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July 25, 2024
The Art of Holding On
Song Dong is a contemporary artist born in the 1960’s in Beijing, China. He gainned fame in the art community for his installations called “Waste Not” which showcased over 10,000 items from his mother’s hoarded home; it was a collaboration with her… -
May 30, 2024
Compulsive Hoarding: The Collyer Brothers’ Story
Homer and Langley Collyer, more commonly known as The Collyet Brothers, achieved infamy for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding. -
May 14, 2024
Anosognosia & Hoarding
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 -
April 26, 2024
Children Hoarders
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 -
April 8, 2024
What is Crisis Cleaning?
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 -
February 13, 2024
How To Clean Out A Loved Ones Hoarded Home
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 -
January 9, 2024
Beating the Winter Blues
At HALO we know that Blue Monday may be a myth, but the winter blues are not. In 2005, an article published in the UK by a travel company called Sky Travel cited the third Monday in January as being the most depressing day of the year and dubbed it, -
December 4, 2023
New Years Resolution for Hoarders
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of filling my New Years Resolution lists with shoulds. This year HALO wants to encourage our clients, family and friends alike to focus on future accomplishments that give you energy, improve your confidence and self-esteem, are manageable and that improve your wellbeing. -
November 1, 2023
Have Yourself A Minimalist Christmas
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 -
October 2, 2023
The Art Of Swedish Death Cleaning
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