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For the love of order

4/1/2021

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I feel that for eons I have had a love of Order, it has a settling feeling on my body, I feel balanced within, on an even keel. Able to withstand anything that comes my way because there is a solidness and a holding inside me. I get the picture of that statue in America of the lady holding the torch, there for all to see. 
 
When we think of order the first thing that usually comes to mind for most people is that we have a tidy home, having an ordered space around us. This can be in our homes or our work space. Any space that we come into.
 
But what if the ordered space has to first be the space within our bodies. Our space that needs to be in order to be able to then have an ordered space around us. It can be like people say that you cannot love another until you love yourself. It feels like the same thing, if you live an ordered life from within then that will  reflect on the outside.
 
I feel that our cupboards reflect in the same way, telling us far more about ourselves then what we could have imagined.  We can get caught up in the ideal that what our house looks like is most important, making sure that it is seen to be tidy, ordered and clean. But could it be the unseen that delivers the true picture.
 
I am now realising that all the ideals and beliefs that I used when trying to keep my  tidy were not supporting me, they were only superficial.  This is why I would have to return in a few months to spring clean all over again. 
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What if there is so  much more, a deeper way of looking at order, brining a loving order from a place within us. What if this is where we get the solidness from, the commitment, the attention to detail. Everything comes from inside us and when we connect to this everything flows from there. This then builds a solid foundation to be able to keep your home tidy. Then when you clean it takes on a whole different way of being. Your house literally glows, it shines from the inside out, just like you.



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Better never changes anything.

12/26/2020

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For years I struggled to keep my home tidy, it would either be super tidy or I would be struggling to kept it tidy, there was never a holding and I was always exhausted trying to keep up with the ups and the downs.

I was just pondering on how I had always made it about making the house look better, better ways to clean, better ways that I could store my things, reducing the space needed to pack things away.

What I now realise is that I had always been trying to do things better, rearranging to a smaller space, being more organised, having a better system.

But what if it isn't about being better, it's about building a steady consistency, it's not just about the bigger picture, it's about the little things that make up the bigger picture. Its about making choices, one little thing at a time, that builds, and doing so it is building on the consistency that then holds the whole house, not just the things that you see but also the things that you don't see.

Before you know it your whole life has a solidness to stand on – not just your house. A leg may fall off occasionally, things might get messy, but the whole place does not fall to bits, it's just a hick up. Just jump back on board. Simple but easy.
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Unpacking life.

7/9/2020

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When I used to go away on holidays (do you recall those days??)  I always liked to unpack my bags as soon as I got home otherwise they would sit there for a week.

This has not always been the case but for the past few years it has been growing stronger in my body that now it is a given. I automatically do it. There is something really beautiful in doing it straight away. Something confirming.

Building consistency, commitment in all the tiny things that we do in our lives  is  life changing. These are the things that can change our lives forever. The tiny little choices that we make.

Imagine that. We seem to always focus on the big things. Like Change your Job, Buy a new house. But it is the little things that support us to make lasting changes. The things that we imagine would not make much difference, if any, to the big picture.
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Well think again.

The little things can make all the difference. they can be the most important things, that start to build a solid foundation, baby steps, implementing little changes in your day,  no pressure, no judging, no beating yourself up or thinking you're not good enough. Having a steady flow that is building silently in the background.

Now this is life changing.

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Discover who is really living in your wardrobe.

5/8/2020

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        That may sound funny to some, but who is living in your wardrobe,  who are we reflecting if we are living with everyone else's ideal and beliefs. We listen to what other people think, we see in magazines what everyone else is wearing, we are bombarded with pictures everywhere of what a we should wear, how he or she should look, we listen to all the old rules and traditions that govern our beliefs about everything including clothes. None of these are reflecting who you truly are. 

How often do we buy things and get them home and wonder what the hell was I thinking? Only to return it in disbelief or leave it in the wardrobe to sit. These are very common issues, things that I hear a lot.

But what if you were to stop, have a really good look at your wardrobe. Stand back  and ask yourself :
How much do I truly love and feel gorgeous and sexy in?
How many thing in your wardrobe sit beautifully on my body?  
Are your clothes soft and comfortable or hard and scratchy?
Do you feel your whole body and your clothes walking as one? 


No one can tell you how your body feels in the clothes that you wear  If I need to ask for someone else's opinion then I instantly know that I should walk out the door.

When I go shopping I like to take my best friend with me. Thats my body.
​Connect with my body and off we go together.
 


 



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Getting my house in order.

3/30/2020

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  Getting my house in order is about so much more then just cleaning.
When I was first married with children, if I felt like I was out of sink, then I would spring-clean the whole house. It was a cleansing for me as well as the house, and for that matter for everyone that was in the house. When I finished I would feel centred, re balanced, like my life was back on track. This didn't mean that the house had to be spotless and everything in it's place all the time. It was about how I would feel on the inside. I would feel very settled, able to see things more clearly.
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​I have always had a feeling  that my cupboards were about so much more then just the things that I put inside them, and how I did it. They were the inside story off my life and how I was living. It didn't matter that they were closed and no one else saw inside them. It was how I cared for the things in my cupboard that was important.  How I cleaned, looked after and put away all the things that went into the cupboards, the feeling I got when I opened the doors to put things away. Absolute Joy.





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Love Reflected back.

6/22/2019

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Love who you are, Love what you do, love what you wear and love what you eat.

3/22/2019

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My Garage, my car, my life.

3/13/2019

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Using rhythms

2/20/2019

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The simple Things In Life.

1/30/2019

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I have always had a love of Order, since I was a little girl and I read Wind in the Willows where Mole was white washing and Spring-cleaning his little home. 
 
Over the years that I have been supporting women and men to eliminate clutter from their homes, my awareness and understanding has grown in that there is so much more at play here then we could possibly have ever imagined.
 


​Have you ever considered that the way you keep your home could be nurturing yourself?  It is the bed you lie in so to speak.

Our homes are constantly reflecting to us the way in which we live, far beyond just doing our housework and keeping the house tidy and clean. What if something as simple as putting gloves on to do the washing up then affected every movement that you made with your hands. It's like you can then take that love and care into everything that you touch during the day, the way that you washed your face, the way that you put your cups away or the way you put clothes onto the clothes line. The list goes on and on.

 
How amazing would that be that something as simple as putting gloves on to wash up could change your whole life? It’s interesting that when we go looking for the things that can make a difference to our lives we look for the big things. Like loosing weight, but what if it is the tiny little things that make the most profound impact on our choices. Who would have considered that learning to love yourself could support you to loose weight. Its the simple things in life.
 
I feel that my home is like my reference book on how I’m living my life. Something that is always there for me, supporting me, reflecting back to me, I just need to remember to STOP and look around and appreciate the offering.


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