Life Made Simple with CarlaRae

The idea of gratitude seems fairly simple. Right?

“Be thankful for what you have.”

We should all feel grateful. Well, at least that's what we want to feel.

Unfortunately, gratitude can sometimes be very complicated. And the feeling of thankfulness doesn’t always come naturally to everyone.

On today’s episode of Life Made Simple, I explore a little bit of the science behind gratit... Read more

During this time of year, the trees naturally know that it’s time to drop their leaves to make room for new ones in the spring.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if we did the same thing? If we naturally knew how to let go of the old to make room for the new? On today’s episode of Life Made Simple, I give you my thoughts on how to do just that.

If you haven’t already, don’... Read more

What do you surround yourself with?

Throughout your everyday life you are surrounded by things, people, and ideas. You see things and you hear things. And when you see and experience those things, they have some sort of an effect on you, whether you know it or not. Your brain is constantly absorbing the positive and negative energies that those things represent to you, which may be different for different people.

W... Read more

We're right in the middle of the back to school season. If you're a parent of a school aged child like me, your home is probably already getting flooded with drawings, paintings, hand prints, coloring pages and worksheets.

On our last episode of Life Made Simple I gave you a handful of organizing tips and routines to help the school year go more smoothly for you and your family. And for today's episode, we tak... Read more

Back to school season is in full swing! If you're a parent who is drowning in the back to school chaos and craziness, then this show is for you.

On this special Encore Episode, I share with you some of the organizing tips and routines that we've implemented in our own family that can help get the school year off to a good start for you and your family.

Keep in mind, while the tips and strategies I give you ... Read more

We all face different roadblocks and challenges when trying to organize and simplify our home. And sometimes it's hard to face those challenges alone.

For today's episode of Life Made Simple, I share with you how I've rallied some of my closest friends to start a mini clutter challenge group. It can be so amazing to have accountability, support, and encouragement when trying to reach certain goals in life.

As humans, our minds are complicated. Our brains and all the complex thoughts that come in and out of them are very complicated.

As I try to simplify my home, my schedule and all other areas of my life, I want to also figure out how to simplify my crazy complicated mind.

On this episode of Life Made Simple I share with you some fascinating information about our brains that I recently found in an amazing article. Read more

When I was a new mom, I was convinced that my child was going to eat anything I put in front of him. I was determined that he would never be a picky eater and would love eating vegetables. I loved healthy foods when I was a kid, so why wouldn't he?

Well, unfortunately, Levi has an aversion to most anything green. And he would easily eat cake and ice cream for every meal if I let him! So I've definitely had to lear... Read more

After trying an extreme diet for many months, I learned there is sooooo much psychology behind food choices and nutrition.

While making those major changes, I also had to become more aware of my relationship with food... which can be pretty complicated at times. Can you relate?

For today's episode, I offer you some thoughts and a few simple tips that I've been implementing into my own life when it comes to ... Read more

Does food ever get lost in your fridge? It gets pushed to the back, overlooked, or maybe it just gets forgotten about?

There have been too many times when I've bought fresh food from the grocery store, went days without eating it, then regretfully had to toss it in the trash.

On today's episode I share with you some very simple tips and tricks to help you rescue and save some of your fading fridge food befo... Read more

With big life changes and transitions, come big life lessons.

For the last six months, my family and I made some MAJOR changes in our diet. During this episode, I tell you all about that journey and all the random lessons I learned from it. It was actually very interesting how many of those lessons run parallel with other topics I often talk about on the show concerning organizing and simplifying your home and life.

I'm on a journey to simplify my life, but sometimes it's hard letting go of things that I feel attached to.

On today's episode I explain how there is one category in my life that I need to downsize. I also tell you how I recently had a consultation with myself as my own personal professional home organizer and came up with a great solution to my problem.

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Last week, we decided to start our summer adventures a little early. We pulled our son out of school for a whirlwind road trip from Seattle, Washington to Austin, Texas. We drove 32 hours straight there with very few stops!

When you get up in the morning to start your day, do you have a good game plan?

I honestly can't believe we haven't done a single show on how to organize your car!

Shopping and acquiring new things can be fun and VERY therapeutic.

Over the years, I've learned that simplifying your home isn't just about where you put things or what nifty little storage bins you should buy to put things in. There is actually soooo much more to it than that.

Ever get to the very end of a huge organizing project and then all of a sudden you feel STUCK? You have a bunch of little piles and things that need to be put away, but you feel overwhelmed?

After listening to our last couple episodes about whether or not you should finish what you start, are you finally ready to tackle a few of your unfinished projects cluttering up your house?