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Valkyries, Say Less🎙️ Episode 9: “Veteran Spark: Tiffany Hayes Lights Up the Valkyries”Send us a textIn this episode, we’re celebrating one of the Valkyries’ most experienced leaders: Tiffany Hayes, #15. A UConn champion turned WNBA All-Star, Hayes spent over a decade dominating in Atlanta, powered through Connecticut, powered Vegas off the bench, and now brings her scoring fire and veteran wisdom to the Bay.She’s a mentor in the locker room, and a proven sharpshooter who sets the tone with her relentless energy—on and off the court. Hayes isn’t just filling a role; she’s shaping culture.Come hang as we dive i...2025-07-2040 min

Download New Full Audiobooks in Romance, ModernRival To The CEO by Emily HayesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rival To The CEO Series: #5 of CEO Author: Emily Hayes Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Clashing with the stunning CEO of your new company on your first day perhaps isn't the best career move, is it? Melanie Fox has got the promotion of her life to Head of Sales for a multimillion-dollar company. Melanie knows she is the best at her job and all she has to do now for the f...2024-06-1830 min

Real People, Real BusinessVanessa Gabriel - Persevering with an Entrepreneurial MindsetAs an entrepreneur, you go through the highs and lows of business ownership. If you’ve ever struggled with finding the motivation to keep pushing through the challenges, my conversation with Vanessa Gabriel will give you the mindset reframe that will help you persevere. Vanessa is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Drop Delivery, the technology company that provides the only all-in-one delivery technology solution for delivery companies and retailers in the cannabis industry.In this episode, you’ll hear how Vanessa’s entrepreneurial journey started while she was still in college, how she...2023-02-2241 min

Finding SanctuaryEpisode 45- Finding Sanctuary in Rescue | Vanessa Lambi NalutaayaMentioned in this episode: Rescue One More Genesis 50:20 Jeremiah 29:11 Connect with Vanessa: Website~Facebook~Instagram~TikTok Connect with Holly: Website~Facebook~Instagram This podcast was produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media Music by Robert Elkins 2022-06-1458 min

Finding SanctuaryEpisode 9: Finding Sanctuary in Rescue | Vanessa Lambie NalutaayaMentioned in this episode: Rescue One More Genesis 50:20 Jeremiah 29:11 Connect with Vanessa: Website~Facebook~Instagram~TikTok Connect with Holly: Website~Facebook~Instagram This podcast was produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media Music by Robert Elkins 2021-07-0658 min

Podcast RaleighVanessa Crow, Complete Count Census Committee Chair, League of Women Voters of Wake CountyVanessa Crow sees her job as a parent as more than packing lunches and registering for camps. Her interest in public policy--she's a graduate student at N.C. State--arises ultimately from trying to do her part to make the world the best possible place it can be for those who come after her, including her offspring. Which is how she can be so passionate about something as seemingly mundane--yet of great importance--as the U.S. Census. As chair of the Complete Count Census Committee of the League of Women Voters of Wake County, Crow is trying to make sure...2020-02-2859 min

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT079: Part 2 of Still Simplifying After All These YearsDesigning the life you were meant to live is not only possible, it’s is something you can take control of yourself and MAKE it happen. A great place to start is by making the commitment to simplify your life. As I said in the last episode, simplifying your life is one of the most impactful […] The post SLT079: Part 2 of Still Simplifying After All These Years appeared first on Simple Life Together.2019-01-2147 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT079: Part 2 of Still Simplifying After All These YearsDesigning the life you were meant to live is not only possible, it’s is something you can take control of yourself and MAKE it happen. A great place to start is by making the commitment to simplify your life. As I said in the last episode, simplifying your life is one of the most impactful things you can do. As we bring Simple Life Together to a close, we wanted to offer a little update on where our simplicity journey has taken us over the last three years. This is Part 2 of that update. Do yourself a...2019-01-2147 min

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT078: Still Simplifying After All These Years Part 1Simplifying your life is one of the most impactful things you can do to ensure you’re living the lifestyle you’ve designed for yourself. The life you were meant to live. In this episode of Simple Life Together, we offer a little update on where our simplicity journey has taken us over the last three years. And…it […] The post SLT078: Still Simplifying After All These Years Part 1 appeared first on Simple Life Together.2019-01-2157 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT078: Still Simplifying After All These Years Part 1Simplifying your life is one of the most impactful things you can do to ensure you’re living the lifestyle you’ve designed for yourself. The life you were meant to live. In this episode of Simple Life Together, we offer a little update on where our simplicity journey has taken us over the last three years. And…it has been amazing! This is an update episode, so if this is your first time listening in, I’d suggest you go back to around Episode 65: Strategic Simple Living to make sure this episode and Episo...2019-01-2157 min

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT077: Simple Answers to Listener QuestionsIt’s been a while since our last episode and many of you said you wanted an update. So, we posted on the Simple Life Together Facebook page and the Edit & Forget It Facebook Group and asked for your questions. Since we’re in the thick of the Holiday season, many of you had holiday simplicity […] The post SLT077: Simple Answers to Listener Questions appeared first on Simple Life Together.2015-12-221h 05

Simple Life TogetherSLT077: Simple Answers to Listener QuestionsIt’s been a while since our last episode and many of you said you wanted an update. So, we posted on the Simple Life Together Facebook page and the Edit & Forget It Facebook Group and asked for your questions. Since we’re in the thick of the Holiday season, many of you had holiday simplicity related questions. Others were looking for lifestyle answers for their questions, and many just wanted to know what we’ve been up to. Well…we sat down for over an hour last night and just kinda “freestyled” it. Read More… Topic: Simpl...2015-12-221h 05

