This Week on Living Inspired: Kathryn Bechen and Karen Linamen

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I'm excited about this week's Living Inspired. The first half of the show we are going to talk about organizing with expert Kathryn Bechen. All of our houses can use a little more organizing right?! And the second half of the show we will be delighted by author and funny gal Karen Linamen! I promise you won't want to miss it!


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More about Kathryn Bechen: Kathryn Bechen is an award-winning professional writer whose articles have appeared in popular national and regional magazines and newspapers. She specializes in lifestyle feature articles and has also published several organizing and decorating e-books. The lifestyle companies she founded, Organized with Ease and Kathryn Bechen Designs, have served clients worldwide. Kathryn has organized and decorated 13 personal small space residences together with her husband Steve, and they currently live in their favorite small space ever: a 1,200-square-foot high-rise apartment in beautiful San Diego, California. She blogs about timely lifestyle topics at www.KathrynBechenINK.com.

More About Small Space Organizing: While we may admire the spacious rooms in large homes we see in magazines or on TV, let's face it: most of us don't live in rambling estates. Instead, we live in homes, apartments, or condos with small rooms and even smaller closets. But you can enjoy an organized, beauty-filled life no matter what the size of your space. In this practical book, readers will learn how to
-perform a room-by-room audit of their space to see if it's functioning at its best
-make the most of existing storage space and find clever ways to add more
-find creative ways to arrange furnishings and accessories that maximize space and bring harmony and style to the home.
Whether empty nesters who are downsizing, newlyweds who are setting up their first nest, or anyone who needs creative new ideas, readers will love these strategies, tips, and solutions to maximize their space and enhance their quality of life.

More About Karen Linamen: Literary Guild has dubbed her “the queen of good humor and common sense” while Publishers Weekly describes her writing as “funny, forthright and unforgettable.”
Whether addressing audiences from page or platform, Karen Linamen is entertaining, passionate and transparent as she encourages people toward wellness in their relationships, emotions, bodies and spirits.
A motivational speaker, inspirational speaker and author of humorous self-help books for women, Karen Linamen mixes up a potent blend of laugh-out-loud humor and sage advice. Her enthusiastic theme is "Yes. You can," and she preaches it passionately whether she's talking about renewing joy, pursuing dreams, forgiving, making healthier choices, thriving through stress or living and laughing more boldly than ever before. Karen has been featured on hundreds of radio and TV shows including  “Family Life Today," “The 700 Club," “Good Day Dallas,” “The PTL Club” and “On Main Street.” She received an Angel Award, and two of her books were finalists for the ECPA Gold Medalion. A former editor with Focus on the  Family, she has produced a TV show for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, served as Contributing Writer with Today’s Christian Woman Magazine and written a weekly humor column for the Women of Faith website. Karen lives with her family in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

More About The Chocolate Diaries: Funny, transparent, and uplifting, The Chocolate Diaries is like taking a road trip with good friends who are wise about life. And while you’re at it, indulge (just a little) in the quirky recipes for concocting chocolate delights out of whatever ingredients you can round up in your kitch. The road may still be bumpy, but you’ll be having too much fun to care.