What brings me to this work…
I’ve worked in the arts, community and facilitation for over 30 years, so everything I’ve done has always been about people - listening to them, collaborating with them, meeting them exactly where they are. I adored my work and still do, but after 8 years running a successful cultural organisation of my own, I was exhausted, burnt out and unwell. Stepping back gave me time to notice what’s always been there: a love for creating clarity out of chaos. I got good at this out of sheer desperation (read more here). And in time, through figuring out how to organise my own life, started helping others do the same.
Today I work with people who want to gain control over their living or working environments; are in their later years and want to leave behind some order for loved ones; are struggling with how their neurodivergence impacts their surroundings; have got into painful hoarding habits; or are simply fed up with how they’re living and don’t know where to start…
“More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all.”
I adore this quote from a 13th century Japanese Buddhist monk - it captures what feels ultimately most precious in life. Not what we own, but our health, and our connections to others.
That's so easy to forget in a world where the constant messaging is to buy and accumulate more. And the pull is real - I've felt it myself. But something genuinely powerful shifts when we start to question that pull. Consuming less isn't about depriving ourselves. It's about reclaiming our time, our energy, our freedom (which includes saving money too). Something deeper shifts when we don’t need to make ourselves feel good by always buying stuff. We transform our fundamental relationship to the material world in a way that is, I promise you, genuinely exciting.
And the ripple effects go further than you realise. It touches the people you love, and impacts this unimaginably beautiful planet we all share. We often wonder how we can possibly make a difference in the world. Letting go and consuming less is one very real, very tangible way of doing exactly that.