sentimentality

Spring cleaning energy is upon us, and I have been tackling some cleaning and clearing this weekend. For this reason, I wanted to share a snippet of my conversation with professional organiser, entrepreneur, and author Vicky Silverthorn. Vicky started her business, You Need A Vicky, over 12 years ago, back in the days when people hadn't heard of this job role.

If a messy, disorganised environment makes you feel anxious, or perhaps decluttering and having minimal clutter helps you feel internally calmer, or maybe you're desperate to clear out but unsure where to begin - this episode is for you!

During this episode, Kate and Vicky speak about:

• OCD and ADHD
• Vicky's burnout story and understanding how her ADHD has presented
• Reframing simplicity and productivity with an ADHD slant
• The impact of decluttering on our mental health
• Separating sentimentality and clutter
• Creative, simple, sustainable systems to stay organised
• Easy ways to start decluttering and organising for an ADHD brain
• Getting the motivation to de-clutter
• Why an ADHD brain benefits from clean and tidy environments

You can connect with Vicky on her website, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. 

Kate's new four-part workshop series, Regulating Your ADHD Nervous System, is available here.

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Where does sentimental value come from? Why did Angela throw out her childhood journals? And would Mike wear Hitler’s sweater? 

• SOURCES:
  • Jeffrey Galak, professor of marketing at Carnegie Mellon University.
  • John Irving, author.
  • Marie Kondo, professional organizer and consultant.
  • Paul Rozin, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Yang Yang, research scientist at the Institute of Behavioral Research at Texas Christian University.

• RESOURCES:
  • "Experiences Endure," by Angela Duckworth (Character Lab, 2022).
  • "Study Finds That THESE Are the Most Valued Family Heirlooms," by SWNS Staff (SWNS, 2021).
  • "Micro Wave: How 'Bout Dem Apple...Seeds," by Thomas Lu, Madeline K. Sofia, and Brit Hanson (Short Wave, 2021).
  • "Sentimental Value and Its Influence on Hedonic Adaptation," by Yang Yang and Jeffrey Galak (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2015)
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, by Marie Kondo (2010).
  • "A Real-Life Version of the Hitler’s Sweater Experiment," by David Berreby (Big Think, 2010).
  • "The Makings of the Magical Mind: The Nature and Function of Sympathetic Magical Thinking," by Carol Nemeroff and Paul Rozin (Imagining the Impossible: Magical, Scientific, and Religious Thinking in Children, 2000).
  • "Operation of the Laws of Sympathetic Magic in Disgust and Other Domains," by Paul Rozin, Linda Millman, and Carol Nemeroff (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986).

• EXTRAS:
  • "How Do You Connect With Someone You Just Met?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).
  • "Do You Savor or Gobble?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).
  • "Why Do We Hoard?" by No Stupid Questions (2020).
  • The Twilight Saga, by Stephanie Meyer (2005-2020).
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving (1989).