Stay ConnectedKirsty Farrugia is a Declutter Coach and along with her friends will be chatting about how they keep their homes organised and decluttered and how they help their clients to achieve the same.
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This week we chat to another one of Kirsty's clients, Lois North! Lois is a wife, mum of 4 adult kids, cleaner and previous home-schooler among many other roles and talents she has. She is a wealth of wisdom and inspiration to us and we know you will be inspired by her too.
In this episode Lois;
● Shares how she found us;
● Hear what her experience with working with Kirsty was actually like for her;
● Challenges you to invest in decluttering so as to save you money on a cleaner;
● Encourages homeschooler to be intentional about what they invest their time and money on for their children's learning
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Home Schooling episode
● This Organized Life podcast episode that Lois first heard about us
Thank you Lois for giving us your time to be on our podcast! Thank you also to Kerry Hogan-Ross for all your shout outs on Chatters FB page!
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***Disclaimer this week, there is swearing and talk of trauma and squalor***
This week we chat to the formidable Sandra Pankhurst! You may have read Sandra's biography by the brilliant Sarah Krasnostein, The Trauma Cleaner, which so lovingly depicts Sandra's incredible life story. Today we focused in on Sandra's work as a cleaner for people who live in squalor and cleaning trauma scenes in houses. She is so fascinating and exemplifies her motto that 'excellence is no accident'.
In this episode we;
● Hear Sandra's heart of gold for her clients;
● Glean from her wisdom in dealing gently and kindly with her clients;
● Learn how she started her business and how she niched into trauma cleaning;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● STC Services - Sandra's business
● Other interviews with Sandra - Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie & Emily Webb, Criminal
● #halfcut fundraiser
Thank you Sandra for giving us your time to be on our podcast!
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This week feels like another Iso with Kirst & Ames episode! We chat about the concept of busy - we know - ironic in this season hey!
In this episode we;
● Encourage you to put your needs closer to the top of your priorities;
● Ask you to consider what a full life loos like for you and your unique family;
● Challenge you to take lessons from animals;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Brooke McAlary book Slow
Thanks also to N Books for the podcast review and Belinda Woodward for your donation!
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This week we chat about repurposing spaces and rooms for what you actually need rather than being frustrated by the lack of function
in your home.
In this episode we;
● Encourage you to prioritise functionality over supposed purpose of any given space or room;
● Ask you to think about what room would you add to your house if you could (inspired by Gretchen Rubin);
● Challenge you to say no as much as you can;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Pantry Iso episode
● Junkroom episode
● Sentimental items episode
Thank you to a beautiful Facebook community member for inspiring this episode. Thanks also to "Everynicknameihavetriedistaken" for the podcast review and Leanne Sheean for your Patreon support!
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This week we chat to the legendary Peter Walsh! Peter was so incredibly generous in his time with us and dropped so much GOLD, we know you will love it as much as we do.
In this episode we;
● Learn Peter's story from being a teacher in Australia to sharing the TV screen with Oprah;
● Hear his heart for deep understanding of people and not just superficial tidying;
● Glean from his wisdom what changes happen in peoples heads, hearts and home when they do the deep work of decluttering;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Peter Walsh - You Tube
● Peter Walsh - Facebook
● Peter Walsh - Instagram
● Peter Walsh - Website
● Buried in Treasure book
Thank you Peter for giving us your time to be on our podcast!
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This week we hear the stories of transformation from some of our Head, Heart and Home course participants
Thank you to Karen, Deb, Felicity, Ruth, Sally & Mandy for sharing your heart for others transformation too.
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This week we chat to Belinda and glean her wisdom of someone who has done our Head, Heart and Home course as well as having Kirsty come in and help her daughter declutter her room.
In this episode we;
● Learn Belinda's story, how she came to become a client of The Art of Decluttering;
● How she felt investing in her daughter by having Kirsty do a kids session with her;
● Hear what changes have happened in her family because she's participated in the Head, Heart and Home course;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Thank you Belinda for giving us your time to be on our podcast!
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** Disclaimer, we are still recording at home so our sound quality isn't at it's best today, so please accept our apologies. We also talk over each other quite along because of the delay of our recording system**
This week we chat about journals, especially as we got lots of people confused after our Old Diaries and Calendar episode a few weeks ago.
In this episode we;
● Talk about how different we are in our approach to journal keeping;
● Encourage you to acknowledge if you are indeed an aspirational journal keeper;
● Challenge you dig into the real reason you are keeping your journals;
● Remind you all that who you are now is evidence of the things you've learnt more than the contents of your journals;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Types of Clutter episode
● Sentimental Paper episode
● Sentimental items episode
Thank you to Jodes87 for the podcast review and Leanne Sheean for your Patreon support!
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** Disclaimer, we are still recording at home so our sound quality isn't at it's best today, so please accept our apologies**
This week we chat about getting curious and what a powerful tool it can be for self discovery on your decluttering journey.
In this episode we;
● Talk about how curiosity actually helps to transform us;
● Encourage you to become a toddler again with 'but why?';
● Challenge you to come up with your own "Pufferfish" moments and dig into why they occur;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Hannah Gatsby show Douglas on Netflix
● Trigger Warning episode
● Towel episode when Amy gives us all TMI!
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** Disclaimer, we are still recording at home so our sound quality isn't at it's best today, so please accept our apologies**
This week we chat about old diaries and calendars and if and when we might need to keep them.
In this episode we;
● Talk about the many reasons our clients have kept their old diaries and old calendars;
● Encourage you to only keep them (as a whole) for tax or legal purposes and what to do with sentimental parts of diaries and calendars;
● Challenge you to transfer the important details to somewhere you can always access them;
● And so so so so much more...
We hope from this conversation we all learn something and puts a smile on your face!
Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:
● Time and Date - Where to find out what day of the week an occasion occurred
Thank you to Kylie for your podcast review.
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