The Art of Decluttering
Episodes
Enough
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Enough is enough""That's enough""Leave good enough alone""Close enough is good enough"It's amazing how one simple word can relate so deeply to our re...
5 Home Truths
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Todays episode focuses on 5 Home Truths about clutter and it's impact on your home and life. They're harsh... but true.They're not meant to bring any ...
Environmental Hazards
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can you keep yourself safe while decluttering? Even in your own home, decluttering can stir up dust or mould particulates and aggravate asthma. Na...
Time Will Tell
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you've got items you'd really LIKE to declutter but you're a bit nervous... why not give a Time Will Tell Box a go.Pop items you need just a ...
Garage 101
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How is your garage faring? Is it struggling under the weight of clutter and disorganisation?If your garage has become where items go to semi-retire, w...
Home Office 101
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How cluttered is your home office? Or if you don't have a home office, maybe your study nook/ spare room or wherever you keep yourstationery and admin...
Toys 101
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How is the toy situation in your home? Do you feel like it's a never-ending game of tidying up? It doesn't need to be this way! Remember when you...
Living Room 101
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If the kitchen is the heart of the home, the living room is the heart beat... I've found over the years that the state of a living room is a goodindic...
Wardrobe 101
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that most people wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the time?There are a few keys to keeping your wardrobe organised.Sneak peak... "Keep wh...
Bedroom 101
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does your bedroom look anything like the ones you see on Instagram or Pinterest?Are your floors perfectly clear and bedside tables dust free and clutt...
Bathroom 101
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bathrooms can be tricky to keep organised as they are different in every home 🚿🛁 Some homes have one bathroom... others have 4 or more🛁&...
Laundry 101
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The laundry might just be my favourite spaces to organise... so functional and efficient when organised!! When your laundry is working well you see th...
Pantry 101
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reduce your food waste, save money, make meal planning easier and enjoy the beauty of your pantry being in peak form!!It's week 2 of Decluttering and ...
Kitchen 101
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of our newest series - Decluttering and Organising 101 where over 8 weeks we'll go through each area of your home and I'l...
Swedish Death Cleaning
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join me as I unpack the newest and greatest decluttering show on TV... The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning!! If you're in Australia you can watch...
Because. Really. And
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you're decluttering and you come across something you decide to keep... sometimes it can be hard to know if you're keeping it because you do use,...
Opportunity Cost/ Cost Benefit Analysis
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
* Alright... just putting it at the top that I may use Opportunity Cost and Cost Benefit Analysis interchangeably or in the wrong context a bit today....
Memories
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Memories. Does the Maroon 5 song come to mind? Memories play a more significant role in decluttering and organising than we often recognise. Creating ...
Replace vs Accumulate
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel like your home has accumulated WAY TOO MUCH over the last few weeks?This week on the podcast, explore the difference between replaci...
Keeping Company
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🎄Merry Christmas!!🎄Today whether you're running from one event to the next or you're having a quiet day at home alone, I want to take a moment t...
Christmas Hacks
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today is a BONUS episode with my Christmas hacks!Discover my tried and true hacks for food, transport, gifts, rubbish, hungry and tired kids and so mu...
Running Out
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does the idea of running out of something cause you untold anxiety? Could you learn to use the moment of running out to embrace making do? Or learn to...
Tackling Christmas Extravagance
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you firmly and sensitively impose limits on others in regards to Christmas gifts.Todays episode is in response to a listen question: "My childr...
Renovating and Building
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When you're planning to renovate or build a new house, how you tackle decluttering before you begin is critical to reducing the clutter when you move ...
12 Days of Christmas
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
December is a prime decluttering month on your calendar… out with the old before it’s in with the new.You are invited to join my 12 Days of Christ...
Making Do with Bonnie Black
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The art of making do is a bit of a lost practice of common sense in our current culture. We buy gadgets that perform just one task (melon baller or ri...
Peter Walsh: Letting Go
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter talks this week about being an advocate for people when you are invited into their homes. How Professional Organisers are there to help you achi...
Peter Walsh: Comparison and Happiness
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Walsh is an internationally recognised Declutter Guru, who has been decluttering heads, hearts and homes for over 20 years. Peter has been on ou...
Limiting Choice
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When does limiting choice actually bring greater freedom?When your head is already full, too many choices or options can be incredibly overwhelming.Yo...
Location Location Location
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is not about buying property, it's about where you keep items within your home. Location of where items are kept and stored is super i...
FOTO: Fear Of Throwing Out
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have FOTO? Fear of Throwing Out... it's a real thing!How many digital storage devices/ old tech do you have in your home purely because you are...
Creative Outsourcing
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Outsourcing can be a bit daunting when your scope of what it means is that you need to be wealthy enough to employ someone to help you out. However to...
Room to Bloom
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need to declutter a space or room in your house so that an area in your life can bloom?Do you want space to pursue a creative project, engage i...
