All Episodes

517: Clearing Out a Parent’s Home, ADHD and Take It There Now, and a Basement Full of Brand-New Stuff

516: The Mismatched Sock Bin, Guilt Over Decluttering Gifts, and Take It There Now When It’s Already Full

515: No Motivation to Declutter, Keeping Up After a Big Clean, and Teenagers’ Messy Rooms

514: ADHD and Object Permanence, Generational Family Photos, and Grief and Clutter

513: Stuff with No Home, a Loved One’s Belongings, and Decluttering a Stubborn Family Member

512: Decluttering Journals, Clothes Between Sizes, and Take It There Now with Limited Energy

511: How Do You Make Decluttering Progress When Your Routine is Unpredictable

510: Back to the Basics! (So What Exactly are the Basics?)

509: Getting Unstuck in Overwhelming Decluttering Situations

508: Decluttering Closets and Clothing

507: Helping Others Declutter

506: Your Laundry Questions Answered

505: Hotelify – Making it Easier for the Others in Your Home to Keep it Neat

504: Hobbies: Time to Give vs Stolen Time

503: Minimizing Decluttering Regret

502: Working In Cleaning Routines

501: Answering Questions About Selling

500: Talking With Bob – Decluttering Regrets, Moving, Empty Nest, and More

499: Adjusting to Smaller Space & Larger Struggles

498: The Power of Negative Thinking

497: Working Through Family Treasures

496: Ricochet Decluttering

495: Decluttering Difficulties or Step-Skipping?

494: 52 Things I’ve Learned at Age 52 (Just Kidding. 5.)

493: Going Beyond Survival Mode

492: Clutter and Creativity

491: What to Do Differently (or Not) in the New Year (or Anytime)

490: Four Reasons the No Mess Decluttering Process Works for Kids (and Anyone)

489: Decluttering Successfully with Autism and/or ADHD

488: Gifts Plus Decluttering

487: Decluttering (not Organizing) the Calendar

486: Function. Important Everywhere. Essential in the Kitchen.

485: Holiday and Hosting Decluttering

484: Redefining My House’s Happy Ending

483: Permission to Learn

482: Scary Clutter Problems – Solved

481: Collection? Or Investment?

480: Real People, Real Progress – Lessons from the Kindred Spirits

479: Q&A – When Decluttering Feels Endless, Plus Stairs, Cards, and Kids’ Toys

478: Q&A – Function Over Minimalism and the Power of the First Steps

477: Noncommittal Experimentation

476: The House You Have Is The House You Have

475: Container Concept and Creativity

474: Decluttering When It’s All So Interesting

473: My State of the Home Post-Summer 2025 Podcast

472: Clutter Thresholds, Dealing With Trash, Defining “Under Control”

471: Take It There Now, Overwhelming Closets, Five Minute Pickups, Laundry Challenges

470: House Issues, Others Helping, Organizing Tubs, Family Members, Books

469: Container Concept Issues, Attics and Basements, Skipping Items or Stuff Shifting?

468: Decluttering Plateaus and Thresholds, Home Renovations, Spouse Clutter

467: Too Cluttered to Take it There Now, Decluttering Journals, Guiding Multiple People Through the Five Steps

466: Turning Sentimental Clutter into Displays, To Do Lists, Step 2 Before Step 1?

465: Extra Bedding, Things That Need Repairs, and Extra Bins

464: Digital Photos, Decluttering Clothes After Weight Loss, and Household Challenges with “Where Would I Look For It First?”

463: Basement & Attic Decluttering, Retirement Changes, and Dealing with Craft Supplies

462: Advice for Spouses & Family, Mobility Challenges & Elderly Parents, Decluttering Sentimental Family History Items

461: Preparing for Guests, How to Break a Stall, My Container is Too Big!

460: Teaching Children the Method, Dealing with Clothes, and What to Do With Empty Space

459: How to Keep Your House Under Control During Out-of-Routine Times

458: Tackling Your Decluttering Challenges

457: Simplifying Tasks to Simplify Lifestyle

456: Legitimately Challenging Challenges

455: Kids, In-Laws, Laundry and More Questions Answered!

454: Tackling a Space Full of Generational Clutter

453: Rhythms, Meals, Guilt, and Other Questions Answered

452: How to Be Convinced to Declutter

451: Decluttering without Making Decisions

450: Decluttering to Combine Households

449: Removing Containers, Decluttering With Others, and More of Your Questions Answered

448: Comparisons or Containers?

