Learn how you can get your home organized with my easy step-by-step organization course. My course is full of organization ideas as well as home organization tips and tricks to get your life and home organized and keep it that way.

ONLINE DECLUTTERING COURSE

For the past several months I have been putting together my Online Organization Course, The Balanced Home. I am excited to teach you my decluttering and cleaning process. These processes also teach you how to create simple routines and cleaning schedules which allow you to naturally maintain your clean and organized home.

No need to hire a professional organizer, or live with the clutter because you will have the skills and learn how to overcome any mental barriers or fears you might have to get started!

WHAT DOES THE ORGANIZATION COURSE COVER?

The Balanced Home Organization Core

($1,000 Value)Contains my core Decluttering and Organization Processes, which shows you how to:

Learn how to declutter and organize your home–by learning processes and techniques that really work!
Deal with stuff you don’t know how to get rid of
Understand what qualifies as hoarding
Understand how to overcome hoarding tendencies
Deal with your junk room or junk drawer

The Tools

Workbook, Resources, Labels, and More ($250 Value). Contains everything you need to help guide you through each lesson, including:
An easy-to-follow workbook to guide you step-by-step through the lessons
Printable Labels
A vision sheet for your home
A working checklist of tasks you can accomplish in 30 minutes or less
Shopping and To-Do Lists
Monthly Calendar and Weekly Schedule

The Mental Foundation

The best processes to overcome mental barriers from Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi’s Mastermind Course ($200 Value). Helps you to find the time, the energy and the motivation to organize your home by:

Discovering your “true, internal why” -> what motivates you to want an organized home
Helping you clearly identify what is holding you back from success
Teaching you how to organize your schedule to create new pockets of time
Helping you discover what is most important for you to accomplish with your time, as opposed to just urgent or habit
Helping you cut out the things that aren’t important and identify gaps in your schedule you can dedicate to working on your home

Your Ideal Home

The best processes to set and achieve your vision by breaking it down into actionable steps ($300 Value). Teaches you how to break down an overwhelming project into small, manageable steps, by:

Clearly defining your goal and vision for your home
Learning how to evaluate specific rooms and identify what you want to be improved
Identifying specific, easy to complete tasks in each room that will contribute to your overall goal without overwhelming you
Getting your family or others involved in the process

Cleaning and Maintaining

The best processes to clean and maintain your home after it has been organized ($200 Value).Teaches you how to maintain your home once it is clean and keep it organized, by:

Providing you with the basic cleaning routines you need to naturally stay in control of your home
Teaching you my amazing “Ten-Minute Clean-up” process, which allows you to clean an entire floor / room in ten minutes or less!
Showing you how to establish routines with your kids and other members of the family
Sharing important resources such as chore cards, favorite cleaning products, and a deep-cleaning checklist, and more
Explaining the laundry routine we use in our home to get our laundry done every week without even thinking about it
Teaching you how to deep clean your home after it has been decluttered and organized
Showing you how to help the other members of your household be on the same page and not “unclean” your home

During the course, we will:

Show you the process of how to go throughout your home decluttering, cleaning, and organizing. Then you can take this process and go throughout all the rooms in your home–including the bathrooms, kitchen, craft room, home office, basement, entryway, playroom, garage, attic, and all other rooms in your home–cleaning and organizing.
Clean out and organize not just the rooms themselves, but organization spaces such as closets, shelves, drawers, and bookshelves.
Learn how to properly use organization equipment, such as bins, drawer organizers, storage bins, food storage containers, lids, and baskets.

The Private Balanced Home Community

(BONUS – Priceless). Provides a community that you can go to whenever you need a place where you…

Seek inspiration and ideas from others
Receive support and motivation from others
Share your successes and see the successes of others as we all work towards finding balance and clarity in our homes.
Can ask questions and let me know what you may still need help with so that I can continue to cater the course to your needs

What Do People Have To Say About My Organization Course?

“This course was instrumental in helping me organize my space as well as my time. As a busy mom, I have a better grasp on what my days need to include so that I can enjoy my family rather than spend my time spinning my wheels cleaning up after everyone.”
“The Balanced Home Course helped me to be the “professional organizer” for my family! Simple steps to follow, check lists, printable labels, suggestions and worksheets will keep you on track to successfully maintain your own balanced home.”
“I am pretty sure I have solved more issues with the seven layers and clarity tool than I have in 6 months of therapy!! I think this course is going to help much more than my home. Thanks Amy!!!!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!””

HOW TO GET MOTIVATED TO ORGANIZE YOUR HOME

HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS AND MENTAL BARRIERS

I asked and these are the things that are holding you back from getting started! I made sure my course helped you overcome your specific fears and developed processes to address each of the concerns below. Have you ever had any of the same concerns?

