Lauren Williams's (casualuncluttering) Blog

I'm reblogging Mr. Thomas's post because it is relevant for some of my clients. He looks at the challenges around selling a hoarded home quite thoroughly.   As a seasoned real estate professional and investor who's seen it all, I can tell you that selling a hoarder house is no small feat. Whether...

My professional society, the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD), provided testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Aging Committee Majority Staff report The Consequences of Clutter: How Hoarding Disorder Affects America’s Older Adults, First Responders, and Their Commu...

A colleague in the ADHD support services world taught me about the Huberman Lab. WOW. And WOW and WOW again. Just a quick browsing through the subjects and I'm quite sure this remarkable man and his team are providing self-help tools as powerful as those created by institutions such as The Greate...

Stupid little stuff, DUH stuff, makes me happy. I admit it. When I talk to clients about organizing, I use myself for illustrations of the possibilities. For example, my kitchen is so small I don't have a pantry. I've had to take bookcases, stick them in my bedroom, and that's my pantry.I also 'f...

Money therapy. No, not retail therapy. The Financial Therapy Association, on its homepage, defines the effort as"A process informed by both therapeutic and financial competencies that helps people think, feel, communicate, and behave differently with money to improve overall well-being through ev...

It's not easy being green. I take electronics to Interconnection, a Seattle non-profit which specializes in processing those for resale, redistribution to people in need, or recycling, whenever possible. Right now, whenever possible is HARD. There's a ton of construction going on in Fremont, righ...

Clutter and fire are a horrific combination, meeting in a heartbeat,  ferocious and deadly. That's common knowledge in my profession, and I have two clients in mind when I speak of it. But facts published in the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging Committee Majority Staff report “The Co...

Axios published a July 2, 2024 summary of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging Committee Majority Staff report “The Consequences of Clutter: How Hoarding Disorder Affects America’s Older Adults, First Responders, and Their Communities,” That article, written by Maya Goldman in the Ax...

Good morning everyone,Below is a press release from Chairman Bob Casey’s Senate Aging Committee team. The press release discusses The Consequences of Clutter, a Majority Staff report on hoarding disorder and older adults. The report examines how hoarding disorder impacts older adults, their commu...

I'm gonna be replaced by a bunch of books once I make this recommendation. I collect organizing books the way some people collect cookbooks (Spoiler alert, I also collect cookbooks. That's a story for another day). One of the most illustrious members EVER of my profession, Valentina Sgro, Really ...