A garage purge, Enneagram 3 honesty, and a 30-day “no new things” experiment.
This week on Wisdom from The Helm, we are testing something new – a new mini series where The Helm co-founders, Danielle Wilkie & Heather Frick, turn the tools they use with coaches & leaders on themselves. This week, Danielle and Heather go unscripted on a deceptively simple topic: clearing physical clutter to create energetic space.
Heather shares the catharsis (and shame) of a full-on garage purge, why shoes became her numbing strategy, and how her Enneagram Three image-management showed up in old corporate habits.
Danielle reflects on sabbatical-era shifts – including how wanting less feels like having more – and the tender grief of letting go (yes, even bath toys).
Together they connect space, freedom, and presence, and offer a few “do-now” experiments you can try right away. Vulnerable, practical, and very real.
What You’ll Learn
- How morning sunlight rituals set the tone for presence
- The garage clean-out that sparked a bigger conversation on freedom
- Consumerism as numbing; the Enneagram 3 urge to “look the part”
- Nostalgia, grief, and updating our spaces as our kids grow
- The paradox Danielle names: the less I want, the more I feel I have
Try This at Home
- Identify the space you avoid most
- Start with sorting, not dumping; notice what sparks joy vs. what’s fear/scarcity
- Try a 30-day “no new things” experiment: borrow, buy used, or wait
Mentioned in This Episode
Chapters
00:00 Morning sunlight ritual
01:20 Garage purge & spaciousness
04:45 Shame, shoes, and numbing
07:15 Enneagram 3 & image
11:30 Space/Freedom values
14:40 Energy of environments
17:10 30-day “no new things”
19:20 Wanting less, having more
27:00 Bath-toy nostalgia & grief
33:20 Letting go in relationships
35:10 Where to start + how
37:10 Simple challenges for the week
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