This week we chat firewood at Joanna Strybosch's request! Amy has a fireplace and while Kirsty loves a fire, she has never had a home with a fireplace. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to declutter and organise your firewood; ● Encourage you to consider if your fireplace is used regularly or if it attracts more aspirational clutter instead; ● Give you some tips on how to store and move your firewood around; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Rainforest Trust ● IKEA Bl...
Nov 03, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 128
This week we chat about discouragement and what it looks like when it comes to decluttering. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to remind yourself that you are worth it; ● Encourage you to trust the process; ● Talk about different ways discouragement can occur; ● Discuss the different ways we get discouraged as Professional Organisers; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: Thank you Lauren Osborne for the podcast idea and Tracey for the Apple Podcast review Join our communit...
Oct 27, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 126
We love Osher Gunsberg's podcast 'Better than Yesterday' and last week we heard the innovative Mike Smith, who else heard that interview? Amy got the chance to chat to him so we thought we would give a little bonus episode with that chat today! In this episode we: ● Encourage you all to join Zeroco's Kickstarter campaign which is a win/win/win for our planet and for us; ● Challenge our ideas on single use plastics; ● Chat about how Zeroco are doing radical transparency; ● And so so so so much mo...
Oct 23, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 126
This week we chat to Nicole Bijlsma from Building Biology about mould and all things healthy homes. In this episode we: ● Challenge your thinking around what makes a healthy home ; ● Encourage you to be more aware of mould in your home; ● Give you some tips on how to reduce the impact of mould and dust in your home; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Australian College of Environmental Studies ● 10 Top tips for a Healthy Home ● What is a Hygrometer? Thanks to Troubled Cl...
Oct 20, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 125
This week we chat to Angela and Wendy from Hoarding Home Solutions about Hoarding Disorder. In this episode we: ● Give you a definition of what Hoarding Disorder is; ● Encourage you to get curious when people use the word "Hoarding"; ● Give you some idea of the varied way Hoarding Disorder can manifest itself; ● Talk about the difference between Hoarding Disorder and Chronic Disorganisation; ● Wendy and Angela give lots of great advice for family members who are concerned about a loved one; Thin...
Oct 13, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 124
This week we chat about responsibility and how to deal with frustrations around the home when you feel others aren't contributing to household work load. In this episode we: ● Ask who is responsible for share areas; ● Encourage you to have discussions with people you share the house with; ● Talk about different ways to frame the issues; ● Discuss the difference between being responsible for an area and being the person to do the work; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● K...
Oct 06, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 123
This week we chat to one of our beautiful listener Sylvia about all the things you can recycle and how you can repurpose things before they go to landfill or recycling plant. In this episode we: ● Challenge you practice reusing things at least once more before it gets recycled; ● Encourage you have grace for yourself as you are learning about how to recycle more and more things; ● Give you some tips for where you can recycle things to; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● ...
Sep 29, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 122
This week we chat about why there is no destination: Decluttered but rather how the decluttering process is an ongoing life-giving journey. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to not be disheartened by the ongoing process; ● Encourage you that as you progress in this decluttering journey there comes freedom from overwhelm and freedom to focus on living a more purposeful and intentional life; ● Give you some tips for when the struggle is real; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful li...
Sep 22, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 121
This week we chat about bulky sports equipment and how you declutter, organise and store all those awkward items. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to be honest and reflective about the your real needs; ● Encourage you to ask helpful questions to help you declutter and assess your needs; ● Give you some tips for storage solutions and sentimental sports items; Thank you Megan Gasgoigne for the episode request and Adri Gallagher for the Apple podcast review. Join our community ● Become a Patron ...
Sep 15, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 120
This week we have a conversation about kids and their love of soft toys and how challenging it can be to declutter and organise them. In this episode we: ● Chat about the difference between toys that kids use to sleep with and those that aren't used very often; ● Encourage you to help your kids distinguish those soft toys they can move onto other homes; ● Give you some tips for where to pass those stuff toys onto; Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Arnold The Prickly Bea...
Sep 08, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 119
This week we have a conversation about what to do when you've been given things you just don't love or have space for, aka; offloading In this episode we: ● Challenge you be thoughtful about what you bring into your home as one day it has to leave your home too; ● Encourage you to do the deep work to untangle yourself from obligation; ● Give you some tips for how to approach people when you want to sell or give away items that were given to you by others; ● Get you to think about why we are so a...
Sep 01, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 118
This week we have a conversation around areas in your home that might cause you to come unstuck because of memories or issues that rise to the surface when you go to declutter and organise these spaces. It is yet another episode that Kirsty cries and Amy holds space for her as we both hold space for you, our gorgeous listeners, in these harder areas. In this episode we: ● Cover issues of death, loss & divorce; ● How you might find issues when dealing with your wardrobe, bathroom, bedroom, ho...
Aug 25, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 117
This week we have a conversation around decluttering and organising your cords and cables! In this episode we: ● Challenge you to stop procrastinating decluttering this area! If this area of your home typically belongs to someone else, ask them to listen with you; ● Encourage you to label cords and cables when they come into your home to make it easier to locate them now and to declutter them when it is time to; ● Give you some tips for how to organise them now and how to let go of them; ● Get y...
Aug 18, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 116
This week we have a conversation around an accidental experiment that Amy conducted when she was sick a few months ago which we found fascinating and thought we would share our learnings from it. In this episode we: ● Encourage you to consider what rest looks like to you and which of your tanks empty first; mental, emotional or physical; ● Share how this experiment grew our empathy and compassion for our clients; ● Challenge you to think about what you might be resisting in your decluttering jou...
Aug 11, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 115
This week we have a conversation around big books, think reference books, text books, recipe books, encyclopaedias, dictionary etc. In this episode we: ● Challenge you to critically assess whether you need to keep outdated reference books; ● Encourage you to use other mediums to access the same information; ● Give you some tips for how you can keep just part of the information contained in the books; ● Get you to think about where you can store the books if you do decide to keep them; Things men...
Aug 04, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 114
This week we have a conversation around Judgement! In this episode we: ● Challenge you have a whole lot of grace and forgiveness for yourself; ● Encourage you to let go of others judgements of yourself; ● Give you some tips for how to go about letting go of self judgement and others judgement of you and using it to motivate you; ● Have some tears flow as we show you our heart for you; ● And so much more... We hope the conversation inspires you to make a small change and puts a smile on your face...
Jul 28, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 113
This week we chat about house guests whether they stay for one night or one year! In this episode we: ● Challenge you to think critically about how often you actually have house guests and you need a whole room dedicated to this function; ● Encourage you to treat guest how they like to be treated; ● Give you some tips for what to do provide for your guests; ● Have lively discussions about whether using your "guest towels" for yourself! Things mentioned in this episode: ● Thank you 'rachelilly mo...
Jul 21, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 112
This week we get passionate with Tania Goranitis, from Women Against Waste . Tania is a Professional Organiser from regional Victoria and the founder of the movement we know will be embraced by so many of you! In this episode we learn: ● What inspired Tania to start Women Against Waste; ● How her community has changed their behaviour; ● How you can get involved; ● Changes that we can all make in our homes; ● And so much more... We hope the conversation inspires you to make a small change and put...
Jul 14, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 111
This week we get passionate about repetitive clutter, you know those spaces you've decluttered but for some reason, it is groundhog day again! In this episode we talk about the four major issues that contribute to clutter reappearing: ● You might have too much - it’s a quantity problem ● You might not have a suitable way to keep things - it’s a storage problem ● You have systems but you’re not sticking with it - it’s a habit problem ● You actively chose to ignore the problem - it’s a vision prob...
Jul 07, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 111
This week we get passionate about board games and puzzles! In this episode we: ● Challenge you to declutter this area of your home regularly, like in the upcoming school holidays. ● Encourage you to donate preloved games and puzzles to your local preschool, school, op shop or nursing home and more! ● Give you some tips for organising these often awkwardly shaped items. ● Have lively discussions about whether you can donate a puzzle if it has a piece missing :-) ● And so much more... We hope the ...
