Amy shares a revelation she's had this week about presence, and why it's changed everything from her energy levels to her self-care. She also gets into the science of what a cluttered home is doing to your brain (and your cortisol) without you even realising it, and why sorting your environment is one of the most effective nervous system regulation tools you have.

Links mentioned:

• Break Up With Your Stuff Round 2 waitlist: https://amyelizabethprior.myflodesk.com/breakupwithyourstuffinfowl
• Ancient + Brave Electrolytes: http://go.shopmy.us/p-70599183
• Ladder (home workouts app): joinladder.com

Research mentioned:

• Killingsworth & Gilbert (2010), Harvard — "A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind," Science — 47% of waking hours spent mind-wandering
• McMains & Kastner (2011), Princeton — visual cortex competition; how clutter competes for neural processing
• Arnold et al. (2012), UCLA — Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century — cortisol levels and cluttered home environments
• Wilson & Kelling (1982) — the broken windows effect
• Baumeister et al. (1998) — ego depletion and decision fatigue

Free resources 🎁

Struggling to let go of sentimental items? This free guide will help:

👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide https://amyelizabethprior.com/sentimental-clutter/

Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it? This one's comprehensive, and completely free:

👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt Guide https://amyelizabethprior.myflodesk.com/movingitonwithoutguilt

Work with Amy 🚀
👉🏼 https://amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you):
👉🏼 https://proorganiseracademy.com

You know that good crockery you're saving for best? The candle you won't light? The nice hand cream still in the drawer? This episode is about what that habit is actually costing you, and where it came from.

We talk about the summer clear out, yes. But we also go somewhere deeper: how as children we dream without limits, and how slowly, quietly, that gets conditioned out of us. The good stuff gets put away. For later. For when we're ready. For when we deserve it. What if later never comes, and what if the clearing out is how you start letting yourself have the life you actually want?

Plus: real wins from the women inside Break Up With Your Stuff, why the identity shift matters more than the bin bags, and how to get some momentum this summer without making it a whole thing.

Free resources 🎁

Struggling to let go of sentimental items?

This free guide will help: 👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide

Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it?

https://amyelizabethprior.com/sentimental-clutter/

This one's comprehensive, and completely free: 👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt Guide

https://amyelizabethprior.myflodesk.com/movingitonwithoutguilt

Work with Amy 🚀
👉🏼 https://amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you):
👉🏼 https://proorganiseracademy.com

Amy shares practical strategies to declutter your home and reclaim your time, emphasizing mindset shifts and small, consistent actions. Perfect for busy women looking to create a more organized, stress-free environment.

What you'll learn in this episode:

-Time and energy audit for decluttering

-Mindset shifts around outsourcing and cleaning

-The compound effect of small decluttering actions

-How environment impacts mental health and productivity -Practical tips for quick wins in decluttering

Key Takeaways:

-Even 10-15 minutes of decluttering can create significant progress.

-Outsourcing cleaning and ironing saves time and mental energy.

-Changing beliefs about money and outsourcing is crucial for progress.

-Small, consistent actions compound into major life improvements.

-Decluttering reduces stress, saves money, and increases capacity.

Free resources 🎁

Struggling to let go of sentimental items?

This free guide will help: 👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it? https://amyelizabethprior.com/sentimental-clutter/

This one's comprehensive, and completely free: 👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt Guide https://amyelizabethprior.myflodesk.com/movingitonwithoutguilt

Work with Amy 🚀

👉🏼 https://amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you): 👉🏼 https://proorganiseracademy.com

Find Amy online 📱

Instagram: @amyelizabethprior | @breakupwithyourstuff | @proorganiseracademy

TikTok: @theamyelizabethprior

YouTube: youtube.com/@amyelizabethprior

If this one was for you, subscribe, there's a lot more where that came from. And if you loved it, a 5★ rating and review means the world and helps more women find the show. 🙌🏼

Amy has never really liked the colour red. So why has she just built her entire personal brand around it?

In this relaunch episode, her first since January, she shares what's really been going on behind the scenes: the burnout she never thought would happen, the lessons learned from saying yes when she should have said no, and what all of it taught her about self-trust. Plus why it has everything to do with the clutter you've been putting off.

