The Art of Decluttering

Zero Co

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We love Osher Gunsberg's podcast 'Better than Yesterday' and last week we heard the innovative Mike Smith, who else heard that interview? Amy got the ...

Mould

20 Oct 2019

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This week we chat to Nicole Bijlsma from Building Biology about mould and all things healthy homes.In this episode we:● Challenge your thinking arou...

Hoarding Disorder

13 Oct 2019

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This week we chat to Angela and Wendy from Hoarding Home Solutions about Hoarding Disorder.In this episode we:● Give you a definition of what Hoardi...

Responsibility

06 Oct 2019

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This week we chat about responsibility and how to deal with frustrations around the home when you feel others aren't contributing to household work lo...

Recycling Holding Zone

29 Sep 2019

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This week we chat to one of our beautiful listener Sylvia about all the things you can recycle and how you can repurpose things before they go to land...

Are We There Yet?

22 Sep 2019

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This week we chat about why there is no destination: Decluttered but rather how the decluttering process is an ongoing life-giving journey.In this epi...

Bulky Sports Equipment

15 Sep 2019

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This week we chat about bulky sports equipment and how you declutter, organise and store all those awkward items.In this episode we:● Challenge you ...

Soft Toys

08 Sep 2019

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This week we have a conversation about kids and their love of soft toys and how challenging it can be to declutter and organise them.In this episode w...

Offloading

01 Sep 2019

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This week we have a conversation about what to do when you've been given things you just don't love or have space for, aka; offloadingIn this episode ...

Trigger Warning

25 Aug 2019

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This week we have a conversation around areas in your home that might cause you to come unstuck because of memories or issues that rise to the surface...

Cords & Cables

18 Aug 2019

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This week we have a conversation around decluttering and organising your cords and cables!In this episode we:● Challenge you to stop procrastinating...

The Experiment

11 Aug 2019

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This week we have a conversation around an accidental experiment that Amy conducted when she was sick a few months ago which we found fascinating and ...

Big Books

04 Aug 2019

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This week we have a conversation around big books, think reference books, text books, recipe books, encyclopaedias, dictionary etc.In this episode we:...

Judgement

28 Jul 2019

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This week we have a conversation around Judgement!In this episode we:● Challenge you have a whole lot of grace and forgiveness for yourself;● Enco...

House Guests

21 Jul 2019

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This week we chat about house guests whether they stay for one night or one year!In this episode we:● Challenge you to think critically about how of...

Women Against Waste

14 Jul 2019

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This week we get passionate with Tania Goranitis, from Women Against Waste. Tania is a Professional Organiser from regional Victoria and the...

Repetitive Clutter

07 Jul 2019

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This week we get passionate about repetitive clutter, you know those spaces you've decluttered but for some reason, it is groundhog day again!In this ...

Board Games and Puzzles

30 Jun 2019

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This week we get passionate about board games and puzzles!In this episode we:● Challenge you to declutter this area of your home regularly, like in ...

The Holding Zone

23 Jun 2019

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This week we get passionate about the holding zone! The what? So you have started decluttering and you want to move your things onto their next home (...

Tupperware

16 Jun 2019

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This week we chat all things Tupperware (& other plastic containers!). We explain why we are like toddlers in more ways than one when we come into...

Autism

09 Jun 2019

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This week we speak to Amy's best friend, Jess Winnell, about Autism. Jess has kids on the spectrum and also works for an organisation that helps famil...

Junk Room

02 Jun 2019

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This week we get very passionate about Junk Rooms! This episode is filled with #truthbombs and #micdrops, like "Rooms without a purpose look like a ro...

Brooke McAlary Listener Questions

26 May 2019

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This week we continue the conversation with the incredible Brooke McAlary (so if you haven't listened to last weeks episode, do yourself a favour and ...

Slow Your Home with Brooke McAlary

19 May 2019

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This week we celebrate our 100th episode by interviewing the incredible Brooke McAlary! Brooke is a podcaster, author, minimalist and shares with us w...

