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I was going to have to make peace with my past and forgive myself if I wanted to move on. I had to let go of my imperfect past – the regrets, hurts, unresolved grief, even happy times which made me feel lost in the present. ‘The past is never gone. It’s not even past’…

It’s been scientifically proven that it takes 23 minutes and 15 seconds for your brain to refocus and ‘get back in the zone’ after an interruption or distraction.  It makes no difference whether the interruption or distraction is a sound you hear, something you see, or something you or someone else does, and the interruption…

We’re all experts at procrastinating and avoiding our Clutter Clearing. That’s why we have a Clutter Challenge! So how do you know if you’re just overwhelmed, resisting, avoiding or genuinely need to rest and practice self-care? How can you tell if it’s just your procrastination and avoidance habits? If we already struggle with anxiety, depression…

Do you Struggle to get into a routine of ‘Doing the Doing’? Would you prefer to ‘Do the Doing’ with others? Would you like to be able to ask Clare your questions and get answers as quickly as possible both before and after you’ve ‘Done the Doing’? Then consider joining the NEW Weekly Wednesday Group…

Pick one of the following four Motivational Tools and commit to consciously using it for the next sixty days to refresh you Motivation this Spring. 1. Refresh your Rewards. If we keep giving ourselves the same rewards, we can either get bored with them or they just become part of our routine and don’t help…

At the beginning of April Sue completed her Clutter Clearing Journey.  This means she’s cleared all her clutter and created the habits she needs to stay clutter free forever. Success Summary: Sue was our Success Story in the Summer Term 2021 edition of the Clutter Clearing Chronicle when she reached the peak of Step 4.…

‘Are you seriously going to get rid of those mum?’ I screamed at my mother from the bottom of the loft ladder. It was Christmas 1996, and my parents were moving out of their house after a flood while they’d been away over Christmas. Not from water coming up from below, but from the water…

I didn’t have a support network when I was clearing my clutter 20 years ago. My parents didn’t understand why I struggled with my clutter. To them it was just ‘too much stuff’ and I needed to be ruthless and ‘get rid’ of most of it. They didn’t understand that to me my ‘stuff’ represented…

People Who Wonder Whether The Glass Is Half Empty Or Half Full Are Missing The Point. The Glass Is REFILLABLE. (Anon) When you think about letting go of things in your clutter, are you thinking about how empty your glass will be or what you’ll be able to fill the other half with? Your answer…

I didn’t know about boundaries until I went to therapy that first time, and I’ll be honest – what I learnt scared me. My therapist Meg already knew my brother and my father. It’s was ironic that the only one who hadn’t been to see her was my mother. I can still hear Meg’s voice…