The Art of Decluttering

We’ve had an episode on having a recycling holding zone as some of our listeners and clients are passionate about diverting all they can from landfill and feel a significant burden to find the right solution for all of their consumption and decluttering efforts, so this week we have created another bonus episode where we chat to Charlotte from 1800-Got-Junk . In this episode Amy and Charlotte: ● C...

This week we chat about having the kids go back or start school here in Australia: ● Encourage you to think the different ways your children approach the morning, do they jump out of bed eager or do they take a long time to wake up; ● Challenge you plan out your week so that people get to where they need to get to and food gets into hungry bellies after all the after school activities ● Give tips...

This week we chat about setting your vision for 2020. In this episode we: ● Talk about the difference between resolutions and setting vision; ● Challenge you to cast vision for 2020; ● Encourage you to think about where you currently are, where do you want to be, what you need to do/be/change to get to your vision and think about who you need to bring alongside you to achieve success; ● Discuss ou...

This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting...

This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting...

This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting...

This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting...

This December we wanted to again practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting...

This week we chat about Perfectionism. Neither of us identify as perfectionist, that was until we did this episode. So if you too, don't resonate with this topic, we still recommend you listen! If you do have perfectionist tendencies, this will be a helpful conversation. In this episode we: ● Give 9 characteristics of perfectionism; ● Talk about if we display of of those characteristics; ● Discuss...

This week Kirsty had a great conversation with the extraordinary Clare Press from Wardrobe Crisis. Clare is also the Sustainability Editor of Vogue Australia and an incredible author among many other talents. In this episode we: ● Talk about fashion and the effect that our insatiable desire for fast fashion has on our planet; ● Highlight some of the alarming statistics around fashion and the envir...

We love that when we work with our clients it's not about a student/ teacher relationship - it's about being a team and solving problems together and working together for their future of freedom. This means that we learnt some awesome things from our clients. We share heaps of those in our episode this week and how they've impacted how we do our everyday lives as well as how it's helped evolve our...

This week we chat firewood at Joanna Strybosch's request! Amy has a fireplace and while Kirsty loves a fire, she has never had a home with a fireplace. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to declutter and organise your firewood; ● Encourage you to consider if your fireplace is used regularly or if it attracts more aspirational clutter instead; ● Give you some tips on how to store and move your fir...

This week we chat about discouragement and what it looks like when it comes to decluttering. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to remind yourself that you are worth it; ● Encourage you to trust the process; ● Talk about different ways discouragement can occur; ● Discuss the different ways we get discouraged as Professional Organisers; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: Tha...

We love Osher Gunsberg's podcast 'Better than Yesterday' and last week we heard the innovative Mike Smith, who else heard that interview? Amy got the chance to chat to him so we thought we would give a little bonus episode with that chat today! In this episode we: ● Encourage you all to join Zeroco's Kickstarter campaign which is a win/win/win for our planet and for us; ● Challenge our ideas on si...

This week we chat to Nicole Bijlsma from Building Biology about mould and all things healthy homes. In this episode we: ● Challenge your thinking around what makes a healthy home ; ● Encourage you to be more aware of mould in your home; ● Give you some tips on how to reduce the impact of mould and dust in your home;   Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Australian Coll...

This week we chat to Angela and Wendy from Hoarding Home Solutions about Hoarding Disorder. In this episode we: ● Give you a definition of what Hoarding Disorder is; ● Encourage you to get curious when people use the word "Hoarding"; ● Give you some idea of the varied way Hoarding Disorder can manifest itself; ● Talk about the difference between Hoarding Disorder and Chronic Disorganisation; ● Wen...

This week we chat about responsibility and how to deal with frustrations around the home when you feel others aren't contributing to household work load. In this episode we: ● Ask who is responsible for share areas; ● Encourage you to have discussions with people you share the house with; ● Talk about different ways to frame the issues; ● Discuss the difference between being responsible for an are...

This week we chat to one of our beautiful listener Sylvia about all the things you can recycle and how you can repurpose things before they go to landfill or recycling plant. In this episode we: ● Challenge you practice reusing things at least once more before it gets recycled; ● Encourage you have grace for yourself as you are learning about how to recycle more and more things; ● Give you some ti...

This week we chat about why there is no destination: Decluttered but rather how the decluttering process is an ongoing life-giving journey. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to not be disheartened by the ongoing process; ● Encourage you that as you progress in this decluttering journey there comes freedom from overwhelm and freedom to focus on living a more purposeful and intentional life; ● Giv...

This week we chat about bulky sports equipment and how you declutter, organise and store all those awkward items. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to be honest and reflective about the your real needs; ● Encourage you to ask helpful questions to help you declutter and assess your needs; ● Give you some tips for storage solutions and sentimental sports items; Thank you Megan Gasgoigne for the ep...

This week we have a conversation about kids and their love of soft toys and how challenging it can be to declutter and organise them. In this episode we: ● Chat about the difference between toys that kids use to sleep with and those that aren't used very often; ● Encourage you to help your kids distinguish those soft toys they can move onto other homes; ● Give you some tips for where to pass those...

This week we have a conversation about what to do when you've been given things you just don't love or have space for, aka; offloading In this episode we: ● Challenge you be thoughtful about what you bring into your home as one day it has to leave your home too; ● Encourage you to do the deep work to untangle yourself from obligation; ● Give you some tips for how to approach people when you want t...

This week we have a conversation around areas in your home that might cause you to come unstuck because of memories or issues that rise to the surface when you go to declutter and organise these spaces. It is yet another episode that Kirsty cries and Amy holds space for her as we both hold space for you, our gorgeous listeners, in these harder areas. In this episode we: ● Cover issues of death, lo...

This week we have a conversation around decluttering and organising your cords and cables! In this episode we: ● Challenge you to stop procrastinating decluttering this area! If this area of your home typically belongs to someone else, ask them to listen with you; ● Encourage you to label cords and cables when they come into your home to make it easier to locate them now and to declutter them when...

This week we have a conversation around an accidental experiment that Amy conducted when she was sick a few months ago which we found fascinating and thought we would share our learnings from it. In this episode we: ● Encourage you to consider what rest looks like to you and which of your tanks empty first; mental, emotional or physical; ● Share how this experiment grew our empathy and compassion...