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• NAPO Chicago September Chapter Meeting

  • When
    Thu, September 11, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Cocial, 21 S Evergreen Ave #200, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

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  Meeting Agenda:

  10:00 -10:30: Open networking

  10:30: Call to Order Chapter business and announcements

  11:00 - 12:00 Professional Development Program "Expert Panel Discussion - Organizing Strategies for ADHD"

  
  

  Join your NAPO Chicago colleagues for networking, breakfast, and professional development program - Organizing Strategies for ADHD. This program will be led by an expert panel featuring NAPO Chicago members:

  - Estela Garcia, Fresh Light Start Professional Organizing

  - Leslie Hatch Gail, PhD, Declare Order

  - Phaedra Studt, Kelly Brask Organizing

  Attendees can expect to learn:

  1. How can professional organizers create functional systems while honoring a neurodivergent client's processing style?
     
  2. What are some common misconceptions about ADHD and the ability to get organized?
     
  3. When working with ADHD clients, what strategies help bridge the gap between intention and follow-through?

  This will be an exciting and informative discussion with the opportunity for Q&A from attendees so bring your questions!

  Complementary Coffee & Danishes Sponsored by Doyle Auctions

  
  

  
  

  Meet our featured Discussion Panelists:

  Estela Garcia is the founder and owner of Fresh Light Start Professional Organizing, where she helps clients with ADHD and executive function challenges create systems that not only reduce overwhelm but also support lasting habits. Her approach, which is a blend of compassion and practicality from her medical and real estate backgrounds, is designed to bring about lasting change. Estela also serves as Board Director of Business Partners for the NAPO Chicago Chapter and contributes to the Institute for Challenging Disorganization Publications Committee.

  Leslie Hatch Gail is a professional organizer, consultant, and adjunct psychology instructor with a PhD in Community Psychology. Her dissertation research explored community responses to hoarding, and she continues to bridge academic insights with practical organizing solutions. Leslie specializes in ADHD, autism, and other brain-based conditions. As co-leader of NAPO’s Hoarding SIG and the Chicagoland Hoarding Task Force, she advocates for nonjudgmental approaches to clutter and disorganization. She seeks to collaborate, not dictate, and looks forward to exchanging ideas with you!

  Phaedra Studt turned her passion for creative problem-solving into a career in organizing in 2019. Having participated in communities that attracted many neurodivergent individuals, and as someone with ADHD herself, she was inspired to help others create systems that help them thrive. A member of NAPO and NAPO Chicago—where she served on the board for four years—she also holds Level 1 Foundation and Level 1 ADHD certificates from the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. Alongside her in-person work with Kelly Brask Organizing, Phaedra is developing an online course through her brand Practical Possibilities to make organizing help more accessible to neurodivergent people and to share techniques for managing spaces in ways that work with their unique brains.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Office Hours Coaching with Barb Mason - Members Only

  • When
    Wed, September 24, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Office Hours with Barb Mason of UNSTUCK Coaching

  Exclusive Free Coaching for NAPO Chicago Members and Business Partners

  
  

  As a Solopreneur (or small business owner), tackling complex client challenges, scaling your business, or breaking free from perfectionism and people-pleasing can be daunting. I invite you to join me, a professional life, business, and retirement coach, for monthly Zoom office hours. These sessions offer a confidential space to address your most pressing concerns, gain strategic insights, and receive expert guidance designed to empower your growth and success. You will come prepared with a question or situation you would like coaching on and we will handle it in the zoom room.

  All business owners have plateaus and blind spots - these sessions are an opportunity to strengthen your ability to identify what’s in your way and get to the next level. We will meet on the last Wednesday of every month from 12-1pm CT, via Zoom. Please register to receive zoom link.

  For more information: barb@rustuck.net.
  

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• Field Trip & Community Service at Chicago Furniture Bank

  • When
    Thu, October 09, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Chicago Furniture Bank, 4801 S Whipple St, Chicago, IL 60632

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  Field Trip & Community Service at Chicago Furniture Bank

  Event Agenda (CDT)

  10:00am - 10:30am Networking Coffee and Breakfast Items

  10:30am - 11:00am NAPO Chicago (10 minutes on member benefits) & CFB (20 minutes on 2024 impact, growth, team intros) presentations

  11:00am - 11:10am Group photo (Outside with sign)

  11:10am - 11:40am Warehouse Tour (processes)

  11:10am - 2:00pm Volunteer Service Project Open: Kitchenware Kits organize & packing 

  Connecting, Learning and Giving Back Together!

  Join us for a Field Trip and Community Service Event at Chicago Furniture Bank. Our non-profit Business Partner is hosting us for a behind the scenes look at this incredible organization. And we’ll lend our services to help organize and pack up kitchen supply boxes for their clients. Additional volunteer opportunities may include assisting CFB team with client appointments and warehouse organization as needed.

  The Chicago Furniture Bank believes everyone should be able to sleep in a bed, share a family meal at a kitchen table, and enjoy the comfort of a furnished home. Over the past six years the Chicago Furniture Bank has furnished over 18,500 households and impacted over 46,000 people, providing stability, dignity, and comfort to those in need.

  What you need to know to prepare for our event:

  • The presentation and tour portions of this field trip will be CEU eligible.
    
  • Dress casual and comfortable, wear sturdy closed toe shoes, we’ll be walking around and working in a warehouse setting.
  • Bring your reusable water bottle, snacks will be provided.
  • Bring your NAPO Chicago apron if you have one.

  Please register to receive email with parking info and more details.
  

  This meeting is open to guests, chapter members and Business Partners.

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• NAPO Chicago November 2025 Chapter Event (Virtual)

  • When
    Thu, November 13, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

  

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