Hoardganize Podcast
Hoarding Specialist and Extreme Cleaner Rachel Seavey discusses how to help yourself when you are overwhelmed with clutter. Rachel is the owner of Collector Care Professional Organizers located in the San Francisco bay area. Rachel and her team have been featured on the CBS Sunday morning show, The Hoarders show, and the Lady Brain Show. This podcast features organizing tips and hacks as well as true stories from within the trenches. Learn how to tame your clutter so that you can gain control of your life. Sunday's at 6pm!
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Hey Collectors!
Between a work injury and my mother passing away this summer has been way too fun!
You never know what life has to bring you. Staying grateful!
Dear Collectors!
Please Save the Date!
https://mentalhealthsf.formstack.com/forms/2025virtualhdconferencereg
June 12 and 13, 2025
I will be speaking at 2:15 on Thursday. This event is FREE! Please support the MHASF and looking forward to seeing you there xoxoxo
The 2025 Virtual Mini-Conference on Hoarding Behavior brings together experts in the field of Hoarding Disorder (HD) to discuss new research, share clinical insights, and e...
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In our last episode, we talked about the practical side of decluttering — having a plan, knowing where things go, and making space in your schedule. But today, we’re going deeper. Because sometimes, the hardest clutter to clear out... isn’t physical. It’s emotional.
Are you keeping items out of guilt, obligation, or fear?
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Today we’re diving into something that seems simple on the surface, but often gets overwhelming fast — decluttering. Whether you're staring at a messy garage, a packed closet, or that junk drawer you’re scared to open... this one’s for you.
Before you pull everything out and create an even bigger mess, I want to share the five key things you should know *before* you start. These tips can save you time, stress, and...
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On this episode, we’re joined by Deborah Derrickson Kossmann, psychologist and author of the deeply moving memoir Lost Found Kept.
In this conversation, Deborah takes us into the heart of a childhood home filled with memories—and decades of her mother’s compulsive hoarding.
Through the emotional excavation of physical space, she uncovers much more: a layered portrait of grief, love, mental illness, and the power of ...
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Todays episode is all about the process. Let me give you a couple of hints - it's not about containers. Sorting, and organizng are different actions.
My professional organizer colleagues have created fancy acronyms for the process, I have not. I am sure I could but I have yet to be tempted. My process is just like theirs. All professional organizers more or less have the same process. Some of us are dealing with mo...
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On this episode of the Hoardganize Podcast I discuss how to declutter your kitchen of potentially toxic items. Below are some of the utensils and cookware that may contain chemicals that are harmful to you and your family (don't forget your fur kids either).
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We all have items that we would rather keep to ourselves, right? SO what if you are going to have house cleaners or professional organizers come over? What do you do with that stuff?
It's nothing to be ashamed about, we are all adults here. I promised to be irreverent so here we are ya'll.
Tip #1 The nightstand is a great place to hide stuff.
Tip #2 It's ok to tell people not to work in certain areas. We all hav...
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On this Hoardganize podcast episode, Varian Pierce and I discuss the topic of forgiveness.
Forgiving ourselves, and forgiving others, and how it helps us grow. A lot of us carry around shame, which Varian describes as the "second arrow".
Do you struggle with constant guilt around your clutter? Tune in!
Links:
San Francisco Mental Health Association Hoarding Groups:
https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/hoarding
Buried in ...
Hey Collectors it's Self Care Sunday! (self care can be anyday)
Here are my CLUTTER FREE tips that I cover in the podcast
- Wash your hair. Conventionally or dry shampoo. Massage your scalp. Use aromatherapy oils peppermint on the temples.
- Close your eyes. Meditation. Enh...
On this podcast I am pleased to introduce you to Jean-François Lappas!
J.F. spent years chasing success, only to realise he was running in the wrong direction.
Burned out and disconnected, he left a 14-year corporate career—not to find something new, but to finally reconnect with himself.
That shift changed everything. He stopped letting fear make his decisions...
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I have the pleasure of introducing you to Varian Pierce from the Mental Health Association in San Francisco! Varian is a member of MHASF's Peer Response Team (PRT), and works with people who struggle with hoarding and collecting. He is well known in the community as being grounded and compassionate. As a peer he understands the physical and emotional tolls that clutter can bring.
On this podcast we discuss the cycl...
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This week I have the pleasure of introducing you to Darla DeMorrow of www.heartworkorg.com
Darla DeMorrow is a Certified Professional Organizer® with more than a decade of practical experience helping individuals, families and small business owners who need a better way to organize their life without feeling guilted into impractical minimalism, unattainable Pinterest-fantasy, or pricey organizing gadgets. You will l...
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BACK from a sabatacle , ready for more recording!
Professional organizing tips and tricks that most organizers don't share.
Make sure you join our private facebook group and follow our Hoardganize facebook page for more information and the latest and greatest in organizing and hoarding disorder.
Hey Collectors!
Have you ever wondered if your distressed home can be bought as is?
Can you just leave the THINGS you don't want, and ALL of the repairs that need to be made, and walk away with a check?
These are the exact questions I ask Laurel Sagen from Laurel Buys Houses!
Tune in to learn if this is an option for you.
Laurel also shares information on how you can get her book on Hoarding for FREE! So stay tuned in to the who...
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On this weeks podcast I interviewed Rachel Arbuckle with 2000PACES and learned so much about organizing photos. This is definitely one of my favorite podcasts I have recorded. My note page was full of notes I was writing while recording. I am SO motivated to get my own photos in order!
Most of us have stacks of loose photos, thumb drives, old phones, laptops, pcs, and other devices full of photos. How do we organ...
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On this episode I ask expert Madison Gunn from Absolute Trust Counsel several questions about estate planning and wills. This is a follow up to the last few episodes where we discuss preparing for death. This episode includes incapacitation which is a state I hadn't considered before recording this.
What happens if you get in a car accident? What happens to you, your stuff and your family? Are they protected if ...
Hey Collectors,
Continuing on with our theme of legacies, what we leave behind and getting our affairs in orders comes this podcast. While a bit grim, I need you to listen with intent.
Your stuff will probably out live you. What do I mean by that? I mean by the rate at which items decompose - your stuff - will probably out live you.
So what's the solution?
Tune in ...
I would love to hear your comments about this episode. The top...
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Embracing discomfort is critical to getting your home in order. While you are de-cluttering you will experience all sorts of discomfort and emotions and you have to learn how to push past them to create the organized life you desire.
Tune in, while I cover several methods on how to embrace your discomfort - instead of running from it and not getting anything done.
Notes: I mention the private facebook group in this...
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Join me on another unscripted podcast on the go!
This topic is a bit heavy but I need you to listen to it.
Shame is something we all carry around and it is suffocating us. Shame can weigh you down and paralyze you. I understand this. Take some time and do this exercise with me. Lighten up your life load. The less shame you carry around the more space you have to declutter.
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