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March 1, 2019

8 Ways To Keep Your New Year’s Resolution Past February

New Years Eve fireworks are often to resolutions what shooting stars are to wishes. We place our hopes upon them with full intentions of following through with our ambitious plans in the year ahead. But come Valentine’s Day, research has shown that most of us have already given up on […]
December 20, 2018

The Ups and Downs of Downsizing

More. More. More! Much of our lives — from childhood through adulthood and then the childhood of our own kids — is spent acquiring things. Once we cover the basics (food, water, shelter) we tend to collect and hold onto things that make us happy, and move into bigger and […]
November 8, 2018

What To Do With Your Wedding Dress, Rings and Other Things After a Divorce

What To Do With Your Wedding Dress, Rings and Other Things After a Divorce There’s a moment after the dust settles on your divorce, when the arguments are over, the papers are signed, and the moving truck has sped off with all of your ex’s stuff – it’s a moment […]
July 2, 2018

Clearing Clutter with Feng Shui

While I was helping one of my dear clients, she pulled out one of her favorite organizing books to show me.  It was Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston.  I was first introduced to Feng Shui back in 1999 when I was studying Architecture at Drexel University in […]
May 29, 2018

May 2018 Update

May 2018 Update: NAPO This month I’ve taken on the role of President at the Seattle-Area National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals.  When I first joined NAPO in the Fall of 2015, I knew I had found my people!  Through attending the monthly Seattle-Area NAPO meetings, I have learned so […]
March 17, 2018

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

Many of my clients come to me because they’ve read (or have been gifted) a few “how-to” organizing books, but they still want the added accountability of working with a Professional Organizer.  One very popular book right now is The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning  by Margareta Magnusson.  Sure, […]