Physical and Emotional Clutter
It’s all connected
Hi everyone,
In my capacity as a space clearing practitioner, teacher, and writer, I have been asked many questions over the years. And why stop now? As a special offering to my paid subscribers, I thought I would dedicate an issue of the Journey Home each month to answering a question you may have. It can be a burning question or just something you wonder about as we travel together on this path to spaciousness.
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Today’s Q&A comes from an interview I did a few months back for ClosetMaid.* You can see a couple of their good questions and my replies below.
Happy clearing!
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How are physical and emotional clutter related? Which should you clear first, or can they happen simultaneously?
Good question. I would add mental clutter to the mix, as it relates here too. What ties physical, mental, and emotional clutter to each other is that they all different faces of the same thing: stuck energy.
Take for example, that tea set that you inherited from your grandmother that you don’t love but feel duty-bound to keep because “that’s what we do” in this family. The tea set is physically taking up space in your dining room, gathering dust bunnies as we speak. Add to that a layer of “should” and a layer of guilt — that somehow letting go of this heirloom would be disrespectful to the memory of your grandmother and family history — and you’ve just piled on mental and emotional clutter on top of those dust bunnies.
There is always some level of mental or emotional clutter associated with the physical. The good news is that when you focus on clearing one, you effectively clear the other. There is no separation.
