Organize 365 Podcast
1,027 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsLisa Woodruff is a home organization expert, productivity specialist, and author of multiple books including The Paper Solution.
Lisa’s research-based teaching shines a light on the invisible work being done at home and in the workplace. Lisa’s sensible and doable organizing tasks appeal to multiple generations. Her candor and relatable style make you feel she is right there beside you, helping you get organized as you laugh and cry together.
Lisa believes organization is not a skill you are born with. It is a skill that is developed over time and changes with each season of life. Lisa has helped thousands of women reclaim their homes and finally get organized with her practical tips, encouragement, and humor through her blog and podcast at Organize365.com.
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336 - The Lisa Glossary Part 4: Renaming Everyday Home Spaces for Modern Life
January 04, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 35.7 MBSee the full blog post at: organize365.com/renaming-home-spaces-organize-365-story-part4 This is part four 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....
335 - The Lisa Glossary Part 3: From Overwhelm to a Plan
January 03, 2023 11:00 - 48 minutes - 45.5 MBSee the full blog post at: overwhelm-to-plan-organize-365-story-part3 This is part three of a series sharing the Organize 365® Story. This week, I want to talk with you about what happens as we move from one phase to the next. Typically, we get overwhelmed, feel like we are living in chaos, and struggle to have a plan. We struggle to keep pace with the new change while we are trying to learn a new level of organization, and the transition takes longer than we expect. As things get moving ...
334 - The Lisa Glossary Part 2: Discovering Cycles & Seasons of Organizing
January 02, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutes - 37 MBCheck out the blog post at organize365.com/cycles-seasons-organize-365-story-part2 This is part two 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...
333 - The Lisa Glossary Part 1: Organizing Foundation
January 01, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 35.1 MBCheck 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 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 transformational journey (or when you need to reset or r...
Bonus - Organization is for Me in 2023
December 31, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBHas your New Year’s energy kicked in yet? It’s time to capitalize on that energy! We know you have goals and we have the tools you need to get you there! One of the things that I have learned over the last decade is that life is work. There’s unpaid work at home and paid work at work and sometimes there’s unpaid work at work and sometimes there’s paid work at home. It’s all work. In order for me to be the best me I can be I need to plan for both the unpaid and the paid work that is my priv...
517 - Go!
December 30, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 25 MBLast week I shared with you that one of my weaknesses has been overcoming the fact that I usually "ready, fire, aim" as opposed to "ready, set, go." Learning to do the SET step in Ready, Set, Go has been my weakness. What I have found from nearly 11 years of working with the Organize 365® community is that GO is the area that tends to trip you up. Being able to GO - actually getting started or keep moving on your goals and overcome your self-limiting doubt - can paralyze us. I used to ...
Bonus - The Kids Program Orientation
December 29, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBToday I will be giving you a full orientation on the Organize 365® Kids Program. Children want to be helpful. They love to learn and want to please adults! And in a perfect world, we would all have plenty of time to work together to keep a home clean and tidy. But we often don’t have the time or energy. Our time and patience gets consumed by after-school activities, homework, housework, and adult work. Teaching your children the skill of organization is an absolute must. These skills w...
The Process of Organizing your Storage Space with Michelle Paradice
December 28, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes - 43.9 MBMeet Michelle. She’s the voice behind the mailbag introductions on the podcast and the Customer Service Team lead here at Organize 365®. Michelle is SO loved by the Organize 365® team and customers! She got quite the surprise when I asked if I could come and organize her storage area and video it for The Productive Home Solution™! You guys…my home is already SO organized, including my storage area. I’ve already shown everyone in The Productive Home Solution™ my storage area too many time...
End of the Year Business Tax Prep & 2023 Certification Dates
December 27, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 19.9 MBWow, a lot can happen in a year! As you reflect on this year, go over your planner, see how much you did, what new things you tried, and how much you have grown and changed! Let’s talk about how you want to grow in your business, in your unique gifting and in the impact you can have on others. Imagine if you could help them to get results faster? As you think about 2023 I want you to consider helping your clients even more than you do already! Listen in to hear about The Paper Solu...
516- Set...
December 23, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 59.7 MBIn part two of this three part Ready, Set, Go series, we are going to discuss the middle child of the Ready, Set, Go family - SET. What does it mean to get SET and to be SET? The running joke for visionary entrepreneurs like myself is the quote, “Ready, Fire, Aim!” And boy have I lived that quote in the past! At first, in my 20s, it was because I didn’t know what I was doing - at home, at work, or as a parent. I learned the hard way - every time! But later in my 30s, it wasn’t really m...
Transformation with Amber N.
