Beyond Organised

Mel Schenker
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Beyond Organised: Simplify Your Life, Amplify Your Purpose Hosted by Mel Schenker, Founder of She’s Organised Because organising your life is just the beginning. Beyond Organised helps busy parents create intentional lives filled with balance, joy and purpose. Hosted by Mel Schenker, a wife, mum of four, Life Coach and founder of She’s Organised, every episode is packed with mindset shifts, practical strategies and real-life stories that empower you to take back control and live proactively. Mel’s journey from overwhelmed mum to organised entrepreneur fuels her mission to help others find freedom from chaos. With over 12 years of experience, she shares insights on productivity, work-life balance, parenting, marriage, faith and more. Whether you’re navigating the juggle of motherhood or simply seeking more structure and intention, this podcast is for you. Subscribe now to simplify your life and amplify your purpose. Follow Mel on Instagram @shes.organised and join the conversation!

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Homeschooling, Nonprofit Advocacy and A Purpose-Led Life with Karla Severson

    Send a text What if a full life could feel lighter and fulfilling? We sit down with Karla (a mum of three, nonprofit director, church leader, and homeschool parent) to unpack how purpose, support and simple systems can turn a crowded schedule into a steady rhythm. From scholarships that open doors to civics programs that make learning fun, she shows how education advocacy can meet families where they are and connect them to real help. We get practical about homeschooling: start with the child’s learning style, blend online and book-based tools, and trade seat time for meaningful time. Karla shares why music and movement change the brain, how micro schooling and real-life projects spark curiosity, and why parents are their children’s first and lasting teachers. We also explore the Fatherhood Project, a research-backed path for emotionally engaged dads and parents in recovery, and how elevating fathers strengthens the entire family. Health and energy run through it all. Karla reflects on recovering from a stroke, the role of sleep and holistic care, and how gratitude and prayer keep her grounded. Mel opens up about reshaping routines after burnout and choosing boundaries that protect joy. Together we map out simple, repeatable habits  like calendars that actually serve you, support networks that lighten the load, and guilt-free self-care that keeps love and patience on tap. If you’re craving a home that learns, laughs, and rests, this conversation offers some steps and warm encouragement. Follow Karla on Instagram at @connectwithkarla and on Facebook. Subscribe for more purpose-led chats, share this with a friend who needs a lift, and leave a review to tell us what habit you’ll protect this week. Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

    34 min

  2. 15 FEB

    Find Your Why In Life

    Send a text What if your aesthetic looking calendar is hiding the real problem? We dive into the quiet truth so many high-achieving women feel but rarely say out loud: you can be flawlessly organised and still feel joyless, reactive, and questioning your true purpose. I share the five-level why exercise that helps peel back the tidy answers and reach the motive that actually fuels change, along with reflection prompts you can journal on today to build systems that breathe. Across the episode, we unpack why surface reasons like “not enough time” or “too much chaos” rarely tell the full story. I talk about my own season of textbook control that drained all life from my days, and how shifting from control to alignment created room for peace, family, and work that fits my calling. For those of faith, we also address the spiritual resistance that often rises when you step toward purpose, why surrender isn’t weakness, and how to put on practical armour like boundaries, buffers, and habits that protect joy. You’ll learn how to turn your why into design choices: creating flexible routines, building margin, protecting attention, and measuring progress in peace rather than productivity. Whether you’re overwhelmed or over-organised, the tools here help you move from reacting to intentionally leading your life. If you’re ready to stop swapping planners and start transforming the engine beneath your systems, this conversation will meet you where you are and invite you further. If the prompts land and you want guided support, come into the She’s Organised Hub to workshop your why, craft season-proof rhythms, and connect with women on the same journey. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a gentler way to organise, and leave a review to tell us your why as we read every one. Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

    22 min

  3. 8 FEB

    A Fresh Joy For Frazzled Mums with Amy Jones

    Send a text What if the fastest way to a calmer home isn’t a new chore chart but a steadier nervous system and a clearer sense of who you are? We sit down with Amy Jones, founder of A Fresh Joy, to unpack a path from burnout to purpose that starts inside and flows out into the daily rhythms that hold a family together. Amy shares her move from a decades-long corporate career to coaching overwhelmed working mums, sparked by anxiety, a supermarket panic attack, and a faith-led nudge she couldn’t ignore. We break the cycle of “try harder” by starting where stress actually lives: your body’s survival responses. Amy explains why familiar negative thoughts become neural grooves and how short, simple regulation practices make room for better choices. From there, we pivot to identity: when survival mode shrinks your world, you forget what you value and who you’re becoming. Re-anchoring identity (grounded in faith for many) turns pressure into purpose and gives every routine a reason. Only then do the home systems click. Instead of chasing a perfect pantry, we look at the house as an ecosystem and design for real bottlenecks. Amy’s “socks-and-shoes station” in the kitchen solved morning meltdowns by honouring sensory needs and proximity, not by adding punishment or waking earlier.  You’ll hear a practical, compassionate framework: regulate the nervous system, reclaim identity, then build simple, flexible routines that reduce decisions and share the mental load. Along the way we name the two biggest blockers (shame and the belief that you are the problem) and offer kinder scripts and tiny steps that stack into lasting change. If this conversation helps you breathe a little deeper and imagine a simpler way through your week, tap follow, share it with a friend who needs fresh hope, and leave a review so more mums can find the show. Your next small win starts today. Follow Amy @afreshjoy for further inspiration. Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

