Digital Download delivered straight to your inbox
This PURGE FOR PEACE Declutter Retreat Guide by Home/ Lifestyle Designer and former therapist Serra Ann @theplaceshemade will equip you with everything you need to clear out all the stress-inducing clutter in your home.
This is a 67-page PDF ready for immediate download and immediate personal application. All future updates are included with this purchase.
This retreat is for anyone who wants to rapidly develop a more intentional, peaceful and welcoming interior— both in your very person (mind+heart+body) and in your physical home. This is for anyone seeking a radical transformation through systematically decluttering possessions to create FREEDOM to be present to the people and things that matter most in your life.
This is for mothers at any stage, grandmothers, newly-weds, engaged, college-age, high schoolers, you name it. Do you own and manage a bunch of stuff? This is for you! If you feel constantly overwhelmed by all your things, struggling to be present and peaceful to your family or just convicted that you have way too much, you need PURGE FOR PEACE!
PURGE FOR PEACE is a no-nonsense yet highly caring kick-in-the-pants on how to decide what to keep vs. what to let go of so you can stop being bogged down with pure junk and start living up to your higher calling.
These are the days we will never get back! NOW is the time for increased capacity for prayer, NOW is the time for radically less time shifting piles and frantic never-ending tidying, and for more LIVING. NOW is the time to significantly lower stress and experience breakthrough.
This guided retreat will walk you through a 40 day transformation of profound prayer and clearing of clutter from your home. You can make this the decided moment in your life when things won’t have a hold on you anymore. When you renew your resolve to seek first the Kingdom– in real life, not just in theory, and step into the FREEDOM that peace in your space gives. NOW you can absolutely make a place for what matters most.
In this 67-page guide you will receive:
- FOUNDATIONS- the important underlying concepts that provide the backbone of this process: The Effects of Clutter on the Whole Person, what we mean by Retreat, Gospel Poverty and “Cutting the Crap”, a Woman’s soul and her call to Welcoming and Active Receptivity to others, How you have agency in your Home, and understanding the guiding concepts of Beauty, Order and Peace in an environment
- PREPARATIONS-all the practical ways to prepare for decluttering: Materials Needed, Self-Awareness Needed, Others-Awareness Needed, Realistic Expectations, Time Needed, the retreat format, Vision and Attitude, and HOW TO CHOOSE WHAT STAYS AND WHAT GOES
- ALL THE FEELINGS- managing the inevitable emotions that arise while decluttering (advice from me, a former therapist)
- EMOTIONS CHART
- HOW TO DECLUTTER- the main categories that will make the MOST impact on making your home MUCH more manageable again. Each category has a Scripture passage and supporting quote to orient and motivate you in prayer.
There are clear instructions for decluttering that category, questions to ask yourself while determining what to keep and not keep, along with all the helpful tips and tricks in that specific area of the home.
DAYS 1-10: BOOKS + LINENS
DAYS 11-20: KITCHENS + BATHROOMS
DAYS 21-30: RECREATION + TECHNOLOGY
DAYS 31-40:DECOR + MISCELLANEOUS - WRAP UP- how to “finish” decluttering, and making plans for maintaining peace in the home
- Bonus Section: PAPERS
- Bonus Section: MEMORIES
- Bonus Section: more TECHNOLOGY
- Bonus Section: HEPING OTHERS DECLUTTER
- NO MAN’S LAND- A major declutter shortcut guide for the extremely overwhelmed homemaker, calling forth your inner Wonder Woman, holding your hand firmly and straight-shooting exactly what and how much of it to keep to finally get on top of things
cost~$97
Here you’ll have all you need for a 40 day transformation. You can expect not only physical change in your space, but tangible mental, emotional, spiritual and relational growth!
Digital Download delivered straight to your inbox
Every woman is created with an innate and unique way of welcoming others. The ability to nurture the person through relationships is woven in the fabric of our femininity.
Channelling this hospitality and “sistering” toward expecting mothers in our lives, encircling them with support, empowers women by fostering joyful interdependence and flourishing families.
“A Mother’s Blessing” gatherings are an alternative to baby showers, where the mother is offered the attention, prayer, celebration, and meaningful supports as she prepares for her birthing time.
With this comprehensive guide you can easily and confidently offer to foster a beautiful circle of love and encouragement for an expectant woman in your community.
Included in this 27-page Hostess Guide:
- Background and Basics of A Mother’s Blessing Gathering
- How to offer to host, with sample scripts
- Recommendations for planning, from conception to details
- Ideas for locations, themes and activities
- How to coordinate all the various elements both before the gathering and the day-of
- Advice on welcoming help from other women and list of potential things that can be delegated
- Printable planning pages, guest list, day-of reminders, birthing time communication sign-up page
- Intentional and supportive group discussion prompts for the expectant mother
- List of simple expectant mother/ postpartum gift ideas
- Printable Mother’s Blessing group prayer (the Church’s Prayer for an Expectant Mother approved for the laity)
- Printed Invitation Template
- 5 Email invitation templates and a Community Mother’s Blessing bulletin ad
cost~$35