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 [...]

Slow Good

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]