An Oasis for You

Recently I welcomed my new book into the world. Today I want to welcome YOU to its new home! Yes. It’s been a longtime dream of mine to create a beautiful, interactive gathering place – a [...]

My TED Talk (Sort Of)

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 [...]

The Magic of Tidying Up – All at Once or Bit by Bit?

“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 [...]

The Magic of Tidying Up – Taming Paper Clutter

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 [...]

Breaking the Cycle of Overwhelm

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 [...]

S.T.O.P.

“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 [...]

Making Friends with Resistance

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 [...]

Managing the Mountain of Emails, One Minute at a Time

“Humbled once again. I just talked to a person who has 3600 unanswered emails, apparently business-as-usual. My own email is, in fact, quite easy to handle. I ignore much of it, not because [...]