Have you ever noticed how November carries two energies at once?
On one hand, there’s gratitude, warmth, and gathering. On the other, there’s clutter… not just in our closets, but in our schedules, our thoughts, and sometimes even in our hearts. November seems to carry an invisible clutter of its own. We’re holding onto food that won’t get eaten, projects we promised ourselves we’d finish, friendships we’ve outgrown, conversations we keep replaying in our heads. All of it piles up, people and things, mind and matter.
December is too hectic for deep decluttering, it’s the season of rushing, celebrating, and managing everyone else’s needs. And January arrives with the idea of resolutions and newness. That makes November the perfect pause. A moment to ask: What’s worth taking with me into the life I’m creating? And what can I finally set down?
Recently, I’ve been walking through this lesson in a very real way. After my grandmother passed, we were left with a house and yard full of “just in case” things. Some of it was practical, but much of it was saved out of habit. Items they didn’t use or need but couldn’t quite let go of. Standing in those rooms, I heard Kristen Brust’s words: “all things are, are things to manage. And no one wants to spend their precious time managing stuff.”
KB calls it “The Great November Purge.” Her rule is simple: “If you were moving tomorrow, would you bubble wrap it, box it, and pay to have it moved?” Most of the time, the answer is no. And here’s the hard truth: that doesn’t just apply to old furniture or kitchen gadgets. This isn’t just about physical items. It’s about noticing which people feel heavy and which feel like home. It applies to the commitments that drain you, the friendships that weigh heavier than they lift, even the thoughts that keep circling in your mind without giving you peace.
Hypnotherapy: Releasing the Old, Inviting the New
The subconscious mind holds everything… not just memories, but the clutter of old habits, heavy beliefs, outdated fears. No wonder we feel lighter and brighter after a session and especially after a program. Hypnotherapy helps release what no longer serves us and plants seeds for something new. One session clears space. A program creates lasting change.
Clients often say, “I didn’t know how much I was carrying until it was gone.” That’s the gift of this work, the freedom to feel at home in yourself again.
Home Isn’t Just a Place
November often stirs up questions of home. For me, home shows up in unexpected places… the ocean tide rolling in and out, a crowded live music event where I’m surrounded by my people, watching The Vampire Diaries or One Tree Hill on a quiet night, or sitting in Florida, Georgia, Asheville, or Massachusetts where the air itself feels familiar. Sometimes home is a person: my mom, my best friends, or someone who feels like love itself just by being near them. You know who I’m talking about here. 👀
And sometimes, home is within. Those rare moments when I feel whole, at peace, and safe in my own skin. Hypnotherapy is one way I find that inner home again; by peeling back the layers of old fears, old stories, and old clutter I no longer need.
Letting Go to Make Space
“Manifesting is praying boldly,” Kristen says. And she’s right. Clearing space isn’t about emptiness, it’s about faith. It’s believing that if I let go of what no longer serves me, something new, something lighter, something truer will come.
Even music reminds me of this: “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end” (Semisonic). That lyric always feels like November to me, the ending of what we no longer need, the beginning of something we may not yet see.
So maybe this month, you take a moment to purge… not just your pantry or closet, but your thoughts, your worries, the outdated version of yourself. Make room for peace. Make room for connection. Make room for home.
As we move into the busy season of December, imagine how much lighter you’ll feel if you’ve already cleared the clutter, inside and out.
What would it feel like to enter January already lighter, clearer, and at peace?
If you’re ready to let go of what’s been weighing you down, hypnotherapy can help you do exactly that: release the old and step into the new. Because when you clear the clutter, inside and out, you create space for joy, connection, and renewal.
Together, we can release what no longer fits and make space for the life you’re creating.
Because home isn’t just where you live. Home is the space you create within yourself and the peace you allow yourself to step into.