Links mentioned 👇🏼

• New website: https://amyelizabethprior.com

• The Edit: https://amyelizabethprior.com/the-edit-private-decluttering-consultation/

• Life Upgrade Audit: £77 summer offer (normally £111 + 3 months BUWYS community): https://amyelizabethprior.com/the-life-upgrade-audit/

• Break Up With Your Stuff: https://amyelizabethprior.myflodesk.com/breakupwithyourstuffinfowl

Free resources:

Struggling to let go of sentimental items?

This free guide will help:

👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it? https://amyelizabethprior.myflodesk.com/sentimentalclutter

This one's comprehensive, and completely free:

👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt Guide https://amyelizabethprior.myflodesk.com/movingitonwithoutguilt

Work with Amy:

👉🏼 https://amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you):

👉🏼 https://proorganiseracademy.com

Find Amy online: Instagram: @amyelizabethprior | @breakupwithyourstuff | @proorganiseracademy

TikTok: @theamyelizabethprior

YouTube: youtube.com/@amyelizabethprior

If this one was for you, subscribe, there's a lot more where that came from. And if you loved it, a 5★ rating and review means the world and helps more women find the show. 🙌🏼

This episode of How To Break Up With Your Stuff goes far beyond “new year, new you” cringefest, because the real reason goals fall apart is not laziness or lack of discipline. Amy cuts to the psychological heart of why January feels like Groundhog Day: the change never starts with who you’re becoming.

Instead of shallow resolutions and over‑pressured to‑do lists, this episode reveals how your self‑concept and your environment work together… or against you. Amy explains the real reason most goals fail, how your home reflects your identity, and why mindset shifts are the first step to lasting change.

Featuring a transformational scripting tool Amy uses with clients, this episode reframes January from to‑do list to identity upgrade.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The real psychology behind why New Year’s goals collapse
  
  
• How clutter and self‑concept are deeply connected
  
  
• Why behavioural goals fail without identity work
  
  
• How clarity changes behaviour without force
  
  

Free resources:

Struggling to let go of sentimental items? This free guide will help: 👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide

Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it? This one's comprehensive and completely free: 👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt

Work with Amy: 👉🏼 amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you): 👉🏼 proorganiseracademy.com

Find Amy online: Instagram: @amyelizabethprior | @breakupwithyourstuff | @proorganiseracademy TikTok: @theamyelizabethprior YouTube: youtube.com/@amyelizabethprior

If this one was for you, subscribe! There's a lot more where that came from. And if you loved it, a 5★ rating and review means the world and helps more women find the show. 🙌🏼

You don’t need more deals; you need more calm. This week’s episode of How to Break Up With Your Stuff is your no-fluff, anti-chaos guide to navigating Black Friday without ending up with a house (and head) full of clutter.

Between endless flash sales and the UK Budget adding even more financial pressure, it’s no wonder everyone feels a bit feral this week. But let’s get real: emotional spending, guilt gifting, and panic baskets are costing you more than money; they’re draining your energy, your clarity, and your peace.

In this episode, I’m diving into:

• Why Black Friday guilt is a real thing
  
• The sneaky price-hike tricks brands like Amazon use (yep, even before the “discounts”)
  
• How to tell the difference between intentional shopping and chaos shopping
  
• Gifting without guilt or clutter
  
• Why shopping small might mean skipping the discount — and why that’s ok
  
• The exact way I create a Black Friday shopping list that works
  
• The emotional clutter behind buying more “just in case” and what to do instead

This one is basically your Black Friday detox. A mindset reset before your inbox explodes.

Free resources:

Struggling to let go of sentimental items? This free guide will help: 👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide

Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it? This one's comprehensive and completely free: 👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt

Work with Amy: 👉🏼 amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you): 👉🏼 proorganiseracademy.com

Find Amy online: Instagram: @amyelizabethprior | @breakupwithyourstuff | @proorganiseracademy TikTok: @theamyelizabethprior YouTube: youtube.com/@amyelizabethprior

If this one was for you, subscribe! There's a lot more where that came from. And if you loved it, a 5★ rating and review means the world and helps more women find the show. 🙌🏼

This week, I’m unpacking why that ‘dream home’ narrative we've all been sold might actually be wrecking your nervous system. Between rising living costs, the upcoming UK budget, and Rachel Reeves throwing shade on big property perks, now’s the time to rethink the “more is better” mindset.