Broad vs Narrow
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When you're thinking about tackling an area in your home to declutter, you can use a broad or narrow approach (or a combination as is needed).Broad de...
Rejecting Busy
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I would quite like to remove the word busy from my vocabulary. It doesn't actually reflect the way that I value my time, calendar, energy, schedule, f...
Returns Box
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time you've probably heard me talk about the 'returns box' in our house. Today I delve into...
Vacuum Effect with Bonnie from Little Miss Organised
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever noticed that when you clear a space in your home, you instinctively want to fill it with something else? We call this the vacuum effect....
Doom Boxes
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have one {or multiple} doom boxes around your home full of random clutter that you're not quite sure what to do with, where to put, or you're p...
Logical Organising
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you decide where items should live in your home? Do you put things where you think everyone else would put them? Do you put them in what you th...
Themed Decluttering
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When my kids were little we had a zoo membership and used to try to visit every few weeks. The challenge was the zoo was too big for us to see everyth...
Confirmation Bias
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Murphey's Law says as soon as I declutter this thing, I'm going to need it""I knew it would happen that I needed this once I got rid of it, that's wh...
Deathbed Reflections
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week I attended the funeral of a client who had become a friend. I had the privilege of visiting with her in palliative care in her final days an...
Technological Replacement
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no doubt the digital revolution has changed we way we store, keep and access information in our homes. If you think about all the physical w...
Fresh Eyes
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you've lived in your home for 4 months or 40 years, stepping back and seeing your home with fresh eyes will help you make decluttering decisio...
Garages
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How full is your garage? Are you running out of floor space? Do you feel like the garage walls are closing in on you? Is it hard to find items in your...
Consumerism
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been struck by the complete opulence of consumerism? Like smacked in the face by it to the point where it makes you feel sick in the stomach?Cons...
Iron Anniversary
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week marks 6 years of The Art of Decluttering podcast!! To celebrate we use the traditional gift of iron (the metal, not the home appliance) to l...
Organising with Pre-Schoolers
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you sometimes pick up your kids from childcare or kinder and wonder how the educators managed to get 32 three year olds to tidy up, clean their own...
Engaged or Entertained
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A bit of a philosophical episode today - when we purchase things are they for our engagement or our entertainment? How can we be intentional in choosi...
Object Permanence
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget developed Object Permanence theory. Object permanence, put simply, is the ability to understand that an object continue...
ADHD Series: Amy Shares
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the final episode of our ADHD and decluttering/ organising series. And today, Amy shares her reflections on the series and shares some things...
ADHD Series: PS from Jess
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!Today Jess shar...
ADHD Series: PS from Carly
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!Today Carly sha...
ADHD Series: PS from Sylvia
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!Today Sylvia sh...
ADHD Series: PS from Jodie
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In true ADHD style, this week we'll be dropping mini episodes into your feed of things our guests forgot to say in their main episode!!Today Jodie sha...
ADHD Series: Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Woodruff is the Founder and Owner of Organize 365, in this episode she brings all her enthusiasm and energy for sharing about the intersection of...
ADHD Series: Process Improvement, Optimising and Efficiency
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sylvia Campbell is a friend of the show, she's also a chemical engineer working in the water industry as a process improvement lead. She was diagnosed...
15 Things I'm Doing in Covid Isolation
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today is a super quick bonus episode for you... I've got covid and I'm isolating from my family so I don't make them sick. I've got a pretty mild case...
ADHD Series: Occupational Therapy, Strategies and Tools
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tricia Lerk is the Director and Occupational Therapist from Planted Parenting. Trish shares her wealth of experience in working with kids with ADHD an...
ADHD Series: Corporate Career & Organising Around Your Strengths
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carly is a high achiever, has a successful federal government career, has two young children, and is learning to create a life that works for her fami...
ADHD Series: Managing Time, Energy & Attention
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Verhoef is a certified ADHD coach and shares incredible insights into the management of time, energy and attention, which are notoriously chal...
ADHD Series: Being a Professional Organiser with ADHD
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When you have ADHD and you're also a Professional Organiser there are so many hacks that you have up your sleeves and today Jess shares them with us!S...
ADHD Series: Adult Diagnosis and Managing a Household
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jodie Garth is an OG member of The Art of Decluttering community. Jodie reached out to us when her kids were little for help with decluttering and org...
ADHD Series: Understanding ADHD with Psychologist Joanna Bailey
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
By popular request this week we are diving into our ADHD series where we talk to ADHDers, Professionals who work with ADHDers and explore the relation...
Filling Your Bucket
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each of us has an invisible bucket and when others poke holes in our bucket, it's important to have bucket fillers and hole pluggers in our lives. Whe...
Anti Goals with Rebecca Mezzino
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you avoidant of all the things you need to do to reach a goal? What about if instead you focus on what NOT to do? What are the habits, situat...
Values with Laurie Palau
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are your values? What is your fundamental belief system. What is important to you? What drives you?Knowing your core values is a superpower to he...
