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Amy Revell is a Declutter Coach and Professional Organiser and wants you to experience freedom from clutter in your head, heart and home!
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- 425 - Enough
"Enough is enough"
"That's enough"
"Leave good enough alone"
"Close enough is good enough"
It's amazing how one simple word can relate so deeply to our relationship with clutter and our satisfaction with our stuff and life in general.
This week we talk about how some enough statements can really make you take stock of where you are at and where your satisfaction lies.
You Are Enough - Stuff won't make you enough. More stuff, less stuff... you are enough regardless of your things.
You've Done Enough - Do what you can with what you have. Every step forward is a step forward (I know... profound!)
What Is Enough - What do you need to be happy? How many of something do you need to have enough?
I've Had Enough - When you reach peak frustration with clutter it's a good thing as it drives you to make changes
When Is Enough Enough - How do you know when you've done enough decluttering? How do you know when to stop? At what point do you reach the equilibrium of satisfaction and enough
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Sun, 28 Apr 2024 - 17min - 424 - 5 Home Truths
Todays episode focuses on 5 Home Truths about clutter and it's impact on your home and life. They're harsh... but true.
They're not meant to bring any condemnation, they're for you to meditate on and find freedom in how small actions of intention and decluttering can bring such freedom to your life.
1. Most of the stuff you buy is a waste of money
2. Stuff can't make you happy
3. You'll regret living a life impacted by clutter
4. Your clutter is worse than you think
5. Everything you love will one day be lost
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 15min - 423 - Environmental Hazards
How can you keep yourself safe while decluttering? Even in your own home, decluttering can stir up dust or mould particulates and aggravate asthma. Naturally when you're moving items that have been in place for a long time, you'll disrupt dust!
Learn from Amy's experience of being bitten by a spider and ending up in hospital, to keep yourself physically safe while decluttering. Give consideration to trip hazards, falls risk, insects and pests and do what you can to keep yourself physically safe.
Bit of a Public Service Announcement episode today from the trenches :)
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 15min - 422 - Time Will Tell
If you've got items you'd really LIKE to declutter but you're a bit nervous... why not give a Time Will Tell Box a go.
Pop items you need just a little bit more time to decide on into a box to assess again in a few months. Seal it up and write the date on the box. See what you think in a few months... hopefully once you've experienced living without the items you'll then be ready to donate the items in your Time Will Tell Box.
Before you open the box, try to think what might be in there that you've missed. You might be surprised that you forget what you put in... in which case send it off for donation!
Remember to declutter as much as you can and then only put the items in the time will tell box if you absolutely need to. It's a backstop, not a full stop.
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Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 8min - 421 - Garage 101
How is your garage faring? Is it struggling under the weight of clutter and disorganisation?
If your garage has become where items go to semi-retire, where tools and hobby equipment accumulate it's time to both declutter as well as set up functional organisational systems in your garage.
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This week we're doing our GARAGE.
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Sun, 31 Mar 2024 - 20min - 420 - Home Office 101
How cluttered is your home office? Or if you don't have a home office, maybe your study nook/ spare room or wherever you keep your
stationery and admin. You are definitely going to want to look at this space in your home with fresh eyes and follow along with the check list and cheat sheet.
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This week we're doing our HOME OFFICE.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 14min - 419 - Toys 101
How is the toy situation in your home? Do you feel like it's a never-ending game of tidying up? It doesn't need to be this way!
Remember when you were growing up kids had toy boxes? And now kids have toy rooms? No wonder it's harder and harder to keep toys organised. And with marketing targeting our kids with toys to collect rather than toys to play with collections are getting out of control.
Today explore what types of toys you want to keep, where and how to keep them and top tips for engaging your kids in decluttering and organising their toys from as young as 3 years old.
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Links to articles about less toys being beneficial for children
https://raisetoddlers.com.au/how-less-toys-can-lead-to-a-better-quality-play/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/12/20/kids-fewer-toys-better-play/
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 21min - 418 - Living Room 101
If the kitchen is the heart of the home, the living room is the heart beat... I've found over the years that the state of a living room is a good
indicator of how a home is tracking along. A living space is where high rotation items tend to live, where people congregate, where community happens and resting and relaxing happen also. It's also one of the first rooms in any home to become cluttered and overwhelming.
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Sun, 10 Mar 2024 - 17min - 417 - Wardrobe 101
Did you know that most people wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the time?
There are a few keys to keeping your wardrobe organised.
Sneak peak... "Keep what you DO wear, not what you WILL wear"
Here is the Decluttering Playlist on Spotify - the songs themselves are less about decluttering than the titles... but enjoy!
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This week we're doing our WARDROBE.
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Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 18min - 416 - Bedroom 101
Does your bedroom look anything like the ones you see on Instagram or Pinterest?
Are your floors perfectly clear and bedside tables dust free and clutter free? No? Then this weeks challenge is for you! (And if you already have a picture perfect bedroom then enjoy a week off!)
Learn why it's so important to have a tidy and calm bedroom
Discover how to keep your bedroom organised and your floor clear
Declutter your bedside table so you can find things more easily
Understand what hacks can help you reclaim your bedroom as a place of rest and restoration
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This week we're doing our BEDROOM.
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Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 17min - 415 - Bathroom 101
Bathrooms can be tricky to keep organised as they are different in every home 🚿
🛁 Some homes have one bathroom... others have 4 or more
🛁 Some bathrooms service 6+ people in a family or household, other homes have a bathroom reserved exclusively for guests
🛁 Some bathrooms have ample storage, others have absolutely none
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 15min - 414 - Laundry 101
The laundry might just be my favourite spaces to organise... so functional and efficient when organised!! When your laundry is working well you see the benefits in your washing cycle, cleaning routine and you'll save both money and time.
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Sun, 18 Feb 2024 - 20min - 413 - Pantry 101
Reduce your food waste, save money, make meal planning easier and enjoy the beauty of your pantry being in peak form!!
It's week 2 of Decluttering and Organising 101
Learn my key criteria for picking pantry storage containers and ways to organise even if you have a deep pantry where things tend to get lost at the back.
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Sun, 11 Feb 2024 - 17min - 412 - Kitchen 101
Welcome to the first episode of our newest series - Decluttering and Organising 101 where over 8 weeks we'll go through each area of your home and I'll share my top organising and decluttering tips for that area.
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This week we kick off with KITCHEN - the heart of the home.
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Sun, 04 Feb 2024 - 22min - 411 - Swedish Death Cleaning
Join me as I unpack the newest and greatest decluttering show on TV... The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning!! If you're in Australia you can watch it via SBS On Demand, you simply must - it's AWESOME.
My big take aways from the show (which is based on the book) are around the fun and honesty the hosts bring to each declutter session and interaction with their clients. They're not trying to make everyone vanilla, creating homes that could be in a magazine. Instead they embrace the character and life of each person, celebrating who they are in life and in death.
There is a hysterical honesty that is woven throughout each episode. Nothing is held back, honesty is spoken and humour is used to defuse and encourage people in their progress.
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Sun, 28 Jan 2024 - 18min - 410 - Because. Really. And
When you're decluttering and you come across something you decide to keep... sometimes it can be hard to know if you're keeping it because you do use, love or need it... or if you're working hard to convince yourself on a reason to keep it.
Try answering this out loud to yourself, "I'm keeping this Because..." Answering yourself out loud can help you articulate something that maybe is otherwise a vibe/ feeling or fear.
Next answer this question, "Really?" Out loud, be honest, is your answer true? Are you being honest with yourself?
And finally answer the question, "And... what would happen if you didn't have it?"
The aim of these questions isn't to convince you to declutter everything, but rather to help you investigate why you're keeping things and the simple act of saying things out loud to yourself may surprise you with it's effectiveness.
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Sun, 21 Jan 2024 - 16min - 409 - Opportunity Cost/ Cost Benefit Analysis
* Alright... just putting it at the top that Imayuse Opportunity Cost and Cost Benefit Analysis interchangeably or in the wrong context a bit today... but I know that you'll be able to follow along and see exactly what I mean when it comes to decluttering and organising *
When you're making decisions about what to bring into your home, or what to declutter from your home, it's helpful to acknowledge there is a cost to every decision. There is a cost of time, energy, decisions to be made, possible storage solutions, conferring with people you live with, rubbish removal, processing donations. There is also the opportunity cost of the space you take up and the money you spend.
