138 - From Alone to Understood: The Decluttering Shift You Never Knew You Needed
Decluttering Untangled with Heather Tingle : How to declutter when you're overwhelmed, ADHD or AutisticShow Notes
Send me a text message about this podcast Summary When did you last tell someone in real life what your home actually looks like? Not a partner, not someone you live with. A friend. A colleague. Someone you chose to tell? For most of us, the honest answer is never. In this episode Heather gets personal about the thing that makes decluttering so much harder than it needs to be. Not the stuff itself, but the secrecy, the shame, and the exhaustion of carrying it alone. She talks about what she ...
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Send me a text message about this podcast Summary Can’t get through the door of your room of doom, never mind start decluttering it? This episode answers one of the questions from DeclutterCon that we didn’t get time for on the day: what do you do when you can’t even get into the room, and where on earth do you start? You might be surprised by where the first step actually is (and it isn’t decluttering). I share the one thing you should never do when you’re faced with piles you can’t get pas...
Send me a text message about this podcast Summary In this episode, Heather Tingle answers common questions about organising zones in the home, focusing on whether doubling up on zones like bedding and tech causes problems or offers benefits. She provides practical advice on system consistency and how to decide the best approach for your space. Key topics The importance of choosing a system for organising zonesPros and cons of having multiple zones for the same itemsHow to decide whether ...
Send me a text message about this podcast Summary In this episode, Heather Tingle shares practical tips and personal insights on how to make packing and unpacking less stressful, especially for neurodivergent travellers. She discusses strategies to simplify the process, reduce decision fatigue, and create routines that make travel easier. Key topics The emotional and practical challenges of packing and unpackingCreating a standard packing list to reduce decision fatigueGamifying packing ...
Send me a text message about this podcast Summary In this episode of Decluttering Untangled, Heather talks about the clothes that don't fit right now, and why packing them away in a separate box often isn't the answer. Whether it's the bag under the bed marked "one day" or the vacuum pack in the loft, out of sight can quickly become out of mind, especially for neurodivergent brains, and that box can end up holding a lot of quiet guilt along with the clothes. Heather shares a different approa...
Send me a text message about this podcast Summary Have you ever been told, or told yourself, that if you really wanted a tidier home you'd have done it by now? In this episode Heather gets into why that message is so untrue, and why wanting it badly is rarely the missing piece. Money, health, energy, the people you live with, inherited stuff and sheer volume all play their part, and so do systems that were built for someone else's brain. Sometimes, though, what keeps you stuck is more psycho...