447: It isn’t Possible to Struggle with DUH Donations

446: ADHD & the No Mess Decluttering Process with Megs Crawford

445: Learning to Trust Your Decluttering Instincts

444: China, Closets, Cleaners, and More

443: Forests, Trees, and Nail Holes

442: How to Be a Maximalist

441: Your Unique Situation Affects Your Clutter Threshold

440: When Decluttering Snags Happen

439: So How Long Did It Take to Declutter My Whole House?

438: How to Make the Most of a Week With Nothing to Do But Declutter

437: There Really Is No Secret to Keeping the House Under Control

436: Decluttering When You’re in Less Than Ideal Circumstances

435: Why Understanding the Layers of a Clean House is So Helpful

434: Prepping the House for Special Events

433: Five Minute Pickup Or Declutter? Yes.

432: Spoiler Alert – The Answer is the Container Concept

431: Stretched Thin? Pick a Skillet

430: Decluttering When Bad Things Could Really Happen

429: Fighting the Temptation to Overcomplicate

428: Qs: Kids Toys, Mother in Law and More

427: 4 Ways to Make Your Kitchen Function Better

426: Feeling Emotions When You Declutter Without Using Emotions to Declutter

425: Helping Others Declutter While Being Respectful to Them

424: Q&A: Considering Others When Decluttering (and More)

423: No Regret Decluttering – The Power of Closure

422: The Reality of No Dish Piles

421: How to Get Motivated

420: Rapid Q & A

419: How to Help Other People Declutter

418: Infinity Brain and Decluttering to Allow for All the Interests

417: Put a Party on Your Schedule

416: House Rules with Myquillyn Smith

415: Adjusting to Not Panicking at the Thought of a Doorbell

414: What Makes Clutter Invisible

413: Where Joy Fits into the Decluttering Process

412: The Messy Middle is Real, but It Doesn’t Actually Have to be Messy

411: When All The Many Projects Take Over The House

410: Rapid Q&A

409: Keys to Using Awkward Pauses

408: Rest Is Necessary

407: Defining a Shared Space

406: Adjusting for Changes in Your Home and Routine

405: Focusing on Routines with a Busy Family and Unpredictable Schedule

404: Learning to Love Decluttering Isn’t the Goal

403: Getting Rid of Gifts?!

402: Net Gains Decluttering

401: Getting Started When the Project of Your Home is Overwhelming

400: Talking Decluttering with My Husband

399: Daily Stuff – The Beginning and the End

398: How to Work Decluttering into Whatever Time & Energy You Have

397: How to Move Forward, Even in Survival Mode

396 Why “Why” Isn’t Part of My Decluttering Process

395: Too Many Shoes, Towels, & Projects

394: Appreciate or Depreciate – It’s Your Choice

393: Temporary Toys, Sentimental Decor, and Food Where It Doesn’t Belong

392: Applying the Decluttering Process to General Decision Making

391: Shifting the Mindset about Space-Saving and Storage Solutions

390: Questions about Toys, Finding Places and the Decluttering Questions

389: A Joint Husband and Wife Strategy Session

388: Decluttering that Extra Difficult Spot or Category of Stuff

387: In Theory, Your House Will Never Improve (Reality Is Where it Changes!)

386: Looking at Decluttering as a Way to Re-Discover and Honor Your Treasures

385: Clutter and My Hero Complex

384: Talking About Goals with Jon Acuff

382: Rapid Q&A – Decluttering and Home Questions Answered

381: Wasting Time vs. Wasting Opportunity

380: Back to (Or Start with) the Basics

379: Let’s Talk About Money and Decluttering

378: Simplifying Routines in Seasons of Stress & Grief

377: Knowing the Path When You Can’t Predict the Future

376: Three Moments When You Should Hesitate (and Declutter)

375: Boundaries Even When Stuff Could Totally Be Helpful in the Future

374: Making Decluttering Part of Everyday Life

373: Decluttering in Slow Times vs Fast Times

372: Rapid Q&A – Lots of Questions and Lots of Answers

371: Sometimes Even Interesting Things Need to Go

370: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

369: Perfect or Right?

368: Another Round of Decluttering (And Clothing)

367: When the Whole House is Just Overwhelming

366: Better All Along the Way

365: Decluttering In the Midst of Upheaval and Intense Grief

364: Six Ways I No Longer Struggle in My Home

363: Six Ways I Still Struggle in My Home

362: The Container Concept vs The Clutter Threshold

361: Are You Hoarding Your Creativity?

327: The Truth about Checklists Podcast