And then there are clear benefits to decluttering in time, productivity, mental health, finances and general enjoyment.
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Sun, 14 Jan 2024 - 11min - 408 - Memories
Memories. Does the Maroon 5 song come to mind?
Memories play a more significant role in decluttering and organising than we often recognise.
Creating Memories: ultimately the reason and motivation behind decluttering and organising is to create life memories. Whether it's the memory of a peaceful and relaxed home or space to leave the house and create memories of travel, adventure, creativity and experiences, it's important to live a life of treasured memories.
Storing Memories: how you store your memories (aside from in your mind!) will help you keep both a home that is organised and not overrun with items relating to the memories of your life. It's also important to curate what you keep and the incentive for the curation is so that you can tell stories and recall memories.
Recalling Memories: there is no point storing your memories in tubs, hidden away forever forgotten, never remembered and shared. Instead being intentional about how you pick and choose what to display, what to use to recall memories and creating tools for storytelling and long term generational memory.
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Sun, 07 Jan 2024 - 16min - 407 - Replace vs Accumulate
Do you feel like your home has accumulated WAY TOO MUCH over the last few weeks?
This week on the podcast, explore the difference between replacing and accumulating.
When something new comes into your home, is it to replace an existing item, or is as an accumulation? There will be occasion for both, but if you accumulate more than you replace you will inevitably end up overwhelmed by clutter.
Do new items you accumulate add value? Make life easier? Or bring you joy? If none of these, why is it coming into your home?
Consider if items are entering your home by choice, obligation or mindlessly.
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Sun, 31 Dec 2023 - 14min - 406 - Keeping Company
🎄Merry Christmas!!🎄
Today whether you're running from one event to the next or you're having a quiet day at home alone, I want to take a moment to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Today I've dropped a quick episode called Keeping Company. Many people have reached out over the years to say that podcasts are sometimes the only human interaction they have on Christmas day and so I wanted to say I see you and I'm here to keep you company today.
Others of you will be escaping the chaos for a walk/ blocking out the sound of children in a long car drive and to you, I hope I'm also able to keep you company.
And finally I talk briefly about how you can be good company on a day as big as today and how you can care for yourself and your loved ones.
https://www.theartofdecluttering.com.au/podcast/
Praying you all have a Peace-Filled Christmas xx
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Sun, 24 Dec 2023 - 8min - 405 - Christmas Hacks
Today is a BONUS episode with my Christmas hacks!
Discover my tried and true hacks for food, transport, gifts, rubbish, hungry and tired kids and so much more!
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Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 11min - 404 - Running Out
Does the idea of running out of something cause you untold anxiety? Could you learn to use the moment of running out to embrace making do? Or learn to live with less?
I've found the most natural way to declutter is to use what I already have in my home. Use things up before buying a replacement. Think about how we so often shop - it's retailers and companies that often dictate when we purchase, how many items we purchase and how much money we spend. We are unknowing slaves to their marketing agendas.
Be challenged on the concept of 'running out'. How does it feel to you to run out of something? Does it make you stressed? Or does it actually create more space in your home, less to keep track of?
Often if you have more of an item than you need, it's actually harder to keep track of it (think the more pairs of glasses you have the harder it is to find a pair).
It's also easier to keep track of things, you're not constantly trying to work out if that's the 'good one' or one that only has a few wears/ uses left in it. Make sure you listen today as this hack has the potential to change the way you store and use items in your home.
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Sun, 17 Dec 2023 - 13min - 403 - Tackling Christmas Extravagance
How do you firmly and sensitively impose limits on others in regards to Christmas gifts.
Todays episode is in response to a listen question: "My children are 3 and 5 and the only grandchildren for my and my husband’s parents. The number of gifts we receive at Christmas is overwhelming and quite stressful. I’ve had a frank conversation with my parents about sticking to a limited number of presents. This has worked pretty well.
My mother-in-law is a bit harder. I don’t feel the freedom to be as frank with her. She loves giving gifts, and has taken offense in the past to the suggestion of experience gifts.
Please help! For many reasons I don’t want to continue having an outlandish Christmas celebration at her house that results in a packed car and a very stressed out mama.
In this episode I share my response to this email with my top tips and tricks to enjoying a less stressful/ less extravagant Christmas.
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Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - 14min - 402 - Renovating and Building
When you're planning to renovate or build a new house, how you tackle decluttering before you begin is critical to reducing the clutter when you move back in and for any period you need to move out of the house.
Today Amy is the guest (in her own podcast) and Frances from My Forever Home podcast is the interviewer - we initially recorded this episode for Frances' podcast and knew straight away it would be perfect to share with you too.
Whether you're renovating/ building... or that's the last thing on your mind, the tips and tricks shared in this episode are going to help you to create a home that you love, free from clutter and all while reducing the mental load of managing a household.
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Sun, 03 Dec 2023 - 1h 06min - 401 - 12 Days of Christmas
December is a prime decluttering month on your calendar… out with the old before it’s in with the new.
You are invited to join my 12 Days of Christmas Declutter Challenge!
Making space is such a great practice before the silly season really ramps up.
It’s amazing the freedom that comes when you take the time to intentionally declutter your home.
Christmas time can be crazy busy and overwhelming and so this challenge is designed to put you back in the drivers seat, back in control and taking positive steps towards your decluttered home.
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Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 11min - 400 - Making Do with Bonnie Black
The art of making do is a bit of a lost practice of common sense in our current culture.
We buy gadgets that perform just one task (melon baller or rice cooker...) and in our attempt to find quicker and easier ways to do things, we often unnecessarily complicate our homes with clutter. A product is only as good as your ability to access and use it.
We unpack what it means to 'make do' and what areas we've both been making do with positive outcomes.
No cake server... can you use an egg flip?
No salad servers... can you use tongs or cutlery?
No microwave... can you reheat food on your stovetop?
The benefits of making do are that you will save money, reduce waste, increase your creativity and problem solving skills, and save time.
When you next need to solve a problem in your home, is there a 'make do' option that you could try out before you purchase something new?
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Sun, 26 Nov 2023 - 28min - 399 - Peter Walsh: Letting Go
Peter talks this week about being an advocate for people when you are invited into their homes. How Professional Organisers are there to help you achieve the life you want, and how he is committed to doing everything in his capacity to help you, even when you feel unable to help yourself.
Our lives are stages, and the stuff we hold onto are representations of those seasons. Even though it's hard to let go of things from our past, it frees us up to live today and celebrate the past without having it hold us back.
We also discuss the power of empathy, how to work with clients without judgement, and what it looks like to be a 'hope bringer' to those we work with.
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Sun, 19 Nov 2023 - 24min - 398 - Peter Walsh: Comparison and Happiness
Peter Walsh is an internationally recognised Declutter Guru, who has been decluttering heads, hearts and homes for over 20 years. Peter has been on our screens most recently on Space Invaders in Australia, but you'll also know him from The Oprah Show, The Living Room and Clean Sweep.
Season 4 of Space Invaders will be hitting our screens in Australia early 2024 so keep an eye out for Australia's favourite decluttering show!
Today we unpack some of the underlying reasons we accumulate in the first place, and how comparison is the thief of joy and happiness. The impacts of clutter on our lives is significant and freedom from that clutter is life changing.
Today's episode is part one of a two part series so make sure you subscribe and don't miss part two!!
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Sun, 12 Nov 2023 - 27min - 397 - Limiting Choice
When does limiting choice actually bring greater freedom?
When your head is already full, too many choices or options can be incredibly overwhelming.
Your capacity on any given day can be increased when you put some limits on your own choices. You might create a framework that you can overlay on decisions so you have a natural default and then you have the freedom to change, or you might create systems in your life to simplify decision making.
This week think about how you already limit choices for yourself to free up much needed mental space, and come and share them with our podcast community on Facebook - allow us to learn from you and you might pick up some tricks for yourself!
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 - 16min - 396 - Location Location Location
Today's episode is not about buying property, it's about where you keep items within your home. Location of where items are kept and stored is super important when you're setting up your home. Not all locations are created equal... even when they are equal in shape, size and capacity.
Prime real estate in your home should be used for items you're accessing more often, and the location should be logical to where you will look for and use the item.
