Making Space, Clutter Free: The Last Book on Decluttering You'll Ever Need

by Tracy McCubbin

Overview

"This isn't another Kondo-clone, because she dives into the heart of why decluttering is so difficult."— Booklist, STARRED Review

Discover the freedom of a beautiful home, personal purpose, and joyful inner confidence with the last home organization book you'll ever need.

Learn how to declutter your home with expert Tracy McCubbin, who gets to the root of the problem and offers revolutionary help to anyone who has repeatedly tried to break their clutter's mysterious hold and achieve a clutter-free, minimalist home. Her powerful answer lies in the 7 Emotional Clutter Blocks, unconscious obstacles that stand between thousands of her clients and financial freedom, healthy relationships, and positive outlooks.

Once a Clutter Block is revealed—and healed—true transformation of home and life is possible. Her empowering techniques and strategies help you:

• Recognize and overcome your Clutter Block(s) to liberate your home.
• Learn the tricks of the trade for when the going gets tough.
• Lighten and purge without the rigidity of other methods.
• Use your home to attain life goals like health, wealth and love.
• Declutter after a big life change like a death or divorce.

It's time to break through your Clutter Blocks and discover the lasting happiness waiting for you on the other side with the only book on decluttering you need!

Additional Praise for Making Space, Clutter Free:

"What sets Tracy McCubbin apart is her kind and empathetic approach to organizing—she truly understands the psychology behind peoples' attachment to things."—Patricia Heaton

"In Making Space, Clutter Free Tracy offers a realistic approach to managing your belongings. Instead of prescribing perfection, she understands our individual differences require individual strategies—and that it doesn't always need to be rational."—Cait Flanders, bestselling author of The Year of Less

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492675198
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	49,301
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Tracy McCubbin is author of Making Space, Clutter Free: The Last Book On Decluttering You’ll Ever Need (June 4th, 2019). She has always referred to herself as “Obsessive Compulsive Delightful,” but who knew she could turn that trait into a booming business? While working for a major television director in Los Angeles, Tracy discovered she had the ability to see through any mess and clearly envision a clutter-free space. Coupled with keen time-management and organizational skills, Tracy soon found more and more people were asking her for help. Before she knew it, dClutterfly was born.

Ten years and thousands of clients later, dClutterfly is Los Angeles’ premier organizing and decluttering company. Tracy is a regularly featured expert on Hallmark's Home & Family, has a column on MindBodyGreen, and has regular declutter segments on Fox 5 and ABC Eyewitness News, KTLA Morning Show, KCAL9, and Good Day Sacramento. She and her company have also been featured in Real Simple, Women's Day and ShopSmart.

When not decluttering, she is the proud Co-Executive Director of OneKid OneWorld, a non-profit building strong educational foundations for children in impoverished communities throughout Kenya and Central America.

She lives in Los Angeles and knows where her keys are.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Finding the Real, Emotion-Based Problem 1

1 What's Under the Clutter? A New Approach 3

2 The Seven Emotional Clutter Blocks: Which One(s) Do You Have? 21

3 How to Listen to Your Clutter, Room by Room 53

Part 2 Getting Down to It 85

4 Before You Begin: Set Yourself Up Like a Pro 87

5 Beyond the Basics: Decluttering Tricks of the Trade 107

6 When the Going Gets Tough: Breaks, Breath, Gratitude, and Friends 147

Part 3 Arriving and Thriving 159

7 Strategies and Systems to Organize What's Left 161

8 Conscious Consumption: How to Halt the Clutter Creep 187

9 Celebrating and Inhabiting Your New Space 199

Part 4 Life's Big Changes 207

10 Downsizing: The Purge of a Lifetime 209

11 Decluttering after Death or Divorce 235

Epilogue 251

Resources 255

Senior Downsizing Guide 263

Index 267

Acknowledgments 277

About the Author 281

Editorial Reviews

"What sets Tracy McCubbin apart is her kind and empathetic approach to organizing—she truly understands the psychology behind peoples’ attachment to things. For me personally, when Tracy helps me declutter my house, she also helps me declutter my life! Her calm, pragmatic, and efficient spirit helps me not only put my house in order, but more importantly, my brain. I feel lighter and more focused after Tracy works her magic. I’m so excited that now my friends and fans will have the opportunity to meet Tracy through her book—a fresh start is just pages away!" — Patricia Heaton

"In Making Space, Clutter Free Tracy offers a realistic approach to managing your belongings. Instead of prescribing perfection, she understands our individual differences require individual strategies—and that it doesn't always need to be rational. The chapter on conscious consumption is what's often missing from this conversation but is so necessary right now. If you can change your relationship with shopping, you can change your relationship with stuff." — Cait Flanders, bestselling author of The Year of Less

"This isn't another Kondo-clone, because she dives into the heart of why decluttering is so difficult...besides her eminently practical and understanding advice, the memorable testimonials will stick with readers...a panacea for those who believe they can’t cope with stuff." — Booklist - STARRED Review

"Each chapter is written in a way that makes you feel like McCubbin is walking through your door just as she would with her in-person clients. From beginning to end, her tone is welcoming and never judgmental...within the first 100 pages she makes it very clear that this process isn't to transform a home into an Instagram sensation, but to create a livable space that makes the reader comfortable and happy." — Real Simple

"While many books concentrate on either the emotional aspects of clutter or tips for getting rid of it, McCubbin interweaves both, resulting in highly practical guidance." — Library Journal

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