Episode 85: TV Show Influence on the Organizing Industry
Whether you’re interested in re-organizing and renovations or you just love a good reality TV show, you’ve likely followed many shows about organizing since the early 2000’s, from Neat with Hellen Buttigeig in Canada to Mission Organization, Clean Sweep, and Enough Already. In Episode 85, NAPO Stand Out Podcast Host, Clare Kumar interviews Peter Walsh, Bestselling Author, TV Personality and Founder of Peter Walsh Design. Peter is currently in the process of launching his new Australian series, Space Invaders and has been featured in countless TV series, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Rachael Ray Show.
In his new series, Space Invaders, you will hear about the staggering amount of clutter that the average Australian has in their home and how the pandemic has influenced people to declutter and restore their homes. In this episode, we touch on the role of overwhelm in preventing people from making a change, and why Peter chooses to talk about a different family situation with a different type of clutter on each episode of his TV series. He also explores the underlying themes that run through clutter and shares his policy to honor emotional treasure, offer people options when it comes to financial treasure, and discusses the tension that exists between design and organization in every show. We get real about the discrepancy between what is presented on TV and online and what is possible for you, before taking a moment to celebrate television’s role in inspiring an increasingly sophisticated audience.
Tune into this episode to learn more about Peter’s 20 years of experience and how this has enabled him to progress his career to the next level!
About the Speaker:
For the past 20 years, Peter Walsh has been working internationally helping families declutter and organize their homes and their lives. He has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Rachael Ray Show and currently has a new Australian series, Space Invaders. Peter is also the author of seven best-selling books, including two New York Times best-sellers, on the subject of organizing: Let It Go (Penguin Random House), Lose The Clutter, Lose The Weight (Rodale), How to Organize (Just About) Everything; It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff (The New York Times reviewed him as “a genius”), Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?, Enough Already! Clearing Mental Clutter to Become the Best You, and Lighten Up!: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less. His books have been translated and published in ten different languages.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Exploring Peter’s journey, starting with Clean Sweep, and now with Space Invaders.
- How the pandemic has influenced people to declutter and restore their homes.
- The role of Space Invaders in helping people to declutter, renovate, and upcycle.
- The feeling of being overwhelmed that stops people and how to overcome this.
- Exploring the underlying themes that run through clutter: trauma, abuse, and isolation.
- How your clutter tells the story of your life.
- Understanding the tension that exists between design and organization in every show.
- The discrepancy between what is on TV and online and what is possible for you.
- The role of television in inspiring today’s sophisticated audience.
- Why the stuff we own has power, and that we are all the same, at heart.
- And much more!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Peter Walsh on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/PeterWalsh/
Peter Walsh on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/peterwalshorganizer/
Peter Walsh on Twitter — https://twitter.com/PeterWalsh
Peter Walsh on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7pBDyC68uihwKtEpjaZOrw
Peter Walsh Design — https://peterwalshdesign.com/
Space Invaders — https://9now.nine.com.au/the-block/space-invaders
Let it Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Happier Life — https://www.amazon.com/Let-Go-Downsizing-Richer-Happier/dp/059313589X
NAPO — http://napo.net/join
NAPO Podcast — https://napopodcast.com