Relationships, with the people we love and live with, are wonderful, but rarely a consistent walk in the park. Relationships with clutter surrounding us are even harder. Clutter not only affects the person doing the cluttering, but it affects those living in the home with us. Stress – clutter puts a lot of stress …
The cure for pain is in the pain – Rumi I heard the above quote a few weeks ago and it quickly resonated with me. I spend my days working with people who are in pain because of their physical and emotional clutter. People genuinely want to live a more fulfilling life but can’t …
This is a room in my house, from a couple of years ago, when I had scarcely a moment to breathe. This room, like many of your rooms, became the catch all room; the room I could close the door and ignore. During this period of my life, so much was coming at me, that …
I spend a lot of time working with people and their clutter, actually, that is my full-time job as a Profesional Organizer and Life Coach. As an organizer, I work with people to get their homes organized. As a life coach, I spend time helping people work through their mind clutter to get them …
It was November 29th and I was walking around my neighborhood. As I was walking, I saw several houses completely decorated for Christmas and several neighbors out decorating. I started hearing this little voice in my head start to clamor for my attention: Peggy, you are already so behind. You don’t even have the …
As I work with clients, as an organizer and a life coach, I find one consistent issue, not taking the next step. Let me show you a little bit about what the next step looks like in my life and see if there is anything you can apply to your own life. The towel …
I hear it all the time from clients or prospective clients: I have ADHD or my kids have ADHD or my husband has ADHD. I, myself, am convinced I have ADHD and I am a professional organizer! Granted, I am one of 7 children, growing up in the 60’s when those acronyms meant nothing. I …
The other day it hit me…..a lot of the things I do are based on basic math principles. Here are several examples: If you want to weigh less you have to eat less junk food and exercise/move more. If you want to have less clutter, you have to bring in less and get rid …
My job, as an organizer and a life coach, is to help people simplify and de-clutter physically, mentally and spiritually. Here are some of the consistent messages I give to my clients. 1. Buy purposefully. 2. Shop at home first. 3. Be willing to let go.4. Do what you already know to do.5. Just say …
The other day I happened to glimpse up and see this news flash on TV: Taking an aspirin a day may not be good for your health. Ok, really??? It seems like it was not so long ago all the doctors were telling people to take a baby aspirin every day to prevent heart attack …