The O Myth

This week on The O Myth: Peter Walsh! You know him, right?  He’s a regular on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and currently working on her “Clean Out Your Messy House Tour”.  He’s a little in-your-face and yet with such a strong conviction for what he does, you can see it in his eyes!  Krista and I had the honor of meeting Peter at the NAPO Conference this year (see the pic below, and read Krista’s story…hee hee…).  He was our keynote speaker, and WOW was he fantastic!  (It turns out he and I were both Rotary Exchange Students!)

Peter will be joining us to talk about getting your stuff in order, and specifically our O Myth, “If you don’t use it within a year, toss it out”.  What’s he going to say?  Join us tomorrow, Nov. 14 at 10am PST on The O Myth to find out!  And if you have a burning question for him, be sure to leave it in the comments below.

Krista and I had the pleasure of talking with Erin Doland of Unclutterer.com.

(NEW!  Scroll to the bottom of this post to listen to the podcast.)

Here’s the Pearls of Wisdom from the show today:

• use flower pots as pen holders
• products aren’t always the only answer to organizing woes, but a system (like one for a closet) can be an invaluable tool)
• you might have something around the house that can be used in another way [click to continue…]
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Krista and I had the pleasure of talking with Asha Dornfest of ParentHacks.com.

Here’s the Pearls of Wisdom from the show today:

Cookbook: The Six O’Clock Scramble

ParentHacks.com started as a resource that Asha wished she had when she became a parent.

Asha mentioned this post she wrote about reading parenting books. [click to continue…]

Krista and I had the pleasure of talking with our guest today, Marlynn Jayme Schotland of Urban Bliss Design & Mamaprenuers Inc.

Here’s the Pearls of Wisdom from the show today:

- Marlynn likes to use Outlook, and schedules even prep times in her calendar  (so smart!)
- “Supermom” is a mystical being, so take it easy moms!  Don’t make unrealistic  expectations of yourself, because disappointment is sure to follow.
- Check out Marlynn’s event in Portland, Oregon HERE

Also, be sure to check out Marlynn’s blogs:

www.mamalit.com

www.maternitytomadness.blogspot.com

www.urbanblissdesign.blogspot.com

http://blog.oregonlive.com/familyfriendly

Our contest winner of Aby Garvey’s book is: Holly from Denver!  Congratulations!

A new contest! We have a contest goin’ on (again)!  You can win a set of “Mama Calling Cards” from Urban Bliss Design!  On lucky winner will walk away with a set of cards!  This is one example of Marlynn’s fabulous design sense:

This is just one example of Marlynn’s designs, so be sure to check them out on her website, Urban Bliss Design.

Don’t miss out! There’s only going to be one winner, so don’t delay.  To enter the contest, leave a comment about your thoughts on being a Supermom (be sure to include your email address) below.  The deadline is Sept. 25, so don’t miss out!

Next time on The O Myth: Asha Dornfest of Parent Hacks.com joins us on Sept. 26th at 10am PST 

Coming up in October on The O Myth: Peter Walsh!  Yes, THAT Peter Walsh!

Krista and I had the pleasure of talking with our guest today, Aby Garvey of  Simplify 101 & Creative Organizing Blog.

Here’s the Pearls of Wisdom from the show today:

• Aby mentioned that organizing is different from storage. Interesting?  I thought so!
• Organizing is more than just products, but thinking about the overall space and your needs.
• Maintaining a space has a lot to do with establishing habits.
• Aby’s “Bucket List” post

We also mentioned…..
Organizing for Your Brain Type, by Lanna Nakone

Organizing for the Creative Person, by Dorothy Lehmkuhl & Dolores Cotter Lamping, CSW

The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker (Aby Garvey & Wendy Smedley)

It’s a contest!

We have another contest goin’ on!  You can win Aby’s book, The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker. To enter, leave a comment and say hi (be sure to include your email address) below.  The deadline is Sept. 5, so don’t miss out!

And if you’d like to share, what’s your creative outlet?  Scrapbooking?  Jewelry?  Knitting?  Acrylics?  We know you’re out there, creative people!  I’ll go first, I’m a knitter. 

Be sure to join us next time on The O Myth, Sept. 12 at 10am PST with our guest, Marlynn Shotland of Mamaprenuers (formerly Portland Mamas, Inc.)

The O-Myth Contest: Share a tip or an “O-Myth” and you can win a whoMi wall family calendar. Leave your comment below, along with your email to be entered in the contest.

Winners will be announced on our next show, June 20th!

Today on The O-Myth:

Today Krista Colvin and I had our first O-Myth BlogTalkRadio show! We were happy to have Ronnie Noize, The Marketing Coach joining us to talk about how there’s just never enough time in the day. Ever felt that way? Here’s a few things Ronnie shared with us today:

• Use systems to make life easier: Routines and tracking systems will go a long way to making life easier.
• Systems make sure things get done: Ever gone through your day and wondered what the heck you accomplished? Too many of us live life unconsciously and don’t get to the things we want or need to do. Using routines and systems help you go about your day with purpose!
• Email doesn’t have to rule your life: This was especially insightful. Ronnie shared with us that she doesn’t read every email she gets. Some people will use email to get too familiar or ask for things they wouldn’t otherwise. She heavily screens her email, and not all of them are opened (some are just flat out deleted). Very interesting, and caused me to think…

If you couldn’t make it live, you can listen to the audio here.

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Don’t forget to enter The O-Myth Contest: Share a tip or an “O-Myth” below to win the whoMi calendar. You can also check out the other entries on Krista’s blog. Good luck to everyone who enters!