Organize 365 Podcast

339 - Redefining the Meaning of "Work" ~The Organize 365 Story Part 7

See the show notes at organize365.com/redefining-work-organize-365-story-part7 This is part 7 of a series sharing the Organize 365 Story. I want to talk with you about how you define "work." As always, I want to share my mindset and thinking with you. I also want to share how owning a home or running a household can also be work. In this podcast, I also share many of the words I use surrounding the concept of work that help me to be more efficient, productive, and effective. This week, I...

Interview with Milana Yarbrough

In light of current events, this week I am sharing a special podcast conversation with the newest Dream Team member - our summer intern Milana. She was open hearted and willing to speak with me about about racism and what I have learned about my part in it. I have learned so much and WILL BE part of the discussion and the solution. I hope you can listen and open your mind, even if these ideas are uncomfortable. I am working to be better and do better. I hope you will join me by listening in.

338 - Redefining How We Look at Time ~ The Organize 365 Story Part 6

See the blog post at organize365.com/redefining-time-organize-365-story-part6 This is part 6 of a series sharing the Organize 365 Story. I want to talk with you about how you look at time affects your organization and productivity. As always, I focus on helping you get the right mindset about how you spend your time. Time is the most abstract concept that will have the longest impact on how you spend the rest of your life. I want to share with you some of the ways you can change your minds...

In This Together with Amy P

Listen to all of the Wednesday Podcasts here: organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts This week, we are continuing a mini-series during our Wednesday Transformational Podcast. I will be sharing conversations with a few members of the Organize 365 Dream Team. I ask them about how they have been staying safe at home during our exceptional (unprecedented!) circumstances. This week, I speak with Amy our Graphic Goddess who has been safe at home with her husband and young kids. She shares some of ...

337 - Home Organization Perspective ~The Organize 365 Story Part 5

See the full blog post at: organize365.com/home-organization-perspective-organize-365-story-part5 This is part 5 of a series sharing the Organize 365 Story. I want to talk with you about getting your home organized. As always, I start with helping you to get the right mindset about home organization. I want to give you the ability to figure out how to organize your home for yourself. Getting your thoughts and mindset ordered is much more effective than ordering your physical spaces. I wa...

In This Together with Vanessa N

Listen here: organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts   This week, we are continuing a mini-series during our Wednesday Transformational Podcast. I will be sharing conversations with a few members of the Organize 365 Dream Team. I ask them about how they have been staying safe at home during our exceptional (unprecedented!) circumstances.   This week, I speak with Vanessa our Director of Operations who has been safe at home with her husband and kids. She shares some of her challenges and tri...

336 - Renaming Everyday Home Spaces for Modern Life ~The Organize 365 Story Part 4

See the full blog post at: organize365.com/renaming-home-spaces-organize-365-story-part4   This is part 4 of a series sharing the Organize 365 Story. This week, I want to share how you rename the spaces in your home to make them more functional as part of your transformational journey to an organized life. I define and explain things like a hot mess room and a drink station. I share how the names you give different spaces in your home can dramatically affect how you think about them. Thi...

In This Together with Emily K

Listen here: organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts   This week, we are starting a mini-series during our Wednesday Transformational Podcast. I will be sharing conversations with a few members of the Organize 365 Dream Team. I ask them about how they have been staying safe at home during our exceptional (unprecedented!) circumstances.   First up, I speak with our Director of Marking (and my sister) Emily. She has been safe at home alone and she shares some of her challenges and triumphs du...

335 - From Overwhelm to a Plan ~The Organize 365 Story Part 3

Transformation with Lorraine M

Listen to all of the Wednesday Podcasts here: https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts/ Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! This week’s Transformational Podcast features Lorraine M. She shares her home with her husband and the...

334 - Discovering Cycles & Seasons of Organizing ~The Organize 365 Story Part 2

Check out the blog post at organize365.com/cycles-seasons-organize-365-story-part2 This is part 2 of a series sharing the Organize 365 Story. This week, I want to share the cycles and seasons you will experience along your transformational journey to an organized life. This podcast and our new glossary will help the Organize 365 community to have a shared vocabulary and foundational language. No matter when you begin your transformational journey (or when you need to reset or restart), t...

