I haven’t blogged in 11 months. I needed a break. The last two years of my life have seen a huge amount of upheaval. My marriage ended and my mum passed away. I was working on two blog… Read More

I have been simplifying things in my life – and in my home – for a long time. When I first started out, I had this idea that I would progress from being a hoarder who was too bus… Read More

I don’t want this to be a clichéd account of positive thinking, but it’s kind of hard to explain it in any other way. I’ll give it a go, and if you can reserve judge… Read More

Life is always changing, and most of us will go through periods of highs and lows, over and over again. This cycle is the same for everyone and we all have a past. We’re all imperfect… Read More

In today’s world, we are bombarded with things from the minute we wake up until the minute we fall asleep. Our lives are far from simple. Notifications beeping the second we turn on ou… Read More

Decluttering is one of those things that most of us know we should do, but many of us never get around to. Aside from a brief two-day purge when it really gets too much, we live our lives su… Read More

Decluttering unwanted gifts is SO difficult. They sit there for years and years, neither used nor given away, just gathering more and more dust. I am pretty good at decluttering, but for whi… Read More

Decluttering should be a simple exercise. You look at a bunch of items, decide what you want to get rid of and keep the rest. However, if it was this easy, there wouldn’t be so many of… Read More

I ended up totally exhausted from all the exercise last week, so over the last seven days I’ve had two rest days, which I really needed. I have arthritis in my toes and they were reall… Read More

This is my ultimate, all-in-one guide on how to declutter your home. I draw on several of my other blogs posts here (all linked in the text), and also on the process that I teach in my Declu… Read More

You can tell I haven’t blogged about personal stuff in far too long because today I’m going to talk all about periods. I have probably always suffered a degree of misery before m… Read More

Ten easy, actionable steps you can take today to simplify life and make your days easier to get through. Cut the clutter and the noise by clearing more space, re-thinking your hobbies, build… Read More

This is the first of what will be a regular Friday post that covers more personal, behind the scenes stuff. This is a blog after all. Anyone that knows me will know that I can articulate wha… Read More

When you’re feeling completely overwhelmed by clutter (and all the other stuff that also needs doing in life, like parenting, cooking, finances, shopping and cleaning), it can paralyse… Read More

This is a light-hearted (true) decluttering story of some of the things I cleared out after my Mum died. When my Mum passed away, I was given four weeks to clear her flat. I took home everyt… Read More

I’m writing this blog on a Sunday, which is unusual for me because Sunday is normally all about me and the children. However, this Sunday things are a little different. Firstly, it&rsq&hell…Read More

We’re often told to make sure we keep our receipt when we buy something. This is a guide to how to store receipts without cluttering up your filing system with hundreds of pieces of pa… Read More

Are you comfortable with who you are? Are you happy in your self-identity and with your values and beliefs about life? Do you like who you are and what you have done with your life? Or do yo… Read More

I can think of many good reasons to declutter your home. A calmer environment, easier cleaning, and less feelings of overwhelm are all benefits of living with less. But did you know there&rs&hell…Read More

Many years ago, I avidly followed Dusti Arab’s minimalist writings. Although she doesn’t talk so much about minimalism today, she still has two ebooks available on Amazon (The Mi… Read More

For a long time I had been thinking about “going zero waste”. It turns out that this is a much bigger job than I realised. We generate a LOT of rubbish in our house. There are tw… Read More

I began decluttering purely because I felt overwhelmed by the physical clutter in my home. When I first started clearing my space, I felt an incredible sense of lightness. When I got more se… Read More

A couple of caveats before I get started on my minimalist home tour. Firstly, I am a normal mum with three normal kids. I did put away the toys that were on the floor before I took photos &n&hell…Read More

If you’ve ever said, “I love the idea of simple living, but I just wouldn’t know where to start,” this post is for you. This is my ‘simple living how to’… Read More