Clearing

I received this note from a friend on Facebook the other day: “What do you charge to come out and HELP!!!??? I don’t even have time to read your book (which I DID buy) or the blog. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Try this experiment: Watch the 3-minute video below and see if adopting a simple daily practice in home tending doesn’t help bring new energy into your home and  life. Even better: Set an [...]

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 [...]

If you caught my last  post “Clearing the Residue of Previous Occupants” and saw me walking around with a strange piece of wire identifying disturbed areas in a home, you might have [...]

How many times have you gone into a big warehouse store feeling just fine and come out totally depleted? Or, maybe you’re standing in the checkout line of your supermarket and suddenly feel a [...]