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Mom’sChoiceAwardsGoldAwardRecipient
ProfessionalorganizerBarbaraReichoffersalife-changingprogram—focusedondeclutteringandstreamliningyourhome—thathelpsfamilieslivesimpler,lesschaoticlives:“EveryoneshouldBarbarafy,”ravesTheNewYorkTimes.
Motherscanfeellikelifeisonenever-endingloop.Justwhenoneproblemorresponsibilityisovercome,anotheronetripsusup.Buthelpisontheway:BarbaraReichhasallthestrategiesforstayingaheadofthecurve—andshe’swrappedthemupintofoureasystepsthatcanbeappliedtoanyorganizingproject:purge,design,organize,andmaintain.
ThekeystoBarbara’ssuccessaresimplicityandconsistency.Roombyroom,shegoesthroughthemostproblematicareasinthehome—fromthetornado-struckplayareatothepackedbasementorstorageunit—andapproachesorganizinginmanageablebites.Inadditiontocleaningandorganizingtips,shetalksabouthowtoavoidsocialoverload,preachingthepowerof“No”—forexample,whenyourchildwantstoattendsixbirthdaypartiesinoneweekend.Asthemotherofthirteen-year-oldtwins,Barbaraoffersinsightintothelivesofcrazedmomsasonlyamothercould.
Combiningthehumorofasympatheticfriendandtheno-nonsenseadviceofatruetype-Apersonality,Reichoffersclever,appealingsolutionsthataregenuinelyachievableforeveryone.