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT076: Simplifying to Sell Your HomeOr To Just Get A Fresh Start!. There are so many reasons to simplify. But one very lucrative reason to simplify is to increase the sale price of your home and set the stage for a quick sale. So, let’s talk a little about simplifying to sell your home. To do that, we’re going to share some of our experiences with doing exactly […] The post SLT076: Simplifying to Sell Your Home appeared first on Simple Life Together.2015-07-2628 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT076: Simplifying to Sell Your HomeThere are so many reasons to simplify. But one very lucrative reason to simplify is to increase the sale price of your home and set the stage for a quick sale. So, let’s talk a little about simplifying to sell your home. To do that, we’re going to share some of our experiences with doing exactly that over the last couple of months, so if you’re selling your home…or know someone else who is…or if you’re simply looking for a fresh start in your current home, maybe we can shed some lig...2015-07-2628 min

The Productive WomanSimplicity & Intentional Living, with Vanessa HayesHow do you get off the 21st-century hamster wheel and make the meaningful life you've dreamed of? Vanessa Hayes is a podcast host, public speaker, and professional organizer, but she's also a busy woman just like the rest of us. In this episode she shares her tips for maintaining margin, living intentionally, and simplicity.2015-05-1441 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT075: 4 Critical Areas You Need to Consider When DownsizingBack in Episode 65, we talked about Strategic Simple Living and shared a few great tools you can use to plan your simple living strategy. Specifically, we used the 4 Direction Ideation Tool of Looking Outward/Inward/Backward/Forward as lenses for developing your strategy. We shared how we used this tool when downsizing for trying to find the perfect area for us to live. But when we came to a decision point, we used a different framework for evaluating our final choice…and actually choosing where we’re moving to. So, armed with all we learned from...2015-03-2142 min

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT075: 4 Critical Areas You Need to Consider When DownsizingBack in Episode 65, we talked about Strategic Simple Living and shared a few great tools you can use to plan your simple living strategy. Specifically, we used the 4 Direction Ideation Tool of Looking Outward/Inward/Backward/Forward as lenses for developing your strategy. We shared how we used this tool when downsizing for trying to find […] The post SLT075: 4 Critical Areas You Need to Consider When Downsizing appeared first on Simple Life Together.2015-03-2142 min

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT074: 3 Simple Living Habits You Can Use Right NowWhen it comes to simple living, we can all use a few more tips to help us along. We’re going to share 3 more simple living habits you can start using right now for a better today and tomorrow. One of our most popular shows was Episode 55, 7 Habits for Highly Effective Simplicity. We […] The post SLT074: 3 Simple Living Habits You Can Use Right Now appeared first on Simple Life Together.2014-12-0831 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT074: 3 Simple Living Habits You Can Use Right NowWhen it comes to simple living, we can all use a few more tips to help us along. We’re going to share 3 more simple living habits you can start using right now for a better today and tomorrow. One of our most popular shows was Episode 55, 7 Habits for Highly Effective Simplicity. We passed along what we feel are the top 7 habits you can develop to bring some serious simplicity into your life. That show was shared thousands of times…over 2300 times on our Pinterest page alone! Well, today we’re going to share 3 more. So let...2014-12-0831 min

A Productive ConversationVoices for Vets with Gary Miller Jr. and Daniel & Vanessa Hayes🚨 The Forge Your Future Challenge is back – August 7–9, 2025!Join yours truly, Mike Vardy, for this free 3-day experience to reconnect with what matters, regain control of your time, and set your future in motion. Just two hours a day for three days—no fluff, just focus. Save your spot now: https://mikevardy.com/forgeyourfutureThis special episode of the podcast features interviews that Mike conducted with veterans of the military service, Gary Miller Jr. of GaryMillerJr.com and Daniel & Vanessa Hayes of Simple Life Together as part of the Voices For Vets campaign. These discussions focus on...2014-11-1243 min

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT073: Simplifying Simple Life TogetherOkay, folks. We had intended this episode to be more of a “finality”. It was supposed to be more of a “farewell” episode and post. But the truth is, we’re having trouble with this because Simple Life Together is such a big part of our life. If it sounds like we’re waffling a bit, that’s because…well, […] The post SLT073: Simplifying Simple Life Together appeared first on Simple Life Together.2014-10-0929 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT073: Simplifying Simple Life TogetherOkay, folks. We had intended this episode to be more of a “finality”. It was supposed to be more of a “farewell” episode and post. But the truth is, we’re having trouble with this because Simple Life Together is such a big part of our life. If it sounds like we’re waffling a bit, that’s because…well, we are! So I guess you could say that we’re simplifying Simple Life Together. We should just jump right into the dirty work and break it all down for you… Read More… No...2014-10-0929 min