Jun 30, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 109
This week we get passionate about the holding zone! The what? So you have started decluttering and you want to move your things onto their next home (op shop, specialty space, reselling) but you just haven’t gotten there yet, what do you do? You create a holding zone of course! But where? In this episode we: ● Challenge you to move things on from the holding zone to their next home by making frequent trips to your local op/thrift shop. ● Encourage you set space and time limits for the 'holding z...
Jun 23, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 108
This week we chat all things Tupperware (& other plastic containers!). We explain why we are like toddlers in more ways than one when we come into your home to help you, especially in this section of your home. We challenge you to critically assess what you do need in terms of plastics containers, we give you some great questions to ask yourself and helpful ways of organising your plastic containers. As always we hope you learn and have a few giggles along with us and enjoy the conversation!...
Jun 16, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 107
This week we speak to Amy's best friend, Jess Winnell, about Autism. Jess has kids on the spectrum and also works for an organisation that helps families living with Autism. We chat about routines, caring for yourself as a parent of kids on the spectrum and loads more. We also chat about how being decluttered and organised can help your whole family and that sometimes it is great to call for some extra help. We do have a few giggles as we do have two combinations of besties in this weeks episode...
Jun 09, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 106
This week we get very passionate about Junk Rooms! This episode is filled with #truthbombs and #micdrops, like "Rooms without a purpose look like a room without a purpose". We challenge the idea that it is indulgent to have a room dedicated to hobby and hopefully inspire you to value yourself and your dreams. We encourage you to evict procrastination from your home by getting in clearing out your junk room/basement/attic. We also give you some tips for decluttering along with the pros and cons o...
Jun 02, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 105
This week we continue the conversation with the incredible Brooke McAlary (so if you haven't listened to last weeks episode, do yourself a favour and go listen!). Brooke is a podcaster, author, minimalist and this week answers your questions for her. You wonderful people came up with some fantastic questions around photos, community, their next home, slow travel, her kids schooling while they travelled, how to encourage others in the declutter journey, what she missed why travelling, running a b...
May 26, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 104
This week we celebrate our 100th episode by interviewing the incredible Brooke McAlary! Brooke is a podcaster, author, minimalist and shares with us what the catalyst for her change in lifestyle was and how that has evolved over the years. We hear about how their family was able to sell the family home and move overseas for 15 months and go on a book tour and family road trip. Brooke shares about what is on her heart at the moment and what is coming up for her. As always we hope you have a giggl...
May 19, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 103
This week we chat about containers! We know so many of you love to dream of and buy containers to store all your things so we wanted to have a conversation around why containers are not the solution to all of your problems. Just by getting the right container you are not magically going to fix your clutter issue. We always recommend decluttering first and organising second; to never organise what you can discard. The great thing about containers is that by storing items correctly you can keep th...
May 12, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 102
This week we chat about the joy of LEGO! We talk about ways of decluttering it, from selling it to donating it and the quandary of missing pieces! We also give loads of tips and questions to ask yourself when you are trying to decide on the best way of storing and organising Lego. We chat about the way we declutter, store and organise in our own homes and how we have helped others in different ways. We both love Lego and know that so many of you do too. As always we hope you have a giggle with u...
May 05, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 101
We had a request to do an episode on cancer and so we decided to interview our friend and course participant Amy Kelman, who coincidentally was the person who requested the topic (under another name ;-)) You can tell from this episode that we are friends as there are lots of smiles and giggles mixed into this serious topic! Amy K is so vulnerable and honest as she shares her journey as a survivor of breast cancer. She gives some fantastic tips for when you receive a diagnosis, during treatment a...
Apr 28, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 100
This week we chat all about the most common word we hear from people we work with: Overwhelm. We all feel it at times so we give you some suggestions and strategies on how you can reduce this feeling when it comes to dealing with clutter in your home. We give tips like start small, KISS, make sure you are fed and hydrated, the Power of 15 minutes and the Micro Declutter. We also chat about how sometimes something else going on that is causing the overwhelm and you are feeling stuck because of th...
Apr 21, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 99
