Thirty years ago on a mid-July evening, I made a life-altering move: I boarded an Amtrak train in Penn Station en route to California. Thus began my chapter as a San Franciscan. Fifteen years ago around the same time, I launched a business. What began as spark-inducing conversations a

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 fo

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 tim

While the coronavirus is putting a wrench in our collective vibe, on the plus side, it is leading to creative impromptu work- and school-from-home modifications, pantry and freezer re-organization, and amazing community support of one another from afar. ‘Social distancing’ has become

The San Francisco Green Business Program is hosting a panel event discussion and reception on Thursday, January 24th from 5:30 -8:00 at 1455 Market St (1st Floor Conference Room). Healthy Homes, Healthy Workplaces will provide information and resources to help you reduce your exposure

Much gratitude to the editors of San Francisco Magazine for naming Liberated Spaces the best organizer in their annual Best of San Francisco issue (July 2018). Read about all the 260 winners and check out the sideways 1,185 “fun fact” and blurb about my business. (click ph

While I’ve been a certified SF Green Business since 2008, I’m excited to announce Liberated Spaces has become the fifth business in the state of California (!!!) to attain Innovator tier certification. As posted in San Francisco Department of the Environment’s (SF En

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 th

It’s a new year, and getting organized and decluttering seemed to be on the minds of the producers at KQED’s Forum. It was an honor – along with my esteemed colleague, Victoria Roberts of Victoria Roberts Organizing, and Dr. Michael Tompkins of the San Francisco Bay Area C

I first read about the San Francisco Green Business Program in late 2007 and knew right away that getting my business certified was but one tiny step along the path to wherever this journey was going to take me. The very next year, I received my first certificate of recognition as a G