Kudos to Marie Kondo and Tidying Up

by Maureen the Organizing Diva | Feb 6, 2019 | Closet Organizing, Downsizing, Specialized Organizing

At this point, I’m sure that you have heard about or seen the latest sensation, Marie Kondo and her Netflix series, Tidying Up. She also wrote a NY Times bestseller, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up and developed the KonMari Method of organizing. You know she is...

Organizing Your Parents’–or Relative’s or Your Own–Heirlooms and Possessions

by Maureen the Organizing Diva | Nov 25, 2018 | Downsizing, End of Life, Health and Wellness, Life Coaching, Specialized Organizing, Streamlining

Quite a few years ago, on my routine visit to my great Aunt Lydia in Brooklyn, she surprised me with an unusual request. She usually regales me with all her fascinating stories of life in New York during the 40s and 50s as an amateur dancer and regular...

Sharing and Donating–Spreading the “Wealth”

by Maureen the Organizing Diva | Sep 8, 2017 | Downsizing, Green Organizing, Psychological, Recycling, Specialized Organizing

Sharing and Donating–Spreading the “Wealth” September 2017 After years of working with many different clients, one thing that I noticed is that many of them have duplicates of various possessions. That might be your situation as well. Perhaps we...

Letting Go

by Maureen the Organizing Diva | Jul 12, 2017 | Downsizing, Life Coaching, Psychological, Specialized Organizing, Streamlining

Letting Go July 2017 After many years of good times and happy memories, my 81-year old dad decided to sell his summertime lake-side New Hampshire home. For several decades it had been a gathering place for 9 daughters (my 8 sisters and me), 8 sons-in-law and 17...