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Susie Boutal is a qualified ADHD coach and decluttering expert. She joins me to talk about the intersection of ADHD, hoarding, and clutter. Susie shares valuable insights for anyone dealing with ADHD and hoarding. We cover the myth of laziness, the importance of open communication in relationships, managing hoarding behaviour, the impact of self-talk, and the influence of past experiences on self-perception and the responsibility to yourself and others in managing living spaces. Join us as we navigate the complexities of decluttering and hoarding with compassion and empathy, and gain valuable advice from Susie on nurturing a kinder inner dialogue.

• Negotiations and Agreements in Relationships
• Compassionate Expression of Needs
• Impact of Self-Talk and Past Experiences on Self-Perception
• Nurturing a Kinder Inner Dialogue
• Offering Yourself Compassion and Empathy
• ADHD and Clutter
• Impulsivity
• Compassionate Approach to Motivate Decluttering
• Guilt and Shame
• Breaking Tasks into Microtasks
• Tips for People Dealing with ADHD and Hoarding
• Self-Compassion
• Establishing Daily Non-negotiable Routines
• Breaking Down Tasks into Small Goals
• Approaching Uncertainty as a Space of Possibilities
• Overcoming Procrastination
• Identifying Procrastination Triggers
• Breaking Tasks into Achievable Goals
• Maximise Productivity and Time Management
• Reassessing Productivity in Small Time Periods
• Using Small Time Intervals for Decluttering
• Addressing Impulsivity in Acquiring Items
• Finding Long-Term Purpose
• Managing Living Spaces in Relationships
• Open Communication
• Setting Non-Negotiable Priorities
• Overcoming decluttering barriers with 5-minute tasks.
• Find purpose by identifying goals, prioritise passions.
• Setting rules, responsibility, and personal growth awareness.
• Establishing boundaries and agreements in relationships.
• Recognising patterns
• Impact of words can last a lifetime.
• Establish routines, question resistance, break tasks down.
• Embrace uncertainty as a challenge, not a threat.
• Clutter linked to ADHD, trauma, mental health, impulsivity, and seeking new things.
• Focusing on microtasks for motivation and habit building.
• Decluttering seems overwhelming, but starting with small tasks can be motivating
• Find purpose, set long-term goals, prioritise over short-term impulses.
• Setting rules and responsibility to overcome impulses and seek long-term goals.
• Open communication and defining nonnegotiables is crucial in living together respectfully.
• Negotiating boundaries and agreements in all relationships, including regarding space and activities.
• Recognising negative patterns, understanding origins, finding benefits in change, and being kinder to yourself.
• The lasting impact of hurtful words.
• Routines, self-reflection, and breaking tasks down.
• Embracing uncertainty leads to growth, while fear of uncertainty causes paralysis.

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Today, I talk about a woman who sold every single thing in her wardrobe and explore the lessons that can be learned from this drastic approach, discussing both the positive and less than ideal aspects of the woman's actions. Highlighting the importance of taking small actions and steering away from all-or-nothing thinking, I look at what we who have difficult home surroundings can learn from this

• Acknowledging annoyance and taking action against it.
• Overcoming scarcity mindset and emotional attachments to possessions.
• Liberating to sell clothes, or all-or-nothing thinking?
• Gradual progress leads to lasting change and adaptation.
• Exploring actions and habits to address annoyances.
• Don't have to do extreme decluttering.
• Small actions are valuable.
• Incorporate new behaviours consistently.
• Slow progress is more effective than dramatic change for long-term success.
• Accepting and embracing feelings as a human reaction.
• Taking Action on Annoyances
• Acknowledging ongoing annoyances
• Taking decisive action to address the problem
• Decisiveness
• Being inspired by the woman's decisiveness
• Overcoming overthinking and indecisiveness
• Finding fulfillment and reward in making a dramatic change
• Feeling liberated by having considerably less stuff
• Living with Considerably Less
• Realising that living with less is not a threat
• The protective nature of hoarding behaviour
• Less Ideal Aspects of Extreme Action
• All-or-Nothing Thinking
• Recognising the danger of extremes in decision making
• Embracing the value of moderation and balanced action
• Small Actions versus Grand Gestures
• The importance of small, consistent actions over grand gestures
• Building lasting change through gradual progress
• Overcompensating
• The dangers of drastically clearing out possessions
• Gradual adaptation and adjustment to change
• Accepting Feelings and Reactions
• Understanding that feelings of overwhelm are a normal human experience
• No Secondary Shame
• Rejecting the idea that feeling hard emotions is a source of shame
• Overcoming internalised beliefs about the negativity of emotions

