Today I did a little trash bag therapy and I was so excited. I was so into it.

I immediately wanted to come down here and do a podcast with you to get you excited about throwing out trash too.

Every time I go into a client's home to help them declutter, I always follow the same steps.

And the first one is starting with trash, decluttering trash.

And in my own home, when I need to declutter, I always start with trash.

You've probably heard this from every expert.

I'm definitely, Dana from a sob comes clean and Don from the Minimal

Mom, we're all on the same page with this because of several reasons. And I'm going to talk about

all the reasons why you have to start with trash bag therapy. That's what I love to call it.

When you want to declutter your home, no matter if you're an expert or it's day one. We do the same thing. I'm going to talk about why in a second, but I want to encourage you to get up and actually take action during this podcast. Don't just passively watch or passively listen, grab a trash bag, and let's do this together. We're going to spend like

20 minutes together. Let's make ourselves proud. I want you to use this as a chance to kind of

work with a coach and have a body double and kick your house's butt because I'm going to show

you how this can be such a positive, fun experience,

and you're hopefully going to be just like me. And at the end of this podcast, you're not going to

want to stop because it's addicting. Okay. So trash bag therapy. Why do we start with trash

when decluttering? There's a couple of reasons,

but the obvious one is it's therapeutic, which is why I love calling it trash bag therapy.

Grab your trash bag right now and just look. We're not pulling things out. We're not making

piles. Just hunt like it's an Easter egg hunt for actual garbage that's

hiding in your house. And the reason this feels so good is because every time you come across

something, it's like a little win. It's a little like, ah, yeah, I did it, which gives you that

dopamine hit. It gives you that reward chemical in your brain

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