Women's Clutter
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I have noticed that there are some areas of clutter that are more relevant to women. So I've asked myself why is this the case. Not all women, not no ...
Three Times a Day
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering to do ANYTHING 3 times a day is a huge effort, requiring mental load that frankly, most of us don't have. And when you do have to do somet...
Physical Photos
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a follow on from last weeks episode all about digital photos, today we explore how to best keep, store, enjoy, share and display our physical photo...
Digital Photos
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's your number? 9,000... 90,000? How many digital photos to you have on your phone? Do you have them backed up? Are they categorised? Could you fi...
Obligation
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we say yes to things we really should say no to? Where does that sense of obligation come from and how can we manage our response when we're of...
Bigger Living, Smaller Space with Judy Granlee Gates
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever looked around your house and thought, "if only our house was a bit bigger or the storage was better, that would solve our clutter probl...
Extra Curricular Activities
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the school year starting in Australia and extra curricular activities returning you may be starting to feel overwhelmed with all the running arou...
School Books & Lockers
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hand up if you've discovered long lost library books or school readers under a child's bed years after they bought them home and been too embarrassed ...
Lunch Boxes
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you like me, put yourself under enormous pressure to find the 'perfect' lunch box for your kids when they first started school? Do you have parts ...
Drink Bottles
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you had to take a guess at home many drink bottles were rattling around your house, how many would you guess? 10? 17? More?Today I share my top tip...
School Uniforms
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
School uniforms - love them or hate them, if your kids go to a school that has a uniform, the start of each year can be overwhelming as you make sure ...
School Bags
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you dare... it's that time of the year when you pull the kids school bags from under their beds and discover if there is a liquified banana or shri...
Devices
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Todays episode excludes NOBODY... because we ALL have an old device, old cords, chargers, adapters etc hanging around that either we are too scared to...
Jars, Bottles & Containers
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a stash of glass jars and bottles and plastic take away containers that you're keeping in the corner cupboard, under the laundry sink or i...
Quitters Day
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Quitters Day! Today I share an update on the diet coke experiment as well as share the world of quitters day. We explore 4 strategies for stayin...
Hats & Glasses
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk all things hats and glasses... it's time to assess how many you have, what are your favourites, what are you realistically never going t...
Gift Cards & Vouchers
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you had to take a guess... how many gift cards or vouchers do you currently have that are yet to be redeemed? I share in this episode how many I cu...
Empty Your Freezer
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As you come out of a busy season like Christmas or holidays it's so good to have some easy meals to eat, that require little preparation. This is a gr...
Luggage
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago I decided to declutter a big purple suitcase that was over 20 years old, we just didn't need it anymore, we travel pretty light and ha...
Bikes & Scooters
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today be challenged and inspired to declutter any unused bikes and scooters that you or your kids have lying around. Instead of having excess sitting ...
Health Supplements
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first of January and instead of making a HUGE new years resolution to drastically change your life... how about making one small change that ...
Grief and Gratitude
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the relationship between grief and gratitude? How do you manage to balance both of these emotions and experiences when you are decluttering? W...
Welcome BACK to The Art of Decluttering Podcast!
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of season two of The Art of Decluttering Podcast! Make sure you subscribe to this new feed as this is where you'll find a...
Top Episodes - Overwhelm
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chat all about the most common word we hear from people we work with: Overwhelm. We all feel it at times so we give you some suggestions ...
Top Episodes - Minimalism
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Minimalism is something we talk about ALL the time but until now had not dedicated an entire episode to. Minimalism has and always will be a huge part...
Top Episodes - Judgement
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today Amy and Kirsty have a conversation around judgement. Get ready to have your eyes and minds opened to new ways of thinking... Enjoy!In this episo...
Top Episodes - 7 Ways to Make Your Life Easier
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, be encouraged as you listen to some of our tips on how to make your life so much easier!There is nothing worse than not being able to find what...
Top Episodes - To Do Lists
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, be inspired to create a do to list that works FOR you!To do lists...Do you love them or do you hate them?!We cover all the things today, how th...
Top Episodes - Repetitive Clutter
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, enjoy learning about repetitive clutter and all the tips on taming it.Amy and Kirsty get passionate about what they call 'repetitive clutter'. ...
Best of Guests - ADHD with Joanna
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna is a psychologist and director of Bluebird Psychology in Castle Hill, Sydney. Tune in as Joanna shares her insights and experience as someone w...
Best of Guests - Rosella Street
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rosella Street is a marketplace and platform that helps people lower their consumerism and connects them together in a safe and sustainable way.Brough...
Best of Guests - Your Color Guru
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeannie is the founder and owner of Your Color Guru. She is obsessed with helping real women look and feel amazing in their clothes. We learnt so much...
Best of Guests - Clare Press
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back in Nov 2019 Kirsty had a great conversation with the extraordinary Clare Press from Wardrobe Crisis. Clare is also the Sustainability Editor of V...