Why Every Organizing Influencer is Wrong | Clutterbug Episode #350

Why do perfectionists have the messiest homes? Executive coach Joe Hudson of Art of Accomplishment explains how perfectionism, fear of failure and negative self-talk keep you stuck in clutter, procrastination and self-sabotage, and how to finally start decluttering. Hey Clutterbugs! I’m equal parts annoyed by and in awe of today’s guest. Joe Hudson coaches some of the most successful people in the world, and he put words to things it took me almost two decades in messy homes to figure out. Connect with Joe Hudson: Art of Accomplishment: https://www.artofaccomplishment.com Emotional Inquiry: https://artofaccomplishment.com/podcast/emotional-inquiry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joehudson_aoa/ Put your clutter on trial! Plead your case for Clutterbug Court: https://clutterbug.com/talktocas Thank you to my show sponsors: Cozy Earth: Save 20% sitewide at https://cozyearth.com with code CLUTTERBUG Take the Clutterbug Method course: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #declutter #perfectionism #organizing #selfsabotage #joehudson #podcast #selfhelp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most organizing advice from influencers fails because it skips the fundamentals, so today is all about the 4 organizing basics I use in every home. Hey Clutterbugs! This week I’m walking you through exactly what I look for when I walk into someone’s home. That includes why your organizing products might be part of the problem, why surfaces are hot lava, and my one-hand test for every closet and cabinet. Macro organizing guide: https://shop.clutterbug.me/products/organizing-category-guide How to map and zone your home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdMFEV9h8g Take the free organizing style quiz: https://clutterbug.com Thank you to my show sponsor: Cozy Earth - Save 20% at https://cozyearth.com with code CLUTTERBUG. You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method #clutterbug #podcast #organizing #homeorganization #declutter #organizingtips #organizingstyles #zoning #howtoorganize #decluttering Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Clutterbugs! Halloween is here but what's scarier is overspending on Christmas and the holiday season already! Let's talk about overconsumption, impulse buying, and how to stop the clutter before it ever comes through your front door. Americans are on track to spend over $1 trillion on holiday shopping this year, and in this episode I’m sharing the boundaries that actually stopped me overbuying. Got a mess, a myth, or a memory? Or just a question you want to ask? Talk to Cas: https://clutterbug.com/TalkToCas Thank you to my show sponsors: Caraway - https://carawayhome.com/clutterbug10 1-800-GOT-JUNK - https://www.1800gotjunk.com Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #declutter #decluttering #overconsumption #impulsebuying #christmasshopping #holidaygifts #minimalism #organizing #nospendchallenge #halloween Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is your family sabotaging your decluttering, or are you the problem? Here’s how to declutter with your spouse, kids or roommates without fights, resentment or rebuying the stuff you tossed. Hey Clutterbugs! I have a confession. I’m a professional organizer, and for years I’ve been decluttering my husband’s stuff without asking him. Joe has bought the same can opener five times because I keep getting rid of it, and don’t get me started on the bread knife I didn’t know existed. So for the first time in 20 years, Joe and I decluttered together. He picked, I picked, and we agreed on things together. It turned into couples therapy and a romance novel in one. I can't wait for you to see the video on my main YouTube page in a couple weeks, but here's a sneak peek for all my Podcast listeners :) Want to be on the show? Talk to Cas here: https://clutterbug.com/TalkToCas Thank you to my show sponsors: Cozy Earth - http://www.cozyearth.com 1-800-GOT-JUNK - http://www.1800gotjunk.com Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #declutter #decluttering #familydeclutter #declutteringwithkids #declutteringtips #organizing #homeorganization #minimalism #clutterbugmethod #familydynamics #therapy #selfhelp #melrobbinspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Struggling to declutter things that make you feel guilty, ashamed or bad about yourself? Hey Clutterbugs! Today we’re talking about emotional clutter and how to finally let go of the “bully” items in your home: the shoes that hurt, the clothes that don’t fit, the expensive stuff you never use and the gifts you feel guilty getting rid of. A few weeks ago, someone called into Talk to Cas about a pair of high-heel boots she loved, and then broke both ankles before she got to wear them again. Fifteen years later, every time she saw those boots she felt guilt, shame and sadness. She called them her bully boots. And you guys… we ALL have bully boots. I’m sharing my own bullies (hello, little red sweaters and stupid, stupid sourdough stencils 😩), how to spot the stuff in your house that’s quietly making you feel terrible, and how to stand up to it . . . even if you’re a total people pleaser like me. Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #declutter #decluttering #emotionalclutter #declutteringtips #letgo #organizing #adhd #bullies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Clutterbugs! You know what we don’t talk about enough? ADHD success stories. We need to hear more about building a business (or a life!) when traditional productivity advice just doesn't work for our brains. