The Clutter Fairy Weekly
The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips. To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group (cfhou.com/meetup), follow us on Facebook (cfhou.com/facebook), or subscribe to our mailing list (cfhou.com/subscribe). To help support our projects, visit our Patreon page (cfhou.com/patreon).
Episodes
233 episodes
You Minus Your Stuff: Visualize and Create a Clutter-less Life - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #230
Clutter is anything that stands between you and the life that you want to be living. What new things and experiences could you make room for in your home and your life if all the clutter was out of your way? In episode #230 of The Cl...
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Season 5
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Episode 230
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56:46
Stories We Tell About Our Stuff: Organizing Myths versus Reality - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #229
Many of us approach organizing projects with our heads full of myths, legends, and flat-out lies we’ve accumulated from popular TV shows, mass-market books, nagging parents, and other people’s limiting beliefs. In episode #229 of ...
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Episode 229
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56:11
A Roadmap for Downsizing: Planning for Your Smaller, Simpler Life - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #228
Moving to a smaller home is a complex process that requires careful planning and tough decisions. But sooner or later, we all need to reduce our possessions, either to fit in a smaller space or so we can comfortably and safely age in pla...
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Season 5
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Episode 228
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57:19
Simplify, Relax, and Enjoy: Decluttering Your 2024 Holiday Season - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #227
It's October, so we’re about to embark on the season of food, shopping, celebration, and chaos that runs from now until the new year. This year, why not plan your holiday season to include only your most beloved treats and tradi...
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Season 5
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Episode 227
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56:43
Ask Us Anything: Helping Hands, Capsule Wardrobes, Digital Photos - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #226
How can I help my cluttered friend with her excess stuff? What goes into a capsule wardrobe? What’s the best way to display digital photos? In episode #226 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and o...
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Season 5
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Episode 226
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55:14
Planes, Trains, Automobiles…and Your House: Organizing Small Spaces - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #225
Airplanes, ships, trains, hotel rooms, and other specialized spaces are designed to get the most efficient use out of limited space. Can we apply design elements of these tiny areas as we organize our own small spaces? In episode #225 of...
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Season 5
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Episode 225
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57:15
Ask Us Anything: Procrastination, Help Moving, Organizing Legos - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #224
How do you push back on procrastination? What’s the best way to organize a move so that others can help? What tips can we offer for organizing Lego pieces and projects? In episode #224 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard,...
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Season 5
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Episode 224
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59:32
Clutter Redux: How to Shift the Habits that Lead to Re-cluttering - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #223
Do your decluttered spaces seem to collect even more clutter after you organize than they contained before? It can be a challenge to modify your thinking and habits to maintain clear space. In episode #223 of T...
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Episode 223
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59:59
All the Right Moves: Fresh Perspectives on Packing and Moving - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #222
Nothing challenges an organizer’s professional skills and expertise quite like putting principles into real-world action to move her own household! In episode #222 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organiz...
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Episode 222
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54:20
Identity Clutter: Stuff That Affects Who We Are or Want to Be - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #221
Sometimes our emotions about certain stuff get muddled up with our sense of who we used to be, who we are, or who we hope to be someday. This “identity clutter” can be anything we’re hanging onto that no longer supports the life we reall...
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Season 5
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Episode 221
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57:33
Ask Us Anything: Viewer and Listener Questions and Brief Topics - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #220
How do you handle other people’s opinions about your clutter? How do you make environmentally conscious decisions while downsizing? Is there a difference between “just in case” items and clutter? In episode #220 of...
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Episode 220
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56:26
Forgotten, But Not Gone: Identify and Clear “Outdated Clutter” - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #219
An audience member recently asked, “Is it time to let the Rolodex roll away?” Good question! Why do we keep so many things in our spaces long after they’ve outlived their usefulness or relevance? In episode #219 of The Clutter Fairy ...
