Edit Your Life | Simplify + Declutter Your Home, Time, and Mental Space

In this episode from the locked archive, Christine and Asha share 8 tips for reducing entertaining pressure. Christine also shares about the recent delight of a food demo from a friend (in advance of which she did not tidy a thing). For links and related episodes, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In response to a listener request, Christine shares 6 recommendations for what to do next following the election. LINKS: Election Week Healing Plan The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The time management struggle is real. Christine chats with Kelly Nolan about realistic time management tactics. They talk about big picture compassion around time struggles, digital calendars, boundaries, invisible labor, and more. For links and related episodes, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine welcomes home experts Shira Gill, Tracy McCubbin, Deanna Yates, and Rachel Rosenthal to weigh in about a listener’s letter related to family decluttering guilt. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s been a year of magic and growth—literally. Christine shares about her adulting goal of learning about medicinal herbs, which she lovingly refers to as her journey to becoming a glorious witch. She talks about how the journey started, what she is growing and using, and what she has learned so far. See the show notes for links and related episodes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine shares 5 delightful things from October. See the show notes for links. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even if you enjoy cooking, it can feel like a slog at the end of a busy day. In this episode brought forth from the locked archives, Christine and Asha talk about 13 of their favorite pantry meals that make meal prep easy. Following the conversation, Christine adds 5 additional staples on regular rotation in her house. See the show notes for links to resources and related episodes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine shares 5 tactics for handling response overwhelm. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stressed or freaked out by the immense pressures of modern parenting? Christine chats with Ben and Gabrielle Blair about their book, The Kids Are Alright: Parenting with Confidence in an Uncertain World. They talk about the power of listening, lowering the stakes, college stress, fostering independence in kids, and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the week of her 51st birthday, Christine shares her reflections from a rather remarkable, publicly quiet year in which she found deep contentment in life. LINKS/RELATED EPISODES: Mini Edit: Finding and Articulating Purpose Creating Tactical + Restorative Routines (with Sarah Hart-Unger Mini Edit: Functional Feel-Good Fitness Preparing for + Embracing Midlife & Beyond (with Mimi Ison) My (unplanned) summer wellness transformation Improving Nutrition Across the Lifespan (with Dr. Federica Amati) How to Nourish Your Gut Microbiome + More (with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz) Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine shares her 7 favorite Halloween hacks. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can all stand to level up our human skills, especially in this era of tech where we’re weirdly both hyper connected and also disconnected. Christine talks with Dr. Jenny Woo about how to find compassion in your current emotional fluency and intelligence baseline, current trends and research, tactics for leveling up human skills, and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine shares 5 delightful things from September. For links to resources mentioned, check out the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this momentous month—which signals Christine’s 20th year as a parent—Christine shares two birth stories and 20 parenting lessons learned. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine shares 6 book recommendations. For links to recommendations, see the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking to reconnect with your partner or friends on a budget? In this episode brought forth from the locked archive, Christine and Asha share eight ideas for at-home dates. Christine introduces the conversation with fresh commentary on fostering mindful connections and modeling rest, relaxation, and fun in a low pressure, no-guilt, creative manner. For related episodes and links, visit the show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine shares 4 tips to make healthcare-related adulting less onerous. RELATED EPISODES/LINKS: Self-Care for Stubborn People Essential Non-Spa Self-Care The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amidst a fresh wave of nostalgia and awe over the fact that her firstborn is now 20 years old, Christine shares 11 recommendations for simplifying and evolving birthday celebrations related to evaluating your own issues alongside your kid’s preferences and passions, setting boundaries, simplification tactics, and more. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine shares 8 tips for how to handle homework with kids. RELATED EPISODES/LINKS: Mini Edit: My 13-Week Calendar System Mini Edit: 4 Planning Optimization Tips The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that the gut impacts way more than digestion? Christine chats with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, an expert in digestive diseases and the gut. The conversation includes broad, top-level perspectives, cognitive reframes around nutrition and our role as change agents related to our gut microbiome, and tactical recommendations. For links and related episodes, visit this episode's show notes. Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that offers tips, recommendations, and expert advice to simplify and declutter your home, schedule, to-do list, relationships, and mental space. Connect with host Christine Koh at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices