tag: release

Is Fear Making You Cling To What No Longer Serves You?

Every year, for the past five years, I have opened my annual letter from the American Board of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, reminding me that it’s time to recertify. In order to keep my board ce…

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Clutter Clearing: Your Housemates May Hate Me

Instead of ownership, when you pay for something, think of it as the cost of renting that item until it no longer serves you. Then, you can release it back into the river of stuff that flows throughou…

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Opening Up to Letting Go

“We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily–we do not need to learn it.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke My parent’s marriage ended when my mother told my fathe…

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Clutter Clearing: 7 Ways To Get Unstuck

The next Sick of Being Stuck (SOBS) classes are about to begin and I've been formally challenged to "Bring the party!" this month. Since I'm not one to shy away from a challenge, I've accepted and no…

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How To Release Childhood Wounds

I grew up believing that love is conditional. I don’t blame my parents for this - and it turns out it wasn’t true - but I genuinely thought my parents would only love me if: I made straight A’s …

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Paper: Self-Loathing Is Out, Clutter-Clearing Is In

My living room has thrown up paper. There is a volcano in the middle of a table and the entire surrounding area is finding some form of order. I can't get out until it's done, I guess. - Shannon, a co…

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Never Clear Your Clutter Without This Trick

"It seems like every single one of the women in my circle of friends has a thing they want to do, or a big change they want to make but we're all just... stuck. Nobody is moving forward on anything." …

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Empty House: Made For TV Clutter Clearing

I just had an idea for my own television series. It would be the ultimate clutter clearing/take back your life adventure. Each episode would begin with my search for a person or family who will say ye…

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Start Releasing Your Fear

Start releasing fear by reaching out and beginning to talk freely and expressively, about feeling afraid. If this seems impossible because you have been taught that fear is a sign of weakness, talk a…

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