Posts Tagged ‘hoarding disorder’
The Beales of Grey Garden
I think I’ll always consider this one of the most difficult posts I ever write. I have no idea when I first heard about the cinéma verité Grey Gardens. But it is (perhaps) obligatory, even de rigueur, maybe a rite of passage, for Professional Organizers to watch this 1975 documentary about Edith (“Big Edie”) Ewing Bouvier…
Read MoreClutter, a cold-weather Carol Kane movie, maybe
The Pacific Northwest has been, by my weakling standards, COLD, and by anybody’s standards dangerously (multiple-car, multiple-blocked-lane pile-ups) rainy. Hide-at-home movie time. I like Amazon Prime because it hands you oddball stuff for free. Which is how, meandering through the aisles, I found Clutter. Not a cheerful movie for hot cocoa: this is a spotlight on a dysfunctional…
Read MoreLevel I Certificate of Study in Basic Hoarding Issues with the CD Client – #6 from ICD
Level I Certificate of Study in Basic Hoarding Issues with the CD Client – #6 from the Institute for Challenging Disorganization for continuing education credits as a Certified Professional Organizer. Time to set aside Level I and start on more advanced Level IIs. I’ll be sitting for the first one in May.
Read MoreThe Secret Lives of Hoarders by Matt Paxton
Matt Paxton found his life’s calling by chance. But he brings endless passion, compassion, energy, a sharp ability to read people and even enthusiasm to that work – conducting the intensive deep cleanings that the homes of people with hoarding disorder often need in order to be able to reclaim the spaces safely. This book…
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