What is the relationship between grief and gratitude? How do you manage to balance both of these emotions and experiences when you are decluttering? What about in everyday life and when specific to this season, when you're finishing one year and heading into another? Be equipped with tools to deal with grief and hunt for gratitude as you enjoy the FREEDOM that living a decluttered life brings... in your head, heart and home. Join The Art of Decluttering community ● Become a Patron – your monthly...
Dec 21, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of season two of The Art of Decluttering Podcast! Make sure you subscribe to this new feed as this is where you'll find all The Art of Decluttering podcast episodes going forward. To join my 12 Days of Christmas Declutter Challenge visit: https://www.theartofdecluttering.com.au/courses/christmas/ and enjoy 75% off until 25/12/2022 AND Grab a copy of my book Simply Organised at 50% off until 25/12/2022 by visiting: https://www.theartofdecluttering.com.au/books/ Jump o...
Dec 12, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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...
Dec 04, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 337
Minimalism is something we talk about ALL the time but until now had not dedicated an entire episode to. Minimalism has and always will be a huge part of our lives and one of our favourite things to share about – clearly as we go on about it a lot! Both of us identify as minimalists, but we have decided that ‘intentionalism’ (did we just make up a new word?!) really is a better word to describe this type of lifestyle. There is so much gold in this episode so sit back relax and take it all in! In...
Nov 27, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 336
Today Amy and Kirsty have a conversation around judgement. Get ready to have your eyes and minds opened to new ways of thinking... Enjoy! 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 ...
Nov 20, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 335
Today, be encouraged as you listen to some of our tips on how to make your life so much easier! There is nothing worse than not being able to find what you need when you need it! We cover 7 key items in your home that we feel by having them organised will make your life so much easier!! With a bit more of focus on organising rather than decluttering, today we delve into encouraging you to find homes for your: Batteries Lightbulbs Umbrellas Spare Change Basic Tools Bandaids Old Towels If you have...
Nov 13, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 334
Today, be inspired to create a do to list that works FOR you! To do lists...Do you love them or do you hate them?! We cover all the things today, how they can be helpful, do you even need them and most importantly how to declutter them! Come join us for some laughs and giggles as we suggest swapping your to do list for a 'ta-da list' (thanks to Lauren from our community for that idea a few years ago) and help you uncover that maybe what you want out of life is to do less. Big shout out to Rachel...
Oct 30, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 333
Today, enjoy learning about repetitive clutter and all the tips on taming it. Amy and Kirsty get passionate about what they call 'repetitive clutter'. You know those spaces you've decluttered but for some reason it's groundhog day...again! We explore the four major issues that contribute to clutter reappearing and share what to do about them. In this episode the four major issues we cover that contribute to clutter reappearing are: ● You might have too much - it’s a quantity problem ● You might ...
Oct 24, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 332
Joanna is a psychologist and director of Bluebird Psychology in Castle Hill, Sydney. Tune in as Joanna shares her insights and experience as someone who has ADHD and who works professionally with those who do in her practice. Be inspired and empowered as you take in all the wisdom and tips packed into today’s episode. Make sure you scroll to the bottom of the show notes for all of the additional resources that Joanna has provided us with. In this episode we: ● Chat about what is ADHD and how it ...
Oct 18, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 331
Rosella Street is a marketplace and platform that helps people lower their consumerism and connects them together in a safe and sustainable way. Brought together by their passion for the planet co-founders Sammy, Mick and Dilyar, decided to create a platform that could provide solutions to many of the current problems we see in the world of online buying/selling. We love how beautifully Rosella Street's values align with ours here at The Art of Decluttering and know that you will love, love, LOV...
Oct 09, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 330
Jeannie is the founder and owner of Your Color Guru. She is obsessed with helping real women look and feel amazing in their clothes. We learnt so much in our chat with Jeannie as she shares about the process of doing someone's colours and how it aligns so beautifully with living an intentional life. We also had the pleasure of having our colours done so tune in to find out what that experience was like. In this episode we: ● Uncover what knowing your colours has to do with decluttering; ● Learn ...
