JOY LOVING HOME - SAHM, Productivity, Home Organization, Declutter, ADHD Mom, ADHD SAHM, ADHD Brain
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Productivity and Home Organization for Moms with ADHD Are you tired of feeling like the only Stay-At-Home mom who can‘t get her act together? You know you have time while the kids are gone - and you feel like you are busy - but you drift from one completely unrelated task to another, focus on things that really don‘t matter, and avoid the tasks that need to get done... Then all of the sudden you realize it is time to grab the kids and you feel that you‘ve accomplished nothing. Welcome Home! This is the Joy Loving Home Podcast. I‘m Joy Ridenour, wife, mom of 4, & unorganized professional organizer! I have a heart for ADHD moms and kids. After spending years learning and organizing for other people I realized that there is a real need to turn the concept of being well planned and organized upside down. It shouldn‘t be created by Type A, naturally organized people as a way to ”fix” you and your home! Organizing, planning & productivity should FIT the way your brain thinks. Albert Einstein said ”Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” Well fish, lets quit trying to climb trees while being given tips by monkeys who cannot understand how our brains think. Join me in the water and learn how to swim with the current of your life! It is time to say YES to unorganized organization and flexible productivity! This podcast is for you if: * You feel trapped by rigid schedules and overwhelming to do lists. * You always feel chaotic and like you are pulled in a million directions. * You feel like you are failing to meet expectations and always letting someone down. Truth Bomb: Nothing is wrong with you! Your ADHD brain works differently than the neurotypical brain. We can learn to use the best parts of our brains to our advantage! Life doesn‘t have to be so hard, we just have to take the path less traveled. Let me be your guide. Let‘s have grace in our struggles and encouragement as we strive to make some changes that align with our family first priorities. We can stay intentionally flexible with our plans and learn to navigate life with ADHD while creating space in our lives and our homes for spontaneous joy! Join me as we work to improve our productivity and simplify our homes in new ways, together! Email - joy@joylovinghome.com Community - bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Website - https://joylovinghome.com IG - http://instagram.com@joylovinghome
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Productivity and Home Organization for Moms with ADHD Are you tired of feeling like the only Stay-At-Home mom who can‘t get her act together? You know you have time while the kids are gone - and you feel like you are busy - but you drift from one completely unrelated task to another, focus on things that really don‘t matter, and avoid the tasks that need to get done... Then all of the sudden you realize it is time to grab the kids and you feel that you‘ve accomplished nothing. Welcome Home! This is the Joy Loving Home Podcast. I‘m Joy Ridenour, wife, mom of 4, & unorganized professional organizer! I have a heart for ADHD moms and kids. After spending years learning and organizing for other people I realized that there is a real need to turn the concept of being well planned and organized upside down. It shouldn‘t be created by Type A, naturally organized people as a way to ”fix” you and your home! Organizing, planning & productivity should FIT the way your brain thinks. Albert Einstein said ”Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” Well fish, lets quit trying to climb trees while being given tips by monkeys who cannot understand how our brains think. Join me in the water and learn how to swim with the current of your life! It is time to say YES to unorganized organization and flexible productivity! This podcast is for you if: * You feel trapped by rigid schedules and overwhelming to do lists. * You always feel chaotic and like you are pulled in a million directions. * You feel like you are failing to meet expectations and always letting someone down. Truth Bomb: Nothing is wrong with you! Your ADHD brain works differently than the neurotypical brain. We can learn to use the best parts of our brains to our advantage! Life doesn‘t have to be so hard, we just have to take the path less traveled. Let me be your guide. Let‘s have grace in our struggles and encouragement as we strive to make some changes that align with our family first priorities. We can stay intentionally flexible with our plans and learn to navigate life with ADHD while creating space in our lives and our homes for spontaneous joy! Join me as we work to improve our productivity and simplify our homes in new ways, together! Email - joy@joylovinghome.com Community - bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Website - https://joylovinghome.com IG - http://instagram.com@joylovinghome
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Episodes
215: Can a 5 Minute Tidy Really Make a Difference?