Transformation with Lori and Julie

Listen to all of the Wednesday Transformational Podcasts at https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts/   Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized!   This week’s Transformational Podcast features our first sisters - Lori and Julie! ...

333 - Organzing Foundation~ Lisa Woodruff Quotables ~The Organize 365 Story Part 1

Check out the blog post and more details here:  organize365.com/organizing-foundation-organize-365-story-part1 This week on the blog, I am starting a series sharing the Organize 365 Story. This first podcast begins with the foundation of Organize 365. I share the five foundational principles that are the bedrock of everything I teach inside of Organize 365. I want to ensure that we have a common vocabulary and you know what the foundational principles are. No matter when you being your tra...

Transformation with Sheri M

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! This week’s Transformational Podcast features Sheri M. Sheri is a teacher and shares her home with her two college age sons. She shares how she started using Lisa's materials after having a proced...

BONUS - Pandemic Update - WE are in this TOGETHER

This is a bonus episode recorded as a Facebook and Instagram LIVE on Friday March 24th, 2020. Today, I want to share with you some thoughts on where we are in the midst of the COVID health crisis and our sheltering in place. I share some of the things I am finding inspiring, and I also share some inspiration for continuing to stay safe at home and finding our new normal. Please forgive any sound abnormalities, but I wanted to be able to share this important message with you! Learn more...

4 Steps to Organizing BIG Projects for Productivity - Part 4

For the April podcast episodes, I want to talk to you about how to plan a big project or work towards a big goal. Full disclosure, I generally record podcasts 6-8 weeks in advance. I recorded these in February and March, and I used the examples I was planning at the time. Today, the world looks very different, and many of my examples are not things we can do right now. I know many of these kinds of big projects, celebrations, and plans are all up in the air right now. We are all missing out ...

Transformation with Katherine Z

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! This week’s Tranformational Podcast features Katherine Z. She lives with her husband, 2 kids, and (soon to be) 2 dogs. Katherine has worked with a professional organizer, but found success with ...

4 Steps to Organizing BIG Projects for Productivity - Part 3

For the April podcast episodes, I want to talk to you about how to plan a big project or work towards a big goal. Full disclosure, I generally record podcasts 6-8 weeks in advance. I recorded these in February and March, and I used the examples I was planning at the time. Today, the world looks very different, and many of my examples are not things we can do right now. I know many of these kinds of big projects, celebrations, and plans are all up in the air right now. We are all missing out ...

ReAir 277 - Decluttering Jobs and Obligations

The #ThrowbackThursday Podcast this week is Episode 277 - Decluttering Jobs and Obligations   In the last few Throwback Podcast Episodes, I've been addressing shifting mindsets and changing habits a lot lately. Today, I talk about decluttering jobs and obligations. You know, the things that have loomed over our heads for weeks and we really don’t want to do. You might feel like you don’t have a good enough reason to get rid of them, which is why they’ve stuck around for so long.   But,...

Transformation with Sara B

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! This week’s Tranformational Podcast features Sara B. She is a single mom of 3 kids from 5-19. She works full time and is in school part time. Her inspiration for getting organized was tackling h...

Bonus: Lisa & Tara: How 2 Business CEOs are Weathering the Pandemic

  Today, I am sharing ANOTHER bonus podcast from Organize 365. This is my frank conversation with fellow business owner Tara. We sat down to talk about what it is like being a business CEO in the midst of our current world events and economic climate. Although this is not highly organization related, I know that some of you enjoy hearing about what it is like to be a business owner and how I make those decisions. Listen in and enjoy!   Please rate and review the podcast!

4 Steps to Organizing BIG Projects for Productivity - Part 2

For the April podcast episodes, I want to talk to you about how to plan a big project or work towards a big goal. Full disclosure, I generally record podcasts 6-8 weeks in advance. I recorded these in February and March, and I used the examples I was planning at the time. Today, the world looks very different, and many of my examples are not things we can do right now. I know many of these kinds of big projects, celebrations, and plans are all up in the air right now. We are all missing out ...

Transformation with Suzanne G

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! This week’s Tranformational Podcast features Suzanne G. She is a minimalist, married to a maximalist. They got married in their 40’s and they share their home with her adult stepson. They have c...

