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.
Learn More & Join Today →
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!
Oh fits. My son throws them, but they aren’t too bad yet. I need to send this to my sisters.
These are great! My son has recently started throwing tantrums, and he is little so all of these definitely apply. He understands what I say but can’t tell me why he is upset. Thanks for sharing!
I disagree with staying with them. That sounds miserable for the parent and I don’t believe it shortens the tantrum. The tantrum can go on for a very long time. I have seen it myself. When my daughter threw a tantrum at three, I walked her to her bedroom and told her(fact like, not threatening) when she was done she could come out. For her it worked every time. She would come out and get a hug.
i foster kids and have seen some really intense, violent tantrums.
every therapist has told me to make sure they are physically safe, then walk away. before i do i always say “i love you but i’m walking away now, when you are finished we can talk”. for foster kids it’s often just a need to have control. having new home, “family”, school is frightening for kids. others simply haven’t had anyone acknowledge/listen/hold/feed/love them until they make a scene. negative attention is still attention. with toddlers it usually takes 5wks for them unlearn the behavior. use same technique on older kids who whine, nag, fain affection and being helpful – thankfully they get the message quicker.
That is what my mother always did with us kids and her grandkids. Took them to a quiet place and said “you can come out when you are done”. sometimes she would say “your crying and yelling are hurting my ears so you need to stay in here until you are done”.
ditto. sat me in a chair or on my bed and said come out when you are done .
So simple and so logical.
When my children (6 ,and 3yr old boys) decide to have a fit, I tell them go to your room . I dont give them a reason. 5 minutes or less they come out saying. Mommy im sone crying.
They actually GO to their rooms?? My 3 yr old says “No!!” to anything I say during a tantrum and if I physically put him in his room he just runs right out and follows me around screaming his little brain out. I love my kids, I love my kids… Lol.
Same! He won’t stay in there but I don’t want to lock the door or anything. I’m not sure what to do.
When I show compassion and love during tantrums I end up being hit, kicked and abused. I leave the room and he trashes everything in sight not caring about the safety of others or himself or his belongings. It is so awful. His tantrums have gotten out of control since he was 2, now he is nearly 6. I have tried so many things, diet, naturopath, different parenting tactics, etc. At such a loss.
I had an old family Dr tell me to do this, as my daughter threw horrible tantrums, hurt herself and anyone around, tore up anything around her, screamed, cried, you name it. He said wrap her up in the warmest blanket I had, a big one, and to simply hold her…either sitting on a couch or laying with her on the bed. He then said do not talk to her or make eye contact, not unless she was quiet and still, then tell her I love her, I hope she can calm down, reassure her it’s ok, etc. Of course never cover their faces.
The first time I did this it took her a little over 3 hours to calm down. The 2nd time it took her abut 45minutes to calm down, the 3rd time about 10 minutes, and the extreme tantrums were over. We had to do this method about 2 months later, but it only took 5 minutes and it was done. Maybe this will work for you and your son? I hope so!
Thank you for the great tips. I will have to try this out.
I am there with you! My son will be two years old soon and since he was an infant he would cry and still cries for every little thing! He is mean to his brother and he starts hitting me when he doesn’t get his way. I try to talk to him telling him I hear you and I know you are mad and try to comfort him but he still screams bloody murder and starts to throw things. I tried time out, I tried distracting him, I ignore him and let him be but he continues the screaming. I really don’t know what to do?!
How can I get my 7yr old to stop destroying everything in his path when he is mad
I have this problem too, what to do!?
I was just reading a book that says if kids trash their rooms while having a tantrum, let the room stay a wreck – they will have nothing left to trash, and then after a week or so when they stop trying to trash things you can put it back. I haven’t had to try this yet as my two year old doesn’t trash her room (yet) she just does time outs on a step.
Hug them and running our fingers through their hair. Don’t ask any questions. Just say that We love them. I know it sound lame but I’ve been in this situation once, and it’s works.
The best thing to do is make sure that they are safe and then just walk away. Do not hug them, talk to them or yell at them. Tantrums are a all about getting and monopolizing your attention and any attention that your give them while they are behaving like that, positive or negative, makes the tantrum a success and ensures that it will be repeated.
Great ideas, but please spell and grammar check again. Loose instead of lose, die instead of dye. It really detracts from the educated points you’re trying to make!!
Thank you for making me aware of this.
I really love this and have been trying to remember this when my 3 year old throws a tantrum. It can be especially challenging because she has a speech delay and sometimes she throws one because she just can’t make me understand. I always have the “BE KIND” motto in the forefront of my brain when she melts down and try to remember that she doesn’t know how to express herself like an adult. She still will receive consequences if she throws things or acts out while upset like timeout or limited screen time, but usually the tantrum is shortened remarkably by me being open, letting her vent a little frustration, removing her from the situation and giving her a hug once she’s started to calm down. Commiserating like, “I know, it is so frustrating when we have to wear boots when we want to wear flip flops.” honestly does seem to make a difference. Anyway, sorry for the hugely long comment – just wanted to say I really appreciated reading the post!
I have to disagree. This doesn’t seem too rational. I usually ask my daughter “Are you being a big girl today?” when she starts a tantrum. I walk her to her room and tell her when she’s ready to be a big girl, she can come out. It takes her about 5-10 minutes to calm herself and she comes out of the room to give me a hug and kiss. It’s like nothing happens.
Each child is so unique. Glad that works for your child.
Thank you so much for this post! I have a wonderful 2 and a half year old and he throws tantrums that include slamming doors, throwing his toys and he has picked up this nasty little spitting behavior. This gives me hope. I am also guilty of asking questions and it seems to make things worse!
You are doing great! Toddlers are tough but so adorable!
Hi. .
I just want to know whether showing compassion while he’s throwing a temper tantrum will give him the wrong impression of my opinion about it
Hazel
As always, every child is different and you as their parent know whats best. Thanks.
It would be helpful to give insight of what to do, and clues to knowing if they are having a tantrum or being defiant
Thanks for the suggestion.
So what to do? All you said was what not to do.
There are some great tips in the post of what you can do. Check them out in each section of what not to do. Thanks.
My mom said she used to ignore me, when I would throw tantrums, especially when I got to the age where I knew what I was doing. Ties in with the whole “negative attention is still attention.” I try so hard with my son to do the same, but I’m realizing how tough it actually is to keep your cool, and think rationally when you’re in the middle of it! This is great advice, though.
It is really tough! You are a great mom and can do this!