9/26/2024
You have probably heard the saying that cleaning your house with young children is like trying to brush your teeth while eating Oreos. This episode explores whether short, five-minute tidying sessions can really make a difference in a chaotic home. Join Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, as she shares insights and results from the Joy Loving Home membership community's month-long five-minute tidying challenge.
In this episode, Joy discusses the surprising impact of these brief cleaning spurts and offers encouragement for those feeling overwhelmed by household chores. Learn how small, inconsistent efforts can lead to significant progress, even if you have ADHD or simply a busy life. Joy also talks about the benefits of joining her membership community for added accountability and support.
If you're curious about how five minutes can transform your home and want to try it yourself, Joy provides practical steps to get started. Discover how this simple yet effective method can help you maintain a cleaner, more organized home without feeling overwhelmed.
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Duration:00:17:37
214: A Little Jolt of Joy - Does Your Home Reflect Your Priorities?
9/20/2024
Welcome to another inspiring episode of A Little Jolt of Joy on the Joy Loving Home podcast. In this episode, we delve into a fresh perspective on productivity and planning that emphasizes prioritizing life’s meaningful moments over rigid schedules and tasks.
Discover why traditional productivity methods may not work for everyone and learn how to embrace interruptions as valuable parts of life. Whether it's spending time with your kids, supporting a friend, or nurturing your relationships, these moments are what truly matter.
Join us as we flip the script on productivity, encouraging you to find joy in prioritizing your loved ones and cherishing the finite experiences life offers. Let’s celebrate the life we build around our relationships, not just the tasks we complete. Choose joy today!
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Duration:00:05:22
213: A Hack to Jumpstart Your Action on Decluttering & Organizing
9/18/2024
In this episode, Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, shares an unconventional yet effective hack to help those struggling with getting started on home organization. If you find it hard to take the first step, this episode is for you. Joy reveals her method of "rearrange and stage first" and how it can transform your space and mindset.
Joy discusses the importance of creating a visually appealing and functional space first to motivate further decluttering. She also highlights the benefits of joining her supportive podcast community and membership group for ongoing encouragement and actionable challenges.
Tune in to discover how to break the inertia, take action, and maintain a joy-loving home that fits your unique brain.
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Duration:00:13:47
212: Tips and Life Lessons from Four Moves in One Summer
8/21/2024
Join Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, as she reflects on a summer filled with four unique moves. Whether you're planning to move or just looking for some life lessons, this episode is packed with insights that apply to everyday living.
From helping her grown son, a minimalist monkey brain, to downsizing her in-laws' home, Joy shares the challenges and lessons learned. She also dives into the chaos of moving a fish brain college student and the unexpected hurdles of roommate transitions.
Discover practical tips like having a grab bag of cleaning supplies, embracing minimalism, and living in the now. Plus, learn why the hardest part of any move is often cleaning the old space and how you can be the hero who makes it easier.
Don't miss the chance to join Joy's free 10-day declutter decathlon and reduce 100 items from your home. Tune in for a mix of humor, wisdom, and actionable advice to make your next move—or just your everyday life—a bit more joyful.
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Duration:00:26:44
211: Getting Back on the Horse: Rediscovering Your Routine
8/13/2024
Welcome or welcome back to the Joy Loving Home podcast! In today's episode, we explore the challenges of getting back into a routine after life throws you off course. Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, shares her personal journey of re-establishing a routine that worked for her health and well-being.
Joy discusses why it can be so difficult to jump back on the horse and offers practical steps to regain your rhythm. From evaluating your footing to finding new and exciting ways to stay motivated, this episode is packed with insights tailored for those whose brains and homes operate uniquely.
Using relatable examples and analogies, Joy illustrates how to apply these tips not just to exercise routines but also to house routines. If you're looking for understanding, encouragement, and ideas that fit your brain's way of thinking, this episode is for you.
Join Joy as she breaks down the steps to getting back on track and shares how to embrace what makes our brains and homes unique. Don't miss out on the opportunity to create a joy-loving home!
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Duration:00:19:40
210: Break This Productivity Rule if You Have ADHD - Consistency is Key
7/15/2024
Welcome to episode 210 of the Joy Loving Home podcast! In this special "Break This Rule" series, we explore how certain rules can hinder those of us with ADHD and offer better alternatives. This episode dives into the often-praised rule of consistency. While consistency is beneficial, it can also become a stumbling block that freezes productivity. Join me as I share my recent struggle with this issue and discuss how to recognize and overcome similar obstacles in your life.
