Speaking & Training
I happily deliver workshops in partnership with libraries, businesses, networking groups, organisations and community centres all around Australia, including online.
With a variety of topics suitable for various audiences, you can be sure I will have a thought-provoking, entertaining and inspiring talk to perfectly suit your audience and your event.
For home
Reclaim your home by understanding the relationship we have with our belongings. This workshop helps you identify what clutter is, how it affects us and why we find it so difficult to deal with. You’ll learn how to overcome the many emotional and psychological obstacles we face when decluttering so you can turn your house into your haven!
Available in person or via Zoom, for 2hr sessions.
How to have a wardrobe full of all of your favourite clothes! Using the guiding principles of simplicity, quality over quantity, capsule workshop concepts, intentional shopping and letting go, you can have a simple, ethical and quality wardrobe that provides great value to your life.
Available in person or via Zoom, for 2hr sessions.
How is it that some people aren’t suffocated by their stuff? Why don’t they have piles? Why don’t they spend a lot of time looking for belongings? How is their life so simple? Learn from the lifestyle choices of the uncluttered and perhaps make some changes that will simplify your life as well.
Available in person or via Zoom, for 1-2hr sessions.
Kids come with stuff, that’s well-known among parents. You can, however, avoid a lot of the common traps families fall into with clutter: too many toys, children who feel entitled to constantly acquire stuff, family members who give them lots of stuff, kids who don’t know how to maintain an organised room or manage their finances, and difficulty for parents staying on top of the housework. Raise your kids to have a positive relationship with their belongings, and you will all reap the benefits!
Available in person or via Zoom, for 2-3hr sessions.
If you are sick of piles of paperwork all over the kitchen counter and dining table, tired of losing bills and school notices, and fed up with the boxes of unsorted paperwork stashed in various parts of the home, this workshop is for you. My system is specifically designed for creative and neuro-diverse brains, for those for whom traditional filing systems have never worked.
Available in person or via Zoom, for 1-2hr sessions.
Learn how to keep your family life from descending into chaos! Tips on menu planning, reducing clutter, teaching children organising skills, scheduling, reducing housework and organising household paperwork.
Available in person or via Zoom, for 1-2hr sessions.
For work
This workshop is an interactive session designed for people who have a supportive working relationship with clients including Support Coordinators, Case Workers, Support Workers, Occupational Therapists, Environmental Protection Officers, Social Workers, Tenancy Practitioners, Professional Organisers and anyone that may come in contact with clutter, hoarding and/or squalor in the course of their working day. It will provide them with the skills and confidence to provide a support to clients needing assistance. It will also help them develop a positive relationship with residents that live in challenging domestic environments, despite the sensitive issues they may need to address together.
Topics included (depending on the length of the workshop chosen) include definitions and causes of hoarding, conditions that masquerade as hoarding disorder, why people hoard, psychology behind hoarding, triggers and signposts, dangers and risk minimisation, reducing anxiety and stress, establishing and maintaining positive and productive relationships, and tools and techniques in dealing with people who hoard and/or live in clutter or squalor.
There is a strong focus on developing empathy, compassion and understanding for the affected person, as well as developing confidence in those who work with them.
Available in 2hr (basics), 3hr (introduction) and full day workshops in person, and 2hr or 3hr workshops via Zoom.
How is it that some business owners aren’t overwhelmed and feel like they’re drowning? Why don’t they have piles? Why don’t they spend a lot of time looking for stuff? How do they fit everything in and meet all their deadlines? How is their life so simple and how do they find balance?
Learn from the lifestyle choices of the uncluttered entrepreneurs and perhaps make some changes that will simplify your business as well.
Available in 1hr or 2hr sessions, in person or via Zoom.
Designed for people who work in offices or home offices, this workshop covers the major causes of desk clutter, unproductive time and overwhelm. With strategies to deal with paper clutter, task management and time management, this workshop will help you to streamline your work life.
Available in 2hr, 3hr and full day workshops in person, and 2hr or 3hr workshops via Zoom.