December 21, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 28.6 MBOn the Wednesday podcast, 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 learn the skill of organization, too! Amber N. shared her transformation with me! She’s the mom of two children who are a senior in high school and 14 years old, and she has a Greg of her own! Amber had always been inspired to be organize...
515 - Ready...
December 16, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBAre you READY to think differently? Are you READY to evaluate your past new years goals and productivity? Are you READY to put in the work and reap the rewards of your focus & labor? Are you physically READY? Mentally READY? Emotionally READY? Today’s episode is about readiness. And I’m so excited to share my ideas for what it means to be READY. My favorite activity is to think about my thinking. It is a habit that I have cultivated into an art form and can no longer do without. ...
Organize 365® Reality KIDS TV Show with Maura
December 14, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 34.7 MBWelcome 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 I am so excited for you to meet Maura. Over the summer I put out a social media post requesting a family that would allow me to get their kid’s rooms organized and FILM IT ALL for a movi...
Limited Time Family Organization year end bundle
December 13, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MB“In today’s podcast, I’m channeling my 30-something self. Once school let out for the holiday break, any shred of productivity or sanity that I was going to have for the last 10 days of the year were out the window and I was back to being camp counselor again. If you are in your active parenting years, this podcast is a HUGE HUG from me. It’s all going to be alright. You’re going to be fine. Everyone is going to love everything that they get, everyone is going to appreciate the work tha...
514 - The Productive Home Solution™ with Tanya Blackburn
December 09, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 41.5 MBshow notes
Transformation with Ashley C.
December 07, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 34.9 MBOn the Wednesday podcast, 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 learn the skill of organization, too! This week, I am sharing my interview with Ashley C. She lives with husband, three children and some fun pets! She shares her struggle with living up to the Pinterest perfect bar she set for herself w...
Coffee Chat 2023 Paper Organization Retreat Locations
December 06, 2022 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.65 MBGreat News! We have two new locations for 2023!! I hope to see you there! Learn more and sign-up for a live, in-person Paper Organizing Retreat. Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Share this episode with a friend and be sure to tag Organize 365® when you share on social media!
513 - Keith Boswell with ADHD Online
December 02, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBIn today’s episode as we wrap up our series on my ADHD journey and exploration of executive functions, I am excited to introduce you to Keith Boswell, Vice President of Marketing at ADHD Online. ADHD Online is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of people dealing with neurodiversity. Organize 365® and ADHD Online have partnered several times over the past year to present organizational solutions that I have found to work for others struggling with ADHD. Keith brings a new level to t...
512 - What is the Executive Function of Initiating & Task Monitoring
November 25, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 49.8 MBIn today’s episode we wrap up our four part series on exploring the executive functions and the role they play in our ability to be organized. I’ve always believed that you won’t just “be organized.” Organization is a learnable skill. This means that it’s not something you have to be born with. If you’re currently not organized, that's okay too! You can absolutely learn how to be organized. I have always had a strong belief that organization is a learnable skill. So, I wasn’t surprised to ...
511 - What is the Executive Function of Planning
November 18, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBAs we continue our series exploring executive functions today we get to talk about planning. Can you hear it in my voice? Planning is my FAVORITE-IST thing! Planning is so much more than filling in a planner or checking boxes. Planning is purposefully setting aside time and deciding how you want to show up in the next season. Decide what rules you want to make for your next season so you can be as proactive as you want to be. It’s time to dream about what is possible, about what you want...
Planning the Holidays with Jessica the CEO of Ultimate Bundles
November 15, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 35.3 MBToday’s coffee chat is a special Holiday Blitz Edition. Every year I host my annual FREE Holiday Blitz. The goal of the Holiday Blitz is to help you strategically plan for your holiday season by making the invisible work of the holidays visible. The Holiday Blitz includes 13 free downloadable planning pages and 5 course videos where I walk you through planning the holiday season. We talk about how you can simplify your holidays, embrace your uniqueness and be present, proactive and productiv...
510 - What is the Executive Function of Organization of Materials
November 11, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 41.9 MBDoes it ever feel like you have a two year old in your brain talking to you all day reminding you of things you need to do and demanding what to do next? Do you feel like you are playing an adult version of Memory or Go Fish when it comes to your paperwork? Now that I've learned that I have ADHD, I'm ready to dive deeper into this topic of executive function and organization with formal research. Lots of times ADHD can be diagnosed when the person’s executive functions are analyzed. In...
509 - What is the Executive Function of Working Memory?
