Clever Tips for Tackling Clutter and Keeping It From Taking Over Your Life

About this episode

Anita Yokota discusses the impact of clutter on mental health and offers tips for decluttering.

Laundry piles, miscellaneous papers lying around, or even just items with nowhere to be put away—all these little things build up to what one might consider clutter. But is that clutter always bad? How is it impacting our mental health? Well, licensed marriage and family therapist turned interior designer, Anita Yokota , joins Raj and Noah to break down what clutter means to us, from simple messes to something attached to our psyche and well-being. And of course, how we can get a start decluttering in our own lives. Want to add to the conversation, or think you might be doing something wrong? Email us at amidoingitwrong@huffpost.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Raj, Noah

Guest: Anita Yokota

Topics covered

• clutter
• mental health
• decluttering
• interior design
• self-improvement

Keywords

• clutter
• mental health
• decluttering tips
• interior design
• organization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HuffPost

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