I stopped doing the live Clutter Busting talks on Insight Timer. The technology wasn’t user friendly. I’d talk, but I couldn’t see anyone’s faces or hear their words. People would type in their questions on the side bar and sometimes there would be a backlog of 7 or 8 questions. I found myself getting overwhelmed […] The post Taking care appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

This is a summation of the basic principles of de-cluttering. They are the essential things to know when letting go of clutter in your life. It’s an excerpt from my audiobook, Clutter Busting: Letting Go of What’s Holding You Back. The post Essential Clutter Busting Tips appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

Thinking about clutter sucks. It makes us tired. Even thinking about decluttering is exhausting. But the looking, the asking, “Do I like and use this, or not?” and the letting go feels great. It energizes us. I saw that with a recent client. For the first few minutes of the session she told me about […] The post Starting the letting go process feels good appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

What’s the best way to prepare for the new year? Start looking around to see what doesn’t fit your life anymore. You can do this with your built in clutter radar. It’s the part of you that lets you know when something’s gone stale. Just like when you bite into a piece of bread and […] The post Preparing for the new year appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

?I like water. I’m glad my name is water. I’m mostly water. I love walking in the rain because I’m walking in myself. My favorite activities are taking a shower, a bath, or washing my hands. ? I like to cry because it feels good to have water come from my eyes. It makes my […] The post I like water appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

For the de-cluttering to work, it has to come from a place of self-kindness. That means seeing that living with clutter is hurting you, and wanting to remove that source of pain so you can enjoy your life again. The post An act of kindness appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

Our lives are fluid creatures. Change is inherent in our bodies and our circumstances. Things come and go in the midst of our living. Stuff, things we do, the people, even aspects of our bodies arrive and depart. To hang on to things with a tight grip makes us suffer. To flow with change, both […] The post The wonder of life appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

What’s valuable is you. Not your things. Things come and go, but you’re here. That makes you enough. As you are. The post The true value appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

“With all the things you have in your life, are you any more happy than your dog?” — Ramesh Balsekar The post Happy appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more

? “If you only had a limited amount of time to live, what would you do differently?” I had the opportunity to answer that question. Before I got my lung transplant eight years ago, I was really sick. For about six months I was laying in bed, breathing out of a machine. I’d lost over fifty pounds. […] The post What matters most to me appeared first on Clutter Busting ..read more