Episodes

  • Clearing More Than Clutter: How A Cancer Diagnosis Changed What I Kept, What I Let Go, and How I Live

    Clearing More Than Clutter: How A Cancer Diagnosis Changed What I Kept, What I Let Go, and How I Live
    Oct 12 2026
    This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and returning guest Dr. Angela Chester joins Janet for a conversation about clearing more than clutter. Dr. Angela, a pastoral counselor in Long Beach, California, and a breast cancer survivor of over 15 years, shares how her diagnosis forced a life audit she never chose: what she prepared for physically, what she released emotionally, and what she learned about loving herself through a body and appearance that no longer felt like her own. Dr. Angela describes the "nesting" instinct that took over once she learned she'd need chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation, and why she chose to cut her hair short before treatment rather than watch it fall out on its own terms. She talks about the people around her as "co-survivors," each carrying their own version of the experience, and reflects on the fear that keeps so many people holding onto things long after they've stopped serving them. As a pastoral counselor, she connects that fear to faith, explaining why releasing what's broken makes room for what's next. Janet shares her own story of caring for her mother through leukemia treatment, including the day she cut her mother's hair, and the recovery pillow she held onto long after her own surgery had healed. In Organizing with Janet, she opens up about clothing she kept for years after a hysterectomy recovery until a friend encouraged her to let it go. In Taylor's Tip Time, Janet walks through how to decide what to release during a health recovery, how to find the right place to donate it, and how to take a moment to say thank you for the healing itself. Toss It Tuesday tackles old medications, medical supplies, and equipment that no longer serve your health. This week's quote: "You don't have to hold on to every reminder of what you went through. Letting it go doesn't erase your story. It honors how far you've come." Clear the clutter, claim your power. It starts with honoring your healing by clearing the space around it. If today's episode was meaningful to you, please follow the podcast and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help other women discover the show and remind them they are not alone on this journey. Connect with Dr. Angela Chester: Website: https://drangelachester.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drangelachester Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAngelaChester PASSIONEER Magazine: https://passioneermag.com Products Mentioned on This Show: NOK Box: https://linkly.link/2FBkO My Body Passport (click the link before you check out to receive the Janet Taylor discount): https://www.mybodypassport.com/contact CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • The Organized Woman's Guide to Protecting Her Health, Her Time, and Her Life

    The Organized Woman's Guide to Protecting Her Health, Her Time, and Her Life
    Oct 5 2026
    This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Janet is talking about something deeply personal: an illness that kept a nagging cough with her from May through July, and the wake-up call it gave her about protecting her health first. In this solo episode, Janet shares 8 practical ways to organize your life around your health, your time, and your wellbeing: scheduling your annual exams, staying hydrated, eating right without deprivation, finding movement that works for you, using a 15-minute nightly reset to prevent morning chaos, planning your week around your real capacity, finding a mentor, and making time for genuine fun. In Organizing with Janet, she shares a story about a friend caught without basic first aid supplies during an emergency, and why every home needs at least bandages and wound care on hand. In Taylor's Tip Time, Janet walks through how to purge, sort, and categorize a medicine cabinet by expiration date so you can find what you need in seconds, especially during cold and flu season. Toss It Tuesday tackles the small stuff, like expired nail polish, that quietly clutters your space. Janet also shares two of her go-to emergency preparedness products, the NOK Box and the My Body Passport, both designed to keep critical information organized and accessible when it matters most. This week's quote: "Your health is not one more thing on your list. It is the list. Protect it like everything else depends on it, because it does." Clear the clutter, claim your power. It starts with one appointment, one habit, one decision. Protect your health. Coming up this month: Talaya Dendy on reclaiming your space, routine, and yourself after "the fog," Dr. Angela Chester on clearing more than clutter after a cancer diagnosis, and Dr. Wendy Coulson returning to talk about organizing your health records with the My Body Passport. If today's episode was meaningful to you, please follow the podcast and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help other women discover the show and remind them they are not alone on this journey. Products Mentioned in This Episode: NOK Box: https://linkly.link/2FBkO My Body Passport (click the link before you check out to receive the Janet Taylor discount): https://www.mybodypassport.com/contact CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • The Fall Declutter: Clearing Emotional Clutter

