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Safety Check For Aging Parents

Safety Check For Aging Parents

Holiday visits may reveal areas where your parents need help Seniors often stay in their homes longer than they should.  On your next visit, refer to this safety checklist for aging parents to assess how they’re doing. For those of us with aging parents,...

Organizing Storage Units

Organizing Storage Units

Storage units are an easy place to stash stuff and forget about it. Years go by and we have no idea what is in there and realize what is being stored there is not worth all the money we have spent over the years in rent. Organizing storage units start with getting rid...

Aging In Place

Aging In Place

Click below to watch our quick video on aging in place and creating a safe home environment. Eric Becker from Golden Age Home Safety shares his expertise on how to help a senior in  your life safely Age in Place. To reach Eric, call 805-570-3275 or go to...

Meal Prep Made Easy

Meal Prep Made Easy

Spending a little time preparing for the week can make eating healthy easy with the bonus of saving time and money.

Living Simple Helps the Environment

Living Simple Helps the Environment

Simplifying not only helps us live a less stressful, more impactful life but also helps us life a more sustainable life. Here are some ways to simplify and live a more sustainable lifestyle: Simplify Your Belongings Donate, throw away or recycle what you don’t need to...

Bringing Bliss Back in the Bedroom

Bringing Bliss Back in the Bedroom

Creating a bedroom suite that is a place of refuge, rest and even a little romance Whether you are a busy mom, overworked professional or just old and tired, your bedroom should be a place to retreat, rest and possibly a little romance. However, it is easy for our...

Therapy’s Role in Healing from a Hoarding Disorder

Therapy’s Role in Healing from a Hoarding Disorder

The combination of therapy and hands-on assistance is a recipe for success in overcoming chronic disorganization Combining therapy and hand-on organizing help is the perfect arrangement to ensure success. A therapist helps patients get to the root of the problem that...

The Importance of Setting up a Trust

The Importance of Setting up a Trust

Interview with Esther Wang from The Elder and Disability Law Firm To finish up our series on being prepared in case something was to happen to us, we will be sharing an interview with a well-known attorney in town to educate us on trusts and wills and the importance...

Organizing For Student Success

Organizing For Student Success

Here are some steps to helping your student get organized Identify student’s organizing styleVisualSpatial    ChronologicalSet up their organizing tools and spaces according to that styleNotebooksPlannersWorkspaceCreate a routine that encourages success and...

Coming back from COVID

Coming back from COVID

What will life after COVID look like? Plan now for the lifestyle you imagine. Slowly but surely the world is beginning to get back to some version of normal. We are all anxious to have some socialization, but we are all a little afraid of getting back to the crazy...

Simplify Your Estate

How NOT to Leave a Mess for Your Kids Last month we talked about Inheriting More Than Memories and how to clear out a home of a loved one after they move or pass away. If you missed that CLICK HERE to catch a recording. To continue on that theme, we are going to talk...

Inheriting More Than Memories

Inheriting More Than Memories

Simplifying the overwhelming task of emptying a home after the loved one moves or passes away Cathy Bates will share the method Practical Solutions uses to simplify the process of emptying out a home, all while keeping family relations strong. We will discuss how to...