Uncluttered Office with Catherine Avery

In this first of a 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine explains why we keep stuff and how some items can drain our energy. If you have ADHD or another brain based challenge, you’ll especially appreciate how clutter can mess with our focus. She takes us through the benefits of decluttering and organizing your office. And she describes how and why you start with determining your vision before throwing out the first piece of paper. Tune in to find out what is good enough when it comes to an organized office. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catherine interrupts this summer mini series to have an amazing talk with Sasha about working moms and how they do it all. Sasha busts the myths of super mom and talks about balance. The conversation naturally unfolded around boundaries and since that’s the theme of this month, Catherine couldn’t wait to publish this episode. They had a great conversation on how to stay organized and smoothly transition from work to home and home to work, even if it's all within the same space. Sasha believes in creating a home environment that honors both adult space and kid space. Sasha details her four step system for moms as they restart after they’ve put their life on pause.  Sasha’s Bio Sasha Morozov is a former executive who holds a Master’s in Social Work and is the founder of sasha x home. When Sasha isn’t chasing after her two sons, she now utilizes her clinical skills to coach women who are killing it at work but feel like they are failing at home to have more time, less clutter, and habits for a peaceful life. Sas

Catherine starts today’s podcast episode with their family trip to Europe. Unfortunately they brought home the souvenir of Covid. Catherine shares the lessons learned around boundaries and the importance of rest. You can’t have rest without setting those boundaries. She shares what she deems the best definition of boundaries (in her opinion) from reading Tamara Rosier’s “Your Brain’s Not Broken”. Personal boundaries are everything, especially when you have ADHD! Catherine also tells her client’s story about asking and how this habit shift changed her life. And she busts some myths about laziness vs rest. Lastly, drum roll and special announcement, Catherine is one of the presenters at the international Conference for ADHD in Dallas TX in November!  Links: Laziness Does Not Exist Tame your (ADHD) Brain To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affi

Technology is a blessing and a curse. It’s wonderful because we can all reach each other all of the time. And it’s a nightmare because we call reach each other ALL of the time. I’m calling this a digital detox but I’m not telling you to throw out your phone and live in a cabin in the woods. Though the introvert in me likes occasional trips far, far away from the madding crowd. Learn some simple and realistic strategies to reduce your time in the magical land of social media. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in th

If you’re wondering why your well has run dry (time for you), you may not know how to set boundaries around your time. Your power comes from the pause. Learn how to set boundaries by using your calendar for you. Set time for yourself on your calendar every day and honor that appointment like you would one for anyone else. Tune in to hear self care ideas to put in your calendar so you can be your best self. With a full well you’ll be able to give to others again. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini serie

Overwhelmed, need 27 hours in the day. Your time management problems are not just about how you use your time. I’ll let you in on the secret. Learn why procrastination isn’t always bad and how to use a time tracker to determine your best times of the day. Tune in to hear quick and easy strategies to plan your calendar. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We ar

The average employee spends out about 1/5 of their work time searching for papers. In part 3 of the Mini Series, I take you through a super easy system to declutter the papers on your desk, your chair, your floor… Well you get the idea. Tune in to learn how F-A-T, the circular filing system, and the Art of Wastebasketry® will help you get organized. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity

In part 2 of the Mini Series, I take you through how to set up your office to be a productive environment, especially if you are working in a home office. Working from home has its own set of challenges – home schooling kids who always want snacks, packages being delivered during a recording, the inevitable dog or cat interruption during an important Zoom meeting (though they are super cute!). Tune in to learn how to minimize the distractions. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series.  To learn more

Today, I start with how you set your vision for your life or a specific project. Before you set out on a trip, you set your destination. Then you plot the route on a map. Setting your vision is similar. I take you through the exact process I use to set my vision before I get into the planning of any project. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series.  To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a partici