Simple Life TogetherSimple Life TogetherSLT072: How Do You Define Work Life Balance?Vanessa was getting ready to throw away a magazine (because of course, she practices the “one in one out rule“) and the headline on the cover was: The Balanced Life! She told me that she paused for a moment and thought, “Do I have balance?” We hear so much about it, but how do we […] The post SLT072: How Do You Define Work Life Balance? appeared first on Simple Life Together.2014-09-0441 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT072: How Do You Define Work Life Balance?Vanessa was getting ready to throw away a magazine (because of course, she practices the “one in one out rule“) and the headline on the cover was: The Balanced Life! She told me that she paused for a moment and thought, “Do I have balance?” We hear so much about it, but how do we define work life balance? What does it really mean? Can we really achieve a balanced life? And so we got to talking about balance for a while, and thought we’d explore that a little more…. (Read more…) Note: Get...2014-09-0441 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT071: The Power of HabitNever underestimate the power of habit. In mid-April of 2014, I decided that I needed to make some positive changes to my morning ritual. I’ve talked about my morning ritual a few times on the Simple Life Together podcast, and we discussed the power of habit, routines and rituals back in Episode 30 and also in one of our most popular episodes, The 7 Habits for Highly Effective Simplicity in Episode 55. But recently I read a book on habits (well, actually I listened to the audio version) by Charles Duhigg, titled The Power of Habit. But let me...2014-08-2141 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT070: Voluntary Simplicity with Miriam Ortiz y PinoWe’ve mentioned in previous shows…sometimes simple isn’t easy. Consistent, voluntary simplicity can be even harder. Matter of fact, it can be an awful lot of work to make simple easy, but in the end we’re opting to live simply intentionally…in as many areas of our life as we can. And that’s going to take a little exploration and effort. After our presentation at the NAPO 2014 Conference in Phoenix, we met a certified professional organizer, Miriam Ortiz y Pino, who turned out to have a little more in common with us than bein...2014-07-3137 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT069: Head Over Heels In Love With SimplicityThe number one reason we love simplicity is that it gives us flexibility to live our lives the way we want. Sure, it takes some real effort to get to the point where we could drop what we were doing and take a 30-day vacation, but once you get to the point where you can shape your life to do the things you want to do, and live they way you want to live, you’ll love simplicity too. It is so worth the effort and probably how you’d like to live your life too. Du...2014-07-1852 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT068: Simple Living with Liz NeighborsWe’ve been sharing our story about simple living here since the tail end of 2012. But we know we’re not alone when it comes to simple living! We put the call out in our last episode for more volunteers to share their story here on Simple Life Together. Well…you answered the call and and today we have our second Profile in Simplicity guest who is going to share how she’s simplified her life, too! But before we tell you any more about our special guest, we want to give you a little reminder/background about this...2014-06-1938 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT067: Simplify Your Wardrobe ReduxWay back in Episode 47, Simplify Your Wardrobe, we explored our relationship with the clothes that we wear and asked ourselves some questions such as: So what things shape your current wardrobe? What does your wardrobe look like now? What would your ideal wardrobe look like? and What are some of your favorite pieces and why? We also introduced that we were going to give a microcourse called Dress With Less a try, cutting our wardrobes down to 33 pieces each for 3 months. Well, it’s been over 6 months and 20 Simple Life Together episodes since then and while...2014-06-0643 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT066: Predict Your FutureAbe Lincoln said, “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” When living simply, taking action now can help you shape the life you want to live. Back in Episode 38, we talked about the concept of preparation meets opportunity. You may recall a few lines from that show that went like this: “When you’re working on that Life Plan, or your dreams and goals, prepare for those opportunities you want to come along. I’m a firm believer that you can determine your own destiny if you make your own future. Shape it yo...2014-05-1545 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT065: Strategic Simple LivingWhen it comes to making long-term plans for our lives, we all go through a “dream stage”…where we just kind of day dream about what our life might be like. Seriously, we’ve all, at some point in our life, thought about what it would be like to win the lottery or be super rich…and you kind of lose yourself in the dream. While I’m sure there’s nothing inherently wrong with that, it’s really more productive to do some systematic ideation. By dreaming systematically, you’ll likely improve your chances for success. For us, this is strategic...2014-05-0138 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT064: Healthy Smoothies Made Simple With Farnoosh BrockWe hinted in Episode 63 that we’ve been enjoying more and more healthy smoothies. About two and a half years ago we did a 12-day juice fast. Since then, we’ve slowly incorporated juicing into our lifestyle at least 3-4 times/week. By doing that…juicing became a regular part of our life. We became addicted to how good it made us feel which led us to look into other ways to improve or expand our healthy eating goals. Juicing led to eating more raw foods, eating smaller portions…and now smoothies! So, who better...2014-04-1739 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT063: Five Steps to Simple LivingWhen it comes to simple living, or making any changes in life, there always seems to be plenty of experts around telling you what you should do, and how you should do it. Looking to get in shape? You can find an endless supply of “experts”…many of which will directly contradict each other…that are ready with their magic formula to help you. All you have to do is buy their equipment, take their magic pill, or follow their magic advice. But what it all boils down to in the real world is developing a simple...2014-04-0729 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT062: Stop the Accumulation of ClutterWe all have clutter in our lives. Naturally, one of the first steps on the road to simplicity is to challenge what and how much you consume. The basic idea here is that, the more you consume…meaning buy, acquire, receive, etc…the more complicated your life can be, and the more clutter you have, too! The less you consume the simpler it will be. So as important as editing is…and that’s an ongoing process…understand that just as important on the road to simplicity is your ability to slow your accumulation of stuff. Re...2014-03-2837 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT061: Simple Living With KidsThe number one question we are asked, is about simple living with kids: “Is it possible to simplify your life with kids?” Of course it is! Now we know not everyone has kids, but even if you don’t you probably have nephews or nieces, or friends with kids. So, the good news is that even if you don’t have kids yourself, you’ll probably be able to apply a lot of this to other relationships in your life. Well first off, simple living with kids doesn’t have to be an oxymoron. Like simplifying t...2014-03-1750 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT060: What’s Your Simplicity Splurge?So we talk all the time about scaling back, editing, etc. But there’s probably one thing or another that you’ve decided would be your simplicity splurge. That something that you’re just not going to scrimp on. Well, that’s perfectly fine. We all seem to have that little something that we’re just not willing to give up. For some it’s photos, for others, it’s coffee paraphernalia. Almost all of us have our little simplicity foil…that thing or things that seem to go against our efforts to simplify. Read more… 2014-03-0332 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT059: Make the Most of Your MarginSo now that you’ve been working on building some margin in your life, maybe it’s a good time to start thinking about how you can make the most of your margin to make your life fuller. Not fuller with with stuff, but fuller with satisfaction. We named our teardrop “The Guidon”. Maybe we should have named her “Margin”? Once in a while when the topic of our simpler lifestyle comes up, someone will ask, “Well what are you going to do to fill all your extra time?” It’s a valid question, I guess, but one we...2014-02-2429 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT058: Maintaining Simplicity…Don’t Let Your Simplifying Work Go To Waste!Maintaining simplicity is an important step in making sure your simplicity efforts don’t go by the wayside. We’ve said all along that simplifying your life isn’t a one time deal…it’s a lifestyle. And as with any lifestyle or major focus area in your life, you have to nurture it and care for it, otherwise your efforts will be in vain. So why is maintaining simplicity so important? Well, just like a car or the air conditioning unit in your home, if you do regular maintenance and tune ups on them, the less li...2014-02-1734 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT057: Simple Living with Tania Ginoza of MauiShopGirl.comWe’ve been sharing our story about simple living here since the tail end of 2012. But when it comes to simple living, we know we’re not alone! So, in this episode of the show we have our very first Simplicity Profile! We’ve mentioned a few times that there would be a few changes coming in 2014 for the show and here on the website, too. So, last week we introduced the Qs & Comments segment where we answer questions you send in. And today we have our first guest on talking about how she’s...2014-02-1048 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT056: Beware of the The Comparison TrapWhether we’re hard-wired for it, or it’s learned behavior, we all fall victim to the comparison trap from time to time. Whether it’s houses, cars, paychecks, toys (I’m not just talking about kids’ toys here, I’m talking grown up toys like boats, motorcycles, gourmet kitchens, tech gadgets, you name it)…from time to time we find ourselves comparing what we have against what others have. And it’s not just when you have less, but we tend to compare just as much when we have more than others too. Read more… T...2014-02-0338 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT055: 7 Habits for Highly Effective SimplicityIf you’ve ever ready Steve Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (one of our all time favorite books), then you know that by doing just seven things, you can be well on your way to becoming more effective at what you do. Now, if you’re ready to simplify your life a bit and really need a jumpstart, there are 7 habits you can develop to bring some serious simplicity into your life. Now, there are tons of things you can do to simplify, but we wanted to hit what we think are the to...2014-01-2726 min

