The Organizer Chicks Podcast: Recent Episodes
Amber Taggard
As a Professional Organizer with an Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health, small business owner and mother of 4 Amber Taggard taps into her experience and education to share the transformative power of organization. From step-by-step processes to overcome clutter and create organization, to quick tips for better time management, and much more, this podcast offers practical, insightful, and non-judgmental advice on how to create physical spaces that positively impact our mental and emotional environments, as well as our productivity.
Amber shares her story of empowerment how at a young age she moved with her family from Oklahoma to Arkansas and started working at a meat packing plant, all before high school!
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Amber shares how different personality types can perceive the passing of time differently, and goes on a deep dive to explain how to reverse engineer your time. Get your pen and paper ready to chart your schedule along with her!
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Amber is joined by Bria Coale to discuss how we can analyze our children's behaviors to better understand how to effectively parent them.
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Amber is joined by Certified Keirsey Temperament Coach Tina Bakehouse to discuss how to really listen to people and find your voice.
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Amber is joined by Griffin Miller to discuss returning to physical intimacy after having a baby and helping normalize conversations about female sexuality post-childbirth.
WARNING: Mature content discussed
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Amber is joined this week by Ramsey certified financial coach, Sarah VanHoose, to discuss how we can tackle debt and teach our children(and even parents) how to better handle their money.
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This week Amber is joined by Helen Joy Butler to discuss her business of elemental space clearing. Helen shares her process of how she uses her spiritual gifts to help turn a home into a sanctuary.
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Amber is joined this week by Stephanie Burns to discuss asking boldly, swapping services, and how she won Wheel of Fortune!
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Amber loves answering your questions and the time has come that she answers the big one: how did The Organizer Chicks get started? Listen in to hear her origins story and the development from a craigslist business to a full-fledged one.
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What do we do when we live or work with people who don’t have the same clutter-free goals that we do? Amber shares tips on how to create healthy boundaries and control what we can, while releasing the rest.
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Amber is joined by Kim, who self-identifies as having struggled with Hoarding Disorder for many decades of her life. She shares her mental, emotional, and physical struggles with hoarding, the repeated attempts from well-intentioned loved ones to help, and the paradigm shift that finally caused her to be able to relate to her belongings in a new, and healthier way.
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Amber talks in detail about developing what she calls a “Release Ritual” – a coping mechanism that can help us work through the pain we often experience when we know it’s time to let go of emotionally heavy items.
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Amber shares the what and how behind a Couple Counsel – outlining this tool that can help bring better understanding, support, and depth from any of your most important relationships.
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Amber answers a request for a deep dive of the details of her master closet organization and the contents within.
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Amber takes a deep dive into which containers work best for which spaces and projects, and where to get them from.
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Amber visits with The Organizer Chicks’ “Style Chick” Laura Jones about the what, why, and how of creating a Capsule Wardrobe.
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Guest Kati Wells, a licensed Professional Counselor specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, talks about identifying and overcoming anxiety in daily life.
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Amber shares 7 protocols that she leans on to avoid becoming overwhelmed with large tasks and cluttered spaces.
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5 year old guest Lana Taggard, Amber’s daughter, talks us through the steps she takes to help keep the home tidy.
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Amber shares 7 steps for garage organization, as well as a few of her favorite tools and products.
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Amber shares some ‘outside the box’ ideas on how to gift for any holiday or event.
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Professional Organizer Amber Taggard shares some of the mindsets and habits that help keep her home and family organized on a daily basis.
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Amber visits with The Organizer Chicks stylist Laura Jones to talk about the importance of decorating for the holidays and how to make your decorations your own.
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Amber visits with guest Jilan Wise, who has turned her experience in living ultra-tiny (under 200 square feet!) into a custom tiny home building business.
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Guest Megan Jones, who's been living tiny for 3 ½ years, joins Amber to talk about the difficulties and the joys of living tiny, including starting her marriage and welcoming a newborn baby into tiny home living.
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Travel can bring fun, relaxation, and mood boosting benefits, but it can also cause a large amount of stress. Organizer Amber Taggard shares her top 10 tips on how to keep all the joy and avoid all the stress of travel.
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Professional Organizer and mother of 4 Amber Taggard shares tips and tricks that makes the task of laundry less taxing.
