A little bit of Pixie Dust!

And a whole lot of PATIENCE!

It's been over 8 years since I led an in person workshop.

There are many things I love to experience here in Earth School.

At the top of this list is people coming together in community to connect, share, grow and heal. I was drawn to personal growth work in my early 20's for this reason, and never left. It is a safe, nourishing and inspiring space for me to be in. It is also where I've met most of my like-hearted friends, who are the

BEST FRIENDS EVER!

On April 21st, I stepped through a doorway, back into facilitating this heartfelt work, in 'The Magic and Power of Your Inner Child' playshop at the Spiritual Center of the Desert. 45 beautiful women of all ages gathered for this,

and I am beyond grateful and overflowing with love and enthusiasm!

8 years ago I completely let my dream of facilitating personal growth work in groups go. Prior to this, I designed and led a variety of in person classes, workshops and retreats for over a decade. I was approaching my 50th birthday and had to face the harsh reality that I didn't have a solid financial foundation.

In fact, I was barely surviving, had zero savings and no retirement plan.

This reality check was painful because my heart wanted to keep doing this work more than anything. I couldn't understand where I went wrong. I was utterly devoted, spent countless hours on curriculum design and perfecting processes and flow. I was an effective and engaging facilitator.

I received positive and encouraging feedback from participants.

I cared so deeply about the work, and everyone involved.

But... the money never flowed.

I had part-time nanny gigs and did private Soul-centered coaching to make ends meet, but I needed a much more sustainable $ life plan.

At my very first Seattle Teen Experience seminar, I was blessed to meet 19 year old Sarah Martin. We quickly became close friends. She was a huge supporter of Teen events, and for me personally. She walked me through this challenging 'letting go' process. Her wise words were something like:

TJ, this work is deep in your heart, it is what you are meant to do, and it will never go away. One day, when the time is right, you will know. The world will be more ready and it won't be such a struggle. You won't be so attached to it, and barely surviving financially. It's time to take care of You now.

It was so heart-breaking at the time, but I knew she was right. I had to find a more sustainable way to live and still be able to do work that had heart and meaning. A few years later, I discovered Home Organizing. I have been doing this deeply fulfilling work the past 6 years, and business is booming!

I've experienced incredible growth these past 8 years.

I wouldn't change anything on my path.

Every step and stumble and rise has been perfect.

Faith and Trust, Patience and Pixie Dust have all been part of it.

Decluttering and Organizing spaces for people brings me such Joy.

I'm also saving to buy my very own home one day (Light to this).

And, stay tuned because more goodness is coming.

Thank you for all your love and support along the way.

I am truly blessed to have you in my life.

I love you!

Teri Jo

Here are a few pictures from the Playshop

As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.

~Dr. Steve Maraboli

Believe things will work out. How was I ever to know that the girl who broke my heart in university would lead to my soulmate? How was I to know that the ‘dream job’ I was rejected from out of college would lead me to a year of entrepreneurship and adventure in Spain? How was I to know that taking a miserable job back in the states would be just the push I needed to vow to never do something I wasn’t passionate about again? Everything works out. I mean everything.

As long as you believe it will. When you do, you will find the silver lining.

That will take you to the next level.

~Steve Jobs

The ORGANIZED Corner

Desktop Organization: Does your desktop look like the picture below? I'll admit, when I am in the middle of a project, like this newsletter, my desktop gets messy, but everything has a clearly labeled home.

Tip: In addition to specifically labeled folders for items on your desktop (for things you reference often), have a Miscellaneous Folder for

items you need to refer to occasionally, but don't want to see loose.

If you need help organizing your Desktop, Documents or Email Inbox,

book a Virtual Organizing session with me on Zoom

Guess What?!!! I'm coming to Seattle May 25 - June 4.

A dear friend is getting married, Yay Love!

If you're interested in booking a day of Decluttering & Organizing,

respond to this email so we can schedule your free Consultation!

I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything.

Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future,

you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

~Rainer Maria Rilke

YOUTUBE: Change is Inevitable (11 minutes)

Rivers know this: there is no hurry.

We shall get there some day.

~A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Got clutter? Paper piles? An overflowing inbox? Not enough time?

Call me at 310-907-6846 to book your free consultation

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Once you can accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid is easy. 

~Albert Einstein 

Inspirational SOUL of the Month

My Inspirational Soul for May is the Spiritual Center of the Desert.

I am inspired by everything about this community, including our Spiritual leaders: Revered Dr. Laura, Reverend Dr. Dale and Reverend William.

Their messages are insightful and uplifting.

Our musicians are the absolute BEST!

Our commUnity is beautiful and blossoming.

My heart is happy and feels at home here :)

If you live in the Desert or are visiting, come check it out

Sunday Services are 10am-11am

and they have lots of other cool stuff going on too.

When we stop trying to control events, they fall into a natural order, an order that works. We're at rest while a power much greater than our own takes over, and it does a much better job than we could have done.

We learn to trust that the power that holds galaxies together can

handle the circumstances of our relatively little lives.

~Marianne Williamson

SOUL COACHING SESSIONS

Are you longing for a deeper connection with your Soul?

Would you like access to your own inherent wisdom?

Looking for greater energy and inspiration?

Are you ready to live wholeheartedly?

In addition to Home Organizing,

I am a Soul-centered Coach,

offering one hour coaching sessions via Zoom.

Reach out to schedule your free

30 minute Discovery Call.

Let's dive in to Loving!

Check out my website to find out what Soul Coaching is.

If you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities.

If you believe it won't, you will see obstacles.

~Wayne Dyer

Movie Rec: 'Rustin'

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted.

It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God… and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation,

that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.

~Orson F. Whitney

Need Home, Project, Paper or Digital Organizing?

Book your free Consultation today

You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

~Steve Jobs

Song 4 U: 'A Million Dreams' by 8 Year old Ravi & Choir

Love is the bridge between you and everything. 

~Rumi