Life's Beautiful Journey Radio is a podcast designed to inspire, educate, entertain, and encourage. Once weekly, we will provide humorous stories to learn from, life tips and hacks, and a word of inspiration to get you through the week.
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Organizing for Beautiful Living: Simple Organizing, Sustainable Organizing, Decluttering and Lifestyle Tips for Working Moms and Entrepreneurs
Zeenat Siman Professional Organizer
Let's simplify organizing, shall we? Join Home Organizer and Productivity Consultant, Zee Siman, along with her occasional co-host or guest, as she provides sustainable home organizing and lifestyle tips curated for you: working moms, mompreneurs and entrepreneurs. Beautiful Living is all about creating joy-filled, organized homes and vibrant social connections, balanced with meaningful work for a fulfilling, sustainable life. Zee shows you how to do this as simply as possible because you do ...
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Send us a text Most of us have flown on an airplane at one time in our lives. Have you had a unique experience on a plane in your life? How can the Bible relate to our topic? Let's talk about it on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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047. The Living Room Design Formula: A Stress-Free Way to Decorate with Amy Barrickman
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50:12Do you want a formula to follow to design and decorate your living room? You’re in luck! Interior designer Amy Barrickman just published her book, The Living Room Design Formula: Style Your Home Like A Pro, One Room At A Time. In this episode, Amy shares that designing and decorating your living room isn’t overwhelming when you have specific guidel…
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046. Falling Back in Love with Your Home Through Organizing
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18:44Do you sometimes feel like your home is more of a to-do list than a sanctuary? It can be easy to fall out of love with your home when you feel frustrated by rooms and stressed out by spaces. Learn how to fall in love with your home again, not by creating 'Pinterest-pretty' spaces, but, more importantly, by making simple, 10-minute-or-less changes t…
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Send us a text This week is Valentine's Day, and many will celebrate their passion for their significant other. We have other passions in our lives as well. What does the Bible say about passion? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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045. Overcoming the Organizing Mid-Project Slump
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13:09You've very likely faced this: you started organizing an important space in your home, and you were excited to finally get this done! You pulled everything out of the space, and started three piles: keep, donate, toss/sell. Then, a hours later, you're only halfway through, and...you REALLY don't want to continue! There's so much more to do! This is…
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Send us a text As we start off season 16 and a new year, it is good to think about renewing ourselves in life. You probably have to deal with renewal in many different circumstances. What does the Bible say about renewal? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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044. The Motivation Myth: Why You Don’t Need to Feel Inspired to Get Organized
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12:05Do you ever find yourself saying "I just need to get inspired to organize my closet" or "I'm just waiting for a little motivation to get started on decluttering the garage!" The truth is, motivation is NOT what will get you to organize! You know what will? Action Momentum Seeing incremental results In this episode, you'll hear the 3 proven ways to …
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043. Worms and Laughter: Cathy Nesbitt’s Unconventional Guide to Stress Relief
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40:17Stress is inevitable, but Cathy Nesbitt has found interesting and fun ways to de-fuse her stress! Cathy is a worm composting (Vermicomposting) aficionado, and a laughter yoga teacher. I loved learning about Cathy's unconventional and interesting life, and her unique responses to stressors over the years. Cathy shares how she approaches composting w…
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042. Step Inside a Kitchen Organizing Session
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16:34I'm taking you with me to a kitchen organizing mini-session today! I just had a recent session with a client to declutter and organize her kitchen, and you'll hear the process I followed, the challenges of the space, and two specific decluttering and organizing tips that I left my client with. Tune in to have a sneak peek into what a professional o…
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041. Never Lose Anything Again: The Essential Tip to Kickstart Your Home Organization
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15:33The truth: I've lost plenty of stuff in my own house. Why? Because I didn't put it back where it was supposed to go! Sound familiar? In this episode, you'll see exactly how the Simple Single makes it possible for you to never lose anything again - whether it's stuff in your house, or digital files on your computer. The Simple Single fits right into…
