About My Blog

Clearing, as I’ve discovered, is not just something you “do,” like taking out the trash, or sorting a basement full of junk. In the bigger sense, clearing is a way of being. It is a quality of spaciousness that is a natural as breathing; it is an experience that is available to all of us humans when we open up to and cultivate it.

My hope with this site is to invite reflection, discussion, and wonder; to discover what’s really cooking beneath our individual and collective stress and stuff; to honor our unique process of letting go; to bring our selves, our homes, and our lives back into balance––one small step, drawer, thought, or moment at a time.

As I write in my book Your Spacious Self:

“If I had to summarize in three words the essence of the clearing path as I’ve experienced it…it would be these: Raise, release, reveal.

“I call them “my three R’s.” Clearing raises awareness. Clearing releases attachments. Clearing reveals a spacious part that’s been there all along. The three fit together as an organic whole: The more aware we become about the places we hold on, the more likely we are to let them go. The more we let go, the more spacious we feel. The more spacious we feel, the easier it is to clear the next thing or issue. Sound good?

“If it were that simple there would be no need for this book [blog]. You could stop right now and go “do” clearing. The thing is, clutter has no concept of simple. The clearing path is messy and meandering and full of unexpected surprises. Clearing clutter is not just something we do, like taking a class or going on a diet. It is a journey that is nearly impossible to measure, quantify, or even describe.” (p.xv)

To hold the space for us to explore this messy, meandery, inner landscape, I’ve organized my posts as follows (for now anyway):

• Clearing Q & A – This is where I share my replies to interesting questions I receive from readers, students, and clients.

• Articles – This is where I will feature articles, excerpts, or links to articles I’ve written for magazines, blogs, or published in my newsletter SpaceClear Journeys.

• Book – This is where I excerpt my book to shed light on a particular topic. Your Spacious Self:Clear Your Clutter and Discover Who You Are offers a new model of clearing that combines the ancient wisdom of space clearing with the modern practicality of clutter clearing. It is the culmination of years of study, deep inquiry, and personal experience on the topic of letting go.

• Practice – This is where I share content: tips, tools, resources, information, and inspirational material that I’ve designed for use in my teaching, discovered in my consulting practice, and/or has been valuable to me personally.

• Journey – This is where I share my personal process and my own discoveries with clearing: shifts, synchronicities, dreams, fears, shadow, ah-has, noodlings, mystery questions and anything that is ready to reveal itself.