Nourishing

“Stress patterns that keep our homes, workplaces, and lives in a constant state of imbalance have a way of vaporizing in the presence of pure, elegant compassion.” –sbv Part 6 of 7 * [...]

“This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival…” –Rilke Part 5 of 7* Besides you, the flesh and blood human being who invites me to clear your space, I consider [...]

“One minute you are feeling calm, self possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy.” –Yann Martel, Life of Pi I’m in Mexico as [...]

Spring 2009: Awareness Changes Everything Click here to view

“The present moment is alive.” Eckhart Tolle on ABC’s Nightline Part 4 of 7 * If you thought it was just you, your family and your pets that occupied your space, think again. There is way more [...]

Part 3 of 7 * It’s our second skin. Homes and workplaces are extensions of us. Through doorways and hallways, they circulate energy (chi)–or don’t, depending on how cluttered, congested, and [...]

Part 2 of 7* After almost two decades in the business of clearing spaces, I sometimes wonder why I didn’t get into feng shui, or interior design for that matter. These professions are so [...]

Yesterday I cleared a Zagat Award-winning Japanese restaurant in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was not me helping the client sort and toss boxes from their storage area. Nor set up [...]

“Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.” –Henry David Thoreau A big low-pressure system seems to have moved in to affect my entire household. First a [...]

How is it possible to allow loss to simply be? To allow that things sometimes don’t add up, make sense, or work out? I’m still in shock and recovery over the fact that my laptop [...]