Finding the Organized You
Finding the Organized You
Finding the Organized You
Being organized is possible. We can do this together!
Sorting Together LLC cares about helping your organizing process to be efficient, meaningful and fun. We will identify your definition of what it means to be organized and how to achieve and maintain these desired goals.
Your experience is influenced by your unique learning style, personality traits, possible life transitions, and much more. You will be treated with respect, compassion and a genuine desire to help.
Let’s begin this journey together and create the organized life you desire and deserve.
Start with a Complimentary Consultation
Your 30 minute phone consultation is an opportunity for us to sort through your thoughts, needs and organizing goals.
Organizing Services
Sorting Together, LLC provides three different phases of residential organizing for objects or data in any room of your home. During our initial consultation, we will determine your needs.
Phase One
Determine What You Have and What You Will Keep
Phase Two
Create a System for Objects or Data You are Keeping
Phase Three
Practice Using Your System Adding any Needed Changes
Services Offered
There are many different circumstances that you may be experiencing in your life. You will receive guidance and support to help you organize effectively and more clearly through each step.
We can sort through your items to remove anything that will be recycled, donated, sold or hauled away as trash. This will make the process easier to have photos taken of the remaining possessions that will be included in the auction.
If you need support in the decision making process of reducing the number of belongings you will bring with you to your new residence, we can evaluate together what will be best for you. We will decrease unnecessary duplication of items and allow a smoother transition to your new space.
In this stage of life, people are often still very busy helping their adult children and/or aging parents. We can work together to decide what your needs are for your space.
If you are needing some guidance and support to know what to do with items or data in your home to allow for a more efficient and organized way of living, we can use the three phase approach to help you achieve this goal.
We can work together to declutter your space when preparing to create a home inventory list needed for insurance. This will make the process easier to document items that you are keeping and give you a clear idea of what you have.
Creating a system for paper and data management can provide you with a more efficient process when working.
When you arrive at your new residence, you will receive help with unpacking your items and assistance with sorting and desired placement in each room.
We can sort through your items before or during packing to reduce the number of belongings that you need to bring with you. These belongings can then be donated, recycled or hauled away with trash.
Items going to the new location can be boxed and labeled.
We can use phase one to sort through your items and determine which belongings are going to be included in the document that you will draft with your attorney.
We will look at ways to improve time management, prioritizing and planning.
We access seasonal items for a short period of time in the year. Together, we can sort through holiday decorations, seasonal clothes, and items for your house or vehicle only needed for particular seasons. A system can be created to allow this process to be simple and clear every year when you need to access these items and put them away.
In addition to your home, you deserve to feel organized in your vehicle also. We can remove unwanted items and come up with storage solutions for items you will be keeping in there.
We can locate all of your important documents and create a system that allows you to easily keep track of them and place these items in a safe location.
About Me
Welcome! I am Teresa, the founder and owner of Sorting Together LLC. It is highly rewarding for me to combine my love of organizing and desire to help others.
Organizing is my oxygen. When I was little, it was so fun for me to regularly sort our family junk drawer and organize my Barbie townhouse. I spent many later years helping organize for different relatives struggling with ADHD, hoarding and general disorganization. I knew from a young age that this executive function of organizing didn’t come easily for everyone and witnessed the shame and guilt that often follows. One of my top goals is to help others free themselves from this and to finally believe that they are not their disorganization. My approach is to help create a customized organizing system for each person.
Having a B.A. in psychology with a focus on family studies and human development, spending several years as a technical support analyst, being a parent, becoming a Certified Professional Organizer®, taking 380 CEU’s with NAPO University, earning Certificates of Study from The Institute for Challenging Disorganization and taking courses with Coach Approach Training Institute have all contributed to my strength in listening to and guiding others through the necessary steps to identify and resolve issues. I am dedicated to continual learning about the solutions for each person’s unique set of circumstances and goals.
When I’m not organizing, my favorite pastimes are doing kundalini yoga, listening to comedians, walks with my husband and spending time with my two adult daughters and cat.
Memberships
As a member of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD), the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and the Director of Communications and Technology for NAPO Ohio, Sorting Together LLC values ICD’s Code of Ethics and NAPO’s Code of Ethics.
Certificates Earned
- Level 1 Certificate of Study in Chronic Disorganization from the Institute For Challenging Disorganization
- Level 1 Certificate of Study in ADHD from the Institute For Challenging Disorganization
- Level 1 Certificate of Study in Understanding the Needs of the Aging Client from the Institute For Challenging Disorganization
- Level 1 Certificate of Study in Understanding Hoarding Behavior from the Institute For Challenging Disorganization
Testimonials
When I was looking for someone to help me rethink my life’s space, there were several qualities I was looking for in an organizer – professional, caring, creative, collaborative and pleasantly fun. I was so lucky to find all of these traits in Teresa. I needed assistance getting rid of things, but also moving items into different spaces. She helped me restructure work and ‘play’ areas in a way that works for me. She asked questions that allowed me to personally think about my needs for the present and future, so I can keep the spaces effective. Teresa approached the organizing process from the viewpoint of the person’s needs and style first- not just the “stuff”. I love my new spaces and working with Teresa.
When my husband and I were in need of help to organize and execute a move from the home we lived in for almost 50 years to a smaller home, we consulted with Teresa. In our initial conversation, we shared how stressful and challenging just thinking about moving, as well as downsizing, was for us. This was an emotional life changing event for us. She was very understanding and caring about how hard this process would be for us. She assured us she would be there to support us throughout the process. She listened carefully to our needs for guidance. Teresa worked together with us to establish a plan of action. From our initial conversation, we were confident that her organizational skills, experience, knowledge, collaborative working style and caring heart were exactly the qualities we needed.
Shortly after our agreement, my husband had a medical emergency. I was so grateful that a caring and compassionate person was with me to help move the process forward. This is what I valued most. Teresa was reliable, punctual, focused, energetic and hard working. Before the move, she made sure to separate out items we needed to access, like medicine, toiletries, and clothing. I trusted her to work in my home when I had to leave to visit my husband in the hospital each day. Her primary focus was always on our emotional well-being. She was sensitive to my need to rest and take breaks, however, Teresa kept working like an energizer bunny. The final steps of sorting items for an auction, donations, and discarding were done. She arranged a mover, scheduled with an auction company, and donations were picked up. Her knowledge of resources available was invaluable. I would highly recommend Teresa.
Teresa was recommended to me by a mutual friend. I was newly divorced with 2 teenagers and our home was cluttered with rooms not being as usable as they once were with the recent departure of certain furniture. I felt overwhelmed and stuck, needing someone to review everything with new eyes to rejuvenate the space. Teresa gave fresh suggestions for moving the furniture, art, posters, and shelving. That resulted in spaces being completely repurposed. It was a game changer!
The clutter was also properly addressed as an additional cathartic experience. The function and energy of the house totally shifted. Teresa’s style and energy are both practical and creative, and her personality is so gentle that I didn’t feel pressured or pushed. She listened and worked with what she heard me saying. Our home is ours again and my girls and I move much more comfortably and happily in it.
