Get Organised With DeCluttr Me

I often have clients feel judge by their family, their friends, husbands, maids and strangers about buying too much, keeping items at home and/or being cluttered. They also self judge themselves negatively which hinders them dealing with the clutter in their life and organising their home. Decluttering can often bring up a lot of self-judgement and judgement from others, so thought it would be gre...

As the sun is going to peek out at any moment here, I thought it would be a great time to declutter and organize your sunglasses and also your regular glasses. In this episode I will discuss How to declutter sunglasses, glasses and reading glasses Where to dispose of them How to organise the glasses you are keeping. Press play to have a listen or find Decluttr Me on your favourite podcast player....

This week I wanted to revisit a topic I discussed pretty early on the decluttr me podcast – Swedish death cleaning. At the time in 2018 it was a new phenomenon and people had no idea what it was and thought it was pretty morbid. Now it’s more of known concept, but not as much as it should be. I think it is a brilliant methodology to help the older (or younger in spirit) generation to start clearin...

This week I wanted to talk about maids. A lot of people have maids full time or part time in this region and in other parts of the world. When you have a busy household, working, and kids, you need someone there to help with cleaning the house, cooking and sometimes looking after the kids as well. The expectation is that they will automatically know how to clean and organise your home without any...

I won’t ask about your resolutions as I don’t believe in making them. I feel resolutions are a way to bring undue anxiety into my life and yours. When you are ready to do something or quit something, then you will do it, but you don’t need this resolution hanging over your head making your feel bad if you fail at maintaining it. So think of today's episode as the non-resolution episode where I giv...

I realised I have never talked about the gift wrap station or a place to wrap presents in my podcasts before. I often organise them especially for clients from the North American countries.  So now is a perfect time to talk about organising it before you start wrapping up those Christmas presents. Thanks for listening as always. x Shelina -----------------------------------------------------------...

It is December and we are coming ever closer to Christmas. This year there is a shift in view on saving money and being more frugal during this period. With higher energy bills, costly food bills and petrol prices, it is getting more and more expensive to live your daily life let alone celebrate a big event like Christmas. I wanted to share some of my tips to help you save money, declutter and org...

It has been a long time since I have discussed how to organise your make-up and items related to it (since episode 14) so I thought now would be a great time to revisit this section of your life (if you wear it). Have a listen and let me know if you find this episode helpful in getting you to declutter and organise your make-up. You can see the video on how to clean your make-up brushes and sponge...

This week my guest is Dr Lavina Ahuja. Dr Lavina is a UK trained counselling psychologist with over a decade of work experience in UK, UAE and Canada. Dr Lavina is based at German Neuroscience Centre in Dubai Healthcare city and works with individuals, families and couples to help them with various mental health and relationship issues.  In her work with individual clients, she specialises in deal...

Firstly I want to apologise for not releasing an episode last week. I have been having one of those mental few weeks, where I have been working every day and not resting. The result is that I have had no time to record episodes and very little sleep. The result of all work and no rest or play has resulted in me being close being broken both physically and mentally, which is no good for anyone. I n...

I have been helping a lot of clients recently with organising their linen cupboards whether in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or even London, so I thought it would be a great time to share my advice on how to declutter and organise your bedding, towels and blankets whether in a linen cupboard or in another storage unit. To listen to my new episode, press play below or you can find the Decluttr Me podcast on you...

I know a lot of people are renovating their own house currently or buying a new one, so I wanted to give you my tips to look out for when renovating your home so that you save yourself some of the agro (you know you are going to get some dealing with contractors). To find out my top tips click play and have a listen: I mentioned episode 185 when I talked about designing the perfect closet. You can...

Have you heard of Cluttercore? I hadn’t and then started seeing posts about it on Tiktok (yep Decluttr Me is on Tiktok) and was intrigued. Have a listen to my new episode and find out more about Cluttercore and if it resonates with you or fills you with dread. Thanks for listening as always. Shelina x -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

This week I was helping a lovely couple to declutter and organise their home office. We found so many cables and cords lying around everywhere. Thankfully they got rid of a lot of the cables but we still have a few to keep and organise so I thought this would be a great time to discuss this menace at home. Have a listen and let me know if this episode helps you to get rid of this painful cluttered...

This week my guest is the wonderful Lisa Sherrington-Boyd aka Principal Lisa aka The Potty Queen. ILisa is an ex-Nursey school Principal in Dubai and has been working with babies and children's in a variety of ways for the last 30 years. Using her amazing skills, she helps potty/toilet training, sleep training and also providing Nanny Queen services to help families struggling with toddler or chil...

I help a lot of creative people to declutter and organise their homes and offices. From artists, to calligraphers, writers, musicians or designers - they all have something I don’t have, amazing creativity and artistic flair. However, they often despair at their state of their home and I hear creative people lament the same issue when out and about. So what can you do if you are creatively incline...

So I have had a request from a follower to talk about organizing the working space or home office for couples who have to share that space. During COVID, many people were at breaking point having to share their office, desk, dining table, etc with their other half and their family. Although many people are going back to offices, some still work from home and have to deal with the clutter from thei...

I recently watched How to Build a Sex Room on Netflix and the show was brilliant! Melanie Rose, the presenter of the show, is this British, matter of face interior designer who talks sense, kink and interiors. Watching the series I saw a lot of clutter in the bedrooms, plus I have seen a lot with clients, so thought now would be an ideal time to help you bring the va va voom back into your bedroom...

This week my guest is Clare Anderson of Clutter Free & Organised, Claire Anderson is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and the Founder of ‘Clutter – Free’. She spent 15 years in America working in various exciting jobs which we will discuss shortly. In 2014 she returned to UK and did a Masters Degree in Behaviour Analysis. Now in addition to being a professional De-Clutterer, she is a Behaviour...

Breaking up with your partner is hard enough, but if you have to downsize, move, or just clear up his stuff from your current place, it can beyond overwhelming. I wanted to discuss this situation to help any of you who are going through the break-up situation currently, or know someone who is going through it and needs help with their stuff. So here are my tips to declutter and organise your space...

It is fine and dandy to declutter and organise a room like your kitchen in a big session either by yourself or with a professional organiser, but what about later? This episode I wanted to give my tips to help you maintain your organised systems and also stop the clutter coming back into your home. Have a listen to my tips and let me know if they help you to maintain your organised home. Thanks fo...

This week I wanted to focus on the kitchen and in particular on the kitchen zones. The kitchen is a major hub of all houses – you, your family, flatmates, maid - have to go in there at least once a day to find food, drinks and other things (if you store junk in there as well). Making sure that everything is away properly in your kitchen, ensures that you can find your items in less than five secon...

Recently I have been organizing more and more playrooms. I am guessing with the kids finishing school, parents wanted to make sure the rooms were ready for them to enjoy and keep occupied over the long summer days. If you are finding it hard to clear up that playroom right now, then have a listen to this episode and check out my tips for decluttering and organising without getting a massive headac...

This week I wanted to talk about a new type of clutter that has erupted… the Home Edit clutter. The Home Edit is owned by two sucessful professional organisers based in the USA. They have a successful company, books, tv show and products which are sold in Walmart and the Container Store. I can’t hate on them, but I have got issues with their “organising with style ethos”, specificially the rainbow...

Last week we talked about buying souvenirs for yourself. This week we are talking about souvenirs bought by others (aka Sentimental Clutter) and how to get declutter them without feeling guilty. I mentioned the 7 Types of Clutter episode which you can access here. Thanks for listening as always. Shelina -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...