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Ari Scott — ADHD entrepreneur coach, founder of The ADHD Entrepreneur, and someone who I immediately clocked as "my flavor of weird" the second we met — to talk about working with your ADHD brain instead of against it. Ari was expelled from school at 16, got fired from five jobs, and stumbled into ADHD entrepreneurship coaching almost by accident after a conversation during COVID changed everything. We get real about the shared backstory a lot of us don't talk about — the shame, the self-diagnosis debate, the "too intelligent to have ADHD" dismissals — and how reframing failure completely changed both of our trajectories. If you've ever been told you're "too much," this conversation is a reminder that the things people called your flaws might actually be exactly what makes you unstoppable. Follow Ari on Instagram @the_adhd_entrepreneur, and check the link in her bio for her free masterclass, Starter Kit, and Accelerator program for ADHD entrepreneurs. Thank you to my show sponsors: 1-800-Got-Junk - https://1800gotjunk.com/ Caraway - http://carawayhome.com/CLUTTERBUG10 Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #ariscott #adhd #creativity #entrepreneur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Clutterbugs! Want to know how to stop procrastinating and finally start the things you keep putting off, from decluttering your house to chasing a big dream? In this episode, I sit down with Dana K. White, author of Procrastinators Get Stuff Done and creator of the No Mess Method, to break down her simple five-step anti-procrastination process for overcoming overwhelm, one tiny step at a time. Dana taught hundreds of thousands of people to declutter without making a bigger mess, and now she's turned the same approach on procrastination. We talk about why we really put things off, why "make a plan" is step four and not step one, and why so many of us spiral into research mode instead of taking action. I also get real about the book edits I've been avoiding, and we try the method on my own manuscript live. I'll also tell you the story of how I went from "this system will never work for me" to full-blown Dana K. White believer. Procrastinators Get Stuff Done comes out October 6th, and you can pre-order at danakwhite.com/procrastinate, where the pre-order bonuses include strategy sessions working through real projects! Thank you to my show sponsors: Cozy Earth: http://cozyearth.com/clutterbug Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #danakwhite #nomessmethod #procrastination #stopprocrastinating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking for small space storage hacks and home organization ideas that actually make sense for how you live? In this episode, I sit down with Jess Banks — robotics engineer, furniture designer, and star of Netflix's Hack Your Home — to talk about why homes fail us, and the small, genius hacks that can fix it. Jess has an insane background — physics, robotics, running her own kinetic furniture company — and she brings all of it to how she thinks about storage and space. We get into why "messy" isn't actually a character flaw (it's just a mismatch between your brain and your space), how to design furniture and storage that flexes for visual vs. hidden organizers, and why she thinks almost every home is missing a few key pieces of smart storage. Follow Jess on Instagram @rockpaperrobot, and watch Hack Your Home on Netflix — I promise you'll be as obsessed as I am!Thank you to my show sponsors:1-800-Got-Junk: https://1800gotjunk.com/ Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #JessBanks #Netflix #HackYourHome #storagesolutions #smallspace #spacedesign #inventors #furniture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wonder why you can declutter your house and it just... comes back? In this episode, I sit down with Katy Joy Wells — author, decluttering expert, and host of The Maximized Minimalist podcast — to talk about the emotional root of clutter and why most decluttering advice only scratches the surface. Get a copy of Katy's new book, "Making Home Your Happy Place" here: https://link.amazon/B05stUl82 Grab Katy's new book wherever books are sold, follow her on Instagram @katiejoywells, and check out her podcast The Maximized Minimalist — you'll find me over there as a recent guest! Thank you to my show sponsors: 1-800-Got-Junk: https://1800gotjunk.com/ Caraway - http://carawayhome.com/CLUTTERBUG10 Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #KatyJoyWells #decluttering #declutteringtips #melrobbinspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Clutterbugs! Want to know why decluttering and organizing your home can change your entire life — not just your space? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit and her brand new book Situated, to talk about the science behind why changing your environment is more powerful than "just trying harder." Angela breaks down the Three Boxes model, and honestly, it explained my entire life back to me. We get into why willpower is overrated, why "just try harder" culture is kind of a trap, and why editing your space (not forcing more discipline) is the real secret to lasting change. We also get real with topics like . . . ✨ My own decluttering "rock bottom" and how changing my environment changed who I was, not just how my house looked ✨ Why I think weight loss surgery is a situational fix, not a shortcut — and why shame around GLP-1s and other "easier" paths needs to go ✨ Getting diagnosed with ADHD at 40 and how surrounding myself with the right people (situational change!) helped me finally build the life and career I wanted ✨ Why grit isn't about intensity — it's about consistency, and why my whole "do it badly on purpose" philosophy might actually be a form of grit after all If you've ever felt like you're failing no matter how hard you try, this episode might just reframe everything. Sometimes the answer isn't more effort — it's a better situation. To purchase Angela's new book, please visit https://www.angeladuckworth.com/situated Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: @Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #AngelaDuckworth #grit #situated #newyorktimesbestseller #melrobbinspodcast #selfhelp #homeimprovement #lifehacks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices