clutterbugs

i have been enlisted and  employed to help someone declutter on a mega scale which is quite funny as i struggle myself though mostly due to a lack of space - especially storage space. i am very into decluttering and removing baggage that we hold on to because it does contain clogged up and messed up energy and we should not have it. that said, i am surrounded now by clutter and my shelves are messy and unclear, but in time i will sort that....

anyway, this woman has a definite issue with hoarding and just spending five minutes with her as she reluctantly threw away some leaflets and receipts on the utter surface of the mountain of clutter filled me with a misery, realizing that this person who comes across so well balanced has in fact some mega problems with letting things go to the point where you cannot enter a room for the hoard. it was like this professional woman suddenly turned into a small helpless child when confronted with a surmountable problem. i felt my positive energy zapped as i suggested getting rid of a pile of old newspapers and was told she was not ready. and she wants to get the room cleared by Christmas....it is like something from the hoarder programs; the room ranges from knee high to neck high clutter and is only just accessible.

i agreed to a once a week meeting (will take forever!) and i am now researching the best approaches to subliminally helping someone let go of material shit that they really do not need, yet think they want. i am  into basic feng shui and am reading a great little book on it. and i may take some photos and see if we progress which may be difficult because she came over all funny and shaky after i tentatively but calmly picked up small paper item after item saying..... how about this? this looks out of date. 

the art i think, is respecting that persons right to gather things but trying then to somehow loosen their hold on it and help them gain the courage to part with what feel like significant items..... but the slowness of this is difficult for someone like me who likes action.

ultimately i aim to develop my skills of therapy and positive life enhancement and i will see if i can find any techniques to empower this person to shake off their self harming of hoarding every single bit of crap that comes their way  and helping them to keep only that which enhances their life journey. my fear is that in my consideration i may end up agreeing they need every last little thing they have accrued because i don't like to step on psychological toes. but i will try.

wow, oprah eat your heart out!