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“On the threshold the entire past And the endless future Rush to meet one another.” –Gunilla Norris, Being Home My friend Nancy and her husband are building a house from scratch in their hometown [...]

Watch this six minute segment on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and tell me you don’t feel lighter …and freer. And then see if you can’t be more like this 88-year old “hot [...]

“If this clearing technique doesn’t seem like it accomplishes very much, that’s because from the mind’s point of view, it doesn’t. This exercise is designed to access a deeper inner knowing [...]

“This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival…” –Rilke Part 5 of 7* Besides you, the flesh and blood human being who invites me to clear your space, I consider [...]

“One minute you are feeling calm, self possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy.” –Yann Martel, Life of Pi I’m in Mexico as [...]

Part 3 of 7 * It’s our second skin. Homes and workplaces are extensions of us. Through doorways and hallways, they circulate energy (chi)–or don’t, depending on how cluttered, congested, and [...]

Part 2 of 7* After almost two decades in the business of clearing spaces, I sometimes wonder why I didn’t get into feng shui, or interior design for that matter. These professions are so [...]

“Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.” –Henry David Thoreau A big low-pressure system seems to have moved in to affect my entire household. First a [...]

How is it possible to allow loss to simply be? To allow that things sometimes don’t add up, make sense, or work out? I’m still in shock and recovery over the fact that my laptop [...]

How do you “respond” to a really bad situation when all you want to do is react: Scream. Kick the walls in. Binge. Throw in the towel… Today’s post is what inspires me to [...]