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5 fantastic organizational podcasts we’re obsessed with

Organization tips to help you keep clutter under control

Stressing about the messy state of your home is a common struggle. In fact, according to a HuffPost survey, it’s among the top five stressors in the lives of Americans. If you’ve ever visited a friend’s immaculate home, you’ve probably felt those pangs of guilt and a strong desire to organize your home and your life. The good news is that you’re not alone.

Since tidying up is such a common concern, many experts have taken to the radio to help listeners fight the seemingly never-ending battle of cleaning and decluttering. We’ve rounded up five of our favorite organizational podcasts offering lifestyle advice, daily hacks, and organization tips to keep your home and your life orderly and peaceful.

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Organize 365 Podcast

With a background in teaching and professional organizing, Lisa Woodruff brings both experience and skill to the table when it comes to helping you organize your life. By reminding you to keep your eyes on your long-term goals through this often-grueling process, she helps listeners create lifelong organizational habits. From time-saving tips to book recommendations that will help you on your tidy journey, Organize 365 has an incredible wealth of home organization advice.

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The Minimalists Podcast

Like anything else, organizing your day-to-day tasks may require a deeper dive into what’s truly important and meaningful in your life. Don’t worry; The Minimalists Podcast won’t leave you in the Stone Age with only the clothes on your back. Instead, it helps listeners to unravel why we ascribe undue meaning to our stuff and how to break away from the need for more things. Hosts Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus explore the whys of our unnecessary excess and how to build that minimalist mindset. If you want to achieve permanent freedom and peace — without all the stuff — this is the podcast for you.

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An Uncluttered Life

Getting the clutter out of your life can be surprisingly emotional. Keeping the goal of a joyful life at the forefront, Betsy and Warren Talbot provide clever tips, inspirational and motivational pep talks, and actionable steps so you can successfully declutter your life. Whether you need to declutter your home, business, or even your head, you’ll surely achieve an “uncluttered life” on many levels with this binge-worthy podcast. If you need a bit of handholding when it comes to tackling your organizational goals, the Talbots have you covered.

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A Slob Comes Clean

Dana White, straight-shooting, hilarious realist, walks listeners through the process of wrangling a disorganized, cluttered, and overwhelmingly messy home. She approaches your organizational goals with understanding, real-life applications, and loads of humor to keep you engaged. With tips and how-tos on everything from storage solutions to simple, (almost) mess-free family meals, Dana shares her experience and wisdom thoroughly. This podcast is light, useful, and perfect for those who just can’t seem to get the mess under control.

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Hoardganized with Rachel Seavey

Rachel is the real decluttering deal. A professional organizer and hoarding specialist, she has years of experience in extreme decluttering, massive downsizing, and overcoming hoarding. She shares not only her useful tips and instructional bits, but also some of her most notable experiences in addressing hoarding disorders. If you’re dealing with piles of excess and are too overwhelmed with your home decluttering project, you don’t have to look any further for the perfect podcast.

A woman organizing and moving boxes

Life can get really chaotic. Between work, extracurriculars, family events, and holidays, who has the time to organize every area of their life? When it comes to decluttering, cleaning, and generally wrangling life’s chaos into something that resembles order, we all need a little help. There are a lot of organizational blogs, programs, and videos out there, but the five podcasts on our list stand out among the crowd. These expert hosts get down to the soul of our issues with chaos and clutter so that we can tackle the mess and prevent it from returning.

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