Posts Tagged ‘National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals’
Cindy Jobs Coaching and Organizing
I’ve had the greatest fortune and pleasure of knowing Cindy Jobs for several years. We’re both members of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals Seattle Area chapter. We’ve served on the Board together. We’ve contributed to chapter Days of Service together. We’ve even just plain relaxed together at chapter holiday parties. I…
Read MoreSandra Felton, Founder of Messies Anonymous
I may start a shrine to Sandra Felton, a pioneer in the Organizing world. She’s written TWENTY, 20, XX, 普通话, २० books, founded Messies Anonymous, has been intimately involved in the National Study Group for Chronic Disorganization which became the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, and the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals. I’d…
Read MoreAssistive Technology and Getting Organized
No, I don’t mean robots, although yes, I want a Rosie – and my gratitude for Matt Novak’s delightful November 13, 2012 article Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 08 – Rosey’s Boyfriend for Smithsonian magazine, do follow the link. “Assistive technology” is anything which, while it hasn’t been explicitly designed to help a differently-abled person, might…
Read MoreDenise Allan and Vlasta Hillger book Declutter and Thrive
I’m thrilled to write a review of Denise Allan’s and Vlasta Hillger’s book Declutter and Thrive. I know both of them as creative, caring, deeply skillful Organizers through our shared membership, and close community, in the Seattle Area Chapter of our professional society, the National Association of Productivity and Professional Organizers (NAPO). I loved their comfortable,…
Read MoreAre You a Member of the Phone Calls Club?
Do you call your Mom when you wash the dishes? Catch up with your best friend every time you fold the laundry? You hunt down your first high school boyfriend’s little brother, 30 years later, just to have someone to talk to because you have to do the clearing up before the housekeeper comes –…
Read MoreWhat to know about hiring a professional organizer – 2/15/2018 Washington Post article
This February 15, 2018 Washington Post Home and Garden article “What to know about hiring a professional organizer” by Kevin Brasler is worth analyzing, line by sometimes-painful line. So I’m reprinting it in its entirety, with my comments in red. A National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals colleague sent us the link via a Facebook…
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 MoreYou Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
Anyone who thinks s/he has ADD/ADHD, anyone who knows s/he has ADD/ADHD, and anyone who is close, personally or professionally, with someone who has ADD/ADHD can benefit from You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! by Kate Kelly (deceased) and Peggy Ramundo. It’s a great guide for understanding the possible symptoms and effects of the…
Read MoreADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg & Kathleen Nadeau
I had an unusual reaction to the 2002 edition of ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Kathleen G. Nadeau, a highly-regarded ADD coach, and Judith Kolberg, a founder of the Organizing Profession and BOTH of the most important American professional societies for this vocation. This is an excellent resource for ADD-abled people because it is…
Read MoreWomen with Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder is an invaluable guide to understanding the lives of women with ADD. Ms. Solden examines several possible journeys of such women, beginning in their early childhoods and following them to middle-age. She illustrates common differences between the experiences of men and women with ADD. She coaches her readers through the…
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