Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. Do you have a lot of clutter around your house? Do you feel overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that you own?

Do you feel like your home is disorganized and chaotic? If you answered yes to any of those questions, today's episode is for you.

And trust that you're not alone.

I ran an Instagram poll asking whether you feel overwhelmed by all the stuff that you have.

And a whopping 91% of you said yes.

Today I'm talking to Tracy McCubbin, the owner of a popular organizing and decluttering company.

Her years of helping people get organized have shown her that there's a clear link between our emotional well-being

and how well-organized and clutter-free our spaces are.

She's the author of a new book, too. It's called

Make Space for Happiness. Some of the things she talks about today are how clutter affects

our happiness, how to get rid of the things you don't need, and how to create healthier

environments for yourself. Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the

therapist take. It's the part of the episode for the therapist take.

It's the part of the show where I'll give you my take on Tracy's strategies and share how you can

apply them to your own life. So here's Tracy McCubbin on how to make space for happiness.

Tracy McCubbin, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. Thank you, Amy. I'm so happy to be here.

So I thoroughly enjoyed your book, Make Space for Happiness.

And I think it's a topic that we don't talk enough about, yet it affects our lives in so many different ways.

And I'm a therapist, so I know a lot of people will come into my office,

and sometimes it's like their mental health becomes a problem first, and then the clutter

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