Hi, my name is Andrea Stephenson and I am the co-founder and CEO of Declutters Delight for Life.
I grew up in a home that was an absolute mess, my mom was a hoarder and due to this we didn't get a lot of visitors which led to isolated upbringing.
I had to learn how to take care of myself and learned to have a survivalist mentality.
In September of 2018, I had a life-threatening car crash where I died for 6minutes. I came home to a house that reflected my childhood... cluttered by a hoarder(me). My office did not have space for me to walk into it... I even had 30,000+ pieces of paper that I had copied in just one year. It went further than items in the home though, my mind and life were as cluttered as my home.
This is when I had a realization that I could change if I wanted to.
And yes... There were services out there, but they really weren't realistic. The only choice I kept coming accross was a therapist asking me about how I felt about an object. There was NO support nor a sense of community.
I decided to take matters into my own hands by decluttering my mind through meditation and decluttering the space around me. I realized I had to let go of so many things to free myself up from clutter.
It took me about a whole year to make these changes and by the end I got a huge sense of release and satisfaction which led to me becoming an Integrated Care Specialist.
Through taking persistent action and belief I able to declutter my spirit and no longer felt like a hollow shell and my self-esteem soared like an eagle.
This led to me writing a book for hoarders that helps them overcome their challenges by being pesistent in action and belief.
As someone who has gone from clutter to declutter I know how hard change can be. I have personal experience in all the areas that I talk about and have helped 2,700+ people declutter their lives. I'm here to tell you the truth that you need to know if you want to succeed with decluttering your life.
Many clutterers suffer from the idea that change is impossible...
But nothing could be further from the truth.