    The Fall Declutter: Clearing Emotional Clutter
    Sep 28 2026
    As we enter the final quarter of the year and approach the holiday season, there is one kind of clutter that no organizing system can address — the emotional weight we carry from unresolved hurt, resentment, and unforgiveness. This week, Janet M. Taylor sits down with transformational specialist Dr. Dravon James to talk about how releasing that emotional clutter through the practice of forgiveness can help you step into the holidays feeling lighter, freer, and more at peace. Dr. Dravon James is the founder and director of Everyday Peace, the author of Forgiveness: The Pathway to Happiness, a coach on SiriusXM's Road Dog Trucking Show, a healthcare leader with over three decades of experience, and an actress with credits including a recurring role on HBO's The Wire. She is also the founder of the Next Step Leadership Academy, where she leads women to their next level of greatness using the power of everyday peace. In this conversation, Dr. Dravon shares her own deeply personal journey to forgiveness following an unexpected divorce after nearly 25 years of marriage, and how that experience led her to develop a deeper and more intentional forgiveness practice. She explains why forgiveness is truly a gift you give yourself, why it does not mean that what happened was acceptable, and why it never requires reconciliation or even a conversation with the other person. Dr. Dravon walks through a powerful two-column journaling exercise to help listeners identify the gap between how they currently feel and how they want to feel entering the holiday season, and explains why forgiving yourself is always the essential first step. She also addresses why the holidays can feel so emotionally heavy for so many people, and how to prepare with intention rather than being caught off guard year after year. Janet shares a client story about a woman who spent years as a caregiver for her mother and, after her mother's passing, worked with Janet to rebuild her systems, take back control of her finances, and clear her closet of everything that no longer represented the life she was stepping into. This episode also includes Organizing with Janet, Taylor's Tip Time with strategies for working through mental and emotional clutter, and a Toss It Tuesday reminder about releasing items connected to chapters of your life that have already closed. Connect with Dr. Dravon James: Website: www.drdravonjames.com Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/drdravonjames/ CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • To Sell or Just Let It Go? Making the Decision That Gets You Unstuck

    To Sell or Just Let It Go? Making the Decision That Gets You Unstuck
    Sep 21 2026
    You have been meaning to sell that stuff for months. Maybe years. But it is still sitting there, taking up space and mental energy, and nothing has happened. This week, Janet M. Taylor sits down with decluttering expert Dana K. White to tackle one of the most common reasons people get stuck in the decluttering process: the question of whether to sell or simply let it go. Dana is the creator of the No Mess Decluttering Process and the author of Decluttering at the Speed of Life, a Wall Street Journal bestseller. She is a speaker, podcaster, YouTuber, and the founder of Decluttering Coaches, where she trains and certifies coaches in her unique process. She has helped millions of people get unstuck and get their homes under control. In this conversation, Dana shares her own story of how an obsession with selling on eBay was the very thing that filled her home with clutter in the first place. She explains why the idea of selling someday is really a form of procrastination, how to use eBay completed listings to get an honest reality check on what your items are actually worth, and why the time and effort involved in selling is often far more than people expect. Dana also walks through the hero complex that keeps donations sitting in the house long past their usefulness, how to shift your thinking so that donating feels like a win rather than a loss, and the one item experiment that helps you decide once and for all whether selling is worth pursuing. She closes with a practical tip for using Facebook Marketplace as a real-time reality check during the decluttering process. Janet shares personal stories from her own experience selling a dollhouse and a Noah's Ark, attempting to consign designer suits, and the lessons she learned along the way. This episode also includes Organizing with Janet, Taylor's Tip Time, and a Toss It Tuesday challenge to tackle that corner, shelf, or box you have been putting off. Connect with Dana K. White: Website: https://www.aslobcomesclean.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aslobcomesclean/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/aslobcomesclean Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ASlobComesClean/ CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • Organizing Your Life Lanes with Kate Hendrickson

    Organizing Your Life Lanes with Kate Hendrickson
    Sep 14 2026
    Do you ever feel like you're constantly busy but not actually making progress on the things that matter most? This week, Janet M. Taylor sits down with coach, consultant, and author Kate Hendrickson to introduce a powerful and practical framework: organizing your life into lanes. Kate draws on over 20 years of experience across television and film production, hospitality management, and corporate strategic consulting to help individuals and businesses get clear on their priorities and actually move forward. After living through Hurricane Katrina and rebuilding her life from scratch in Los Angeles, Kate brings a deeply personal perspective to the work of navigating change, resilience, and intentional living. In this conversation, Kate explains how identifying your two or three key life lanes — whether that is career, family, creative work, or personal growth— can cut through the overwhelm and help you spend your time where it truly counts. She shares her daily practice of choosing three non-negotiable priorities, why too many goals is one of the most common traps she sees, and how to start with just one trackable goal when everything feels like too much. Janet also shares an example from her own organizing work with a recently retired client who reimagined her home office to make space for a new consulting business and her love of art — a reminder that getting organized is really about making room for the life you want to create. This episode also includes Organizing with Janet, Taylor's Tip Time, a Toss It Tuesday reminder, and the Quote of the Week. Connect with Kate Hendrickson: Website: https://www.kate-hendrickson.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kwhendrickson CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • Organized for Anything: 8 Key Areas to Prepare for Life's Unexpected Moments

