Real people. Real clutter. Real organizing sessions. Come inside the rooms people don't want anyone else to see, and discover what our clutter can reveal about our lives, ourselves, and what we're making space for next.
Because clutter isn't actually about the stuff.
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Star Hansen, Professional Organizer & Clutter Whisperer
Chelsey & Eric's Room of Doom: Making Space to Live the Dream
What happens when two people who love each other dearly have completely different relationships with stuff? Chelsey and Eric have a beautiful family home that they've lovingly renovated together. But over the years, their home office has become what they affectionately call their Room of Doom—a catchall for everything that doesn't quite have a place elsewhere. Chelsey has ADHD, strong emotional attachments to belongings, and a deep desire not to be wasteful. Eric loves an organized space, but...
6 Oct 2026
Shelby's Garage: Making Space to Make the Impossible Possible
Shelby has a garage full of inherited belongings, camping gear, unfinished projects, and things she’s been meaning to deal with for years. She also has ADHD—and when she looks at the garage, she doesn’t just see clutter. She sees every decision, every project, and every future action hiding inside of it. So instead of trying to organize the whole garage, we start much smaller. In this episode, we talk about how to get started when a project feels impossibly big, why “just in case” clutter can...
29 Sept 2026
Mica’s Fridge: Making Space to Nurture Herself
Mica has five kids, a full-time job, and a refrigerator that never seems to stay organized. She's constantly shopping, cooking, putting food away, and trying to keep up with a fridge that's being used by seven different people. And no matter how hard she tries, food keeps getting lost, things go bad, and the whole process feels overwhelming. So we're going to pull everything out, figure out what she actually has, and create some systems that make the fridge easier for the whole family to use....
22 Sept 2026
Sarah’s Last 1%: Making Space to Finally Finish
Have you ever organized a space… only to be left with one random pile of stuff you have absolutely no idea what to do with? That’s where Sarah is stuck. After making amazing progress on a hallway closet that had collected years of clutter, she’s left with the final 1%: gift cards, spare keys, buttons, shells, memorabilia, mystery objects, and all those little things that don’t have an obvious home. And this is the part where Sarah says she always fails. In this organizing session, we work thr...
15 Sept 2026
Lanie's Storage Room: Making Space for Everyday Life
Lanie has a storage room that’s trying to do a lot. It holds household overflow, things to sell, art supplies, and all the stuff that doesn’t quite have another place to go. But Lanie wants it to be more than storage. She dreams of creating a space where she can work, make art, and reconnect with a creative side of herself that’s starting to return after becoming a mom. The problem? Just walking into the room feels overwhelming. So, we start small. In this episode, Lanie and I figure out what...
8 Sept 2026
Cece's Storage Units: Making Space to Bring It All Home
What happens when you finally empty your storage units…and then have to deal with everything you brought home? Cece has been part of my Chaos to Calm Community for years, and we’ve also worked together privately at different points along the way. Recently, she bought a home of her own and decided it was time to close down the two storage units she’d been paying for and bring everything home. There was just one problem. Eight months later, a big pile of that stuff was still sitting under a tar...
1 Sept 2026
Kelsey's Office: Making Space for the Messy Middle
Kelsey didn't think she needed a professional organizer. Her home is beautiful. She's thoughtful, organized, and the kind of person who creates welcoming spaces for everyone around her. But one room in her house kept collecting paperwork, unfinished projects, and all the things that didn't seem to belong anywhere else. What started as a conversation about an office quickly became something much bigger. Together, we uncover why clutter often gathers around the parts of our lives that are still...
25 Aug 2026
Anya’s Garage: Making Space for Yourself Again
What happens when the clutter isn't really about the garage? This week, I'm joined by Anya, who thought she just needed help clearing enough space to park a car. Instead, we uncovered something much deeper. As we organized her garage, we explored what happens when life gets so full of responsibilities that the parts of ourselves we love quietly get packed away alongside everything else. Together, we discovered that sometimes the hardest things to let go of aren't the objects themselves—they'r...
25 Aug 2026
Erin’s Office: Making Space for the Next Chapter
What happens when a space that once worked for you no longer fits your life? This week, I'm joined by Erin, someone I first worked with almost a decade ago. Since then, life has thrown a lot her way: a pandemic, a major remodel, a career shift, helping care for aging parents, and countless other changes that slowly transformed her peaceful office into a catch-all for everything that no longer had a home. Together, we organize her office, but as always, we almost never end with the stuff...
25 Aug 2026
Susan’s Office: Making Space for Retirement
What happens when the clutter isn't yours—but the responsibility is? This week, I'm joined by Susan, who thought we were organizing a home office. But after years of helping aging parents downsize, settling the estates of beloved family friends, and becoming the keeper of countless family memories, it quickly became clear that this wasn't just an organizing project. It was about finding her way back to her own life. Together, we explore what happens when love, responsibility, and grief ...
17 Aug 2026
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Meet What Are You Making Space For?, the podcast that takes you inside real organizing sessions to discover why clutter is never just about the stuff. Listen to the trailer for a first look at what's ahead.
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