We recently had some renovation done in the main floor of our home (it's a "one-story" house with a walk-out basement). It required moving pretty much everything out of the main floor. We've been living in the basement for two months. It's now time to start moving back in and I find I'm overwhelmed (and frankly a bit depressed) about all the stuff. When we "packed" to move out of the main floor, I got rid of three banker boxes of books, found homes for half of my quilting/knitting magazines, and also got rid of-- through donation or trash-- two large hefty bags of clothes. But then there's my DH's stuff, which he's made clear I cannot touch.
I watched some of the Peter Walsh videos, but they're all missing a key element: how do you help someone become even willing to get rid of stuff, to even open the door to the spare bedroom that is actually a storage room, to then open one of the 100+ boxes that have accumulated over the years? Walsh's video's assume a willingness -- "okay, today we're going to take on small appliances; go to the back of your cupboards and pull out those appliances you don't use any more; donate them". All well and good, but we need the help BEFORE that step-- what's it going to take to shift the mentality, to become willing to let go? How have you handled THAT?