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I'm ok

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REMIX: Why we over-shop and compulsively acquire, and how to stop, with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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REMIX: OCD and hoarding disorder with Jenna Overbaugh

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REMIX: Therapy and hoarding disorder - what are the options? With Dr Jan Eppingstall

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REMIX: ADHD and hoarding disorder with Professor Sharon Morein

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#207 13 actionable pieces of mental health advice from six former podcast guests

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#206 Finding connection and community when hoarding feels isolating

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#205 How to recover without burning out: using pacing to find your dehoarding rhythm

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#204 Am I my things? When possessions define us: the psychological connection between identity, self-concept and hoarding with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#203 How to declutter when you can't reach your shelves

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#202 "Acting as if" for hoarding disorder

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REMIX: Hoarding disorder, Diogenes syndrome or squalor? With Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#201 The myth of being prepared for every eventuality: how hoarding can make us less ready for emergencies

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REMIX: Overcome overspending and compulsive shopping with Paige Pritchard

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#200 Things I wish I'd known: a letter to Episode One Me

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#199 Layers on layers: the many layers of hoarding disorder, from stuff to shame to identity

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#198 Intentionality and hoarding: how to move from reactive to purposeful decision making and action

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#197 Holding our nerve: navigating urges and building tenacity in breaking hoarding behaviours

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#196 Trusting our future selves to be resourceful with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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REMIX: Executive dysfunction and hoarding disorder with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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REMIX: 23 dehoarding tasks you can get done in a weekend

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REMIX: Tracy McCubbin on having a parent who hoards and becoming a professional organising superstar

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REMIX: Grief, loss and hoarding disorder with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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REMIX: Chronic disorganisation and hoarding disorder with Jo Cooke from Hoarding Disorders UK

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#195 Why is it so hard to deal with uncertainty in hoarding disorder? With Dr Jan Eppingstall

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REMIX: 31 things you can dehoard today if you don't know where to start

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#194 Transformation and comfort do not live in the same house: rethinking comfort zones, familiarity, and change

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#193 Laziness is a myth. Here's what's actually going on

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#192 What if we make mistakes on purpose? The unlikely freedom of doing things badly and letting yourself run out

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#191 How to dehoard when you feel defeated

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#190 What if we forgive ourselves, but now we know better, we do better? Choosing compassion over shame in hoarding disorder

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#189 Emotional, practical and motivational scaffolding - what it is and how to get it, with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#188 12 ways to make decision-making easier (and why people who hoard find it so hard to make decisions in the first place!)

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#187 What if we focused less on self-care and more on self-nurture to progress our hoarding recovery?

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#186 10 executive dysfunction tips and tricks to help people who hoard, whether we have ADHD or are neurodivergent or not - Hoarding Awareness Week 2025

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#185 Engaging with our stuff: why we keep things but don’t use them, with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#184 What if we actually felt the feelings? An honest conversation about trauma, hoarding, and allowing yourself to feel

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REMIX: How to declutter when you're really busy: dehoarding in tiny time slots and other tips

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REMIX: The little-known Hummingbird Method for tackling avoidance in dehoarding

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#183 ADHD, executive dysfunction and creating hacks and systems to reduce clutter chaos, with Carrie Lagerstedt

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REMIX: The emotional impact of emergency dehoarding

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#182 What are "towards and away moves" and what on earth do they have to do with hoarding recovery? With Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#181 Past influences and future possibilities: cause and effect and hoarding disorder (plus Podcasthon)

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#180 Arts and crafts and pretty, pretty things: artists, aesthetics and hoarding with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#179 How hoarding behaviours develop and early intervention for hoarding disorder, with Dr Victoria Ruby-Granger

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#178 Growing up in a hoarded home: Sam’s story as the child of a Mum who hoards

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#177 11 unexpected things this podcast has taught me about mistakes, life, perfectionism and progress

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#176 What to do with clothes when we lose or gain weight (with absolutely NO diet-culture talk!): practical tips for dealing with size fluctuations without clutter

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#175 Taking the scary first steps: the courage to call a professional organiser, with Jasmine Sleigh

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#174 How to feel grounded when we're overwhelmed or dysregulated using ventral vagal spaces and touchstones, with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#173 9 things that are working for me when tackling hoarding and over-acquiring right now

