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
244 episodes
Heart of the Home: Declutter and Organize Your Kitchen and Pantry - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #241
In most homes, the kitchen is a hive of activity, but all that traffic can lead to confusion and disagreement about how it should be used and what belongs in this mission-critical space. In episode #241 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly,
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Season 6
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Episode 241
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1:00:54
Back to Basics: The Clutter Fairy Reviews Organizing Fundamentals - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #240
Getting organized is simple, but it’s not always easy. For your project to achieve its best results, you need a realistic plan and a clear, consistent process. In episode #240 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professi...
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Season 6
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Episode 240
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55:23
Happy New Year! Crowd-sourced Inspiration to Energize Your 2025 - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #239
How can we energize and inspire ourselves to make 2025 our best organizing and decluttering year yet? We asked our audience, then gathered our favorite responses. In special episode #239 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, profes...
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Season 5
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Episode 239
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8:24
Happy Holidays! Self-care Tips for the Festive Season - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #238
Happy holidays from The Clutter Fairy family to you and yours! In special episode #238 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, expresses our holiday wi...
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Season 5
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Episode 238
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4:41
Strategy for Success: Make a Plan for a More Organized 2025 - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #237
We’re counting down the remaining days until the new year. This is a great time to celebrate the decluttering and organizing progress you’ve made in 2024 and to make plans for a successful 2025. In episode #237 of The Clutter Fairy W...
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Season 5
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Episode 237
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54:38
How Many Is Too Many? Setting Limits on Your Stuff | Short Takes - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #236
An audience member asked, “How many items in each category is healthy? Excessive but okay? Way too much?” To arrive at an answer, we need to consider the category, the context, and the limits of your space, money, time, and energy. In ep...
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Season 5
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Episode 236
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58:31
A Clutter Carol: How Ghosts of Past and Future Haunt Our Present - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #235
Is your home a monument to the past, a stockpile for future needs, or a place dedicated to living your best life right now? Finding balance among these roles can help clarify your toughest clutter challenges. In episode #235 of The C...
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Season 5
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Episode 235
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59:51
Be Thankful for What You Do (and Don’t) Have: Gratitude and Clutter - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #234
We learn a lot when we consider the emotions and feelings associated with our possessions. The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is coming up, so let’s examine feelings of gratitude and how they intersect with the accumulation, manageme...
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Season 5
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Episode 234
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59:12
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day: Consumerism, Clutter, and Choice - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #233
Many of us love to shop, and stores and online retailers with stuff to sell know how to push our buttons to make the sale. But our spaces get out of balance when we bring home more than we’re using up, giving away, or discarding. In epis...
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Season 5
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Episode 233
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59:52
Ask Us Anything: Short Topics and Viewer and Listener Questions - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #232
In this week’s episode, we’ll continue answering the questions you’ve asked in our surveys, live chat, email, social media, and web site. We’re always ready to listen, and we’re eager to tackle the tough questions and issues that are giv...
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Season 5
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Episode 232
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58:54
Ask Us Anything: Short Topics and Viewer and Listener Questions - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #231
It’s time once again for us to devote an episode to answering the questions you ask in our surveys, live chat, email, social media, and web site. We’re always ready to listen, and we’re eager to tackle the tough questions and issues that...
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Season 5
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Episode 231
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57:38
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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56:53
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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Season 5
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Episode 229
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56:18
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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57:26
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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56:50
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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55:21
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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57:21
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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59:39
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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Season 5
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Episode 223
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1:00:06
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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Season 5
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Episode 222
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54:27
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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57:40
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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Season 5
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Episode 220
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56:33
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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58:21
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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57:32
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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57:43
