**INACTIVE BLOG**

9 PM ET on 9/20/07. A live continuation of the same topic as last week,
same phone number, and same foremat.

NEXT FREE TELECLASS - How do I empty the boxes? Thursday, September 20th, 9 p.m. EST
The Organizer Lady ™ is sponsoring a teleclass (a live class over the phone) dealing with one of our biggest problems: how do we empty those myriad of boxes full of stuff that we have collected?
Never fear! Help is on the way. The solution to this problem will be carefully explained by Marsha Sims, an experiened hands-on organizer, with lots of time for questions. And it is free!
When? Thursday, September 20th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (You know your own time zone.)
How? The number is 605-990-0700. When asked punch in the access code 1035513#. Just call in like you would call your mom long distance.
Write this in the right place so you won’t forget.
Sandra Felton
The Organizer Lady ™
Founder, Messies Anonymous
www.messies. com

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007.

This year’s guest speaker will be Dr Randy O. Frost, Ph.D., a world-renowned OCD and hoarding specialist. Please regularly visit our website for more details. Annie Taillon Secretary and administrator Quebec Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Email: fqtoc@hotmail.com Website: http://fqtoc.mtl.rtss.qc.ca

Effective interventions to help individuals who hoard stay in their own homes

Date: Wednesday, 9/19/2007

Hoarding presents difficult and complex situations for providers. Individuals who hoard are frequently at risk for losing their housing due to eviction. This interactive workshop will describe clinical disorders and cognitive features associated with hoarding and recent research findings. In addition, the presenter will provide methods and tools for intervening around hoarding issues. Topics to be covered include:

• How to have a productive dialogue with someone about hoarding
• Identifying psychological triggers related to hoarding
• Understanding the psychology behind hoarding
• Practical strategies for working individuals to address the situation
• Case studies with discussion

Sponsored by the Home Care Connections Grant with support from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

http://iod.unh.edu/events.html#hoarding

From Messies.com
NEXT FREE TELECLASS - How do I empty the boxes? Wednesday, September 12th, 9 p.m. EST

The Organizer Lady ™ is sponsoring a teleclass (a live class over the phone) dealing with one of our biggest problems: how do we empty those myriad of boxes full of stuff that we have collected?

Never fear! Help is on the way. The solution to this problem will be carefully explained by Marsha Sims, an experiened hands-on organizer, with lots of time for questions. And it is free!

When? Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (You know your own time zone.)

How? The number is 605-990-0700. When asked punch in the access code 1035513#. Just call in like you would call your mom long distance.

• Saturday, October 27, 2007
• San Ramon Marriott Hotel, San Ramon, California
• 18 information-filled workshops covering a wide variety of topics geared to professional organizers
• Networking with 200 colleagues
• Industry vendors featuring their newest products and services

Judith Kolberg - (pictured right) - Founder of the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization, author of Conquering Chronic Disorganization and Organize for Disaster: Prepare Your Family and Your Home for Any Natural or Unnatural Disaster, and co-author of ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life will wrap up the day in a closing session on “Balance/Off-Balance/Rebalance - A Strategy for a Successful Organizing Business.”

Presented by Foundation for Mental Health of the Shoals & The University of North Alabama.

See brochure (pdf)

   

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