I'm sharing my own experience of decluttering and selling my four-bed family home, moving in with my mum, and buying a small home as a single mum—and why, against all expectations, I’m genuinely buzzing about it.

We’ve been taught to believe that growing up means levelling up into bigger houses, more rooms, more stuff. But bigger doesn’t always mean better. And that pressure? It’s costing you time, peace, and let’s be honest—probably a whole Saturday morning in the garden you didn’t want.

Plus, I’m spilling the real tea on how you could save thousands by investing in proper storage and systems, rather than an extension or a move. Your square footage isn’t the problem—your clutter is.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Why “dream home” culture is messing with your head
  
• How Rachel Reeves’ upcoming Budget might affect your housing choices
  
• What my move from big house to small home is teaching me
  
• Why proper storage beats a pricey extension
  
• The real cost of keeping stuff you don’t use
  
• What to do instead of just moving to “fix” your life
  
• My favourite mindset shift for this season of life
  

Mentioned in this episode:

Let’s Buy A Home Podcast Guest Speaking Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/uk/podcast/declutter-your-home-declutter-your-mind-toxic-beliefs/id1812996218?i=1000737046036

Guest Speaking at The Home Life and You Show at London Excel:

• Speaker profile: https://www.homelifeandyou.com/speakers-and-contributors/amy-prior
  
  

Free resources:

Struggling to let go of sentimental items? This free guide will help: 👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide

Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it? This one's comprehensive and completely free: 👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt

Work with Amy: 👉🏼 amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you): 👉🏼 proorganiseracademy.com

Find Amy online: Instagram: @amyelizabethprior | @breakupwithyourstuff | @proorganiseracademy TikTok: @theamyelizabethprior YouTube: youtube.com/@amyelizabethprior

If this one was for you, subscribe! There's a lot more where that came from. And if you loved it, a 5★ rating and review means the world and helps more women find the show. 🙌🏼

If the thought of moving house makes you want to lie in bed with the covers over your head, you’re not alone. Downsizing, decluttering and packing up years of life is not just a logistical nightmare.

It’s emotional.
It’s overwhelming.

… and it can be absolute carnage if you don’t have a plan.

That’s why I sat down with the fabulous Jo Jacob, Professional Organiser and founder of Benella Home Organisation. Jo’s moved countless families (and herself) through every kind of transition you can imagine: downsizing, retirement, bereavement, you name it.

She’s got ten years of professional experience plus her own very real stories of navigating a massive downsize, dealing with sentimental clutter, and even finding… wait for it… an elephant tusk and a skeleton in a client’s attic.

We’re also diving into:

✨ How to deal with sentimental items without drowning in guilt or storage boxes

✨ The one thing you must do before getting removal quotes

✨ How to plan your kitchen before you’ve even got the keys

✨ A genius trick for keeping your children’s height markings when you move

✨ The emotional side of leaving a family home and how to actually make peace with it

Connect with Jo:

Website: https://www.benella.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benella_home_organisation/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benellahomeorganisation
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenellaHomeOrganisation

Check out Jo’s Home Moving Bundle for practical checklists, removal surveys, and a full moving plan: https://www.benella.co.uk/product-page/moving-home-planner-bundle

Free resources:

Struggling to let go of sentimental items? This free guide will help: 👉🏼 The Sentimental Clutter Guide

Not sure what to actually do with everything once you've decluttered it? This one's comprehensive and completely free: 👉🏼 Moving It On Without Guilt

Work with Amy: 👉🏼 amyelizabethprior.com/coaching

Pro Organiser Academy (building a decluttering business? This is for you): 👉🏼 proorganiseracademy.com

Find Amy online: Instagram: @amyelizabethprior | @breakupwithyourstuff | @proorganiseracademy TikTok: @theamyelizabethprior YouTube: youtube.com/@amyelizabethprior

If this one was for you, subscribe! There's a lot more where that came from. And if you loved it, a 5★ rating and review means the world and helps more women find the show. 🙌🏼