What brings me to this work…
I’ve worked in the arts, facilitation, community, and social change for over 30 years, so everything I’ve done has always been about people - collaborating with them, listening to them, and supporting them exactly where they are. I adored my work and still do, but after 8 years running a successful cultural organisation of my own, I was exhausted, burnt out and unwell. Stepping back gave me time to notice what’s always been there: a love for creating clarity out of chaos. I got good at this out of sheer desperation (read more here). And in time, through figuring out how to organise my own life, I started helping others do the same.
Today I work with people who want to gain control over their living or working environments; are in their later years and want to leave behind some order for loved ones; are struggling with how their neurodivergence impacts their surroundings; have got into painful hoarding habits; or are simply fed up with how they’re living and don’t know where to start…
“More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all.”
I adore this quote from a 13th century Japanese Buddhist monk. For me it captures what’s ultimately most precious in life - not the things we own, but our health and our connections to others. We live in a world where the constant messaging is to buy and accumulate more. This is hurting how we live. And it’s hurting the unimaginably beautiful planet we live on. Changing our relationship to our stuff isn’t just about reclaiming energy, time, and freedom, though I can assure you that’s priceless. It’s about transforming our fundamental relationship to the material. It means a new way of living and being. Which in turn impacts us, those we love, and our home, planet earth.