The Art of Decluttering

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:Bluebird Psychology ResourcesYou may also like to listen to these episodes:ADHD with Joanna (first episode Joanna did)Mental Health CareMental HealthThree Times A DayJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 bucketsFreya, 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:Grief & GratitudeWelcome Back to The Art of DeclutteringJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.You may also like to listen to these episodes:Self SabotageCare by Brooke McAlaryQuitters DayFind Rebecca onlineRead the blog that inspired this episodeClear Space WebsiteRebecca Mezzino Declutter CoachingJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.You may also like to listen to these episodes:Self SabotageCare by Brooke McAlaryQuitters DayJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.You may also like to listen to these episodes:Mental LoadIt's all my Husband and Kids FaultOffloadingJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!You may also like to listen to these episodes:Micro DeclutterIs it cleaning, tidying or decluttering?FatigueJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 OrganisingYou may also like to listen to these episodes:Digital PhotosPhoto Organising with Chantal ImbachPhotosSentimental ItemsJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 OrganisingYou may also like to listen to these episodes:Photo Organising with Chantal ImbachPhotosSentimental ItemsJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.You may also like to listen to these episodes:Need ItUse ItLove ItInherited ClutterJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Find Judy on her website or on Facebook and purchase her new book on amazonYou may also like to listen to these episodes:DownsizingTop Tips for DownsizingJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.