July disappeared in the blink of my eyes. It was a milestone month that marked both my 25th anniversary as a San Franciscan/Californian and the 10th anniversary of my business. Initially I had visions of a celebration where I’d bring clients past and present together to get to know one another and exchange stories. Instead I hemmed and hawed under the radar about taking off a generous bit of time

Me: What’s the hardest thing about tackling certain projects or items on your to-do list? (If you have a list, I think I know what you’re going to say.) You: Getting started. (If you don’t have a list, I think I know what you’re going to say.) You: I should probably have a list. (Yup. That’s what I thought.) +++++++ If you’re without a list, make one now. Do a brain dump. It is e

My relationships and collaborations with the folks of Cole Hardware are among the many non-thingy things that make me truly grateful. When I came to them with the idea to submit a piece about personal and collective empowerment for the beginning of the new year, they were more than thrilled to publish it. Hot off the presses is my latest, “Make Room for What Matters in 2017,” on page 5

The topic of this post was nowhere on my running list of things to write about, but sometimes life or the random or unplanned event zips itself to the beginning of the queue, screams for attention, and ends up being shared like this: I usually experience the before-during-after of home remodels, construction, and the like through the eyes and emotions of my clients. As the calm and practical voice

Describing what they face as the familiar clutter, mess, chaos, disarray, congestion, roadblocks, or the unique paper salad (one of my all-time favorites) or landscape of piles is a state of disorder that is real for and relative to each and every client I meet. One person’s chaos is another person’s bliss and vice versa. I will never forget a phone call from a woman who confided that photographs

I’ve written about paper before, and I’m writing about paper again. Why? Because one area of life people routinely wish to get under control once and for all is the overwhelming array of papers that congregate in any number of places around the home. While paper can cause feelings of anxiety and overwhelm, you’ll be happy to know that once it’s reined in, the very same paper can also p