    Organized for Anything: 8 Key Areas to Prepare for Life's Unexpected Moments
    Sep 7 2026
    September is Emergency Preparedness Month, and Janet M. Taylor is back from her summer break and ready to help you get prepared for anything life throws your way. In this solo episode, Janet walks through eight essential areas straight from her eBook, Prepared and Organized, giving listeners a practical, no-overwhelm action plan for getting their homes, documents, finances, and lives ready before they need to be. Janet opens with a heartfelt review from Rachel Arbuckle of 2,000 Paces Photo Organizing, a reminder of why this community continues to grow, and a warm welcome back after taking June, July, and August off from producing the podcast. From there Janet dives into all eight key areas in detail. She starts with the pantry and the importance of having staples, water, and non-expired supplies on hand for storms, excessive heat, or anything else that keeps you home. She moves into first aid and medications, with timely reminders as cold and flu season approaches, and into important documents, covering everything from insurance policies and deeds to passports, account numbers, and the NOK Box she personally uses to keep it all waterproof and fireproof. She talks through the grab and go clothing bag, essential supplies like flashlights, batteries, and candles, and even shares a clever muffin tin and tea light candle tip for cooking without electricity. She covers organizing your finances with a fall money audit, the importance of self care for staying grounded when life gets unpredictable, and closes with the people plan, knowing who to call, who knows your whereabouts, and how to stay connected when it matters most. Janet also shares a client story about transforming a chaotic emergency supply closet into a clearly labeled, fully organized system that the entire family could navigate within seconds. This episode also includes Organizing with Janet, Taylor's Tip Time with a five-step approach to restocking and organizing your emergency areas, and a Toss It Tuesday reminder to recycle batteries and light bulbs that are no longer working. CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 My Body Passport: https://www.mybodypassport.com/ ( be sure to click the Got Clutter? Get Organized! listeners for your discount) The NOK Box: https://linkly.link/2FBkO Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Embracing the Lazy Overachiever: Redefine Success & Find Balance

    Embracing the Lazy Overachiever: Redefine Success & Find Balance
    Aug 31 2026
    What if being lazy could actually make you more successful and more fulfilled? This episode will challenge everything you think you know about productivity, rest, and what it means to achieve. Janet Taylor, your Life Organizer, welcomes back Naketa Ren Thigpen — balance and relationship advisor, host of the Lazy Overachiever Show, co-founder of ThigPro's Balance and Relationship Management Institute, and the woman known as the Love Doctor. With nearly 30 years of transforming lives through emotional alignment and intentional self-care, Naketa helps high-performing leaders release limiting patterns and build lives of genuine fulfillment — from the bedroom to the boardroom. In this conversation you will learn: What the Lazy Overachiever actually means — and why it is not a contradiction but a powerful reclaiming of who you are. How overachieving starts in your DNA — and when it becomes a problem driven by the need to prove yourself to people, and even people who are no longer here. The difference between pretend productivity and strategic rest — and why Naketa's Selfish Saturdays and Soul Sundays changed everything. The T over B formula for work-life balance — admit your Truth and create the Boundaries that help you live that truth as your reality. Why your boundaries should feel expansive not suffocating — and how to set them so the people around you actually respect them. How to trust your inner brilliance and stop overextending for things that do not align with where you are going. How Naketa stays organized as a podcaster, author, wife, mother, grandmother, and advisor — writing things down first, filtering them into a calendar, and setting layered reminders for things that truly matter. Taylor's Tip Time: Five steps to declutter your brain — do a brain dump on a blank page, categorize everything that comes out, schedule time for each task in the coming week, schedule at least one self-care moment, and repeat the process weekly. TossItTuesday: Dispose of expired medications, syrups, and cold and flu items. Emergency preparedness month is the perfect time to make sure everything in your medicine cabinet is up to date. Resource Roundup: Hooks — hang your keys, ID, cap, and daily essentials so you can find things the first time you look. Book suggestion: Janet's ebook Prepared and Organized — seven areas to tackle during challenging times, from your paperwork to your pantry and everything in between. Quote of the week: "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes — including you." Clear the Clutter. Claim Your Power. It starts with giving yourself permission to rest. Connect with Naketa Ren Thigpen: Website: https://thigpro.com/ Substack: https://thigproquo.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asknaketa TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asknaketa CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • Meal Prep Made Simple: Save Time, Money & Your Health

    Meal Prep Made Simple: Save Time, Money & Your Health
    Aug 24 2026
    Narda Fields Bailey stopped having seizures. Janet Taylor got off blood pressure medication. Both of them credit one habit that most people think is too complicated to start. This episode will change how you think about your kitchen. Narda walks you through exactly how to begin meal prep with what you already have — no fancy containers, no complicated recipes, no pressure. And the ingredient swap she suggests for sweet potatoes is something you will want to try this week. Wait until you hear what she says about why we get forced into vending machines and fast food. That one lands differently. "Meal prep isn't just about saving time. It's about taking control of your health, your habits, and your home life one plate at a time." — Narda Fields Bailey Clear the Clutter. Claim Your Power. It starts with what you put on your plate. Connect with Narda Fields Bailey: Email: nardajbailey@comcast.net Mobile Phone: 267-255-4025 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/more.thankale/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100057529715837/videos/479162584977687/ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/narda-fields-bailey-5b14933/ Connect with Janet: 📅 Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ 🆓 Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK 🌐 Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com 🎙 Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com 📚 Janet's eBooks: • Prepared & Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc • Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw • 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt 🛍 Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 ☕ Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet 📘 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins