This week we chat to Mandy Hose from Too Peas in A Podcast about being a Mum of twins and the impact that has had on her decluttering. In this episode Mandy chats about; ● 'Real' Mandy and 'twin mum' Mandy; ● The implications of working in childcare and seeing the potential usefulness of everything for imaginative and creative play; ● How she was weighed down but the heaviness of clutter; ● Her clutter nemesis; ● Advice she gives to twin mums with her 20/20 hindsight; ● And so so so so much more...
Mar 29, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 159
This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today is Soulful Sunday and we are talking about how we meditate and ask you to share in our Facebook Community what you've been up to. Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as litt...
Mar 28, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 158
This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today we are talking about how to get creative in this season in decluttering and repurposing your kitchen utensils. Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month! ●...
Mar 27, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 157
This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today we are talking about how to get creative in this season in decluttering and sharing games and puzzles. Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month! ● Follow ...
Mar 26, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 156
This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today we are talking about the joy and challenges of working from home! Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month! ● Follow us on Instagram ● Follow us on Facebo...
Mar 25, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 155
This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Today we are being real, honest and hopefully inspire hope! Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month! ● Follow us on Instagram ● Follow us on Facebook ● Join ou...
Mar 25, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 154
This is our new mini series to help us all during the Covid-19 season. We hope it helps to serve and support you. Inspires you to be productive in your decluttering and encourages your mental health. Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month! ● Follow us on Instagram ● Follow us on Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast Thank you...
Mar 24, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 153
This week we chat about storage units, which is a $1.1 Billlion p.a industry, and when is a good time to use them and how to declutter them! In this episode we; ● Give you lots of reasons why you might have a storage unit; ● Encourage you to be intentional about the purpose for a storage unit; ● Challenge you to know your heart and check your heart when you are decluttering deceased estates; ● Give great tips about how to organise your storage unit; ● Chat about how having a Professional Organis...
Mar 22, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 152
This is just a quick bonus episode to say that we see you and we are here with you in this challenging season of unchartered waters! We also wanted to let you know how we can serve you in this time. We are doing a Lightening round of our Head, Heart and Home Course, starting Wednesday 26th March 2020 to help those of us who are stuck in isolation over the coming weeks. We would love to journey with you and help lift your spirits at this time. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful li...
Mar 19, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 151
This week we chat about the major types of clutter we see in the homes of our clients! In his episode we; ● Encourage you to use this episode and the linked episodes to help you diagnose what type of clutter is bothering you at the moment in your home; ● Challenge you dig into why these types of clutter hang around; ● Inspire you to listen to the episode where we deep dive into specific areas or type of clutter; ● And so so so so much more... We hope from this conversation we all learn something...
Mar 15, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 150
This week we chat about bargain clutter and whether it really is a bargain. It is following on from last week's episode on Freebie Clutter! In this episode we; ● Encourage you think about where you are going to store 'bargain' clutter when you bring it home; ● Challenge you to question the marketing and why businesses are offering things at a bargain; ● Question our own buying habits; ● Chat about how op shops can be a bargain hunters trap! ● Give you questions to ask yourself when you are tempt...
Mar 08, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 149
This week we chat about the freebie clutter and what it actually costs you! In this episode we; ● Encourage you to look around and see what 'freebie' clutter you can see around your home; ● Get fired up about the waste that happens with free stuff you get from businesses; ● Understand why you want to say yes to free stuff; ● Challenge you to say no as much as you can; Thank you Dgeve for your podcast review! Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge d...
Mar 01, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 148
This week we chat about the sharing and borrowing economy, it's a good one! In this episode we; ● Encourage you to reduce your consumerism and think of alternatives to buying new; ● Share some statistics on this booming industry; ● Challenge you to continue to be a conscious consumer Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Camplify - hire your neighbours camper! ● Street Library ● Little Free Library ● The Sharing Map - a map of loads of sharing resources in Sydney Thank you ...
Feb 23, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 147
This week we chat to Carly and glean her wisdom of someone who has gone from being a client of Amy's to being one our staff members: In this episode we; ● Learn Carly's story, how she came to become a client of The Art of Decluttering; ● How she felt investing in herself and her home; ● What she loves now about working as a Professional Organiser for us; ● And so so so so much more... We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face! Things mentioned in this ep...
Feb 16, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 146
This week we chat about fatigue, more than just really tired, chronic illnesses and reasons why fatigue might slow you down or affect your decluttering. In this episode we; ● Discuss how we help people with chronic diseases and illnesses; ● What are some things we’d do differently for people that suffer from fatigue; ● Give tips for people who can only manage short bursts of energy; ● And so so so so much more... We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face...
Feb 09, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Bonus episode: Today we chat about our Head, Heart and Home course! Are you sick of nagging people to put things away? Tired of feeling like you spend the day picking up after others? Is your home constantly messy and your mind always muddled? Do you want more clarity in your thoughts and simplicity in your life? If you answered yes to these questions, then we think it’s time you know the secret to experiencing freedom and joy. In our course we will show you the secrets to keeping your home orga...
Feb 04, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 144
This week we chat to Lex who is Amy's client and a participant of our Head, Heart and Home course: In this episode we; ● Learn Lexs' story, how she came to become a client of The Art of Decluttering; ● How she felt opening the door to Amy; ● What she found the hardest part of working with a Professional Organiser; ● Lex challenges you to build a team to help you; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Simply Sage Learning ● Twinnings Double Mint Tea ● Head Heart and Home Cou...
Feb 02, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 143
This week we chat about having all your family admin paperwork and tasks in one place, the Command Centre: In this episode we; ● Question who needs a command centre and why; ● Give you lots of possibilities of what could be included in your command centre and where it should live; ● Encourage you to think about the functioning of your current command centre and whether it is the system that needs an overhaul or your habits; ● Challenge you to keep it simple sweetheart (KISS) instead of going all...
Jan 26, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 142
This week we chat to Chantal Imbach from Photos In Order about how to declutter and organise your photos. In this episode Chantal; ● Encourages us to back up our photos regularly in a few different ways; ● Challenges us to be thoughtful and intentional about taking photos in the first place with the end in mind as well as to be ruthless in the deleting and archiving process as well; ● Gives us tips for disaster preparation such as fire or floods; ● Inspires us to give honour to precious memories...
Jan 19, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 141
We’ve had an episode on having a recycling holding zone as some of our listeners and clients are passionate about diverting all they can from landfill and feel a significant burden to find the right solution for all of their consumption and decluttering efforts, so this week we have created another bonus episode where we chat to Charlotte from 1800-Got-Junk . In this episode Amy and Charlotte: ● Chat about how 1800-Got-Junk do their best to find solution to challenging items to recycle and reuse...
Jan 15, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 140
This week we chat about having the kids go back or start school here in Australia: ● Encourage you to think the different ways your children approach the morning, do they jump out of bed eager or do they take a long time to wake up; ● Challenge you plan out your week so that people get to where they need to get to and food gets into hungry bellies after all the after school activities ● Give tips and tricks to help mornings and afternoons run more smoothly; ● And so so so so much more... We hope...
Jan 12, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 139
This week we chat about setting your vision for 2020. In this episode we: ● Talk about the difference between resolutions and setting vision; ● Challenge you to cast vision for 2020; ● Encourage you to think about where you currently are, where do you want to be, what you need to do/be/change to get to your vision and think about who you need to bring alongside you to achieve success; ● Discuss our model of success that leads to freedom; ● Give you some great questions to ask yourself ● And so s...
Jan 05, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 138
This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting some tips and tricks for the Christmas season have a listen to episode 22 through to 26, we will lin...
Dec 29, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 137
This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting some tips and tricks for the Christmas season have a listen to episode 22 through to 26, we will lin...
Dec 22, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 136
This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting some tips and tricks for the Christmas season have a listen to episode 22 through to 26, we will lin...
Dec 15, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 135
This December we again wanted to practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting some tips and tricks for the Christmas season have a listen to episode 22 through to 26, we will lin...
Dec 08, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 134
This December we wanted to again practice what we preach and have some white space in our lead ups to Christmas this year. We decided to showcase some of the podcast where we have been the guests! In 2017 we recorded 5 episodes around Christmas themes, Schedules, Decorations, Gifts and Wrapping, Christmas Functions and Christmas holidays and we repeated these again last year so if you are wanting some tips and tricks for the Christmas season have a listen to episode 22 through to 26, we will lin...
Dec 01, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 133
This week we chat about Perfectionism. Neither of us identify as perfectionist, that was until we did this episode. So if you too, don't resonate with this topic, we still recommend you listen! If you do have perfectionist tendencies, this will be a helpful conversation. In this episode we: ● Give 9 characteristics of perfectionism; ● Talk about if we display of of those characteristics; ● Discuss how perfectionism relates to decluttering and organising; ● Give some antidotes to those 9 traits W...
Nov 24, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 131
This week Kirsty had a great conversation with the extraordinary Clare Press from Wardrobe Crisis. Clare is also the Sustainability Editor of Vogue Australia and an incredible author among many other talents. In this episode we: ● Talk about fashion and the effect that our insatiable desire for fast fashion has on our planet; ● Highlight some of the alarming statistics around fashion and the environment; ● Discuss the idea of a shopping detox and the unexpected benefits ● Dream and hope for a mo...
Nov 17, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 130
We love that when we work with our clients it's not about a student/ teacher relationship - it's about being a team and solving problems together and working together for their future of freedom. This means that we learnt some awesome things from our clients. We share heaps of those in our episode this week and how they've impacted how we do our everyday lives as well as how it's helped evolve our business. In this episode we: ● Encourage you to be open to learning from others; ● Talk about shoe...
Nov 10, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 129