Bonus - Lisa & Mary: Why We Need the Medical Printables in the Pandemic

FREE Mini Medical Information Binder Download There is nothing more frustrating than nervously watching a tragedy unfold before your eyes and feel like there is nothing you can do to help. The hours I have spent the last month reading articles, watching video clips, and following friends on social media is mind blowing. This nervous energy eats me alive. I want to DO something. In general, emergencies are a guarantee in life. Someday you will need to have your medical and financial du...

Bonus - Lisa & Mary: Why we need the medical printables in the pandemic

FREE Mini Medical Information Binder Download There is nothing more frustrating than nervously watching a tragedy unfold before your eyes and feel like there is nothing you can do to help. The hours I have spent the last month reading articles, watching video clips, and following friends on social media is mind blowing. This nervous energy eats me alive. I want to DO something. In general, emergencies are a guarantee in life. Someday you will need to have your medical and financial du...

4 Steps to Organizing BIG Projects for Productivity - Part 1

For the April podcast episodes, I want to talk to you about how to plan a big project or work towards a big goal. Full disclosure, I generally record podcasts 6-8 weeks in advance. I recorded these in February and March, and I used the examples I was planning at the time. Today, the world looks very different, and many of my examples are not things we can do right now. I know many of these kinds of big projects, celebrations, and plans are all up in the air right now. We are all missing out ...

Transformation with Elizabeth P

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! On today's Transformational Podcast Elizabeth P and I talk about her organizing journey. Elizabeth is firmly in the sandwich generation. She initially was living in and traveling between two cit...

328 - Point of View - To Parent or Not to Parent

In February, the Organize 365 Podcasts were designed to help you to discover YOU. I want you to have some tools and frameworks to learn more about yourself and how you see the world. (Don’t forget to take your FREE personality tests from Cloverleaf!) In March, I want to share with you four different points of view that affect how I see the world. We all start out seeing the world from our own experience and our own life. We adopt a cognitive bias that shapes how we understand everything ar...

Bonus: Schedule, Routines, Decision Fatigue, and Homeschooling

327 - Point of View - Religion of Origin

In February, the Organize 365 Podcasts were designed to help you to discover YOU. I want you to have some tools and frameworks to learn more about yourself and how you see the world. (Don’t forget to take your FREE personality tests from Cloverleaf!) In March, I want to share with you four different points of view that affect how I see the world. We all start out seeing the world from our own experience and our own life. We adopt a cognitive bias that shapes how we understand everything ar...

Transformation with Lauren P

You can hear all of the Wednesday Transformational podcasts here. Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! On today's Transformational Podcast I get to talk with Lauren P. She lives with her husband (a physician), 3 young girls under...

Bonus: 10 Thoughts About the Next Three Weeks

I know many of you are facing disruptions to your routines and unexpected changes to your schedule. Every time I think I have a plan to move forward, the ground shifts below me. It's unnerving. And out of our control. I want to support you as a voice of positivity. My hope for you is that you can build some special family time memories and make progress in your organizing over these next few weeks. I want to share some specific thoughts I have about the current unexpected events we are fac...

326 - Point of View - Generation of Origin

In February, the Organize 365 Podcasts were designed to help you to discover YOU. I want you to have some tools and frameworks to learn more about yourself and how you see the world. (Don’t forget to take your FREE personality tests from Cloverleaf!) In March, I want to share with you four different points of view that affect how I see the world. We are all born into our very own specific circumstances. We all start out seeing the world from our own experience and our own life. We adopt a ...

Transformation with Maggie H

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! On today's Transformational Podcast I get to talk with Maggie H. She is married with three children (one still in diapers) and works as a chiropractor and training people to ride horses. Maggie ...

325 - Point of View - Culture of Origin

In February, the Organize 365 Podcasts were designed to help you to discover YOU. I want you to have some tools and frameworks to learn more about yourself and how you see the world. (Don't forget to take your FREE personality tests from Cloverleaf!) In March, I want to share with you four different points of view that affect how I see the world. We are all born into a certain body in a certain time in history. We all start out seeing the world from our own experience and our own life. We ...

