I turned on this podcast and went to town! I fell in love with my home all over again! Crazy thing is I prayed the night before asking God to give me motivation to get out of my funk and clean. Unlike many others, I love cleaning. I really do enjoy it! So when my house is in disarray, there's definitely something wrong with me. Cass, let's just say, you were an answered prayer. God really used you to help me take back my home! I came downstairs this morning and I felt so grateful for my home! Thank you!!!!

Listening to you is like therapy 😊

We moved (again...long story) into our current home in March this year. I still have things in boxes in the garage. We can't get our cars! 99 % is my stuff. I am participating in the Take back your home on September 23. I am ready. I am 69 years old....and It Is Time to Fight. Thank you!!!

I love when you tell me, "Stop it." :D Seriously I need tough love.

I AND MY FAMILY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE STUFF!!! xo

Thank you so much, Cass. You have changed my life for the better.

Wow 😮 that was so wholesome I decluttered 5 large shopping bags in 3 hours 😮😅🎉 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! ❤

Ugh! You are so right about "fighting" for your home! I have battled my weight since I was in the 8th grade. I had a closet full of clothes from size 10 & up. I kept holding on to them, because I didn't want to give up on ever losing the weight & wearing them again. (Thinking I was holding on to hope.) Boy, was I wrong!!! Ii finally said, "Screw it! I am what I am & I want a pretty closet!" LOL I purged that sucker from top to bottom, put in nice shelving, & arranged my "real" clothes by color. Ta Da!!! It looked so wonderful that I bought a small chandelier to hang in there! AND it turned out...wait for it...there was carpet in there!!! LOL I hadn't seen the floor in so long, I'd forgotten! The biggest payoff wasn't the pretty closet, though. It was the FREEDOM I felt without those too small clothes shaming me every time I opened the door! I had no idea how bad they made me feel! So keep reminding you followers that someone else will appreciate those clothes that don't fit you now. Donate them to a women's shelter or burn them in the back yard - whatever. Just chalk it up to accepting & loving yourself! 😂

We're not just at war with our houses; We're at war with our minds. Our minds refuse to engage head on and tackle and make decisions about the physical items in our houses, for whatever valid reason (could be mental, psychological, anxiety, depression etc), so we choose to not engage and the stuff piles up from neglect. That's clutter. The more we practice making direct decisions, as scary as it is to start, the easier it gets. Keep going. We win the war by engaging, not avoiding. You can do it!

I feel bad about getting rid of stuff when I think about the money I spent on it. I know I’ll never get that money back. It’s gone. I like the point you made when you said, “You already wasted the money, but now you’re wasting the space.” I need to remember that from now on. The money I spent won’t be regained, but I need to regain the space instead of letting that stuff take up valuable real estate in my home. Space is a commodity I need to take more seriously.

Thank you, Cass! You have helped my husband and myself so much!!! Thank you!!!

I got rid of 28 boxes full of boxes & other recycling, and I’ve decluttered over 2,000 individual items this week alone. My goal for November & December is to get rid of 1/3 of the things I own and clear out my 10x20 storage unit. It’s a massive undertaking but with the 10% I’ve done so far I feel amazing and proud of myself! Edit: Storage unit is done and empty!

Cass, I might well be old enough to be your grandmother, but your motivation has worked for me. I'm making progress...so much so that I can get rid of 2 dressers in my bedroom. OK, the bedroom is large and there is room for both dressers, but it will seem huge once that furniture is gone. Who knew that once I got rid of excess clothing everything in those drawers would fit into my walk in closet? The only downside is that I'm having a terrible time getting the trash can to the street!

This was so motivating! I’m saving it to listen to every morning to remind myself I deserve to have a neat home! Thank you Cass

I moved a month ago. It was a struggle, but thanks to you and other KZfaqrs, I had been decluttering for 3 years and I got it done. I don't think I could have done it without you. Thank you and keep up the great work!😅

It totally is a spiritual battle! You are so right. Some can’t see this. I love that you did.

