I have recently had a big clear out. This was prompted by new carpets being fitted throughout the whole house, the old ones being mostly laid bare by carpet moths, and so the new ones are polyester (sounds horrible but actually it looks and feels like the real thing and apparently the moths gag on it). Clients will be able to experience the luxury of the the new carpet as I have had my practice room done too. It all looks lovely.

The clearing out process, including the cupboard of fear – we’ve all got one of those havn’t we? – was really quite cathartic, and I can feel a different, lighter energy in the house now. In the same way that our minds hold onto stuff which we really need and want to be rid of, we sometimes keep actual items which we no longer have any use for. However I did find that once I had started I tended to be much more brutal and my husband had to hold me back from throwing out things that we still wanted to keep (like a sofa or one of our children … )

When taken to extremes it can be that you are either a person who hoards for England or one of those minimalist types who have everything painted white and no stuff at all. Of course the former can be a very serious issue and indicative of somebody who has been through loss or trauma and therefore finds comfort in filling their homes with all sorts of things which they really do not need. I do think that a bare home also indicates a certain mindset, and, as with everything a balance between the two is good. Sometimes we can be affected by our childhood home so if your mum was hoarder of every type of trinket, you may well go in the opposite direction when you have your own place.

Whatever you are – hoarder or de-clutterer – I like to think of hypnotherapy as a way to give the mind a good clear out, and what’s amazing is that this process can happen without having to lug furniture around or clear out cupboards. One of the things that many clients tell me is how much more energetic they felt after a session, lighter and clearer headed. It may then be that a problem you have been struggling with for sometime suddenly becomes easy to solve, or you may just be aware of having more positive thoughts.

The moths are really cross now, by the way ….

Wendy x