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When you look around a space and feel like the clutter is EVERYWHERE reducing the volume is a great hack to reduce overwhelm so you can tackle your clutter in an intentional and ordered manner.
Use like with like boxes, or intentional doom boxes to reduce the volume (amount of space the clutter takes up or is spread over). Tackling clutter once you know what you're actually dealing with is so much easier than looking at spread out clutter and trying to figure out where to start.
These tips work well for kids and teenagers too!
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Living with ongoing medical needs often means living with a lot of stuff — from syringes and wound care items to tube feeds and mobility aids. In this episode, I dive into practical ways to organise medical supplies so they don’t take over your home.
Hear real-life examples, clever storage strategies, and thoughtful tips for managing expiry dates, ordering cycles, and bulky deliveries. Whether you’re caring for yourself or a loved one, this conversation will help you create calm, accessible systems that make everyday life easier — and free up space for living, not just storing.
As this is such a personal topic to what supplies you need to keep and the layout of your home, you may also benefit from booking a virtual session so I can help you create a plan specifically for you - reach out, I'd love to help
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How does clutter make you feel? What emotions? What thoughts do you have about your clutter... or about yourself as a person with clutter? Untangling your thoughts and emotions to that you can experience freedom from the overwhelm of clutter is possible!
Tracy is a certified life and organizing coach on a mission to help women simplify their homes and their lives. She is the creator of Organized Life Academy and hosts the Organized Coach Podcast and is my guest on the show today.
Learn how to identify your emotions and reduce the power they have over you. Get curious about your thought life and the impact it has on the actions you take, the habits you develop and the person you're becoming.
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Website: https://simplysquaredaway.com/
Declutter Challenge: https://training.simplysquaredaway.com/declutter
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Overstimulation.
Can you relate to your home being overstimulating?
Is clutter and disorganisation the main cause of this for you?
Sometimes it's because you have too much stuff... but often it's also due to lack of organisation.
Looking into a toy space where the toys are strewn all over the floor is more overstimulating than a toy space with containers/ storage and order.
If you open the pantry and can't easily find ingredients because it's disorganised, you're less likely to cook dinner and more likely to have cereal or get uber eats.
Overstimulation effects us mentally, emotionally and physically, learn some simple tips to combat this in todays episode
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One in 10 Australians use a storage unit - and these figures are pretty consistent for our US listeners. Storage units can fill a gap, meet a need, and save you when you're in a bind... but left unattended their cost can far outweigh the benefit.
Before you put things into storage, ask yourself some questions
- Does that value of this item justify spending thousands of dollars per year to store it?
- How will I feel about this item in 2-3 years when I've invested so much more money to keep it?
- Would I be better off donating these items and just repurchasing them in the future if I really need them?
Once you have a storage unit, see if these questions help you make the next right steps
- Could I consolidate my storage unit into a smaller space to save money?
- If I go through and declutter what I no longer need, could I save money by downsizing my storage unit or eliminate my need for it?
- What else could I do with the money I'm currently spending on storage?
Thanks to Prudence Madigan from Shift Your Storage for the helpful conversation and professional insights
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Today we're talking about seeing the vertical walls in our home with fresh eyes. Oftentimes the art/ pictures/ decor on our walls becomes invisible to us as we've become so used to it our brains don't even register it anymore.
Take a slow walk through your home, noticing everything on your walls, doors and front of your fridge, without touching anything, just noticing.
You might like to change up some of your photos/ art around the house, or you may be inspired to clear spaces and enjoy them blank for a while. Maybe you're creative and you want to create some art for yourself, or be on the look for ways to decorate your walls in a fresh way.
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Until this week I never understood the saying, "later never comes" I just thought it meant procrastinators will always procrastinate, but it means that the time right now is literally never later (perhaps obvious to most!)
Later is an indefinite postponement, which has real life impacts on our homes and lives when we continually put things off to an indefinite future. Learn today some strategies for getting things done like a boss and what to do when you can't tackle something straight away, but you also don't want to kick it down the road to later.
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Every kitchen I've ever been into has at least one (and usually many more) small appliance that they are no longer using that is taking up precious real estate in their kitchen cupboards.
