The Art of Decluttering

By Amy Revell & Kirsty Farrugia

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What's The Art of Decluttering about?

Amy Revell and Kirsty Farrugia are Professional Organisers and they chat about how they keep their homes organised and decluttered and how they help their clients to achieve the same.

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07.18.2021 Care by Brooke McAlary She's baaaack! Yes lovely listeners, the fabulous Brooke McAlary is with us today! It's been way to long since we have caught up with Brooke so make sure you tune in today as we check in and see the McAlary ...
07.11.2021 Travel Bags We love our Facebook Community!! Especially when members request specific topics. So this week you can thank Jodi Mine for our chat about travel bags! It might seem like a bit of an odd time to be talking about travelling ...
07.04.2021 Behind Cupboard Doors Today's episode has been inspired by our amazing Facebook Community. A request came in asking us to talk about when at first glance your house looks tidy and organised but when you start opening up the cupboards you're hit by ...
06.27.2021 Marion Yay another guest interview and this time it's another one of our amazing staff members!! Here's Marion! Marion is part of our team of Professional Organisers in Melbourne. Today she shares with us a little bit about her life, family ...
06.20.2021 Binary Decisions Today's episode is a good one!! We bring you a concept that you can use as a tool to help make the decluttering process that little bit easier. Breaking things down into binary decisions is a great way to take ...
06.13.2021 Tanya Guest interview time! Today we are chatting with one of Kirsty's Sydney clients. Tanya is a mum of 3, a wife and a teacher. Tanya was excited to learn that she could access our services through NDIS funding so she ...
06.06.2021 Control Don't let the title of today's episode put you off. Yes we are talking about control but in relation to freedom, grace and self agency (now there's a fancy new term for you!). Come along for the ride today as ...
05.30.2021 Renovating Tossing up whether to do a reno or sell your house can feel overwhelming. This week we are posing loads of questions to get you thinking and sharing lots of our advice (along with our usual giggles and banter!) to ...
05.23.2021 Rehome Do you ever walk into a room and think, 'what on earth is that doing there?!' Well you aren't alone - in today's episode we tackle what to do with all the stuff that is out of place around the ...
05.16.2021 Trudi Time for another get to know our staff episode!! Today meet Trudi. We have both known Trudi for a loooooong time and love that she is now part of our Melbourne team of professional organisers. She loves making a difference ...
05.09.2021 Color Guru It's another guest episode!! We have the lovely Jeannie Stith-Mawhinney with us today. Jeannie is the founder and owner of Your Color Guru. She is obsessed with helping real women look and feel amazing in their clothes. If you would ...
05.02.2021 Discovery of Less Have you ever started doing something and then later found out there was a word for that very thing you were doing?! Well that is how today's guest found out what minimalism was! Meet Chris Lovett: author, speaker and simplicity ...
04.25.2021 Emotions This week on the podcast we talk about emotions. How to know when to ask more questions of yourself, how to acknowledge your emotions and how to work through them are just some of the things we cover. This episode ...
04.18.2021 Functional Spaces Do you find yourself getting frustrated in your home? Maybe you have mobility issues and needing clear spaces is not just a nice idea but a necessity. In today's podcast we tackle it all! Having functional spaces in our homes ...
04.11.2021 Deceased Estates *trigger warning - today we cover topics such as death, wills and all that goes with losing a loved one. We have used humor in places to lighten the heaviness of the topic but we hope that we have done ...
04.04.2021 Space Invaders Gosh are we excited for today's episode!! Not only do we have a guest, but we are also talking all things Space Invaders!!! No, not the computer game...the new decluttering TV show that everyone is talking about. Our beautiful friend ...
03.31.2021 Bonus Episode - Eden Update Trigger warning - this episode talks about sexual exploitation, human trafficking and the current coup in Myanmar - this episode is not suitable for children This week we have a bonus episode for you. We are giving you a much ...
03.28.2021 Catty Meet Catty!! Catty has recently joined us here at the Art of Decluttering and is part of our Sydney team of Professional Organisers. We love her gentle and calm approach with clients and of course her gorgeous smile that will ...
03.21.2021 Paperwork Course Today's episode is special - we are bringing to you the much anticipated Paperwork Course!! Hooray! We have been working hard on developing and refining this baby for ages so we are super excited to finally share it with the ...
03.14.2021 Favourite Things These are a few of our faaaaavourite thiiiings!! Today we are delighting your ears with (you guessed it!) a few of our favourite things. From containers we love to use in clients homes to our favourite food and apps. There ...
03.07.2021 Just One More Happy Podcast Day! Today we let you in on a little secret that we Professional Organisers like to use. We like to pull out this question at the end of a session to see if we can encourage our clients ...
02.28.2021 Fiona Most of you would know by now just how much we love, love, love are amazing staff members. Well today we have a guest and she just happens to be one of them! Get ready to meet Fiona. Fi came ...
02.21.2021 Nuts & Bolts Are you the keeper of the tools in your house? Maybe it's your partner or housemate? Regardless of who's in charge of them, if they aren't easily accessible or you can never find them when you need them - this ...
02.14.2021 Becoming a Professional Organiser Disclaimer: the sound quality during our conversation wasn't amazing due to poor internet connection so we thank you for your grace & understanding when listening! It's podcast day and boy do we have a treat for you!! This week we ...
