Derbyshire mum on ITV talking about decluttering and mental health

Georgina Burdett is the founder of For the Love of Tidying and her expertise were called on for the ITV documentary show which aired on Thursday March, 12.

The mum-of-two, from Hayfield, said: “This year as the nation ramps up for the big Spring clean, I’d love people to take the pressure off themselves and not go into it thinking ‘I must overhaul my entire home’ as this causes stress and actually sets us up for failure.

“If we strive to get our house to look like a show home, a) it’s pretty impossible to achieve with a family living in it, and b) it’s near on impossible to keep it that way so we’ll quickly start to resent the time we spent tidying as it all falls apart again, and mark ourselves down as failures then too.

“I’d like to invite people to instead think - what small habits can I put in place which means my home is tidy for the majority of the year, rather than just for a few days after a big overhaul and use the momentum of the Spring clean to work through a number of small actions that will make an ongoing impact.”

At the heart of Georgina’s work is a belief that clutter is rarely about laziness, and far more often about life being full, heavy, or demanding.

She is on a mission to remove the shame so many people carry about their homes — replacing guilt with practical support and a renewed sense of possibility.

Her top tips for maintaining a clean home include connecting with the potential of the space and how you want to feel in it.

She said: “Give yourself a chance to visualise how amazing this space could be for you - this gives you the motivation to get to the end of the process, especially as it may become tough going at times.

“Choose a small area to start with, don’t push yourself to take on an over-sized space. Remove the items, a few at a time, so as not to overwhelm yourself.

“The easiest decision is to decide what to keep - make this choice first then remove these items to a safe place, from here you can progress knowing there is less attachment to the other items to work through.

Then she says it’s time to reorganise the items people are keeping and create a quick reset routine to help maintain spaces once they are decluttered and organised for ongoing clarity and calm.

“This could be just 15 mins per day but is your way to reset rooms quickly.”

Georgina’s journey began with her own lived experience. Naturally organised by nature, she found that motherhood shifted everything, and the systems that once felt effortless started to slip into overflowing drawers and daily frustration.

Now she has helped nearly 300 clients, in person, to declutter their homes, and built a team of four, employing other local mums.

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