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“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” –Alan W. Watts. Enjoy this excerpt from A Year to Clear: Realizing a dream, any [...]

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” –Henry David Thoreau. In my last five posts I’ve introduced a model for clearing that is infinitely more [...]

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” –Will Rogers. In my last two posts I’ve introduced a model for clearing that is [...]

“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”–Lilly Tomlin As many of you know, my newest book just came out. You could say that A Year to Clear is to clearing what the slow food movement is [...]

“…daybooks have become inner food…a sturdy container for small doses of what matters.”–Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening I am thrilled to announce the arrival of my new book: A Year to [...]

Realizing a dream, any dream, can be messy and time-consuming. Whether it is creating good art, clearing out a massively cluttered house, or learning a new skill, the pathway to mastery can look [...]

Feeling and witnessing a task or a stressful situation in the present moment does a magical thing: it releases stuck energy, quiets the mind, helps us detach more easily, and creates openings [...]

What happens to our possessions once they come through the door? This is probably one of the best comedy routines I’ve ever seen on the natural evolution of STUFF – with a blow-by-blow [...]

“Stay in your own lane. Comparison kills creativity and joy.”–Brené Brown. We all do it. In a dual world of better and worse, bigger and smaller, winners and losers, we all fall into [...]

“Do you love it? Do you use it? Does it have a home?” My favorite three-part mantra for clearing works like a charm every time. Unless, of course, you don’t see the stuff that [...]