Totally practical episode today which will make you see how you use your space in a new way and maybe inspire a bit of a rearrange within your home.
Little rabbit hole about why Amy loves living on a main road... hint... it's all about efficiency!
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Sun, 29 Oct 2023 - 21min - 395 - FOTO: Fear Of Throwing Out
Do you have FOTO? Fear of Throwing Out... it's a real thing!
How many digital storage devices/ old tech do you have in your home purely because you are not sure if there are important documents/ photos on them?
Old laptop, old phone, old tablet that you totally don't need (and maybe can't even find the charger for)... make a decision today if it's worth investing the time to recover those files, or if you need to bite the bullet and send your device to a recycling depot.
If you have memory cards/ CD's/ camera storage cards, gather them together and make a plan.
Hot tip... you can take those digital devices to somewhere like Officeworks/ Staples/ Office Depot and use their kiosks to find out what photos are on your devices :)
Free yourself from the fear of throwing out... especially when it comes to digital storage!
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Sun, 22 Oct 2023 - 21min - 394 - Creative Outsourcing
Outsourcing can be a bit daunting when your scope of what it means is that you need to be wealthy enough to employ someone to help you out. However today expand your mind about outsourcing in 3 different ways and think creatively about how you might be able to use the power of outsourcing in your life.
- Outsourcing within your householdOutsourcing to independent contractorsCommercial outsourcing
If you live with anyone else, you might just call it 'sharing responsibilities' but if one person cooks dinner and the other washes up, that's outsourcing and making more efficient use of time and resources than both people cooking and cleaning for themselves. If you live with children, you may see it as 'chores' but what you're doing is outsourcing... while also teaching children the skills required for adult life and the value of cooperation and service. If you are carrying the entire mental load of running your household, it might be time to consider what areas can be outsourced.
Then there is what we probably naturally think of as outsourcing, hiring someone to do a task for us. For us, we hire my Dad to cook for us which is outsourcing the decision making and meal planning, shopping, meal prep and cooking. We also pay a gardener to mow our lawns and maintain our yard. We pay a tutor to help one of my sons who has a learning disability and we pay an exercise physiologist to train our family once a week. As we've gotten older and taken on more responsibility in our jobs, we've come to realise we can't do it all and so have strategically bought people onto our team for different seasons.
And lastly there is commercial outsourcing that we all engage with every day but don't even think about. For instance, I outsource servicing my car. I take this for granted, but only one generation ago it was common for people to service their own cars. I outsource the baking of bread to my local bakery. I could do it myself, but it's more efficient and honestly yummier if I outsource that job to the baker.
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https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/should-grandparents-be-paid-to-help-out-around-the-house-20230918-p5e5nz.html
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Sun, 15 Oct 2023 - 26min - 393 - Room to Bloom
Do you need to declutter a space or room in your house so that an area in your life can bloom?
Do you want space to pursue a creative project, engage in an activity that brings you joy or maybe you have a priority of health, business, study or foster care that requires room in order to bloom.
Bring a fresh outlook to how you use your space and how you prioritise that which you want to bloom.
Here are some areas you might like to bloom in that require room created for them
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Sun, 08 Oct 2023 - 13min - 392 - Broad vs Narrow
When you're thinking about tackling an area in your home to declutter, you can use a broad or narrow approach (or a combination as is needed).
Broad decluttering is about using a birds eye view and thinking in broad categories. This might look like working on some easy wins, large items that are rubbish or are to be decluttered. It might be about consolidating half full boxes of items so you can clear some space for future narrow decluttering.
Broad might look like creating space by going through and getting rid of rubbish or donations as a starting point.
Broad might also look like sorting into categories before decluttering so you can see what you have.
Narrow decluttering is about touching every single item in a category and making a decision about each item. This might be where you want to start, or maybe you want to start broad and then focus on narrow.
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Sun, 01 Oct 2023 - 15min - 391 - Rejecting Busy
I would quite like to remove the word busy from my vocabulary. It doesn't actually reflect the way that I value my time, calendar, energy, schedule, finances and home. Busy implies rushed, frantic, distracted, unapproachable and like you are kind of living out of control.
Explore what intention might look like. What lingering looks like and what being approachable and having space for people and things that you love looks like in your life.
When you declutter your home, calendar and time you'll open space in your world for connection and creativity. Go on... give it a go!!
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Sun, 24 Sep 2023 - 13min - 390 - Returns Box
If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time you've probably heard me talk about the 'returns box' in our house.
Today I delve into what a Returns Box looks like, how we use it, what specifically is in it and how it might look in your home. No more borrowing something and forgetting to give it back or the embarrassment of losing something someone lent you.
If you're stuck on where to put library books when you're ready to return them, where to put the casserole dish to give back to your friend or where to put the dress you need to return to the shops, maybe it's time for you to create a returns box in your home!
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Sun, 17 Sep 2023 - 15min - 389 - Vacuum Effect with Bonnie from Little Miss Organised
Have you ever noticed that when you clear a space in your home, you instinctively want to fill it with something else? We call this the vacuum effect. A space will draw things into it unless you set an intention for the space you've created.
Today I chat with Bonnie from Little Miss Organised about the Vacuum Effect as well as other areas of decluttering we can't help but discuss!
Think of your kitchen table... you clear it off and then 24 hours later a new pile of random clutter has accumulated. Or you empty out a cupboard and it just doesn't stay empty, random things are magnetised into the space, almost like it's a crime to have empty space in your home.
The vacuum effect is strong - and it's only nemesis is INTENTION. If you create intention of what the empty space is for (say actually leaving empty) then the vacuum effect is neutralised.
The vacuum effect also happens when you declutter and a room/ cupboard/ wardrobe/ pantry etc. When you've reduced the quantity, you might instantly have a compulsion to go and purchase things to 'fill the space'.
You declutter 40% of your clothes, because honestly you just don't wear them... but even though you know you don't need it, you start searching online for new clothes. Instead... make the decision and intention that you're going to experiment living with less clothes for the next month and see how that goes. Be OK with the space you've created and resist the draw of the vacuum effect.
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Sun, 10 Sep 2023 - 35min - 388 - Doom Boxes
Do you have one {or multiple} doom boxes around your home full of random clutter that you're not quite sure what to do with, where to put, or you're procrastinating making decisions about the items inside?
You may be surprised to find that in some situations, a doom box can actually assist your decluttering success rather than be an organising 'no-no'.
Need to have a place for decisions you need to check with someone else?
Quick tidy up needed so you can prepare for guests or the cleaner?
Pick up the toy room and throw it all in a box rather than pack up?
Garage full of doom boxes that you promised yourself you'd go through?
Does your doom box contain both rubbish and important documents as well as random drink bottles and hair ties?
Top tips today on how to go through your doom box and remove it... but also times when a doom box might serve your needs for a short time... with limits.
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Sun, 03 Sep 2023 - 17min - 387 - Logical Organising
How do you decide where items should live in your home? Do you put things where you think everyone else would put them? Do you put them in what you think is the 'right' place?
If you're struggling to work out the home for an item, where it should live, ask yourself, "where would I go to look for this item?" That might give you a good indication of where to store it.
When you have to search for something in your home, don't put it back where you found it, put it back where you first looked. Counter intuitive as you think, "Oh I'll remember that for next time" but really... the first place you looked might be the most logical place to keep something. No use having things organised, but you still can't find them!
Be intentional about your organising, think about where you use an item, how you use it, what you use it with (think scissors and sticky tape for gift wrapping). Then work to see if you can create a logical home for that item where you'll know where to find it when you next need it.
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Sun, 27 Aug 2023 - 13min - 386 - Themed Decluttering
When my kids were little we had a zoo membership and used to try to visit every few weeks. The challenge was the zoo was too big for us to see everything, every time. So we created themes for each visit.
Australian animals... animals that are bigger than we are... animals that live in water... white animals. It made an otherwise potentially overwhelming zoo visit into a fun themed visit.
In your decluttering you might play this game on your own, or with your kids... "let's see if we can declutter 3 red things". Or you might set yourself a theme of just decluttering broken toys in the backyard, or 5 novels you've already read, or large pieces of unused furniture.