Cash Car ConvertCCC008 - Interview Simple Life Together's Dan & Vanessa HayesAbout five years ago, husband and wife team, Dan and Vanessa Hayes, decided to forgo the consumer consumption lifestyle that most of us take for granted. Instead of accumulating more stuff, they are now working to edit their lifestyle down to only things they need, love, and use.2014-01-2238 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT054: No Limits? Setting Limits to Simplify Your LifeSetting limits isn’t as popular in our advertising culture as buzz phrases like “No Limits”. When we think of “limits”, it’s typically in a negative sense. So, when setting limits on ourselves, like when we go on a bad diet, or a too tight budget, or worse, when someone or something puts limits on us, we think of it as a bad thing. But setting limits is actually a really good thing! Limits are a fantastic tool to help simplify your life and actually help you appreciate the things that are most important to you. Lear...2014-01-2025 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT053: Fewer Things, Fuller Life! Are You Ready?On our journey toward a more simple life in the modern world, one point that keeps hitting home is that less is more. We like to say, fewer things, fuller life. Last year, we started the Edit & Forget It Challenge to eliminate 2013 things from our lives and hundreds of you joined us. Well, we’re going to keep it going this year, too! Now, we know 2014 fewer things is a lofty goal and certainly won’t be for everyone. But remember, it’s never about the numbers, it’s about your relationship with stuff. The real focus is to eliminat...2014-01-1338 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT052: Make It Your Best Year Ever in 5 Simple StepsIf you’re like most people you probably have intentions to make some serious changes and make this your best year ever, right? Well, we want to help make 2014 YOUR year to simplify! And even if you’re not listening to this at the beginning of the year, or heck, it might not even be 2014 anymore when some of you listen to this, the fundamentals are timeless and perpetual. So, if you’ve fallen short of your goals in the past, like probably all of us have at some point, we have 5 steps to help you bu...2014-01-0234 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT051: Simplicity Quick Start GuideWe always call what we’re on a “journey” because we always seem to be learning new things, paring down to less and less, and finding ourselves in new circumstances along the way. But in the beginning, it sure helps to have a little bit of a roadmap. We’ve never been the types to tell you “this is what you need to do” or claimed to be “The Expert” in any particular area. Your journey is up to you. But, it sure is nice to have a general idea in mind, isn’t it? So, we wanted this...2013-11-2846 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT050: Our Top 20 Simplicity WebsitesIt’s our 50th episode and we wanted to pass on our Top 20 simplicity websites, and also our favorites for minimalism, lifestyle and more! You know, we have so many resources available to us these days that sometimes it’s hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, as the saying goes. It’s nice to have one source that you can go to in whatever interest category you have. So, we wanted to put together an episode and talk about some of our favorite websites and blogs that helped us on our journey...2013-11-2145 min

