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All Podcast Episodes
March 6, 2025
448: Comparisons or Containers?
February 27, 2025
447: It isn’t Possible to Struggle with DUH Donations
February 24, 2025
FAQ: How long should I be spending cleaning my house?
February 20, 2025
446: ADHD & the No Mess Decluttering Process with Megs Crawford
February 13, 2025
445: Learning to Trust Your Decluttering Instincts
February 6, 2025
444: China, Closets, Cleaners, and More
January 30, 2025
443: Forests, Trees, and Nail Holes
January 23, 2025
442: How to Be a Maximalist
January 21, 2025
Want to Join a Live Decluttering Workshop?
January 16, 2025
441: Your Unique Situation Affects Your Clutter Threshold
January 14, 2025
FAQ: How Do I Say ‘No’ when People Give Me Stuff?
January 9, 2025
440: When Decluttering Snags Happen
January 2, 2025
439: So How Long Did It Take to Declutter My Whole House?
December 26, 2024
438: How to Make the Most of a Week With Nothing to Do But Declutter
December 23, 2024
FAQ: How Do I Declutter without Making a Bigger Mess
December 19, 2024
437: There Really Is No Secret to Keeping the House Under Control
December 16, 2024
FAQ: How do I get started decluttering?
December 12, 2024
436: Decluttering When You’re in Less Than Ideal Circumstances
December 12, 2024
435: Why Understanding the Layers of a Clean House is So Helpful
December 9, 2024
FAQ: How do I deal with new stuff coming in?
November 28, 2024
434: Prepping the House for Special Events
November 25, 2024
Containers and Downsizing: A Reader’s Story
November 21, 2024
433: Five Minute Pickup Or Declutter? Yes.
November 15, 2024
432: Spoiler Alert – The Answer is the Container Concept
November 11, 2024
FAQ: How do I get my (overwhelmingly messy) house ready for guests?
November 11, 2024
The Answer Really is the 5 Minute Pickup!
November 7, 2024
431: Stretched Thin? Pick a Skillet
November 4, 2024
Take It There Now is Key! (a reader story)
October 31, 2024
430: Decluttering When Bad Things Could Really Happen
October 28, 2024
FAQ: How Do I Declutter for a Move?
October 24, 2024
429: Fighting the Temptation to Overcomplicate
October 17, 2024
428: Qs: Kids Toys, Mother in Law and More
October 14, 2024
FAQ: How Do I Declutter When The Stuff Belongs to Someone Else?
October 10, 2024
427: 4 Ways to Make Your Kitchen Function Better
October 7, 2024
A Retired Reader Shares Her Decluttering Progress Story
September 30, 2024
Is My Stuff Worth $10,000?? – a Listener’s Story
September 26, 2024
425: Helping Others Declutter While Being Respectful to Them
September 23, 2024
FAQ: What if the Place Where I Would Look For It First is Full?
September 19, 2024
424: Q&A: Considering Others When Decluttering (and More)
September 13, 2024
Decluttering Problem Solved with Container Concept!
September 12, 2024
423: No Regret Decluttering – The Power of Closure
September 5, 2024
422: The Reality of No Dish Piles
May 30, 2024
421: How to Get Motivated
May 23, 2024
420: Rapid Q & A
May 16, 2024
419: How to Help Other People Declutter
May 2, 2024
417: Put a Party on Your Schedule
April 25, 2024
416: House Rules with Myquillyn Smith
April 11, 2024
414: What Makes Clutter Invisible
April 4, 2024
413: Where Joy Fits into the Decluttering Process
March 25, 2024
Preventing Weeds (Garden Clutter) with Cardboard
March 21, 2024
411: When All The Many Projects Take Over The House
March 14, 2024
410: Rapid Q&A
March 7, 2024
409: Keys to Using Awkward Pauses
February 29, 2024
408: Rest Is Necessary
February 22, 2024
407: Defining a Shared Space
February 15, 2024
406: Adjusting for Changes in Your Home and Routine
February 1, 2024
404: Learning to Love Decluttering Isn’t the Goal
January 25, 2024
403: Getting Rid of Gifts?!
January 18, 2024
402: Net Gains Decluttering
January 4, 2024
400: Talking Decluttering with My Husband
December 28, 2023
399: Daily Stuff – The Beginning and the End
December 21, 2023
398: How to Work Decluttering into Whatever Time & Energy You Have
December 14, 2023
397: How to Move Forward, Even in Survival Mode
December 7, 2023
396 Why “Why” Isn’t Part of My Decluttering Process
November 30, 2023
395: Too Many Shoes, Towels, & Projects
November 23, 2023
394: Appreciate or Depreciate – It’s Your Choice
October 19, 2023
389: A Joint Husband and Wife Strategy Session
October 12, 2023
388: Decluttering that Extra Difficult Spot or Category of Stuff
September 21, 2023
385: Clutter and My Hero Complex
September 14, 2023
384: Talking About Goals with Jon Acuff
September 7, 2023
383: 10 Years of the Podcast
August 31, 2023
382: Rapid Q&A – Decluttering and Home Questions Answered
August 24, 2023
381: Wasting Time vs. Wasting Opportunity
May 25, 2023
380: Back to (Or Start with) the Basics
May 18, 2023
379: Let’s Talk About Money and Decluttering
April 17, 2023