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Decluttering For Self-Care

Decluttering For Self-Care

If you’re like me, you’re likely dealing with constant, low-grade clutter situations, and that’s because once a purchase is made, the item is ours to maintain, manage, and store. Sadly, consumerism never talks about the negative wellness effects of buying (I’m looking at you, cortisol!).

If clutter keeps piling up in your home despite your best efforts, my guest today argues that it’s time to dig deeper. Not deeper into the piles, of course. Deeper into yourSELF.

On today’s show professional organizer Jenny Albertini argues that decluttering is an act of self-care; it also enhances wellness. Put this episode on while you tackle an oft-forgotten space in your home and get to work!

 

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[4:00] Why do we clutter?

[5:30] Breaking down the bidirectional exchange between clutter and wellness

[12:00] Our personal thresholds for clutter tolerance ebb and flow throughout life (and that’s totally normal)

[24:00] Tangible ways to stop the many clutter streams coming into our homes

[27:00] Thoughts on right-sizing other people’s gifts and hand-me-downs with our own space confines

[31:30] The quiet genius of the “Someday Maybe” technique

 

 

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Enter Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy, a hard-hitting new Netflix documentary that forces viewers to look at our waste-related woes. On today’s show producer Flora Bagenal offers a behind-the-scenes look at the documentary’s creation; she also answers your pressing, post-viewing questions.

A note from Stephanie: This episode was recorded before the Los Angeles wildfires. If you're able, please consider donating to one of these organizations. 

 

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[7:00] People find it hard to look at waste, and yet the film makes us look. A behind-the-scenes examination all those hard-hitting images

[16:30] Adidas, Amazon, Unilever, and Apple: Here's why the film featured former employees-turned-whistleblowers

[26:00] Corporate execs must show growth, and corporations are on a treadmill of extracting more and more $$ by pushing unnecessary and redundant products. Is not buying an effective act of resistance?

[30:00] Mindset shifts! Quality is a climate issue, and once you press ‘Buy Now’ you become responsible for the item’s end of life

[36:00] Exactly how to Use. Your. Rage!

 

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