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Decluttered By Design

25 Episodes

7 minutes | 3 months ago
Decluttering: How To Hush The Little Voice That Says "You Should Keep It"
You made a decision, you're ready to let something go. Yay for you! But then that little voice pipes up and says, "Hey, what are you doing, girl? That might be useful someday. You shouldn't give it away." You stop and think, "Maybe I'm not making the right decision after all. Maybe I should hold on to this thing." Boom! Just like that you wind up keeping the very thing you were so ready to let go. Ugh. But it doesn't have to be like that. We have the power to remove all that frustration. And I've got a one-two punch that will help you do just that. It's a simple strategy that will have you hushing up that little voice in no uncertain terms. So get ready to clear the clutter with confidence!If you're ready to declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.For ongoing motivation and support, join our private Facebook group: Clear Your Clutter, Find Your Happy. Want to connect directly with me? Find me on Facebook and Instagram. Say hello, or better yet ask me your clutter question.  
4 minutes | 3 months ago
How To Fall In Love With Your Schedule
Have you ever woken up and realized that the day ahead of you is going to feel like nails on a chalkboard sound? Or worse, realized that just before drifting off to dreamland, meaning sleep is not exactly going to be your friend? If not, count yourself supernaturally lucky.But if you're like most of us and find yourself over-committing and resenting it, this episode will help you ditch all that stress. It's about really evaluating what we say yes to to start with. Or in other words, deactivating our people pleasing default behavior (seriously, we've got to shut. it. down.)After all, our time is precious, right? And saying yes to something we'll regret later is self sabotage, so use this tip to help eliminate that possibility altogether! Consider it a lesson in self care 101. If you're ready to declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.For ongoing motivation and support, join our private Facebook group: Clear Your Clutter, Find Your Happy. Want to connect directly with me? Find me on Facebook and Instagram. Say hello, or better yet ask me your clutter question. 
7 minutes | 3 months ago
The Silver Lining To A Covid Holiday Season
This is the perfect year to declutter your holiday traditions. If you've been yearning to try something new, this is your year, thanks to the pandemic.Now, I am not here to minimize what’s happening, things are serious. However, at times like this, I think it’s critical we don’t give up our personal power and allow ourselves to be fully devoured by the situation. ⠀As trite as it might sound, we need to remember that in every crisis, there is opportunity. And it's up to us to seek it out and leverage it. From my perspective, this holiday season has endless opportunities to redefine what the holidays are about and clear away the clutter that shrouds the meaningful aspects. Listen in to hear just what I mean. Psst: If you're ready to declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.For ongoing motivation and support, join our private Facebook group: Clear Your Clutter, Find Your Happy. Want to connect directly with me? Find me on Facebook and Instagram. Say hello, or better yet ask me your clutter question.   
5 minutes | 2 years ago
The Sly Way Clutter Takes Root
Get ready for a story, because this episode is the sad little tale of how clutter typically takes hold. Spoiler: In general, there is no grand event to blame. Clutter is caused by (gasp!) our decisions. And not the biggies, but the everyday choices we make. FYI - This actually great news. If clutter is rooted in the smallest decisions, then we can start weeding it out just by making better decisions. Tune in to hear exactly what I mean and learn how simple reversing course really is. If you're ready to declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.For ongoing motivation and support, join our private Facebook group: Clear Your Clutter, Find Your Happy. Want to connect directly with me? Find me on Facebook and Instagram. Say hello, or better yet ask me your clutter question. 
6 minutes | 2 years ago
Decluttering and Donations: What To Keep In Mind
You aren't truly free from the clutter until it's out of your space. So deciding where it's going to go is necessity. It's easy to get caught up wanting to find just the right place, but that's complicated and exhausting. This episode proposes a different and better way to handle the question of where to donate.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
8 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Let Go Of Clutter That "Cost Good Money"
If we feel like we're losing money, it can be much harder to let go of stuff we don't use.  But the truth is pretty simple: the item isn't the same as the money was - it's now just clutter. This episode focuses on what you need to know about those kinds of sunk costs and gives you a process to help you learn from them so you don't make the same mistakes again.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
3 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Make Sure You Don't Unwittingly Create Harmful Emotional Clutter
This episode focuses on a particular kind of emotional clutter. So often people feel bad about the things they struggle with. I don't mean bad about the struggle per se. I mean they feel bad about the *type* of situation they are struggling with. I'm talking about shame. It's born from a tendency we all have, and that is to compare our lives to others. When we compare our struggle to what we see others struggling with, we often invalidate our own struggle. Listen in to learn why you need to stop comparing and start acknowledging the validity of your struggle. If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro. 
