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How to Keep House While Drowning
An organizing book for everyone by KC Davis. I recommend reading or listening to it, and watching her Ted Talk (link is below) (In a...
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7 Top Tips to Overcome E-mail Overwhelm
If the number of e-mails in your inbox stresses you out, here's what experts from Digital Helpmates, the Harvard Business Review and...
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When to Organize Photos
Advice from someone who's floated in the boat of overflowing photos. I've been a professional organizer for about 8 years and almost...
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Just Do It Now: A Lifestyle Choice
How to avoid making more clutter every time we walk in the door. There's a seemingly small but very powerful thought shift that can...
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Persist, Rest and Reach Out.
Persist in whatever is calling to your deepest self. And rest deeply. This poster hangs in my office/art room where I see it every day....
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Organizing for Sleep
13 ways to stay sane and overcome sleep challenges Nearly every woman I talk over age 35 has sleep frustrations. I've had sleep...
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My Top 5 Tips to Declutter & Organize
How to finish decluttering projects you start... After experiencing a fast and seriously gratifying entryway clearing with a client, I...
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How to Get Organized: Start Small
Have you ever looked at your clutter and thought (or yelled): "I feel so overwhelmed!" "I don't know where to start!" "This is too hard!...
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You're Not a Bad Person if your House is a Mess
Let's all uninvite shame from the party of our lives, shall we? I have two of the neatest, cleanest people I know coming to my house...
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Let's Stop Shoulding on Ourselves
How to use the word should as fuel instead of as a boxing glove to our brain. As an organizing coach I regularly hear people shoulding on...
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The B*tch in my Brain
Is there a voice in your mind keeping you from being happy? Around the time I began working with life coaches and practicing meditation,...
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The Organizing Puzzle
Does your brain say, "This is too hard"? Here's a way to break through... Every day I coach people who at one time thought, "This is too...
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Declutter & Detoxify Cleaning Supplies
How to declutter cleaning supplies and move to simple, non-toxic options. Do you have more cleaning supplies than you could possibly use...
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Day 29: Kitchen Table
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Clearing the kitchen table is a big deal for health! If you can't comfortably sit at your table to eat,...
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Day 28: Fridge Magnets
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! This is in cahoots with my April TidyWild kitchen organizing lesson that I just released (SO excited!...
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Day 26: Sweaters
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! One option for storing sweaters (from knitter/blogger Kristen Rittig) In the Pacific Northwest we're...
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Day 24: Undergarments
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! A client friend of mine recently cleared and organized her bra and underwear drawer and said, "It looks...
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Day 23: Super Socks
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Socks may seem like such a small thing - why bother organizing them?! I said the same thing until I did...
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Day 21: Perk up Pants
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Day 21 of the Spring Cleaning Challenge: Perk up Pants... If you have an overabundance of pants, today...
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Day 20: Hair Care
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Choose one hair care category to freshen up today in whatever way feels best to you! xo Spring Please...
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