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Recovering from Fire
Season 1 · Episode 281

Recovering from Fire

Nomes Booker a valued member of our Head, Heart & Home Course and The Art of Decluttering community shares with us her experience, thoughts and advice on recovering from the traumatic event of losing everything , including her house in a fire.

The Art of Decluttering · Amy Revell

November 7, 20211h 0m

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Show Notes

*Trigger warning - today we chat about losing your home to a fire, some listeners may find this triggering and choose to skip this episode or listen at another time*


Nomes is a longtime listener, passionate member of the Head, Heart & Home Course and all round wonderful person. In March 2018, Nomes tragically lost her home in a fire. Today almost 4 years on from that traumatic experience she tells us what her journey has been like thus far. She has incredible insight to share and lots of wisdom and advice to offer to others on how to navigate such a dark time. So come with us and hear how Nomes' decluttering journey and relationship with stuff was impacted by the fire and how the Head, Heart & Home Course changed her life!! There is so much gold in today's episode that we know you will be touched by Nomes story.


In this episode Nomes;

● Tells her story and reflects on the aftermath of the fire;

● Gives her thoughts around developing a strong connection to stuff due to suffering a tragic loss;

● Shares how she was eventually able to let stuff go again;

● Offers advice to others on having to declutter after a traumatic experience;

● Highlights that some positives came out of the losing everything;


Things mentioned in this episode and other helpful links:

Head, Heart & Home Course


TV shows mentioned

Only Murders in the Building

CSI


Where to get help in an crisis

The Salvos

The Australian Red Cross


To Nomes - thank you so much for sharing your experience with us and our listeners. We love you and thank you for always being supportive and encouraging of us and those in our community.


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