I want you to know how much you helped me. I look at my house now and can breathe. There is not one room that is out of control. Yet somehow I always find stuff to leave. Now the garage and garden shed, different story. I'll start working on those when it isn't 100+ outside. I have so many spots in my house that now bring me peace. Thank you for continuing to motivate me and making me feeling like I am not a failure. ❤

Loved this!! How embarrassing that I need the reminder that I’m worth more than my junk… 😳‼️ Your podcasts & videos have blessed & motivated me so much!! I jive with & appreciate your humor, goofiness, & vulnerability… 💝 Thank you so much Cas‼️

This is my favorite video for motivation. I’ve watched it so many times. It’s just brilliant

I was actually doing this in our primary bathroom today!! We want to downsize to a one bedroom condo from a 3 bedroom house. Sooo many bandages, expired meds, stinky body lotions, products that don’t work. Also writing future goals for the stuff, as well notating no buys for certain items because I use shopping as my coping tool. You only need one perfume, one lotion, one face wash, etc. Good luck to everyone!!!!❤

THIS!!!! ALL of this! Im fed up with the stuff and it’s shenanigans!! The never ending list, the stuff shuffling, ENOUGH! More than enough! YES! Peeling off another layer!!!! It’s all the bits and bobs- Trash bags and boxes here we go!!!! ❤🎉❤

My home is fully decluttered and clean...I just come here to listen to you! You have such an amazing inviting energy, I could listen to you for hours.

This is so good for me to hear this. It is difficult to hear but I really need to let go of so much stuff. “Get things out. I deserve a clean and beautiful home.”

Do this all the time- listening to you, Jes Marcy, and Hello Brains- Jessica McCabe, Mel Robbins! 😊

Enjoying the podcast. Hope the enthusiasm I'm feeling turns into action packed power hour.

While listening to this episode I tackled a freezer that has been bullying me for months, I dared to throw out those things that went in there that I didn’t really enjoy the first time and were never going to come out and make a delicious meal!

So I saved all this Stuff for my daughter thinking she would want all of her Stuff! She moved to New York out of college, eventually met her husband and never moved back home. So now 20 yrs later I am still saving this Stuff! last visit with children now, I asked her do you want to go thru your Stuff? She said what Stuff?! (Am I crazy , I think so!) Everything she went thru , she looked at her husband ,only to ask him "should I keep this". Gosh I am crazy! That was it, I learned a lesson . So , i guess its time to donate her Abercrombie and Fitch high school sweaters! Although maybe her girls would want them, after all they are vintage!

Donating "good stuff" you're not using is GOOD, I keep reminding myself because 1) you get it out of the house 2) rather than it sitting at the back of a cupboard, it is available to someone who needs it or loved it. 3) you can raise money for the charity you donated it to, while you can get a "warm & fuzzy" feeling about it! "But but it's a GOOD BOX" ... welcome to a middle-aged mindset! My best time to declutter? The day before my bin/ recycling collection happens (Friday) - once they've been I can't retrieve them!

This motivation makes me so happy that I have my house and that i'm going to be proud of it very soon.

People like you are real helpers I love this sincerity so much, thank You❤

Super awesome motivation! It was like a punch to the gut followed by an exhilarating adrenaline rush that actually made my heart feel lighter, stronger❤️♾️❤️ Thanks, Cas... Needed that!😎

I re watch this video to remind myself I am worth more than the clutter. Thank you Cass I needed this ....again today

I listened and worked on two areas for 2 hours. Wow, it feels good. I'm going to vacuum and be done for this morning. Eating lunch is important too! Thans a million ❤

this is probably your best podcast! the content and the emotion you bring it across with are absolutely valuable! thank you so so much! i feel that i finally reached this point of being able to let go. unfortunately i have a huge attic that is filled with dozens upon dozens of boxes with really nice stuff in mint condition and all over my flat are piles with things to deal with or return or find a home for or maybe useful someday. but enough is enough. i set aside 100 bucks and if i should need sth i decluttered i will rebuy it from that money. the peace of mind i will feel once all that stuff is gone is worth far more. i also found a place where people in need can get clothes for free and i happily donated and will keep on donating the mountains of clothes i do not fit in any more. and the rest: donate boxes on the street and if people don't take it - straight into the trash it goes. no remorse. i spent enough time worrying about stuff i do not need.

This year I've finally allowed myself to be ok with organization that is not perfect. It's better than it was and the fact that my rooms are starting to look even somewhat tidy has been such a relief to me.

😭😭😭 oh Cas you are speaking to my heart. Why haven’t I thought that I deserved a clean and beautiful home ?