November 04, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 74 MBWhat's next for research at Organize 365®? Now that I've learned that I have ADHD, I'm ready to dive deeper into this topic of executive function and organization with formal research. Lots of times ADHD can be diagnosed when the person’s executive functions are analyzed. In this episode, I shared three examples of me relying on my working memory. I analyze if my working memory helped or hindered the situation and explore explanations as to why I responded, the way I did, in each situa...
508 - The Future of Executive Function Research As It Relates to ADHD
October 28, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBWhat's next for research at Organize 365®? Now that I've learned that I have ADHD, I'm ready to dive deeper into this topic of executive function and organization with formal research. There are five areas of executive function that involve organization: Initiating - getting started Working Memory - holding information Planning - planning ahead Monitoring - knowing what needs to be done next Organizing Materials - organizing your home I believe that you can impact and change you...
The Next Wednesday Podcast Will Be December 7th
October 26, 2022 12:00 - 1 minute - 1.71 MBWelcome 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, I want to let you know that there will not be any Wednesday Transformations in November. I had some scheduling conflicts and was not able to record any new interviews for you. Wednesd...
507 - A Psychologist Gives Lisa The Final Answer on Her ADHD Diagnosis
October 21, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBDo I have ADHD or not? This has become so confusing! According to ADHD Online, I have a medical diagnosis of ADHD. According to Barbara Hunter's analysis of my BRIEF-A assessment, my executive functioning indicates that I do NOT have ADHD. Who is right? I took my questions to a psychologist in Cincinnati for a final answer. Why? Well, first, I want to give good recommendations to the Organize 365® community. If ADHD Online is not a good resource, I don't want to refer you to them. Sec...
Transformation with Carrie F.
October 19, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBWelcome 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, I am sharing my interview with Carrie F. She lives with her husband and they have two teens at home and one away at college. She's a retired veterinarian. Paper was her greatest organ...
506 - Lisa's Executive Function Profile
October 14, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBThis month I've been exploring the topic of ADHD and more specifically, discovering if I have ADHD. Last week, I shared my journey to reach the point of deciding to be tested for ADHD. First I took the assessment from ADHD Online and was told that I DO have a medical ADHD diagnosis. In this episode, I'm talking with my friend Barbara Hunter about whether she thinks I have ADHD... or not. She gave me The BRIEF-A to make her determination. This is the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive...
Transformation with Kat S.
October 12, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWelcome 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, I am sharing my interview with Kat S. She lives with her husband and together they run her music studio out of their home. Kat feels like she learned to be organized at a young age be...
505 - Does Lisa Have ADHD?
October 07, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 24 MBDo I have ADHD? My mom doesn't think I have ADHD. I didn't think I had ADHD. At one point, I adamantly opposed people who suggested I had ADHD. But, in more recent years, I have thought: Maybe I do have ADHD? When I would organize women in the Cincinnati area, many would start their appointments by telling me that they had or thought they had ADHD. My kids received their ADHD diagnoses when they were children and attended Springer School and Center for many years. I was a teacher and I s...
Transformation with Jennifer S.
October 05, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBWelcome 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, I am sharing my interview with Jennifer S. She lives with her husband and three kids, two of whom are off to college. Jennifer is an attorney and has always worked full-time outside o...
504 - Six-Figure Time
September 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBIn over a decade of studying female heads of households in their homes and researching what it takes to get them organized, I've thought a lot about time and the invisible work we are doing. The big thing when I started my business was hitting six figures. Everyone wanted to hit $100,000 in yearly income. Back then, I had just quit my teaching job in a private school making $24,000 a year in take-home pay. I couldn't even wrap my mind around ever being a six-figure income earner! Over th...
Embrace Breakthroughs - Part 3
September 28, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBOn Wednesdays, I normally 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. For the rest of this month, I have a treat for you on the Wednesday Transformation episodes I want to share with you some of the extraordinary breakthroughs from women just like you who attended Embrace 2022. Listen in for Part 3 of the transformations! Embrace is now...
503 - The 4 Kinds of Work: Housework, Invisible, Hobby & Unique Purpose
September 23, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBThere are four types of work that we all do at home. In this episode, I go through these four types of work in detail and discuss how to reduce the amount of time spent on the first three so you can do more unique purpose work. Housework We've talked a lot over the last couple of years about housework. As a part of our Organize 365® Research, I have honed in on and defined this type of work. There are three main types of housework: cleaning, tasks of daily living, and organization. You m...
Embrace Breakthroughs - Part 2
September 21, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBOn Wednesdays, I normally 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. For the rest of this month, I have a treat for you on the Wednesday Transformation episodes I want to share with you some of the extraordinary breakthroughs from women just like you who attended Embrace 2022. Listen in for Part 2 of the transformations! Embrace is now...