Containers

12 May 2019

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This week we chat about containers! We know so many of you love to dream of and buy containers to store all your things so we wanted to have a convers...

Lego

05 May 2019

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This week we chat about the joy of LEGO! We talk about ways of decluttering it, from selling it to donating it and the quandary of missing pieces! We ...

Cancer

28 Apr 2019

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We had a request to do an episode on cancer and so we decided to interview our friend and course participant Amy Kelman, who coincidentally was the pe...

Overwhelm

21 Apr 2019

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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 ...

Share Houses

14 Apr 2019

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This week we chat all about living in share houses! We chat about the challenge of only having that one room to store all of your things in and differ...

4 Types of Clutter with Laurie Palau

07 Apr 2019

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This week we have our first international guest, Laurie Palau! She is our great friend and fellow Professional Organizer from the USA (yes we are usin...

Picnic

31 Mar 2019

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This week we chat all about decluttering and organising your picnic gear, thanks to the request made by Geraldine Van Oord! We laugh about getting old...

Home Office

24 Mar 2019

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This week we chat about home offices! We have two each in our homes so we share what they look like and how they have changed over time. We encourage ...

Can you declutter too much?

17 Mar 2019

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This week we answer a question we were asked by Jarred, can you declutter too much? Our answer is no, but perhaps yes! We do talk briefly about obsess...

Master Bedroom

10 Mar 2019

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What is your favourite room in your home? Is it your Master Bedroom? Why? Why not? Do you know the difference between a pillow or cushion? (Listen out...

Professional Mistakes

03 Mar 2019

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This week we are open, honest and vulnerable as we share with you the mistakes we have made as Professional Organisers. We ask each other the followin...

It's all my husband and kids fault

24 Feb 2019

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This week Amy and Kirsty come with love to question some of your beliefs challenge you thinking about YOU! We recommend going for a walk, or run or wa...

Social Media

17 Feb 2019

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This week we chat about the Social Media, perfect thing to declutter after last week's episode on the Mental Load! Does the thought of decluttering yo...

Micro Decluttering

10 Feb 2019

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This week we chat about Micro Decluttering! We know that many of you don't have hours and hours each week to dedicate to decluttering and organising y...

Mental Load

03 Feb 2019

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This week we chat about the Mental Load! We all carry it in one form or a thousand. We chat about how the division of labour & mental load is carr...

We're Not But We Do

20 Jan 2019

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This week we chat with about our jobs! What we do and what we don't do in our profession. This is particularly timely as Marie Kondo's Netflix sensati...

Sports Equipment

13 Jan 2019

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This week we chat about decluttering your sports equipment. What are you still using? Do you have sport equipment for a sport you haven’t played in ...

Teenagers

06 Jan 2019

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This week we chat with about decluttering your teenagers ;-) No, we chat about helping teenagers and parents learn to declutter and stay organised thr...

Memorabilia

30 Dec 2018

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This week we chat about memorabilia (think: newspapers, magazine, ticket stubs, autograph books, order of services from weddings/funeral/christenings,...

Musical Instruments & Equipment

23 Dec 2018

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This week we chat about musical instruments and equipment with our Sound engineer Jarred Doueal! We chat about what instruments all of us can play or ...

Our Kids

16 Dec 2018

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This week we chat with our kids, Jesse & Elijah Revell and Oliver & Amelie Farrugia! We each quizzed our own kids and each others about what i...

Christmas Functions

09 Dec 2018

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This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a ...

Christmas Gift & Wrap

02 Dec 2018

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This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a ...

Christmas Decorations

25 Nov 2018

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This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a ...

Christmas Schedule

18 Nov 2018

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This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a ...

Homeschooling

11 Nov 2018

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This week we chat to Narelle and absolute amazing woman who homeschools 5 out of her 6 kids (#6 is too young still) and gives us some amazing #parenti...

Unfinished Projects

04 Nov 2018

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This week we chat about our Unfinished Projects! What have you started but left unfinished? Do you have feelings of guilt or shame over that project? ...

