The Mental Clutter You Can’t Spring Clean Away

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You’ve cleared the space. Maybe even bought the flowers. Lit the good candle. Donated half your wardrobe. You’ve done what everyone says to do when you need a reset, especially now that's it's Spring.

And for a moment, it worked! It felt lighter. More spacious. More…hopeful.

But a few days later, the noise was back.

The inner chaos.

The overwhelm.

The quiet ache of “Why do I still feel like this?”

You try to brush it off. You tell yourself you just need to be more consistent. More disciplined. More focused.

Because you know what to do. You’ve read the books. Watched the videos. Taken the courses.

And the truth is…you’re not wrong. You probably do know what to do.

But knowledge isn’t the problem. The problem is the mental clutter you’re still carrying - the kind that doesn’t go away with a checklist.

I remember going through this myself.

There was a season where I thought I was doing everything right. My space was spotless. I was buying fresh flowers, lighting candles, journaling, eating better, setting my boundaries…

And for a short while it felt really good. I felt in flow and I was finally loving myself and living the life I wanted...but after a while I felt completely disconnected. It was like I had hit “reset” on everything around me - but I was still carrying the same heaviness, the same internal pressure to keep it all together.

It confused me SO much. I was doing the things I’d been told would help, so why wasn’t I feeling better?

That’s when I realised: I hadn’t reset the part of me that actually needed it most - the part that felt like she always had to prove something…even in her healing.

You’ve probably been holding so much too - Everyone’s needs. Everyone’s expectations. You’ve trained yourself to respond, to perform, to keep going, even when you’re running on empty. And now you’re trying to pour a fresh start into a version of yourself that’s quietly exhausted.

Let me remind you - It’s not your fault.

You’ve been surviving like this for so long, it’s become your normal. Even when you're doing everything “right,” it still doesn’t feel enough, because what you really need isn’t another reset. You need space to unravel:

To untangle what’s actually going on inside.

To be seen and not judged.

To be supported - without pressure.

To have someone gently remind you that you’re not lazy, or broken, or behind.

You’re just full. And maybe, for once, you don’t need to figure it all out on your own.

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