282. Declutter for a Healthier You: From Swedish Death Cleaning to Systematic Solutions

Is the chaos on your countertops sabotaging your health? Let’s explore the deep connections between clutter and health – including brain fog, overeating and increased stress -- by unveiling two transformative approaches to decluttering: the philosophical Swedish Death Cleaning and the practical "Organizing from the Inside Out" method. With insights from fresh research and real-life reflections, this episode will change the way you view your possessions (you don't have to embrace minimalism, though!) —and could inspire a healthier, more intentional life!

 

 

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RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links)

• The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter, Margareta Magnusson 
• Swedish Death Cleaning for Americans: Learn to Declutter Your Home, Organize Your Life, Live Intentionally and Plan Your Legacy the Scandinavian Way, Christine Carlstrom
• The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You, Margareta Magnusson 
• Organizing from the Inside Out, Second Edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life, Julie Morgenstern
• Time Management from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule and Your Life / Julie Morgenstern / 
• Shed Your Stuff, Change Your Life: A Four-Step Guide to Getting Unstuck, Julie Morgenstern
• Visual clutter alters information flow in the brain, news.yale.edu
• No mess, less stress: participants' stress decreased in an organized study environment, sagepub.com
• Physical order produces healthy choices, generosity, and conventionality, whereas disorder produces creativity, sagepub.com
• The theory of self-efficacy, psycnet.apa.org 
• Values affirmation and health behavior change interventions, psycnet.apa.org
• Terror management theory and mortality salience effects on health behaviors, psycnet.apa.org 
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