Anosognosia is a fancy way to describe a neurological condition or symptom of the inability for someone with mental illness, to recognize their own illness. Essentially, your brain cannot recognize or process what your senses tell it

Do you have a Child who Hoards? For as long as I’ve known anything about kids, I have known that they love their belongings. Whether it is toys, clothes, or crafts – kids usually have some measure of emotional attachment to their things. What makes children hoarders different from the others? Kids who hoard tend…

What is a crisis clean? Essentially, a Crisis Clean is usually a one-off cleaning of a home that is not safe or healthy for the person living there to return to; where an individual would be at risk due to the conditions they are living in. When is a crisis clean cecessary? Crisis Cleaning is…

Cleaning out a hoarded home At HALO, we get a lot of calls from the loved ones of people with hoarded homes. They are desperate to know what they can do to help their mother, daughter, father, son, sister, brother, best friend, etc… with hoarding disorder. We are constantly asked one question in particular, “How…

Discovering The Joys Of Minimalist Christmas The holidays are full of joy and cheer, peace on Earth, time spent with family and friends, turkey dinners and Christmas Carols. If your family is like mine, you try and strike a balance between being with family to create memories and not breaking the bank on Christmas gifts….

What is Swedish Death Cleaning? In Sweden, Death Cleaning is called döstädning. The name is a mashup of the Swedish wordsfor death and cleaning. The concept was first created by Swedish author Margareta Magnussonin her 2017 book called The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning; it is a New York TimesBestselling book. Although it might…