I ripped apart the linen closet and made a pile (local girl scouts are collecting for the animal shelter and will pick it up tomorrow), and I filled a bag of trash. All during this podcast. Woohoo! Thank you for the pep talk!

Clicking off at :34 because tough love is a trigger for me due to childhood abuse but I'm sure the content would have been great. Look forward to joining next time.

You have no idea how much I needed to hear this today!! Last night I told myself when I opened my linen closet and was attacked by towels😂that first thing I would attack this this morning. But then I woke up with a migraine and I just don’t want to do it. But I am going to fight it like a warrior!!! ❤Thank you!!!!!

I have been dealing with physical health and mental health issues for 12 years and more. To add to it my teen daughter had mental health issues for 5 years plus some physical health issues and it has been so difficult that my once perfect home became a total disaster with not a single space that is clean and tidy. I lost all friends and have become alone and lonely and staying home all the time. I want to have friends but I have been embarrassed to even have anyone over. And now my daughter has made new friends but I am struggling to still get over the disaster. But your videos have been motivating me a little whenever my mental health and physical health align for the day and trying to tackle one space one tiny area at a time. I hope one day I will have my perfect home again. I went from being a perfectionist with OCD to becoming this at this point in my life. I hope one day I will overcome and my daughter can have her friends over. 😢😢😢. Thanks for your videos it helps so much. And one day I can actually get to do things that I actually want to do.

I watch you and Dana all the time. I can't tell how much you've helped me! I have so much stuff, good stuff, that I felt so happy about having yet could not find so I would re buy A LOT! This has mostly to do with craft supplies. I turned a bedroom into a craftroom then out grew it so moved to the loft. I have also outgrown it in a year. Dana's container method as well as both of your decluttering and organizing videos have completely changed my mind set to the point that my dearest friend tells me I'm going overboard. I still have a long way to go! But I am moving my craftroom back downstairs and,thanks to you, have the tools to keep my space under control. Thank you!!!!

This my favorite video of yours. I have watched 4 times in a week

Cas!!! I love u!! You are so funny! Thank you for making listening to your videos so fun and then making decluttering fun! I literally LOL while watching your videos ❤❤❤

Thank you❤ your videos have helped me so much over the last few months. When I'm in doubt about items and whether I should let them go or not (and I begin overanalyzing things) I hear your voice "Stop it, stop it right there!" Lol

Thank you for the inspiration Cass! I'm ready to go full Xena on this mess!

Your very best episode. Thank you, Cas!!!

Cass...I am a Warrior!! Let's do this girl!!!!

I love these new vidoes. Sometimes we just need this kind of realistic motivation to nudge us in the right direction.

My Mom passed the week I turned 26 in 2002 & my Dad passed in 2013 (right before Christmas when I was 37). After he was gone, I realized that I had been hanging onto sentimental items that they wouldn't have wanted me to hang onto. After a lot of soul searching, deep digging and letting go of a lot of hurt in anticipation of letting the stuff go - I came to the realization that the stuff I was dragging around was dragging me down & keeping it would not bring them back. I know that they would not want that for me and I deserve to not have to carry that load anymore. Life changing I tell you! Not for the faint of heart & not until you are really & truly ready but totally worth it! Now, I only have the things I absolutely love and cannot live without (that aren't unloved clutter.) Night & day is not a stark enough comparison for the difference... Heather xo

Omg!!! I was literally looking at my vacuum box when you said that!!!! Thanks 😂

I like to organize things in pretty baskets, label them, and put in the top of the pantry and closet. I have white baskets in the bedrooms, wicker baskets on an open snack rack in the kitchen“ looks like a bookcase, but has 5 open shelves “. I have brown labeled baskets on top of white cabinets in my laundry room. I think my organizing style may be a combination of lady bug and butterfly. I like everything hidden in plain sight. Baskets to hide and labels to identify. It’s heavenly.

A few years ago, I said to hubby "I'm throwing that box out". He said that I couldn't. I pointed out the the thing that came in the box broke and went out 3 years pervious and he had to admit there was no need to keep the box any more!

Oh you made me cry!! You hit the spot ! Yes, I did throw a few boxes out, but I did start off with baking banana bread so I just did what I was able to, plus I shared this video. ❤ thank you Cass, you're so encouraging even in tough love, thank you

Thank you Cas!!! I just killed a ton of clutter today while listening to your podcasts!

