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Attachment issues refer to the way that you relate to other people. They can be secure, which means you relate to people in a sensitive and responsive way, or insecure which means you feel insecure about, and in your relationship with other people. Your style of attachment is learned and develops at an early age,…

IMPOSTER SYNDROME Imposter Syndrome is chronic self-doubt, specifically in relation to your skills, accomplishments, and ability. People who struggle with Imposter Syndrome suffer crippling doubt about their abilities. They feel inadequate or incompetent, constantly compare themselves to others despite clear evidence of their achievements, and they have a fear that they will be exposed as…

STRUGGLE WITH OUR EMOTIONS Emotions can be ‘icky’. Most people find them uncomfortable. Other than the extreme ends and mid-point of the emotional scale that we were probably taught as children, most people struggle to understand, communicate, and deal with the emotions in-between. Doing this is made harder if we experienced childhood emotional neglect –…

UNSUPPORTIVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY Many Clutterholics don’t have supportive friends or family. They don’t understand why you can’t just get rid of everything and start again, and let’s be honest, we sometimes wonder that ourselves. Some of us have even tried that already. They focus on the negatives, they think we ‘should’ be able to…

IMPATIENCE We have all felt impatient at times, especially when we’re trying to deal with our clutter.Christine started her Private Clutter Clearing Journey in September 2020 and completed it in March 2023. This means she’s cleared all her clutter and created the habits she needs to stay Clutter Free Forever. We have all hoped at…

INFO-JUNKIE The majority of Clutterholics are info-junkies. We love to learn, have facts, have information available when we want and need it. Sadly, in the modern technological world, our info-junkie addiction is made worse by the ease of access to information – the internet. No need to plan a trip to the library, sign up…

When you are a people pleaser, you consistently put other people’s needs before your own, want other people to approve of what you do or say, and feel responsible for their happiness.  Those of us who are people pleasers often feel that people will only like us if we put them first, and our fear…

Self Esteem is defined as: How we value and perceive ourselves (mind.org.uk) It relates to how we feel about ourselves and can be positively or negatively affected at any point in our lives. For example; if we’re bullied, constantly criticised, abused, lose a job, have relationship problems, have a mental or physical health condition, have…

WE FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE If I ask you what your Clutter Free Dream Life looks like, how would you describe it? I suspect you have a clearer idea about what you DON’T want than what you DO want, and the problem with that is that when you think about what you DON’T want, your…

If I ask you to close your eyes and point to your past, present and future, where would you point? Do it now, take as long as you need to, and when you’ve pointed come back and carry-on reading. It may seem a strange thing to do, but where you pointed to may help explain…