Episode Summary: 

We're approaching that time of the year again where the stress and overwhelm of the holiday season can take our emphasis off the reason for the season. We're sharing a replay of a popular podcast episode with Marcia Ramsland, the Holiday Pro. She shares how we can get organized and simplify our Christmas holidays. And the good news is, we can start now!

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
• 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
• 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
• Trusting God Through Cancer 1
• Trusting God Through Cancer 2
• Revive & Thrive Women's Conference
• Subdue Stress and Anxiety: Fifteen Experts Offer Comprehensive Tools in Ten Minutes a Day. Use my link plus discount code BENG99 to save $90 on course (course will be $99.)
• Free Download: How To Fight Fearful/Anxious Thoughts and Win
• Breaking Anxiety’s Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises by Dr. Michelle Bengtson
• Breaking Anxiety’s Grip Free Study Guide 
• Free 7-Day YouVersion Bible Reading Plan for Breaking Anxiety’s Grip
• 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:

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Order Book Breaking Anxiety’s Grip / Order Book Hope Prevails  /  Website  /  Blog  /  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! 

For more information or a free consultation visit her website www.organizingpro.com.

Hosted By: Dr. Michelle Bengtson
Audio Technical Support: Bryce Bengtson