    30 min

  4. 1 FEB

    Stepmums, Biomums and the Art of Co-Parenting with Toni Graham

    Send a text What happens when heartbreak and logistics collide in a blended family? How do you keep kids at the centre when emotions run high? Toni, a blended family coach and host of Raising His Kids podcast, joins us to unpack the real work of stepmothering and co‑parenting: identity, boundaries, and the everyday systems that turn chaos into care. We start with Toni’s unfiltered story, miscarriage confirmed the same day as mediation, and the mental health freefall that followed during COVID. With therapists booked out, she built the community she needed, first as a blog, then as a coaching practice where mums and stepmums find validation and tools that actually work.  From there we get practical: joint family emails to keep records clean, de‑escalating hostile messages, and using a shared calendar to coordinate custody swaps, sport, therapies and school. The guiding principle is simple but hard: reframe “my time” as “the child’s time,” especially when kids are sick or plans derail. We dig into identity and security, why names matter less than safety, how a stepmum can be the mother of the house without replacing mum, and why biomums shouldn’t dictate a stepmum’s role.  Toni offers grounded advice for respectful communication, handling lateness and pickups, and supporting kids who move between homes. We also zoom out to long‑term planning: wills, guardianship, and financial clarity for blended families, plus the marriage maintenance that keeps partners connected while juggling complex schedules. Connect with Toni on Instagram @raisinghiskids and @myblendedchaos. If you’re navigating stepmothering, co‑parenting, or simply want stronger systems at home, this conversation blends empathy with action. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs it, and leave a review telling us the one shift you’ll try this week. Your story might help another family breathe easier. Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

    44 min

  5. 25 JAN

    Back-To-School Reset

    Send a text First-week-back nerves don’t have to run the house. We map out a simple, proven plan to make school mornings calmer and evenings less frantic: reset sleep rhythms before day one, build a front-door drop zone that minimises clutter, and prep uniforms, lunches, and bags the night before. Along the way, we share how to set kid-friendly snack stations, streamline sport days, and avoid the 8am “where’s your shoes” scramble with systems that actually stick. We also talk honestly about the messy middle. Flexibility is the quiet superpower here, so we carve out buffer time and lower the temperature when plans change. Then we anchor the whole routine with a daily ritual for you: coffee and quiet, journaling, prayer, or a short stretch before the house wakes. When you’re centred, the rest of the morning follows your lead. You’ll hear community tips we love, like magnetic morning checklists on the fridge and batch-freezing snacks for low-effort lunch packing. Whether your child is starting prep, heading into year seven, or you’re juggling multiple ages with daycare in the mix, these five steps will save minutes, cut decision fatigue, and bring steady energy to the week. If you want more support, ideas, and accountability, join us inside the She’s Organised Hub for group coaching, tools, and daily encouragement. If this helped, follow the show, share it with a friend who’s dreading the school run, and leave a quick review so we can bring you more calm, practical episodes. Got a question or a win to share? Send us a message... we’re cheering you on. *Note- Correction: Next weeks episode mention is for the STEPMUM'S (not the single mums) Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

    17 min

  6. 18 JAN

    Why Manifestation Culture Fails: Practical Faith-Led Change with Michelle Moragne-Morris

    Send a text Ready to trade surface fixes for lasting change? We sit down with mindset coach and business owner Michelle Moragne-Morris to unpack why manifestation culture often backfires, how people pleasing keeps you stuck, and what it looks like to pursue growth that actually fits your design. Michelle shares the origins of her RIP framework (revisit the memory, identify the root, pull it out) and shows how a faith-led approach can outlast quick hacks and affirmation fatigue. We explore identity as the anchor for action. If you’re wired as a teacher, builder, or warrior, you’ll likely find old lies designed to block that very calling. Michelle walks through practical steps for replacing those lies with truth so that boundaries make sense, confidence is grounded, and goals stop feeling like a performance. We also connect inner work to outer life: how clutter can flare during grief or burnout, why shame never heals a messy room, and how curiosity brings clarity. This conversation moves from the spiritual to the practical. We talk about hearing God amid noise, journaling when answers feel far away, and engaging your senses to quiet stress. For business owners, we address the slow, hidden season where roots grow deeper than results, treating God like a real partner in the numbers. For parents and professionals, the same patterns apply: name what hurts, invite truth, and protect purpose with simple, honest steps. Expect grounded stories, clear tools, and a warm, no-sugar-coating tone that respects both faith and reality. Connect with Michelle on Instagram if you're ready for change. Subscribe for more thoughtful conversations, share this with a friend who’s tired of quick fixes, and leave a review to tell us what root you’re ready to pull next. Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