Instead of just seeing decluttering as a room by room, or space by space job, get creative and see what categories you can use to see your home with fresh eyes and tackle decluttering from a new perspective.
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Sun, 20 Aug 2023 - 11min - 385 - Confirmation Bias
"Murphey's Law says as soon as I declutter this thing, I'm going to need it"
"I knew it would happen that I needed this once I got rid of it, that's why I keep everything"
Confirmation bias is processing information by looking for, or interpreting information consistent with your beliefs. So even though you got rid of 100 items in your big declutter and you haven't needed 99 of them, the one that you could have used a week later is the one you focus on and confirms what you've always believed, which is if you get rid of something you'll need it.
It's also biased by the fact that even owning that item is fresh in your mind. Had you not handled it and made a decision about it, you might have completely forgotten that you owned it and been able to solve your current need in an alternative way.
Instead of leaning into confirmation bias in your decluttering, use these questions to help you realise that just because you 'could' have used it doesn't mean you 'should' have kept it.
- What is a possible alternative solution?
- Is there an alternative item I could use?
- Could I borrow it from someone?
- What is the cost of not having this item anymore? Is it catastrophic or just annoying?
Solutions might look like using an alternative item that you already own, it might be that you genuinely need to purchase the item again (rare but possible) or maybe the thing you're trying to do doesn't actually need to be done and you can let the task/ job go completely.
When you're tempted to keep things just in case, or you've decluttered something you could use, think about the full picture of your decluttering rather than through the lens of confirmation bias.
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Sun, 13 Aug 2023 - 13min - 384 - Deathbed Reflections
Last week I attended the funeral of a client who had become a friend. I had the privilege of visiting with her in palliative care in her final days and during our short time together she shared some reflections on her relationship with her 'stuff'.
After a lifetime of struggle with severe clutter, what she shared with me was so insightful and I believe will be helpful for many others.
An episode you don't want to miss!
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Sun, 06 Aug 2023 - 15min - 383 - Technological Replacement
There’s no doubt the digital revolution has changed we way we store, keep and access information in our homes. If you think about all the physical ways we kept information only 30 years ago, so many have been replaced digitally… but have you also decluttered the outdated physical items in your home?
Today explore some things in your home that have been replaced by technology and be challenged to declutter the physical items which are no longer needed because you're now using an app or device for the same purpose.
Think things like street directories, business cards, paper calendars and much more.
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Sun, 30 Jul 2023 - 17min - 382 - Fresh Eyes
Whether you've lived in your home for 4 months or 40 years, stepping back and seeing your home with fresh eyes will help you make decluttering decisions from a new perspective
Have you ever decided to list your house for sale then all of a sudden started to see your home with fresh eyes? You may start to notice all the things you’ve happily lived with for years: the grout in the bathroom is dirty, the gutters need replacing and the concrete driveway is falling apart. It’s the reason so many people do up their house for sale then wish they could stay living there themselves – but you don’t have to move to start afresh, you can do some simple improvements instead. Begin by seeing your home with fresh eyes.
Use the principle of 'fresh eyes' to see things you've become so used to you don't even notice. Is there a piece of furniture in your lounge room that is superfluous? Do you have items on your bench or countertop that just make it feel cluttered and could easily live in a cupboard? Maybe there are old photos or art you no longer love cluttering up the walls. Are there broken kids toys in the backyard or a washing line you don't use? How can you use fresh eyes to create a home that you feel great in now, and not just one day when you prepare your house for sale.
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Sun, 23 Jul 2023 - 18min - 381 - Garages
How full is your garage? Are you running out of floor space? Do you feel like the garage walls are closing in on you? Is it hard to find items in your garage?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, it might be time to declutter your garage.
The garage is a space that can easily attract clutter. Sometimes it’s easier to put things away in a place where we don’t spend much time. But over time, items pile up, making it impossible to access your space, let alone move around without knocking things over.
In todays episode learn the 5 steps to decluttering your garage and organising it like a pro. Tips around storage, how to use the space and the benefits of storing your car in your garage (novel I know!) If you are someone who has managed to fit your car in the garage as a result of decluttering, make sure you let us know in our Facebook group!
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Sun, 16 Jul 2023 - 23min - 380 - Consumerism
Ever been struck by the complete opulence of consumerism? Like smacked in the face by it to the point where it makes you feel sick in the stomach?
Consumerism is "a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts". Consuming and purchasing things you don't need in compounding quantities... will not make you happy or satisfied or fulfilled. It will cause you stress as you have to earn the money to pay for these things, then store them in your already full home.
Today explore the traps of consumerism as well as some alternatives that don't require you to completely give up buying things but allow you to be intentional in how you consume with you being the boss, without consumerism dictating your choices.
What else could you do with the time and money you mindlessly spend on the ever-increasing acquisition of goods?
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Sun, 09 Jul 2023 - 17min - 379 - Iron Anniversary
This week marks 6 years of The Art of Decluttering podcast!!
To celebrate we use the traditional gift of iron (the metal, not the home appliance) to learn more about decluttering.
Iron has 5 primary properties, each allows insight into the world of Professional Decluttering and Organising.
Lustrous "reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle"
At The Art of Decluttering we serving all clients equally without judgement. We don't aim to bring glittery perfection, but practical freedom from clutterDuctile (of metal) "the capability of being easily modified to suit other conditions, needs, or uses"
We change to suit client needs. Sometimes tough love in a session is needed, sometimes a soft gentle touch, sometimes slow, other times fast.Malleable "capable of being changed so as to fit new uses or situations : flexible, adaptable."
Flexible and adaptive to the types of sessions our clients need. We provide services for overwhelmed parents, downsizers, clients moving house, hoarding, busy professionals, physical and psycho-social disabilities.Silver Grey "Grey is a flat colour and silver often has a reflective property to it"
We bring a special touch to all we do, we want to leave you free from clutter but also with renewed purpose, increased capacity, more time, freed up money, excitement about the futureMagnetic "iron can form magnets or be attracted to magnets"
We connect with you - we understand you. Whether through the podcast, newsletter, social media, book, sessions, courses, we want you to know you’re not alone and we’re here to help however we can.Remember too that clutter is magnetic so creating homes for items will stop piles appearing and flat surfaces attracting things that don't belong on them.Join our community
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Sun, 02 Jul 2023 - 15min - 378 - Organising with Pre-Schoolers
Do you sometimes pick up your kids from childcare or kinder and wonder how the educators managed to get 32 three year olds to tidy up, clean their own plates and put the blocks away before moving on to playing with something else?
Today I chat with one of my team Freya, who as well as being an exceptional decluttering and organising expert is an early childhood educator. Freya shares the tricks of the trade that you can implement at home or in your own childcare setting. Freya has run a family day care program in her home as well as working in childcare and now is a kindergarten educator. Her kids are now in primary school and she's reaping the rewards of her implemented wisdom and experience.
From storage and organisational ideas to tips around engaging pre-schoolers and using routine and setting expectations I guarantee there is something in this episode for everyone.
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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 - 30min - 377 - Engaged or Entertained
A bit of a philosophical episode today - when we purchase things are they for our engagement or our entertainment? How can we be intentional in choosing engagement or entertainment to meet our needs and align with our values?
Engagement requires thought, encourages intention, is purposeful, sparks creativity, creates memories
Entertainment is often single-use, requires your passive attention, is done for you, and requires someone else's creativity
There is a season for both, today be encouraged to be intentional about when you need engagement and when you need entertainment. Do you sometimes buy something or spend your time and energy on entertainment, but what you really need is engagement and then end up feeling empty and unsatisfied.
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Sun, 18 Jun 2023 - 12min - 376 - Object Permanence
Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget developed Object Permanence theory. Object permanence, put simply, is the ability to understand that an object continues to exist, even though it can no longer be seen, heard or touched.
Think of it like out of sight, out of mind. When you forget something because you can no longer see it... like the glasses on top of your head, the phone you put down on the bench, or the gifts you bought for the kids and forgot about because you hid them in the top of the wardrobe.
Today explore how being conscious of Object Permanence can help you with decluttering, and how you can organise your home to capitalise on either your lack of object permanence or your strong object permanence.
Understanding our relationship with our stuff and how our minds work can bring such freedom from clutter!