“I don’t have the time.”
“I don’t know how to break it down into manageable chunks.”
“How do I balance other activities?”
“I don’t have enough energy / motivation.”
“I’m overwhelmed and don’t know where to start.”
“I’m scared / unable to commit.”
“I don’t trust myself.”
“I don’t have the confidence I will finish.”
“How do I maintain / keep on top of it?”
“I have a hard time with inconsistency / finding balance.”
“I’m afraid of quitting too soon and having it be a mess.”
“How do I build the habits and routines?”
“Keeping it clean and organized”“Staying focused and not getting distracted.”
“What if I have physical limitations.”
“I don’t have the supplies / resources / money (i.e. containers etc.) / storage space.”
“I don’t want to part with things.”
“What Do I do with all the stuff? Donate? Kids?”
“What if I need it later?”
“My family has stuff they want to keep.”
“Family is not being helpful or even counterproductive… How do I get my family on board?”
“No sense of design / vision for what I want.”
“Lack of knowledge.”
“Afraid of not doing it right.”
“Being okay with not having it perfect.”

STILL NOT READY TO BUY?

Because I know that sometimes it can be difficult to take that initial leap of faith, I wanted to give you something that would allow you to get your feet wet a little, something that you could access RIGHT NOW. I think you’ll like it. I’ve opened up a “sneak peek” section of my course, where you can access one or two of the lessons that are a part of The Balanced Home Course. If you click the button below you will be able to create your own personal account / log in for the course and access the “sneak peek” videos.

OTHER ORGANIZATION PROJECTS

If you are interested in taking a deeper look into some of the spaces in my home, check out the following posts!

05/08/2014 · 18 Comments

Helping Children Deal with Death (and other stressful life events)

Parenting Help· Parenting Tips with Heather Johnson

Hi Idea Room Readers. It’s Heather from FamilyVolley, back to share a few helpful parenting tips with you.

I had something planned for this post, but when I woke a few days ago to start writing, everything changed. My Instagram feed was covered with images of a sweet little boy who was tragically killed last week. His mother is involve in social media, and the community has been posting in support of her, her husband and their family. I haven’t been able to shake the image of that little boy. I can’t help but look at my own children differently and think about my role as their mother differently too. I don’t know this family, but my heart hurts for them.

As I was following along with the story, tears running down my face, our daughter walked in the room. She looked over my shoulder and asked who the little boy was and the conversation about life and death began. It hit, like it does so often, that as a mother, I am there to help them get through tough things. To help them understand even when I don’t. To put aside my hurt, to help them with theirs. I would guess that many of you have needed to have a similar conversation with your children. The how’s and why’s are tough. How do you explain why a child is hurt, or taken so young.

So this weeks post has changed. In an attempt to offer you some answers and some help when these tough conversations arise, lets chat about how we can help our children deal with the stress and uncertainty of death. These tips can be used for any stress our families are faced with, (a new sibling, moving, starting school, etc…)

First, remember that everyone in your family deals with stress differently. When our children are very young, we can be more limited with what we tell them, but we never want to lie, or deceive. Be honest, don’t make things up.

We want to try and recognize how the stress is affecting our children (and the adults) in our family. Some children become violent or disobey. Some, like our daughter, become very quiet and withdrawn. There are almost always behavioral manifestations when dealing with stress. Be patient. Think about how hard it is to deal with these things as an adult and then put yourself in your child’s shoes.

Now… more specific suggestions.

1. Stick to the basics and eliminate stress. When there is a death or other stress in your family life, we need to do all we can to keep as much stress out of your home as possible. If we can’t keep up with the every day chores, we should ask for help. Eliminate ALL unnecessary activities and events. Get back to the basics.

2. Stick to the schedule. This is one of the most helpful things we can do for our children and for our families. Keep life consistent and keep doing what you have always done. Routines make life predictable. When things are predictable, they make us feel safe and secure. If we change everything up all of a sudden, it creates uncertainty with our children and that adds more stress. It will also make them feel that the death or stress has caused the instability.

3. Be a good example. When my grandmother died unexpectedly, I wanted to yell and scream and spit and throw something. I wanted to be so mad. But I couldn’t. Not like that, and not in front of the kids. We have to stay calm ourselves. Our children will be upset by outbursts and yelling. I could see our daughter watching me this morning as I scrolled through my social media feed. This will not be the last time she has to deal with death, or stress. It is my job to be a good example for her now, so as she grows older, she has the tools she needs to deal with these tough situations. I save my anger and hurt for when it is just my husband and me, and then I can be a little unstable.

4. Be a good listener. It is our job to protect our children. We need to give them a chance to talk, share their feelings, let them cry, be angry, and we need to listen. Listen without telling them to feel differently. We need to just let them feel the hurt and pain and emotions.

5. Teach our children coping skills. This might include how to handle anger, how to communicate and talk about feelings, how to take deep breaths, and how to relax.

