Edit Your Life | Simplify + Declutter Your Home, Time, and Mental Space

Christine shares her favorite “go the distance” life skills, curated from her and Asha Dornfest’s viral list of 100 chores you can teach kids in 5 minutes or less. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you looking for inspiration to reduce your digital connections in favor of IRL ones? Christine talks with Sarah Powers about her digital disconnection journey and how she is intentionally anchoring into real life and her immediate community. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christine shares 5 decluttering and 4 organizational basement micro goals. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Natasha Nicholes, a community builder in Chicago, shares her inspiring journey of transforming her neighborhood and fostering connections. She dives into the significance of community ties and the emotional weight of relationships, including how trauma and loss can influence our attachment to material items. Natasha also discusses exciting plans for a community farm on vacant land, emphasizes the importance of direct communication in family dynamics, and explores the joy found in small, everyday delights. Her passion for stationery and local discovery adds a creative twist to the conversation.

Christine shares about an accidental discovery + 4 tips that have led to a lot of daily joy, especially when the weather doesn’t always cooperate. For related episodes, visit the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The little things are the big things. Christine shares her original 10 summer small delights, then follows with an update on what she is prioritizing this summer, including 4 additional delights. For links and resources visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Building your community is a lot more accessible than you might think. Christine talks with Katherine Goldstein about the power of investing in community, why we need to edit down “busyness,” a surprising exercise to ramp up social skills, and more. For links and related episodes, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inspired by the prompt, “What do I want my everyday life to look like when I’m in my 60s, 70s, and 80s?” Christine shares 5 visions she has for older years and how she is manifesting them now. For links and related episodes visit the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you in need of some compassion and care? Christine shares 10 examples of tiny moments of self-love (originally shared in 2022 when she was in a very tough season), then follows with reflections on some of the changes in the last three years, and 10 additional sources for tiny moments of self-love in the present. For links and resources, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes references to abusive relationships, suicide, and disordered eating. Please take care and feel free to pass on this episode.  Christine reflects on body stories, shares 5 ways to feel better in your body right now, and includes recommendations for how to help dismantle negative body narratives. For links and resources, visit the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices