Let's Purify! Holistic Decluttering

Decluttering in your clothes closet can bring up a lot of confusion and tough feelings. In this episode, I share some common challenges that people face while sorting through their clothing. I also share eight tips to bring ease and acceptance to your process.

1. Create a vision: Having a vision for your closet and clothing will give you an overall sense of what types of clothing are a fit for you.
2. Identify your most authentic self: Notice the clothing that makes you feel comfortable in your skin. This will help you make clear decisions about what you truly want to keep.
3. Honor your sensitivities: Allow yourself to let go of clothing that is uncomfortable to wear, and therefore you typically avoid.
4. Try everything on: Take nothing for granted and make no assumptions.
5. Discover a method that works for you: Whether you go one shelf at a time, or pile all of your clothing up on the bed, find a method that will allow you to stick with the process and complete it.
6. Bring an energy of openness, curiosity and fun to the process: Turn on some music, put a smile on your face and get to it!
7. Allow emotions to rise and flow: As you're opening up the space of your closet, you may open up some emotions within. Allowing them to flow will help you release both inner and outer 'stuff'.
8. Make up your own rules: You do not have to adhere to anyone else's methods, ideas, rules, or shoulds. Discover what feels right to you.

If you're struggling to Purify your clothes closet, let's connect for a Clarify to Purify session. Together, we can sort through what's been holding you back and create a plan to get started. Imagine how open and welcoming your closet could become!

To hear more about my thoughts on the KonMari method, check out episode 22: Tidying Up & Purification: Similarities, Differences & My Tidying Experiment.

This episode is the next in the series about Purifying in various locations in the home. You can check out the first two here:

• 38: Purifying In The Kitchen: Food, Pantries & Fridges
• 45: Purifying In The Bathroom: Beauty Products & Medicine Cabinets

I hope this episode provides you with some fresh perspective and meaningful tips!

Until next time, keep on Purifying!

Several months ago, I saw a meme on Facebook posted by craftyfundotcom that said:

What's the oldest thing you own & still use?

I love this question! It's an invitation to explore and celebrate the belongings in our homes that have history and heritage.

When we Purify, we are shedding and releasing the belongings that no longer serve us. This opens up space to clearly see and appreciate the belongings that we choose to keep. Some of those objects may be old treasures and relics from earlier times, things connected to our family lineage or sweet old memories.

As I share about in episode 50: When You Want to Hold On & Let Go at the Same Time, sometimes we choose to (and even need to) let go of the old things in our lives. Today's episode is about celebrating the old things that we still use and love!

What is the oldest thing that you still use and love? Email me, or post a comment below or on social media. Facebook / Instagram I'd love to hear from you!

Until we meet again, keep on Purifying!

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As you practice Purifying, you strengthen your 'intuitive sorting skill' and Purifying becomes easier and easier. You'll begin feeling clear and confident in your decisions of what you hold on to and what you let go.

However, you may encounter a few objects that bring up strong feelings of confusion or ambivalence. You may find you want to hold on to an object just as much as you want to let it go!

In this week's episode I share an example from my own life. I recently worked through some ongoing uncertainty about two objects from my childhood. When I finally (after a few years!) came to a clear decision about letting go of these belongings, old patterns started shifting in my life. (This is powerful stuff...)

Tap on THIS LINK for a photo of "Hugs" and "Baby" - the two belongings I decided to let go using aspects of the Purification method.

May this example give you some inspiration and perspective about a belonging in your own life.

Check out episode 44: Five Ways To Attend To Emotions As You Declutter & Purify for more about my closet Purification.

Let's dive deeper. A Clarify to Purify session gives you the space and time to work one-on-one with me to get clear on those objects that you want to hold on to and let go of at the same time.

Ready to fully Purify your home? Want to get clear about everything you choose to carry with you into the next phase of life? Purify Your Home may be just what you need! Let's chat!

Until next time, keep on Purifying!

It was an honor and joy to interview my dear friend Seth Dellinger on this week's episode!

