Summer Sale - Get Yours Now!

Summer Sale!

To celebrate all these summer shenanigans I decided to throw together a summer sale. You get 25% off the following offerings, just use the link to take you to the right page and in the payment page put in the coupon code "july25off" that product - yes, you can go wild and use all three if you wish!

25% Off - Boredom Busters

Are the kids driving you nuts but you don't want to revert to screen time and you know that open ended activities are great for brain stimulation and imaginative growth? BUT your kids need a little help getting started - Boredom Busters is your cure - open ended activities to fit any age or ability, kids can do them as a group or alone.

No expensive equipment needed - just things that you already have around the home!

Let them choose a video (3 minutes long) which will give them a mission to complete and some ideas to get them started. Challenge them to complete all of the Boredom Busters challenges before the end of the school holidays!

Click Here to get your Boredom Busters

CODE: july25off

25% off - Get Visible On Facebook For Free!

Get In Front Of Thousands Of Potential Clients
Without spending a lot of time or wasting your wine money!

30 minutes planning is all that it takes each week and once you get into the swing of things, much less time than that!

**This is all about CONNECTION**

* Connecting with your ideal clients.

* Connecting with complimentary business owners

* Connecting with those who know your clients and complementary business owners!

If you want to get noticed and don't have a big budget for Facebook Ads use the same technique that I use...

Click Here to get started - it includes the templates I use!

Code: july25off

My Organized Chaos

My flagship program. Helping moms get organized at home, with the kids, and in your head.

Imagine If...

Mornings are easy. There is no stress, the kids are well fed and off to school on time and you start the day with a spring in your step.

Your kids are more independent, they can get what they need, when they need it, freeing time up for you to enjoy a cuppa and indulge in a bit of "me time"

Your home is easy to clean and takes minimal time. You can whizz round and still have plenty of time for cuddles on the sofa

You are enjoying your hobby, spending time on it regularly feel great that you can be creative when the mood strikes you

You have time to do all those fun activities and idea that you have pinned on Pinterest, you feel more connected with the kids, life feels good.

Click here to get My Organized Chaos

Code: july25off

The offer is only good until the end of July!

As always, if you have any questions, drop me a line or hit me up on Moms That Rock

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Everyone Thinks Of Changing The World...

It's funny, when I work with moms often they want to change their husband or their kids, the house or their in-laws! They rarely think of starting with themselves and that is where we need to start.

Non of us are perfect and if you think you are, you are sadly mistaken! But when we start with ourselves, little tweaks here and there, we start to notice a change around us.

Sometime it will be the attitude or behaviour of family members, sometimes it's the way we use the home, when we start treating or environment a little kinder, we get the same back.

One of my favourite kaizen tweaks is so simple and easy and most people think they do it but in reality they don't!

Just say thank you.

Whenever a family member does something without being asked (or even after being asked is nice too). 

"Thank you for clearing up after yourself"

"Thank you for hanging the towel up after you bath, I like it when it doesn't go moldy!"

"Thank you for putting your clothes away, that really helped me today"

"Thank you for playing nicely with your sister, it makes me happy when you play well together"

"Thank you for keeping the kids busy so I could tackle some of the housework, it's much easier when they are not underfoot"

And the strange thing is, because you are modelling this behaviour they start to mirror it back. The positive reinforcement when they are doing things right sinks in and because humans are natural people pleasers, they try to do more of the same.

So give it a go! Try it on for a week and let me know how it goes. pop over to the Moms That Rock group and share with me any a-has and break throughs.

Don't want to miss the latest news, join the challenges and basically hang out with a load of other cool moms, then jump on the Kaizen revolution playbook list. You will get a weekly email with lots of tips and tricks to make your life better, little by little!

24 hours and counting...

Why oh Why did my blog break mid launch?

Big apologies if you have been trying to catch up and all you got was some random hosting site page, I'm still not sure what the issue was but the very nice geeks at Siteground sorted it out for me!

This is your last call to join us in My Organized Chaos in 2016!

You don't need to take my word for it, that this program rocks...

