The Art of Decluttering

This week we were inspired to chat about artwork thanks to a post in our Facebook community started by Robyn Christie! In this episode we; ● Encourage you to consider donating or selling any artwork that you no longer love or need; ● Challenge you to take a look at the art in your home with fresh eyes; ● Get expert advice from our friend, Frances Cosway from White Pebbles Interior ; Things mention...

This week we chat to another one of Kirsty's clients, Lois North! Lois is a wife, mum of 4 adult kids, cleaner and previous home-schooler among many other roles and talents she has. She is a wealth of wisdom and inspiration to us and we know you will be inspired by her too. In this episode Lois; ● Shares how she found The Art of Decluttering; ● Hear what her experience with working with Kirsty was...

***Disclaimer this week, there is swearing and talk of trauma and squalor*** This week we chat to the formidable Sandra Pankhurst! You may have read Sandra's biography by the brilliant Sarah Krasnostein, The Trauma Cleaner , which so lovingly depicts Sandra's incredible life story. Today we focused in on Sandra's work as a cleaner for people who live in squalor and cleaning trauma scenes in houses...

This week feels like another Iso with Kirst & Ames episode! We chat about the concept of busy - we know - ironic in this season hey! In this episode we; ● Encourage you to put your needs closer to the top of your priorities; ● Ask you to consider what a full life loos like for you and your unique family; ● Challenge you to take lessons from animals; Things mentioned in this episode and other h...

This week we chat about repurposing spaces and rooms for what you actually need rather than being frustrated by the lack of function in your home. In this episode we; ● Encourage you to prioritise functionality over supposed purpose of any given space or room; ● Ask you to think about what room would you add to your house if you could (inspired by Gretchen Rubin); ● Challenge you to say no as much...

This week we chat to the legendary Peter Walsh! Peter was so incredibly generous in his time with us and dropped so much GOLD, we know you will love it as much as we do. 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 chan...

This week we hear the stories of transformation from some of our Head, Heart and Home course participants Thank you to Karen, Deb, Felicity, Ruth, Sally & Mandy for sharing your heart for others transformation too. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful .links: ● Head, Heart and Home Course You won't regret it, your future self will thank you Join our community ● Become a Patron wi...

This week we chat to Belinda and glean her wisdom of someone who has done our Head, Heart and Home course as well as having Kirsty come in and help her daughter declutter her room. In this episode we; ● Learn Belinda's story, how she came to become a client of The Art of Decluttering; ● How she felt investing in her daughter by having Kirsty do a kids session with her; ● Hear what changes have hap...

This week we chat about journals, especially as we got lots of people confused after our Old Diaries and Calendar episode a few weeks ago. In this episode we; ● Talk about how different we are in our approach to journal keeping; ● Encourage you to acknowledge if you are indeed an aspirational journal keeper; ● Challenge you dig into the real reason you are keeping your journals; ● Remind you all t...

We are hosting a free webinar on Wednesday 15th July 2020 at 8pm AEST where we'll share the 6 Keys to Your Decluttering Success. You'll find out everything you need to master in order to have lasting success in decluttering and organising your home. We'd love you to attend live if you can, but even if you can't, sign up and we'll send you a recording of the live webinar. Register today: https://me...

This week we chat about getting curious and what a powerful tool it can be for self discovery on your decluttering journey. In this episode we; ● Talk about how curiosity actually helps to transform us; ● Encourage you to become a toddler again with 'but why?'; ● Challenge you to come up with your own "Pufferfish" moments and dig into why they occur; Things mentioned in this episode and other help...

This week we chat about old diaries and calendars and if and when we might need to keep them. In this episode we; ● Talk about the many reasons our clients have kept their old diaries and old calendars; ● Encourage you to only keep them (as a whole) for tax or legal purposes and what to do with sentimental parts of diaries and calendars; ● Challenge you to transfer the important details to somewhe...

Just a quick bonus episode to celebrate our 3 year anniversary of podcasting!! We share some of our highlights so enjoy this little extra in your ears Join 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 ● Follo...

This week we chat to the incredible Frances Cosway from White Pebbles Interior about designing and creating clever and functional spaces in our homes. In this episode we; ● Talk about planning the purpose and potential purposes of spaces before thinking about storage; ● Encourage you to consider functionality before you start designing; ● Chat about kitchens and laundries (there might or might not...

This bonus episode is a celebration of our 200th episode In this episode we; ● Talk about our favourite episodes; ● Encourage you that just like us, your voice matters!; ● Show our gratitude to all of our listeners and the people who help us to get this and every episode out to you all; Join our community ● Our website The Art of Decluttering ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly support m...

This week we chat about the difference between cleaning, tidying and decluttering. In this episode we; ● Talk about what those three look like in our homes; ● Encourage you to consider which area you spend the most time; ● Challenge you to consider if you need to further declutter to help with the tidying or if it is the case of not having homes for things that will help reduce your tidying time;...

This week we chat about downsizing and how anyone can downsize if they want! In this episode we; ● Talk about the different clients we are working with who are currently downsizing; ● Encourage you to consider if downsizing might be something to consider; ● Challenge you to consider downsizing just the space you occupy in your current home by decluttering; Things mentioned in this episode and othe...

This week we chat about wallets and purses how we organised them. In this episode we; ● Talk about the official difference between a wallet and a purse; ● Encourage you to to declutter your wallet/purse of all the odds and ends that have somehow made their way into yours; ● Challenge you to consider if you even need one; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● 3 Differences bet...

This week we chat about business and loyalty cards and how we do (or do not) organised them. In this episode we; ● Talk about how we store business and loyalty cards; ● Encourage you to be creative in how you keep businesses details instead of taking business cards; ● Challenge you to consider different ways to be loyal to your favourite businesses; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpf...

** Disclaimer, we are still recording at home thanks to Covid-19 ** This week we chat to about the different types of decluttering sessions we do with clients. In this episode we; ● Discuss the different types of sessions we do; Clean out sessions Set up sessions Change of function for a space sessions Change of life sessions Setting up Systems session NDIS sessions; ● Discuss the different type o...

This week we chat to the inspirational Sarah Taylor about tiny, off-grid, intentional living. In this episode Sarah; ● Shares her journey of building a bus for tiny living as well as her latest adventure of living off grid in Queensland; ● Tells some truths about the ups and downs of adjusting to intentional living; ● Encourages us to be thoughtful and conscious consumers and disposer of everythin...

This week we chat about things that clutter is holding you back from! In this episode we; ● Give you our thoughts on just some of the things you might be doing if clutter was cleared from your house; ● Encourage you to set vision for what it is you want to use your house for; ● Challenge you make clearing the clutter a priority by investing time or money achieving your vision; Things mentioned in...

This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today we get excited and sad all in the one episode! Excited because our Melbourne team are heading back to work this week. Sad because Kirsty is exhausted from this season and needs to have a break f...

This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today we interview Kirsty's kids, Oliver and Amelie, Amy's son Elijah and Amy's nephew, Ezekiel. We ask them how they are coping in Covid-19 as well as things they have taught themselves in isolation...

This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today we interview Amy's sister, Sarah. She shares with us what it is like to live in rural Queensland and how they deal with waste and decluttering. We also learn anew how intertwined the Thompsons &...