Even bronchitis doesn’t stop Catherine from delivering a story to share on her podcast. She starts by explaining how the summer will differ on the podcast and why, mostly burnout, she’s taking most of the summer off from podcasting. But don’t worry, the podcast will still be here airing two mini series from the past two years. Then she shares her magical small group experience during Gail Larsen’s Transformational Speaking long weekend in Santa Fe. She also explains her plans for the summer and her work going forward. And she unveils…drum roll please… the brand new FREE Guide ‘Tame Your (ADHD) Brain’ (link bit.ly/TameBrain). FREE Guide: ‘Tame Your (ADHD) Brain’ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Le

Donna Cravotta has been the expert in media assets long before Catherine met her a decade ago. Donna talks about how opportunities can be missed by not sharing your own story. She encourages you to have everything in place - your media kit etc - and why that’s so important. She also explains that when you hand the various pieces of your story to someone else to craft that other person will often see things you do not. We don’t always know which story is the one so we inadvertently leave gaps. When you can respond quickly and with the right assets it’s a BIG confidence booster.  Tune in to hear Donna’s story about the hand model and other client successes.  About Donna Donna Cravotta is the founder and CEO of Cravotta Media Group where they help authors and speakers cover their assets with custom designed story-driven marketing assets including book and speaker reels  And their version of a mix-tape, a reel that covers all of a client's highlights.  These can be used for pitching media, podcasts, speaking oppo

Ilene & Ted shared how she and Ted met and how they work together even though Ilene is a person with she believes undiagnosed ADHD and her husband is a list-maker and organizer "freak".  They also shared their insights into how small companies and solopreneurs can grow their businesses through marketing techniques that really work, giving several strategies that you can use right now. You’ll love hearing their stories of love and their varying viewpoints on running a business. And you’ll discover that two is way better than one when it comes to marketing brilliance! About Ilene Greene opened MarketShare Communications in 1986 to bring results-driven marketing and advertising services to small and middle-market companies in northern NJ and the NY/NJ metro area. In 1976, Ted founded Design Graphics, a print graphics and marketing agency in northern NJ, and in 2004, after reconnecting with Ilene, merged his company with MarketShare Communications. They became co-owners and grew the business into a digital market

Bill explains how to access your inner Olympian. We discuss how improvisation is the secret weapon of effective communications. And Bill shares about how conscious communication helps you to be a deep listener. We delve into how communications makes for Improvisational Leaders. Finally Bill shares his simple strategy for productivity. About Bill Prinzivalli Bill is an entrepreneur, executive coach, organizational consultant, author, speaker, and improv workshop facilitator. He helps CEOs discover their Inner Olympian - their zone or flow state - by accessing their innate intuitive skills and integrating them with traditional business strategies to achieve extraordinary performances. Links: https://www.improvisationalleaders.com/ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fe

Jen Lehner, our guest today, will wow you with all things digital marketing. We discuss how to batch content and how to make it short form. Jen explains the best times to use long form content and how to choose the different digital platforms. Jen takes a live case study of my lead magnet and shows how you can build a marketing strategy on Pinterest. We talk about the value of having a virtual admin and all the things that they can take off your plate. And how it comes down to who not how. Nothing will help you grow your business faster than replicating yourself. We wrap with the brilliant simplicity of Google’s dictation tool in Google Docs. A Note: We recorded this in March, so apologies for vastly outdated information about March Madness. About Jen Lehner is a digital marketing and systems strategist. She is the founder of the Front Row mastermind and Front Row CEO, a program that shows people how to hire and train their perfect match Virtual Assistants. She lives in Shaker Heights Ohio with her family and

Guest, Linda Edmiston, shared her story from corporate to life coach to business coach and mentioned some strategies in developing the correct business and back-office systems, so her clients experience more productivity, ease, and clarity.  She also talked about how important it is to to have expert partners who could visualize the business in a bigger picture. Also, she gave an exercise for the listeners to do to take one step closer to understanding and seeing their own genius zone. About Linda Linda Edmiston helps women entrepreneurs develop the strategy and then improve and implement the fundamental back-office systems that are the sound foundation that L.I.F.T.S their business.  Creating ease and automation with the Legal, Insurance, Financial, Taxes, and back-office Systems so that they can make and save more money,  while spending more time doing what they love – working with their clients. Links:  www.LindaEdmiston.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To conne

