Clutter-Free Organization Tips for Neurodivergent Families

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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“How do I help my kids declutter when they are attached to EVERYTHING? I don’t want the pressure of minimizing our stuff to lead my kids into hoarding!”Listen in as Dawn speaks with Laurie, a professional organizer, about her personal experience raising a neurodivergent child, helping kids declutter, and her learnings along the way. IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 Intro 4:35 - Personal experience of Laurie 7:26 setting healthy boundaries with kids and treasures 18:42 - (GEM) “But will I turn them into hoarders?” 24:49 - When your kids are ready to move on, and you’re not 26:36 - setting up your kids for success 37:42 - reach out to Laurie ABOUT LAURIE: Laurie is the founder of Simply B Organized (SBO) where she writes, teaches, and works with people of all ages helping them to declutter and work smarter. She also hosts This ORGANIZED Life, a weekly podcast where she chats with awesome guests about life, work, parenting, and the role that organization has in their lives. LINKS: Laurie’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/simplyborganized/ Podcast episode with Logan: https://simplyborganized.com/2019/08/01/ep-138-podcast-on-parenting-with-special-guest-logan-palau/ Logans followup episode: https://simplyborganized.com/2023/06/22/ep-341-navigating-college-with-adhd-tips-and-insights-from-logan-palau/ Lauries podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-organized-life-organizing-tips-for-busy-moms-to/id1193014252 My jewelry is from Trades of Hope (Shop to help women out of poverty!): https://tradesofhope.com/minimalmom Mother's Necklace on Etsy: https://cli.re/mom-necklace (I have the gold in 18") Welcome to The Official Minimal Mom Podcast. Thank you so much for listening and could I ask a favor? Would you mind following? It helps podcast apps recommend this podcast to more friends. Thank you! Dawn

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0:00.0	And here I had battling with a child who refused to part with like a scrap of paper.
0:05.0	And so I had to figure out how can I not rip this from her because it's real.
0:12.0	Like it is a real thing, people.
0:15.0	Welcome to the Minimal Mom Podcast.
0:17.0	Don reaches a million women each month with practical tips to simplify your home.
0:22.2	Today, Dawn is joined by Laurie Paloo, the founder of Simply Be Organized,
0:26.8	where she teaches people of all ages to declutter and work smarter.
0:31.0	She also hosts This Organized Life, a weekly podcast where she chats with awesome guests about life, work, parenting,
0:39.6	and the role that organization has in their lives.
0:42.4	Well, Lori, tell us in your own words, who you are and what you do.
0:46.8	So I am a professional organizer and a mom.
0:51.8	My kids are grown-ish, now I say. But I started this business when they were
0:57.7	littles. And so I've been doing this quite a while working with people and I started working
1:02.0	exclusively in homes of people just helping them declutter and get more organized. And over the years,
1:07.2	I've kind of expanded my footprint to doing writing.
1:10.9	And I have a podcast also called This Organized Life.
1:13.3	And I teach other people strategies on how to declutter and go kind of beyond the physical
1:19.9	stuff and just take it a layer deeper and really try to unpack so that we can change
1:25.2	the behavior that got us there in the first place.
1:28.2	Yes, I love that. And so are you, you must naturally be an organized person. Love all the
1:34.2	organizing bins and containers and labels. I am. And it was one of those things that like,
1:38.7	if you look back in hindsight, you're like, oh, yeah, I guess the writing was kind of on the wall.
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