THE IFHD HOLISTIC DECLUTTERING SUMMIT ยท MARCH 2027
You don't have to be a decluttering expert. If you understand what makes letting go so hard, we want your voice at the summit.
A first-of-its-kind summit bringing together doctors, clinicians, and leaders in holistic health and professional organizing to explore why decluttering is really about the body, energy, and safety, not the stuff. I'm looking for speakers whose work touches the nervous system, energy, the mind, grief, or identity.
Inspired by Heather Aardema's forthcoming book on holistic decluttering, coming soon.
Apply to Speak at the SummitWHY DECLUTTERING DOESN'T STICK
The stuff is a symptom. Something deeper is the cause.
For most people, clutter isn't about logistics. It's a body that's too fatigued, inflamed, or dysregulated to let go, an identity wrapped up in our things, and grief we haven't had room to process. That is why willpower and better bins don't make it stick. The summit goes underneath the stuff to what is actually keeping people stuck, starting with energy, safety, and the nervous system.
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
A different approach to decluttering
Most decluttering advice is about getting rid of things, but if it were that simple, people would have done it already. Holistic decluttering works on all three dimensions at once. It calms the body and nervous system, quiets the mind, and reshapes the home, so the change finally lasts. That is the conversation this summit brings together.
THE SUMMIT'S THREE DIMENSIONS
It starts with the body. We create safety in the body before we can create safety in the home.
We can't let go when we're depleted, fatigued, or bracing for the next thing. Energy and safety come first, in the body, before the mind, before the home. Each track features doctors, clinicians, and leading voices in functional medicine, nervous system science, epigenetics, and the psychology of identity change.
Body Clutter
What drains your energy
Fatigue, inflammation, poor sleep, and a nervous system stuck in survival make letting go physically impossible. Energy and safety come first. We build them in the body before anything else can move.
Mind Clutter
Thoughts that keep you stuck
Negative thinking, self-judgment, and perfectionism make letting go feel overwhelming. The voice that says you're behind or might get it wrong, and the identity and stories we attach to our things.
Home Clutter
The space around you
Excess belongings create stress, distraction, and overwhelm, quietly shaping how we feel and the choices we make. A home is meant to be a place of calm and restoration, one that supports your life, not weighs it down.
54% of Americans feel overwhelmed by their clutter. 78% have no idea what to do about it.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Hi, I'm Heather Aardema.
I'm the founder of the Institute for Holistic Decluttering and School of Living Lighter. I'm a Board Certified and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and a Certified Decluttering Coach. After 20 years in advertising, building the very FOMO that fills our homes, I left corporate, survived a toxic-mold illness, and rebuilt my life and business from a camper in my driveway. I've lived on both sides of clutter, and I built IFHD because lasting change starts with the body.
Add your voice to the conversation
The IFHD Holistic Decluttering Summit airs online the week of March 15, 2027. Speaker interviews are recorded in Fall 2026. If your work helps people change, we'd love to hear what you'd bring to the stage.