The Ellory Wells Show: Actual Entrepreneurs Share Actionable Advice to Help YOU Build YOUR Business!EP3: How to Build A Lifestyle on Your Terms w/ Dan & Vanessa Hayes (@DanielHayes, @GetSimplifized)In this third episode of the Empowered Podcast I get to share a conversation that I had with Dan and Vanessa Hayes. We talk about living life how we choose, not how someone chooses for us. They share with me how there is more to life than living in the rat race. Dan & Vanessa's […] Click here EP3: How to Build A Lifestyle on Your Terms w/ Dan & Vanessa Hayes (@DanielHayes, @GetSimplifized) to visit Ellory Wells and leave a comment.2013-11-1700 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT049: Live The Life of Your DreamsSo, if you’re anything like us you want to live the life of your dreams, right? Well the life of your dreams is different for everyone, but the one common thing is that we all need to set up some mileposts to guide us along the way. Maybe you’ve heard the saying that ‘A goal without a plan is a dream’. So, maybe live the life of your dreams should really be ‘Planning your life to meet your life goals!’ Naw…that doesn’t sound nearly as good. But sometimes it’s better to face reality an...2013-11-1421 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT048: To Do Lists In Four Easy Steps, & an Interview with Erik FisherLet’s face reality…we all have To Do lists. And while they seem to be never ending at times, To Do Lists can be a good thing. It kinda means we’re still alive! If you don’t have any in your life, then you’re probably dead! So, knowing that we’ll always have To Dos, maybe we should have a plan for how to keep track of them and get them done! So what’s the best To Do list? Well, the best To Do lists are the ones that wo...2013-11-0759 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT047: Simplify Your WardrobeIs it time to simplify your wardrobe? Think about it, what is it that dictates how big your wardrobe is or how many clothes you have? Is it fashion and changing trends? Is it utility? Is it the weather or the climate? Is it an expectation of society or your social circle? Is it the activities that you do that necessitate what you wear? Or is it simply the size of your container…be it an overnight bag or walk-in closet? The answer to all of these is probably YES! That’s the thing about clothes, we all wear diff...2013-10-3150 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT046: The Random ShowToday… we’re going completely random on you! We have a bunch of short, unrelated topics that have been simmering for a while or just been on our minds and we figured it was time to put them out there. So we figured that maybe a few short bursts of ideas or tips might be helpful. A lot of these things we’ve been wanting to discuss but they aren’t something that would fill our usual topic segment length. But, we still wanted to get them out there. So, Vanessa suggested “Let’s do a completely random show and call it T...2013-10-2455 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT045: Your House Is On Fire, You Can Save 5 Things. What Are They?What are your most important things? We talk a lot about getting rid of “stuff” on the show, and in our lives that’s what we’ve tried to do. We’ve gotten rid of just about 3000 things this year alone and have a couple hundred people who’ve joined in on it by accepting the Edit & Forget It Challenge. While we have opted out of following the mass consumerism that most in our society hold dear, there are still some things we ourselves hold dear. We created a scenario: “What 5 things would you grab if your house was on fire?” and t...2013-10-1750 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT044: What We Got Here Is Failure To Communicate!Way back in Episode 10, we’ve talked a little about communication and how it can make your life simpler….that is if it’s effective communication. Ineffective communication on the other hand can can make your life a lot more complicated and often leads to confusion, stress, resentment, anger and even some dangerous situations. That’s why simple communication is essential at work, at home and apparently in the prison/corrections field (see clip below). But, you don’t have to be in a high-stress, dangerous job to tap into all the benefits of simple communicati...2013-10-1035 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT043: Are You Making the Most of Life’s Experiences & Lessons Learned?It can be way too easy to just go along in life and keep your head and eyes straight forward, just plowing ahead. But when we do that we often miss out on the importance of the experience’s life offers us along the way. Wouldn’t it be great if these experiences could make our journey simpler, more enjoyable, easier…and best of all, more fulfilling? Well, that’s exactly what we want to touch on today. We want to go over some of our recent travel experiences from our summer trip to highl...2013-10-0347 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT042: The Upside of DownsizingDownsizing is a word we hear a lot about these days, and I’m surprised at how often it’s talked about in the negative sense versus the positive. If you’re not familiar with the term, typically, we hear “downsizing” being used in one of two contexts: the first is as a business term, used when business are scaling down & people are getting fired or laid off. The second context is the one we’re focusing on today. It’s often when people are facing retirement or decide it’s time to make some lifestyle changes and “scale back” their person...2013-09-2635 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT041: Are You Losing Focus? Even Ben Franklin Had a To Do List!Are you losing focus? We’re in what could easily be called the Age of Distraction. Between all the media sources we’re exposed to, all the forms of Social Media, instant communication and technology at our fingertips…we’ve just become inundated with ready-made distractions to keep us from meeting our goals and threaten the very simplicity we’re trying to build in our lives. So today, we’d like to talk about some simple ways to get your focus back, and beat the distractions that keep us from focusing on what’s important to...2013-09-1944 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT040: How To Organize Your PhotosBe honest. If you’re like us you probably have thousands of photos, digital or print photos that are totally disorganized! You have the best intentions, but you probably have no idea how to organize your photos. Welcome to our world! We were thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Cathi Nelson, Founder and President of the Association of Personal Photo Organizers (APPO) to help answer one of the most asked questions here on Simple Life Together: “How do I organize my photos?” The interview was fantastic! Cathi offered up a wealth...2013-09-0544 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT039: Simple Meal Planning & Paying For Excess BaggageLet’s face it, there are some situations in life that cause us stress that we just don’t need. The bad kind of stress…the kind that holds us back. Not the good type of stress, the kind that propels us forward. Two things that came to mind for us. The first was meals and how we overlook some simple meal planning techniques that lead to fueling us to take on the day ahead. Another was the “excess baggage” we carry through life. So, let’s take a look at simple meal planning and paring down...2013-08-2940 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT038: Preparation Meets Opportunity, and Making Food SimpleFor years, I would tell my students that the most exciting moments in life are lived at the intersection of Preparation and Opportunity. It’s that mix of thrill, the crescendo of anticipation turning to fulfillment…when something that’s been building is finally imminent. And sometimes it lasts an instant, but typically the way I’m talking about it, it lasts longer…it’s a season or milestone in your life. And it feels awesome! While ‘preparation meets opportunity’ is a great tool to guide our lives and how we live them, sometimes its si...2013-08-2242 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT037: Procrastination, and Doing a Personal ReviewLet’s face it, we all suffer from procrastination once in a while. Sooner or later we need to deal with. Ironic right? If procrastination is something you’ve struggled with, there are a few things you can do to help overcome it. Along the same lines, as we go through life we all pick up bad habits, get into negative routines, and generally get off track from how we want or intend to live our live. It really helps to stop once in a while, contemplate your life, and do a personal review. Read more...2013-08-1550 min