6.40 in the morning right now. While listening to your Podcast i cleared two drawers! They are empty!!! You motivate me so much. Thank you ❤❤❤

Listening to you, I finally got 7 loads of clean laundry sorted that have been piling up in my bedroom the last month or two. The warrior pep talk is working for me!

Am literally moving stuff around the counter to make lunch when she says that, lol

15:13 "You still wasted the money, now you're just wasting the the space " 😮👏

This was exactly the message I needed! Thank you!! ❤

Cas, while it seems like you love pink, you look AMAZING in burgundy in this video. And in fall colors, black, white. Pink is an incredible color, but you come *alive* in other colors. 😁

I did it! My linen closet (which only has two towels because everything else is in the “linen closet”) is once again ready for towels and sheets and pillow cases! “Have what you need. Need what you have.” Cherie Stolze

I came to the conclusion before i saw this video that the process i have been going through (since a divorce) has been a lot. I have a lot of to do projects that were left unfinished or halfassed by my ex that i have been working on since. And i realized today the emotional, mental, and physical toll all of these things have taken on me. Whether i do tackle them or not it does. When i tackle, i start feeling a lot of anger towards my ex for his stupidity or incompetence. If i dont tackle it, it feels depressing bc it is a weight on me. Both ways. I really enjoyed this today. It helped inspire me a bit. Ive been in the process of letting go, decluttering, and organizing my house since my divorce. It has been really hard but the closer i get to done, the more free i start feeling. I really think people underestimate our environment and the toll it takes on us and our energy ans even mental health.

I love you tough love Cas! You inspire me and keep me motivated! Thank you!! 🎉❤

Haha! I said goodbye to the boxes a few months ago. 😮 No the empty bottles, and gifts we don't like? Okay. I'm on it.

100% needed this right now!! Thanks, Cass❤ I listened to this video twice for my "Power Hour!"😊🎉

I was determined to declutter and reorganize the kitchen as small as it is,, started 2 hours ago and still some time to go, but already feel better now. Thank you for encouraging, helped me to listen to you a lot and I am confident to make a good organized home, you are my heroine👍

You are amazing. Life changing amazing. Wow

You got me so motivated that I'm going to go clean out my pantry now.

I so appreciate your videos Cas as they give me encouragement and motivation to stop looking at the mess and take action. I've set my timer for 20 minutes and made a deal, work 20, rest 20, repeat in the past. I think I'm ready for my "attack hour" to make more progress as your words definitely have positive impact on me! Thanks so much Cas ... keep being AWESOME!!

I have sen this video. 5times now, and its get me motivated and moving.. I start to see a difference. Thank you so much ❤

Whoo!! I've listened to this twice this afternoon 😅 Just what I needed to get a new round of decluttering done, easy to make those hard decisions (to not keep something) when you are roaring in the background 💪

Cass you are so awesome 🎉🎉 keep up the great work ❤❤

Such a motivating video . I had it on loud as I was filling a bag with rubbish for the bin. Thank you 😊 I don’t have a garage or a basement or a loft. Just a shed. Mind you ,that’s rather full. I found that not having those spaces means that I can’t store stuff that I don’t need. Mind I still have stuff I don’t need, particularly in my bedroom. It tends to be my dump area, as only I see it. So I’m trying to believe that I deserve a nice tidy bedroom,and am doing it gradually. Listening to you and others tips for motivation and tips. This particular video is brilliant. X

Power hour! Wheeeee zenia is in charge... emptied a closet and ended up w a bare handful of valuable stuff! Everything else went out of the door

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Put some of this in practice today :)

Cas!!!!!! Love, love, love your tough love!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for your encouragement and reminding me that I am worth more than the clutter I’ve held onto for so long. I deserve a beautiful and tidy home. 🔥🔥🔥💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

This was so helpful to hear! I’m in the process of purging paperwork and its very emotional to relive mistakes. I can’t wait for my house to be clear and clean! Thank you!❤

Thank you!!! You have no idea how much I needed this right now. I need the tough love! ❤

I'm dying laughing. You are spot on. I'm cleaning out storage and it's hideous the stuff I've held onto. If I died today, my daughter would hate me for all the useless crap I have.

