May 2026 - A little more about me

I wanted to give you a little bit of background because when I first started out as a "declutter coach" it was a little bit by accident...

In 2016, a friend asked if I could be a guinea pig for her as she was training to be a coach, in return I offered to sell some of her things on ebay - I had been using ebay for myself and quite enjoyed the process and she had a pile of things she had been meaning to get rid of so it seemed a good swap. We made a bit more money for her than expected and I wondered if it would work as a business 🤔

I had been made redundant from my job and had three small children, so every little helped, and I was soon swamped with people wanting me to sell their unwanted items for them.

After a while I was going back to work full time and couldn't manage the growing waiting list alone. So I built a network of sellers who would do the listing and packing, and I would continue to source the stuff to sell and manage the admin side of things 🥰

A little while later, one of my customers asked me whether I ever went into people's homes to physically help them declutter... as yet I hadn't, but there seemed to be a demand for that as well, and so I began to spend more time with people who were trying to declutter and finding it really hard to do alone.

The biggest surprise I had was that the "talking" time with people was so valuable and the stories and experiences shared with me were so personal and sometimes heart wrenching that I discovered decluttering was not about the stuff it was about trauma, life changes, habits, beliefs, not feeling worthy, too many priorities, health challenges, neurodiversity, emotional patterns, feeling stuck etc. etc. Everything except simply buying too much... 🙄 you see what we see on the outside is just a representation of the inside, and what we think are the problems - i.e. buying too much, not being able to let go, having clutter, are just symptoms of something deeper.

In 2019 I did my first coaching qualification and this levelled up the support I could offer people in our decluttering sessions- I now knew how to help someone without telling them what to do or giving advice - I could help someone unravel their own history and experiences to find their own understanding and solutions. My clients always remain the experts on their own lives,

We all know what happened in 2020 and I was forced to take my support online. Luckily it was already clear that my talking approach was the most effective part and I didn't really need to be there for the physical bit. Much like an illness - if you treat the root cause the symptoms start to disappear. Magic was happening between our sessions.

In 2023 I had two big events - I was diagnosed with ADHD and also began my masters in coaching- I am just about to hit send on my final assignment 🥳 Bringing neurodiversity into my life - both personally and now as an ADHD coach has transformed the way I understand the relationships we have with clutter.

The biggest message I want you to know is that clutter is not a measure of your worth. You may be drowning in stuff, unable to have guests over and feel isolated and ashamed but the situation you are in is not your fault, it can change and you absolutely deserve to feel better.

Well that email was longer than expected! But I I really wanted to share that today so you can understand a little of why I am showing up in your inbox 🙌

If you are also curious about the links between ADHD and clutter then I would love to welcome you to my free workshop.