Recently, a client of mine started talking about her den, saying it was her dumping ground and always the last place in the house to get any attention. Clearing it out had been her new year’s resolution but, a month into the new year, she’d barely touched it. She went on to …
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I have a question for you. Which gets more air time in your head—your perceived weaknesses as an introvert... or your strengths? When I'm not on top of it, weakness easily wins out. It’s far too easy to feel like I’m falling short, to worry that my kids will remember a mom who was always …
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I used to feel helpless. Not all of the time. But a lot more often than I do now. Sometimes in my mind, I pictured myself as a caged little bird. Sure, I lived in a lovely cage, with a lovely little bird family inside of it with me. But my life still felt a bit like a cage. I could …
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Every now and then, when someone hears that I wrote a book on minimalism, they’ll say, “Ugh, I want to declutter, but it’s so exhausting! I usually give up before I get very far.” I get that. Decluttering means making a thousand tiny decisions, taking a thousand steps around your house, and …
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I sat criss-cross applesauce, old journals fanned out around me. I was looking for evidence. I knew it wouldn’t be hard to find, and it wasn’t. Dated January of 2011: “Today, at least, I am completely overwhelmed by my life. I’m in a continual state of shock at how much work this is. And …
My oldest kid is old enough to follow me on Instagram now, which is mostly WEIRD and also kind of unexpectedly fun. But the other day he looked up from Instagram with this glint in his eye and said, “There goes Mom again, talking about mindfulness and stuff while she’s over here …
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I’m SO glad you’re here.
Twelve years ago, I decluttered my kids’ toys under the glow of a flashlight as they slept. That one change gave me so much relief that I continued until I’d decluttered more than half of what we owned. ✨
I suddenly felt like I could engage with my loved ones, not just clean up after them. I believe every woman deserves the same.
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