Category: Stress Management
Daily Money Management: What It Is, Who It’s For, and Why It Sounds So Confusing
Aurelia Duke Let’s be honest: “Daily Money Management” sounds vague at best and slightly suspicious at worst. Is it budgeting?Is it investing?Is it someone telling you to stop buying lattes? And... Read More
Back-to-School Without the Chaos: Simple Systems for a Smoother Transition
Sahiba Bassi, CPO® Back-to-school season can feel like a fresh start. It can also feel like a tidal wave of backpacks, countless papers, permission slips, lunch containers, sports and extracurricular... Read More
The Emotional Side of Downsizing
Anna Novak Almost all my clients tell me they feel overwhelmed by the prospect of downsizing. Making a move from your long-time family home into a new community is a huge undertaking and a... Read More
Clutter Is Data: What Behavioral Science Can Teach Us About Organizing
Corinne Berry, PhD When I design organizing systems, the goal isn’t perfection—it’s real life. I look at the space, what it needs to do, and the routines already happening the... Read More
Swedish Death Cleaning for People Who Aren’t Downsizing (Yet)
Kelly Brask, CPO® If you’ve seen the phrase Swedish death cleaning pop up online and thought, Nope. Too morbid. Not today! I get it. I’m a Certified Professional Organizer® (CPO®) who lived in ... Read More
Organizing as Self-Care: Working with the Seasons of Your Mind and Body
By Mimi Sykhounmeuang, CPO® Life doesn’t feel the same all year long. Your energy shifts with the seasons; sometimes slowly and predictably, sometimes all at once. There are periods w... Read More
The Mental Weight of Clutter
Susie Marsh, LBSW This is the second blog post in a two-part series (read part 1: Taming Stress in the Body: How Clutter Keeps Us on Alert here) honoring Mental Health Awareness Month (May). W... Read More
Taming Stress in the Body: How Clutter Keeps Us on Alert
Melinda Rathkopf, MD, MBA, and Ashley Sewall, PhD May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to consider how mental well-being is shaped not only by our thoughts, but also by our environm... Read More