17 Spatulas and the Man Who Fried an Egg: Reclaim Your Space Mentally and Physically

by Lisa Geraci Rigoni

Overview

Are you ready for a surprise?

This book is about something other than cooking, so you will not learn a new way to prepare vegetables for dinner. Instead, you will uncover the root causes of why you hold onto stuff.

Spoiler Alert: It isn't because you are lazy.

Certified through The National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers (NASMM), professional organizer Lisa Geraci Rigoni explores our relationship with our stuff, dipping below the surface of a how-to book about organizing.

Lisa reveals that "the stuff (you make up) about your stuff (physical clutter) is not about your stuff."

With stories from almost two decades of guiding clients and five decades of personal development, Lisa hopes to inspire and motivate you. If you have organizational challenges, Lisa's insights will help you to resolve mental disruption caused by the physical objects you can see and what you cannot see - yet.

Invest in yourself!

Reading this book will transform your life, allowing you to reclaim your space mentally and physically. Glinda, the Good Witch, tells Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, "You have always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself."

"Through engaging stories and highly relatable experiences, Lisa Geraci Rigoni helps us identify the connection we make between mental and physical well-being and why we hold on to too much stuff. If you find yourself challenged by a house full of stuff and desire a change, let Lisa guide you on an inner journey to transform your outer life."

-Joshua Becker, # 1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Minimalist Home

"I found myself relating to stories Lisa eloquently shares in her book. When did 'things' that grace the bookshelves and closets of my home become stuff? It's time to take a journey of releasing!"

-Becky Norwood, Spotlight Publishing House

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781958405604
Publisher:	The Organizing Mentors, LLC
Publication date:	02/13/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	202
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Endorsements

Disclaimer

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One: Alice Keeps What She Loves

Chapter Two: A Universal Theme

Chapter Three: My Secret Weapon

Chapter Four: The Leave It To Lisa System (LITL)

Chapter Five: My Superpower

Part I: LET IT GO

Chapter Six: The Man's First Step

Chapter Seven: The Unfillable Void

Chapter Eight: The Someday Syndrome

Chapter Nine: Guilt about Gifts

Chapter Ten: The Role I Was Never Meant to Play

Chapter Eleven: The Monster in the Closet

Chapter Twelve: Memory Hoarders

Chapter Thirteen: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Part II: INTENTIONAL

Chapter Fourteen: What He Couldn't See

Chapter Fifteen: Fear and Procrastination

Chapter Sixteen: Self-Care...in an odd sort of way

Chapter Seventeen: Keep it in the Family

Chapter Eighteen: Courage Accompanies Fear

Chapter Nineteen: Dreaming New Dreams

Chapter Twenty: Escape

Part III: TRANSFORM

Chapter Twenty-One: Why We Keep Holding On

Chapter Twenty-Two: Making Room for a New Life

Chapter Twenty-Three: Identity and Possible Selves

Chapter Twenty-Four: Reaching a Plateau

Part IV: LOVE IT & LIVE IT!

Chapter Twenty-Five: Toasting to a New Life

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Significance of an Object

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Facing His Worst Fear

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Choose Discomfort

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Myths We Tell Ourselves

Chapter Thirty: The Man Who Fried an Egg

Chapter Thirty-One: The Stuff About Your Stuff is Not About Your Stuff

Chapter Thirty-Two: Coming Full Circle

Acknowledgments

About the Author