Closet Therapy: How Decluttering Your Wardrobe Can Heal Your Soul with Shaniece Jones (Ep 283)
About the episode
Discover how decluttering and organizing your closet can ease stress and restore balance. Shaniece Jones shares how “closet therapy” helps you create peace, clarity, and a clutter-free mind.
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What if your closet could tell the story of your inner world?
Professional organizer and “Closet Therapist” Shaniece Jones joins Deanna to reveal how decluttering your space can become a powerful tool for emotional healing and intentional living.
From grief and burnout to clarity and calm, Shaniece shares her journey from biologist to organizer, showing how our closets mirror our mental health and how small changes can create massive shifts in how we feel.
You’ll learn how to turn your closet into a peaceful retreat. Don’t worry. Luxury labels or walk-in wardrobes are not required.
Key Takeaways:
1. How decluttering can move you from burnout to balance
2. Why your closet reflects your emotional and mental state
3. Practical steps to create a calm, organized space you love
4. How mindset shifts make letting go easier
5. What redefining “luxury” really means for intentional living
About Shaniece Jones:
Shaniece Jones is a Professional Organizer, Declutter Expert and Founder of Closet Therapy, who brings her background as a scientist, stylist, and mental wellness advocate to help clients create new habits, implement new systems, and get to the root of their clutter. In her earlier years, she experienced personal tragedy and later journeyed through a profound self-discovery and recovery. Through this experience, she personally found the link between mental and physical clutter - and discovered the transformative power of decluttering and intentional living.
Today, her professional organizing and decluttering business combines her background in biology, experience in fashion, and personal journey through grief into something entirely new: a holistic approach to helping others shed both physical and mental clutter, which allows them to start their days with peace, reclaim control of their time, and make room for the life they truly want, without compromising their well-being.
In September 2025, she launched The Social Brunch Club, a Substack
weekly newsletter and community where it’s OK to share your struggle, featuring Shaniece‘s signature approach to sharing advice, journal prompts, and organizing tips. Learn more about Shaniece and her work on Instagram at @shaniecemjones, and subscribe to The Social Brunch Club on Substack.
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Welcome & Preview
02:44 – Shaniece’s Journey: From Biologist to Closet Therapist
04:59 – Grief, Loss & Finding Clarity Through Decluttering
10:07 – Turning Your Closet into a Safe Haven
12:25 – The Mindset Shift that Makes Organizing Easier
16:42 – What Science Teaches Us About Clutter & Mental Health
24:15 – How Life Transitions Show Up in Our Spaces
26:55 – Creating an Elevated, Peaceful Space (Without “Luxury” Budgets)
35:21 – Letting Go of the “What-If” Items
43:22 – Rapid Fire: Clutter-Free, Happiness & First Steps
Music: Fresh Lift by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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About Deanna Yates
Based in San Diego, CA, Deanna helps high-achieving moms clear the clutter from their homes and lives.
Through coaching, courses, summits, and her top-ranked Wannabe Clutter Free podcast, she supports modern women in building organized, peaceful homes where they can thrive.
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