02.07.2021 Like with Like Yay it's podcast day! Today we are discussing 'like with like' - why it's important and why it's such a helpful strategy when decluttering and organising. Have you heard us say this phrase before? We hope so as we say ...
01.31.2021 Minimalism It's a miracle - we have found a topic where we BOTH agree! Thanks to some discussions we had with our amazing Head, Heart & Home Course Community during our last live round - (come join the course!!) today's episode ...
01.24.2021 Courtney Carver We have a special guest with us today... THE Courtney Carver!! Most of you may have heard of Courtney, either from her blog Be More With Less, or her Project 333 and if you haven't - you're about to!! We ...
01.17.2021 Kids Outsourcing Are you wondering how to keep the kids busy, fight the boredom AND remove some things from the metal load you carry for your family?? Then this is the episode for you! Tune in to hear a wide variety of ...
01.10.2021 Sue Martin Happy Podcast Monday (or Sunday if you live in above the equator!) We have a special guest interview today! Joining us is one of our listeners and Facebook Community members - Sue Martin. Sue participated in our 2 Million Listener ...
01.03.2021 Reset It's 2021 - The year that took FOREVER to get here! For our first podcast of 2021 we chat about how to press the reset button and mentally prepare for the new year. For most of us the last 12 ...
12.27.2020 Christmas Series - About Us We hope that you have all loved our Christmas Series showcasing are amazing staff members! It has enabled us to have some much needed time to recharge and spend time with families whilst still bringing you something interesting to listen ...
12.20.2020 Christmas Series - Belinda This year (again) we wanted to practice what we preach for this busy season. So just for now we are pressing pause on creating new podcast material and enjoying some white space in our lead up to Christmas 2020. But ...
12.13.2020 Christmas Series - Carly Disclaimer: This episode was recorded during the bushfires in Australia of last summer. We reference and chat about this towards the beginning of the episode This year (again) we wanted to practice what we preach for this busy season. So ...
12.06.2020 Christmas Series - Jac This year (again) we wanted to practice what we preach for this busy season. That means just for now we are pressing pause on new podcast material and enjoying some white space in our lead up to Christmas 2020. But ...
11.29.2020 Christmas Blender How is Christmas just around the corner?!! Are you hanging out to go OTT on Christmas this year? Or are you wishing you could just forget it and move along into 2021? Tune in this week as Amy and Kirsty ...
11.22.2020 ADHD This week's episode is one that has been requested right from the beginning and again and again over the last few years!! Today we chat all things ADHD with Kirsty's beautiful friend and client Joanna Bailey. Joanna is a psychologist ...
11.15.2020 Eden Trigger warning - this episode talks in depth about sexual exploitation, human trafficking and forced marriages, this episode is not suitable for children This week we have the incredibly passionate Michelle Kerr from Eden Ministries with us. Michelle is the ...
11.08.2020 Listener Questions 2.0 It’s listener question time!! After their Today Extra interview, the girls inspired themselves to ask everyone to send in their questions. So this week's episode is for you, our amazing listeners!! There is SO much gold just waiting to be ...
11.04.2020 Share the Dignity Trigger warning - this episode covers topics including homelessness, fleeing or living in crisis, foster care, domestic violence It's a Bonus Episode!!! After chatting about Sanitary Products earlier in the week, Kirsty and Amy then had the pleasure of interviewing ...
11.01.2020 Sanitary Products Disclaimer - this week the theme covers all things period related. If you feel this topic is not for you then tune in next week instead. Join us this week as Kirsty and Amy chat about intentionalism when it comes ...
10.25.2020 Sleep This week on the podcast Amy and Kirsty discuss the relationship between sleep and clutter. They share some findings from clinical research and a few of their own client experiences about how decluttering positively impacts our sleep. The girls have ...
10.18.2020 Today Extra Did you catch Amy and Kirsty on morning TV last week?! They appeared on Today Extra on Channel 9 in Sydney. Their interview got cut a little short leaving viewers wanting more, so they decided to take matters into their ...
10.11.2020 Online Selling Do you have a 'gunna' (going to get to) pile or piles? Those items that you want to sell but aren't quite sure where to start? Well then this episode is for you! Pop in those earbuds/airpods/headphones and soak up ...
10.04.2020 Magic Wardrobe Number This week's episode is thanks to our Facebook Community. Tune in as Kirsty and Amy discuss their guidelines for creating a functional wardrobe, with more of a focus on kids wardrobes. As always enjoy a laugh as the girls give ...
09.27.2020 Lost in Translation This week's episode is one our Northern hemisphere listeners have been waiting for! Enjoy having a giggle along with Kirsty and Amy as they share your experiences and a few of their own about getting Lost in Translation, all the ...
09.20.2020 The Home Edit This week we were inspired to chat about the new Netflix show 'The Home Edit'. We really enjoyed it and wanted to share with you the ways in which we are similar and how we differ. In this episode we; ...
09.13.2020 Room to Improve This week we were inspired to chat about the things that we need to improve upon personally. It was inspired by a comment one of Kirsty's clients made to her about how relieved she was to realise just how imperfect ...
09.09.2020 R U OK Day We have a bonus episode for you today being R U OK day here in Australia! In this episode we: ● Encourage you all ask a friend or family member if they are ok; ● Provide plenty of resources you ...
09.06.2020 Gretchen Rubin This week we chat to the incredible Gretchen Rubin! Gretchen is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humour and clarity, in ...
08.30.2020 Art This week we were inspired to chat about artwork thanks to a post in our Facebook community started by Robyn Christie! In this episode we; ● Encourage you to consider donating or selling any artwork that you no longer love ...

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