    38 min

  7. 11 JAN

    The Power of Strength Training for Women: Beating Burnout and Decision Fatigue with Natalie Hurdley

    Send a text What if the real reason you’re stuck isn’t motivation, but decisions? Strength coach and Team GB powerlifter Natalie Hurdley joins us to unravel why busy women burn out on planning and how handing over the training blueprint creates room to breathe and room to grow. We talk about the transformation that happens when clear programming replaces guesswork: you show up, lift well, and leave stronger, physically and mentally. Natalie traces her journey from a derailed football career to a coaching philosophy built for mums who want results without sacrificing family time, social life, or sanity. We dig into the power of heavy lifting for women (e.g improved confidence, muscle, bone density, and daily capability) while busting the old myths about “bulking.” She explains how mobility and flexibility amplify strength, why failing a lift is productive data, and how to train through life’s seasons. When sleep is scarce or stress is high, you maintain; when recovery returns, you progress. That adaptive mindset keeps consistency alive. You’ll hear practical takeaways on programming simple strength sessions, reducing decision fatigue, pacing nutrition without extreme rules, and navigating pregnancy and postpartum training with care. From stepping into a first meet to surpassing pre-baby personal bests, Natalie shows that sustainable strength is less about grinding and more about smart choices, solid form, and honest feedback loops. If you’ve felt overwhelmed by conflicting fitness advice, this conversation offers a straight path forward: fewer choices, better lifts, stronger life. Connect with Natalie in her free Facebook Group or on her YouTube channel. Enjoyed the conversation? Follow and share the show, leave a quick review, and tell us what strength goal you’re chasing next. Subscribe so you never miss what’s coming next. Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

    40 min

  8. 4 JAN

    New Year’s Resolution Called; We Sent It To Spam

    Send a text Tired of resolutions that fade by February (or even 3rd week of January)? Let’s trade wishful thinking for simple systems that work on any day of the year. We’re getting honest about the real reasons motivation dries up and sharing practical ways to start now, without overhauling your life or waiting for a perfect starting point. Across this conversation, I unpack how I moved from chaotic to over‑controlled to genuinely balanced while raising four kids, running a business and keeping a part‑time job. We connect the dots between money, home, time and health, showing why each part either fuels or drains the rest. You’ll hear concrete strategies and talk about self‑care that’s non‑negotiable. We dig into accountability and why community support beats solo grit when you’re exhausted and overwhelmed. For listeners of faith, I open up about the gap many Christians feel between believing in provision and living under pressure. We talk about rest, stewardship and trust in a practical way, with a monthly Bible study designed to bring belief and daily systems into alignment. Whether faith is central for you or not, the heart of this episode is the same: choose one clear priority for today, make it easy to start, and let small wins compound into big change. If you’re ready for guidance, connection and real traction, the She’s Organised Hub brings coaching, focus hours, coffee catch‑ups, replays and resources (plus so much more) together so you can act, not just plan. If this resonates, click here for more details, hit subscribe for new episodes, and share this with a friend who’s ready to start today. What’s one tiny tweak you’ll make before the day ends? Support the show 🎧 Loved this episode? Here’s how you can connect! Get free resources to help simplify your life: beyondorganised.com/toolkit Join the She's Organised Hub. A coaching community and space for women like you to reclaim balance and order in your every day life. Let’s continue the conversation and follow me on Instagram and Threads: @shes.organised If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe and leave a review! It helps more people like you find the show. 💚 Remember, organising is a tool to live the purposeful life beyond it. See you next time!

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Beyond Organised: Simplify Your Life, Amplify Your Purpose Hosted by Mel Schenker, Founder of She’s Organised Because organising your life is just the beginning. Beyond Organised helps busy parents create intentional lives filled with balance, joy and purpose. Hosted by Mel Schenker, a wife, mum of four, Life Coach and founder of She’s Organised, every episode is packed with mindset shifts, practical strategies and real-life stories that empower you to take back control and live proactively. Mel’s journey from overwhelmed mum to organised entrepreneur fuels her mission to help others find freedom from chaos. With over 12 years of experience, she shares insights on productivity, work-life balance, parenting, marriage, faith and more. Whether you’re navigating the juggle of motherhood or simply seeking more structure and intention, this podcast is for you. Subscribe now to simplify your life and amplify your purpose. Follow Mel on Instagram @shes.organised and join the conversation!

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  • Creator
    Mel Schenker
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Beyond Organised
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    Beyond Organised
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