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040. How To Start Your Organizing Journey: The 5 Simple Steps To Organize Your Home Sustainably
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13:442025 can definitely be the year you become organized for beautiful living! In this episode, I'm sharing the 5 simple steps that I use for every organizing project I do, whether for myself or for clients. It's my CLEAR5 Framework: Clarify Limit Edit Assign Homes, and Review You'll hear exactly what each step entails, and how to get organized in a su…
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039. 5 Organizing Habits that Make Your Life Easier, Just In Time for The New Year
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8:47Are you ready to be organized in the new year? Well, to make it easier to get, and stay, organized, I've got 5 habits that I use all the time that I think will help you, too! They are: Micro-organizing Quick Meal Planning Do laundry often Make your bed every day, and Weekly Planning. Put these 5 habits into your "organizing toolkit", and you'll fin…
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038. The Organized Way To Reflect On 2024 To Make Changes That Matter In 2025
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11:14This is the simplest way I've found to reflect on the past year, in a way that sets you up to create your 2025 goals and action plan. In today's episode, I'm giving you my template for completing your 2024 reflection. You'll look at the good things, the bad things, and just so-so things that were in your life and work last year, because one thing w…
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037. The 5 Keys For A Beautiful Life in 2025: How To Create A Working Mom’s Quarterly Plan For Success
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24:13If you're a working mom, whether you work from home, you own your own business, you work in an office, hospital, university, garden or zoo, you know you need to plan so you accomplish the things you want in 2025. But how do you make sure you stick to your goals and actually achieve them? What types of goals should you be setting as a working mom or…
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036. How Knowing Your Organizing Personality Will Help You Get Organized Even When You're Super Busy
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11:23There's a (not-so-secret) secret reason why some people can get organized quickly and stay organized easily: they know their Organizing Personality! I've identified four main Organizing Personalities that will tell you the way you should get help and support to get organized. The four personalities, that I've named just so they're memorable, are: T…
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Send us a text We are often fascinated by angels, and how they can be a part of our lives. Have you had an experience with an angel? The Bible mentions them a lot during the first Christmas story. Let's talk about that on today's season 15 finale podcast! #christmas #angelsPor Doug Meacham
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035. Organizing Tips for Holiday Traveling
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12:39Are you traveling for the holidays? Then this episode is perfect timing! These are my best little tips for staying organized for your holiday travels! Keep a packing list for vacation, and one for work, and reuse them Use packing cubes (of course) Treat your suitcase as a drawer at your destination Bundle your kids' outfits together for each indivi…
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Send us a text This week is a big sports week! If you played sports at any time growing up, you may have had a coach who had an impact on your life. What does the Bible say about coaches, or the concept of being coached? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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034. 10 Essential Kitchen Hacks to Streamline Your Thanksgiving Prep and Cleanup
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14:47Thanksgiving prep is exciting -- at first! And the clean-up? Ugh! I've got 10 hacks to streamline your Thanksgiving prep and the cleanup this week. These are hacks I use every time we have a big gathering at our house. Feel free to use these to simplify your hosting, no matter the size of your home, or the number of guests you've invited! In the ki…
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Send us a text Have you ever had someone "pay it forward" and give something to you? Did it make you feel like being more generous to others? What does the Bible say about generosity? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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033. Organizing for Beautiful Living: How To Organize Your Home Simply, and Live Beautifully
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10:40We've changed our name! Organizing for Beautiful Living podcast is still all about sustainable home organizing, decluttering and lifestyle tips for working moms and entrepreneurs. It's simply that Organizing for Beautiful Living aligns more closely with my mission to help moms organize their homes sustainably without sacrificing all their time so t…
