Shira Gill Home merges principles of minimalism with life coaching, home organization, and interior styling. Shira’s mission is to inspire people to clarify their core values so that they can clear mental and physical clutter, create space for what they truly care about, and live their best lives.
Since founding her business, Shira has transformed hundreds of homes, helping her clients reclaim their living spaces, redefine their personal style, and redesign the way they live. Shira’s first of its kind Virtual Closet Makeover Program launched in 2018, enabling women from around the globe to overhaul their spaces and transform their lives.
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Sneak Peek Into What You’ll Learn…
2:48 – Shira explains why she is passionate about helping people clear the clutter in their lives.
5:30 – Organized clutter is still clutter. Shira talks about consumerism and the pressure to consume, and what we can do to avoid falling into the habit of just moving stuff around.
10:49 – Shira breaks down how to declutter your home. She defines minimalism and how it works, and cautions against going to extremes.
15:26 – It’s okay to keep what you use regularly, but Shira has found that most people keep more than they need. Shira explains.
19:23 – Shira shares practical tips for managing day-to-day things such as mail and paperwork. Hear about the systems and practices that have worked in her home.
25:05 – How do you overcome procrastination and the challenge of staying organized? Shira talks about the Pomodoro technique and other useful hacks. She also explains how getting organized is a form of self-care.
32:42 – Shira introduces the Virtual Closet Makeover program. She explains what the program is about, the importance of doing a little at a time, and the advantage of visualizing your goal.
38:38 – Shira shares the detailed steps she took to move from full-time employment to entrepreneurship. She also helps us understand how she grew from having an initial business plan was simply “to see if the business would work,” to running a wildly successful business.
43:38 – We learn how Shira has garnered so much press coverage for her business, beginning with an article in Apartment Therapy. She describes the turning point when she decided to become serious about media and branding.
48:36 – Brass Tacks: The lightning round of concrete advice and tips.
Quotable quotes:
“When you have more stuff than you can manage, everything just becomes a sea of disorder very easily.”
“A little better is still better.”
“Small steps lead to such big change because now you’re seeing, ‘Oh, I am a person who can get organized. I am a person who can get out of overwhelm into action.’”
“When I started, this was not a career or a profession… I was really dubious that this could work but at the same time I had nothing to lose.”
Links to Resources
To learn more about Shira and her work, visit her website
Follow Shira on Instagram
Find out about The Pomodoro Technique
Check out The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
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