The Art of Decluttering

Reduce your food waste, save money, make meal planning easier and enjoy the beauty of your pantry being in peak form!! It's week 2 of Decluttering and Organising 101 Learn my key criteria for picking pantry storage containers and ways to organise even if you have a deep pantry where things tend to get lost at the back. You are invited to join the free course for this series where each Monday you'l...

Welcome to the first episode of our newest series - Decluttering and Organising 101 where over 8 weeks we'll go through each area of your home and I'll share my top organising and decluttering tips for that area. You are invited to join the free course for this series where each Monday you'll receive access to a new podcast episode, decluttering checklist and organising cheat sheet (as well as som...

Join me as I unpack the newest and greatest decluttering show on TV... The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning !! If you're in Australia you can watch it via SBS On Demand, you simply must - it's AWESOME. My big take aways from the show (which is based on the book ) are around the fun and honesty the hosts bring to each declutter session and interaction with their clients. They're not trying to m...

When you're decluttering and you come across something you decide to keep... sometimes it can be hard to know if you're keeping it because you do use, love or need it... or if you're working hard to convince yourself on a reason to keep it. Try answering this out loud to yourself, "I'm keeping this Because ..." Answering yourself out loud can help you articulate something that maybe is otherw...

* Alright... just putting it at the top that I may use Opportunity Cost and Cost Benefit Analysis interchangeably or in the wrong context a bit today... but I know that you'll be able to follow along and see exactly what I mean when it comes to decluttering and organising * When you're making decisions about what to bring into your home, or what to declutter from your home, it's helpful to acknowl...

Memories. Does the Maroon 5 song come to mind? Memories play a more significant role in decluttering and organising than we often recognise. Creating Memories : ultimately the reason and motivation behind decluttering and organising is to create life memories. Whether it's the memory of a peaceful and relaxed home or space to leave the house and create memories of travel, adventure, creativity and...

  Do you feel like your home has accumulated WAY TOO MUCH over the last few weeks? This week on the podcast, explore the difference between replacing and accumulating. When something new comes into your home, is it to replace an existing item, or is as an accumulation? There will be occasion for both, but if you accumulate more than you replace you will inevitably end up overwhelmed by clutte...

🎄Merry Christmas!!🎄 Today whether you're running from one event to the next or you're having a quiet day at home alone, I want to take a moment to wish you a very Merry Christmas. Today I've dropped a quick episode called Keeping Company. Many people have reached out over the years to say that podcasts are sometimes the only human interaction they have on Christmas day and so I wanted to say I s...

Today is a BONUS episode with my Christmas hacks! Discover my tried and true hacks for food, transport, gifts, rubbish, hungry and tired kids and so much more! You may also like to listen to these episodes: Tackling Christmas Extravagance Join our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a m...

Does the idea of running out of something cause you untold anxiety? Could you learn to use the moment of running out to embrace making do? Or learn to live with less? I've found the most natural way to declutter is to use what I already have in my home. Use things up before buying a replacement. Think about how we so often shop - it's retailers and companies that often dictate when we purchase, ho...

How do you firmly and sensitively impose limits on others in regards to Christmas gifts. Todays episode is in response to a listen question: "My children are 3 and 5 and the only grandchildren for my and my husband’s parents. The number of gifts we receive at Christmas is overwhelming and quite stressful. I’ve had a frank conversation with my parents about sticking to a limited number of presents....

When you're planning to renovate or build a new house, how you tackle decluttering before you begin is critical to reducing the clutter when you move back in and for any period you need to move out of the house.  Today Amy is the guest (in her own podcast) and Frances from My Forever Home podcast is the interviewer - we initially recorded this episode for Frances' podcast and knew straight aw...

December is a prime decluttering month on your calendar… out with the old before it’s in with the new. You are invited to join my 12 Days of Christmas Declutter Challenge ! Making space is such a great practice before the silly season really ramps up. It’s amazing the freedom that comes when you take the time to intentionally declutter your home. Christmas time can be crazy busy and overwhelming a...

The art of making do is a bit of a lost practice of common sense in our current culture. We buy gadgets that perform just one task (melon baller or rice cooker...) and in our attempt to find quicker and easier ways to do things, we often unnecessarily complicate our homes with clutter. A product is only as good as your ability to access and use it. We unpack what it means to 'make do' and what are...

Peter talks this week about being an advocate for people when you are invited into their homes. How Professional Organisers are there to help you achieve the life you want, and how he is committed to doing everything in his capacity to help you, even when you feel unable to help yourself. Our lives are stages, and the stuff we hold onto are representations of those seasons. Even though it's hard t...

Peter Walsh is an internationally recognised Declutter Guru, who has been decluttering heads, hearts and homes for over 20 years. Peter has been on our screens most recently on Space Invaders in Australia, but you'll also know him from The Oprah Show, The Living Room and Clean Sweep. Season 4 of Space Invaders will be hitting our screens in Australia early 2024 so keep an eye out for Australia's f...

When does limiting choice actually bring greater freedom? When your head is already full, too many choices or options can be incredibly overwhelming. Your capacity on any given day can be increased when you put some limits on your own choices. You might create a framework that you can overlay on decisions so you have a natural default and then you have the freedom to change, or you might create sy...

Today's episode is not about buying property, it's about where you keep items within your home. Location of where items are kept and stored is super important when you're setting up your home. Not all locations are created equal... even when they are equal in shape, size and capacity. Prime real estate in your home should be used for items you're accessing more often, and the location should be lo...

Do you have FOTO? Fear of Throwing Out... it's a real thing! How many digital storage devices/ old tech do you have in your home purely because you are not sure if there are important documents/ photos on them? Old laptop, old phone, old tablet that you totally don't need (and maybe can't even find the charger for)... make a decision today if it's worth investing the time to recover those files, o...

Outsourcing can be a bit daunting when your scope of what it means is that you need to be wealthy enough to employ someone to help you out. However today expand your mind about outsourcing in 3 different ways and think creatively about how you might be able to use the power of outsourcing in your life. Outsourcing within your household Outsourcing to independent contractors Commercial outsourcing...

Do you need to declutter a space or room in your house so that an area in your life can bloom? Do you want space to pursue a creative project, engage in an activity that brings you joy or maybe you have a priority of health, business, study or foster care that requires room in order to bloom. Bring a fresh outlook to how you use your space and how you prioritise that which you want to bloom. Here...

When you're thinking about tackling an area in your home to declutter, you can use a broad or narrow approach (or a combination as is needed). Broad decluttering is about using a birds eye view and thinking in broad categories. This might look like working on some easy wins, large items that are rubbish or are to be decluttered. It might be about consolidating half full boxes of items so you can c...

I would quite like to remove the word busy from my vocabulary. It doesn't actually reflect the way that I value my time, calendar, energy, schedule, finances and home. Busy implies rushed, frantic, distracted, unapproachable and like you are kind of living out of control.  Explore what intention might look like. What lingering looks like and what being approachable and having space for people...

If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time you've probably heard me talk about the 'returns box' in our house. Today I delve into what a Returns Box looks like, how we use it, what specifically is in it and how it might look in your home. No more borrowing something and forgetting to give it back or the embarrassment of losing something someone lent you. If you're stuck on whe...

Have you ever noticed that when you clear a space in your home, you instinctively want to fill it with something else? We call this the vacuum effect. A space will draw things into it unless you set an intention for the space you've created. Today I chat with Bonnie from Little Miss Organised about the Vacuum Effect as well as other areas of decluttering we can't help but discuss! Think of your ki...