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With Dr Jan Eppingstall, today I delve into the fascinating world of habituation – which you might be familiar with as clutter blindness, but it’s so much more than that! – and its impact on our daily lives. We look at the role of habituation in hoarding, and offer practical techniques to revitalise our perspectives. Join us as we unravel the complexity of habituation and its relationship to hoarding, with valuable insights into improving our quality of life.

• Habituation and its Impact
• Definition of habituation
• Evolutionary and innate nature of habituation
• Habituation as a form of non-associative learning
• Role of habituation in daily life
• Individual experiences with habituation
• Positive, neutral, and negative aspects of habituation
• Habituation in hoarding behaviour
• Habituation and autistic people
• Effects of habituation on daily tasks and decision-making
• Habituation in relation to clutter blindness and hoarding
• Overcoming Habituation
• Techniques for combatting habituation
• Changing daily routines and habits
• Using different modes of transport
• Performing everyday tasks in different ways
• Looking at space through a different perspective
• The need for a variety of approaches to combat habituation
• Techniques to break habitual patterns
• The importance of stepping out of your comfort zone
• The importance of mixing up approaches and embracing what works
• Habituation in Mental Health and Therapy
• Deliberate use of habituation in mental health treatment
• Exposure therapy and fear ladder approach in treating fears and phobias
• Gradual exposure therapy for specific fears
• Maintenance of progress in overcoming fears and phobias
• Implications of habituation for individuals with autism spectrum disorders in relation to hoarding
• Insight into habituation and its impact on hoarding behaviour
• Techniques and advice for combating habituation
• Examples of habituation in daily life
• Experience of habituation in hoarding behaviour and clutter blindness
• The impact of habituation on decision-making and compensating for clutter
• Connection between habituation, working memory, and people-pleasing behaviour
• Understanding the impact of habituation on decision-making and perceptions
• Strategies for breaking habitual patterns and experiencing joy
• Mindfulness and gratitude in daily life
• Rekindling appreciation for familiar places and seeing them through fresh eyes
• Encouragement to find joy in life and invest in experiences over material possessions
• Non-associative learning: Becoming accustomed to stimuli.
• Habituation serves necessary and neutral purposes.
• Skipping stages and creating fear ladder for hoarding.
• Clutter organization leads to joy, not regret.
• Habituation in hoarding leads to inaction.
• Removing obstacles can make daily tasks easier.
• Visual cues and externalising tasks aid memory.
• Self-sufficiency
• Observing and changing habits leads to improvement.
• Experiences linger longer than material possessions.
• Habituation is normal and can be positive.
• Habituation is the process of becoming less responsive to repeated stimuli.
• Habituation serves purposes: prevent overwhelm, allow focus, survival. Good, neutral, negative aspects.
• Overstimulation and stimming behaviors.
• Reliance on visuals becomes less effective.
• Visual reminders and working memory limitations prompt use of external systems to record and remember tasks.
• Some people have a mindset of overcoming odds and finding resourceful solutions.
• Changing habits and mindset is key for improvement.
• Observing and reflecting on how things are done can lead to finding better, more efficient ways.
• The key is to have a mix of approaches for habit change.
• Variety is essential and embrace what works, even if just for a bit.
• The mind values experiences over possessions for lasting impact.
• Habituation is normal, can be positive, neutral, or negative, and can be used to reduce distress.