Five years ago this very morning, I found myself in the studio at KQED with professional organizer, Victoria Roberts-Russell, and Dr. Michael Tompkins of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, to talk all things organizing with Forum host, Mina Kim. The full audio for Tips on Decluttering Your Life (and Desk) (total run time 51:28) is archived on their website. If the start of th

This year has been anything but what any of us thought it would be. Beginning March 4th, client, social, and medical appointments were x-ed out in my planner at an unusually accelerated rate. In the before times, I’d erase changes or cancellations, but this has been a year to hold on to those unused dates. Calendar hygiene and tidiness took a backseat. Unlike those who bemoaned the fact that they

I love books. I read books. I love flipping through their pages. I’ve made books. I’m credited in books. I’ve been encouraged to write a book. I have friends who work with books for a living as librarians, teachers, editors, conservators, and booksellers. I wish I knew how many books I’ve handled physically as an organizer, and how many pounds of books have been loaded to m

I know this sounds harsh and will rub many people the wrong way but it’s a truth: I hate before and after photos. Why? They are kind of boring and formulaic. They show someone is capable of cleaning up and making things look nice. Absent are context, process, and transformative learning moments for clients that often occur between points A and B. To be clear, ninety-five percent of the work

Liberated Spaces is OPEN for business onsite and virtually! While home and office organizing sessions have been and will continue to be offered online and by phone, the exciting development is Phase 2b of San Francisco’s reopening plan which began yesterday, June 15th. This includes “all private indoor household services like cooks and house cleaners” and ORGANIZERS!!! The return

UPDATED April 27, 2020 I’ve been receiving requests for onsite organizing work over the past many weeks. The inquiries are greatly appreciated. As a non-essential worker – despite what many of my existing clients say ; ) – I am abiding by the shelter-in-place orders. For the time being, my only service offering is assistance from a distance, also known as virtual organizing via phone or vide