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Season 5
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Episode 219
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58:14
Clutter vs. Productivity: Organize to Optimize Your Daily Routine 2 - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #218
Living the lives we dream of starts with making the most of every day. But cluttered spaces and unproductive habits can waste valuable time, sap our strength and stamina, and keep us from making each day count toward our long-term goals....
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Season 5
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Episode 218
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57:25
Well Begun is Half Done: Organize to Optimize Your Daily Routine - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #217
Living the lives we dream of starts with making the most of every day. But cluttered spaces and unproductive habits can waste valuable time, sap our strength and stamina, and keep us from making each day count toward our long-term goals....
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Season 5
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Episode 217
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57:36
Time to Hit the Road: Plan, Prepare, and Pack for Low-Stress Travel - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #216
Leisure travel seems to be booming again—industry forecasts indicate that vacation travel is likely to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024. But if you’re not careful, the effort and inconveniences of travel can detract from ...
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Season 5
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Episode 216
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57:47
A Brighter Emotional Landscape: Declutter for Positive Change - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #215
Many of us experience a feedback loop between clutter and negative emotions—we feel bad, so we ignore or exacerbate our clutter, which makes us feel worse. Living with clutter can reinforce unproductive patterns such as self-distraction,...
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Season 5
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Episode 215
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50:57
Declutter to Go: Strategies for Move Planning, Packing, and Moving - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #214
An impending move sharpens the urgency of eliminating stuff you no longer use, want, or need. Would you rather purge through careful, calm decisions, or in a panicked state because you’ve run out of time and energy to pack? In episode #2...
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Season 5
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Episode 214
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57:24
Tangled Up in Knots: Creative Problem-Solving for Stubborn Projects - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #213
Sometimes we make our lives harder by tying ourselves up in knots—confusing the problems we need to solve with our thoughts and feelings about them. In episode #213 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organi...
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Season 5
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Episode 213
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55:35
Mindful Shopping: Don’t Let Retail Therapy Add to Your Clutter - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #212
Shopping is a source of entertainment, fun, and relaxation for many people. But “retail therapy” becomes a problem if it contributes to the clutter in our homes. In episode #212 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, profes...
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Season 5
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Episode 212
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57:58
Down, But Not Out: The Clutter Fairy Guide to Downsizing - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #211
Moving to a smaller home is a complex process that requires careful planning and tough decisions. But sooner or later, we all need to reduce our possessions, either to fit in a smaller space or so we can comfortably age in place. In epis...
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Season 5
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Episode 211
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57:04
Ask Us Anything: Answers to Your Questions, Plus Ultra-short Topics - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #210
Did the pandemic change the rules for keeping clothes? What’s a practical storage solution for a journal collection? And how does Ed’s (kitchen) garden grow? In episode #210 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, profession...
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Season 5
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Episode 210
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59:45
Your Best and Your Worst: Household Sweet Spots and Problem Areas - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #209
Some spaces and categories of stuff in our homes are relatively easy to declutter and organize, but some are constant sources of struggle. What lessons can our “sweet spots” teach us for managing our trouble areas? In episode #209 of
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Episode 209
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56:23
Vicious Cycle: Clutter as a Symptom and Cause of Negative Emotions - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #208
Negative emotions complicate and compound the difficulty of managing our clutter. Guilt, shame, fear, grief, anger, and other painful feelings reduce our ability to focus and make decisions, and cluttered spaces and piles of stuff can ag...
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Season 5
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Episode 208
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54:26
How Much Lining Does an Empty Nest Need? and Other Good Questions - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #207
An audience member asked, “How much should you keep for your ‘little birdies’ while they’re testing their wings?” There are difficult decisions and challenges to face as you transition from a full house to an empty nest. In episode #207 ...
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Season 5
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Episode 207
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57:16
Recognize and Avoid the Slippery Slope that Leads Back to Clutter - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #206
An audience member asked, “What should we do if we notice ourselves becoming more disorganized than usual?” The good news is that you can learn to recognize the warning signs that clutter is creeping back into your previously organized l...
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Season 5
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Episode 206
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59:49