Whether you're new or a returning listener, this episode provides valuable insights into how perfectionism and rigid rules can derail our progress. Learn how to identify and leap over these self-imposed hurdles to keep moving forward, even when things don’t go perfectly. Tune in and discover how to continue choosing joy amidst the chaos.
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Duration:00:12:52
209: Tips to Overcome the Hyperfocus Crash Cycle
6/19/2024
Have you ever experienced an ultra-productive day only to find yourself back at square one shortly after? In this episode, professional organizer Joy, delves into the hyperfocus-crash cycle, explaining why it happens and how to work with your brain's unique wiring.
Joy shares insightful analogies and practical tips for managing your home in a way that aligns with your natural tendencies. Discover how to set realistic deadlines, create accountability, and embrace your ad hoc cleaning style without guilt. Learn to tread water and maintain your progress, even in the midst of exhaustion.
Join Joy as she encourages you to quit fighting against your nature and start working with it, making your home a space that truly fits how your brain thinks.
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Duration:00:14:17
208: This is Harder on Me Than It Is on You: Lessons from Parenting and Organizing
6/13/2024
You remember that old saying, "This is harder on me than it is on you"? As a parent, Joy shares her heartfelt experiences of navigating the tough decisions and emotional challenges of raising her children. She vividly recalls the struggle of pushing her son to stick with wrestling despite the difficulties and the life lessons it imparted.
Joy draws a powerful parallel between parenting and organizing, emphasizing how she sees the same struggle in her clients as they declutter their homes. She understands the emotional weight and guilt that comes with letting go of items but encourages perseverance through the tough parts to reach a place of calm and less stress.
Join Joy as she shares insights and encouragement for creating a home that fits your unique brain and lifestyle. Discover how to embrace the journey of organizing and find joy in the process. Whether you're a parent or simply looking to declutter, this episode offers valuable lessons on resilience and the rewards of seeing things through.
If you need support, Joy invites you to explore her podcast community and membership group for ongoing encouragement and accountability.
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Duration:00:15:38
207: Overcoming Priority Paralysis: The First Step to Tackling Overwhelming Spaces
6/4/2024
In this episode, Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, shares her personal experience with a messy kitchen and provides a practical tip to overcome priority paralysis. She recounts the chaos she faced before a flight and offers insights into how to tackle overwhelming spaces without getting bogged down by inefficiency or perfectionism.
Joy emphasizes the importance of starting anywhere and prioritizing motion over perfection. She encourages listeners to embrace their unique thought processes and ditch conventional advice that doesn't work for them. By sharing her own challenges and solutions, Joy aims to provide understanding, encouragement, and actionable steps to create a joy-loving home.
Join the podcast community to see the before photo of her kitchen and connect with others facing similar struggles. Subscribe to stay updated on future episodes, especially her upcoming series on lessons learned from multiple moves this summer.
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Duration:00:13:19
206: How to Identify a Routine that Works for Your ADHD Brain
5/31/2024
Welcome to the Joy Loving Home podcast, where Joy, a professional organizer and mom of four, guides you through the ups and downs of finding routines that fit your unique brain. In this episode, Joy discusses the common struggle of sticking to routines, especially for those with ADHD. She challenges the notion that we are bad at routines and encourages listeners to recognize the rhythm in their lives, even if it isn't linear or conventional.
Joy shares personal anecdotes about the chaos of daily life, from last-minute furniture purchases to preparing for a birthday party, and how these disruptions highlight the underlying routines we often overlook. She emphasizes the importance of prioritizing meaningful choices over a perfectly organized home and suggests embracing new methods when old routines are disrupted.
Join Joy as she helps you take stock of your life, recognize the valuable routines you already have, and prepare to dig out from moments of overwhelm. This episode is a reminder to choose joy and find the rhythm that works for you.
