Living With Illness and Clutter. How to Create a Home That Supports You (Even on Low-Energy Days) #197

Have you ever looked around your messy house and wondered why keeping on top of everything feels so difficult? If you're a mom with adhd, even simple household tasks can feel exhausting, especially when you're juggling children, work, and everything else life throws at you. In this episode, I'm joined by Morgana Beckly, known on Instagram as @adhd_mumof3_, for an open and honest conversation about motherhood, clutter, and the challenges of managing a home with ADHD. You'll learn: How late dia...

Why do you keep walking past the same bag by the front door when you know exactly what needs doing with it? We tell ourselves that if we cared enough, we'd have done it by now. So when the bag has sat there for six weeks, we decide we're lazy, or messy, or just rubbish at this. What we never count is how many decisions that one small job is asking for before we've even picked it up. In this episode, I'm marking ADHD Awareness Month by talking about what I wish more people understood about ADH...

What if the home you keep measuring against everyone else's has been good enough for a while now? When our homes don't measure up, we tell ourselves we're not organised enough or disciplined enough, and that other women manage this better. I know because I’ve spent years using other people's homes as a measuring stick, noticing what wasn't right. In this episode, I'm talking about comparing yourself to others, and why a decluttering mindset has to start with the standard you're holding ...

Have you ever finally dealt with a pile you'd avoided for months, then wondered why you couldn't do it again the next day? We tell ourselves we were just motivated that day, and when it doesn't happen again, we decide something must be wrong with us. In this episode, I'm talking about ADHD body doubling and task initiation. There's a reason the pile you've avoided for months can suddenly feel doable on a different day, and it's easier to recreate than you'd think. You'll learn: Wh...

If you've got unopened envelopes in bags under the bed and a form you've been walking past for weeks, come and deal with them with me during the Paper Reset starting September the 26th. Join me for three days and leave knowing exactly what to do with the next pile and trusting that you'll come back to it. https://go.carolinethor.com/paper-reset-sept26pod Have you ever felt frustrated that a pile of paper is still on the dining room table when you know exactly what to do with it? In this...