I was unsure that I would have enough time and that completing one task would mean having to organize a lot of other spaces in the house first but it didn't work out like that. The art space I set up for the kids has been a big hit. - Diane

I'm a grandmother that babysits for my grandchildren. I didn't know if the course would be applicable or if I would fit into the group. I liked the openness and willingness to share that takes place in the members group and I love the pictures everybody shares, they really help to share ideas - Kathy

All of the ideas are simple and practical so they don't require a huge monetary investment to implement. They can also be done bit-by-bit as you have the time - great for busy parents! The more the kids can do on their own the less we (the adults) have to do for them. - Heidi

Yes I would recommend MOC to friends. I love the Montessori approach and going through the course reminded me of this. Each assignment made me rethink what I was doing, whether it was working, and just how far I had strayed from what I wanted my home and family life to be. I think others would benefit greatly from the same ideas and friendly guidance that Jo gives - Lynn

I feel like I have many more ideas for how to approach things, if that makes sense. Even though I've been super busy this month, the ideas you present make everything feel so approachable and do-able. I just love feeling the sense that I have some ideas to bring into my home to make it more functional and enjoyable for all of us to live in and use. - Paige

I am much more conscious of how wisely I am spending my time. Preparation is crucial! And it feels so good to have systems in place for storing things. I would recommend the course to anyone looking to be more organized in order to spend more time with their children. - Michi

I don't get as annoyed with my son - he will play for longer and happily tidy up after himself. He also seems to look forward to reading a lot more now he has a reading nook so is much easier to put to bed without fuss. As for me, I enjoy planning the time we spend together in advance. - Diana

If you are on the fence and have questions, shoot me an email or get in touch on facebook, I don't bite!!

The doors close in 24 hours, it's your time to take control and get your life back! Are you in? Click HERE

Me Time Challenge - are you in?

I know this is a busy time for moms, we have 1001 things on our minds, the daily schedule is out of whack and the kids are climbing the walls. 

It also means that moms tend to push their self care to the bottom of the pile, I'm no exception but I KNOW that July is a crazy busy month for me and that if I don't look after #1, I will be a frazzled mess come August!

So join me on the Me Time challenge, I'll be sharing 5 techniques you can use anytime, anyplace, anywhere (almost) to help you stay sane and happy!

Pop your name & email in the box below and we kick off on Monday...

Are You A Time Starved Mama?

One thing I hear ALL the time is mamas complaining they don't have enough time.

• Not enough time to get their hair done.
• Not enough time to work on their own projects.
• Not enough time to exercise!

Well it's no secret that I am a bit of a time ninja, I know how to get shit done! So I've put together a mini course (free) with my top tips on making the most of your time. Don't worry, I won't be telling you to go to bed later and get up earlier (I love my sleep far too much to be doing that)

I do share the techniques I use to run my business, home and family. How I have time to make most meals from scratch, including bread and cheese! I also after-school Ebi-kun, and don't have a cleaner, baby-sitter or handy MIL! I still manage to fit in MY hobbies, drawing, sewing, making and crafting. Oh and learning, I'm always taking courses!

I'm not supermom but I do make good use of my time!

Sign up here, I won't sell or even give your email address away, you will get the jojoebi playbook: What Macgyver would do if he had kids (which goes out weekly!)

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it...

Whooo-Hooooooooo

My website is back up and looks absolutely FRICKEN amazing. My dear friend Gemma from Jane&Philbert has done a super job at getting my vision out of my head and into the interwebs!

No more waffle from me, go and check it out! And make sure you watch the video on the landing page, it ROCKS! My official new home www.jojoebi.com

Do you struggle with time management?

Do you find it hard to get things done on time or do you find yourself rocking up late to places?

Well, I'm going to do a live workshop next week with all my best tips and trick. You need to be signed up to join, I'm hoping (if techie gremlin behave) to have a replay but you need to be signed up to access it, live or replay...

Pop over HERE to register

Were you there?

I had the live call this morning, I was somewhat nervous because I haven't done one for such a long time but it turned out to be heaps of fun!

I answered a shed load of questions from how to cope with siblings of different age to working with toddlers under foot to organizing the living room! Plus there were prizes and just cool people online!

If you already signed up, the the link is sitting in your inbox, if you missed it completely for whatever reason, then you can sign up below!

Sign up now, the call is only up until the Sunday, 9am JST

I'm having a party and you're invited...

It has been one heck of a week, I've been battling gremlins - computer gremlins and they tried to wreck my party!!

Not to be beaten by any ugly wee beastie with terrible dress sense I have organized a new party and it's going to ROCK!

Coming?

This is the My Organized Chaos Launch party, I'll be announcing the winner of the scholarship, giving out random prizes, answering your questions and sharing tips and tricks!

Sounds great right, it will be at 9am so I will refrain from slamming tequila and dancing on the table...maybe!

Are you in? Just pop over HERE to sign up and I will see you there!

PS - If it is past you partying bedtime there will be a replay but you still need to sign up to get it!

The doors are open...

Yes, this years round of My Organized Chaos is open for registration!

If you are fed up of cleaning up after the kids all the time, want more 'me' time and want the home to be working for you, not against you. Then, my friend, this is for you.

If you haven't signed up for the free training yet and want to know how you can get your hands of a half scholarship, then CLICK HERE, you will learn loads, just from the training!

If you know this is what you want and you're ready to dive in then come and join us HERE!!

Are you keeping up..