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Duration:00:18:20
205: Embrace the Chaos: Your Summer Organizing Hack
5/22/2024
Embrace the Chaos: Your Summer Organizing Hack Welcome or welcome back to the Joy Loving Home podcast. The summer rhythm is coming, and with it, a whole lot of chaos, spontaneity, and coming and going. With your kids out of school and extra activities aplenty, this season can feel overwhelming. However, in this episode, we explore how you can embrace the chaos with an unusual organizing hack.
The idea is simple: treat your home like a construction site. Like a road construction project that seems to be making little progress, your home can feel the same way in summer. But remember, even though it might look disorganized, something is getting done. The cleaning out, rearranging, and selecting of items for donation or disposal are part of the process. Learn to ride this wave, be spontaneous, and let your motivation guide you. Even when things seem disheveled, know that you're making progress.
By the end of summer, you'll realize that significant changes were made, even if these changes only begin to come together once kids are back in school. So embrace the chaos that comes with the season and ride along with this unusual organizing hack. Don’t let the whole summer pass by thinking you can't get anything done. Find joy in the little things, and the summer chaos will become a season of creativity and freedom.
Feel free to reach out, share your stories of summer chaos, and how you are navigating it. Looking forward to hearing from you and possibly doing a follow-up episode at Labor Day. Until then, continue to choose joy. Don't forget to rate, review, and share the podcast. You can also tag us on Instagram at joylovinghome.
Embrace this upcoming summer chaos and the construction phase. Enjoy!
Duration:00:11:08
204: Try This Organizing Hack from a 3 Year Old
5/16/2024
In this episode of the podcast, we're inspired by a YouTube short titled "Three-Year-Old Boy Who Leaves Professional Engineers Shocked". In the video, a three-year-old child uses a unique approach to fix an unbalanced Lego bridge, showing us how a fresh perspective can redefine problem-solving. Join Joy, a professional organizer, mom of four and fellow fish brain, as we delve into this story and its parallels with organizing our homes. Together, we will learn how to subtract rather than add, and in the process create a joy-loving home.
The thoughts of this three-year-old boy inspire us to view home organization from a different angle. We often believe that the solution to clutter is to buy more organizing products. But what if the answer to more efficient organization is to subtract rather than to add? In this episode, Joy takes us through this philosophy with practical steps applied to a simple kitchen drawer scenario.
The podcast episode will take you through four steps: defining the space, pulling out anything that does not serve the defined function or purpose of the space, removing items that you don’t actually use, and finally, neatening up the space. This subtractive approach to organization, inspired by the wisdom of a three-year-old, aims to unlock better functionality in our homes without the need for additional organizing products.
Join Joy as she tests this 'Think Like a Three-Year-Old' approach to declutter some spaces in her kitchen and shares the enlightening results. Embark on this journey to discover the joy of subtraction, declutter your home, and learn how you too can have a joy-loving home. Let's quit trying to add and start simplifying by subtracting, and in doing so, reshape our perspective on home organization.
YouTube Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/lUIqVFpMquk?si=PYvpF_EJRUISvpGG
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Duration:00:12:46
203: The Unexpected Detriment of Decluttering without Organizing
4/30/2024
Let's discuss the downside of choosing to declutter without organizing. Decluttering alone without a game plan for organizing can lead to discouragement and a sense of failure, as it often doesn't reveal any immediate 'win' or visible change.
For neurodiverse brains it is important to see decluttering and organizing in tandem, not as separate activities. Let's challenge typical home organizing philosophies to find a method that suits your unique needs and thinking patterns.
Remember to have a 'Room of Requirement' (Introduced in episode 18) – a unique idea for dealing with items whose place in the house is yet to be determined.
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Duration:00:14:37
202: The Unexpected Benefits of Organizing Without Decluttering
4/26/2024
In this potentially controversial episode, I challenge one of the widely accepted approaches to organizing: decluttering first. Listen for a recent example of organizing a closet for a client who wanted to give her husband the gift of organization without making any decluttering decisions on his behalf. Going through this non-standard approach, I reveal interesting insights on how not decluttering can remove stress and decision fatigue.
I share insights on how to make organizing a simpler process by sorting instead of decluttering. Find out how these changes can make your spaces feel fresher without the pressure of giving anything up. I also talk about the unexpected benefit of this approach: It can inadvertently lead you to declutter on your own accord.
