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

What do you do when life serves up a moment that upends your perspective on parenting and leads to uncertainty and anxiety? Christine talks with Mary Laura Philpott, bestselling author, former bookseller, former public television host, and turtle enthusiast. Christine and Mary Laura talk about storytelling, wrestling with uncertainty, small delights, writerly habits, and more. Mary Laura’s new book “Bomb Shelter” arrives everywhere April 12. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When we’re struggling with the unknown, is it possible to reframe the narrative? The answer is, resoundingly, yes. Christine talks with Debbie Reber, author of “Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World” and creator of the TiLT Parenting community and podcast. Christine and Debbie talk about Debbie’s work focusing on the strengths in differences, creating a community for parents of neurodivergent children, and tactics for parents. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the face of domestic and global chaos—most of which feels completely out of one’s control—how do you stay grounded? Christine shares about the tiny moments of self-love she is tapping into to get her through the overwhelm and remind her to stop doom scrolling.Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do you do when your best intentions around 2022 planning have gone to crap? Christine talks about perfectly imperfect planning with Sarah Hart-Unger, a mom of 3, pediatric endocrinologist, and podcaster at Best Laid Plans and Best of Both Worlds. Christine and Sarah talk about planning as the heart of intentionality, reset tactics, planning for joy, and more.Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you nurture an interest in a sustainable way? Christine shares about how to create a self-directed practice, using as an example the 1,000 word a day writing practice she (unexpectedly!) kicked off at the end of December. She shares about success and failure triggers, how to design practice parameters, and the mechanics of how she engages in a daily writing practice amidst the other demands of her day.Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything is a lot right now, especially for parents who are trying to help their kids navigate continued loss and uncertainty. Christine talks with licensed clinical social worker Katie Hurley about the layers of logistical and emotional complexity kids are facing right now, how to up your own emotional fluency as a parent, navigating uncertainty, big feelings, and hard conversations with kids (and ourselves!), and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christine has received a lot of questions about how she approaches weekend food preparation…especially a week’s worth of green smoothies that don’t separate (OMG so many questions!). In this episode, Christine shares how she thinks about food preparation, what she makes (including easiest, easy, and a bit more effort categories), and how she fits it in with other weekend activities. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The roller coaster of collective exhaustion, stress, and uncertainty since March 2020 is no joke. Christine talks with licensed mental health counselor Jonathan Baxter about trauma, anxiety, accepting limitations, and practical ways to weather what appears to be a continued long pandemic ride. Are you Team Geese or Team Meerkat? Tune in to learn more.Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new year is a natural time to talk about habits and goals. It’s also a natural time to groan and feel daunted by habits and goals. Christine talks about how to establish habits and goals in a way that builds in flexibility and encourages sustainability, and inspires joy instead of stress and self-flagellation. She covers how to leverage tools you know are already working and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the end of an era. Christine and Asha engage in a fun and loving farewell episode, including reflections from Asha about the past six years of podcasting at Edit Your Life, and farewell messages from some of our wonderful listeners. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices