The Holistically Supportive Home | Meet Tiffany of 25th Hour Cleaning
So much of what I love about Comet Collective is that we are cultivating spaces that invite curiosity, open-mindedness, and new ways of thinking about how we move through our everyday lives. Through shared experiences, we get to explore what holistic living can look like in all kinds of unexpected places.
One person who embodies that perspective is Tiffany Keipp. Tiffany is the founder of 25th Hour Cleaning here in Columbia, where she brings a thoughtful and intentional approach to caring for our homes. Her work extends far beyond cleaning. She invites people to consider how their environments shape their well-being, and how creating supportive spaces can help us live with greater ease, clarity, and intention.
Tiffany recently led a workshop for our community called Creating Holistically Supportive Homes, where she invited us to turn inward, reflect on the spaces we inhabit each day, and explore how our homes can better support the lives we want to create.
We feel incredibly lucky to have Tiffany as part of this community and hope you have the opportunity to experience her work, whether through one of her workshops or by partnering with her to create a more holistically supportive home of your own.
“How we connect, how we sense safety, secure attachment styles and build well-being, how we renew ourselves each day, how we learn to stay present, aware and patient… it starts in the home first.”
What is the work you feel most called to offer right now, and what drew you to it?
I receive the greatest joy working with people to create space for love, joy, spiritual nourishment and fully embodied presence in their home space.
I became drawn to this after life led me to start cleaning as a side gig…through that I was able to observe dynamics in many different types of families. After growing up without as much support or reliability as I could have used in my home and starting my own family at a young age, I saw how significantly many of the things I saw brushed off as unimportant affected people’s development and the way they show up in the world- the most important things started at home. How we connect, how we sense safety, secure attachment styles and build well-being, how we renew ourselves each day, how we learn to stay present, aware and patient …it starts in the home first.
Who do you feel most aligned to support, and what are they currently navigating or seeking?
I feel most aligned supporting female leaders. Of course, I think this matters for all leaders; but women are juggling so many things in the world right now. Whether they’re leading a corporation, small business, team of people under someone else, family, or otherwise. There’s pressure, guilt, worry, overwhelm, and right now there are many navigating all of that plus working to heal past pains, develop new skills, and remain present and self-aware.
Most often they start by wanting more time to take care of it all… but that’s not the root of the issue that will bring balance or peace of mind, even if it were possible to have.
At some point they start seeking support, knowing it’s too much to expect to take care of everything themselves.
How do you support people through that? What does your work actually look or feel like in practice?
Right now, my main point of support is through 25th Hour Cleaning, where we work with people to create a continuous rejuvenation of their home or work space through providing the most thorough and consistent cleaning service in Columbia. We take care of the main things people pay attention to, like cleaning the surfaces in kitchens and bathrooms, dusting decor and cleaning floors - we also keep up with the things they aren’t consciously paying attention to that affect their health, well-being, patience and sense of overwhelm such as keeping baseboards cleaned, cleaning light fixtures and all the frequently touched areas of their home (doorknobs, that area around doorknobs that turns black after a year or 2 of not being cleaned, light switches, handles on cabinets and appliances, etc) dusting ceiling fans, blinds, behind TVs, under furniture, keeping the oven interior cleaned, removing pet hair from furniture - the list of invisible places filth accumulates is pretty extensive.
And we do this with thoughtful care and a loving heart to be sure we’re leaving each space with the energy of love, care and gratitude. We believe that last bit is the key that creates a sigh of relief and a feeling of renewal at the end of cleaning day.
Now, my work personally comes through leading my people in this service and bringing awareness to their strengths, the importance of their work and remaining present and thoughtful in what they’re doing, and in taking care of themselves well enough to be able to offer wholehearted service.
I’m slowly developing and offering personalized coaching services as well, where we explore current stress points, daily tones in your home, environmental needs, and small shifts that create a more holistically supportive home space. I use a somatic approach with guided reflection, meditation, and journaling practices that create space for honesty without judgement and connect you with the underlying things causing tension or overwhelm in your daily living, how your home space effects your nervous system, and how this effects the ways you’re showing up in your relationships at home, at work, and with yourself. I offer education for awareness around how safety is perceived in our body versus our mind and how we integrate our healed parts only in safe spaces. And then we work with lifestyle, personality, strengths and limitations to begin building that needed safety one space at a time.
What shifts or transformations have you witnessed in the people you work with?
This is the most beautiful part of doing this work!
One of my favorite stories is from working with a family with busy, career focused parents and young boys in the home shift from interactions that were strained with short fuses, snapping, and yelling after the school day to hearing them laughing and playing together. The environment transformed from tense to lighthearted and I watched the boys transform from states of trepidation to openness and curiosity.
I’ve witnessed fellow entrepreneurs shift out of the energy of chaotic overwhelm to ordered overwhelm- jk the overwhelm does seem to come in cycles for most, but I have seen the transformation having harmony and order in one or two areas brings to the whole picture, the way situations are managed with more ease and confidence.
Another favorite was one of my first transformative experiences when a widower shifted out of a heavy state of depression, with years of dust on her shelves and a sad, gruff demeanor to a more joyful, lighthearted demeanor, picking up old hobbies and clearing her space to release the heaviness.
“…addressing anything at surface level only is like applying a bandaid over an infection…”
What makes your approach or perspective unique?
I think my perspective and approach are both unique because I am a highly sensitive person. I feel more than most in environments and can make any space into a cozy, homey atmosphere. Where others may not notice the little things in their environment that are affecting their mood, presence, and behavior, I not only see it but have felt it deeply in myself and in others.
This part alone has shaped the processes that make 25th Hour Cleaning so effective in its mission.
That combined with the knowledge I’ve sought regarding development, behavior, and psychology give me insight that makes it seem almost effortless sometimes to ask the right questions to pinpoint the roots of someone’s pain points after listening to the tell me about their experiences and struggles.
What is something you wish more people understood about this kind of work?
I wish more people understood that addressing anything at surface level only is like applying a bandaid over an infection. What’s under the surface always spreads.
What is something you’re currently learning, unlearning, or being stretched by?
This year, I’ve found myself learning to allow things to take time, especially transformative things while I unlearn that if something doesn’t happen immediately then it probably won’t happen at all.
And I’m being stretched by my community I didn’t see myself as a leader for a long time because I didn’t think I had much to offer. I’m now learning the things that come naturally to me don’t come naturally to everyone.
Where can people connect with you or experience your work right now?
You can connect with me through 25th Hour Cleaning, where we provide residential and commercial cleaning services throughout Columbia, Missouri. You can learn more at 25thhourcleaning.com, follow our work at @cleaningcomo on Instagram and 25th Hour Cleaning on Facebook, or reach out directly at tiffany@25thhourcleaning.com.
I also share reflections through my personal platform, @consciously___creating, and am beginning to offer coaching and consulting for those looking to create more supportive, intentional home environments.