Celebration | 500K Party

02 Nov 2018

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Today we celebrate hitting 500,000 listens to our humble podcast! We recorded a quick episode to say a HUGE thank you to each and everyone of you for ...

Bedside Tables

28 Oct 2018

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This week we chat about our Bedside Tables! Do you even have a bedside table? Does your bedside table have drawers or is it open shelves? What lives o...

Listener Questions

21 Oct 2018

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This week we answer some listener questions! We had questions on under the kitchen sink, small apartments, garage laundries, kids and clutter, what is...

Makeup

14 Oct 2018

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This week we chat about makeup! We confess that neither of us are huge makeup wearers, consumers, keepers or storers. We have however decluttered many...

Handbags

07 Oct 2018

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This week we chat about Handbags! We compare how many we have and what we need to swap out of bags. We chatted about reducing the need for so much in ...

Cleaning Products

30 Sep 2018

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This week we chat about cleaning products! You'll find them in the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry and garage/sheds. We talk about what cleaning products ...

Adult Children

23 Sep 2018

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This week we chat about Adult children! Adult children that still live at home, adult children that have moved out of home and still have their conten...

Husband Onboard

16 Sep 2018

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This week we chat to a long time listener and friend of both of ours, James Garth! He gives us his unique perspective on being a husband, father and b...

Hidden Clutter

09 Sep 2018

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This week we chat about Hidden Clutter! The fruit bowl, front of the fridge, on top of the fridge, the junk drawer and some more. We give you great ti...

Sentimental Papers

02 Sep 2018

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This week we chat about Sentimental Papers, so important documents like Birth, Death, Marriage, Citizenship certificates and Passports along with sent...

Clothing

26 Aug 2018

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This episode is dedicated to clothes, oh how we love clothes! We give you great tips on how and when to declutter. When you should let go of clothes a...

Teachers

19 Aug 2018

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This episode is dedicated to all the great teachers in the world. Teaching is a calling and we're so grateful for the teachers from our own childhoods...

Our Online Course

14 Aug 2018

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Do you find your home is constantly messy and your mind is always muddled?Do you long for more clarity in your thoughts and simplicity in your life?If...

Mental Health

12 Aug 2018

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Are you living with a Mental Health disruption? Have you recognised in your own life the connection that clutter has with Mental Health? We totally ge...

Toddlers

05 Aug 2018

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Are you living with a Toddler? Are you overwhelmed by all the toys and paraphernalia that comes with parenting a Toddler? We totally get it! We have b...

Shoes

29 Jul 2018

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Are you a shoeaholic? Are shoes the ONE thing you dread to declutter?This week we share our best tips on how to declutter and organise your shoe colle...

Old Professional Life

22 Jul 2018

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Have you had a career change? Moved from full time work to looking after kids or semi-retired? Have you kept papers from your old career or study?This...

Moving House

15 Jul 2018

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Our most requested topic is finally here - MOVING HOUSE!So whether you've got a move planned or you'd just like to hear how we manage to fully unpack ...

Death

08 Jul 2018

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This week we chat about Decluttering after losing a loved one. This is an awesome episode however we wanted to give a trigger warning for those of you...

Pets

01 Jul 2018

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This week we chat about Pets, their paraphernalia, we don't want you to declutter your pets! We have a special guest in our studio today, Pebbles, a b...

Small Business

24 Jun 2018

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This week we chat about Small Business! This is the episode for all of you who run market stalls, MLM business or work from home with products! What t...

Divorce

17 Jun 2018

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This week we chat about Divorce. We wanted to honour how hard divorce can be for all involved and to share some tips on how to create that new li...

Wedding

10 Jun 2018

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This week we chat about Weddings! What ours were like and how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. We chat about how to not buy into con...

Grace & Freedom

03 Jun 2018

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This week we chat about Grace and Freedom! These are some of our favourite words and topics, so when Lauren Osborne, one of our awesome listeners aske...

Meal Planning

27 May 2018

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This week we chat about Meal Planning! What it is and what it is not. How different it can be in each unique home. Amy chats about how they do meal pl...

