Overview

More than a guide to tidying up, What Stays and What Goes is a call to realign your space with your spirit. With equal parts strategy and soul, Faith Roberson invites readers to reimagine home organization as an act of radical self-awareness—in releasing clutter we reflect our personal truth, values, and growth. Professional organizer Faith Roberson invites readers to embark on a journey of self-discovery through the art of home organization. Forget the traditional tidying trends you’ve seen before—Roberson’s innovative approach to “soul work” goes deeper, asking important questions, like “Is this really what I want, or is this what I think I should want?” and “Does my home reflect who I am?” Roberson’s method is holistic, blending the practical act of organizing with emotional considerations. She shows how to shed unnecessary belongings and create spaces that nurture your emotional well-being and reflect your individuality. Packed with questionnaires, worksheets, and solutions to common organizational challenges, this book is a guide to transforming not just your home, but your beliefs about it. What Stays and What Goes also explores domesticity within a broader sociopolitical history, shedding light on how housework has been undervalued and often relegated to women. By unpacking these historical narratives, Roberson empowers readers to reclaim homemaking as a meaningful act of affirmation and self-care. With her warm and relatable voice, Roberson weaves in personal anecdotes and real-life client stories, illustrating how decluttering can lead to profound growth. What Stays and What Goes is your guide to creating a home—and a life—that is intentional.

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“A perfect guide for your spring cleaning process, Roberson writes about housework as a form of self-care that will allow you to get rid of clutter in your home and your life.” —The Root  “Perceptive... Roberson helps readers and offers a plan to organize around passion, purpose, and self-care. A useful guide to unpacking our relationship with the stuff we accumulate.” —Booklist ""What Stays and What Goes gives us an opportunity to examine what we have and to discover what matters most: who we are. Faith knows that true 'organizing' is an invitation to examine our homes and ultimately, ourselves—who we were, who we are, and who we’re becoming."" —Christine Platt, bestselling author of The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less  ""What Stays and What Goes is a beautifully written blend of memoir, organizing manual, and meditation on the things we own—how we feel about them, and the work they demand of us. Faith Roberson encourages readers to not just accept the emotions that arise in the organizing process but to use those emotions to accomplish more profound forms of self-refection and growth. She helps us imagine what it would mean to create homes that reflect who we are, not who we think we need to be. Importantly, Faith also reminds us that while our homes are deeply personal, the work we do in them is also political, reflecting and reinforcing cultural expectations and inequalities around gender, race, and class."" —Carrie M. Lane, author of More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working 

""What Stays and What Goes gives us an opportunity to examine what we have and to discover what matters most: who we are. Faith knows that true 'organizing' is an invitation to examine our homes and ultimately, ourselves—who we were, who we are, and who we’re becoming."" —Christine Platt, bestselling author of The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less  ""What Stays and What Goes is a beautifully written blend of memoir, organizing manual, and meditation on the things we own—how we feel about them, and the work they demand of us. Faith Roberson encourages readers to not just accept the emotions that arise in the organizing process but to use those emotions to accomplish more profound forms of self-refection and growth. She helps us imagine what it would mean to create homes that reflect who we are, not who we think we need to be. Importantly, Faith also reminds us that while our homes are deeply personal, the work we do in them is also political, reflecting and reinforcing cultural expectations and inequalities around gender, race, and class."" —Carrie M. Lane, author of More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working 

“Perceptive... Roberson helps readers and offers a plan to organize around passion, purpose, and self-care. A useful guide to unpacking our relationship with the stuff we accumulate.” —Booklist ""What Stays and What Goes gives us an opportunity to examine what we have and to discover what matters most: who we are. Faith knows that true 'organizing' is an invitation to examine our homes and ultimately, ourselves—who we were, who we are, and who we’re becoming."" —Christine Platt, bestselling author of The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less  ""What Stays and What Goes is a beautifully written blend of memoir, organizing manual, and meditation on the things we own—how we feel about them, and the work they demand of us. Faith Roberson encourages readers to not just accept the emotions that arise in the organizing process but to use those emotions to accomplish more profound forms of self-refection and growth. She helps us imagine what it would mean to create homes that reflect who we are, not who we think we need to be. Importantly, Faith also reminds us that while our homes are deeply personal, the work we do in them is also political, reflecting and reinforcing cultural expectations and inequalities around gender, race, and class."" —Carrie M. Lane, author of More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working 

Author Information

Faith Roberson is a certified life coach, professional organizer, and founder of Organize with Faith, where she promotes organization from a deeper level. She is passionate about inspiring others to explore domesticity from a holistic approach and believes that in doing so clients can make effective changes in their lives. She lives in New York.

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