The Art of Decluttering

This week we have a conversation around big books, think reference books, text books, recipe books, encyclopaedias, dictionary etc. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to critically assess whether you need to keep outdated reference books; ● Encourage you to use other mediums to access the same information; ● Give you some tips for how you can keep just part of the information contained in the boo...

This week we have a conversation around Judgement! In this episode we: ● Challenge you have a whole lot of grace and forgiveness for yourself; ● Encourage you to let go of others judgements of yourself; ● Give you some tips for how to go about letting go of self judgement and others judgement of you and using it to motivate you; ● Have some tears flow as we show you our heart for you; ● And so muc...

This week we chat about house guests whether they stay for one night or one year! In this episode we: ● Challenge you to think critically about how often you actually have house guests and you need a whole room dedicated to this function; ● Encourage you to treat guest how they like to be treated; ● Give you some tips for what to do provide for your guests; ● Have lively discussions about whether...

This week we get passionate with Tania Goranitis, from Women Against Waste . Tania is a Professional Organiser from regional Victoria and the founder of the movement we know will be embraced by so many of you! In this episode we learn: ● What inspired Tania to start Women Against Waste; ● How her community has changed their behaviour; ● How you can get involved; ● Changes that we ca...

This week we get passionate about repetitive clutter, you know those spaces you've decluttered but for some reason, it is groundhog day again! In this episode we talk about the four major issues that contribute to clutter reappearing: ● You might have too much - it’s a quantity problem ● You might not have a suitable way to keep things - it’s a storage problem ● You have systems but you’re not sti...

This week we get passionate about board games and puzzles! In this episode we: ● Challenge you to declutter this area of your home regularly, like in the upcoming school holidays. ● Encourage you to donate preloved games and puzzles to your local preschool, school, op shop or nursing home and more! ● Give you some tips for organising these often awkwardly shaped items. ● Have lively discussions ab...

This week we get passionate about the holding zone! The what? So you have started decluttering and you want to move your things onto their next home (op shop, specialty space, reselling) but you just haven’t gotten there yet, what do you do? You create a holding zone of course! But where? In this episode we: ● Challenge you to move things on from the holding zone to their next home by making frequ...

This week we chat all things Tupperware (& other plastic containers!). We explain why we are like toddlers in more ways than one when we come into your home to help you, especially in this section of your home. We challenge you to critically assess what you do need in terms of plastics containers, we give you some great questions to ask yourself and helpful ways of organising your plastic cont...

This week we speak to Amy's best friend, Jess Winnell, about Autism. Jess has kids on the spectrum and also works for an organisation that helps families living with Autism. We chat about routines, caring for yourself as a parent of kids on the spectrum and loads more. We also chat about how being decluttered and organised can help your whole family and that sometimes it is great to call for some...

This week we get very passionate about Junk Rooms! This episode is filled with #truthbombs and #micdrops, like "Rooms without a purpose look like a room without a purpose". We challenge the idea that it is indulgent to have a room dedicated to hobby and hopefully inspire you to value yourself and your dreams. We encourage you to evict procrastination from your home by getting in clearing out your...

This week we continue the conversation with the incredible Brooke McAlary (so if you haven't listened to last weeks episode, do yourself a favour and go listen!). Brooke is a podcaster, author, minimalist and this week answers your questions for her. You wonderful people came up with some fantastic questions around photos, community, their next home, slow travel, her kids schooling while they trav...

This week we celebrate our 100th episode by interviewing the incredible Brooke McAlary! Brooke is a podcaster, author, minimalist and shares with us what the catalyst for her change in lifestyle was and how that has evolved over the years. We hear about how their family was able to sell the family home and move overseas for 15 months and go on a book tour and family road trip. Brooke shares about...

This week we chat about containers! We know so many of you love to dream of and buy containers to store all your things so we wanted to have a conversation around why containers are not the solution to all of your problems. Just by getting the right container you are not magically going to fix your clutter issue. We always recommend decluttering first and organising second; to never organise what...

This week we chat about the joy of LEGO! We talk about ways of decluttering it, from selling it to donating it and the quandary of missing pieces! We also give loads of tips and questions to ask yourself when you are trying to decide on the best way of storing and organising Lego. We chat about the way we declutter, store and organise in our own homes and how we have helped others in different way...

We had a request to do an episode on cancer and so we decided to interview our friend and course participant Amy Kelman, who coincidentally was the person who requested the topic (under another name ;-)) You can tell from this episode that we are friends as there are lots of smiles and giggles mixed into this serious topic! Amy K is so vulnerable and honest as she shares her journey as a survivor...

This week we chat all about the most common word we hear from people we work with: Overwhelm. We all feel it at times so we give you some suggestions and strategies on how you can reduce this feeling when it comes to dealing with clutter in your home. We give tips like start small, KISS, make sure you are fed and hydrated, the Power of 15 minutes and the Micro Declutter. We also chat about how som...

This week we chat all about living in share houses! We chat about the challenge of only having that one room to store all of your things in and different ideas around this concept. We encourage you to make the most of the space you do have, think creatively and vertically about where and how to store your things. We chat about the role that storage units can play for short term storage and the con...

This week we have our first international guest, Laurie Palau! She is our great friend and fellow Professional Organizer from the USA (yes we are using Z where we normally use S's today in homage to our guest today ;-)) Laurie is the author of the book HOT MESS: A Practical Guide to Getting Organized , host of the weekly podcast, This ORGANIZED Life , and the founder of simply B organized where sh...

This week we chat all about decluttering and organising your picnic gear, thanks to the request made by Geraldine Van Oord! We laugh about getting older and needing cushions and chairs to go on a picnic! We discuss our opinion that as a culture we have moved from a picnicking culture to a cafe culture and how we are so incredibly middle class! We chat about big heavy old style picnic baskets and m...

This week we chat about home offices! We have two each in our homes so we share what they look like and how they have changed over time. We encourage you to set a vision for your home office and challenge you to consider the amount of furniture you actually need in your office space. What storage do you need for your office? We ask you to think about the function of your office, what is frustratin...

This week we answer a question we were asked by Jarred, can you declutter too much? Our answer is no, but perhaps yes! We do talk briefly about obsessive behaviours and that people can get the bug for decluttering and can possibly remove things that they regret. However in our professional experience we find the opposite is more the case. We often find that people can't remember what they have in...

What is your favourite room in your home? Is it your Master Bedroom? Why? Why not? Do you know the difference between a pillow or cushion? (Listen out for Kirsty's mistake when she chats about them.) We challenge you to make it a priority this week to reclaim the serenity and peace of your bedroom by decluttering it. Our antidotal evidence is that you will sleep better if your room is decluttered,...

This week we are open, honest and vulnerable as we share with you the mistakes we have made as Professional Organisers. We ask each other the following questions; Have you ever walked into a space and realised that this job was not for you? Have you worked with anyone we regretted? Do we have any disgruntled clients? Have we ever thrown out something by mistake? Have we had clients unhappy with th...

This week Amy and Kirsty come with love to question some of your beliefs challenge you thinking about YOU! We recommend going for a walk, or run or walk the dog to processes some of your frustration at us as we deliver some truth bombs in love and grace because we want the best for you! Is there clutter in your home that it is always someone else fault? If only your kids or partner or housemate de...

This week we chat about the Social Media, perfect thing to declutter after last week's episode on the Mental Load! Does the thought of decluttering your social media life terrify you or is it your dream? We really want you to encourage you this week to be thoughtful and intentional about what you engage with and what you let influence your life. Do you procrastiscroll? Yes it is a thing! Do you su...