502 - How Marie Kondo is the Atkins Diet of Organizing
September 16, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBMarie Kondo is like the Atkins Diet of organizing. Yes, it's true. Let me explain. Please understand that this is NOT an anti-Marie Kondo episode! I think Marie Kondo is awesome in so many ways. She's done so much to raise awareness for organizing and decluttering in the media and the general public. There are benefits to her method, but I do feel that the Marie Kondo method is not the best long-term solution for the average American woman or home. Last week I kicked off this podcast ser...
Embrace Breakthroughs - Part 1
September 14, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBOn Wednesdays, I normally 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. For the rest of this month, I have a treat for you on the Wednesday Transformation episodes I want to share with you some of the extraordinary breakthroughs from women just like you who attended Embrace 2022. Listen in for Part 1 of the transformations! Embrace is now...
501 - Passive Organizing
September 09, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBIt's time to add a new term to our organizing glossary: passive organizing. I've said for years that it really takes three years to get organized, but the first 12-18 months are not easily recognized in that process. The reason is that this first chunk of time is spent in passive organizing. What is passive organizing? Passive organizing is the time period during which you're becoming aware that maybe organization could help you become more productive. Maybe organization could help you ge...
Transformation with Loren S.
September 07, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBWelcome 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, I am sharing my interview with Loren S. She lives with her boyfriend and her 10 houseplants. Loren describes herself as a natural "piler" but implementing the Sunday Basket® System me...
500 - The Slight Edge - Consistency is THE Key
September 02, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBOne of the most impactful books I've ever read is The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson. This book taught me so much about consistency, well before Organize 365® was even an idea. We've reached a major milestone with this episode here at Organize 365®. This episode is our 500th Friday podcast episode. This doesn't count the extra episodes we've done over the years with Wednesday Transformations, Coffee Chats, and more. Counting those would bring us to well over 700 episodes in total and you've do...
Transformation with Laurie R.
August 31, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBWelcome 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, I am sharing my interview with Laurie R. She lives with her husband and three kids, including one with special needs. When Laurie lost her job in 2015, she looked for organizing podca...
Friday Workbox® Planning Day Orientation
August 30, 2022 12:01 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBTime to plan out the next quarter of your work? Learn more about the Friday Workbox® Planning Day in this orientation replay. Watch the video version and download the syllabus here: https://organize365.com/orientation
Friday Workbox® Orientation
August 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBTime to your work? Learn more about the Friday Workbox® in this orientation replay. Watch the video version and download the syllabus here: https://organize365.com/orientation
499 - Effort: The 80/20 of Housework - Not All Housework is Equal
August 26, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThe Pareto Principle says that 80% of the fruit comes from 20% of the labor. I first learned about this principle when reading 80/20 Sales and Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More by Perry Marshall. This is not just a sales thing. It can be seen in nature, road traffic, and math. So, I started thinking about how this 80/20 principle applies to our homes and housework. I know that perfection is not attainable. Instead, I've resolved to strive for excellence. What ...
Transformation with Holly P.
August 24, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBWelcome 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, Holly P. is joining me again to update us on her transformation. You can listen to her previous transformation story here. Holly is back to talk about the Friday Workbox®, quick moves...
The Productive Home Solution™ Planning Day Orientation
August 23, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBTime to plan out your next "new year"? Learn more about our home planning day in this orientation replay. Watch the video version and download the syllabus here: https://organize365.com/orientation
Paper Organizing Retreat Orientation
August 23, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBTime to get your paper organized? Learn more about our paper organizing retreat in this orientation replay. Watch the video version and download the syllabus here: https://organize365.com/orientation
498 - Housework: The Hot Mess Theory Part 2 with Jacqui Ioli
August 19, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBJacqui Ioli is back with me on the podcast to finish the conversation that we started last week. Be sure to listen to her Wednesday Transformation to hear more about who she is and her story. Before you listen to this episode, go back and listen to the first part of our conversation about Jacqui's Hot Mess Theory of work and the concepts of overwork, underwork, rework, and workarounds. In this episode, Jacqui and I get into real-world examples of how you can eliminate overwork, underwork...
Transformation with Lisa J.
August 17, 2022 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBWelcome 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, I am sharing my interview with Lisa J. She lives with her husband on a farm in a remote area of Western Australia. They also have two teens who go to boarding school because of their ...
The Productive Home Solution™ Orientation
August 16, 2022 12:02 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBAre you ready to get your home organized? Learn more about The Productive Home Solution™ in this orientation replay. Watch the video version and download the syllabus here: https://organize365.com/orientation