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Send us a text We are approaching shopping season; and we all have had some good experiences and some bad experiences while preparing for the holidays. How does shopping relate to the Bible? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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032. An Actually Sustainable Gift Guide
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11:59Looking for sustainable holiday gift ideas? I've got a gift guide for you this week! Ideas include: Experiences DIY gifts Consumables Secondhand gifts And I also share how I think about sustainable gift giving so you won't have to rely of "gift guides" each year! Don't forget our Fall Special: buy any organizing package through the end of November,…
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Send us a text We enjoy going to the beach and seeing big cities, but one of our favorite places to go is to the mountains. What does the Bible say about mountains? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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031. How To Organize Your Notes And Resources For Quick Retrieval
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14:17Do you have folders on your computer, and notebooks in your office, filled with notes, ideas, articles and passages you wanted to keep at one point, but they've now become files and notebooks you never look at anymore? Maybe those notes that you took time to compile just feel like a huge mountain of information to sift through, and so it sits there…
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Send us a text As a nation, we have some decisions to make this coming week. But, we actually make many decisions each day of our lives. What does the Bible say about decisions? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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030. Simple Ways To Hide The Ugly Stuff In Your House
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18:27Are you finding that the small "ugly stuff" in your house - cords from your computer, mismatched coffee mugs in crazy colors - is making your house feel a little chaotic? In this episode, I'm sharing some tricks to easily hide the ugly stuff in your house without much hassle. Don't forget that our Fall Special is happening right now until the end o…
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Send us a text We often enjoy seeing different attractions around the country. Do you have a favorite to visit? What does the Bible say about pursuing things that attract? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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You KNOW toys are coming during the holiday season...eek! So it's time to declutter, right? Toys can feel hard to declutter, but once you understand what makes some toys worthwhile, and how your kids should be playing with their toys, it'll become painless to declutter the kids' toys! Also, if you're in Miami, don't forget that our Fall Special is …
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Send us a text Sometimes life's beautiful journey can have some bumps in the road. Many people have experienced forms of depression in their lives, and the beautiful thing is getting the victory over it. What does the Bible say about depression? Let's talk about that on today's podcast. #depression #joy #peace #inspirational #overcoming…
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Have you been thinking you should have a home inventory, but just know it's a ton of work? This week, I give you the steps to create your home inventory, and we also have a Fall Special going on where you receive a FREE home inventory with the purchase of any organizing package! This is a $350 value that you get first access to as a podcast listene…
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Send us a text It is amazing how we are surrounded by colors in our lives. How have you been affected by colors in your journey? What does the Bible say about color? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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027. How to Balance Halloween Decorations with a Minimalist Lifestyle
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12:37Do you love Halloween as much as I do? If so, it's probably hard to curb the urge to add to your Halloween decorations each year, right? I've got 4 ideas to embrace the all-out Halloween decorations while still living a more minimalist lifestyle: Crafting Choosing where you store your decorations Picking decoration zones Using lighting and music I'…
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Send us a text We go through many transformations throughout our lives. They might be physical, mental, or Spiritual changes. What does the Bible say about transformation? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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026. Organizing Tip For The Working Mom: A “B” Is Good Enough
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5:22In this mini-episode, I'm sharing with you what my friend, Ellen Faye, author of Productivity For How You're Wired told me about 2 years ago: A "B' is good enough! It took a while for me to absorb this, and it may take you a while, too. But I share this with you wholeheartedly: perfection may not be what you need right now. Get to that "B" in your …
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025. Which Of The 5 Types Of Clutter Is Keeping You Stuck?
