
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter
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Juliet Stevenson
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A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.
In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning "death" and städning meaning "cleaning." This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner rather than later, before others have to do it for you.
In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs listeners to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming.
Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you'd ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children's art projects). Digging into her late husband's tool shed and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way listeners get a glimpse into her life in Sweden and become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.
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Throw Out Fifty Things is truly an eye-opener. According to Blanke, our lives are so filled with junk from the past—from dried up tubes of crazy glue to old grudges—that's it's a wonder we can get up in the morning, never mind go to work, care for our children and parents, and just put one foot in front of the other. Blanke wants to start a movement of people across America throwing out 50 things (magazines count as one!) that will help liberate us from the stuff—both physical and mental—that clutters our lives.
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So useful, listened to it a 2nd time right away.
- By Zeus on 02-02-10
By: Gail Blanke
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Swedish Death Cleaning
- A Compassionate Guide to Letting Go and Simplifying Your Life
- By: Mia Andersson
- Narrated by: Michelle Kahan
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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Swedish Death Cleaning offers a compassionate, no-pressure approach to clearing clutter—at your own pace—so you can create a home filled with peace, clarity, and freedom.
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Compassionate Guide to Letting Go w/o the Guilt
- By Naomi McKell on 05-09-25
By: Mia Andersson
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Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff
- Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward with Your Life
- By: Matt Paxton, Jordan Michael Smith - contributor
- Narrated by: Matt Paxton
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Your boxes of photos, family’s china, and even the kids' height charts aren’t just stuff; they’re attached to a lifetime of memories - and letting them go can be scary. With empathy, expertise, and humor, Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff helps you sift through years of clutter, let go of what no longer serves you, and identify the items worth keeping so that you can focus on living in the present.
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amongst many, my favorite book on decluttering
- By bananasfosterwallace on 08-15-22
By: Matt Paxton, and others
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Decluttering at the Speed of Life
- Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
- By: Dana K. White
- Narrated by: Dana K. White
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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While the world seems to be in love with the idea of tiny houses and minimalism, many of us simply can't purge it all and start from nothing. Yet a home with too much stuff is difficult to maintain, so where do we begin? Add in paralyzing emotional attachments and constant life challenges, and it can feel almost impossible to make real decluttering progress.
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Just. Wow.
- By Bridget on 03-28-18
By: Dana K. White
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The Wisdom of Swedish Death Cleaning
- Unclutter Your Life to Find Meaning & Purpose
- By: Steven Todd Bryant
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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What if letting go of clutter could help you hold on to what really matters? Inspired by the profound principles of Swedish Death Cleaning, this thoughtful guide offers more than organization—it’s a path to clarity, peace, and purpose. Whether you’re preparing for a transition or simply craving a simpler lifestyle, you’ll discover practical steps and heartfelt reflection to help you live more intentionally with less. Are you ready to simplify your life, unclutter your home, heart, mind, and soul? Are you tired of dusting and maintaining too many things? Is your heart weighed down by...
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Swedish Death...Cleaning
- By Nom de Plume on 10-17-24
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What Your Clutter Is Trying to Tell You
- Uncover the Message in the Mess and Reclaim Your Life
- By: Kerri L. Richardson
- Narrated by: Kerri L. Richardson
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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With practical and warm advice, lifestyle designer and coach Kerri Richardson guides you to accept your clutter as a natural manifestation of your mind, body, and spirit looking out for yourself. It is your soul calling out for you to invest in self-care and to face the fears holding you back from being your best self. Richardson dives into the most common categories of physical clutter and provides efficient and effective steps for clearing the space for your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being to flourish.
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Andrew Mellen meets Mari Kondo
- By Rush Adams on 09-13-19
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Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight
- The Six-Week Total-Llife Slim Down
- By: Peter Walsh
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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A houseful of clutter may not be the only reason people pack on extra pounds, but research proves that it plays a big role. A recent study showed that people with super-cluttered homes were 77 percent more likely to be overweight or obese! In Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight, organizing guru Peter Walsh comes to the rescue with a simple six-week plan to help listeners.