Guest, Angel Muller, starts off with her story of her passion around nutrition to help your focus and mood. She encourages us to declutter our diet to improve focus, organization, productivity and suggests some high protein foods to eat at breakfast. Angel explains how stress can affect our cortisol, create cravings and then derail our nutrition. Throw hormones in the mix and it’s next level. Angel explains the difference between calming food vs ones that activate your nervous energy. She explains the science behind how nutrition affects the vagal nerve and why it’s important to our energy and focus not to graze all day. Tune in to hear why I need to visit the UK just to enjoy Angel’s cooking in person! About Angel Muller Angel is a wellness and business coach.   Her background combines neuroscience, nutrition and business coaching to help woman in business (including neurodiverse women) to create a healthier life and business. Link www.nourishingeve.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Produc

My guest, Kiran Deol, and I start out in the world of plant based eating and how it can help you feel better and manage your health. What we eat can help our focus, particularly with brain fog. We couldn’t help but take a trip through how to feed your kids healthy foods. Because we’re parents after all! We discussed all of the many different foods that can help your gut health. From fresh herbs to purple potatoes, variety is the healthiest way to feed our gut biomes. About Kiran Deol Kiran Deol is a holistic nutritionist and the CEO of Key To Health Nutrition Consulting.  She helps women and children leverage the power of plant-based nutrition to get to the root of unwanted symptoms so they can truly thrive.  Kiran is also a mom, vegan, and children’s nutrition advocate. Her passion for helping others achieve optimal health comes from her own journey in overcoming her daughter’s health challenges as well as her own. Links: Key to Health To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design

Chandra Gore, today’s guest, shares her ADHD story. She attributes her talents in PR today to her varied career including project management. Because she is a bit of a natural planner, she’s able to keep the pieces together. She loves her work because she does so many different things in one day, which satisfies our ADHD ‘bright shiny’ need. Chandra teaches us how to do Public Relations in our local community. And assures us that we will experience the snowball effect as we take our first steps into the world of PR. Even being a podcaster is public relations. Tune in to be wowed by Chandra’s wit and wisdom. About Chandra Gore Chandra Gore works with entrepreneurs and individuals to create foundations for success and to understand how to gain visibility via media outreach with her boutique consulting and public relations firm, Chandra Gore Consulting.  Adding Host, Media Correspondent, and Moderator to her resume Chandra brings her wit, unique comedic timing, laughter, and bubbly personality to the scene.  Her

Today’s guest, Caroleen Verly, starts with her story of the pandemic’s effect on kick starting her financial coaching business. Caroleen explains the differences in earnings and challenges of managing money, in particular how important it is for people with a neurodiverse brain. While it takes more up front work, setting up systems that succeed by default will save you time in the long run and helps avoid paying that ‘ADHD tax’. The long term goal is to grow the space between your income and your expenses. Most important is to start where you are even if it’s just a tiny shift. Tune in to hear how putting guardrails around your spending makes it easier to manage your finances. About Caroleen is a former data analyst turned financial coach. Caroleen has an economics degree from Yale and worked as a data analyst in the environmental sector, first at a consulting firm and then in higher education administration.  Links Untangle Your Money To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design T

Today’s guest, David DeWitt, helps us unclutter our money! We start with David’s story of being diagnosed as a child, ignoring it, and then his awareness at 21. David shares his top 3 money strategies that are great for anyone, but especially those with ADHD. He explains how drawing a timeline can help you visualize your long term goals. And he simplifies the budgeting process to make it differently wired brain friendly even if you want to use pen and paper. No fancy spreadsheet required. David encourages us to set up the financial systems now because they’ll save us time and money in the long run. Stay tuned for David’s uber focused productivity strategy. About David DeWitt David DeWitt is a registered investment advisor and podcaster who helps adults with ADHD take back control of their money.  He’s been a registered investment advisor for 6 years but it wasn't until he had his ADHD awakening in early 2021 that he realized he wanted to work with other people with ADHD.  David knows from experience that effe