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17:21Are you feeling like "doing a little bit of organizing each day" is getting you nowhere? It might be because you're focusing on the wring TYPE of clutter. There are 5 types of clutter that affect us: Physical Clutter Mental Clutter Digital Clutter Environmental Clutter Social Clutter Once you identify which type is keeping you stuck, you can declut…
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024. Easy Two-In-One Fixes That Instantly Organize And Style Your Home
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16:36Do you sometimes feel like the clutter is everywhere? On this episode, I've got easy two-in-one fixes for clutter hot spots in your home. These are fixes that not only organize these spots quickly, they also make them more stylish. The most cluttered areas that I have two-in-one fixes for are: the kitchen counter the bathroom counter your bedside t…
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023. 5 Decluttering Methods I’ve Tested – The Wins, Fails, and Results
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18:31Are you worried about decluttering things because of "What If?" What if I need that notebook from the class I took 8 years ago in my next job? What if we could use that wig for a future Halloween costume? I used to get stuck with the What Ifs too. So I tried a bunch of different decluttering methods to see how to get past those. In this episode, I'…
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Do you ever feel like other people are just naturally organized, but for you, the thought of getting your home organized is so overwhelming? After a grocery store conversation, I realized that so many people are intimidated by "organizing". But I know that often, these folks are getting stuck in one (or more) of the 5 steps of my organizing method.…
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021. My Secret Weapon Cleaning Tool for When You Don’t Feel Like Cleaning
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7:57This mini-episode will introduce you to my "secret weapon" cleaning tool that helps me daily, even when I don't feel like cleaning (which, let's face it, is every single day!). It's not such a secret, actually. It's the hand vac! You can hear how I use it and where I keep it, and why it's been such a game-changer for me in keeping cleaning time to …
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I you're a bit sleep-deprived and time-strapped, but still want to create magic for your kids with the Tooth Fairy, then this episode is for you! I have 3 last-minute Tooth Fairy ideas to help you out! Two of them aer incredibly simple, one if definitely super-spy-level. And by the way, if you like fun conversations like these, and you're willing t…
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019. The 4-Stage Daily Plan - How to Win The Day Without Overwhelm or Chaos
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11:35Do you start each work day with a To-Do list that you know you'll never get to the end of? It happens to all of us. In fact, it used to happen so much that my days felt overwhelming and chaotic, from the moment the kids woke up, to the minute I finally fell asleep at night! When I started using my 4-Stage Daily Plan, things were very different: I k…
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018. How to Get Your Kids to Organize Their Things
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10:49Does this title give you hope? I hope so! I've got 3 strategies for you to try out, and they don't involve chore charts or sticker rewards! These are 3 strategies that have worked for me to get my kids on board with keeping their things in order: Model the Behavior Use Reward Language Create Habits and Routines Now, these are not magic-wand strateg…
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Send us a text We all have had different expectations all throughout our lives. We plan for our careers, relationships, Spiritual goals, and so much more. What does the Bible say about expectations? Let's talk about that on today's Season 14 finale!Por Doug Meacham
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017. Two Ideas To Organize Outgrown and Too-Big Kids’ Clothes
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15:54Do you feel like you're drowning in huge plastic bins full of kids' outgrown clothes? So much so, that you actually don't want to dig in them for the next size your child will fit into? The trick is to find that balance between saving money by keeping clothes to reuse, and adapting to the space you have available to store these clothes easily and e…
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Send us a text We all look forward to the time when we can retire, and take time to do the things we love. It is good to be prepared financially, socially, and Spiritually for what is to come. What does the word say about our retirement years? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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016. A+ Organization: Your Ultimate Back-to-School Readiness Guide for Working Moms
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19:31Have you finished back-to-school shopping yet? Have you even started? It's only July, but I suggest that working moms plan and prepare for back-to-school now to avoid back-ordered items, or not finding the right color folders at the last minute! In this episode, I'm sharing my Back-To-School Readiness Guide which covers 3 areas: School supplies Sch…
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Send us a text I have always loved motorcycles growing up. We are looking forward to a Biker's Blessing Sunday at our church this Sunday! Do you think you can experience the feeling of freedom of the open road in your Spiritual life? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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015. Not Sure If You’ll Still Love That Sofa Next Year? Try Furniture-As-A-Service
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11:04Are you looking for that perfect piece of furniture, but you’re afraid to take the plunge to buy it because, well, what if you don’t like it next year? What if our style changes? Or what if it doesn't look good in your room once it gets to your house? This is where Furniture-As-A-Service can help. Not only can you rent unique, designer-style, high …
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Send us a text As we grow up, we have many different influences in life. Who has been most influential in your Spiritual life? Let's talk about that on today's podcast!Por Doug Meacham
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