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and LifeDaniel and Vanessa Hayes on Routines, Priorities, and SimplicityDan and Vanessa Hayes of SimpleLifeTogether.com join us this week to talk about lifestyle design. We touch on routines, priorities, simplicity and other topics.Sponsor: get an intranet you’ll actually enjoy with your teammates from Igloo.Dan provides business development consultation for select business owners/leaders in niche markets by helping them build an integrated approach to enhancing their company’s web presence, customer/community engagement, content development, search engine optimization (SEO), media platforms, and branded videos.Vanessa is a Professional Organizer and the Chief Simplicity Officer of Get Simplifized! She provi...2013-08-1242 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT036: Busy Is The New “I’m Fine”, & Back To School…Simplified!Busy Is The New “I’m Fine”, & Back To School…Simplified! Dan’s Topic: Simplicity Resources So what’s your default response when someone asks you “How’s it going?” I’ve been noticing that the most common response is…“Busy!” I’ve even found myself guilty of it from time to time. I’m not sure if people really are that busy, just think they’re supposed to be that busy, or just perceive themselves as that busy. I’m also not sure what my reaction is supposed to be. But I have to admit, when I hear people...2013-08-0949 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT035 Living in 50 Square Feet…Vacation SimplifiedLiving in 50 Square Feet…Vacation Simplified! We’ve had a standing dream: More time with family, and way more time to enjoy the outdoors! We’ve mentioned on the show that have been trying to sell our 4 acres overlooking State Natural Area in the Texas Hill Country. Well, we sold it, and it freed us from other debts and allowed us to pursue 2 of the pillars we live by, Family and Future. So, listen in as we talk about out summer adventure, some things that made our trip awesome, and some things that you can...2013-08-0152 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT034: Let’s Talk Money, & An Interview with Bonnie DewkettLet’s Talk Money, & An Interview with Bonnie Dewkett, The Joyful Organizer Whether we like it or not, many things in life boil down to relationships. We all have a relationships with money and we all have relationships with the “stuff” in our lives. Again, just like many other things in life, our relationships can be positive or negative experiences. But often it just depends on how we frame them. So, let’s take a look at our relationship with money and our relationship with “stuff”. To help us look at money, we’re...2013-07-181h 02

Simple Life TogetherSLT033: A Simple Life Together Update, and What’s the Value of Simple?…an Interview with Joel ZaslofskyAn SLT Update, & the Value of Simple w/Joel Zaslofsky Well, we’re a little over 6 months into this “whole blog/podcast thing” and we figured it was time for an update. Actually, we’re probably way overdue for an update! There are some things upcoming that you may be interested in and we’ll also be taking a little bit of a break as we head into our summertime family working vacation. But the highlight of this week’s episode is an interview with a good friend of ours, and fellow simplicity aficionado...2013-07-041h 00

Networker for Business Women with Lourdes WelhavenNTW 22 – Simplify Your Life with Vanessa Hayes of the Simple Life Together Podcast In this episode I interview Vanessa Hayes of the Simple Life Together Podcast and of GetSimplifized.com. This was a very powerful episode for me and I hope for you too as we learn as much about mindset for living “our best life” as we learn techniques and strategies for organization and simplification. I love the Simple Life Together Podcast and know that you will too. She co-hosts the podcast with her husband Dan and I love how they interact with one another and give each other room to shine on their show. They set a great...2013-06-2959 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT032: It’s All About the Choices We Make!It’s All About the Choices We Make! It’s true. There’s no getting around it. Generally speaking, the way we end up is all about the choice we make in life. Now certainly there are some cases where, as the bumper sticker says, “Things Occur”, but for the most part the course we choose to take along life’s path lead to conclusions that we help form. So what are some of the choices we make in life that have major impact on our path toward simplicity? Well, there are a lot of them...2013-06-2742 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT031: Simplicity Resources & Learning Styles in OrganizingSimplicity Resources & Learning Styles in Organizing Wow! There is so much information out there to simplify our lives that some times it can get pretty complicated!!! Isn’t it great to have a resource you can go to to find most of what you need on a subject in one location. That’s when a site move from being just entertaining to become a real resource. Same goes for books, or any other type of information for that matter. We have lots of other great links on our Recommendations tab at the top of the site, but we w...2013-06-2057 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 030: Buying Time, and Where Do I Start?You’ve Got Plenty of Time, and Where Do I Start? You can’t buy time. Some may want you to think you can, but you can’t. Time is most likely the most democratized asset we have. As we live our lives, it doesn’t matter who rich or how poor you are, we all get the same amount: 24 hrs in a day 168 hours in a week, 365 days a year…and so on. It doesn’t matter if you’re the wealthiest person in the world, none of your wealth can buy you one more minute of time. ...2013-06-1356 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT029: Beginning Our Simple Journey, & Finally an “About Us” VideoHonestly, we had other plans for this week’s show, but we got a bit sidetracked. Here’s how: We finally got around to doing our “About Us” video for the website! When we first started the show 6 months ago, we put in a placeholder that said something like “we’ll be doing a About Us video soon.” Well,“soon” apparently is relative! If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. We had a “found” day this week as we were supposed to close on selling our land but the closing date fell thro...2013-06-0643 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 028: The Cost of Clutter & Managing Passwords with 1PasswordThe Cost of Clutter and Managing Your Passwords with 1Password Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Google Drive Tutorial Yay! The Google Drive Tutorial is now available for purchase! This tutorial is just over an hour long and focuses on all the fundamentals of how to use Google Drive for creating, sharing, and storing documents using Google’s free, full-fledged office suite. This tutorial will be available at the discounted price of just $7.99 until 30 June 2013, when it will increase to $9.99...2013-05-3053 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 027: Organizing Important Documents & An Intro To Google DriveOrganizing Important Family Documents and an Intro to Google Drive Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Vanessa Topic: Organizing Important Family Documents I read somewhere, that “family and home office filing systems are a lot like snowflakes…each one is unique and different.” And it’s so true! With that in mind…I’m going to share some basic concepts and things to think about when it comes to preparing your documents so that you are prepared and less str...2013-05-2354 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 026: Spring Cleaning Your Home, Life & TechSpring Cleaning Your Home, Life & Tech Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Vanessa Topic: Spring Cleaning Your Home and Life Spring cleaning is all about de-cluttering, deep cleaning, and prepping for the summer! ceiling and floor vents ceiling fans and baseboards gutters washing the windows and window sills clearing out and wiping down the inside of drawers de-funkifying the inside of your oven and degreasing the stove vents sweeping and moping under appliances, couches, beds, etc. decalcifying your wat...2013-05-0251 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 025: “Someday” Isn’t On The Calendar & An Interview With Kerry Reifel“Someday” Isn’t On The Calendar & An Interview With Kerry Reifel of The Simple Year Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Dan and Vanessa’s Topic: “Someday” Isn’t On The Calendar As we traditionally do when we have a guest interview on the show, the two of us will do a joint topic. We’ve hit our 25th episode, and so we thought we’d reflect back on where we started and throw some ideas out to our listeners about where...2013-04-251h 02