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
Welcome Back to The Art of Decluttering
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Sun, 11 Jun 2023 - 20min - 375 - ADHD Series: Amy Shares
Today is the final episode of our ADHD and decluttering/ organising series. And today, Amy shares her reflections on the series and shares some things she's learned over the last few months as we've deep-dived into ADHD.
If you've found this series to be helpful or you're had an ah-ha moment, please take a minute to leave a review on your podcast app, in our Facebook community or share it with a friend. This is the best way for others to find the show and it's super encouraging for us to read your reviews too and know what you love in particular about the show.
Thanks to all our guests in this series, each voice has bought something unique to share and we value your time and generosity.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Thu, 08 Jun 2023 - 11min - 374 - ADHD Series: PS from Jess
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!
Today Jess shares her PS hacks of things she does that makes her life just that bit easier.
Keeping a pack of hair ties in the car/ nappy bag/ handbag so she doesn't spend time searching for them when she needs them when out and aboutInstead of signing and having school forms sent back to school, Jess scans and emails them as she's signing them so they don't get lost in their journey back to the classroomLabelling the washing machine to make it easier for the kids to help with putting on loadsHaving a second dishrack for rinsed but not washed dishesAnd using the mindset hack of 'just do one thing' even if that one thing is moving a fork from the kitchen table to the sink. How to manage when you are in complete overwhelm and feel stuckAnother ADHD/ Decluttering/ Organising episode that will have you thinking of ways you too can create the life you want.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Wed, 07 Jun 2023 - 18min - 373 - ADHD Series: PS from Carly
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!
Today Carly shares how routines and supports in her childhood helped her cope with the affects of her (then undiagnosed) ADHD. She credits her mum who has strong executive functioning skills for providing the scaffolding to support her in her early years.
She also shares about the importance of accepting help!
Another ADHD/ Decluttering/ Organising episode that will have you thinking of ways you too can create the life you want.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Tue, 06 Jun 2023 - 12min - 372 - ADHD Series: PS from Sylvia
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!
Today Sylvia shares her PS thoughts.
How when people say to 'just' do something it feels like it's meant to be easy, but it just isn'tSome examples of lazy vs efficientDivorcing the thinking from the doingBeing your own declutter fairy and giving yourself the gift of actionand some hacks their family have tried over the years to engage the kids in decluttering and organising.Another ADHD/ Decluttering/ Organising episode that will have you thinking of ways you too can create the life you want.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Mon, 05 Jun 2023 - 26min - 371 - ADHD Series: PS from Jodie
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!
Today Jodie shares her ADHD hacks in a few areas:
Meal prep - what she prepares in bulk ahead of time and how she does meal prep over time rather than when it's the push to get dinner ready
Pantry organisation - how Jodie has changed the way she organises her pantry from categories like the supermarket, to keeping items that are used together, together. Instead of tins of tomato with tins of corn, the tinned tomato lives with the pasta and lentils because they're used together.
Managing the never ending cycle of washing and dishes - how doing something is better than nothing.
Intentional duplicates - when duplicates aren't clutter, but make life easier. This one will give you the freedom to think how your family works and organising to set you up for success.
Another ADHD/ Decluttering/ Organising episode that will have you thinking of ways you too can create the life you want.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Sun, 04 Jun 2023 - 22min - 370 - ADHD Series: Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365
Lisa Woodruff is the Founder and Owner of Organize 365, in this episode she brings all her enthusiasm and energy for sharing about the intersection of ADHD and organising. Lisa is even doing her PHD on the topic (did I mention she's amazing!).
We chat about executive functioning in relation to organisation, specifically around working memory, planning and monitoring... all of which are essential parts of achieving and maintaining an organised home.... which is MUCH easier said than done for those of us with ADHD.
Lisa to the rescue with creative ideas/ hacks/ systems that will support you “to do what you have to quickly and efficiently so you can focus on the things you love and share your unique gifts with the world”
Find Lisa Online
Lisa's book: How ADHD Affects Home Organization
Follow Organize 365 on Facebook
Follow Organize 365 on Instagram
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Process Improvement, Optimising and Efficiency
ADHD Series: Occupational Therapy, Strategies and Tools
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Sun, 28 May 2023 - 47min - 369 - ADHD Series: Process Improvement, Optimising and Efficiency
Sylvia Campbell is a friend of the show, she's also a chemical engineer working in the water industry as a process improvement lead. She was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and in this episode we hear how her amazing mind works in terms of engineering, problem solving, process improvement, home optimisation and developing efficiency.
Learn some strategies for identifying what the actual problem is when trying to improve an area in your home so you can maximise your results. Ask questions like, "why do we do it this way", "what about this isn't working", "what is best for you" and other questions that enable you to get creative in how you optimise areas in your home.
Another ADHD/ Decluttering/ Organising episode that will have you thinking of ways you too can create the life you want.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Occupational Therapy, Strategies and Tools
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Sun, 21 May 2023 - 59min - 368 - 15 Things I'm Doing in Covid Isolation
Today is a super quick bonus episode for you... I've got covid and I'm isolating from my family so I don't make them sick. I've got a pretty mild case this time round which is a huge relief... and I've had the energy to do a few things during the day as well as doing lots of resting and sleeping.
So here are 15 things I've been doing in isolation. You may not have covid, but you may have an injury, be recovering from surgery or just find that you need an idea of things to do when you've got some time to kill (just kidding, who ever had random time to kill!)
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Wed, 17 May 2023 - 14min - 367 - ADHD Series: Occupational Therapy, Strategies and Tools
Tricia Lerk is the Director and Occupational Therapist from Planted Parenting. Trish shares her wealth of experience in working with kids with ADHD and we chat about tools and strategies to help with decluttering and being organised.
I didn't know until after I invited Trish to join me on the podcast, that she too has been diagnosed with ADHD so this episode is a perfect blend of us sharing our common experience, as well as the professional experiences we have as practitioners working with ADHD clients.
Discover some great tools you can utilise to help with executive function, from the benefit of lists, how to work with our dopamine levels, and breaking up tasks to reduce overwhelm.
Another ADHD/ Decluttering/ Organising episode that will have you thinking of ways you too can create the life you want.
Find Tricia Online
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Knowing Your Strengths
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Sun, 14 May 2023 - 48min - 366 - ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Organising Around Your Strengths
Carly is a high achiever, has a successful federal government career, has two young children, and is learning to create a life that works for her family and to the strengths of her ADHD.
Carly shares what it was like doing a double engineering degree at university, working part-time, and taking flying lessons... all while being unaware she had ADHD. Her ambition and success have led her to a fulfilling and stimulating corporate career where over time she's been able to negotiate for workplace flexibility that accounts for and capitalises on her strengths.
We also hear what tools Carly and her husband use to manage their time, schedules, home duties as well as manage motivation and productivity.
Another ADHD/ Decluttering/ Organising episode that will have you thinking of ways you too can create the life you want!
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy and Attention
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Sun, 07 May 2023 - 58min - 365 - ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy & Attention
Carolyn Verhoef is a certified ADHD coach and shares incredible insights into the management of time, energy and attention, which are notoriously challenging for ADHDers.
Carolyn has her origins as a Professional Organiser and has shifted into specialising as an ADHD coach. In this episode, she shares some mic-drop insights into why it seems so hard to manage these finite resources for ADHDers, and what we can do to capitalise on the strengths of our neurotype.
Be encouraged to discover more about yourself, to understand yourself and hear as Carolyn coaches Amy through the podcast too.
No matter your relationship with ADHD, this is an episode you won't want to miss! Make sure you share it with your friends too.
Find Carolyn Online:
Outside the Box Coaching Website
Outside the Box Coaching on Facebook
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Sun, 30 Apr 2023 - 1h 01min - 364 - ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
When you have ADHD and you're also a Professional Organiser there are so many hacks that you have up your sleeves and today Jess shares them with us!
She shares what it's like living with ADHD, working as a Professional Organiser and we deep dive into parenting and staying organised with ADHD, through pregnancy and in the newborn phase as well as parenting older children. How can you manage a household when you have ADHD and how in the world do you do it when you have to go off your ADHD medication while pregnant and breastfeeding??