With the challenges?

Day 5 of the My Organized Chaos challenge is Decadence! How often to you treat your kids but not yourself? Today it's time for a mini upgrade, treat yourself to a posher bottle of wine or fancier chocolate, whatever your mama pleasure is. Instead of the economy class version, choice business class - savour it and enjoy it. I've been saving this bar of chocolate from the award winning @welovechocolate

Day 6 of the challenge is Take A Bath. A quick hop in and out of the shower gets you clean but we need time to rewind too. Nothing beats a long soak in the bath, add some bubbles, light some candles, maybe even a glass of wine...

Day 7 of the challenge is Talk A Walk! Explore a bit, use a new route or have a wander around the neighbourhood, you never know what hidden treats you might find. Fill your lungs with fresh air, feel the weather on your skin, listen to every sound, take time to look around.

Day 8 of the challenge is Do Your Hair! So easy to fall into the 2 second mama ponytail trick, you deserve more, your hair deserves more! So today, style it differently, give it some love, a deep condition maybe. Or if you have been putting off that hair appointment for some crap reason, BOOK it today.

Day 9 of the challenge is Love Your Purse! Feel embarrassed when you take your purse/wallet out to pay for something? Time to fix that, take everything out, give it a clean and only put the things back in that you really need (ditch all those store cards you never use). Show your purse some love and it will love you - lesson learned from the lovely @deniseDT

Join the fun,  

1. Take a pic
2. Tag me 
3. Use #myorganizedchaos

Simple!

The challenge is running in conjunction with the free training series for busy mamas, pop your name in the box below and you will learn so easy to apply tips to get your life more organized and back on track...

Give yourself a lick or a squirt...

Day4 of the My Organized Chaos challenge - making yourself feel good doesn't have to take much time, give yourself a squirt of your favourite perfume or a lick of lipstick. 

It doesn't matter if you don't plan to leave the house, you are doing it for YOU!

Join the fun,  

1. Take a pic
2. Tag me 
3. Use #myorganizedchaos

Simple!

The challenge is running in conjunction with the free training series for busy mamas, pop your name in the box below and you will learn so easy to apply tips to get your life more organized and back on track...

Day 3 of the My Organized Chaos challenge....

Let's talk undies! 

You know that feeling you get when you put on your best undies? Well, why wait for those "once in a blue moon" special undies occasions? 

Put them on today (or tomorrow if you're already dressed) and feel sexy without anyone knowing why !

Post a pic to Instagram or Facebook - you don't have to flash your undies over the net, just a wee sneak peep or an abstract pic that captures your feelings! tag me and use #myorganizedchaos

To follow me on Instagram CLICK HERE and Facebook CLICK HERE

Looking forward to seeing you over there! Don't forget to sign up for the busy mamas free training series, pop your name in the box below and you will learn so easy to apply tips to get your life more organized and back on track...

The My Organized Chaos Challenge - Are You In?

OK, this is the deal...Moms often get pushed to the bottom of the pile, and self care and feeling good about yourself gets thrown out of the window, the #myorganizedchaos challenge is to help you start making a bit of time for YOU and get you back on track!

To join you need to follow me on Instagram HERE and/or Facebook HERE the check in for the daily challenge. We started yesterday, so you can jump in now!

All you have to do is take a quick pic with your phone doing the challenge of the day...for example, Day 1...

Take time for me, make yourself a nice cup of what-ever-you-fancy and take 10 minutes to sit and actually enjoy it, no distractions!

Your pic could look like this...

Or the view from your deck as you sip your cuppa, or maybe your sleep babe as you catch a bit of me time as they nap!

Post your picture on Facebook and/or Instagram* tag me and use the #myorganizedchaos so I can find you if the tagging doesn't work. Easy peasy!

*You can set up Instagram so it posts directly to your Facebook wall.

We are on Day 2, come and join the fun...

Looking forward to seeing you there! Don't forget to sign up for the busy mamas free training series, pop your name in the box below

Mama - Are you feeling tired, stressed and unappreciated?

As you might already know, it is coming to that time of year when I open the doors to My Organized Chaos. A program for busy moms to get organized with their home, their kids and themselves so that they have more time for the fun stuff.



This year I have some great free video training for you, where I share some of my favourite tips to help you start organizing your home, family and yourself so you can be living the kind of life you want to live (rather than the rushing around like a blue-arsed fly all the time)

Click HERE to sign up 

And if you know another mom that could do with some help, please share the link so she can get the help she needs too.

Come And Join Moms That Rock

Just a quick scribble to say that I have started a new community over on facebook, called Moms That Rock. 

It's for moms from all corners of the earth that want to make a difference. 

They want to help their kids fall in love with learning, they want to rock at being a mom/wife/friend and are prepared to make a change to get there.