Simple Life TogetherSLT 024: Simplicity Can Be Complicated & Tackling Piles of FilesSimplicity Can Be Complicated & Tackling Piles of Files with Smiles Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Dan’s Topic: Sometimes Simplicity Can Be Pretty Complicated One of the major topics people talk to us about is how it seems that a good portion of society has given up or lost their way when it comes to choices they make and and even seems like they’ve given up on taking responsibility for shaping their lives. On last week’s show...2013-04-1855 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 023: Simplicity “Traps” & There’s an App for That!Simplicity “Traps” and There’s an App for That! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Vanessa Topic: There’s an App for That! I often get asked about how I stay so organized…a natural question I suppose since I am a professional organizer and all. Well one of the things that keeps me organized is using technology via my iPhone and iPad. As a matter of fact, I affectionately call my iPhone my “Mini Command Center.” It’s got...2013-04-1153 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 022: Life’s Spam Filter & Simplicity for a LifetimeLife’s Spam Filter and Simplicity For A Lifetime Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Before we get to the topics…we wanted to let you know that we had a terrific Skype visit with Mohamed Tohami of Midway Simplicity not too long ago and he posted it up on his website, MidwaySimplicity.com. Of course we have links to Tohami’s site in the Simple Living Blogs section of our Recommendations page here on the website. You can also go to SimpleLi...2013-04-0446 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT021: Menu Bar Apps, Browser Extensions, and Helping Others Edit & OrganizeSome things just make life easier. When it comes to working on your Mac or PC, menu bar apps and browser extensions are like little superpowers that give you lots of additional capabilities. We’ll share some of our favorite with you to make your computing experience a little simpler. Speaking of superpowers, being organized can be a superpower in it’s own right! Vanessa shares some tips on how you can help others get organized. it can be a little tricky, so this is some good stuff! Read more… Dan’s Topic...2013-03-281h 09

Simple Life TogetherSLT 020: Organizing Your Clothes Closet & Mentoring Your Younger SelfOrganizing Your Clothes Closet & Mentoring Our Younger Selves Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Vanessa Topic: Organizing Your Clothes Closet Since we started the Edit and Forget Challenge, there are a couple of things that I’ve noticed: A lot of folks love the idea of editing, but they’re having a tough time convincing their significant others to jump on board. So the biggest piece of advice we give them is to listen t...2013-03-2154 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 019: Juicing Simplified with Farnoosh Brock & Simple Travel TipsJuicing Simplified w/Farnoosh Brock & We’re Taking You On Vacation! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Dan and Vanessa Topic: Just a Few Travel Tips From The Road….Literally! Well, if the show sounds a bit different it’s because we’re on the road. That’s right, we’re taking you on vacation! It’s actually a “working trip” for us. We’ve never recorded on the road (we literally recorded our seg...2013-03-141h 02