No matter your relationship with ADHD, this is an episode you won't want to miss! Make sure you share it with your friends too.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
Becoming a Professional Organiser (Jess's first episode on the podcast)
ADHD with Joanna (first episode Joanna did)
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Sun, 23 Apr 2023 - 54min - 363 - ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
Jodie Garth is an OG member of The Art of Decluttering community. Jodie reached out to us when her kids were little for help with decluttering and organising in her home. What she didn't know at the time, was that in the years that followed, she like many many women, would be diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.
In this episode Jodie shares what it was like having a late diagnosis, processing the stories she'd told herself for 38 years, and labels others had put on her.
Jodie shares some INCREDIBLE hacks that she uses in her home to manage the household tasks that fall on her plate. These hacks will help you whether you have ADHD and 3 kids like Jodie or if you're in a completely different life stage but love finding ways to make complex tasks more simple.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
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Sun, 16 Apr 2023 - 57min - 362 - ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
By popular request this week we are diving into our ADHD series where we talk to ADHDers, Professionals who work with ADHDers and explore the relationship between decluttering, organising and ADHD.
Our first episode in this series is with Joanna Bailey from Bluebird Psychology who helps us define ADHD and how executive functioning can impact our journey to a clutter-free and simplified lifestyle. Today's episode is brilliant as a foundation for the rest of this series, learn with us what ADHD is and how it presents in different people.
Whether you are living with ADHD or don't know anyone with ADHD I know this episode is going to have ah-ha moments for you with tips and hacks for decluttering, understanding shame, learning about neurodiversity and seeing decluttering and organising through a different lens.
Find out more about ADHD:
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
ADHD with Joanna (first episode Joanna did)
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Sun, 09 Apr 2023 - 1h 11min - 361 - Filling Your Bucket
Each of us has an invisible bucket and when others poke holes in our bucket, it's important to have bucket fillers and hole pluggers in our lives. When our bucket is full, our overflow is encouragement, resilience, kind words, wise choices, enthusiasm, drive, purpose and freedom for ourselves and others.
When people around us speak harsh words, exclude us, spread rumours, lie, put us down, give labels or even just don't understand us... a hole gets poked in our buckets
Freya, one of our team encouraged me this week when someone tried to poke holes in my bucket, that when we have the right people around us, they will plug our holes or when we have a full bucket we are more able to repel negativity around us. Her words, encouragement, and wisdom filled my bucket!!
All that to say that as Professional Organisers we aim to fill your bucket and help you identify where there might be holes and help you plug those pesky holes up as it relates to your freedom from clutter.
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
Welcome Back to The Art of Decluttering
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Sun, 02 Apr 2023 - 17min - 360 - Anti Goals with Rebecca Mezzino
Are you avoidant of all the things you need to do to reach a goal? What about if instead you focus on what NOT to do?
What are the habits, situations, things, behaviours, characteristics that you don't want in your life anymore? Anti goals is about eliminating these things from your life!!
Rebecca talks us through how to work through an anti goal by focusing on what you want to eliminate to improve the quality of your life. How can you nurture your environment and have break through in areas you've been stuck in.
Do you find that motivation to achieve lofty goals wears off quickly? Focus instead on what you're going to stop doing that is holding you back.
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Find Rebecca online
Read the blog that inspired this episode
Rebecca Mezzino Declutter Coaching
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Sun, 26 Mar 2023 - 39min - 359 - Values with Laurie Palau
What are your values? What is your fundamental belief system. What is important to you? What drives you?
Knowing your core values is a superpower to helping you life your life with purpose. They will be the filter for decision making about your stuff, your time, your energy, your money... everything!
If you're struggling to live an intentional life, overwhelmed with decluttering, or the clutter keeps creeping back in, then identifying your values will be the rock to which you can hold all decisions against. Your values will reduce your calendar clutter, your emotional clutter, and your physical clutter.
Learn to ask: "How does this item fit with my core values"
Access the Clarify Your Core Values worksheet that Laurie recommends and uses herself.
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Sun, 19 Mar 2023 - 43min - 358 - Women's Clutter
I have noticed that there are some areas of clutter that are more relevant to women. So I've asked myself why is this the case. Not all women, not no men... but generally speaking it's what I find when I see clients. So WHY is this the case?
Often women carry the mental load. For ourselves, our households, and our communities. We account for unseen situations (many women keep Band-Aids in their handbags, not because they’re clumsy but for that moment when someone else needs one). Women are traditionally the storytellers, the carers, the nurturers, and the gatherers. And boy can we gather!!
This episode is all about exploring the why behind our clutter, and asking ourselves if we really need to continue keeping all the things, or if it's time to shed the expectations we put on ourselves and society puts on us.
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It's all my Husband and Kids Fault
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Sun, 12 Mar 2023 - 16min - 357 - Three Times a Day
Remembering to do ANYTHING 3 times a day is a huge effort, requiring mental load that frankly, most of us don't have. And when you do have to do something 3 times a day (like tidying up toys, clearing the kitchen bench, washing dishes) it kind of feels like you spend all day doing it because every time you look around, it is messy again or needs your attention.
Explore the idea of reducing anything you're doing 3 times a day into incidental habits rather than a big task that you have to remember to do and might seem overwhelming. Instead of clearing the bench 3 times a day, can you get into the micro habit of putting things away instead of on the bench? Instead of tidying up a messy playroom 3 times a day, can you get into the micro habit of helping your child pack up one activity before moving onto another?
Simplification is the key!
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Sun, 05 Mar 2023 - 13min - 356 - Physical Photos
As a follow on from last weeks episode all about digital photos, today we explore how to best keep, store, enjoy, share and display our physical photos. Whether you're the keeper of family history or completely unsentimental, there are tips here for you.
We chat about a listener dilemma on how to manage creating photo books and also chat about why it's harder to declutter physical photos than digital.
Chantal shares her tips around scanning physical photos and we issue a challenge - to walk around your house noticing with fresh eyes what photos you have displayed and whether you do still want to display them. Do you have any current photos? Jump into our Facebook Community to share how you went and if you decluttered any displayed photos or went and got some printed to upgrade the frames around your house.
Find Chantal on her website or listen to her podcast DIY Photo Organising
You may also like to listen to these episodes:
Photo Organising with Chantal Imbach
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Sun, 26 Feb 2023 - 31min - 355 - Digital Photos
What's your number? 9,000... 90,000? How many digital photos to you have on your phone? Do you have them backed up? Are they categorised? Could you find a specific photo within a few minutes?
Today I have a conversation with Chantal Imbach from Photos in Order and discuss everything to do with digital photos. We cover the best way to store and back up photos and some options on how to enjoy your photos instead of hoarding them on a hard drive.
We also answer a listener dilemma about how to minimise the risk of losing photos when you sync devices and how to have everything together rather than on multiple drives around the house.
Find Chantal on her website or listen to her podcast DIY Photo Organising
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Photo Organising with Chantal Imbach
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Sun, 19 Feb 2023 - 29min - 354 - Obligation
Why do we say yes to things we really should say no to? Where does that sense of obligation come from and how can we manage our response when we're offered free stuff?
Do you see potential in everything? Do you want to say yes just to avoid potentially hurting someone's feelings? Do you have a scarcity mindset or is there even a sense of greed in your decision making?
Today learn from my son Jesse in how he honestly and graciously says no when offered something he doesn't need or want. Have your mind blown, your mindset challenged and become a more intentional giver and receiver.
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Mon, 13 Feb 2023 - 20min - 353 - Bigger Living, Smaller Space with Judy Granlee Gates
If you've ever looked around your house and thought, "if only our house was a bit bigger or the storage was better, that would solve our clutter problem", then this episode is for you. And it's also for those of you who love smart design, and are interested in making the most of the space you have.
Judy is an author, an award winning custom builder and remodeller who also helps overwhelmed clutter bugs create beautiful and peaceful homes. This last week Judy published her book, Bigger Living, Smaller Space and we chat today about generational clutter, design and building tricks to think about when building as well as how clutter reduces your housework (by a staggering 40%!) and what rightsizing your home might look like.
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Sun, 05 Feb 2023 - 42min - 352 - Extra Curricular Activities
With the school year starting in Australia and extra curricular activities returning you may be starting to feel overwhelmed with all the running around, equipment to keep track of, sports uniforms to wash etc.
Do you have multiple activities, multiple children or pre-schoolers to entertain? There are tips today for everyone!