Todays challenge is simple - take out every small appliance in your kitchen, lay it out on your benchtop or table and make honest choices about whether you use it enough to keep it (and allowing the space for it) or if it's time to let it go. When you're putting back the items you're keeping, put the most used at the front and set an alarm in your phone for 6-12 months time and if you haven't used the items at the back in that time, you can declutter them too.
To get you thinking, here are some ideas of what small appliances might be hiding in your kitchen cupboards:
Toaster
Sandwich press / jaffle maker
Blender
Stick (immersion) blender
Food processor
Hand mixer
Stand mixer (e.g. KitchenAid)
Coffee machine (pod, espresso, drip, plunger etc.)
Coffee grinder
Kettle
Slow cooker / crockpot
Rice cooker
Air fryer
Deep fryer
Bread maker
Ice cream maker
Waffle maker
Juicer
Electric frypan / skillet
Multi-cooker (e.g. Instant Pot, Thermomix, Ninja Foodi)
Electric griddle
Dehydrator
Popcorn maker
Milk frother
Yoghurt maker
Egg cooker
Pie maker
Food steamer
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If you have any items in your home that you *thought* would be valuable but find out aren't then this episode is for you. It can be disappointing, frustrating or even devastating when you find out that items that you've kept because you were told they were valuable turn out to have very little monetary value.
It might be coins, stamps, collections, antiques, vintage items or maybe just an appliance you paid a lot for and intended to sell. Sometimes they're not valuable anymore because too much time has passed and you missed the boat, and sometimes it's just how markets work and if there is no demand then your supply isn't valuable.
My challenge today is to identify if there is a category or item that fits this in your home and take the next right step. Maybe it's getting an official valuation, maybe it's just checking ebay and seeing if other people have had success in selling the item... and maybe (probably?) it is making the decision to donate it or sell it for cheap so you can let go of the mental load and reclaim the freedom of the physical space, and brain space these items of lost value have been taking up.
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Has giving or receiving gifts been an area of tension for you? Do you find the kids get way too many toys for their birthday or Christmas? Do you get stressed at the time and money it takes to get the perfect gifts for friends and family?
It can be a challenge to navigate keeping an organised home when it comes to gifts. Add in the desire for minimalism and frustrations can flare.
Learn in this episode how to have helpful conversations that balance values and community.
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Thanks for the listeners who have asked what to do when life happens and you need to make exceptions to your minimalism? Living life as a minimalist is all about knowing your values and balancing that with your desire for minimalism, which sometimes means having items you need for a season or reason.
Sometimes you need to have excess to cater for the season of life that you're in. More sheets, more toys, more clothes etc. When you're unsure what to keep or how much of something to keep, go back to your values and make intentional decisions that fit with your stage of life and current need.
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My guest Jeannine has been helping seniors downsize (or rightsize as she calls it) for over 15 years and Jeannine shares her wisdom for how to prepare for and downsize well. Whether you are the older adult downsizing, or you are a family member supporting someone through this transition there is so much in this episode for you.
Discover healthy ways to talk about keepsakes and memories, hint: it's not just about things that are expensive!
Don't leave the decluttering until your house is sold and you're about to downsize - start today and you will find the process can be healing as well as giving you space to remember and document a life fully lived.
Practical, caring, honest, and supportive, Jeannine is a great coach to have alongside you while you step confidently into the next season of downsizing your home.
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One of our team members Bec shares with us today the adventure of building and living in a van for 6 months as she and her partner travelled Australia.
Learn what it was like to live as a minimalist on the road, and how even when living in a van they found they had items they didn't need.
Bec shares some of the life altering and career changing lessons she learnt while on the road that she now carries with her and shares with clients in her work as a Decluttering and Organising Expert.
Maybe you'll be inspired to make the plunge to living with less and experiencing more too!
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I've been thinking a lot about the correlation between clutter and loneliness. I speak to so many clients who are suffering from loneliness and often one the significant factors contributing to their loneliness is the clutter in their house.
