 2022 11:16 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBIn this ep, Mia and Dinah talk to an expert about the life admin side of investing - it's a great way to build your wealth but also comes with paperwork and passwords. While anyone of working age has investments through their superannuation, in the last two years there’s been a surge of first-time share investors. About Sophie Dicker Sophie Dicker is an M&A consultant by day and the co-host of You're in Good Company (YIGC), a podcast that aims to make investing accessible to any...
067: Life admin for new parents
June 01, 2022 03:13 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBIn this ep, Mia and Dinah share their experiences and top hacks to streamline life admin for new parents. Conventional wisdom recommends parents-to-be focus their discussions and planning on housework and parenting. But there is a third dimension of domestic life to discuss and organise: life admin. Life admin explodes when you have a baby, just at the time you are sleep deprived and learning to care for a new member of your family. In this ep, Mia and Dinah discuss: that before y...
066: 7 Steps To Save Thousands On Household Bills
May 18, 2022 07:52 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBWith the cost of living on the rise, a key way to save money is to comparison shop your major household bills. In this ep we’ll help you get an understanding of the payoff to a methodical approach, seven steps to make your choices straightforward and point you to the best comparison websites. We start this episode talking about why you need to make the effort to comparison shop - not only to save money but also to give peace of mind that your product or service fits with your needs...
065: Navigating aged care
May 04, 2022 07:52 - 40 minutes - 55 MBAt some stage, we all have to navigate appropriate aged care for ourselves or a loved one, so in this episode we turned to aged care expert Grace Petherick to demystify it for us all. Many of us are in the sandwich generation, and are the support people for parents as well as young children. Some of us are also of an age where we’re having to investigate aged care services for ourselves or our partner. This can be an overwhelming task because, let’s face it, the aged care syste...
064: Organising a wedding
April 19, 2022 21:51 - 34 minutes - 48 MBIn this episode, we interview Ayla Toyokawa, certified wedding planner and founder of WedSites, about the key steps in planning a wedding. About Ayla Ayla Toyokawa is a certified wedding planner and founder of WedSites, an all-in-one project management platform designed for collaboration and streamlining the wedding planning process for modern couples. There are two types of life admin: Everyday life admin - occurs cyclically or seasonally - daily, weekly, monthly...
063: The 5 myths of life admin
April 05, 2022 23:10 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBThere are challenges to life admin but they’re not what you think they are. In this episode, Mia and Dinah dispel the most common myths they hear that people tell themselves when it comes to life admin. We’ve been talking to people about their life admin for the last 4 years: one-on-one with friends and coaching clients, in corporate presentations that we give, and when we’re running workshops with groups. We hear the same myths mentioned again and again when it comes to streamlini...
062: Time 'management'
March 23, 2022 08:42 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBAbout Christie Flora Christie Flora is the owner of florandorder, she’s a Time Trainer and Goal Strategist and she’s the one overwhelmed professionals turn to when they want to ‘do life differently’. Christie’s strategies around time management, combined with her heart-centered and gentle approach keeps her clients on track to accomplishing their goals and seeing their calendars reflect their best life. Christie believes that focus, planning and inner stillness create efficiency an...
061: Shopping for, storing and decluttering clothes
March 08, 2022 20:00 - 46 minutes - 64 MBIn this episode, we talk about planning and making time for managing the clothes, accessories and shoes for you and your family. Keeping you and your family clothed might not automatically come to mind as life admin but it most certainly is. The shopping, storing, and eventual decluttering of our clothes, accessories and shoes doesn’t happen by itself - someone has to plan for it and make time for it. Depending on your relationship with fashion and shopping, these tasks can be guil...
060: Life admin for small business owners
February 23, 2022 08:37 - 42 minutes - 59.9 MBIn this episode we interviewed Lee Doherty about how small business owners can drop their mental load and address their personal life admin, while streamlining their business admin. Lee Doherty is the founder of Admin & Co, a market leader in the outsourcing of everything administration. As a senior administration expert with over 30 years of experience, Lee runs a team of Online Business Managers and Virtual Assistants. She supports small business owners to become future-focused, less ov...
059: End of life admin
February 09, 2022 00:20 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBLife admin can be stressful at the best of times but for people who are terminally ill or caring for a loved one, the admin related to end of life can feel overwhelming and relentless. In this episode we chat with Anna Bolitho about some of the practical matters people need to consider including: getting your estate planning in order Advance Care Planning using digital platforms to get your paperwork in order such as iDecide and My Life Wishes making time to allocate or pass on se...
058: Going solar
January 26, 2022 08:28 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBThere are more than three million homes across Australia that have rooftop solar, but with installation costs in the thousands, it can be difficult to figure out if it makes sense for you. This ep gives you all the shortcuts to figure it out, including how to optimise your investment if you already have a system. The first thing Mia and Dinah discuss is that if you are thinking about getting solar, get clear on why you are considering it. Is it an economic decision only or for the e...