Today be encouraged to help your kids take responsibility for their own equipment for extra curricular activities and see what organising tips would work well for your family from where you keep the bags to making sure some simple habits help the family run more smoothly.
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Sun, 29 Jan 2023 - 14min - 351 - School Books & Lockers
Hand up if you've discovered long lost library books or school readers under a child's bed years after they bought them home and been too embarrassed to return them to the school...
Hands up if you've paid a lost book fee at the library because you're sure someone broke into your house during the night, purely to steal 2 of your kids library books...
Hands up if your teenager has managed in the course of 12 months to take a mint condition $100 text book and turn it into a barely recognisable collection of ripped and barely strung together pages...
Today is about some hacks to help develop the love of reading along with removing the stress of losing books, ruining books or turning up to school without the books you need for the day. Whether the kids are in their first or last year of schooling there are ideas for everyone today.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 22min - 350 - Lunch Boxes
Did you like me, put yourself under enormous pressure to find the 'perfect' lunch box for your kids when they first started school? Do you have parts of random lunch boxes in drawers and at the back of cupboards? Join in and question what type of lunchboxes will work best for you and your family depending on the season of life you are in.
Be encouraged to think about the routine of washing/ packing lunch boxes as well as habits of unpacking bags after school and work. Maybe you can even encourage your kids that it's their responsibility to pack their own lunches (yep, I've never ever made a school lunch!)
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Tue, 24 Jan 2023 - 17min - 349 - Drink Bottles
If you had to take a guess at home many drink bottles were rattling around your house, how many would you guess? 10? 17? More?
Today I share my top tips for managing drink bottles in your house. I share some questions to ask when trying to find the right drink bottles and my favourite solutions for drink bottle storage.
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Sun, 22 Jan 2023 - 14min - 348 - School Uniforms
School uniforms - love them or hate them, if your kids go to a school that has a uniform, the start of each year can be overwhelming as you make sure that the right kids have the right size uniforms.
Listen in to this episode for some tips on getting uniforms sorted, keeping track of them and learn some top tips for keeping school uniforms organised so that kids can always (or mostly!) get themselves ready for school without stress.
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Fri, 20 Jan 2023 - 11min - 347 - School Bags
If you dare... it's that time of the year when you pull the kids school bags from under their beds and discover if there is a liquified banana or shrivelled mandarin in there from the last week of school!! In this episode be encouraged to think about habits and routines to make school mornings less stressful and afternoons more organised.
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Wed, 18 Jan 2023 - 13min - 346 - Devices
Todays episode excludes NOBODY... because we ALL have an old device, old cords, chargers, adapters etc hanging around that either we are too scared to throw out because we're not 100% sure what they're for or we're keeping the device, "just in case". I challenge all of us today to gather all unused electronics, be honest about what you do and don't need and use, clear out what can be recycled through e-waste and then donate things which someone else can use.
It's time to relieve ourselves of the tangled box of cord doom!
Mobile Muster: https://www.mobilemuster.com.au/ is a great company in Australia who will take your old mobile phones and recycle them, Officeworks also collects them.
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Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 13min - 345 - Jars, Bottles & Containers
Do you have a stash of glass jars and bottles and plastic take away containers that you're keeping in the corner cupboard, under the laundry sink or in the cupboard above the fridge? Now, be honest... how many do you ACTUALLY need and use? Maybe it's time (OK... it's definitely time) to fill your recycling bin with the jars, bottles and containers that you can part with.
Today be encouraged to declutter these items and also get top tips on how to organise them so you can set limits to how many you're going to keep.
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Sat, 14 Jan 2023 - 16min - 344 - Quitters Day
Happy Quitters Day! Today I share an update on the diet coke experiment as well as share the world of quitters day. We explore 4 strategies for staying the course on things you don't want to quit, and what to do if you fall off the wagon.
And then to celebrate quitters day declutter style, I unpack 7 things to quit in 2023.
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Thu, 12 Jan 2023 - 16min - 343 - Hats & Glasses
Today we talk all things hats and glasses... it's time to assess how many you have, what are your favourites, what are you realistically never going to wear again and can get rid of... and how best to organise them so you can find what you need when you need it.
I commit to decluttering glasses that I no longer wear or aren't the right prescription and I hope you too can declutter while you listen to this episode and experience the freedom of loving the hats and glasses you are left with.
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Tue, 10 Jan 2023 - 18min - 342 - Gift Cards & Vouchers
If you had to take a guess... how many gift cards or vouchers do you currently have that are yet to be redeemed? I share in this episode how many I currently have... and I make a plan to redeem them (I've already used 2 since recording the episode).
Gift cards and vouchers are great presents as they can show you know someone by what voucher you buy them but also allows freedom for the recipient to decide what they would like to spend it on. Decluttering them isn't about making space in your wallet (although it will), it's about clearing the mental load of knowing you have them and trying to remember to use them. Enjoy some activities and gifts that you've been given and make sure you use those vouchers that are sitting around your home.
I also float an idea for a 'Return to Sender' amendment where if a voucher is purchased and never redeemed, after 3 years the voucher is returned to the original buyer.
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Sun, 08 Jan 2023 - 15min - 341 - Empty Your Freezer
As you come out of a busy season like Christmas or holidays it's so good to have some easy meals to eat, that require little preparation. This is a great chance to eat your way through your freezer, whether it's frozen meals, frozen veggies or half tubs of icecream, by decluttering your freezer (ideally by using what is in there) you'll avoid food wastage (frozen food still expires) and create space for you to organise your freezer to best suit your needs.
Today hear about two different types of freezer decluttering... hot tip... my favourite is 'just add carbs and cheese'. I hope you can have a night off cooking as past you froze a meal for future you to enjoy!
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Fri, 06 Jan 2023 - 14min - 340 - Luggage
A few weeks ago I decided to declutter a big purple suitcase that was over 20 years old, we just didn't need it anymore, we travel pretty light and have found that for any holiday we've been on in the last 15 years we've been fine with one large suitcase and everyone just having one carry on piece of luggage (if we're flying).
Today be challenged to gather all your luggage in one place and do a true assessment of what you do and don't need. Op shops and charity donation businesses will happily take your luggage that still works so no use you keeping it stashed away in a cupboard or under the stairs taking up precious real estate.
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Wed, 04 Jan 2023 - 21min - 339 - Bikes & Scooters
Today be challenged and inspired to declutter any unused bikes and scooters that you or your kids have lying around. Instead of having excess sitting around - have the ones you do want to use easy to access and remove the barrier to going for a bike ride.
Also, think about where you keep helmets, locks, spare tubes, lights and other accessories so that when something needs fixing or you decide to go for a ride, you can quickly repair or grab what you need.
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Mon, 02 Jan 2023 - 13min - 338 - Health Supplements
It's the first of January and instead of making a HUGE new years resolution to drastically change your life... how about making one small change that you will be able to keep and stick to? Today learn some quick and easy ways to both declutter and organise your vitamins/ minerals and health supplements. Use what you have already invested in, declutter what is out of date or doesn't really suit your needs.
No surprises that just keeping vitamins or health supplements in the bottles isn't going to have the desired effect... so be inspired to habit stack your routine so you remember to have the supplements you need and don't end up with bottles and bottles of vitamins/ powders etc that you've paid for but never used.
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Sun, 01 Jan 2023 - 16min - 337 - Grief and Gratitude
What is the relationship between grief and gratitude? How do you manage to balance both of these emotions and experiences when you are decluttering? What about in everyday life and when specific to this season, when you're finishing one year and heading into another?
Be equipped with tools to deal with grief and hunt for gratitude as you enjoy the FREEDOM that living a decluttered life brings... in your head, heart and home.
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Wed, 21 Dec 2022 - 19min - 336 - Welcome BACK to The Art of Decluttering Podcast!
Welcome to the first episode of season two of The Art of Decluttering Podcast!
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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 - 13min - 335 - Top Episodes - Overwhelm
This week we chat all about the most common word we hear from people we work with: Overwhelm. We all feel it at times so we give you some suggestions and strategies on how you can reduce this feeling when it comes to dealing with clutter in your home. We give tips like start small, KISS, make sure you are fed and hydrated, the Power of 15 minutes and the Micro Declutter. We also chat about how sometimes something else going on that is causing the overwhelm and you are feeling stuck because of that issue. So we suggest sitting with those feelings and by working out what is really going on, it will help you be able to deal with the clutter over the long term. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!
