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
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
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
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
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
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...
Enjoy the Benefits of Being Organized
Getting organized leads to a better quality of life.
Creative Gift Giving During a Supply Chain Crisis
Last year at this time, we assumed things would be back to normal by Christmas 2021, but here we are still living in a pandemic and now facing supply shortages that keep getting worse.
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
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...
Getting Your Financial House in Order For When the Time Comes
Creating a notebook with all the important information your loved ones will need when the time comes. Face it, none of us like to think about what will happen when we die. However, we all worry about it. We have seen the mess loved ones left when they passed and how...
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
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
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...