We took the week off from our live show, but we’ve put together a bonus edition of our webcast and podcast to respond to your comments and questions. In special episode #77 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, talks about clutter negotiations, e-mail bankruptcy, catch-and-release shopping trips, and why Gayle doesn’t need to spy on you.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw077

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

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For people who struggle with stuff, clutter permeates every aspect of our lives: our space, our time, our emotions, and our relationships. In episode #76 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, we set ourselves a challenge: to identify and explain an organizing concept, issue, or tip for every letter of the alphabet.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw076

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

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We constantly make judgments about worth, assessing and assigning value to our lives and our stuff. But our notions of perceived value can clash with the reality of our physical surroundings. In episode #75 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines value-based emotional responses and habits of thought that sabotage our ability to get or stay organized.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw075

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

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The creative impulse is an essential human need to enrich and beautify our world. But clutter erodes the space, free time, and mental clarity we need for creative pursuits. In episode #74 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explains key principles for organizing an art or craft workspace and offers tips to keep your creativity flowing.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw074

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group  follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the video of our webcast on YouTube.

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Our collections of decorative items can fall out of synch with our changing senses of style and the desires and goals we have for our spaces. In episode #73 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, identifies the behaviors that lead to decor clutter and suggests strategies for cleaning up your “look.”

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw073

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group  follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the video of our webcast on YouTube.

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Getting organized is simple, but it’s not easy. For your project to succeed, you need a realistic plan and a clear process. In episode #72 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, revisits the basic steps in the decluttering process and how to apply them to your cluttered space.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw072

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group  follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the video of our webcast on YouTube.

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Dealing with our clutter can feel like stepping into quicksand—we’re stuck, helpless, can’t move forward, and struggling only makes matters worse. In episode #71 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines the many flavors of decluttering stuckness and suggests strategies for extracting yourself from the mire.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw071

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group  follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the video of our webcast on YouTube.

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Our stuff can stifle our efforts to adapt to shifting circumstances, or it can support the new life we’re seeking. In episode #70 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores the transitions that disrupt our lives and suggests ways to adjust our thinking and behavior around stuff to help us move forward.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw070

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group  follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the video of our webcast on YouTube.

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We all have “must-haves”—things we think we can’t do without in our homes, but that can stand in the way of successful decluttering. In episode #69 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines the assumptions and expectations we inherit from our family or culture—or entrench in our own habits—and offers fresh perspectives on our must-have stuff.

Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw069

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group  follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the video of our webcast on YouTube.

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The universe of available organizing solutions can be overwhelming. Stores that sell organizing products want to solve your stuff problem with more stuff. In episode #68 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, shares how a few carefully selected organizing products can make a world of difference in your space.

For links to the products mentioned in this episode, please see the show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw068.

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group  follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the video of our webcast on YouTube.

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