Chronic Clutter
People can experience chronic clutter in their homes for a number of different reasons. Your environment is a reflection of what is happening inside of you and in your life. When you try to tidy or organize without also looking at what is creating the clutter, it just. keeps. coming. back.
ADHD and Chronic Clutter
Do you panic at the thought of someone coming to visit? Do you have doom piles or doom rooms that have been there for way too long? Do you spend your weekends and free time in yet another reset? Do you even get that far? Do you end up shaming yourself because you just can't seem to 'manage'?
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People who have ADHD often struggle with chronic clutter. We need solutions, systems and habits that work for our neurodivergent brains, that play to our ADHD strengths and that are easily maintained - or we shame ourselves for being neurodivergent and continue to cycle through cluttering and decluttering. I can help you to develop habits and systems that will work for you.
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Grief, Depression, Trauma and Chronic Clutter
Trying to use willpower to fight your own neurology is a battle you will lose. You need strategy and skills.
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Whether you are currently embedded in recovery from active, acute illness or whether your battle has been longer-term, feeling overwhelmed, numb, stuck, triggered, chronically emotionally or physically bone-weary tired, or just so profoundly sad that you can't do anything, being surrounded by clutter is both a reflection of how you are functioning and unfortunately, also adding to your struggle. I can help you to heal your underlying struggle, understand how to live with chronic illness, and begin to tackle the clutter that is contributing to your suffering. This isn't about minimalization, this is about healing in a space with only the things you love and need - from the inside out AND the outside in.
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
The reality is: Eventually, everyone dies. Instead of burdening your loved ones with the task of managing your (excess) possessions and clutter after your death, you should consider Swedish Death Cleaning.
I can help you evaluate and prioritize what is important and valuable to you in the here and now - this season of your life. Black and White thinking, indiscriminately tossing everything you own, and attempting to live in a sterile, show-room model doesn't honour the life you have lived and are living. When you process your old grief, your worry about the future and your relationship to your stuff, you learn to let go of the things which no longer serve you; you create space in your current home and relationships for you to breathe and enjoy them in a renewed way; and you do not pass the emotional and physical burden of managing your clutter onto your loved ones following your death. Swedish Death Cleaning is about life. You don't need to be dying to start.
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