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Today on the Clear Your Clutter Inside & Out blog, I’m talking about apps to help you get organized, clear clutter and have peace of mind for the holiday season!  Are you overwhelmed when it comes to planning holiday meals?  Do your nerves get frayed with challenging people when you would rather be celebrating? Would you like to be more organized in your gift giving? Reducing-Holiday-Clutter-&-Stress-With-Holiday-Apps-You-Should-Download Be sure to check out my 3-part series on holiday apps.  The other two blog posts are on October 28th and November 1st. Apps are a great way to help you stay organized, clear...

Welcome to Childhood Made Crazy, an interview series that takes a critical look at the current “mental disorders of childhood” model. This series is comprised of interviews with practitioners, parents, and other children’s advocates as well as pieces that investigate fundamental questions in the mental health field. Visit the following page to learn more about the series, to see which interviews are coming, and to learn about the topics under discussion: http://ericmaisel.com/interview-series/ Henry Emmons is a psychiatrist who integrates mind-body and natural therapies, mindfulness and Buddhist teachings, and compassion and insight into his clinical work. Henry developed the Resilience Training Program,...

One To write a poignant sentence or a precise description is a joy, but the pleasure of writing is not content-dependent. Making marks is the thing. I have distinctive penmanship—small letters, precisely assembled, compact but not cramped, legible. But sloppier, dashed-off notes come with their own satisfaction, a race between head and hand, stretching out letterforms from small blocks of ink to interconnected shapes that approach the undulating waves of my mother’s cursive. Two A slow line made with blue ballpoint across matte white rubber. I am sitting cross-legged in Mrs. Roth’s music class. It’s the first week of grade...

Let’s make DIY phone cases that are as unique as you are! These days we carry our phones everywhere we go! It’s almost hard to remember what life was like without them. And now that our phones are one of our most important accessories, it makes sense that we keep them on trend, right? You know I love adding a special touch to everything and my phone is no exception! And thanks to the amazing Cricut cutting machine I can switch up my phone case whenever I want! And it’s SO EASY! In this tutorial I’m going to share some...

Have you heard of a memory box? Do you even know what a memory box is? I call those boxes you have in your storage area memory boxes. Because they are holding items that are memories to you.  But I have found that a lot of people end up holding onto items that do not need to be placed in a memory box. So I am sharing some simple ideas for what to put in your memory box, along with ways you can create your own memory box. Because it can help to have examples! Type Of Memory Boxes I...