5 minutes | 2 years ago
Why You Should Decide What Enough Is
Setting limits is a critical part of keeping your space free from clutter. It's hard to let go of the excess if you don't know what enough is, so you need to decide just how much you really need. As you lighten up, you free yourself from the burden of being responsible for so much, which means more time to enjoy life!If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
5 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Let Love Guide You In Making Decisions
What if you could easily and consistently make better decisions? You can with one simple question. Asking yourself what feels like love will allow you to make the choices that lead to greater satisfaction. This question will help you build your confidence and reach your goals quicker. Listen in to see how to apply this principle. If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
5 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Declutter When You Want To Keep Stuff But Lack Space
Having to let go of stuff because you lack space can create resentment and make you feel angry. But if you reframe what it means, you can make it much more bearable, perhaps even feel good about it. I'm sharing a two step solution that allow you to make peace with the process. A simple mindset shift, coupled with a set of questions will allow you to eliminate the excess with confidence. If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.  
7 minutes | 2 years ago
How Perfectionist Tendencies Can Sabotage Your Happiness
Are you a perfectionist? How is that working for you? I'm taking an educated guess that it makes life kind of miserable. Today I'm talking about why the tendency to strive for perfection is one the least helpful things you can do. And I've got a suggestion to help you re-channel that energy into something with a far better return on the effort investment. If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
5 minutes | 2 years ago
How Declutter Memorabilia
Memorabilia can be hard to declutter, even when you really want to let go. That's because memorabilia is emotionally charged. But guess what? We're the ones who created that connection. While I wouldn't call that connection artificial, I would call it manufactured. We assign value based on how an item played a role in our experience. But we need to remember that the object doesn't hold the memory of that experience, the memory lives within us. We can choose to devalue and let go of anything that isn't serving us well. It's our right.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
4 minutes | 2 years ago
Overcoming The 'I Might Need It' Excuse
Letting go of clutter is challenging, there's no getting around that. We fear we'll make the wrong choice and regret it, so we avoid making a decision and come up with excuses to hold onto stuff. A frequent reason for holding onto the excess is 'I might need it someday, so I have to keep it'. The truth is that kind of thinking keeps you tethered to possibilities that will likely never come to be. Which also means it keeps you tethered to the clutter. This week we're exploring a process to overcome that excuse so we can declutter with greater ease.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
4 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Make Decluttering Feel Good
Decluttering is often thought of as an activity you 'have to do'. But the truth is decluttering is really the ultimate act of self-care. When we clear the clutter, we're nurturing ourselves. So I'm here today to encourage you to shift your mindset and allow yourself to embrace the process as something you 'get to do' - reframe it as an opportunity to create your best life.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
9 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Create Supportive Beliefs
Do you ever think about where your beliefs came from?Our beliefs are ours to choose, but too often we forget that. We tend to simply accept those that have been instilled in us. So it's up to us to question the beliefs and let go of the ones that don't serve us well. It's not only OK to do this, it's incumbent upon us to do so.If we seek to live our best lives, clutter free and full of meaning, then we need to take control of what we believe. We need to create our own support network, based on values that are authentically ours.So this week I'm giving you a process to shift your beliefs so they support you in decluttering your life. If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
11 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Find Happiness In An Always More To Do World
I recently I got a question that went like this: How come I can never enjoy my progress? Instead of taking time to relax and savor my successes, I just keep seeing all that still needs doing. When I look around I see tasks everywhere and it's severely limiting my ability to feel happy. What can I do to reclaim my happiness?The essence of this question is really about happiness and whether we're entitled or justified to be happy if there's still stuff to get done. Short answer: Yes, we are entitled to it! for the longer answer, listen in. If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
7 minutes | 2 years ago
Why We Need To Stop With The Excuses and Own Our Decisions
Rationalizing and coming up with some lame excuses for why we can't do something is one of the cruelest ways we self sabotage. Rationalizing removes free choice and leverages loopholes as permission to act in a certain (almost always safe) way.  The truth is we're adults, so we don't  need permission. What we need to do is ditch the excuses and start making decisions that we can own.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
5 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Make Sure You Make Progress On Your Projects
In order to complete a project, you have to take consistent action, right? But if you are unsure about your next step is, you can spin your wheels forever trying to figure out what to do.Consistent action can also be take a hit if we start avoiding our project because we see it as ongoing struggle. We can overcome both these challenges, and be consistently productive, if we adopt a simple strategy of stopping with a starting place in mind. If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
4 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Manage Emotions and Make Decluttering Easier
Our emotions often drive our decisions. Fear and guilt in particular are uncomfortable, so we tend to avoid situations where we have to face them. Unfortunately, that often includes decluttering. We put off doing the work so we don't have to deal with the unpleasant feelings. But what if there were a way to redefine what those feelings mean, so taking action felt better, even good? There is! Here's a simple process to refocus negative feelings and turn them into something helpful.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
5 minutes | 2 years ago
How To Take Action Even When You Are Overwhelmed
Overwhelm can keep us stuck. We get so caught up big picture thinking that we forget we don't have to figure it all out before we start. We can overcome the overwhelm and create real momentum if we focus instead on what we actually do know. And there is always something we know for sure. It may not be much, but it's a start. And starting is what matters most. Listen in to see how to make this super simple idea work for you.If you're ready to get declutter your life, then grab my free e-course: ESCAPE Clutter And Get Organized. It's a simple six step process to help you clear the clutter and organize your space like a pro.
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