The Art of Decluttering

Today we tackle one of the big decluttering hurdles - sentimentality. What happens when you live with someone who has a different level of sentimentality? We received and email this week from the lovely Tarren requesting tips and tricks for getting her very sentimental husband on board with the decluttering journey. So get ready Tarren and listeners we have filled this episode with practical tips and advice on how to navigate through the memories and sentimentality that can get brought up when you are decluttering. Whether you are the sentimental one or it's your kids, parents, friend or partner, we hope that in Amy's words we can show you there is nothing wrong with being sentimental, we just want to help you find the freedom within it!In this episode we;● Discuss how sentimental each person in the Farrugia and Revel Families are;● Highlight that a person might not be sentimental about everything thing but in fact just one particular area;● Offer advice to Tarren and suggest great questions to ask to dig a little deeper;● Share how to set up limits and systems for those sentimental items you are intentionally keeping;● Remind you that memories aren't in the item and suggest some ways you can keep the memories alive and let go of the clutter;Thank you to Horto31 from Hobart for your podcast review!! We love hearing from our listeners so jump onto apple podcast and leave us a review!Join 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.

It's our first time back together recording in 2022! This year we want you to tell us what to talk about on the podcast. If you have themes and topics that you'd love us to cover, please email, DM, PM, carrier pigeon it so we can get planning. We want to give a huge shout out to all of you who loved our '100 things to declutter' series over January! We had a record 91,000 downloads in the last 30 days! Grab a cuppa and giggle along with us as we share what we each got up to over January, give you some updates on our team of rapidly growing Professional Organisers and tell you about some fun stuff coming up in Feb, including another live round of our much loved Head, Heart & Home Course.In this episode we;● Share what we got up to over January;● Update everyone on the business growth and some podcast plans;● Highlight some upcoming webinars and our Head, Heart & Home Course launch;● Ask you to tell us what you want to hear on the podcast this year;● Challenge you to get all that stuff that you've been decluttering over christmas/new year out of your house today!!Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:● Muster Dogs ● Head, Heart & Home CourseMake sure to send us an email, DM on Instagram or PM on Facebook to tell us what you want to hear this year.Thank you to Jmccartney2009, Princephillip69 (extra thanks for the good giggle!!), Mooj58, April in washington state, kate833 for your podcast reviews!! We absolutely love to hear what you think and how your lives have been impacted.If you have a child starting school or high school this year or if you have already watched Muster Dogs then its your turn to leave us a review!Join 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.

We know that a new year brings fresh motivation to declutter your home, so over January 2022 we will be bringing you 100 things you can declutter today.Today we have our last list, 20 pieces of paper you don't need, you will find a helpful downloadable guide here.Here is the full 100 things list.Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:● Our Decluttering services around Australia & the world● Podcast episode on our Paperwork courseJoin our community ● Our website The Art of Decluttering● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly support makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Support can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We know that a new year brings fresh motivation to declutter your home, so over January 2022 we will be bringing you 100 things you can declutter today.Today we have divided the list into two, 10 things that you can donate to a women shelter and 10 things you can borrow from a neighbour, you will find a helpful downloadable guide here.Here is the full 100 things list.Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:● Our Decluttering services around Australia & the worldJoin our community ● Our website The Art of Decluttering● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly support makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Support can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We know that a new year brings fresh motivation to declutter your home, so over the month of January 2022 we will be bringing you 100 things you can declutter today.Today we have 20 things that your kids have outgrown, you will find a helpful downloadable guide here.Here is the full 100 things list.Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:● Our Decluttering services around Australia & the worldJoin our community ● Our website The Art of Decluttering● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly support makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Support can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We know that a new year brings fresh motivation to declutter your home, so over the next 4 weeks we will be bringing you 100 things you can declutter today.Today we have 20 things that go out of date, you will find a helpful downloadable guide here.Here is the full 100 things list.Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:● Our Decluttering services around Australia & the worldJoin our community ● Our website The Art of Decluttering● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly support makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Support can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We know that a new year brings fresh motivation to declutter your home, so over the next 5 weeks we will be bringing you 100 things you can declutter today.Today we start with 20 things you have kept but don't use, you will find a helpful downloadable guide here. Here is the full 100 things list.Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:● Our Decluttering services around Australia & the world Don't forget to jump onto Apple Podcast and leave us a review!!Join 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.

