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December Newsletter: Travels and Packing–From Yuck to Yes!

Background Traveling can be a real trick. We’ve got to figure out what to take. Often this process can be incredibly overwhelming and we may feel helpless. I like Bonnie Mincu’s separation between overwhelm and helplessness. She describes them this way. Overwhelm is the brain screaming “too much”. We know Read more…

By Susan Hunsberger, 8 years8 years ago
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Newsletter August: Vision vs. Logistics

Background When we set off to organize, we may run into obstacles such as boredom, apathy or overwhelm. These roadblocks can arise when we struggle to balance our big organizing ideas with the rough and tumble logistics of getting them done. In any organizing project, however, both the visionary and the Read more…

By Susan Hunsberger, 10 years9 years ago
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When I

first contacted Susan, I expected to receive the same sort of treatment I had received from previous “declutters” and “organizers” who tried to reign in my “situation.” These previous encounters always left me feeling deeply ashamed and traumatized by the experience, but what was the alternative?

Susan. Susan is the alternative.

Supportive, knowledgeable, kind, and PATIENT. She didn’t decide what stayed or went in my home, she didn’t reorganize my belongings where they “should” go, she didn’t chastise me for “letting things get so bad.” Instead, she encouraged me to “meet her where I was,” clutter and all, and then spent many patient weeks working with me as we mindfully moved through every room of my house, examining why I kept — or discarded — the items that had filled my home to capacity. Perhaps more importantly, we had many, many discussions about why I felt this experience was different and why this time I wouldn’t immediately return to my cluttered and disorganized ways.

The reason is actually pretty simple. This time, organizing and decluttering wasn’t something done to me, it was something done with me. Susan openly shared what she knew to enable me to maintain the changes on my own.
I’m extremely grateful that I found her because I feel like I got my life back.


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