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!
Stop Drowning in Household Clutter
Transform your space without the overwhelm. Join The Balanced Home Course for a step-by-step system to get your home organized and keep it that way for good.
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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!
Your bread looks so yummy. I LOVE bread, funny today I was out running errands and thought why isn't there a cute little bread shop near where I am, I just wanted some BREAD :)
Sounds good!! I LOVE bread!! So do you use both parts wheat flour then??
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looks sooooo good!!! do you happen to have any gluten free recipes? (not necessarily bread but nay kind of recipes that are gluten free)
sss.glutenfreeonashoestring.com is a good site for gluten free recipes. She has also written gluten free cookbooks. Anyone needing gluten-free recipes might want to check it out.
Should be http://www.glutenfree … I proofread my post, but totally missed this! Sorry!!
oh my word my mouth is watering I can almost smell the bread and taste the freezer jam :)
This sounds like my recipe for making bread! Yours looks very yummy! Mine has no second raising…I am being featured on the Gooseberry Patch blog today and my bread recipe is on it too…come say hi :D
I am going to give this a try. I have been wanting to make wheat bread for awhile now—I already do wheat muffins and pancakes and love them. Thank you for sharing this! Go Amy!
Oh, and thank you for responding to my email about summer schedules. It helped me out to read that and learn what your family does. Thank you!
I'm making this right now in my bread machine. It should be done in 30 min. Smells wonderful, especially on a cold rainy day! Thanks for sharing!
wow i love your blog your fantastic ideas and i dont know how you can do all these thing with 5 kids (they are all beautifull!) i'm italian and i have 2 little kids and like you i'm a stay at home mom but in my country it's unusually and strange … thanks for your beautifull creations kisses Francesca (sorry for my english!)
I'm so glad you posted this. I've just started baking and am trying to find some tried and true recipes.
Definitely going to try this one!
i made this last night. i think it is the only recipe i am not scared of! thanks!!! it turned out yummmmmmmy!
The bread looks yummy! I always love a new bread recipe!
And I think it is something in the air because I was BEYOND lazy last week!
Yum – looks delicious! I always love a good and easy bread recipe. Well definitely try this one out with my son. Hope you enjoyed your weekend and Mother's Day!
Lori (BlogFrog)
I made this last night!!! Yum-o!! It's my new wheat bread recipe. I made the 100% whole wheat version!!! Delish!!
I tried this and loved it! It was a lot easier than the recipe I’ve been using. Thank you for sharing! I’m definitely keeping this recipe around!
Yeah! So glad you liked it. It is also one of my kids favorites. Thanks for letting me know!
just double checking if this is a recipe for one loaf of bread or two
Oh! Great question. I will add it to the recipe. It makes one loaf!
long loaf pans? do you use the same amount of dough , as used in a short pan?
Yes! No need to change the recipe. They are longer and skinnier but essentially hold the same volume. I found the breads just bake better and more evenly! I love using mine!
Can you use this recipe in a bread machine?
The bread was very tasty…even my finicky family liked. However, it was quite dense (like a sweet bread). Is it supposed to be that heavy? I was thinking more along the lines for toast or for sandwiches (?). Also, it took twice as long to rise, both times. Did I not knead it long enough each time? I used my KitchenAid stand mixer the first go round. I live in Southern California & it has been quite warm so don’t know what the problem could be. The yeast had not expired (even though I had a pouch that had),
It is fairly dense. But my rising time was not unusual. Not sure why?!
Mine wasn’t dense at all. It has a really nice, even crumb and soft texture.. Not too soft, great for sandwiches
So happy that the recipe turned out for you. Enjoy!
Oh my gosh,this is sooo good! It is way better than store bought. I’m having it with tuna right now, I followed your advice and used whole wheat pastry flour for the wheat flour. The only thing I did different was to sub molasses for the honey. Even my husband liked this bread. This is now my go to recipe. It was super easy too. I used my electric mixer to knead the dough, just using the regular paddle. I did the 2nd kneading by hand. I let it rise in the microwave. I heat a damp cloth for 1 minute and then just set my bread pan on that. I learned that trick for helping gluten free dough to rise.
Great tip. Thanks for sharing and so glad that you are enjoying the bread!
4th time making this bread! What works for me:
1) whole wheat pastry flour for the wheat flour like you recommend
2) molasses instead of honey ..just a flavor I like
3) rise for 45 min in the microwave on top of hit damp towel (I microwave the wet towel 1 min before putting in bread to rise)
4) for second rising do the same as above
5) I bake for only 25 min
6) it is so delicate it can fall when moving it to the preheated oven so be very gentle
Great tips. I will have to try them out next time I make it!
Can I use my bread hook attachment on my kitchen aid mixer to knead the bread? I have pain in my hands and I don’t think I could knead for 10-15 min
That should work great. Enjoy!
This bread is perfect!! It really is kid-friendly, too! My kids love it toasted with jam!
Natalie- Toast with jam is the best!
What an easy & yummy recipe!! Nothing like warm, homemade bread! This is a good time to double & freeze some!
Kristyn- Homemade bread is the best. Doesnt last long in my house.