Episode Summary:

Every year the holidays bring stress, chaos, and disorganization when one considers all the additional to-do’s added to our already over-crowded days and schedules. Today we’re going to be talking about how to get organized and simplify your holidays with holiday pro, Marcia Ramsland.

Quotables from the episode:

• Getting organized is something that can be learned and will save you time, give you focus, and mental clarity.
• It’s always too early to start preparing until it’s too late to begin! So start your holiday preparations now.
• Part of what makes our holidays stressful is the fact that we already fill our days 24x7, then have to add more to our schedules for the holidays
• Simplifying our holidays and our lives starts with decreasing our expectations
• The problem with the poverty in the world is not God’s provision but our distribution. 

Scripture References:

• Proverbs 13:4 “The sluggish crave and have nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.”
• Proverbs 14:1 “A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.”
• Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Recommended Resources:

• 8 Week Online course: “Simplify Your Holiday Season” to take the stress out of the holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s
• Simplify Your Holiday Season by Marcia Ramsland 
• Simplify Your Holidays: A Christmas Planner to Use Year After Year by Marcia Ramsland 
• Simply December Devotions by Marcia Ramsland 
• Ways to Create a More Peaceful Holiday Season – Part 1 ep 35
• Ways to Create More Peace During the Holidays – Part 2 ep 36
• How to Stress Less at Christmas ep 88
• Simplify Your Space: Create Order & Reduce Stress by Marcia Ramsland 
• Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay That Way by Marcia Ramsland 
• Organizing Your Workspace for a Productivity Boost (Instant Insights) by Marcia Ramsland 
• Simplify Your Time by Marcia Ramsland 
• Free Time Tracker: Marcia’s Famous 168 Hour Time Tracker (scroll down to the Better Homes and Gardens magazine cover)
• Revive & Thrive Online Women's Conference
• Trusting God through Cancer 1 
• Trusting God through Cancer 2
• Breaking Anxiety’s Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises by Dr. Michelle Bengtson
• Breaking Anxiety’s Grip Free Study Guide
• Hope Prevails: Insights from a Doctor’s Personal Journey Through Depression by Dr. Michelle Bengtson, winner of the Christian Literary Award Reader’s Choice Award
• Hope Prevails Bible Study by Dr. Michelle Bengtson, winner of the Christian Literary Award Reader’s Choice Award

Social Media Links for Host and Guest:

Connect with Marcia Ramsland:

Facebook / Instagram / LinkedIn / Website

For more hope, stay connected with Dr. Bengtson at:

Order Book Breaking Anxiety’s Grip / Order Book HopePrevails /  Website  /  Blog  / Facebook / Facebook Twitter (@DrMBengtson)  /  LinkedIn /  Instagram  / Pinterest / YouTube

Guest:

Marcia Ramsland is well known as The Leading Online Organizing Coach, a Business Productivity Expert, and author of the Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay that Way book series, which has sold over 100,000 copies. Marcia is a nationally recognized media guest appearing in Woman’s Day and Real Simple magazines, the Wall Street Journal, and Martha Stewart radio. Marcia believes anyone can become more organized – even you – with the Motivation, Momentum, and Mastery which she provides in her Online Courses and Fast Track Coaching!

Hosted By: Dr. Michelle Bengtson

Audio Technical Support: Bryce Bengtson

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