057: Organising your digital photos
January 09, 2022 08:21 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBIf you’re looking for the motivation, apps, and process to get your digital photos sorted once and for all, this ep where we interview Carly Michael is for you. About Carly Michael Carly Michael has spent her whole life surrounded by photos having grown up in her family's camera store - Michaels Camera Video and Digital in Melbourne's CBD. When covid hit, the family decided to close the store so she took the opportunity to become a professional photo organiser - something she h...
056: Define it to refine it
December 14, 2021 16:13 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBIt is important to have a mental model of what life admin is in order to be able to approach it in a more systematic way Mia and Dinah start the episode by discussing how: for most people, life admin is a blurry amorphous bundle of tasks - and with no mental model of the different categories and types of tasks is can be difficult to approach or share the tasks in a systematic way their definition of Life admin - that it is not housework or parenting but it often overlaps; hous...
055: Essential digital life admin tools
December 01, 2021 10:06 - 40 minutes - 57.6 MBIt's hard to keep up with best practices for technology and the latest apps, so in this episode we chat to expert Lynette Coulston to get her tips on essential digital life admin tools. About Lynette Coulston Lynette Coulston had a 30+ year career in software development and IT but in 2012 she left that all behind to create iTandCoffee, a business focussed on offering technology support and education to residents of her local area, through relaxed, social gatherings and individ...
054: Daycare and school transitions
November 16, 2021 18:32 - 46 minutes - 65.2 MBThis episode explores why transitions can be stressful, the key tools and processes you need to have humming to support daycare and school admin, and Mia and Dinah's top hacks for saving time, money and sharing the load. Mia and Dinah reveal that in a survey they conducted earlier this year, one in three respondents reported that their child starting at daycare or school generated a significant amount of life admin. Mia discusses how transitions, particularly when starting at ...
053: Tina Paterson on burnout and sharing the mental load
November 03, 2021 00:31 - 36 minutes - 52.3 MBIn this episode, we interview Tina Paterson, remote working and productivity expert, about burnout and how to avoid the ultimate level of exhaustion. About Tina Paterson Tina Paterson has worked across nine industries and 12 countries over the past 20+ years. She has led large departments, governed billions of dollars of assets and her teams have delivered Transformation Programs and Projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars. She has achieved all this while raising t...
052: An Hour of Power and the Monthly Momentum Meeting
October 19, 2021 21:00 - 23 minutes - 34 MBThis episode will help you think about how much time you need for life admin, in a whole new way. In a survey that Mia and Dinah conducted earlier this year, participants stated that when it came to life admin, finding ways to spend less time on it was of prime importance. Achieving peace of mind came a close second. Time was also identified as the biggest obstacle to getting life admin under control: 40% felt they never had enough time to do it, closely followed by a lack of motivation. T...
051: Michael Grose on upskilling your kids to contribute
October 05, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBWe chatted with parenting expert Michael Grose about how we can get our kids to contribute more, relieve the life admin burden and grow up to be efficient at their own life admin. Michael Grose, the founder of Parenting Ideas, is one of Australia’s leading parenting educators, informing and inspiring audiences in Australia and around the world for more than 20 years. Micheal is a former primary school teacher with 15 years of experience. He holds a Master of Educational Studies spe...
050: State of the administration
June 16, 2021 04:41 - 27 minutes - 39.2 MBGet up to speed with the good, bad and ugly state of Mia and Dinah's life admin. Since Mia and Dinah have been writing their Life Admin Life Hacks book they have optimised their life admin processes even further. In this episode they bring you up to speed on their life admin systems with a focus on the foundational tools: password manager, cloud storage and dedicated email, scheduling, lists and budgeting. A password manager is an essential foundation for life admin. Dinah has...
049: Maintaining your car
June 02, 2021 10:51 - 25 minutes - 36.9 MBThis episode will give you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for fuelling the admin for your car maintenance and repair. The average two-car household in Australia spends around $17,000 or 13-14% of their income per year on car-related costs, so keeping on top of all your car admin not only saves you money but also gives you peace of mind that your car is in good repair. In this episode Mia and Dinah discuss: Car registration (“rego”) Insurance Service and repairs. In recent yea...
048: Navigating government benefits
May 19, 2021 12:13 - 19 minutes - 28.2 MBThis episode will give you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for navigating Australia’s government payments and allowances. There are over 26 different payments and benefits available from Centrelink. Mia and Dinah talk about the 8 broad categories of payments available: families with children age pensions disability support carer support study-related support unemployment support crisis and special benefits concession cards and bonus payments. They discuss the best place ...
047: Organising home maintenance and repairs
May 06, 2021 10:18 - 20 minutes - 30.4 MBThis episode will give you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for managing maintenance and repairs to your home. While completing home maintenance and repairs is not life admin, planning it, scheduling it, organising equipment and supplies and finding and engaging tradespeople are all squarely life admin tasks you have to do. Mia and Dinah start the ep by discussing how you can get motivated to tackle this. Strategies they discuss include: reframing home maintenance as a quest for bea...