In this episode of Zen Money Monday, we explore creating efficiency, sufficiency and simplicity in our life and our business.

Episode in a Nutshell:

Liz welcomes entrepreneur and organization expert, Eileen Reed to the podcast. Eileen is the founder of Simplify with Eileen, an organization that aims to inspire and coach businesses and residential clients on how to simplify their lives and thrive. Eileen and Liz talk about the importance of de-cluttering your life, whether it’s people, stuff, ideas or finances. Eileen shares her belief that through simplifying life, doors open to meaningful and abundant opportunities.

In detail, we covered:

• 00:48 – Introducing today’s guest, Eileen Reed
• 01:50 – Eileen's business background
• 02:42 – An affinity for sales
• 03:40 – The biggest hurdle Eileen has encountered when starting as an entrepreneur

• 05:26 – Eileen's current business, Simplify with Eileen

• 07:22 – The eclectic mix of clients Eileen encounters

• 12:58 – Advice Eileen would give to those trying to remove clutter from their lives

• 14:52 – The habits Eileen has noticed amount her clients

• 19:40 – The value of donating and recycling

• 21:07 – The challenges of moving from corporate life to entrepreneurial life

• 23:04 – What Zen Money means to Eileen

• 25:16 – Eileen speaks to the benefits of the entrepreneurial lifestyle

• 28:54 – Where listeners can connect with Eileen

• 29:18 – Eileen's upcoming event, Simplify Business

Sound Bites:

• "I always looked at [sales] as an opportunity to connect with people and to try and solve problems." (03:10)
• "What I've learned over the ten years I've been in business is that it's not about organizing, really. It's about helping people discover just how much more abundant, meaningful and joyful a more simple life can be." (05:51)
• "The first thing I would say is to really just decide. Just decide that you need to make the change." (13:21)
• "Buy just what you need just when you need it." (15:45)
• "That message from our culture and the consumer-based world we live in is 'You need the latest and the greatest, the most updated, the best, the newest.' And it's so false." (18:22)
• "I'm all about JOMO, the joy of missing out." (18:53)
• "I think, for me, Zen Money means a healthy perspective." (23:21)

About Eileen

A big “aha” moment led Eileen to break free from a 25-yr corporate career to create work more aligned with her heart and soul. After simplifying her own life, she created Simplify with Eileen in 2009 with a mission to guiding business and individual clients how to simplify and enjoy fuller, more abundant and meaningful lives.

Eileen empowers her clients with the tools & strategies to thrive in a life free from clutter, chaos and distraction. Over the years, she’s witnessed how transforming your surroundings & space with better systems, workflow, and functionality can absolutely transform your overall life. Inspiring her clients to reshape their relationship with "stuff" and embrace new ways to decide how much is enough, is core to what Eileen does.

To learn more about Eileen's work, connect with her on social media - Facebook, Linked In or Twitter - or send her an email.

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This week's question is:

Is your physical and/or mental state ready for a good de-cluttering?

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