Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt that something was off? The space is clean and organized, but it still feels heavy, uncomfortable, unsettled, or difficult to relax in. Maybe you’ve recently gone through a major life transition like a move, renovation, relationship change, illness, loss, or a particularly stressful season of life and now your home doesn’t feel quite the same anymore. This is why I believe organizing should go deeper than simply deciding where your belongings should live.

Your home is more than a physical space. It is where a large majority of your life happens. Your home holds your routines, memories, emotions, relationships, celebrations, challenges, transitions, and everything in between. Just as we should regularly clean the physical surfaces of our homes, sometimes our space would benefit from an energetic reset.

Have you ever spent an entire weekend organizing your home, only to feel like everything has somehow returned to chaos a few weeks later?

You cleaned out the closet. You organized the kitchen. You bought the bins. You labelled everything. You finally got the paperwork under control. And then… somehow, you're right back where you started.

If this sounds familiar, I want you to know something: You probably aren't bad at organizing. Your system just isn't working for your life.

There is a big difference between getting organized and staying organized.

Happy first day of fall!

We have officially entered the “Ber Months” — September, October, November, and December. A special part of the year when the seasons shift, the days get shorter, and our homes become an even bigger part of our everyday lives.

There’s something about this time of year that invites us to slow down and settle in. The crisp air arrives, sweaters and boots begin filtering their way out of storage, and before we know it, we’ll be gathering around the table for warm meals, welcoming guests, and preparing for the holiday season.

As our routines change, our homes often need to change with us.

There’s a lot of work that goes into running a home and not all of it makes it way onto a To-Do List.

There is a constant mental background noise of thinking about what needs to happen. Knowing when the furnace needs servicing. Remembering that your child has a dentist appointment next Tuesday. Making sure the dog has a vet appointment. Ordering and wrapping birthday gifts. Keeping track of groceries, household supplies, bills, repairs, school activities, family commitments, and everything in between.

This is household management — and it’s a lot more than keeping a house clean.

This may sound strange but often times the best way to start decluttering isn't to dive head first into tackling the junk drawer, the overflowing closet, or the room that's been driving you crazy. It’s to grab a garbage bag.

I call this technique Garbage Bag Therapy.

The concept is incredibly simple: find a minimum of 21 things in your home that you can throw away or recycle in 21 minutes or less. You don't need to start by totally reorganizing a room. You don't need to empty an entire closet. You don't need to make dozens of complicated decisions about what stays and what goes right off the bat.

You simply need to find yourself a garbage bag and start looking for 21 things that are not adding value and are ready to leave your home.

I have witness this simple exercise provide some incredibly powerful results.