Oct 02, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 329
Back in Nov 2019 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. She is truly inspirational and we hope that you learn something new and are inspired by what she has to share about fashion and it's impact on the environment. In this episode we: ● Talk about fashion and the effect that our insatiable desire for fast fashion has on our planet; ● Hig...
Sep 25, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 328
Nic Bryan is a wife, mum, teacher, artist and one of our Head, Heart and Home course members. When she shared recently in our Head, Heart and Home Community about the impact decluttering has had on her ability to get creative and produce incredible artworks out of second hand and recycled materials, we just knew we had to find out more! Amy caught up with her recently and got to hear Nic's journey about how experiencing freedom by decluttering lead her to unlock a whole new part of herself and s...
Sep 18, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 327
Today, for something different, Belinda joins Kirsty and we chat all about doubt. We all experience doubt in our lives either from well meaning friends or family trying to look out for us or from that unhelpful inner voice that likes to tell you you can't. Doubts will come and go but being equipped to navigate them and get your motivation and momentum back is the key. So come along with us as we get chatting all about how doubt can show up, where it comes from and some practical tips on what to ...
Sep 11, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 326
The remarkable Chris Lovett is back! If you don't know who we are talking about don't worry because you are in for a real treat! Chris is an author, executive & simplicity coach, speaker, career mentor and minimalist. He tells it as it is, with a cracking sense of humour, he has a way of disarming you and getting into your head. We last spoke to Chris in May 2021 only weeks before he launched his first book The Discovery of Less. Since then he's given a TedX talk and is even working on a 2nd...
Sep 04, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 325
As promised in Part 2 of our mini series How to Organise..., here is an episode all about collections. We cover lots! We have a chat about why people collect/create collections, explore what is driving the need to collect, how to know when it’s time to declutter some or all of your collections and some of the reasons why you might come up against specific challenges. We also touch on what to do it your collections are impacting your relationships with people and money. We hope that you come away...
Aug 28, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 324
If you have ever decluttered anything and want it to stay that way but don't quite know how? Then this episode is for you! Today we are going to take you through some key steps for maintaining the progress you have made on your decluttering journey. Whether you have finished decluttering your entire house or you have just started with a few boxes here and there, we hope that you come away feeling equipped to keep your house clutter free! In this episode we; ● Equip you with tips and tools to for...
Aug 21, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 323
We love the Enneagram here at The Art of Decluttering so when our beautiful friend and college developed an Enneagram and Clutter Course, we just had to catch up and hear all about it!! The amazing Laurie Palau is with us today! She is the author of the book HOT MESS: A Practical Guide to Getting Organized , host of the weekly podcast, This ORGANIZED Life , and founder of simply B organized where she speaks, teaches and works one-on-one with clients to help them reduce clutter and increase produ...
Aug 14, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 322
Are you struggling with lack of storage in your home? Maybe your home is an older style and lack the inbuilt storage of more modern homes? Or perhaps you just don't have much storage and are at a bit of a loss as to what to do with all your stuff? Well dear listeners if that's you, this episode was made with you in mind! Inspired by a recent discussion in our Facebook Community and a request from past podcast guest Katie Smith (check our Katie's episode here ), today we talk you through some opt...
Aug 07, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 321
Over the years we have received many requests from our beautiful listeners about how to organise very specific areas. As some of them are a little more niche in nature we have been storing them up with the idea of creating a special How to Organise episode. We hope you loved part 1 from a few weeks ago - (if you haven't had a listen we highly recommend you pop over and do that) and are looking forward to sharing part 2 with you today! A quick recap for you - last time we covered these outside sp...
