FlyLady is a support and self-help group that offers advice, tips and humor to assist people in keeping their homes tidier, especially for those suffering from "CHAOS" (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome). The group is centralized around the motivational website FlyLady.net in combination with a BigTent group for Email delivery system . Many members of FlyLady have stated that the group has helped them and has changed their lives.

Subjects covered by FlyLady include clutter, routines, weekly cleaning with focus on the zone of the week (five in total), self-esteem, and letting go of perfectionism. The information is provided for free, however there is a small store at the website where tools are sold for organization, decluttering and cleaning. The FlyLady, also known as Marla Cilley is from North Carolina.

Cilley created her website in February 2001. The decluttering of her own home years earlier led to the development of a new system. It was established in 1999 as a variation on the system created by Pam Young and Peggy Jones ("The Slob Sisters") in their book Sidetracked home executives: From pigpen to paradise (1977).

It started as a mentoring email group and grew into the website, the Yahoo!group, and a store. The members are called "FlyBabies".

Marla Cilley has written that the name "FlyLady" was originally her online name, as she was a fly fishing fan and instructor. She then used this nickname when creating the e-mail list and web site to promote her favorite show, Cory Live. One of the members of the FlyLady e-mail list later created a "backronym" for FLY: Finally Loving Yourself.

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