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Making Homes for Things We Want
(AKA getting organized). Here are my recommendations... "I want to get organized!" I hear this all the time as a declutter coach and home...
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5 Tips to Relax into Decluttering
How to stop freaking out about clutter and get in the flow to clear it. How do we move past overwhelm and frustration about clutter to...
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The Difference Between Decluttering, Organizing and Tidying
How they're different and why each deserve a different type of focus. What's the difference between decluttering, organizing and tidying?...
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Declutter & Organize for Love
With Valentine's Day right around the corner and wild things happening in the world, I think now is a great time to share some delicious...
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6 Myths that Keep Us Cluttered
And how to find the truth so we can get organized... Our brains often make statement we accept as facts that are actually untrue, which...
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7 Questions for Decluttering
Powerful questions to help with decluttering decisions... Decluttering is basically a whole life review, so no wonder we avoid doing it!...
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Decluttering Other People's Things
What to do when others in your house don't want to declutter when you do... What do I do about decluttering someone else's things? This...
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Top 10 Tips for Decluttering Success
Clear clutter to make space for what you REALLY want to be doing! I've been a professional organizer for 10 years, I trained with Marie...
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Best Containers for Organizing
What does a professional organizer recommend for containers? There are so many container choices - how do we know which ones are best? I...
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Super Simple Steps to Declutter
Getting organized doesn't have to be hard! Here are my exact, simple steps after 10 years being a professional organizer... DECLUTTERING...
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The Gift of Not Giving Gifts
What do you think about this article by Joshua Becker about gifts? I'm curious - what's your stance on gifts? As a declutter coach and...
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Clearing Clutter, Dealing with Grief
Let’s stop worrying so much about what clutter means and just do what it takes to clear it so we can find our lives underneath. I was...
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TidyWild Recommended Reading
11 favorite books that helped me find peace and comfort in my home, mind and body. My neighbor called me a "voracious reader" last...
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How I Organized my Kitchen for Better Mental Health & Less Pain
Three ways I combat depression, anxiety and physical pain. Does your kitchen support your health or detract from it? A few years ago I...
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Go Do All the Things
Lessons learned after losing both of my parents by age 45. My Dad died when I was 28 after he fell off a ladder a week after he finished...
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Mortality as a Motivator
Facing death helped me live. When I was a teenager, I was a suicidal drinker. When I was 28, my Dad fell off a ladder and died from a...
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Making the Hard & Scary Doable
Getting big things done by doing what it takes, "little by little, bit by bit." One of my favorite mantras is just do it now and I talk...
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"I don't have enough time" and other myths we tell ourselves about clutter
How to create new neural pathways to finally get organized. "I don't have enough time to declutter." "I'm just a messy person and am...
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Decluttering & Organizing Cords
How I declutter and store my cords...and how to keep them from mating like snakes. This is a drawer next to my computer. One of the...
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Containers and Organizing
An organizer's thoughts about the container craze and personal photos... Raise your hand if you've walked by a bunch of cute containers...
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