Sentimental Items

20 May 2018

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This week we chat about Sentimental Items! In this episode, we acknowledge the different generations and their different philosophies underpinning the...

Baby Supplies

13 May 2018

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This week we chat about Baby Supplies! We give you tips on what you need to get when you are having a baby and how to store items, inbetween...

Sophie's House

06 May 2018

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This week we put a call out for a listener who wanted to come and interview us in our studio and the amazing Sophie Walker put her hand up and joined ...

Minimalist Kids Parties

29 Apr 2018

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This week we are talking about Kids parties- Minimalist Style! We give you tips on how to create parties on a budget, create beautiful family traditio...

Dress Ups

22 Apr 2018

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This week we are talking about Dress Ups, kids and adults (yes we go there but it's still kid friendly listening!) We give you tips on how to store th...

Inside Scoop

15 Apr 2018

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What is the inside scoop? Cal Revell, Amy's husband, is our guest today and man does he have so many truth bombs to drop! Amy started off nervous that...

Photos

08 Apr 2018

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Photos! In our generation alone, we have had slides, Polaroids, Film with negatives, Digital cameras, phone camera (and this isn't even touching Super...

Dance Costumes

01 Apr 2018

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Do you feel overwhelmed by your kids Dancing costumes? Are you new to the world of dancing or an old hand? Have your kids grown out of them but you/th...

Crafts and Hobbies

25 Mar 2018

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Do you have a craft or hobby that you love? Do you have a craft or hobby that has been sitting untouched for years (or decades?)? Do you need help dec...

Office Desk

18 Mar 2018

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Do you work in an office at a desk? Is your desk full of clutter? Do you look with envy at others who have a clean desk or do you wonder if they get a...

Holidays

11 Mar 2018

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This week we chat about camping and how to make going on holidays easier, simple, straightforward and more organised! You will laugh when Amy double j...

Rubbish

04 Mar 2018

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Our most Rubbish Episode ever, because we are chatting about RUBBISH!! This episode will have you laughing along with (at) us as well as thinking abou...

Donations

25 Feb 2018

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This week we chat about all the various places you can donate your decluttered items to around Australia. We often get asked where to donate things an...

Medications

18 Feb 2018

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This week we tackle an area that one of our listeners, Tanya Castellino, requested, Medicines! We chat about how to store them, how to declutter them ...

Garage/ Shed

11 Feb 2018

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Can you park your car in your garage? Do you put stuff in the garage and forget that it is even there? Do you have a mountain of stuff in the garage t...

Living Room

04 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Is the clutter in your living room driving you nuts? How is the functionality of your living space? How many living spaces do you have in your home? O...

Kids Bedrooms

28 Jan 2018

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Are your kids bedrooms neat and tidy most of the time or do they regularly look like a bomb has gone off in there? This week we chat about setting rea...

School Start

21 Jan 2018

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Are you counting down the sleeps until the kids go back to school or has it been the best holiday break ever for you all? Is your child starting at Pr...

Media

14 Jan 2018

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Do you still have a VHS player? Do you have loads of DVD's that you no longer watch? Have you got Netflix or Stan and binge on television shows and mo...

Why Declutter?

07 Jan 2018

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Why do we think decluttering is so important? This week we had a wonderful listener David asked some really good questions and ask for some research i...

Vision

31 Dec 2017

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Happy 2018!! Did you have a fantastic 2017 or are you happy to see the back of it? This week we asked ourselves some questions so we could head into 2...

Lessons from 2017

24 Dec 2017

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2017 has been a big year for both Kirsty & Amy and in our Christmas episode we share a few of the highlights, lessons and expectations for 2018.&n...

Christmas Holidays

17 Dec 2017

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Do you love Christmas holidays? Or do you feel overwhelmed by the idea of juggling work/kids/friends/expectations?Here is another episode where you ca...

Christmas Functions

10 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Do you love hosting Christmas functions and being generous with your time, money and home? Or do you feel overwhelmed at the idea of inviting others t...