The Untold Tale….of your Refrigerator Magnets – March 2012 Newsletter

One of my favorite parts of teaching people about clutter and organizing is introducing them to parts of their homes that they no longer really see. It’s typical to be focused on the problem areas, the chaotic pantry, the overwhelming attic or garage, or the stacks of unopened mail. These are the projects that demand [...]

Romancing Your Rooms – February 2012 Newsletter

I’ve always been fascinated with the way space feels, and this is why I love working with people in their room, closets and file cabinets. Space invites and teases and opens its arms. It also can go cold and forbidding, hiding things or restricting movement.   This abiding flirtation with hallways and even public spaces [...]

House Guests & Fish – July Newsletter 2011

Welcome to summer and the arrival of visitors, or perhaps your own departure to the sofas and guest rooms of others. The original quote, “Fish and house guests smell after three days” is attributed to several different people on the Internet, with Benjamin Franklin getting the most votes.   My Oxford Dictionary of Quotations says that [...]

Mind Mapping Might Help – April 2011 Newsletter

Being an April Fool has a certain appeal these days. Especially if it means I get to laugh at myself. This is a new skill, one I have cultivated by fighting decades of seriousness. As a kid, being caught unawares was one of the worst things I could imagine. Any sort of joke played on [...]

Personal Organizing and Clutter Clearing – Bellevue College

2 Thursdays  August 2012, the 2nd and 9th  7:00PM – 8:30PM Find that letter, reclaim the counter tops and feel at home in your world! Come and create strategies for change and discuss concrete methods for tacking clutter and chaos. Learn clutter clearing and simple organizing principles to help you break old patterns, learn new [...]

Summer Tidbits – August 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to Summer! Yes, It actually feels like we have arrived, and most people I talk to are wondering where it went already! High on my current list is realizing even more clearly where my time is spent. Even though the lawn chair was calling, this week it has been on newsletter refinements. Using iContact [...]

Being Rapt: Leading a Focused Life – July 2010 Newsletter

Lucky for me and my occasional writers block I have a handy list of “Promotional Events” and topics for each month. For July, beyond the obvious cause for explosions and picnics we are invited to celebrate,”National Cell Phone Courtesy Month”. I wonder why the date for the hands free phone law wasn’t delayed just a [...]

“Reactionary Workflow” – Ideas for Breaking the Pattern

Where do you really draw the line on your “to do” list? Some of the things we assign ourselves really are necessary; get our teeth cleaned, answer the jury duty summons, pick up the kids. Another category might be negotiable, and yet another list usually contains all those things we actually WANT to do. And [...]

Your Brain in Order – April 2010 Newsletter

Thinking about thinking….and wanting to understand ways that people process information has been on my mind this month. Having read a couple of interesting books I thought I’d pass along some of the ideas. John Medina, the author of “Brain Rules”, actually lives and works here in Seattle and has been giving talks about how [...]

Beginning Steps to Meditation

Let’s assume that you’ve heard about meditation, and that it can be a helpful skill. I think we can also figure that many of you have some ideas about how hard it might be to sit still , much less make it a habit. What after all, will it really DO for us? Most people [...]

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