{"id":8256,"date":"2025-06-24T12:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/?p=8256"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:41:46","slug":"americas-decluttering-mistakes-and-emotional-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/americas-decluttering-mistakes-and-emotional-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Decluttering Mistakes and Emotional Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Declutter Hub is<\/strong>\u00a0an initiative by UK-based experts Lesley Spellman and Ingrid Jansen, who advocate for an <strong>emotions-led approach to decluttering<\/strong>. Their new book, <em>Reset Your Home<\/em>, launching in the US, aims to help Americans address the <strong>emotional roots of clutter<\/strong> rather than just its physical manifestation. 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