About Heather Aardema

Heather is a National Board & Functional Medicine Certified health coach, as well as a Certified Life Coach. She's a former clutter-bug turned minimalist and the founder of School of Living Lighter.

A former TV ad executive, she spent two decades convincing people that they needed the latest gadget to be happy.
Struggling to find deeper meaning in her job towards the end of her corporate career, she couldn't take off her extra weight, her home was cluttered, and life felt complicated and heavy.

Then, she discovered minimalism—the intentional pursuit of focusing on what matters most by removing the distractions that remove joy from life—and felt herself getting lighter by the day.

She walked away from corporate, embraced a new way of living, and today has helped thousands tackle their clutter, un-complicate their lives, and lose their excess weight (mental, emotional and physical) for good.