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Let It Go

Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life

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Let It Go

By: Peter Walsh
Narrated by: Gary Furlong
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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. Along with six of his siblings, he went through the process of downsizing his family home and dividing his late parents' possessions. He realized that making these decisions about mementos and heirlooms creates strong emotions and sometimes sibling rivalries. After this experience, he downsized his own home. Peter doesn't see downsizing as a difficult chore - rather, it's a freeing, rejuvenating process. Now, in Let It Go, you'll access Peter's many tips and practical takeaways, such as how to:

  • Understand the emotional challenges that accompany downsizing
  • Create strategies for working with your spouse, adult kids, or siblings without drama
  • Identify the objects that will bring you real happiness

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 Peter Walsh (P)2017 Tantor Aging Parent Cleaning & Organising House & Home Hygiene & Healthy Living Parenting & Families Personal Development Personal Success Relationships Emotions Decluttering

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Now I get it!

Ok, now I get it. Peter Walsh’s unique approach to getting the most out of our memories so that we can honour them while moving forward has been invaluable to me. I’m about to declutter to downsize my family home in which I raised my children and was feeling overwhelmed at the prospect. His advice has been invaluable - I understand my why; I can visualise my how. Now I can Do.

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Great practical advice on downsizing

Short and sweet book about downsizing. Many practical tips. Would have been better if Peter Walsh read it himself.

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full of helpful advice and ideas

very helpful, practical and also providing a good understanding of emotional attachment to stuff and the general art of downsizing.

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Downsizing is the new way to live!

Peter Walsh does it again. We love this book as we are currently downsizing. This is great if you can read it or listen before you downsize but if you are like us and had to move quickly and well we had 3-4 houses into one and no kids in one move! It is fabulous. Thanks, Peter, I am getting there and life is feeling much lighter!

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Very helpful

I wish it were Peter himself narrating but that’s ok. The narrator was fine, I just like Peter.
Great tips and sensible reasons for letting stuff go.

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Best decluttering book and downsizing resource

I read a lot of books about downsizing, and this is by far the best of the decluttering books and downsizing resources available. It is nicely narrated (pleasant voice, great intonation) and has very practical advice and some interesting insights into how we let our 'stuff' (belongings) crowd out our lives and living spaces, and how to declutter with more ease and less stress. HIGHLY recommend, especially for anyone who is needing to move, downsize, or clean out their space or parent's space, and/or who has siblings squabbling over items in the family home. Bravo to Peter Walsh.

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Comprehensive

Good advice, easy to listen to, nice narration and encouraging . Would recommend to anyone looking for inspiration to get started in downsizing

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Difficult to listen to voice other than the author

I couldn't listen past the 1st chapter. Such a shame. I quickly bought the book presuming it was read by Peter ( other titles have been read by him) It was weird to hear someone else read his words. I guess because I love to watch Peter change people's lives on my tv screen, you make a connection with him and his huge heart to genuinely want to help people, you want him reading in your ear, encouraging you, giving you confidence that you can do it. I guess I wanted to feel he was personally encouraging me. Without Peter's voice it's just another impersonal self help book.
Would definitely purchase it again if he read it.

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