Jul 31, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 320
We have guests again!!! It has been such a long time since we have had guests on the podcast and now we have had 2 in a row :) Today, joining us all the way from Florida are fellow podcasters; hosts of The Frugal Friends Podcast , Jen and Jill! We’ve had many requests to chat about money from listeners so we leapt with joy when we came across their podcast and just knew we had to set up an interview. We feel these girls are like the American Amy and Kirsty so you get double the awesomeness today...
Jul 24, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 319
*Trigger warning - this episode talks about sexual exploitation and human trafficking - this episode is not suitable for children* A few weeks ago Kirsty had the opportunity to chat with the lovely Michelle Kerr from This is Eden. The last time we chatted was March 2021 and a lot has changed. Michelle shares with us the impact that Covid and operating under a coup in Myanmar has had on This is Eden as well as amazing stories of rescue and hope. If you haven't heard our previous episodes we encou...
Jul 17, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 318
Over the years we have received many requests from our beautiful listeners about how to organise very specific areas. As some of them are a little more niche in nature we have been storing them up with the idea of creating a special How to Organise episode. Today is the day as we do our best to tell you how we think you should organise these unique spaces! We had so many requests that we have split them across 2 episodes and this is part 1, with a bit of an outdoor theme. Make sure to look out f...
Jul 10, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 317
It has been a looooong time since either of us have travelled but over the last little while we've had a few requests for some travel related episodes. So today is part 2 of our travel episodes focusing on getting you to and from your destination without all the stress. So you made it out the door - now what?! We give you loads of advice and tips today to help you have a smooth and organised trip. We also talk a lot about passports, making sure they are up to date, checking them before you plan ...
Jul 03, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 316
We can't believe it's been 5 years! Today we take the opportunity to look back over the years and reminisce about how and why we got started and all the things that have happened along the way. Be prepared for some self indulgence as we share some of our favourite moments and how proud we are to have such a successful podcast bringing decluttering joy to all of you where ever you are in the world! So grab a cuppa and come join us for a trip down memory lane... In this episode we; ● Reminisce abo...
Jun 26, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 315
It has been a looooong time since either of us have travelled but over the last little while we've had a few requests for some travel related episodes. So today is the day we are bringing you part one of two episodes about travel with this one focusing on packing. Now we understand that you may not love the packing part as much as we do so we have filled this episode with tonnes of packing tips. From making a list, to making sure your travel stuff has a home when it's not being used - we cover i...
Jun 19, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 314
Setting up a new house can be fun, exciting and the possibilities feel endless. But it can also be a little overwhelming, especially after the moving house process! So today, thanks to a request by Amy's sister (we think it was Sarah?!) and inspired by one of our dear listeners (shout out to Nerys!) we have created an episode full of advice and tips to help you feel more equipped when you are setting up your new house. In this episode we; ● Highlight that preparation is key for setting yourself ...
Jun 12, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 313
Balance - what is it, how does it relate to decluttering and organising and how can we use it as a tool to achieving an intentional life. We have some thoughts on balance and we don't hold back! Constantly having to assess and make continuous adjustments is exhausting and a huge drain of energy - we are not a fan!!! We attempt to tease out the heart behind what balance is and how that can help us shift our focus onto the what we are trying to engage in and enjoy, and away from the from the actua...
Jun 05, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 312
Are you always on time or are you always running late? Today we explore the concept of time (we get a bit philosophical) and how all of us use it in different ways. We touch on how executive functioning plays a huge part in your ability to manage your time and some of the hurdles it's impact has - like our ability to get distracted! Understanding that time management is definitely more challenging for some, we chat about and offer some practical tips on how to improve it. Hopefully from this epi...
May 29, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 311
Does expectation drive you into action or do you feel it sets you up for disappointment? Can your expectations daunt you or spur you on? Today we explore these and more when it comes to how we respond to the expectations we put on ourselves. Get ready to ask yourself 'why' A LOT in an effort to help you better understand what kinds of stories you are telling yourself that then lead to the creation of your expectations. It's not easy when missed expectations cause discouragement or disappointment...
May 22, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 310
