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Just a quick heads up to let you know that my four-part video series starts today!* These free videos distill two decades of teaching and writing into four short, practical segments – with tools [...]

Last month I did something I’ve never done in my twenty years as a professional space clearer: I created four short videos of my best clearing secrets. It felt a little bit like a TED Talk [...]

“Whether you’ve read her book or not, you might be wondering how Marie Kondo’s methods of decluttering and organizing stack up with my own, which also come from a lifetime of [...]

Part 3 of 4* Does It Spark Joy? This is the third in a series of four articles that chronicles my experiences and impressions of Marie Kondo’s hugely popular book called The Life-Changing [...]

Part 2 of 4* Taming Paper Clutter This is the second in a series of four articles that chronicles my experiences and impressions of Marie Kondo’s hugely popular book called The [...]

Part 1 of 4 Taming the Clothes I have been asked by a number of readers and students if I’ve read Marie Kondo’s hugely popular book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. The [...]

In last week’s post I answered a question from a reader who was feeling overwhelmed and wanted some advice on where to start. You can read it here. I told him: “If you’re really [...]

It’s all well and good to clear your home and life, but if you’re in a constant state of overwhelm, no amount of hope and desire (or trash bags and nifty containers), is going to make [...]

“How do you remain open instead of automatically going into defense mode?” That is the question that Oprah poses to Deepak Chopra. His response in this short video below could not be [...]

Why is it so difficult to do what we say we’re going to do? The lizard brain. – Seth Godin, “Quieting the lizard brain.” You’ve probably heard me talk plenty about slowing [...]