Recently, Seth – who is a big time music lover – shared that he was letting go of his vinyl collection. Naturally, I was intrigued, so I invited him onto the show to talk about it.

Throughout our interview, we explored the history of his vinyl collection, the way it had shaped his identity, and his decision to let it go.

I want to keep growing and evolving, and having a massive collection of music that you liked 20 years ago is not conducive to that sort of evolution.

Seth is insightful and interesting. We dove deep into ways this collection was holding him back and why it was so important to let it go.

I referenced this episode in the interview: 34: Has Your Beloved Collection Become a Burden?.

Do you have a Purification story you'd like to share on The Let's Purify! Podcast? Email me at [email protected] (or contact me via my website contact form). If your story is a good fit for the show we can set up a time to record an interview!

Or, perhaps a one-on-one session would be a better fit. Click below to learn more about Clarify to Purify and to schedule your session.

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As you Purify, you will naturally be opening up new space in your home. The possibility of empty space can stir emotions due to the uncertainty or loss that may come with it.

If you experience anxiety at the thought of the emptiness that will follow your Purification process, here are some suggestions to work through it with confidence:

• Before you remove the object(s) from the space, visualize the empty space. Feel into the emotions and body sensations that arise.
• Explore and process those emotions through journaling, talking with a friend, or in a Clarify to Purify session with me.
• Infuse the space with the energetic qualities you would like to have there, like Love, Joy or Peace. You can also channel Reiki to the space as discussed in episode #46: Channeling Reiki to Support Your Decluttering Process.
• Create a vision for the newly opened space. Your Vision can act as an energetic 'bridge' between the empty space and what's to come.
• After you let go of the object(s), sit in the empty space and, again, notice what emotions and body sensations arise. Explore and process those emotions and sensations.

Need more support as you navigate your concerns about empty space? I'd love to help. An 80-minute Clarify to Purify session may be all you need to move through this block and on to the open, airy, light home you've been yearning for.

Until next time, keep on Purifying!

Just like the angels and other spirit guides can support your Purification and decluttering process, so too can the animals.

"All animals and insects – whether two- or multi-legged, feathered or finned, from water, earth or sky – have the potential to deliver a special message aligned with your authentic need, arriving at just the right time or place."

In this episode, I share my own experience of connecting with a spirit animal, and how that animal informs and supports Purifying. This animal carries the spirit and essence of Purification. You can lean into its energy anytime! (Give the episode a listen to discover what it is.)

Here are some steps for connecting with your Purification spirit animal:

• Meditate or pray for guidance and connection with the ideal animal to support your process
• Pay attention when you're in nature to what animals you are drawn to
• Feel into the message this animal is sending you. If it resonates and feels true – it is!
• Contact me and I would love to draw a spirit animal card on your behalf from Colette Baron-Reid's The Spirit Animal Oracle deck. Email me at [email protected] or message me or post on Facebook or Instagram: @letspurify

You can see 2 examples of cards from this deck in my Weekly Purification & Decluttering Guidance posts:

• Bat Spirit
• Panther Spirit

I also share a few ways for you to work with your animal spirit as you're Purifying.

At the beginning of the episode, I shared a lovely Apple Podcasts review of the podcast from Sarah Steckler. Sarah joined me on the podcast for episode 13: Digital Declutter with Sarah Steckler. You can check her out on her Mindful Productivity website. She's amazing!

Many blessings, my friend. May you connect with a spirit animal that uplifts and supports your Purification process.

Until next time, keep on Purifying!

There are infinite ways to incorporate Reiki into your Purification and decluttering process. In this episode, I go over three main ways Reiki can support you and your home as you Purify:

• Reiki can serve as a form of self-care. Channeling Reiki to yourself can help ground and calm you before you get started. When you take a break you can give yourself more Reiki!
• Channeling Reiki to your home and belongings raises the vibration. It helps to open the way and bring ease to the process.
• Using the Reiki symbols can provide creative ways to empower your process, support you mentally and emotionally, and send healing energy to past events and future Purifying sessions.

