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Episode #34 – Changing an “Everyday” Narrative

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The Rundown:

  • The Organizing Mentors & their mission.
  • A judgment-free zone.
  • Lisa Geraci Rigoni’s background.
  • Problems with consumerism today.
  • The LITL System.
  • On the horizon.

Summary:

The Organizing Mentors is an organization whose mission is to help people improve their lives and resolve internal and external clutter by organizing their spaces. Lisa Geraci Rigoni, the organization’s founder, uses a highly effective system known at LITL to help her clients find peace from a state of physical and mental overwhelming clutter. Lisa and her team work to give their clients time back from facing the daunting task of organization and to clear the stress and shame from their lives.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

[1:00] The Organizing Mentors and their mission.
[1:47] Mental clutter gravitates clients towards them.
[2:47] Cutting through embarrassment.
[3:02] Providing a comfort level with a judge-free space.
[6:10] Organizing as a coping mechanism.
[7:53] Growing up in a theatre family.
[10:20] They don’t do the work for their clients, they push them to do it.
[11:50] Didn’t think what she did was a business because it came so easily.
[12:30] Mindset shift helped her see her job as a necessity.
[14:09] Honest reputation.
[16:01] Not in it for the money.
[16:32] Buying too many things.
[18:28] People feel rich when they have a lot of stuff.
[19:31] The LITL System.
[20:14] The Someday Syndrome.
[25:00] Start small and be realistic.
[26:09] Reaching out & using the online program.
[27:48] Writing a book.
[28:01] On the horizon.

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