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September 22, 2025 24 mins

INTRODUCTION 

Nicky and friends help answer YOUR mail in our new series, Asked & Answered.


Remember, I love to hear from you on your challenges AND wins from the homefront. Write to us using our contact form at  www.DirtDirtGoAway.com


SUMMARY

The team offers valuable advice for Maria’s business and the company motto. Matt shares an apropos Benjamin Franklin quote.

Diana, Matt, Joyce, and Nicky help Gary, a father coping with a family loss, tackle his teenager’s messy room—including the clever “bribe” Diana recommends for a favorable outcome.

Matt reveals his unique approach to letting go of stuff, Joyce shares a personal family story, and the group explains the very fitting acronym for CHAOS!

Diana empathizes with Clara’s weakness, while Matt and Nicky suggest a feel-good solution: how a simple box can ease Clara’s anxiety and spread happiness to others.

Plus, discover where Joyce stored her valuables for posterity when she downsized.

A show not to be missed!

HOST

Nicky P.E. Tomboulides

www.DirtDirtGoAway.com


GUESTS

DR. JOYCE SALTMAN, a professor Emeritus at Southern Connecticut State University. She taught graduate courses on Special Education since 1975, and "The Enhancement of Learning through Humor". She lectures all over the country and the world, from Japan to Belgium.  She is  nicknamed, " The Laughter Guru"!


DIANA HALL, a professor of Interior design at Paier College.  Principal of "Interiors By Diana", a residential and commercial design firm for more than 20 years. And co-president of the Interior Design Society of Connecticut.  And my co-host at The Life Talk Show! www.InteriorsbyDiana.com


MATT BAIER, a professional organizer, Principal of "Matt Baier Organizing" in business from 2004, helping us declutter our homes here in Connecticut and New York. His book "The Circulation Solution", is a must read. Also, Matt comes from an illustrator's background, worked for Jim Henson from the Muppets. www.MattBaier.com



BOOKS MENTIONED 

The Circulation Solution by Matt Baier

It Is A Green Clean World by Nicky Tomboulides
The E Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

Mark as Played

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