The freedom moms blog

How To Clean Your Home When You Don’t Know Where To Start

If you have found yourself frustrated and lacking motivation to get your home pulled together, cleaned up, and running more smoothly but you just don’t know where to start, then I’ve put together this resource for you! Twelve years ago, I was in this exact place. I had seven children under the age of twelve […]

How To Build Deep Cleaning Into Your Month

Once you have a great chore and cleaning routine in place, there is no feeling in the world that compares. Sometimes though, we get so focused on the routine cleaning, that we completely forget deep cleaning tasks that only need to be done occasionally. I’ve created a list of deep cleaning tasks that shouldn’t take […]

Clutter Challenges With Children, Part 3

We’ve discussed why it’s important to keep Clutter Magnets clear, and we’ve discussed why it’s important to teach your children to deal with their clutter as well. Let’s discuss a third clutter challenge…the overwhelm that clutter causes. Clutter Challenge 3- All Of The Clutter Feels Overwhelming To Deal With Here’s the thing about clutter. It […]

Clutter Challenges With Children, Part 2

In my first post of this clutter series, I discussed how important it is to keep your clutter magnets clear, you can read that clutter post here. Now that we are keeping those spots clear, let’s move onto a second common clutter problem that I frequently see in families with children… And let’s be clear, […]

Clutter Challenges With Children, Part 1

At this point we all know that if we had less clutter in our homes, it would be SO much easier to keep clean. This is not new information. The problem is, actually making a clutter-free home a reality. It’s HARD! If we were just single ladies with no children, only responsible for our own […]

Marie Kondo’s Method Was Never Sustainable For Moms

A few years ago when I first started mapping out the Freedom Moms Challenge and the Smart Kids Chore System, I noted that my methods were forged in the fiery furnace of real motherhood. At the time, Marie Kondo had just had her first baby (after writing her popular book), and as far as I […]