Organize 365 Podcast
Lisa 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...
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700 - My Depression Story
<p>I have been feeling the tug to share my personal experience with depression for quite a while.</p> <p>It may surprise you to hear that I have struggled with depression. I'm a pretty upbeat gal! Well, it surprised me too.</p> <p>In today's podcast, I share my personal story with depression and how it affects every area of your life.</p> <p>Here are 5 tips I gave myself and share with clients about how depression affects organization.</p> <p>1. Give yourself grace.</p> <p>I cannot even put into words how depression zapped me of every shred o...
699 - Escaping Quicksand: Chapter 1 My Quicksand Story
<p >Here it is, the first chapter of my latest book Escaping Quicksand. I thought it was necessary for the reader to understand that I too have found myself in quicksand and realized there was no rock bottom to hit. Through escaping "the quicksand", I learned the lesson of the unpopular truth that you have to make yourself a priority. </p> <p >How Did I Get In the Pit of Despair?</p> <p >I've always been a planner and organized. But the systems I brought into adulthood slowly started to break as the complexity of life increased by adding a...
698 - PREORDER Escaping Quicksand - 10 Steps to Overcome the Overwhelm of Modern Homelife
<p >I've been talking about a book I've been writing and I'm here to tell you all the juicy details and that you can preorder it now! In the end, I realized the world didn't need a book on how to organize your home because you have no resources to complete the tasks. Escaping Quicksand will arm you with the tools to get your home organized and move to productivity!</p> <p >Thought Process and Creation</p> <p >This is my sixth book. I don't tell you that to brag. I tell you that to share that I have published...
697 - Planning Is the Ultimate Self-Care
<p >Ok, the line leader for executive functions is working memory. Remember? At the end of the line is the higher level executive function of planning. Planning is the ultimate self care because it ensures high priority tasks will get completed and gives you peace. I'm explaining how getting your working memory and prospective memory to play nice, will allow Planning to have a chance to play a role in your life and finally free up your full cognitive bandwidth! </p> <p >TMP</p> <p >Time management planning; plan for the day, prioritize, and set deadlines. You wrote your brian...
696 - Change Your Environment for Effortless Goal Attainment!
<p >Can goal attainment really be effortless? Yes! How? I'm sharing a science backed and real life proven strategy to, yes, attain your goals effortlessly with environment modification. Last week I told you to write everything down. Now what? </p> <p >Your Brain On Paper</p> <p >If you were a good lil student, you have started to write down all of your interruptive thoughts. Stop trying to remember everything, just write it down! Now you have all of these thoughts on paper, your brain on paper and you may be overwhelmed. The next step, is to decide can it...
695- Mental Ozempic - How to Quiet the Female Household Manager's Mind
<p >Ozempic is to food chatter as Index cards are to the invisible work of being a household manager. We write any thought down, cognitive offloading, and free up capacity to THINK. As household managers we aren't struggling so much with the housework, it's all of the invisible thoughts that interrupt what we were doing and now can't remember what we need to do. We are constantly volleying between working memory and prospective memory! Your working memory is your primary executive function. I want your working memory to serve its actual purpose, not just remembering to put the clothes in...
694 - My Word of the Year: Discipline
<p >I left you hangin' in the last episode as to what the mindset shift is that you must have so that you can be a productive person. It's Discipline. And discipline is my word for this year. "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment" - Jim Rohn</p> <p >What is the definition?</p> <p >-Some of you may have a negative knee jerk reaction to the word discipline. Ready for me to reframe discipline in you mind? It is…</p> <p >-The act of gaining control with obedience and order (like holding yourself accountable to picking up af...
693 - Turning Time Confetti into Time Blocks
<p >Who remembers defragging your computer to make it run more efficiently? I'm talking about defragging time confetti into time blocks today. "What is time confetti?" Yes, thank you for asking…it's all those little 2 or 5 minutes that are free and sprinkled throughout your day. How can you most effectively use your confetti time to conquer the never ending, always evolving list of essential time blocks that you must complete as the mom, wife, and/or household manager? </p> <p >4 Essential Time Blocks</p> <p >Let's start with what demands our time. We have some mandatory tasks (time blocks) that ou...
Coffee Chat: From Piles to Productivity Webinar invitation
<p >Looking to be more purposeful, more planned, more organized and you don't know where to begin? Good news! Join me for the Piles to Productivity Webinar on Monday Jan. 19th @ 8AM ET!! Click the link below and get registered because there will be a replay sent to those who register (if you can't make it live.)<br /></p> <p >EPISODE RESOURCES:</p> <p >Register for Piles to Productivity Webinar</p> <p >Sign Up for the Organize 365® Newsletter</p> <p><br /> Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Share this episode w...
692 - Decluttering & Adding Habits in the New Year
<p >Ok, it's another peek into my brain. I'm sharing the things I want to follow me into the new year and things that I'm leaving in 2025. I thought it would be beneficial for you to hear my thoughts behind these decisions and get you thinking about how you want 2026 to look for you. Planning provides a lens of calm. Somehow when a plan is in place, even if it changes, it is not as jarring as when you have to react to change with "emergency energy." </p> <p >What will be joining me</p> <p >As I think about 2026...
