Release and Renew. ​
​A couple of Saturdays ago, I hosted a webinar unexpectedly with my baby in a hotel room with an incredibly full heart.

Why? Because some of my dear friends and I had a conversation about the surprising mental and emotional benefits of decluttering — and I wish you could have been there.

Because something happened that I didn’t fully expect.

Not a big organizing tip.
Not a color-coded system.
Not the perfect bin recommendation.

Instead…

We started talking about why it’s so hard to let go.

And very quickly, it became clear:

It’s rarely about the stuff.

At one point, someone shared something that felt painfully familiar:

"Oh no… she loved that… I have to keep that."

"But I spent money on that!"

That quiet sense of obligation.
That invisible pressure.
That weight of keeping things — not because we want them, but because we feel we should.

And then Glennda, our badass life strategist, said something that made us all pause.

"Being in that indecision… of what am I going to do with these things… is emotionally exhausting."

Not the decluttering.
Not the sorting.

The indecision.

That place of hovering between keeping and letting go…
between guilt and relief…
between honoring memories and creating peace.

That’s the part that drains us.

One of the biggest breakthroughs from the conversation was this simple, freeing truth:

The connection is NOT the item.

It may feel like you're breaking the connection to a loved one, a memory, an emotion, or a feeling.

The reality is you can:

→ Invoke that feeling anytime WITHOUT the item(s)
→ Keep the connection without the item(s)
→ Let Go
→ Re-decide whenever you want to

That permission alone felt like a deep breath.

And I shared something personal that morning too.

Something I don’t always say out loud:

Unlike most organizers, I’m pretty emotional when it comes to stuff.

I carry memories in objects.
I assign meaning to things.
I’ve walked through my own long journey of letting go — especially in my childhood home, where memories live in every corner.

So when I talk about decluttering…

I’m not just talking about shelves and bins.

I’m talking about healing, permission, and peace.

Permission to feel the guilt of letting go, accept it, honor it.

Then realize that the mental load of keeping that item can be far worse than the little bit of guilt you feel from letting it go.

If you're struggling to release, here are a couple of quick tips:

1. Start small. You don't have to part with every hard item at the same time! Just pick one item a month or one item a quarter.
2. Take the time to pray, research & explore people or organizations that would love and enjoy the item you're looking to release. Because I’ve found that when you start doing the research…The answers come to you. You just have to be patient.

Wondering what I did with my beloved theatre books? I released them. Some to my acting friends and some to a lady in my area who is studying to become a theatre teacher. They went to good homes to be enjoyed and used again.

...and me?

Well, I feel relieved and excited about what's ahead.

Be Extraordinary,

Melinda Grace ​ Find me on Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube or Book a 1:1 Call​

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