Curious Freedom with Kirsty Farrugia & friends

This week Kirsty gets curious about emotional intelligence with her friend Steph Pinto. Steph is an emotional intelligence parent coach, pediatric anxiety specialist, international speaker and now an author too!

She is passionate about helping parents and their children to have a more calm and connected life and enjoy better relationships with those around them.

Her new book Chaos to Connection explores this in detail and aims to provide parents with practical tips as well as information to transform their families.

In her own words 'emotionally intelligent parenting invites a lot less drama and a lot more love into the home.'

Although the focus of today's episode is more on parents; understanding emotional intelligence is a powerful tool for all of us to have for dealing with all kinds of relationships.

And go buy Steph's book!

In this episode we;

● Find out a bit about Steph and what she does;

● Learn about what emotional intelligence is and the impact it has on parenting and relationships;

● Unpack a bit about brain development;

● Explore 'what is behaviour?;

● Highlight the power of co-regulation;

● Hear all about Steph's new book;

And so so so so much more...

We hope from this conversation we all learn something and put a smile on your face!

Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:

Where to find Stephanie

● Website

● Facebook Community

● Instagram

● Book 'Chaos to Connection'

● Facebook Page

● Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Book

Thank you so much to Steph for your time!! We absolutely love what you are doing and wish you continued success with your business and book.

If you found this or any of our episodes helpful, then we'd love it if you could leave us a review! It helps others find us and we love hearing how the podcast has helped you on your decluttering journey.

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Are you the keeper of the tools in your house? Maybe it's your partner or housemate? Regardless of who's in charge of them, if they aren't easily accessible or you can never find them when you need them - this episode is for you!! Today (as our cleverly chosen episode title may have already tipped you off) we are talking all things tools! From power tools, to hand held tools; even down to all those nuts, bolts and screws that might be rolling around the garage floor... Tune in for all our tips and tricks for decluttering and organising your tools in the way that best serves your family!

In this episode we:

● Discuss the main categories of tools and fasteners and who is in charge of these in the Revell and Farrugia households;

● Encourage you to borrow or hire large tools that you might need only once or infrequently;

● Suggest many different places for passing along those tools that are still in great working order but you no longer need;

● Remind you to practice habits!! In particular one of our favourites - Don't put it down, put it away!;

● Highlight how much easier it is to return items to their homes when you are living with less;

● Challenge you to think about how you look for things when creating storage solutions;

And so so so so much more...

We hope from this conversation we all learn something and put a smile on your face!

Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:

● Garage & Shed Episode

● Sharing and borrowing economy Episode

● Ikea tool set mentioned by Amy

● Like with like Episode

● Lego Episode

● Men's sheds

● Steiner/Montessori

● Homeschooling groups

● Facebook market place

Special thanks to Bree Waterson & Guyovccchu for your lovely reviews!!

If you live in Michigan or we’ve transformed your life then you're up for writing us a review!!

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*Trigger warning - this episode talks about sexual exploitation, human trafficking and the current coup in Myanmar - this episode is not suitable for children*

This week we have a bonus episode for you. We are giving you a much needed update on This is Eden - the organisation we support. Back in November we spoke with Michelle from the Australian Team of This is Eden (please go back and listen to that episode it was very eye opening and powerful!) and she shared with us about the amazing work they do in Myanmar. Not sure if you have seen the news lately but the current situation in Myanmar is pretty horrific, so Amy checked in with some of the team over the weekend so we could update you all on the situation.

We also wanted to say a massive thank you to all of YOU!! Every time you book a session with our staff, buy a book, listen to an ad on the podcast or even join one of our courses, money from every single way you support us goes straight to Eden. So thank you a million times over!!

In this episode we:

● Share how much $$ we have already donated to Eden this financial year;

● Update you on what’s been happening in Myanmar and the training centre there that we support;

● Tell you all the ways that you are supporting Eden by supporting us;

● Remind you that every time you listen to the podcast and hear an ad, or book a decluttering session or support us in anyway you are also supporting freeing women and girls from sexual slavery;

● And so so so so much more...

We hope from this update we all realise that we CAN do something to help in this seemingly helpless situation.

Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:

● Eden Episode

● This is Eden Website

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Have ever you got to the end of decluttering a space, stepped back to admire your handy work and then become filled with dread as you spy the pile of random bits and pieces next to you that you still need to find homes for?

Decluttering can be exhausting! Making so many decisions in a concentrated amount of time can be taxing, so it's no wonder something like this would feel like a kick in the ribs!

But what if there was a way to be able to deal with those random homeless leftovers and still keep that momentum and motivation?

In today's chat, Kirsty and Belinda give you solutions for dealing with those annoying random things AND give you 5 principles to follow so that next time you get your declutter on, you are equipped for whatever you come across.

In this episode we;

● Explain 5 principles to help your decision-making;

● Share tips from our team of Declutter Coaches;

● Discuss being intentional when finding homes for random items;

● Highlight the importance of storing things where it makes sense not where you think they should go;

● Challenge you not to keep things 'just in case';

And so so so so much more...

We hope from this conversation we all learn something and put a smile on your face!

Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:

● Micro Declutter Episode

● Perfectionism Episode

● Binary Decisions Episode

If you found this or any of our episodes helpful, then we'd love it if you could leave us a review! It helps others find us and we love hearing how the podcast has helped you on your decluttering journey.

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Thanks to our sound engineer Kris Wright from Mumble & Pop.

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This December we wanted to again practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests!

In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting some tips and tricks for the Christmas season have a listen to episode 22 through to 26, we will link to them in the show notes.

This week we are giving you an episode of Slow Your Home Podcast, one of our favourite podcast! In this episode Brooke interviews Kirsty, just a few months after we started our own podcast. We love Brooke so much that we had her on to celebrate our 100th episode so make sure you go and listen to episode 100 & 101 as well (we will give you a link to those too in the show notes).

Kirsty shares with Brooke the misconception of decluttering being the solution to every problem when really it’s often just one of the steps in creating an intentional life. She shares her history of being a messaholic and how practising grace with yourself will help you to declutter. Brooke described it as ‘big, honest and vulnerable chat that definitely peels back a couple of onion layers around decluttering and professional organising’.

We know so many of our listeners have come to this podcast via Slow Your Home, so we hope you enjoy this conversation again with Brooke McAlary!

Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:

● Original Slow Your Home Podcast with Kirsty Farrugia

● Slow Your Home with Brooke McAlary

● Brooke McAlary Listener Questions

● Christmas Schedule

● Christmas Decorations

● Christmas Gifts

● Christmas Functions

● Christmas Holidays

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Thank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions.

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