**mild language warning for today's episode - not suitable for little ears**Every December we take a little break from recording and bring you some of our favourite episodes to listen to. Over the last 4 Monday's we have brought you our favourite famous guest episodes.Up this week and rounding out our series is the awe inspiring Maz Compton!!Maz is a media personality who's been working in the industry for two decades. She's spent her life on tv and radio interviewing celebrities (on the red carpet), flying around the world for MTV and hosting awards shows! In 2016 she experienced a change in her life that was a huge catalyst that started her on a journey of fitness, decluttering and self discovery. She has so much goodness to share that we decided to split it over 2 whole episodes!! So sit back and enjoy - we know you will love it!In this episode;● Maz shares about planning for the future and goals;● Maz tells us how giving up drinking changed her life;● We discuss the power of saying NO and why it's so important;● Maz shares her passion for empowering kids through choices;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:● Maz's podcast - The Wellness Rebellion● Maz's Book - The Social Rebellion● The Wellness Rebellion with Maz Compton - Part 1 Episode● Judgement Episode● Love & Logic● Loving our Kids on PurposeThank you so much Maz for your time!! We had the most amazing time with you and are so excited by all you have to share with the world!Make sure you check out part 1 for more Maz!!For more details on how to connect with us head to our website.For details on becoming a Patreon supporter take a look here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every December we take a little break from recording and bring you some of our favourite episodes to listen to. For the month of December we will be bringing you our favourite famous guest episodes! Up this week we have the incredible Gretchen Rubin!! Gretchen is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humour and clarity, in a way that’s accessible to a wide audience. She’s the author of many books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Outer Order, Inner Calm, The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, and The Happiness Project. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. We love her top-ranking, award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin where she discusses happiness and good habits with her sister Elizabeth Craft. We thoroughly enjoyed this interview and know you will too!In this episode Gretchen;● Shares with us the Four Tendencies framework and how these tendencies (Upholder, Obliger, Questioner & Rebel) impact our ability to declutter and maintaining a decluttered home;● Chats to Amy & Kirsty about their own tendency and how their differences impact their business;● Gives tips on how each tendency can maximise their potential to actually get the decluttering (or anything!) done;● Encourages us with some tips on how to find happiness during this Covid season;● And so so so so much more...We hope from this conversation we all learn something and it put a smile on your face!Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:● Four Tendencies Quiz● Four Tendencies Course● Better App - Apple - Android● Happier 911 on SpotifyFor more details on how to connect with us head to our website.For details on becoming a Patreon supporter take a look here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every December we take a little break from recording and bring you some of our favourite episodes to listen to. For the month of December we will be bringing you our favourite famous guest episodes!Up this week we have the awesome Peter Walsh!!Last year while Peter was quarantining after returning to Australia from the USA, we managed to steal some of his time and pick his brain with all our questions. You may know him from his days as Oprah's Decluttering Guru, or TV shows such as The Living Room, The Rachel Ray Show and Space Invaders.Peter is a legend and pioneer in the Professional Organising industry and it was such a joy and delight to have this time with him.There is SO much gold in this episode that we know you'll get a lot out of it even if you've heard it before!In this episode we;● Learn Peter's story from being a teacher in Australia to sharing the TV screen with Oprah;● Hear his heart for deep understanding of people and not just superficial tidying;● Glean from his wisdom what changes happen in peoples heads, hearts and home when they do the deep work of decluttering;● 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:● Hoarding Disorder episode● Autism episode● Space Invaders episode● Peter Walsh - You Tube● Peter Walsh - Facebook● Peter Walsh - Instagram● Peter Walsh - Website● Buried in Treasure book● Head, Heart and Home CourseThank you Peter for giving us your time to be on our podcast!For more details on how to connect with us head to our website.For details on becoming a Patreon supporter take a look here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.