6. DO THINGS TOGETHER AS A FAMILY! This is a big one. A really really big one. Do all you can to do things together as a family. When a loved one passes away we usually don’t want to get out and do anything. But we need to. There is solid evidence that shows that it is necessary to feel grief and pain, but that families who get out and do active things together, get over the loss faster and in a more healthy manner. Being active helps us heal.

7. Celebrate life. Help your children and family members do activities that will help them remember their loved one. When our children lost their great grandfather, who they were very close to, they each got to choose a special memento to keep in their rooms to help them remember him. We also talk about him on his birthday and holidays, and frequently pull up pictures of him and recall stories about his life. You can also put together a scrap book about their life that your kids can look through. Find ways to remember them and celebrate their life and the memories you hold so dear.

8. Find personal time to grieve. It can be easy to get so caught up in helping our children deal with death (or stress) that we don’t take time to grieve ourselves. I found myself doing this when my aunt died. She was very young and left behind three girls. I quickly became suto-mom to two of the three. One day I broke down in the shower. Filled with pain and grief. I had yet to take time to process the loss. And although I was needed to help them and my own family, I had to take some time for myself.

This Mother’s Day, we celebrate mothers and women everywhere. Mother’s who do hard things. Who wipe tears, who comfort when children are hurting, and who bring joy and love to children and families. And mother’s who loose children, and still find a way to get out of bed each day and strength the women around them. It is by far, the most difficult responsibility I have ever undertaken. But it is also the most rewarding.

Happy Mother’s Day to each of you, and to the mothers in your life. May we all have more strength and confidence in helping our children deal with the difficult situations life brings us. And may your hearts be light. We are all in this together.

How do you explain death to your children?

How do you help them, when you need to take time for yourself also?

Have a question, or just want to say hello? You can find me at FamilyVolley.com. On Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter. Or send me an email. I love making new friends.

About Amy

Amy Huntley is the owner/author of The Idea Room. A mother of five, who enjoys sharing her love of all things creative in hopes of inspiring other women and families. Never miss a creative idea that she shares by connecting with her here, or read more of her posts.

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jennifer @ Tatertots & Jello says

05/08/2014 at 7:12 am

Thanks for those tips.

xoxo

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Kristie says

05/08/2014 at 7:47 am

I love the suggestion of doing something together as a family. I lost my brother 2 years ago, and the thing I got out of his sudden death was that memories are what I will cherish most. I need to take the time to make memories. Because when the time to make memories is gone, you cannot get it back.

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- Heather Johnson says
  
  05/11/2014 at 10:27 pm
  
  Kristie, so sorry to hear that you lost your brother. What a powerful reminder you give us. It is easy to get so busy we don’t make time to make memories. But you are right, we must.
  
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Amy says

05/08/2014 at 9:39 am

Thank you so much for sharing this with us Heather! This is such an important topic and you share some great tips to help all of us learn to cope with difficult things! xo

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Jessica says

05/11/2014 at 8:15 pm

I agree with all of your points except for hiding your instability from your children. Instead, I urge anyone feeling unstable to seek help from friends and family. The pressure of pretending can make things worse during grief. Instead, ask for help to insulate your children… But also offer them the opportunity to console you. Tough situations may give them an opportunity to discover their own gifts of the heart.

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- Heather Johnson says
  
  05/11/2014 at 10:32 pm
  
  Hi Jessica. Love the point you make about sharing your grief and how it can help others find gifts of their hearts. Especially when you are sharing your grief in healthy ways that teach them how to cope with hard things. We are so blessed to have opportunities to be role models for children.
  
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Robyn says

05/14/2014 at 12:19 pm

I lost my mother when I was just six years old– from the perspective of a child losing a mother, I can say from my own experience to not say things like : “She is just sleeping” (which makes a child wonder why they won’t wake up, and causes a lot of distress when they are watching the casket go into the ground). Don’t say “She went to live with the angels” either because a child can take that to mean the person voluntarily left and it makes the child feel like they did something wrong. Understand that even though children may not totally understand the finality of death, that they do grieve and they grieve over and over as they get older and have a more mature understanding of death. It is also common to see a regression of behavior, for example I started sucking my thumb and wetting the bed due to the trauma of losing my mother. The child may not understand that they do these things out of stress, and adults should not make them feel badly for “acting like a baby”. It is their way of coping.

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04/05/2016 at 5:09 pm

Lots of truth in these pointers! I am a grieving mama who is doing her best to go on with life after loss. There is no way to prepare. When our Abby left us at age 3 via a tragic accident, our other children ages 5 – 8 had so many hard questions.
And while I hate that they have been so robbed of their prior “innocence” and lives untouched by pain, I see how pain has strengthened all of us and made us more empathetic of others who have lost.
Even now almost 2 years later we are still living out some of your ideas. We say no to outside things more. We focus a lot on time spent together. We still openly grieve each in our own ways.
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