Try a Little Tenderness (Toward Yourself)

Try a Little Tenderness (Toward Yourself)

Organizing your home or workspace can be a daunting task, especially if it doesn’t come easily to you or you’re feeling overwhelmed. I often hear self-blame and shame from clients about their home’s state of affairs. Although these feelings may have...
A Little Behavior Change is Good for Your System

A Little Behavior Change is Good for Your System

When you’re in a rut, unmotivated or stuck, it’s hard to see a way forward. But you can access big change through a path of small changes in behavior. Even seemingly insignificant behavior changes can affect how you feel. After some Googling I have determined that a...
A Routine Thing

A Routine Thing

I stumbled upon two points today that might resonate with you, especially if you’ve been interested in – or struggling with – creating new routines. The first came to me in an email from James Clear, author of Atomic Habits. I wish I could say I knew him personally,...
Teaching Kids (and Adults) to Organize

Teaching Kids (and Adults) to Organize

Being organized is an important life skill. Many organizing clients tell me they never learned how to do it. Either their parents were extremely, chronically disorganized, or they did all the organizing for their children. Although kids learn a lot by seeing what...
Developing a Mindfulness Practice

Developing a Mindfulness Practice

What is a mindfulness practice and why is it important? The VIA Institute on Character* says, “Mindfulness is about seeing things as they actually are—with openness rather than bias, acceptance rather than judgment and curiosity rather than disinterest. It’s a...