Fire Hazards
For decades, chemical flame retardants — generally made of noxious chemicals — have been added to everything from PVC pipes to couch cushions, all in the name of fire safety. The health dangers...
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SUMMER STRESS DETOX! Reassess and Remove: Step 2: Clear the Clutter
This blog is part of our “SUMMER STRESS DETOX!” Series. Time to clear your slate—and start the summer season refreshed and revitalized. To that end, Experience Life has partnered with meQuilibrium, the...
View ArticleWater Bottles We Love (Slideshow)
Quench your thirst this summer in style with these fantastic water bottles.
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A Bookshelf Makeover Offers Far More Than Just Good Looks
In the April 2012 issue of Experience Life, life coach Laurie Gerber describes clutter as anything that’s distracting you from the important things in your life. She stated that clutter can be a...
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Dryer Dangers
Freshly laundered clothing can smell wonderful, but that familiar aroma might be camouflaging a dirty secret. Your dryer vents may be spewing toxic chemicals into the air every time you use scented...
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Order Out of Chaos Roundup: Declutter Your Space
Simplifying Your Home Wabi-Sabi Home Tired of trying to make your home look magazine-slick? Discover the Japanese art of wabi-sabi or “appreciating the imperfect.” What to Let Go Hanging on to too much...
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Healthy Home Roundup
Experience Life Articles Detox Your Home How to limit your exposure to toxins in your home and better balance the basic elements of air, fire, water, and earth. Dryer Dangers A...
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Detox Your Home
A lot of attention has been given to “sick building syndrome,” in which folks working in tightly sealed offices develop various health problems. Less recognized is that the average American home can...
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What Lurks Under the Covers
If any space in a house should feel healthy, it’s the bedroom. Yet mattresses, pillows, and other bedding can contain chemicals that, while intended to make sleep safer, actually have the opposite...
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BPA Detox
Bisphenol A (BPA) — the nasty, endocrine-disrupting chemical linked to cancers and infertility — is ubiquitous, lurking in all sorts of products you use every day, like milk jugs and soup cans. And if...
View ArticleOrder Out of Chaos: Linen Closet and Bathroom Makeover (Slideshow)
Andrea Gerasimo uses some decluttering and feng shui techniques to tackle the space of former EL fitness editor Laine Bergeson.
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Order Out of Chaos: The Linen Closet and Bathroom
When it comes to decluttering, most of us like to tackle our public spaces first. It’s easier to justify expending attention and energy on areas where we are likely to host guests, like kitchens and...
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Order Out of Chaos: Bill Payment and Desk Organization
While some people actually enjoy the act of paying bills, most of us are stressed by it — beginning with wondering where that phone bill is, anyway. What’s more, not all bill-paying stress is related...
View ArticleOrder Out of Chaos: Desk Organization and Bill Payment (Slideshow)
Minimize the stress of paying bills by creating a simple system for household paperwork.
View ArticleOrder Out of Chaos: Laundry–and–Mudroom Makeover (Slideshow)
Experience Life team member Jamie Martin gets help decluttering her laundry-and-mud-room.
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Order Out of Chaos: Laundry–and–Mud Room Makeover
Many people don’t enter their homes through the front door. They come in through the side or back, often into small spaces that serve double and triple duty. This is the case for Experience Life’s...
View ArticleOrder Out of Chaos: The Laundry–and–Mud Room (Video)
Follow along as declutter and feng shui expert Andrea Gerasimo walks Experience Life senior director of content Jamie Martin through the process of getting her multipurpose laundry-and-mud room in shape.
View Article“Becoming Minimalist”: 7 Thoughts on Simplifying Your Life from Joshua Becker
Joshua Becker lives with his wife and two children in Peoria, AZ. He is the author of Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life and Clutterfree with Kids. Since 2008,...
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