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NABBW Columnist - Organizational Skills
| Name: | Regina Leeds |
| Title: | Author, Teacher, Seminar Leader |
| Expertise: | Organizational Skills |
| Web Site: |
http://www.reginaleeds.com |
| Email: | zenorg1@aol.com |
| Bio: |  New York City native Regina Leeds has brought order to home and work environments across the United States since 1988 when she started her company, Get Organized! by REGINA. Currently based in Los Angeles, her clientele run the gamut from movie stars to business people and housewives. Regina regularly travels throughout the United States to assist her clients.
Regina is the author of two books: The Zen of Organizing; Creating Order and Peace in Your Home, Career and Life and Creating a Place Without Losing Your Space: a Couples Guide to Blending Homes, Lives and Clutter. A one-hour TV special called ?The Zen of Organizing' was created for the Fine Living Cable Network and began airing on Mother's Day, 2003. Regina is one of the approved expert guests for ?Soap Talk' on the Soap Opera Network. She is currently developing an idea for a TV series with Film Garden, a Los Angeles production company, The ?Zen Organizer' has been featured in national magazines, including Bon Appetit, Redbook, Delta Airlines' Shuttle Sheet, The Utne Reader, New Age Magazine, In Style and Los Angeles Magazine among others. The latter named her the Best Organizer in LA. Regina was featured this year in the Home section of the Los Angeles Times. In addition, she was the resident expert for the Home and Garden Channel at iVillage.com for over 4 years. Regina had the honor of representing Sears Grand in the media for their opening in Rancho Cucamonga. Regina's first career as a professional actress (she received a Bachelor's degree in Theatre from Hunter College in Manhattan) has made the transition to teacher and seminar leader an easy one. Regina's credits as a professional actress include national commercials, guest spots on TV, theatre roles and three happy years recurring on The Young & the Restless. The ?Zen Organizer' has taught classes and delivered speeches on the art of ?Zen Organizing' to diverse groups around the country. Her audiences have included: Conde Nast, Coldwell Banker Real Estate Offices, the Mile Hi Church of Religious Science in Denver, the Unity Church of Christianity in Houston, The University Club and Doubles in New York City and the City of Hope in Los Angeles. Regina is a spokesperson for the National Search and Rescue Dog Foundation in Ojai. |
A Baby Boomer Holiday
By Regina Leeds
As we
progress on our live path, I think it’s only fitting that we exercise
the freedom to reinvent the holidays in any way we choose. What are
your plans this year? Are they the same old/same old or do you have
something fresh and inventive in mind? Let’s take a look at a simple
exercise that will help you decide what to do. We want to discover what
is best for your Soul experience, not just what plans will fulfill the
expectations of others.
The Gift of a Journal
The book that literally changed my life was John Bradshaw’s “Homecoming.”
The answers that came pouring out of me onto paper were not at all what
I planned to say. It was as if the door to a secret compartment in my
heart and mind had been opened by my willingness to write.
I am
going to ask you a series of questions. I invite you to take a few
minutes to answer them. I would suggest you use a beautiful notebook
and record other thoughts and feelings over time. If you come back to
this site each month, I will address all of our topics with some
questions for you. At the very least, this notebook can be the place
where you discover ‘the Zen of organizing’ with me!
Here are your holiday questions:
As you
answer these questions, I have no doubt your Soul will reveal to you
exactly what would bring joy to you this year. There is always a way to
be creative and come up with a solution that will make everyone happy.
If you shake up the established expectations of others, you will be
giving them a gift. Your actions will be an invitation to them to honor
their own creativity!
Finally,
a word of caution: listening to the still small voice within is not the
same as not participating in family holiday rituals as a form of
emotional punishment for slights you feel you encountered during the
year. ‘Zen organizing’ is about creating inner peace through outer
order. Organizing your holiday celebration is part of the outer order
of your life. Inner peace can only come if your intentions are for the
highest good of everyone involved.
May your celebrations this year be full of creativity, love and peace!
If you have never taken the time to journal, I’d like to introduce you
to this practice. For many years I read books that suggested I record
my thoughts and feelings. Sometimes I was asked to answer a series of
questions related to the topic. Do you know what? I never bothered. Why
should I do this, I wondered? After all, I reasoned, I knew what the
answers would be. Writing would not reveal any secret agenda. It would
simply waste my time. How wrong I was!
Visit Regina at
http://www.reginaleeds.com