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Episode 85: Mental Load www.theartofdecluttering.com.au/085-mental-load
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Sun, 04 Dec 2022 - 27min - 334 - Top Episodes - Minimalism
Minimalism is something we talk about ALL the time but until now had not dedicated an entire episode to. Minimalism has and always will be a huge part of our lives and one of our favourite things to share about – clearly as we go on about it a lot! Both of us identify as minimalists, but we have decided that ‘intentionalism’ (did we just make up a new word?!) really is a better word to describe this type of lifestyle. There is so much gold in this episode so sit back relax and take it all in!
In this episode we:
● Discuss what minimalism is and what does it really look like;
● Share our own journeys into minimalism;
● Highlight what minimalism isn’t;
● Discover that minimalism is really about freedom;
● Challenge you to be intentional about what comes into your home and what goes out;
● Remind you that minimalism is more than just about having less stuff;
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Sun, 27 Nov 2022 - 42min - 333 - Top Episodes - Judgement
Today Amy and Kirsty have a conversation around judgement. Get ready to have your eyes and minds opened to new ways of thinking... Enjoy!
In this episode we:
● Challenge you have a whole lot of grace and forgiveness for yourself;
● Encourage you to let go of others judgements of yourself;
● Give you some tips for how to go about letting go of self judgement and others judgement of you and using it to motivate you;
● Have some tears flow as we show you our heart for you;
● And so much more...
We hope the conversation inspires you to make a small change and puts a smile on your face!
● Thank you 'MrsPiperitis' for your Apple Podcast review and our clients for being so willing to grow and learn always!
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Sun, 20 Nov 2022 - 33min - 332 - Top Episodes - 7 Ways to Make Your Life Easier
Today, be encouraged as you listen to some of our tips on how to make your life so much easier!
There is nothing worse than not being able to find what you need when you need it! We cover 7 key items in your home that we feel by having them organised will make your life so much easier!! With a bit more of focus on organising rather than decluttering, today we delve into encouraging you to find homes for your:
Batteries
Lightbulbs
Umbrellas
Spare Change
Basic Tools
Bandaids
Old Towels
If you have suggestions on other things you'd like help with organising then please let us know! We'd love to give you more organising tips to make your life easier.
In this episode we;
● Help you find homes for important items in your house;
● Remind you that having homes for everything is the key;
● Encourage you to keep the right amount of items to suit your needs;
● Highlight the importance keeping all medication and first aid supplies together on one place;
● Offer tips on how to keep dead batteries separate from the new ones;
And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and put a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Houzz Article that inspired the episode
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Sun, 13 Nov 2022 - 39min - 331 - Top Episodes - To Do Lists
Today, be inspired to create a do to list that works FOR you!
To do lists...Do you love them or do you hate them?!
We cover all the things today, how they can be helpful, do you even need them and most importantly how to declutter them!
Come join us for some laughs and giggles as we suggest swapping your to do list for a 'ta-da list' (thanks to Lauren from our community for that idea a few years ago) and help you uncover that maybe what you want out of life is to do less.
Big shout out to Rachel Hickingbotham for suggesting this topic!
In this episode we:
● Share what we call our to do lists;
● Offer suggestions on how to declutter your to do lists;
● Emphasise you don't HAVE to have a do to list!;
● Highlight why to do lists can be helpful;
● Encourage you to keep all your to do lists in one place;
● Challenge you to question yourself - does what's on your to do list really need to be there?;
And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and put a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Kiki K
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Sun, 30 Oct 2022 - 31min - 330 - Top Episodes - Repetitive Clutter
Today, enjoy learning about repetitive clutter and all the tips on taming it.
Amy and Kirsty get passionate about what they call 'repetitive clutter'. You know those spaces you've decluttered but for some reason it's groundhog day...again!
We explore the four major issues that contribute to clutter reappearing and share what to do about them.
In this episode the four major issues we cover that contribute to clutter reappearing are:
● You might have too much - it’s a quantity problem
● You might not have a suitable way to keep things - it’s a storage problem
● You have systems but you’re not sticking with it - it’s a habit problem
● You actively chose to ignore the problem - it’s a vision problem
● And so much more...
We hope the conversation inspires you to make a small change and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode:
● Head, Heart & Home Course
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Mon, 24 Oct 2022 - 33min - 329 - Best of Guests - ADHD with Joanna
Joanna is a psychologist and director of Bluebird Psychology in Castle Hill, Sydney. Tune in as Joanna shares her insights and experience as someone who has ADHD and who works professionally with those who do in her practice. Be inspired and empowered as you take in all the wisdom and tips packed into today’s episode. Make sure you scroll to the bottom of the show notes for all of the additional resources that Joanna has provided us with.
In this episode we:
● Chat about what is ADHD and how it can manifest in different people;
● Learn what executive functioning is and how it is affected by ADHD;
● Find out from Joanna why she contacted Kirsty to come into her home;
● Explore the benefits and challenges of ADHD in relation to decluttering and how a Professional Organiser can help;
● Share lots of tip and tricks for decluttering with ADHD;
● Highlight the importance of self awareness and how that brings freedom;
● Provide you with plenty of resources for you to access to discover more about ADHD;
And so so so so much more…
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and put a smile on your face!
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Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Bluebird Psychology Website
● Bluebird Psychology Facebook
● Bluebird Psychology Instagram
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Tue, 18 Oct 2022 - 56min - 328 - Best of Guests - Rosella Street
Rosella Street is a marketplace and platform that helps people lower their consumerism and connects them together in a safe and sustainable way.
Brought together by their passion for the planet co-founders Sammy, Mick and Dilyar, decided to create a platform that could provide solutions to many of the current problems we see in the world of online buying/selling. We love how beautifully Rosella Street's values align with ours here at The Art of Decluttering and know that you will love, love, LOVE this episode!
In this episode we;
● Find out what Rosella Street is and how it came to be;
● Define how Rosella street is different from Marketplace;
● Learn how the platform works and the positive environmental impact it is having on communities;
● Highlight the donate and rental features available on the Rosella Street platform;
● Discuss all the benefits of a circular economy;
● Get an exclusive sneak peak at their plans for the future;
And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Rosella Street Website
● Rosella Street Instagram
● Rosella Street Facebook
Thank you so much to Sammy for your time!! We are so excited to be on this journey with you and think what you are doing for the environment and communities is just incredible!
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Sun, 09 Oct 2022 - 42min - 327 - Best of Guests - Your Color Guru
Jeannie is the founder and owner of Your Color Guru. She is obsessed with helping real women look and feel amazing in their clothes. We learnt so much in our chat with Jeannie as she shares about the process of doing someone's colours and how it aligns so beautifully with living an intentional life. We also had the pleasure of having our colours done so tune in to find out what that experience was like.
In this episode we:
● Uncover what knowing your colours has to do with decluttering;
● Learn about the process of figuring out someone's colours;
● Highlight why knowing your colours is important;
● Share what some of Kirsty and Amy's colours are;
● Encourage you as always to be intentional with your purchases;
● Find out what happens if you change your hair colour like Kirsty did;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and put a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Your Color Guru Website
● Your Color Guru Facebook
● Your Color Guru Instagram
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Big thanks to Jeannie for your time and for doing our colours for us!! We loved learning about the whole process.
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Sun, 02 Oct 2022 - 50min - 326 - Best of Guests - Clare Press
Back in Nov 2019 Kirsty had a great conversation with the extraordinary Clare Press from Wardrobe Crisis. Clare is also the Sustainability Editor of Vogue Australia and an incredible author among many other talents.
She is truly inspirational and we hope that you learn something new and are inspired by what she has to share about fashion and it's impact on the environment.
In this episode we:
● Talk about fashion and the effect that our insatiable desire for fast fashion has on our planet;
● Highlight some of the alarming statistics around fashion and the environment;
● Discuss the idea of a shopping detox and the unexpected benefits;
● Dream and hope for a more ethical and sustainable future for fashion;
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face.
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Clare's books, Wardrobe Crisis & Rise & Resist
● UK Parliaments' Fixing Fashion Report
Thank you again to Clare Press for your time!!
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