Simple Life TogetherSLT018: Evernote Simplified (Part 2) & Time Saving Productivity TipsThis week we continue with Evernote Simplified, Part 2, and Vanessa shares some awesome time saving productivity tips! So many people tell me that they love Evernote, but sometimes don’t “get” exactly how to use it. Sure, there’s lots of “technical” references out there about Evernote, but what their really looking for is Evernote simplified! So let’s get started! Read more… Dan’s Topic: Evernote Simplified (Part 2) Yep but before I start I just wanted to remind you that although we don’t try to push you to buy more stuff, i...2013-03-0757 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT017: Evernote Simplified (Part 1), & A Focus on FitnessToday’s show is about focus…from two very different perspectives. First, we’re going to focus on how to use Evernote, and then shift the focus to fitness. Dan’s Topic: Evernote Simplified (Part 1) OK so unless this is your first time listening to the podcast, you might know that I’m an Evernote fan. And one of the most requested things I’m asked to talk about is Evernote. So, by popular demand, my topic for this show and next week’s will be Evernote! Read more… Today I want to cover t...2013-02-2845 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 016: Making Decisions Like a Fighter Pilot & Frugal vs. CheapMaking Decisions Like a Fighter Pilot & Frugal vs. Cheap Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Dan’s Topic: The OODA Loop Our Decisions, Our Future You’ll recall that the 5 pillars we focus on for OUR simple life together are Faith, Family, Finances, Fitness and Future Well, our Future is determined every single day by decisions that we make We make decisions all the time…daily in fact…most of them without any effort whatsoever But...2013-02-2152 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT015: Creating Your Morning Routine, and Living Without a PrinterWouldn’t you love to simplify your morning routine? What? You don’t have one? Well, in this episode Vanessa shares some tips to help you create your morning routine so you can start of each morning on the right path. But even if you start out on the right path, sometimes little things can become big irritants, can’t they? One thing that can be really frustrating is printer problems. Do you think you could digitize your life to the point where you don’t even need a printer? Well, Dan shares his thoughts on that...2013-02-1445 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 014: How Typical Is Your Home & A Gateway Gadget InterventionHow Typical is Your Home? And…A Gateway Gadget Intervention Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Website guide update: The way, the Simple Life Guide to building your “Side Gig” is ready and we’ve had a bunch of people sign up. So if you’re ready to start on the path to shaping your life a bit more by starting a lifestyle business on the side and you don’t have any experience starti...2013-02-0756 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 013: Escaping My Shawshank Cubicle, and First Steps on the Road to SimplicityEscaping My Shawshank Cubicle, and First Steps on the Road to Simplicity Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Main Topics Dan’s Topic: Escaping My Shawshank Cubicle “Indoor” jobs have never been a good match for my personality. I did well at them…the tasks, anyways, but I felt like that “staff work” was slowly sucking the life out of me…stealing my soul. Plus, I’ve always been a pretty fast worker and some would say...2013-01-3145 min

Art as Worship on Empower RadioPatricia Hayes on Art As WorshipThis episode of Art as Worship is an encore of the interview with Entura artist Patricia Hayes from March 7, 2012. Patricia and Art as Worship host Vanessa Lowry, along with 23 other co-authors, just published a collaborative book titled The 28-Day Thought Diet. Patricia Hayes is an international lecturer, teacher, author and artist. She is the author of five books and has been a pioneer in intuitive and spiritual development for over 45 years. Patricia and her husband Marshall Smith are the founders of Delphi University in McCaysville, G 2013-01-3044 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 012: Sun Tzu & the Art of Inbox Warfare, and How To Organize Any SpaceThe Art of Inbox Warfare, and How To Organize Any Space Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Main Topics Dan’s Topic: Sun Tzu & the Art of Inbox Warfare We’ve had a few other listeners out there who have been struggling with their email inboxes lately, so I thought I’d take some time to give you some tips on how you can declare war on Inbox clutter and reclaim the calm to this part of your digita...2013-01-241h 03

Simple Life TogetherSLT 011: Becoming Minimalist With Joshua Becker and “But Wait, There’s More!”Becoming Minimalist With Joshua Becker and “But Wait, There’s More!” Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thanks! Main Topics Interview with Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist.com We had an amazing interview with, Joshua. He shared so much information with us! He is truely an inspiration and has fantastic advice on how to simplify and get more out of your life by living with less. Here is a list of questions we asked Joshua (believe us…you definite...2013-01-171h 06

Simple Life TogetherSLT 010: How Clutter Affects Your Life, & Secret (But Simple) Military Communication TechniquesHow Clutter Affects Your Life, & Secret (But Simple) Military Communication Techniques Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thank you! Special Announcement: Especially for listeners in and around San Antonio/Austin, TX Our friend and colleague Karen Meade of Let’s Get Organizing will be hosting her annual Organize and Energize workshop. It’s on Saturday, January 19th, 2013 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at TriPoint on North St Mary’s, in San Antonio, Texas. There’s a great lineup of speakers ta...2013-01-1048 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 009: Our Edit & Forget It Challenge and The Power of Saying NoOur Edit & Forget It Challenge and The Power of Saying No Happy New Year! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thank you! Special Announcement: Especially for listeners in and around San Antonio/Austin, TX Our friend and colleague Karen Meade of Let’s Get Organizing will be hosting her annual Organize and Energize workshop. It’s on Saturday, January 19th, 2013 from 9:30 Am to 12:30 PM at TriPoint on North St Mary’s, in San Antonio, Te...2013-01-0338 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 008: Things To Eliminate in the Coming Year and Tips for Successful ResolutionsThings To Eliminate in the Coming Year and Tips for Successful Resolutions Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thank you! Main Topics Dan’s Topic: Some Things to Eliminate in the Coming Year I’m not a big “New Year’s Resolutions” guy, so in keeping with the Exupery quotation I’ve discussed in previous shows and use to guide me on our simplicity journey, I thought I’d give resolutions a little twist. If you recall, Exupe...2012-12-2857 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 007: Organizing Tips From an Unlikely Source & Life Lessons From the Playground Organizing Tips From An Unlikely Source & A Few Life Lessons From The Playground. Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thank you! Main Topics: Vanessa’s Topic: Organizing Tips From A Toddler Vanessa realized the lessons that we have been teaching our daughter since she was a toddler are also great lessons that adults can apply to their lives when it comes to getting and staying organized. Here are the lessons/tips that were discussed: Limi...2012-12-2054 min

Simple Life TogetherSLT 006: Going “Paperless” and Making the Most of a Small Living SpaceGoing Paperless & Making the Most of a Small Living Space Main Topics: Going Paperless: Guest Interview with Brooks Duncan from DocumentSnap Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and leave a review in the iTunes store! It helps others find the show! Thank you! We had a fantastic interview with Brooks. There’s no doubt he’s way out front as a lead expert in the field of going paperless. Here is a list of questions we asked Brooks (you definitely should listen to the podcast because he gave some great answers and adv...2012-12-131h 02