Unlocking Your Clutter: A Trauma-Informed Approach with Valerie Huard

Is your clutter more than just “stuff”? It might be a trauma response.

In this transformative episode of Unlock Your Blocks, Elyssa Smith sits down with Valerie Huard, a trauma-informed decluttering expert and creator of the Do Well method. Valerie opens up about her personal journey with clutter and how unhealed trauma shaped her environment—and her stress.

Together, they explore how clutter goes beyond physical objects, touching on emotional overwhelm, mental clutter, and self-sabotaging patterns. Valerie offers powerful, practical tips to help you declutter not just your space, but your mind and nervous system, too.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• How trauma affects your ability to manage clutter
  
  
• Why emotional and mental clutter must be addressed first
  
  
• The truth about procrastination and perfectionism in decluttering
  
  
• How the Do Well method reduces stress before organizing
  
  
• Why creating emotional safety is the first step to change
  
  
• How to use gloves to lessen overwhelm when sorting items
  
  
• The importance of celebrating small wins
  
  
• How clutter can serve as a hiding place
  
  
• Transformation stories that show what’s possible when you declutter from the inside out
  
  

🕒 Episode Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction to Trauma-Informed Decluttering
02:25 – Valerie's Journey to Trauma-Informed Decluttering
07:55 – Understanding Trauma and Clutter
09:29 – Self-Sabotage and Clutter
12:22 – The Impact of Trauma on Home Management
18:15 – The Do Well Method Explained
22:53 – Creating Sustainable Change
27:47 – Transformation Stories
32:26 – First Steps to Decluttering
33:50 – Practical Tips for Decluttering
36:10 – Favorite Pump-Up Songs and Self-Care

Connect with Valerie: https://up.dowellht.com/7secrets-es

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