Loving this, it gets me so motivated. I care this around with me all day long put that your pot in and just drill it in my head. It’s time to let it go. Thank you so much.

I listen to you to motivate me to tidy up and declutter. Thank you for being you!

I feel guilty of a Lot of Things you mentioned. And now I'm giving myself permission to get rid of the pillow I kept in Case our youngest daughter will one day Like to sleep in it. How would she, it's a Bad pillow, it's Not stuffed enough so it's Like Putting your head on the bed without a pillow. Thank you for reminding me, it's going to the Trash now!

Cas, thank you as always you inspire me and encourage me on my decluttering journey. I often listen to you with my headphones on walking around my flat whist I'm decluttering and tidying up. ❤xx

Cass, thank you for this. I really, really needed this today. Honestly I needed it a couple years ago, but today just got 100× better because of this video. Watching it for the second time in a row. About to go through some more stuff and listen to this again. Thank you. So motivating, and empowering. I don't want to be a victim, trapped in my own home.

Hey Cas I wish you were much closer than Canada. I catch myself nodding when I hear you saying certain things like "stuff shuffling" etc. I find myself searching for important docs like "death certificates" etc and for the life of me I can remember where I put them. I've decided to buy the red folder and as I find important docs put them in there and tell my kids if they need to find something important to just look for the RED FOLDER. Also the word I tend to use often is "AVALANCHE" when I'm digging in a closet.

Boxes! Oh, busted 😅😅 it was only yesterday I thiugh I would keep those two shoeboxes a little longer just in case. Thank you for reminding me they belong in the trash!

Just a mini victy…I declutterred my underwear drawer!..lol… bras that don’t fit anymore panties that were adorable but are too small. They were someday panties no nightgowns well worn when I have plenty of nice ones slips for crêpes sake slips nobody wears slips anymore, but they were in such nice condition. oh well out they went out of my one underwear drawer. I took a stack of stuff about 10 inches high in good condition except for the old night pounds, and in the donation box they went. It is a start now for the nightstand drawer with all the millions of gift lotions and creams. Thank you dear by the way, I 81 so you can imagine my stash.

Ha ha, in less than a minute, you hit the nail on the head. I am in the process of vacuuming and then mopping my kitchen floor and when I went back in, my kids had gotten crumbs on the cleaned part. I haven't even finished it yet! This is why I typically mop at 1 or 2 in the morning. ;)

I am going to pretend that I’m moving in 6 months and declutter everything I don’t want to spend energy on moving. That should definitely clear up my home from clutter 👍🎉😀

This was the episode I needed! 👊🏼

Cas, you have always understood where we are, but being thrown back into it, you are reminded of all of the shame, guilt, worthlessness, condemnation etc, etc. that we all struggle with. "Your money is already wasted, don't let it waste your space too!!!" I will be in the course tomorrow, I have hope.

Thank you! I'm not MOVING Junk.

Preach it sister I have been told today!❤

This is my favourite, most useful video I have ever watched on the subject. From the bottom of my adhd heart, thank you ❤

Not only are empty boxes taking up space they are potentially attracting insects and vermin...ick

Torching my box hoard as we speak. Its terrifying how fast they add up. 😳

You really motivated me. Even though I am a minimalist wannabe, there are still things that just stay in my way. Today I put away my summer decor and got out the Fall things. Then I packed up what (Fall) things that I didn’t use and put them on the shelf. Why??? If I don’t want them now, why would I want them in the future? Right now I’m going to put them in my donate bin. In fact after I put out the things I thought I wanted, I went back and removed about half. That will also be donated! I’m also going to revisit the lotions etc. that stayed the last time I decluttered. Time will tell!, and time told! I don’t need it! Cas, thank you for this pep talk. I needed it to stay on that decluttering journey. I’m also looking forward to hearing more about your new house….. perk up that self esteem, you are clearly the best! 🌸🌸🙋‍♀️ you deserve all good things and happiness.

OMG HOW DID I NOT KNOW YOU HAD A PODCAST CHANNEL!

We were taught as a child to keep all the boxes that everything came in in case we had to take it back or in case we had to take it. It's like you say, but we were trained to do that

YES! I'm in the middle of fighting my craft room for the joy of going in there and doing what i love with ease and no discomfort or embarrassment.