I was looking at some of the questions folks on social media have asked me recently and it occurred to me that answering a handful of questions in one go might be just what you need. Keep in mind, these are quick answers.

Life can sometimes feel like a full-blown circus - juggling work, family, and the endless to-do lists. So, how do we find time to declutter amidst this organized chaos? Fear not, here are some tips to declutter without adding more chaos to your life!

It's not just about tidying up; it's about understanding the relationship between our surroundings and our well-being.

As we navigate life's challenges, it's essential to recognize the profound impact our environment has on our mental health. Today, let's delve into a topic that's close to my heart as a decluttering coach and psychologist: the significant connection between clutter, depression, and anxiety.

It's not just about tidying up; it's about understanding the relationship between our surroundings and our well-being.

Hygge (pronounced hoog-uh) is the Danish concept of living with coziness and contentment. Basically, creating a home and life that is filled with things that make you feel good. Clutter is the opposite of that. It’s the idea of having a home filled with too much stuff, which makes you feel bad.

How do you ask for things when you want or need them? Do you hint? Do you not say anything and then get mad when the other person doesn’t figure out what you want? Or do you ask for what you want in a clear, concise, direct way?

How amazing would it be to cut cleaning your home down by 40%? I’ve got the trick for you! Declutter. Yeah, I know. You were hoping for something sexier than that. Stay with me, though. Think about it. You have less stuff, that means you have less stuff to put away…

Do you hit the ground running during the holidays and put yourself on auto-pilot just to get things done? Or do you slug along hoping a magical fairy will take care of everything for you so you won’t have to deal? Either way, you’re not having any fun!

To live your best life and be your most authentic self, you have to live in a home that reflects that value, right? Okay, so look around your house. Does everything reflect who you are and the life you want to live? Or are there things you see that have nothing to do with who you are?

How many times have you looked in a mirror and been unhappy with something you saw? Do you then criticize yourself? Or do you check yourself and take a moment to notice something you like in that mirror? Our culture tells us to want to be anything but who we are.

What do you think of when you imagine the home of a perfectionist? A beautifully organized pantry? Flawless décor? Shiny and clean at all times? Not a bit of clutter to be seen? Sometimes that’s true, sometimes it isn’t.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard that it takes twenty-one days to build a new habit. I’m guessing most of you raised your hand. Many of you have probably even lived by this, trying to stick to twenty-one days, hoping that will be the magic number that will make this habit stick this time.

Most people don’t give enough credit to how emotionally triggering and overwhelming decluttering can be. All of the thoughts and feelings that come up make you want to run away. The sheer volume of the clutter halts you in your steps because you have no idea where to start.

Understanding whether you are an introvert, extrovert, or even an ambivert (in between) helps to understand why you operate the way you do. When you understand that you can make more conscious choices for yourself. Our world needs both introverts and extroverts.

We live in a fast-paced world that expects more and more of us every day. You don’t have time to be messing around with finding something to wear in a chaotic closet, or trying to find the keys you know you left somewhere around here…

How do you explain to another human being what it’s like to be you, and get them to actually understand? You don’t. Each of us is unique and we each understand the world only from our own perspective. What we can do is try to have empathy for the feelings of others. From that empathy we can decide our courses of action.

Marie Kondo is a decluttering expert who came to popularity when her Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. She has gone on to create other shows and specials. She has authored multiple books including The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.

Grief is the emotional journey that anyone experiences after a loss. National, or mass grief is when a loss is experienced by an entire country. On Friday June 24th 2022 every woman in the United States whether she agreed with the decision or not experienced a lot experienced a loss.

It’s amazing how many things that seem totally mundane and logical are actually riddled with emotional reactions. Eating is one of those things. In theory you eat to fuel the body you live in. Your body is a machine filled with systems and they need certain types of nutrients to keep them going.

There are a handful of basic questions every decluttering expert will tell you to ask yourself when you’re decluttering your home. Do I like this? Do I use this? Is this broken? Did I even know I had this? If I didn’t have this, would I get another one?

I’ve come up with a theory on how to find balance in life that I call “The Baby Bear Theory.” It’s the idea that we sometimes have to go the extreme ends of the spectrum, aka black and white thinking, to know what we don’t want. Then we can work toward settling in the middle or at the “just right” point.

Your clutter isn’t just your problem. It affects a lot of people. There are the people who live in your home now. Then there are the people who come to visit your home. But what about the people who will inherit your home, and your clutter, when you’re gone?

In theory it’s much easier to wait to see what other people do, or to see what they think you should do, than to take action on your own decisions. In reality it makes life hard. If you’re wondering who does this, check in with yourself. Have you ever waited on someone else’s actions or words so that you…

When we talk about decluttering, we’re really talking about decluttering and organizing. Decluttering is removing the excess, organizing is putting the remainder back systematically. If you’re decluttering and reorganizing your whole home or even a whole room, places like Amazon, Target, and The Container Store have a ton of beautiful organization solutions. The problem can be…

Selfcare is about caring for yourself. We focus on selfcare being things like taking a bath, getting your nails done, getting a massage, reading a book, or whatever you enjoy. But what about when you’re sick? When COVID hit, many people were willing to wear a mask because they didn’t want to accidentally cause someone else to become ill.

When a new baby is about to enter your life, a lot changes, and those changes begin before she or he ever arrives. One of those changes is to your home. Making space for a whole new human being means decluttering must happen. Not just moving things to another area like the basement. You need to remove an entire room’s worth of stuff out of your home.

Over the years I’ve developed a morning routine that has become so habitual that I don’t really have to think about it, and actually feel weird if I skip some of it. This is not a prescription for what every person should do. It’s an example of what a morning routine might contain to start your day off in the right direction. Always follow your gut as to what works best for you.

The lessons that move you forward in life come from some unexpected places sometimes. During 2018, when I was in yoga teacher training, coming out of a depression, and going through some intense personal changes. In the middle of all of this I discovered subscription boxes.

When you’re angry, afraid, ashamed, guilt-ridden, depressed or jealous life gets hard. So, we spend our time trying to find a life that is free from those feelings that drag us down. In this series on yoga philosophy, I’m sharing millennia old wisdom that helps give shape to the things that we struggle with and provides guidance.

Generally speaking, I find people are terrified to make mistakes. They become paralyzed by the fear that they won’t start in the right place or do the right thing or will screw it (whatever “it” is) up in some fashion. This is what I tell my clients: Start in the middle and figure it out from there.

Ayurveda is one of the oldest forms of medicine, having been around for over two millennia, is still practiced widely today, and shares its foundations with many other ancient teachings. It’s right up my integrative coaching alley as it focuses on whole-body health, combining the physical, psychological and spiritual.