Conquer the Clutter Quotes

“Dear Lord, she thinks, when did this happen? How am I ever going to get out from under?”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding

“She is momentarily aware of an internal conflict brewing between her need for rest and her need for escape. If only I could go to bed on time and get the rest I need, she thinks, but she picks up the TV remote instead and cruises for relaxing programming.”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding

“She aches to rest her mind and body but dreads her bedtime, knowing that she won’t be able to make herself go to bed, even as exhausted as she is.”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding

“Life sends us all pain and challenges that test us sorely and cause us to plumb our depths. Perhaps these difficult life events can also help us develop and strengthen parts of ourselves we never knew we had.”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding

“You will never overcome anything difficult by looking down on yourself.”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding

“The purpose of this book is to offer you just such a moment—an opportunity to figure out who you are today, who you want to be moving forward, and what you really need and love. You will then be prepared for the next step: letting go of the things weighing you down in your life. Your things will never love you back, and they won’t miss you when you’re gone. These things will never give you the pride and meaning in your life that you deserve and were truly meant to have.”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding

“You will then be prepared for the next step: letting go of the things weighing you down in your life. Your things will never love you back, and they won’t miss you when you’re gone. These things will never give you the pride and meaning in your life that you deserve and were truly meant to have.”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding

“We would like to dedicate this book to those struggling with hoarding disorder and those who care about them. Many people must deal with life circumstances that make progress an uphill struggle. The courage of those who hoard and that of their families demonstrates that being willing to open old wounds, challenge limiting beliefs, and step forward into unfamiliar and unknown territory mentally, physically, and spiritually is genuinely humbling and inspiring to peers and professionals alike. To face one’s fear of judgment and continue to work toward success takes courage and fortitude, especially”
― Elaine Birchall, Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding