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I love pleasant surprises.  I got a really nice one the other day in the form of an unsolicited review for my book. This one is by someone named Austin S. on Goodreads. I don’t know who [...]

Sometimes you need a friend or family member to keep us on task. I got this email from my friend, Deb, sharing what happened after a little organizing support from her (non-attached) daughter: [...]

Another good question came the other day: I am following your practice of clearing one item each day. My question for you is what about the stuff that comes into your home- like mail? I can never [...]

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.” -Rumi I just returned from a glorious two-weeks in France and Italy, compliments of dear friends who invited us, and many [...]

Dan Pink, best-selling author of A Whole New Mind, confirmed this staggering statistic I’d heard some years ago as part of my research for Your Spacious Self: “The self-storage [...]

Just read a terrific New York Times article about the effect heirlooms have on on our lives entitled “How to Lose a Legacy” by Ellen Lupton. Humorous, colorful, timely – this article [...]

I adore this line by the poet Rumi: “Your deepest presence is in every small contraction and expansion, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings.” As it relates [...]

I was inspired by this post, so I asked the author if I could share it with you all. Here’s Sara’s story of making friends with clutter and clearing: Space Clearing, The Last Frontier [...]

“Nothing that you want is upstream….The stream of well-being is a powerful stream… When your stream is moving fast, and you’re not flowing with it, it’s beating you [...]

Quitting the career and job that defined me for two decades detailed in the last three posts* led to a long period of fumbling in a foggy netherworld I call not knowing. I still find myself [...]