ReAir 293 - Embrace Breakthroughs

This week's #ThrowbackThursday Podcast Episode is #293 - Embrace Breakthroughs. I want to re-share some of the thoughts and experiences that the participants shared last year. I know some of you are nervous about jumping in and being in a room full of strangers, but it really is a transformational experience. Join us for Embrace 2020 on June 26-28th near Cincinnati, Ohio - I would love to give you a hug! You will share your organizing journey with others who have been there too! Embrace is...

Transformation with Michelle S

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Michelle S. Michelle was heading into a Golden Window and shares how she started with a podcast binge. She and her husband share th...

Transformation with Michelle S

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Michelle S. Michelle was heading into a Golden Window and shares how she started with a podcast binge. She and her husband share th...

324 - Project 333 with Courtney Carver

This week on the podcast, I am super excited to share my conversation with Courtney Carver - the founder of Project 333. Courtney is a minimalist who challenges people to live with just 33 items in their closet for 3 months at a time. I am including this in our conversation about discovering YOU. Clothing can be such an important way of self expression - especially in certain seasons of life. For others, minimizing clothing choices and wearing a simplified uniform can reduce necessary decisi...

Transformation with Alison D

Self Publishing School: self-publishingschool.com/friend and enter "Lisa Woodruff" as your referral source. Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Alison D. She lives a...

323 - My Conversation With Cloverleaf

As I shared in Discovering You (Podcast 321), I am focusing on different personality tests and frameworks to learn more about yourself, your strengths, and your way of seeing the world.  Listen in as I share my conversation with Cloverleaf. Cloverleaf is a company that looks at three important concepts of how we, as individuals, align to do our best work: proficiency, personality, and preference. Today, I get to speak with the COO and we talk about how we are using personality assessments ...

Transformation with Christine F

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to share my conversation with members of the Organize 365 community as they talk about the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journeys. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Christine F. Christine Fogh Music is married with three biological children and one foster baby. The childre...

322 - What Kind of a Bug Are You?

As I shared on the Discovering YOU podcast last week, all this month I will be diving deep into different personality tests, models, and ways of thinking about yourself and how you move through the world. This week, I am excited to share my conversation with Cas of Clutterbug. Listen in as we talk about the four different ClutterBug types that Cas has identified. She shares how she discovered four different organizing styles. In her model, she identifies a preference for organization at a ma...

Transformation with Jamie S

Listen here: https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts/ Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Jamie S. Jamie lives with her husband, their 13 year old son and a 10 y...

321 - Discovering YOU

In 2019, we decided that in 2020, Organize 365 would not offer any new products. Instead of focusing on teaching our community about new products and how to use them, we are focusing on making improvements and adding value for what you have already purchased. Because we have some open space and time to do something new and different, I want to take you on a journey with me. I promise you that once you get your home and paper organized, you will have more time and you will be able to share ...

Transformation with Jennifer H

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized!   The Transformational Podcast this week is with Jennifer H. She lives at home with her husband and 2 dogs. They are empty nesters and getting ready to sell their family home and live with her...

320 - Find Your Mastermind of Friends

This week on the podcast, Jenn Dickel and I share our experience starting and growing our own small businesses. We discuss starting a part-time business, making the leap to full time self-employment, and learning to network. As women who own businesses, we talk through how we can explore our differences and then come together and support each other as business women. Women do not all have the same gifts, work in the same niche, or offer the same services. Anytime we take on a new dream, we b...

ReAir 94 - How ADHD Affects Getting Organized

For the #ThrowbackThursday podcast this week, I want to go back to a 5 part series I did on getting organized with ADHD. In my roles as a teacher, mother, and professional organizer, I have created solutions and strategies for people who have been diagnosed with ADHD to live a more organized life. With 20 years of hands-on experience and relentless research, I am ready to share with you what I have learned and what may help you and your loved ones achieve more organization in your daily li...

Transformation with Denae V

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365 community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps, and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Denae V. She is married with three children and one on the way. Denae shares how she started with the Sunday Basket and has freed u...

319 - The Paper Solution Preorder

This week I am SO EXCITED to announce that my book The Paper Solution: What to Shred, What to Save, and How to Stop It From Taking Over Your Life published by Putnam Books is available for preorder today! I have been wanting to share this news with you for so long! The book itself will be available August 4, 2020 in hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook formats. When you preorder a book, you guarantee that you will be able to get your copy on the day it is available. Also, to be totally transpa...