It's a safe community to help figure out problems and find solutions, to share a-ha moments and breakthroughs.

No selling. No whinging. No losers!

Sounds like something you want to try? Come and join us, over 100 members already (and I only opened it yesterday) It's where all the cool moms hang out!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/momsthatrock/

Whats happening…

I just realised that I haven't really shared with you what I have been up to work wise for a while, I do like to keep you in the loop. Well, this year Clear The Clutter will now have 2 sign up periods, one is done and dusted, the next one will be in November this year. Next year, I might drop it down to one intake, we'll see.

My Organized Chaos is getting a make-over, a lot of the original content will be still be included but I am adding a whole load of new goodies to make it a more rounded program, I want to include more help for mama, let's face it, life ain't all about the kids! I have been trying to decide on the content and which modules will go together, high tech version…

I'm very excited about the new set up and looking forward to launching that in September. I also have 2 books in the works, the first should be out by the end of this month, if you want to get your hands on a free copy, make sure you are signed up for the MOC playbook (use the form below).

I also plan to stop doing the Rock Star Mom VIP days, although I enjoy doing them I really want to focus my time on MOC. I have a couple of spots open until the summer then after that I will probably close that down.

I joined a mastermind group this year and the support and help has been amazing, I'm really loving what is going on and so happy that I made the decision to kick teaching English to the curb and throw my energy and passion into something I actually love. Of course I still have the sewing patterns & Montessori files in Etsy but that is pretty much on auto-pilot. Hopefully I will get to design some more patterns in the near future - so many ideas, so little time!

So, now I have a question for you - is there a service or something I could help you with? Please let me know, that is how MOC and CTC came about - you asked, I made it happen!

Being Location Independent…

One of my big goals is to have a completely location independent business, so that if we ever need to up and leave, we can and still have money coming in plus I want to be able to take long trips abroad and still be able to keep my biz ticking over.

It all started by changing my sewing patterns from paper to digital, I was bit nervous that people wouldn't want to buy digital patterns but how wrong I was, they soon started outselling the paper ones, it wasn't as hard as I though it would be! Although I don't do much advertising with the patterns these days, I sell them through Etsy and Craftsy and still making money every week from them which is rather nice!

My Organized Chaos is my main biz now and both the MOC course and Clear The Clutter are set up in a way that I can work on them from anywhere and that people from anywhere can join. I love that the courses are so international and I'm sure it makes it more interesting for the members because they are constantly learning new things about other countries way of doing things.

Another great thing is that we have a number of cool artisan cafes dotted about, all within biking distance, so I can go and work out of the house too. Working from home is great - no commuter trains for starters but it can feel a bit stagnant being stuck in the same place, so I like to go and work out and about at least once a week.

This cafe is my current favourite haunt, they have a simple menu of 4 different lunch dishes which they change each month, and a couple of sandwiches and they make their own pasta and bread. The food is top notch. They also roast their own beans, so the coffee is lovely too! 

The chef had come up with a new type of dessert the other day, asked me to sample it and name it! I am useless at names but it was a nice gesture!

Going out somewhere to work also means getting some fresh air, it is so easy to just stay in all day, doesn't feed the mind of the soul. Luckily my hay fever hasn't been too bad this year and the weather has been gorgeous, the change from winter to spring always happens so fast here. I must admit, it is very pretty come spring time…

So, I have the second Montessori Inspired book in the works and a small book on the go too, plus My Organized Chaos course is getting a make-over! Watch this space for more exciting things to come…

Getting to the bottom of it all…

The last couple of weeks I have been busy interviewing and then editing the videos for part #2 of the Kitchen Bootcamp - this requires no work on your side, just grab a cuppa and soak in the wise words from these fabulous ladies!

I have picked up some top tips and I know you will too! Make sure you are signed up so that you get access for these limited time capsules of goodness!

Sign Up Now! 

The Fun Starts March 17th

This time last year I ran a free kitchen bootcamp - to help busy mamas take back control of their kitchens. It was amazing, I seriously had no idea how much fun it was going to be, 150 women, fed up with their crazy kitchen, taking back control - helz yeah!

From the bootcamp, totally by accident, Clear The Clutter was born - ironic that I hate cleaning but I have loved this course, it has been so much fun and the community rocks, it is amazing how much difference having a group of fabulous ladies cheering you on makes in a day!

March 17th sees round Two of the kitchen bootcamp, if you want in, just sign up below and you will get a free taster of what the Clear The Clutter Course is like. I also have a fab surprise lined up - all will be revealed soon but you will need to be on the list to get your hand on it!

***If you are already on my mailing list, you are not automatically on the list for the bootcamp, you need to sign up for that separately***

What will your before and afters look like?