Although you might not instantly draw the line between clutter and loneliness, once you see it you realise the power it holds over so many people's lives. Loneliness is a silent killer and if by engaging in decluttering (or making peace with the clutter) you can reduce your social isolation then I think it's definitely a conversation we should be having.
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Two areas of every home that make a huge impact on if you're feeling like a boss and on top of things, or if you feel like you're drowning are LAUNDRY and DISHES.
The reason they're probably your nemesis (and mine!) is because they are never-ending, multi step, impacted by clutter and have many steps and opportunities for procrastination.
TIP #1 - HAVE LESS
Less clothes, less towels, less sheets, less dishes, less containers, less cutlery, less utensils, less pans. When you have less, it's easier to put things away and stay on top of these nemesis chores.
TIP #2 - DO THE NEXT STEP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Once you have less, it's so much easier to do the next step as soon as possible. Fill the dishwasher, put away the dry washing, hang out the wet washing. You don't have to wait until you have an hour to tackle these chores, instead use 5 minute moments you have to just do the next step rather than having to wait until you have a big chunk of time to focus for a long time. 5 minute moments can make a huge impact on your ability to stay on top of these nemesis chores.
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Greeting cards, birthday cards, retirement cards, birth cards, christening cards, sympathy cards... why do you keep them? Or more truthfully... why do you keep so many of them?
Cards can be really special and I'm not suggesting that you keep no cards at all, but based on what you as listeners and my clients tell me, keeping them all is overwhelming and creating unnecessary clutter.
In the podcast today I address a specific listener dilemma (thanks Yvonne from Quebec, Canada) who is struggling with knowing what to do with her growing card collection.
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My guest Lisa is a minimalist and was married to someone who kept everything... and was a prepper. When her husband unexpectedly died she was not only left with grief… but rows of emergency rations, gear, tools, and mystery items that made decluttering both emotional and overwhelming.
Hear Lisa's practical and insightful journey of decluttering her husbands things while honouring his memory.
Lisa shares about:
💍 Marriage: A Minimalist and a Prepper
💔 Grief + Clutter
🧹 Practical Tips from a Widow’s Perspective
📷 Kids + Shared Memories
🏠 Minimalism + Identity
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Website: TheWidowsComeback.com
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Lisa's Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Widows-Comeback-Lisa-Woolery-ebook/dp/B0F49K7MV5
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I've been doing some decluttering in my own house due to us doing a bedroom renovation and it really made me realise how much we tend to ignore our up high and down low storage spaces in our homes. I hadn't FULLY been through what was up the top of my wardrobe for about 2 years, and although under my bed had been gone through weeks earlier, it did make me think that we often ignore the up high or down low spaces in our home.
Up High places you might like to declutter include attics, loft, top of the wardrobe, pantry or high garage storage. Sometimes it's just too hard to go through them as you need a ladder and a second person to help you. So set aside some time to pull it all down and ask yourself "When did I last need this" and "Do I have a plan to use this in the future" and declutter to your hearts content.
Low Down places you might like to declutter are places like basements, under beds, very bottom and hard to reach kitchen cupboards. Pull everything out and ask the same questions before creating a storage system that works for the space and putting essential items back.
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Boy I love BIN NIGHT! It's a weekly (or regular at least) opportunity to declutter rubbish from around the house. However your rubbish is removed, whether it's a communal apartment bins, curbside pickup or tip drop off, what a gift it is!! I encourage you to take full advantage of your rubbish removal - walk around your house with a rubbish bag and collect as much rubbish as you can. Aim to full the rubbish bins before each pick up - whatever you can remove from your house is automatic decluttering.
And in this episode I explore the idea of having rubbish bins located in many places throughout your house - in your home office, in the bathroom and even in the lounge room if you need. If there are places where rubbish tends to accumulate in your home, pop a rubbish bin in that space and reduce the clutter of displaced rubbish.
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My guest Elizabeth is a life and health coach and works with women to remove barriers to them succeeding in their health goals. Elizabeth and I connected over our shared understanding that a cluttered environment can sabotage your health.
Identifying where clutter might be blocking your health goal and dealing with the clutter can have long-term health benefits!
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Website: https://elizabethsherman.com/
Podcast: https://elizabethsherman.com/category/podcast/
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