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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Website: www.EasyRightsizing.com

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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.

1. Do you avoid having people over because you're ashamed of the state of your home?
2. Do you avoid going out because you feel bad that you should instead be tidying up?
3. Do you say no to invites to other people's homes because you know you can't reciprocate?
4. Do your children not have play dates because you don't want the parents seeing your home?

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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Double Nemesis

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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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Bedding

20 Outfit Wardrobe

More... or Less?

Might As Well

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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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Stocktake

Time Will Tell

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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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Recycling Holding Zone

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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.

• A cluttered bedroom can disrupt your sleep
• A cluttered fridge can make you order take out because it’s too overwhelming to cook
• A cluttered dining table might encourage you to eat in front of the TV and not be conscious of how much you’re eating
• A cluttered garage stops you having easy access to your bike so you drive instead
• A cluttered lounge means you’ve stopped doing Pilates in the morning

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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Reverse Decluttering is making decisions about what you keep rather than what you want to let go of. By process of elimination, whatever you don't keep you declutter.

This can be helpful if you're overwhelmed by a huge collection and know you can only keep a small amount. It can also be really useful if you have limited space and have to curate your possessions to fit, picking your favourite until the space is full rather than facing the daunting task of reducing and reducing.

If you're decluttering with a child it can also be helpful to have them pick their favourites rather than what they don't like as they may like everything!

Read the Article in Stylist

https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/reverse-decluttering-method/990561

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