You’re Invited to Speak
You don’t have to call it decluttering to belong on this stage.
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The Holistic Decluttering Summit brings together doctors, holistic health leaders, therapists, nervous system experts, home design professionals and organizers to explore one powerful question:
Why is letting go so hard—and what helps people finally move forward?
If your work touches the nervous system, energy, inflammation, toxins, grief, identity, behavior change, the mind, the home or community, we would love to hear what you could bring to the conversation.
Key dates
Online Summit: March 8–12, 2027
Speaker Interviews Recorded: Fall 2026
Inspired by Heather Aardema’s forthcoming book, Safe Enough To Let Go.
54% of Americans feel overwhelmed by their clutter. 78% have no idea what to do about it.
National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals
WHY 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.
TOPICS WE'RE EXPLORING
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 leading voices in functional medicine, nervous system science, epigenetics, and the psychology of identity change.
WHAT DRAINS YOUR ENERGY
Body Clutter
Nervous system dysregulation, fatigue, inflammation, sleep, hormones, environmental health, trauma and energy.
THOUGHTS THAT KEEP YOU STUCK
Mind Clutter
Perfectionism, identity, grief, decision-making, self-judgment, attachment and behavior change.
THE SPACE AROUND YOU
Home Clutter
Organization, design, sensory environments, belongings, family dynamics, sustainability, invisible toxins and creating restorative spaces.
ALREADY CONFIRMED
You'd be in good company.
Every conversation comes back to the same question: what makes letting go so hard, and what finally makes it possible.
BODY CLUTTER
Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH
The critical line of overwhelm
Angie Martinez, MD, IFMCP
When you're too exhausted to let go
Monisha Bhanote, MD, FCAP, ABOIM
What clutter does to your cells
Trudy Scott, CN
The chemistry of holding on
Shivan Sarna, SIBO expert
The generational bloat society calls normal
Bryce Appelbaum, OD, FOVDR
When overwhelm is a vision problem
Sanjay Bhojraj, MD, FACC
What clutter costs the heart
Nagina Abdullah, Founder, Masala Body
The diet rules getting in your way
Thais Harris, BCHN
The biology of self-love
Aimee Duffy, MD
The exhaustion you keep pushing through
MIND CLUTTER
Kelly McCann, MD, MPH
Letting go of who you're not
Debi Robinson, C-IAYT
The “fragile” story you're still carrying
Jane Hogan, FMCHC
The thoughts that keep you hurting
Jana Danielson, Pelvic floor & Pilates
Shame, depletion, & what the body won't release
Margie Bissinger, MS, PT, CHC
When joy comes both before, and after
Claudia Muehlenweg, Holistic vision coach
What your mind won't let you see
Tricia Nelson, Emotional eating expert
When food is what you hold on to
Philippe Brouillard, PhD candidate
The quantum science of letting go
HOME CLUTTER
Joshua Becker, Founder, Becoming Minimalist
What owning less makes room for
Nick Pineault, Investigative health journalist
The EMF clutter in your walls
Lloyd Burrell, EMF expert, ElectricSense
Raising the frequency of your home
Jennifer Butler, Color theory practitioner
Why you keep what you never wear
Tony Cho, CCIM, Future of Cities
The loneliness built into our homes
Tracy Hoth, Professional organizer & coach
Organized isn't a personality trait
Kath Younger, RD, Digital Clutter Method
The clutter living in your inbox
Jodi Cohen, Founder, Vibrant Blue Oils
A scent-first way to get unstuck
Ryan Sternagel, The Stern Method
The toxins and relationships to let go of
Sachin Patel, DC, Founder, The Living Proof Institute
Starting from stillness
Kristin Panek, Human Design guide
Why we hold on, by design
ABOUT THE HOST & FOUNDER
Hi, I'm Heather Aardema.
I'm the founder of the Institute for Holistic Decluttering (IFHD) 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 created IFHD to advance a more complete understanding of clutter—one that recognizes the connection between the body, the mind and the spaces in which we live.
This is the third summit I've hosted, following The Life Cleanse Summit in September 2020 and Healing Habits in March 2022. I know what it takes to make a speaker's time worthwhile, and I run a tight, well-supported production.
WHAT’S INVOLVED
Here’s what you’re saying yes to
A 45-minute conversation. Recorded on Riverside, right in your browser — no downloads, no studio. Interviews are recorded in Fall 2026, and the summit airs online March 8–12, 2027.
You pick the time. The form below takes you straight to my calendar, where you’ll choose your slot and add your photo, bio and links.
A share with your audience. We’ll send swipe copy and graphics to make it easy, plus an affiliate revenue share on any summit purchases made through your link.
Add your voice to the conversation
The Holistic Decluttering Summit airs online the week of March 8, 2027, with speaker interviews recorded in Fall 2026. Add your details below and you’ll go straight to my calendar to choose your interview time.
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