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PO provides ‘hands on’ assistance to create change
FOR those feeling overwhelmed and uncomfortable due to possessions, Rebecca Gilmore is here to help.
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This professional declutter specialises in home organisation, helping people from all walks of life to reorganise, systemise and streamline their homes.
Rebecca told the Cooroy Rag that there is a real need for professional home organisers such as her on the Coast.
“People are getting so overwhelmed with possessions in their home and organising doesn’t come naturally.
“I give them the tools to organise and to identify what they consider important, what they love, what they don’t need and how to streamline everything.”
Rebecca provides several services to suit different people, households and situations.
“I provide a declutteringreorganising style session. This involves setting up a system to reorganise, taking into account the client’s personality and their family situation.
“I also declutter for those who want to put their property up for sale. We go through room by room and identify what they don’t want to take.
“By sorting out their possessions beforehand, they move into their new place with only the possessions that they want.
“If they are downsizing, they sometimes need assistance with minimising their possessions.”
Rebecca begins with an initial complimentary consultation in order to get to know the client.
“We chat about what they’re looking for, their goals, their preferences and how their family operates.
“I work with their organising style first, and then their space and possessions. Some people are visual and like their possessions out to see. Others like theirs behind closed doors.
“Different systems work for different people.”
After 15 years of professionally decluttering, Rebecca said that she can walk into a home and immediately see what is working or not working for them.
“I then concentrate on what system is working and apply that to areas that aren’t working.
“Different systems work for different people. It takes a lot of confidence for people feeling overwhelmed and uncomfortable to ask for help and my job is to make them feel comfortable and help them.
“That’s what I like, working with all the different people and different situations. To me it is not work at all, I love it.”
Rebecca’s love of professional organising began many years ago as a nanny.
“I nannied in Australia and the UK for some time and basically, I was the organiser of everything. I was responsible for the children and it came very naturally for me to be able to organise them.
“Professional organising is an extension of this time and working with different families and learning styles. I was able to see the differences and what works for one person works differently for someone else’s circumstances.”
Rebecca later worked in management rights and the relocation industry, honing her skills in decluttering, packing, unpacking and home set up.
“All those experiences have helped me help other people.”
Rebecca offers four, six and eight hour sessions where she physically does the work while teaching the client how to maintain the system they set up.
“The length of time required to complete decluttering, organising, and unpacking tasks is determined by the client’s goals, how quickly they make decisions and the volume of possessions in their home.
“A four hour session is a great starting point. Six and eight hours see considerable results.”
Rebecca also has a maintenance program, where she revisits the client three or six months later and a referral program.
“People who have already used me can get a discount when I go back to them if they refer me.”
If you’re feeling overwhelmed and uncomfortable by possessions, give Rebecca at Ogilvy Lifestyle Solutions a call on 0483 812 806.
“I do a lot of work in Noosa, Cooroy, Kenilworth and Eumundi but service the whole Coast. I am also COVID safe and have had training in infection control.”
BE READY THIS SUMMER STORM SEASON
October is Get Ready Month
Now is the time to make sure you’re ready for the upcoming severe weather season. Protect what’s important to you. • Have a Household Emergency Plan • Pack an Emergency Kit • Check your insurance is up to date For more information visit: disaster.noosa.qld.gov.au, where you can: • Download a copy of the Noosa Emergency Action Guide • Subscribe to our Noosa Alert Service, to ensure you stay informed
COOROY’S Sunshine Mitre 10 has invested in a new piece of lifesaving equipment.
Our Maple St hardware store now has a defibrillator. In fact, all 18 Sunshine Mitre 10 stores in Queensland do.
Sunshine Mitre 10 General Manager, Neil Hutchins, said that the defibrillators were an investment in emergency health care not just for their staff, but for their communities as well.
“We have over 400 staff across our locations, and we take our duty of care to them very seriously. So we have first aid officers at each location, and now we also have defibrillators, which can help save lives for anyone experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest.
“But it’s not only that. As many of our stores are in regional and remote locations, by having a defibrillator onsite,these lifesaving devices are more accessible to the local communities.
“And while it’s a very big investment of over $35,000, if we can save just one life, it will be money very well spent.
“These machines really can mean the difference between life and death. So we need more of them in
Sunshine Mitre 10 Cooroy Store Manager Robbo McInnes with the defibrillator.
THERE’S a new chiropractic clinic in Cooroy that will have local spines smiling.
Husband and wife chiropractors, Chris and Steph Mathieson, have opened Smiling Spines in Emerald Street.
To help support our local community, they are running a postural awareness campaign.
Steph told the Cooroy Rag that they are providing a complimentary consultation and neck pillow to improve the posture of the local community.
“Anyone in the community can book in for the short complimentary consultation and receive free advice and a neck pillow to improve posture and associated symptoms such as headaches, sore neck and back, as well as for improved function in the body and reduced pain.”
Both Chris and Steph are passionate about improving the health and well being of people in Cooroy and surrounding areas.
“Our practice is open and welcoming to everyone. We treat a broad range of ages from newborn babies to the elderly and all walks of life.
“Specific areas of interest are chronic case management, community health initiatives and postural correction.”
Chris uses a range of chiropractic techniques including gentle manual adjusting, drop piece, activator and syntropy.
Steph, who is currently on maternity leave with the couple’s two young children, Lenny, 4 and Goldie, almost 1, will start treating in 2022.
“My special areas of interest are support for women through pregnancy, children’s development and family care.”
Book a complimentary postural awareness consultation via the website smilingspines.com.au or visit the clinic at 4a Emerald Street (opposite the IGA) from Tuesday to Saturday.
Chris, Steph and children Lenny and Goldie outside their new business Smiling Spines COOROY’S Jamaica Blue Owner, Nick Comino, is celebrating two milestones.
The first milestone is nine years of business at the Emerald Street cafe. The second is the purchase of a second cafe, Jamaica Blue in Noosa Civic, five months ago.
Nick told the Cooroy Rag the last nine years have been a blast.
“Jamaica Blue is one of the longest standing cafes in Cooroy and we are would like to thank all of our lovely customers for your support over the years. Cooroy is such a wonderful spot and we still have that country town feel that we all love. As I say to my clients, ‘another day in paradise’.
“October is the Cooroy cafe’s birthday month so look out for our celebration day coming up. We will be putting on free coffee and birthday cake towards the end of the month.”
And as of the first of October, Jamaica Blue Cooroy is launching new deals. Tuesdays is two for one on all hot beverages after 11am, Friday is beer and burger day for $20 and every day is $9 medium coffee and scone, or bacon and egg roll and small coffee for $12.
Nick said there has been a lot of running back and forth between both stores and he has been spending a lot of time in Noosa getting the new store up and running.
“But now customers can get the same quality coffee and food and service in Noosa and I’ll be coming back to spend more time at Cooroy. So Cooroy customers will be seeing my face there more regularly.”
Pop down to Jamaica Blue in October to grab a birthday special and say hello to Nick.
Open 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday and 7.30am to 2pm on weekends at 2A Emerald Street, Cooroy.
Say hi to Nick at Jamaica Blue in Cooroy.
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