Making your home function in a way that works best for you is more important than following organizing steps to a tee. Bonus tip included on how consistent visual elements in your organized spaces can contribute to a feeling of lightness and stress reduction. Tune in to discover a different tactic to decluttering and organizing, and learn how you can benefit from breaking the rules.
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Duration:00:18:03
201: How to Reset Your Home When You Have ADHD
4/16/2024
Discover practical and tangible steps to help reset your home environment, especially for those with ADHD, in the latest episode of Joy Loving Home podcast. Rather than offering a quick fix or hack, which might work temporarily, this episode delves into the real reasons we often struggle to reset our lives after a period of chaos.
Often, people with ADHD experience difficulty with resetting because of the inherent chaos of their minds and surroundings. Using a fish-monkey analogy, it is explained that while the world is stationary for neurotypicals (monkeys), it is swirling and constantly changing for those with ADHD (fish). Therefore, it becomes necessary to create strategies for organizing that align with the ADHD brain, as opposed to those that work for neurotypical brains.
This episode isn't about going back to how things were, or resetting to a time before the chaos. Instead, it encourages you to move forward, making progress, even if in small bits. It advises on simple tasks such as tidying your desk or clearing a corner of a table, reminding you to celebrate these wins with before and after photos. Progress, no matter how small, is still progress.
Finally, this episode invites you to join a membership group where you can participate in accountability challenges as you work towards managing your home. The group provides a supportive community who understands your struggles and celebrates your victories. So choose joy and take a step towards making your home a space of calm amid the chaos.
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Duration:00:15:02
200: Tips on Downsizing from a Professional Organizer
3/28/2024
In the monumental 200th episode of the Joy Loving Home podcast, join a deeply personal exploration centered on the intricacies and emotional hurdles of assisting loved ones through the process of downsizing. As many of us are bound to experience this phase ourselves, this episode offers tangible insights from seasoned professional organizer, Joy.
Joy shares lessons drawn from her experiences assisting her in-laws' transition to a retirement community. Beneath these stories, glean important tips for managing stress, being kind and patient, and consistently staying hydrated during this exhaustive process. Undeniably, these invaluable lessons extend beyond downsizing and offer valuable advice for decluttering our homes and lives.
This episode does not merely provide practical advice. Instead, it delves into exploring the complexities of sentiments attached to personalized and hand-made items, offering creative solutions of repurposing or treating these items as expired gifts. It invites listeners to reframe this process, visualizing each object's role in their new home.
Lastly, the discussion transitions to strategic tips such as planning the new space beforehand, contemplating temporary storage solutions for difficult items, and allowing room for the inevitable sadness that accompanies letting go. The episode concludes with thoughtful gift ideas for those living in downsized spaces, along with an exclusive announcement about the reopening of the membership program. To navigate your own downsizing journey or help your elders gracefully embark on theirs, Episode 200 is an essential listen.
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Duration:00:33:53
199:Try this Productivity Hack for ADHD Brains if You Are Struggling To Get Anything Done
3/21/2024
Feel like you are always busy but nothing ever gets accomplished?
Listen to today's hack and see if it helps!
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Duration:00:10:45
198: Overcome this Organizing Stumbling Block for Powerful Results
3/12/2024
Are you struggling to get organized? Perhaps perfectionism is to blame! Don't think that is you? Have a listen and see if it sounds familiar...and what to do to overcome it.
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Duration:00:19:13
197: 3 Reasons Why You Should Hire a Professional Organizer if You Have ADHD
3/6/2024
This is the companion episode to 195. I first outlined why hiring a professional organizer is a bad idea if you have ADHD and now I am sharing why it is a great idea!
Listen to both & decide how to find the help you need to really start seeing a change in your home!
The Room of Requirement Episode - Episode 18
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-loving-home-sahm-productivity-home-organization/id1579243596?i=1000538923307
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Duration:00:13:43
196: Making Progress with ADHD
3/1/2024
I know what it feels like to work and work on your home & feel like you never make any progress. Listen to what is actually happening and how to actually start seeing a change!
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Duration:00:06:44