When decluttering, it’s not always as simple as deciding if you practically need something or not. That’s because, sometimes, the item you’re considering decluttering is so much more than just an item, especially when we are grieving for a person, relationship or the end of an era…

I have regretted decluttering two items in my life. The trouble is that, although I’m happy – over the moon, in fact – with the rest of the stuff I’ve decluttered and the resulting peaceful life and tidy home, I tend to focus on those two items. The ones that got away.

If you had to fit your life into one box could you do that? Would you need to declutter before you could move to a new place? Let’s consider what’s essential and what you could possibly let go…

Unexpected life events are expected to be points of stress within our lives, but did you know that ‘micro stressors’ could be having the same effect on you as larger issues such as divorce, redundancy, moving house or trauma?

With interest rates and the cost of goods and services soaring, the cost of living crisis is negatively affecting many of us. But, if you’re a minimalist, you may be better equipped to deal with the storm than others. Here’s why:

Changes are afoot. You’re beginning your journey into minimalism and the outcome is yet unknown. Nonetheless, you’re willing to test the theory, give it a go, see what happens. That’s when cognitive flexibility is both required AND working at its best…

Do you ever find yourself speed-cleaning after an argument? If you pick up the vacuum or start frantically tidying after dealing with a difficult situation this could be a way that your brain tries to ease your stress levels. A sort of reset, if you will…

When we go along with the consensus of our peer group, our mind doesn’t object. Our brains don’t even recognise that we’ve been caused to change our mind by others. It happens subconsciously. Here’s why your friends’ opinions might affect your own minimalist thinking…

You’ve made a decision to live with less and I bet you’re thoroughly chuffed with your efforts. However, within the physical and mental space left behind by the decluttering process, you may become tempted to fill that void. Here’s what to do if you feel the urge to reclutter…

Why lockdown 3 turned me into a compulsive shopper and how I was able to step away from the shopping basket before I filled up my wardrobe to bursting point…

Why does your brain stop being excited by something as soon as you acquire it? What turns our ‘wants’ into ‘whatever’s? Here’s why the novelty of buying new things soon wears off…

If you’re stressed out by clutter, it’s because you are programmed by nature to be stressed out by clutter. Here’s why your pre-civilisation limbic brain is calling the shots…

When a childhood collection becomes clutter, how can you let it go? I watched a video that changed my perception and cut through the nostalgia…

Learn how new things distract us and provide a short-term boost, why this feeling soon wears off and how gratitude can help you hop off the hedonistic treadmill.

After feeling despondent about my decluttering efforts, this quote by Francine Jay blew my mind. It changed everything for me and I began minimising with renewed vigour…

Just because many social accounts are dedicated to the monochrome aesthetic of minimalism, it doesn’t mean you have to adopt the same style in order to be a minimalist yourself…

According to Sigmund Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development, we all go through 5 stages while growing up, and our experiences during that time will affect our future selves. So can the tendency to hoard can be traced back to our childhood?

With findings originally published in the journal ‘Intelligence’ this article reports that highly intelligent people have an increased chance of suffering from psychological issues, including anxiety disorders. Can minimalism help to diminish these effects?

If you’ve ever spent a or two night in a hotel and thought to yourself ‘well, this is all I really need’, you’ll understand what I mean when I say I want to achieve The Hotel Experience in my own home…

Which is the perfect excuse for decluttering when you’re becoming minimalist but don’t want people to think you’ve gone to the extreme.

A surprising side-effect of lockdown for me was the urge to re-clutter my home. Here’s why it happened…

I’m interested in the psychology behind minimalism. What theories you can apply to it and how we can all understand ourselves better. How minimalism can change our lives through the power of our minds. Wow, that’s a big promise, isn’t it?