250. Get Your Peace Back by Creating Simple Home Systems | Lisa Lizotte of Habits & Home

Aug 13, 2024

Lisa Lizotte, a passionate advocate for decluttering and simplicity, shares her transformative journey from chaos to minimalism. She discusses how to maintain an orderly home while juggling the demands of motherhood and business. Lisa emphasizes the importance of recognizing your home's natural flow, letting go of perfectionism, and ditching checklists in favor of personalized habits. She provides practical strategies for quick resets at home and warns against signs of overwhelm, encouraging listeners to create more margin in their lives.

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Intro

00:00 • 3min

From Chaos to Calm: Embracing Minimalism

03:23 • 20min

Empowering Children's Education with Flexible Online Learning

23:21 • 2min

Recognizing Home Management Overwhelm

25:08 • 4min

Balancing Commitments and Creativity

29:26 • 17min

Navigating Family Tech Use with Safety in Mind

46:38 • 3min

Empathy in Home Management

49:59 • 8min

As a busy mom and business owner, I am a big advocate for decluttering and simplifying your home. Keeping a minimal home has given me so much time and peace back. But once you have decluttered, what does it look like to maintain a sense of order in your home every day? Is it even possible with young children? Lisa of The Habits & Home Show helps women create long-term systems and habits to keep their homes running smoothly after decluttering. In our conversation, we dive into the idea of following the natural flow of your home, why you might want to do away with checklists, and the problem with chasing perfection. If you are a homemaker or mother who feels overwhelmed by a full plate, join us for this impactful discussion!

In this episode, we cover:

The tragedy that led Lisa to begin her minimalism journey
Why you don’t need charts and checklists to get things done
Recognizing the natural flow in your home and creating habits to support it
The steps you need to take in your home so that it can be reset quickly everyday
What are the signs that your home has become too much to manage?
Discerning when you need to let things go to create more margin in your life
A step-by-step process for pursuing a new project in the midst of a full life
How perfectionism can derail your forward momentum and what to do instead
The importance of tailoring others’ advice to your own unique circumstances

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ABOUT LISA LIZOTTE

Lisa is a Professional Organizer and Habits Coach helping busy women bring order to their homes by downsizing and decluttering and ditching old habits in exchange for systems that bring peace and more enjoyment to their homes.

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