EP: 10 Life Decluttering w/Kate Evans. How it helps our mental and emotional well being.

Kate Evans is the owner of Soulful Space and is a life coach with a passion for home and life decluttering. She has a blog designed to help you attend to your Mind, Body, Soul, and Space and is working on a book on decluttering that will address all of the mental and emotional difficulties that come up so that you can finally take action and sustain change.

 

How you ever found yourself looking at your closets and areas in your home and thinking to yourself, gosh, this is overwhelming; where do I begin? And you instantly feel defeated. A cluttered home and the behaviors associated with it can significantly impact our self-esteem and health, affecting all aspects of our lives.

Study after study shows that a messy environment can negatively affect your well-being. The Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin measured how 60 women discussed their quality of life in their homes. Women who described their living spaces as "cluttered" or full of "unfinished projects" were, not surprisingly, more likely to be depressed and lethargic than women who described their homes as "restful" and "restorative." 

 

In this episode, we discussed the importance of decluttering your space and the effects of not having a clear space can have on your health overall. The Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin measured how 60 women discussed their quality of life in their homes. Women who described their living spaces as "cluttered" or full of "unfinished projects" were, not surprisingly, more likely to be depressed and lethargic than women who described their homes as "restful" and "restorative." Many of us can relate to this

You will learn:

• Whether you're decluttering your head or your home, you must declutter first. 
• When we organize our clutter, we are just organizing chaos.
• What purpose this serves. Whether it's a dust-covered vase or a relationship, you need to create awareness of the intention of everything to live an intentional life.
• Decide what you're keeping because you love it, and its presence energizes you. 
• Decide what you're tossing because, if you're honest with yourself, you have no real use for it, and it's draining your energy.

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