It is estimated that 2-5% of the population in the USA has a problem with hoarding issues. If you also look at how many folks who don’t hoard, but are impacted by it, the number is estimated at a staggering 100 million people! I think of it like a web in which the person with […]
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One of my first jobs that I can remember was pouring milk for pigs. I believe I was paid 75 cents an hour to take the old milk or almost old milk and pour it into 5 gallon buckets and then pour that into the trough for the pigs. The space where I worked was
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Do you ever think I need more? More stuff? More knowledge? More education? More shelving or another car? While we need certain things, like food, water and toilet paper, it seems there are a lot of things we don’t actually “need” in the same way. When it comes to organizing our stuff, or paring down
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There it goes. My peaceful evening shattered by the sound of the doorbell. Freaking out because someone might SEE MY HOUSE and JUDGE ME. I make my way to the door and this time it’s someone that wants to sell me a magazine. Oh good! It won’t be weird if I don’t let them in!
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Remember the days of getting sent to the chalkboard to write, “I will not punch Johnny?” Or “ I will not pull Susie’s hair?” Or even having to sit down and write it out 100 times or something equally ridiculous? I was reading this statement, “I receive with ease and gratitude. I am worthy of
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Recently I had a conversation regarding the fact that I had gotten a divorce. The person, not knowing the whole scenario, said how sorry they were that I had gotten a divorce. This apologetic statement surprised me because I had not had to explain to anyone in quite some time that I was divorced. I
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People often ask me if they can ask me a question. I say, “Sure, you can ask me anything. Whether or not I will answer it is a different thing entirely. ” I have decided that I need to begin adding the following statement, “Please be advised that I don’t tell people what they want
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You matter. Yes. I am talking to you. I am encouraging you to step into the belief that you are valuable, worthy and that you truly matter. Awhile back I found a little card that said YOU MATTER. At first I thought it was kind of weird, hanging up there on the bulletin board with
Stupid. Yep. I felt like that for much of my life. I don’t know if anyone actually ever told me that, but I do know I sure felt like I was. My personal struggle was around math and I can still remember staring at the times tables in 3rd grade, trying to make sense of
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What are you leaving in your wake? What is your legacy? This past weekend was a beautiful time to be out on the water in the Pacific Northwest! We dropped some shrimp pots and skimmed around on the water basking in the glorious sun that had finally made its appearance after a long, cranky spring!
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