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#172 Harriet Impey on clearing out her parents’ very full home, through family belongings and personal growth, in the film Where Dragons Live

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#171 Hi Ren: How a song dramatically changed my approach to my inner critic

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REMIX: The Art of Letting Go: Navigating emotional clutter blocks with Tracy McCubbin

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REMIX: ADHD, depression, autism, OCD, OCPD and more: Things that look like hoarding but aren't, with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#170 Impermanence: radical acceptance in a world of change with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#169 Compassion-focused therapy for grief and hoarding with Dr Chia-Ying Chou

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#168 Hoarding, healing, and the art of kintsugi with Dr Jan Eppingstall of Stuffology

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#167 10 experiments to customise your dehoarding habits so they suit YOU

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#166 "Just-in-time shopping": Overcome fear-driven purchases, save money and space, and spend mindfully

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#165 Distraction-free idea capture: Transforming chaotic thought streams into actionable to-do lists

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#164 Digital hoarding and digital clutter with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#163 The Lazy Genius approach to planning, productivity and prioritising, with Kendra Adachi

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#162 From Fibble to Focus: Defibble your executive dysfunction with Jo Cavalot

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#161 Addressing shame with creativity: dancing with your inner critic with artist Steve Chapman

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#160 Dehoarding with the seasons: get inspired by nature when everything is overwhelming

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#159 Just because we want it doesn't mean we have to have it

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#158 What does "trauma-informed" mean when it comes to hoarding? With Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#157 Dehoarding dilemmas: Swallow the frog or save the worst til last?

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#156 Identifying the shopping triggers that create our urge to impulse buy

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#155 Self-stigma and hoarding with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#154 We don't need to love it. We just need to do it.

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#153 Making a noticeable difference: Master the 80/20 rule to tame your hoarding habits

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#152 Unpacking Aesop: Misunderstood lessons from The Tortoise and the Hare on hoarding

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#151 An amnesty on discarding guilt - is it possible? With Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#150 13 pieces of terrible hoarding advice you're sick of hearing

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#149 ADHD, hoarding and clutter with Susie Boutal, ADHD and Declutter Coach

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#148 The woman who sold every item of clothing she owned

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#147 Habituation, "clutter blindness", and hoarding with Dr Jan Eppingstall of Stuffology

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Remix: How to dehoard when you're drowning with KC Davis of Struggle Care and Domestic Blisters

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#146 Where Dragons Live and what we leave behind

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#145 Understanding stigma and hoarding using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and compassion, with Dr Jennifer Krafft

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#144 Breaking through analysis paralysis: 13 tools and techniques for making progress when you have hoarding disorder

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#143 Letting go of coping mechanisms that no longer serve us

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#142 Physical disability, chronic illness, chronic pain and hoarding with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#141 Micro trends are ruining our lives. Here's what to do

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#140 How to cope with - or help - a partner who hoards, with Laura Silverstein, Certified Gottman Couples Therapist

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#139 Chronic disorganisation with Jo Cooke of Hoarding Disorders UK

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#138 The Accountability Effect: Accountability, encouragement and mutual support when tackling hoarding and dehoarding

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#137 How to tackle a laundry backlog - or how to summit Mount Washmore

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#136 The lies, contradictions and justifications we tell ourselves about our stuff - I dissect and debunk 19 of them!

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#135 Don't know where to start? 31 things you can dehoard today

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#134 What therapists and mental health professionals need to know about working with hoarders, with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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#133 What to prioritise when you can only do the absolute basics

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#132 How to dehoard when you’re really, really busy: tackling clutter in tiny time slots

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#131 Compassionate productivity with Meg Kissack of the Daily Pep: Challenging the Cult of Productivity, Rethinking Self-Care and Embracing Vulnerability

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#130 Loneliness and hoarding with Vassia Sarantopoulou: build human connections and combat hoarding-related shame

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#129 Is this the hill you want to die on? Psychological flexibility, rigidity and hoarding with Dr Jan Eppingstall

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REMIX: Couples and hoarding: An interview with relationship therapist Laura Silverstein

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#128 Time management and hoarding: How living in a hoard impacts your time, stress and productivity