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Wanting More Relationship With Myself and Others
- By Diane on 07-26-15
By: Peter Walsh
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How ADHD Affects Home Organization
- Understanding the Role of the 8 Key Executive Functions of the Mind
- By: Lisa Woodruff
- Narrated by: Lisa Woodruff
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
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Do you walk in a room to organize and find yourself paralyzed and overwhelmed? Do you find yourself spending money on organizing solutions that don't work? Organizing isn't easy. And having ADHD doesn't make it any easier. But it doesn't have to be impossible.
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Good but not great
- By Jennifer on 06-17-17
By: Lisa Woodruff
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Let It Go
- Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life
- By: Peter Walsh
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful process that millions of Americans confront every year. The need to downsize often arises at a momentous life change, whether you're an empty nester or retiree selling your family home, a newlywed blending your households, or cleaning out your parents' property after they've moved into assisted living or passed away. Decluttering guru Peter Walsh knows the difficulty of downsizing firsthand.
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Mainly about parents home and not your own
- By A Texan on 06-04-17
By: Peter Walsh
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The Hoarder in You
- How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life
- By: Dr. Robin Zasio
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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The Hoarder in You provides practical advice for decluttering and organizing, including how to tame the emotional pull of acquiring additional things, make order out of chaos by getting a handle on clutter, and create an organizational system that reduces stress and anxiety. Dr. Zasio also shares some of the most serious cases of hoarding that she’s encountered, and explains how we can learn from these extreme examples - no matter where we are on the hoarding continuum.
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THIS is the book.
- By bentley120 on 01-20-15
By: Dr. Robin Zasio
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How to Keep House While Drowning
- A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
- By: KC Davis LPC
- Narrated by: KC Davis LPC, Dr. Raquel Martin
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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KC Davis offers a compassionate approach to cleaning and organizing, helping you transform your home without guilt. A perfect Mother’s Day gift for moms seeking peace and practical solutions.
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Pleasantly surprised
- By Kathy Moberly on 06-05-22
By: KC Davis LPC
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Tortoise and Hare Decluttering
- The Whats, Whys, and Hows of Every Angle of Decluttering
- By: Dana K. White
- Narrated by: Dana K. White
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Do you wish a decluttering expert could come alongside you to help tackle specific roadblocks that always derail your decluttering journey? Dana K. White, self-proclaimed recovering slob and author of Organizing for the Rest of Us and Decluttering at the Speed of Life, is here to help with her original audio series, Decluttering Deep Dives.
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Good points
- By BC on 03-02-24
By: Dana K. White
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Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much
- The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life
- By: Niki Brantmark
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 4 hrs
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In an interconnected world filled with goal-oriented perfectionists, Lagom reminds us to slow down, to decompress and destress, to be mindful of sustainability yet not deny ourselves pleasure. But lagom is not a rigid set of rules - sometimes you need more, sometimes you need less, and that's fine, too! With this idea-filled guide, you can learn to find greater balance, well-being, and harmony - and, most importantly, make time for the things that matter most in life.
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More of a Buzzfeed list than a real book
- By deipnosophist on 06-19-18
By: Niki Brantmark
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From Clutter to Clarity
- By: Kerri Richardson
- Narrated by: Kerri Richardson
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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Whether you are tackling perfectionism, procrastination, or toxic relationships, Richardson's straightforward advice will help you to finally clear those stubborn stacks, piles, and boxes for a clean start, with a wealth of space for your freedom and happiness to grow.
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Feel Feelings + Take Action = Clarity
- By Lorie Driscoll on 01-01-21
By: Kerri Richardson
Home like story, very vivid. I found it practical
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Gently Presented and Insightful
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Not what I was expecting.
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So good
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I'm at this time teeing to figure out how to pare back. This book was perfect on everything. sending it to my newly married granddaughter.
maybe she can learn to be a minimalist now.
great for the over 40 out here. I loved every word
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So many words of wisdom there are in this book.
Thank you so much Margareta.
Absolutely wonderful and touching book
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Great Book for Motivation to Remove Clutter!!!
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Excellent thanks
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Great ideas
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Great listen
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