This week, we chat with Jac and glean her wisdom of someone who has gone from being Amy's sons' teacher to being one of our staff members: In this episode we; ● Learn Jac's story, how she came to be working for the Art of Decluttering; ● What she loves now about working as a Professional Organiser; ● Hear of her love of travelling, and we all discuss whether travelling for work is a holiday; ● And so so so so much more... We hope from this conversation, we all learn something and put a smile on ...
Apr 12, 2020•23 min•Ep 168•Transcript available on Metacast This is our 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 chat about gratitude and we hear from a few of our Facebook community members of what they are grateful for! Happy Easter people and we hope you have a giggle along with us today. Thanks to everyone who sent a voice message, we LOVED hearing your voices Join our community ● Follow us on Instagr...
Apr 12, 2020•14 min•Ep 167•Transcript available on Metacast 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 chat about towels, beach and bath ones. We also give you a little bit too much information about our bathing habits, you have been warned! Have a giggle along with us today. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Linen Cupboard episode Thanks Cal for your amazing song a...
Apr 10, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is our 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 chat about what our Virtual sessions look like and how they can help you feel less overwhelmed in your home in this season. Have a giggle along with us today. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Brene Brown's new podcast episode ● For Virtual Sessions, please head over t...
Apr 09, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 encouraging you to get out into your garden and take time to breath the goodness in. We rang up our good friend Steven Wells to chat to you about an area that we have little expertise in. Have a giggle along with us today. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Stev...
Apr 07, 2020•20 min•Ep 164•Transcript available on Metacast 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 encouraging you to declutter any baking ware that you haven't used during this season. Have a giggle along with us today. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Thank you Megan for your amazing lullaby of "Don't put it down, put it away" Join our community ● Follow ...
Apr 07, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we were asked by Heather Hoffman to chat about ourselves! In this episode we share: ● What inspires us ● Our favourite podcasts ● Who we follow on Social Media ● What books we read ● What our guilty pleasures are ● And so so so so much more... We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face! Mentioned in this episode: ● Too Peas in a Podcast ● The Squiz Podcast ● Chat 10 look 3 Podcast ● A Podcast of Ones Own ● With All Due Respect Podcast ● Typolog...
Apr 05, 2020•48 min•Ep 162•Transcript available on Metacast 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 chat about a model we say titled 'Who do we want to be in Covid-19'. We loved it and thought you might enjoy it too! Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast ● Our website Thank you to our so...
Apr 05, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 encouraging you to clear off all flat surfaces as they are clutter magnets. Have a giggle along with us today. Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast ● Our website Thank you to our sound engineer, Jarred fr...
Apr 03, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 encouraging you learn a new trick or new skill while you are in isolation. Today we have many giggles at each other, so come join us! Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast ● Our website Thank you to our sou...
Apr 03, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 encouraging you to read, get creative use from and then let go of your magazines! Have a giggle along with us today Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Books & Magazine episode ● Godspell Day by Day song ● Types of Clutter episode Thank you Janet Hale for you...
Apr 02, 2020•22 min•Ep 158•Transcript available on Metacast 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 encourage you to listen to Shannon's song and be inspired not to put things down but to put them away instead. There are lots of laughs today! Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast ● Our website Thank you to o...
Apr 01, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 you might feel like you took one step forward in getting your home decluttered and organised, and now you are two steps backwards. We have some encouragement for you today! Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Are we there yet? episode Join our ...
Mar 30, 2020•16 min•Ep 156•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 155•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast ● Our website Thank you to our sound engineer...
Mar 28, 2020•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Micro Declutter episode ● Kitchen episode Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook gr...
Mar 27, 2020•13 min•Ep 153•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Board Games & Puzzles ● Sharing Economy Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● ...
Mar 26, 2020•14 min•Ep 152•Transcript available on Metacast 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! Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Work Stations ● Home Office ● Office Desk ● Junk Room Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Pod...
Mar 25, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast ● Our website Thank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Mar 25, 2020•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links: ● Grace episode Join our community ● Follow us on Instagram & Facebook ● Join our Facebook group ● Leave a review on Apple Podcast ● Our website Thank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions . Hosted on Acast. Se...
Mar 24, 2020•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast *Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before Covid-19 took hold of the world, so we just ask for your grace if you find any comments insensitive given the current climate.* 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 he...
Mar 22, 2020•29 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast This week we chat about the major types of clutter we see in the homes of our clients! In this 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 somethin...
Mar 15, 2020•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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; ● And so so so so much more... We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face! Things mentio...
Mar 01, 2020•37 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ● 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 episode and other helpful links: ● Clare Press episode ● Camplify - hire y...
Feb 23, 2020•21 min•Ep 143•Transcript available on Metacast This week we chat to Carly and glean her wisdom of someone who has gone from being a client 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 episode and...
Feb 16, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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; ● 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 i...
Feb 02, 2020•28 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 138•Transcript available on Metacast 