If you're new to Reiki I also share some Reiki basics at the beginning of the episode. Here are a few of my favorite Reiki resources:

• Essential Reiki by Diane Stein
• The Complete Book of Traditional Reiki by Amy Rowland
• Intuitive Reiki for Our Times by Amy Rowland
• The International Center for Reiki Training

I hope this episode inspires you to bring the power and intelligence of Reiki into your home and into your decluttering process.

If you're ready for your home to be more spacious, welcoming, and calm, but you're struggling to get started Purifying, let's get together (virtually) for a Clarify to Purify session!

And as always, if you're ready to jump in head first and Purify Your Home, I want to help! The Purify Your Home program is full of everything you need to be supported, prepared, and gently (and firmly) held accountable. Make your home the sanctuary you've been craving!

CLICK HERE to learn more about Purify Your Home.

Many blessings and until next time, keep on Purifying!

Welcome to the second episode in this ongoing series about Purifying in various rooms of the home. If you missed Episode 38: Purifying In The Kitchen, be sure to check it out!

Today is all about Purifying old beauty products, medicine cabinet items, reading material, and anything else that accumulates in the bathroom. (I don't think I actually mentioned makeup in the episode. Oops! That was a big oversight since makeup often ends up in the bathroom's "product graveyard.")

When you clear and Purify your bathroom, you create a sacred space for your daily rituals and self-care. As you Purify, you let go of anything you're no longer using, that doesn't work for your body, or that is expired or outdated. This increases the vibration of the whole room!

If you struggle with throwing things away as you Purify, consider listening to Episode 36: The Good News About Landfill Guilt.

Purifying the entire bathroom at once may feel like too much. If so, consider starting with a micro area like one drawer or one shelf of the medicine cabinet.

Be sure to check with your pharmacy or local government agency for guidance on how to properly dispose of outdated or unused prescription medications.

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Many blessings, my friend, and until next time – keep on Purifying!

Clarify to Purify Sessions are back and I just couldn't wait to let you know!

These 80-minute one-on-one phone sessions are a safe, sacred space to explore any aspect of your relationship with your stuff. I can help you:

• Explore and resolve resistance to decluttering
• Gain clarity about a block to sorting through or letting go of specific belongings
• Identify your 'why' and create a Vision for your Purified home
• Tap into spiritual guidance and your inner wisdom to support your process
• Discover how to incorporate spirituality and energy work into your unique decluttering process
• Create a clear plan for getting started on your home Purification
• Or anything else you need to break through!

These sessions create an opening for alchemy and transformation in your home and your life. They can also be a wonderful stepping stone into the Purify Your Home program.

"Before my session I didn't realize that all of the business papers and other materials I was hanging onto "just in case" were actually creating a block about what my next steps forward were.

Through working with Michael, I was able to identify these blocks and return to a feeling of excitement about taking the next steps forward in my business rather than it feeling like a burden."

Schedule your Clarify to Purify session today!

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Okay… on to the details from this week's episode…

As we Purify, we are shifting and disrupting old emotional and energetic patterns. A wide variety of emotions may bubble up to the surface as we open up those bags, boxes, and storage spaces. I noticed this firsthand recently as I was Purifying a closet. It had become an unconscious, messy storage space – it was time to Purify!

Here are five ways to attend to your emotions during a Purification session:

1. Have reasonable expectations – relieve pressure and anxiety up front by establishing a reasonable timeline, or even an open timeline, for your process
2. Prepare yourself for the process – ground and center with deep breathing or meditation. Also remind yourself of what Purifying means to you and why you're diving into this process
3. Make sure your basic needs are met – be well-rested, fed, and hydrated before you get started. Continue drinking water throughout your session
4. Allow emotions to flow – create space for what wants to emerge without stuffing it back down
5. Maintain a mindful, curious, and kind attitude – do your best to avoid judging the emotions that arise

I hope these tips help you to maintain your emotional center as you Purify.

Are you ready to dive a little deeper? Visit the Purify Your Home program page to learn more about how we can work together!

Until next time, keep on Purifying!