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This week Amber reads some excerpts from Julie Morganstern's “Organizing from the Inside Out.”
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Amber visits with Cherie Clark-Spitzer, Director of Homecare Services at 1 Source Senior Care, to discuss why aging in place is important for our senior population, the future of home care technology, and how we can help our loved ones to age in place.
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Office - (479)-443-7173
Cell - (479)-295-6615
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Professional Organizer Amber Taggard looks at the subject of permission, something clients often request they be given in order to let go of items.
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Our cell phones…our constant companions. Studies show that the average American looks at their phone once every 10 minutes, so how can we make them work their best for us? In this episode, Professional organizer Amber Taggard lays out the 4 steps of cell phone organization, from macro to micro, and shares the specifics of her smartphone layout.
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Amber visits with Realtor Amber Nye and plays “1 – 10” – a game to reveal the potential return on investment a seller can expect to get out of various “fixes” before putting their house on the market. They also talk about what to keep your eyes open for as a potential buyer.
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Amber is joined by the Executive Lead Organizer for The Organizer Chicks, Kelli Davis, to talk about the thought processes, layout, and details that make kitchens work to their best potential.
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What products are used by Professional Organizers so often that they get carried around in their bags? You asked…Amber answers.
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Professional Organizer and Time Management Coach Amber Taggard shares tips on making your nights their most restful and your mornings their most productive.
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Professional Organizer Amber Taggard talks about some simple, inexpensive ways that we can elevate our spaces to bring in a fresh look without breaking the bank.
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Professional Organizer Amber Taggard answers your questions and gives helpful hints and tips for at-home and professional organization.
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In this episode, Amber shares 10 tips on the unpacking process that she and The Organizer Chicks have learned and used over hundreds of moves.
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Join host Amber Taggard as she shares some of her best tips for stress-free packing, starting with the prep work before the pack and including details of a coded and indexed manifest of items.
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Amber brings on special guest, Shea Nuckols, a Health Coach of nearly 20 years, to share insights into how physical organization and time management can help us to reach out health and fitness goals.
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Amber shares 7 tips on getting the garage organized, and able to be parked in.
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We need our office spaces to do a lot for us. They need to be areas where we can focus, think outside the box, and feel confidence as we have conversations with potential clients. In this episode, Amber gives 5 tips for how to get the most out of the places we do our business, whether that’s a home office or in a corporate high rise.
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In this episode, Amber Taggard, Professional Organizer and mother of 4, talks about some of the processes she uses to help parents and children cull their excess and maintain organization through family rituals.
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Ever wondered what the child of a Professional Organizer has on his “to do” list, and how he thinks and feels about it? Join us in this episode with a special guest, who is the 9 year old son of The Organizer Chicks owner Amber Taggard.
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Amber talks with special guest, designer Laura Jones about elevating organization to the level of design, where to find inspiration, and how to shop what you already own.
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Amber talks through the three kinds of items we all have, the three main steps of the organizing process, and shares some insights on “prime real estate.”
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Amber talks through America’s “stuff” problem, and shares 8 steps to help walk you through the process of letting go.
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Amber talks about typical responses to stress, and what actions we can take to manage negative thoughts and emotions, including a 5-step “Reset Ritual.”
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Amber rounds out the Groundwork series with steps 6, 7, and 8, sharing about the physical preparations we can make that enable the hands-on decluttering and organizing work we’re about to tackle to be successful.
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In steps 4 and 5 of our 8-step Groundwork series, Amber talks about specific actions we can take to create an atmosphere that sets us up to be successful.
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Amber shares insight gained from her Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health on how to take our cerebral plans to get organized, and make them an actionable plan that we can follow through on in Steps 2 and 3 of the 8-step plan for laying the groundwork for decluttering and organization.
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Amber talks us through the steps and purposes of a family meeting, and shares how laying the groundwork with all the relevant family members can make for smoother de-cluttering and organization.
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Special guest Clare Warrington shares her insights on why we hold onto physical objects and why they seem to hold on to us when we're experiencing grief.
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Amber talks about common misconceptions of the world of Professional Organizing, as well as the frequent misuse of diagnostic phraseology, and why that can do more harm than good.
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An Introduction to host Amber Taggard, as well as some information on what to expect from The Organizer Chicks podcast as time goes on.
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