Unlocking Home
Organizing Support for ADHD Brains
Most people who find me have tried to get organized many times. They’ve bought bins, watched videos, read books, maybe even hired someone. And yet, here they are again.
That’s because disorganization isn’t really about your stuff. It’s about systems, habits, routines, and how your brain works. Conventional organizing advice isn’t designed for that, which is why it never seems to stick.
What Is Unlocking Home?
Unlocking Home is a structured, six-week organizing and coaching program designed to help you build systems that actually work for your brain.
I’m a Certified Professional Organizer®, consultant, and coach. I work with people with ADHD and others whose brains work differently to figure out what’s getting in the way and make changes that last.
This is not a quick fix. I don’t organize your home for you. I help you think, decide, and build systems based on real-world organizing experience.
The key is your engagement with the process.
In-Person in Chicago | Virtual Services Nationwide
Why Organization Hasn’t Worked (Yet)
If you have ADHD or recognize similar patterns, your past organizing efforts didn’t fail because you didn’t try hard enough. They simply weren’t designed for how your brain actually operates.
Most organizing challenges come down to a few common patterns. And none of them have to do with laziness or a lack of willpower.
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ADHD brains are imaginative and wired to see potential in almost everything. That broken lamp could be fixed. Those supplies could become something. That book could get read someday.
While you may not be wrong, the gap between what you can imagine and what you can realistically follow through on is often too large. Over time, that gap turns into clutter.
There’s another layer. When things are out of sight, they can disappear from awareness. So you keep them visible as reminders. A pile, a note, a bag to deal with later.
But when everything is treated as equally important, your space fills up, and many of those reminders stop working altogether.
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Most organizing advice is built for people who don’t struggle with initiation, follow-through, or overwhelm. It assumes you can:
break projects into manageable steps
prioritize effectively
estimate time and energy accurately
stay focused long enough to finish
If those things were already easy, you wouldn’t still be stuck.
When advice doesn’t account for how your brain works, it creates frustration instead of change.
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Many people with ADHD can function well at work because the structure is built in. There are deadlines, expectations, and external accountability.
At home, that structure disappears.
What actually helps is bringing some of that external support into your personal life:
consistent time set aside for the work
a clear focus for each session
someone to think alongside you
and a way to follow through between sessions
Without that, organizing becomes something you start over and over again.
Solving ongoing organizing challenges is less about finding a place for your things and more about understanding why your things never seem to have a place in the first place.
Who Is Unlocking Home For?
Unlocking Home is designed for people who recognize that getting organized isn’t just about the space. It’s about how they operate within it.
It’s a fit if:
You have ADHD or recognize similar patterns in how you start, stop, and follow through
You’ve tried to get organized many times, and the results haven’t stuck
You’re no longer looking for a quick reset; you want something that actually works over time
You’re willing to look at what’s getting in the way, not just push through it
You can show up consistently for a defined period and engage with the process between sessions
What it’s not
This is not a done-for-you organizing service.
If you’re looking for someone to come in, sort your belongings, and leave you with a finished space, this will not be a fit.
Unlocking Home is for people who want to understand what hasn’t worked in the past and build something that works going forward.
What it requires
This is an active, participatory process.
You won’t be handed a system to follow. We’ll build something together based on how you actually think, make decisions, and move through your space.
That means:
being willing to experiment
paying attention to what works and what doesn’t
and continuing the work between sessions
The structure is there to support you, but the change comes from your engagement with it.
How Unlocking Home Works
Unlocking Home is a structured, six-week program designed to help you build systems that actually work for your brain.
We meet once a week, at the same time each week, for two hours. Sessions take place in your home or over Zoom.
Each session has a consistent rhythm:
a brief check-in
focused work, either in conversation or in a specific space
and a clear plan for what you’ll do before the next session
Between sessions, you’ll test what we discussed in real life. Then we use what happened (what worked, what didn’t) as the basis for the next step.
This is how change becomes something you can repeat, not something you have to recreate.
What we actually do together
This is a conversation-based process.
Sometimes we’ll be working directly in a space. Other times, we’ll spend most of the session talking through what’s getting in the way, how decisions are being made, and what needs to change.
Both are part of the work.
Unlocking Home blends consulting and coaching.
As a consultant, I’ll share what I see and offer ideas based on experience.
As a coach, I’ll shift into a more exploratory, non-directive approach and think alongside you
You’ll always know which mode we’re in.
The work goes where it needs to go. Sometimes that’s a closet. Sometimes it’s a conversation about how your time and attention are structured. Usually, it’s both.
What to expect from the process
This is not a quick fix.
The people who get the most out of this program are the ones who:
show up consistently
stay engaged during sessions
and continue the work between sessions
The structure is here to support you. The progress comes from how you use it.
Getting Started
The first step is a brief introductory call. This gives us a chance to talk through what’s going on and determine whether this is the right fit.
If we decide to move forward, you’ll choose a weekly time slot and hold it for six weeks.
The investment is $1,320, paid in full before the first session.
If you’re ready to stop trying to organize your way out of a pattern that keeps repeating, this is where we begin.
“She was genuinely here to make my home work for me.”
— Shawna, Chicago
