Fall has always felt like a natural time for change. For letting go. For shifting perspectives and priorities.

In Chinese Medicine, autumn is associated with the element of metal. Cool, discerning, and sharply intellectual, metal gives us the ability to cut through overwhelm and discern what it is truly important. (This is why fall is such a great time to declutter!)

For me, the season has brought with it many big, exciting changes, each requiring some form of “letting go"...

Trying to pare down your wardrobe can be a monumental and surprisingly exhausting task. The sheer volume of clothing we accumulate over time, coupled with sentimental attachments like first dates and perfect vacations, can make the process slow and draining. However, by asking yourself a few key questions, you can gain clarity on what to keep and what to release and re-home…

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you may be thinking of buying your sweetie a gift of home organization services. Now, this can be a thoughtful and practical gift for someone who’s feeling overwhelmed by clutter or struggling to maintain order in their living space. But before you rush to purchase that gift certificate, there's one essential thing you need to do: have an open and honest conversation with your friend, spouse, or relative about the idea.

So, here we are. We’re a few weeks into the new year, and the temptation to take stock of our lives and set some intentions is omnipresent. I’ll probably write another post soon about how I’ve come to staunchly embrace February 1 - not January 1 - as my personal New Year, but that’s for another time :-p. Come January, many of us still go all-in, turning those NYE intentions into full-fledged resolutions, but let's be honest – there's often an ominous overtone of, "Is this gonna stick, or am I going to slip back into a loop of self-sabotage?"

We all know it: plastic is bad for the planet. That means it’s bad for us, our non-human neighbors, and our descendants. Its production relies on fossil fuels and releases greenhouse gases like CO2 into the atmosphere. It pollutes our land, seas, and air, wreaking havoc on ecosystems and leaking toxins into the ground over the hundreds of years it needs to degrade. Microplastics from synthetic fabrics, tires, and numerous other sources poison our soil and threaten our health.

No romantic relationship can flourish if you ignore your partner most of the time and then try to make it up with a single grand gesture. Why would your relationship with your home be any different?

Imagine if a couple tried to maintain a relationship with just two date nights a year.

The rest of the time? No intentional communication. No loving touches. No kid-free dinners. No daily check-ins or bedtime chats. The partners live separate lives until one day they realize with horror that their relationship is falling apart….

Have you ever taken one of those online design style quizzes? Where you answer questions about which living room you like best and what drink you’d be if you were a cocktail?

While the results of these quizzes usually capture some elements of your design preferences, they are inherently flawed.

Why?

Because these quizzes work from the outside in.

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, spring is in full swing. bringing with it the time-honored tradition of spring cleaning. For some, the opportunity to finally release the old and welcome in the new can be exciting. Others may find it a.daunting and downright unpleasant task. If you fall into this category, do not lose hope! …

“I’m just not an organized person.”

“I should be able to do this, it’s not rocket science.”

“I bought all these containers but they didn’t really help.”

“My friend helped me organize my closet but it got messy again in a few days.”

What do these statements have in common? They are all rooted in common misconceptions about organizing that, while widespread, are unequivocally false…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, loves! I’m traveling in England at the moment so if I’m feeling up to braving the crowds (doubtful) I might pop into a local pub for a pint of Guinness later today.

But to otherwise honor of the holiday, I’m dedicating today’s post to… the color green!

I’m a bit biased, because green is already my favorite color. Personal feelings aside though, green has been shown to be associated with a whole slew of positive affects.

POV: You got excited to start organizing, but 3 hours in you feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and exhausted. And you’re pretty sure your home looks worse than it did when you started. Tired and grumpy, you shove everything back into the boxes they’ve been sitting in for months, telling yourself you’ll try again another day…

If you’ve ever found yourself in this situation, chances are you fell victim to one or more common organizing mistakes.

If you’re environmentally conscious and hate the idea of creating unnecessary waste, throwing perfectly good items in the trash simply isn’t an option. This can make decluttering extra challenging as you come up against endless decisions about how to best dispose of your unwanted belongings.

The good news is that there are several eco-friendly ways to consciously declutter without contributing to landfills!

Somehow, 2023 is just a few days away (!). The New Year is an exciting time, filled with possibility and a special kind of motivation that comes with starting something new. You already know that, when informed by a strong connection to your spirit, the home is a magical place with incredible potential for creating clarity, wellbeing, and growth. So it’s extra potent to combine home-care with the unique energy of the new year.

I’ve collected my favorite practices to help you realign and refresh your home for the year to come ✨.

It’s no secret that we love creating stylish, functional homes. From the rise of HGTV, to Marie Kondo’s decluttering empire, to the popularity of shows like the Home Edit, people everywhere love a good home makeover.

But as much as we enjoy ogling incredible before/after accounts on Instagram, we often underestimate the potential health benefits of a well-designed home environment.

This month, August 2022, marks one year from when I decided to incorporate decluttering and organizing services into my holistic home business. Since then, I’ve visited dozens of homes and worked with women from a diverse array of circumstances.

A single mom working to support her special-needs child…

Have you ever looked at your home, thought “OMG, I have to get organized - NOW!” and immediately run to Target to buy a cart-load of organizational products? Only to get home and realize you have no idea how to actually use them? Or that they didn’t really help all that much?

You’re not alone.

We’re programmed to think of housekeeping as a burden, a chore. And as we all know by now, our thoughts tend to become our reality.

So if you’re bummed about having to spend time cleaning, decluttering, or organizing your space, you might want to try reframing the whole thing as - get this - an act of self-love.

When I was in 5th grade, my best friend and I volunteered at a colonial re-enactment farm. We’d dress up in our late 1700s garb and pretend to be farm children, interacting with visitors and performing all sorts of colonial chores. One day we were assigned the task of weeding the corn field… of ROCKS.

A spirit•house is a home that has been intentionally cultivated into a space that supports your physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, by providing a space that is optimized for the health of each of these areas.

“But I just DID the dishes yesterday!”

When it comes to cleaning and general housework, there’s a dirty little secret that many of us were never really taught.

What secret, you ask?