Welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast.

I'm your host Zoe Blaski.

We are sponsored by Stocker and this is the show that is going to give you all the tools,

support, guidance, validation that you need to thrive in this crazy

world of modern motherhood. And today we are diving into a topic that we have never covered

before on the podcast, but I think it's actually super important. And that is clutter. And I think we often think of clutter as just

stuff, but actually research shows that too much of it can trigger our stress response and actually

keep us in a state of overwhelm. And I don't know about you, but when I am surrounded by mess,

it definitely keeps my nervous system on high alert.

And it also rumps up my inner critic. When every room is just messy and full of stuff and there

are toys scattered all over my house, which is pretty much the permanent state of things,

my inner critic likes to say, see, you can't cope,

things are a mess. And so I actually think it's super important to give ourselves some practical

steps, not only that we can do to deal with the clutter, but also what we can do with the

emotional side around stuff, because make no doubt about it, our stuff is so linked to our emotions so today i'm

super excited to be joined by ingrid jansen she is an expert in getting our homes and our minds

back in order she has been a professional organizer for over 12 years she is the president of the

association of the professional declutterers

and organizers. And she really knows her stuff. She runs a business called the declutter hub.

Originally from the Netherlands, she brings such a no-nonsense practical approach to decluttering.

That's going to help you create a calmer home. It's going to help you

reduce your stress. And what I love about this episode and the advice is how practical it is.

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