Heather AardemaCoach, Author, Speaker, National Board & Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Certified Decluttering & Life Coach

Clutter's Hidden Impact: How It Affects Your Mind, Body, and Decisions

Name: Clutter's Hidden Impact: How It Affects Your Mind, Body, and Decisions
Uploaded: 2025-01-16T15:00:20+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Heather Aardema
Description: This short YouTube wellness talk (single-speaker) argues that clutter—across physical, mental, and bodily forms—raises cortisol and harms physiology and…

16 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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This short YouTube wellness talk (single-speaker) argues that clutter—across physical, mental, and bodily forms—raises cortisol and harms physiology and decision-making. The speaker gives a personal example: when her house is messy she is likelier to eat ice cream rather than take her dog for a walk. The chunk frames clutter as a pervasive distraction that prevents people from "showing up as their best self."

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If you can feel the clutter, if it feels heavy to you, that is impacting your physiology. When we feel the clutter, that's usually our cortisol, our stress hormone going through the roof. When we feel clutter, it impacts our decision making as well. So I know when I come home and if the house is a mess, I will probably head for the kitchen and find a bowl of ice cream instead of doing something healthy for myself, like taking my dog for a walk. Clutter is a distraction. And I'm not just talking about the physical stuff. I'm talking about all of the forms of clutter, all of the mind clutter, the body clutter, the home clutter. All of it is a distraction getting in the way of you showing up as your best self.