In addition to life experience which has brought me insights into our relationship with our belongings, clutter, and hoarding, and experience supporting others with decluttering, I have undertaken the following trainings: Aug 2020 Hoarding Awareness Training - Hoarding Disorders UK Jan 2021 Starting a Professional Organising Business - APDO Feb 2021 How to organise a workshop - The Tidy Coo Feb 2021 Introduction to Virtual Organising and Decluttering - Academy of Virtual Organising May 2021 Neurodiversity, executive functions and clutter - Hoarding Disorders UK May 2021 APDO Conference June 2021 Coaching Skills for Professional Organisers: an introduction - Academy of Virtual Organising
Specialisms
Public Speaking
I gained a lot of experience in public speaking 2003 - 2009, teaching with the College of Natural Nutrition, who trained as a Nutritional therapist with. I travelled the UK teaching large groups as part of my job as a lecturer for the College.
Hoarding behaviour
Aug 2020 Hoarding Awareness Training - Hoarding Disorders UK
My interest in professional organising came from my life experience of having a close family member with hoarding behaviour. Since I started my business, I have clients, some of whom I see weekly, who have hoarding disorder.
I greatly value the experience my work brings me in better understanding how to support people who have hoarded homes. I bring my training in coaching and positive psychology, all that I've learned from Hoarding Disorders UK, the insights gained from continued discussion of best approaches with colleagues, and most of all the feedback from my clients to offer a compassionate, warm and practical way of working.
Move Management
In addition to running Your Sorted Nest, I support clients as a Senior Move Manager for the Senior Move Partnership, as they downsize and move to retirement properties. I also support clients moving into or out of my area.
Move management can involve home staging, liaseing with estate agents, helping with downsizing, donation or sale of un needed items. I help with floor planning, communicating with removals companies and at the point of the move, I will unpack and set up the new home so that it is functioning and organised right from the start.
Life Coaching
Diploma in Coaching and Positive Psychology (AreteWay)
Personal/family productivity
I have a personal interest in family productivity and habits as a busy mum of 3.
Through my ongoing studies, individually and as a member of APDO book club and APDO Productivity special interest group, I am often found reading or listening to the lastest research on productivity.
I feel like I've discovered myself as someone who CAN have an organised home. Instead of enviously looking at the people 'moving things' on I've become one of them! I feel ridiculously excited!
Thank you so much for today... the energy in the house feels so different, so much lighter already. You made what would have been a stressful process so calm and relaxing and so productive!
Thank you so much for last night Kate. I found it unbelievably useful!! I feel incredibly motivated!