Elaine Birchall: ...how to overcome clutter and hoarding
Nobody Told Me!
Nobody Told Me!
4.2 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Is hoarding or excessive cluttering an issue in your life? Are your things starting to overwhelm you? On this episode, we get advice on what to do if you or someone close to you is a hoarder. Joining us is Elaine Birchall, who is a hoarding behavior specialist and clutter coach. She's the founder of the Canadian National Hoarding Coalition and the author of the new book called, 'Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding'.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Laura Owens. And I'm Jan Black. Is hoarding or cluttering an issue in your life? Are your things starting to overwhelm you? |
| 0:21.2 | On this episode, we'll get some advice on what to do |
| 0:23.8 | if you or someone close to you is a hoarder. |
| 0:26.5 | Joining us is Elaine Burchall, |
| 0:28.7 | who's a hoarding behavior specialist and clutter coach. |
| 0:32.0 | She's the founder of the Canadian National Horting Coalition |
| 0:34.9 | and the author of a great new book called Conquer the Clutter, |
| 0:39.2 | Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Horting. |
| 0:43.3 | Elaine, thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:45.8 | Thank you for the invitation. |
| 0:47.4 | Tell us why you decided to become a hoarding behavior specialist. |
| 0:52.2 | That's fascinating. |
| 0:53.4 | I was a social worker already with quite a number |
| 0:56.5 | of years of experience, working with people in difficult life transitions. And when I discovered |
| 1:04.2 | the topic of hoarding, I realized how unique each person is. It all looks like the same mess on the floor, Jan and Laura, but it isn't. |
| 1:15.4 | The path in is very unique to the person. |
| 1:18.9 | So the path you need to help them walk out is just as unique and particular to them. |
| 1:25.8 | And I love that challenge. |
| 1:28.3 | And I really, there's nothing like seeing somebody get it. |
| 1:33.3 | And then go on like the elderly lady today saying to me that for the first time, |
| 1:39.4 | her home, her place has become her home. |
| 1:43.4 | Oh, wow. |
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