Today we’d like to introduce you to Erika Salloux.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
“How did you end up being an organizer?” That’s the question I get asked the most since I began this labor of delight.
Even months before working with my first client I wasn’t consciously aware that personal organizers existed. Yet, some part of me must have held a knowing of the profession, having previously worked with a public television executive who produced “Organizing from the Inside Out,” a pledge special with star organizer Julie Morgenstern.
This is how it began:
Deeply immersed in a career discernment period, the word “organizing” would often pop up in my head. “Often” is all telling here, for I did a splendid job of ignoring that word and the voice. It didn’t give up; it simply kept repeating itself to me. In full honesty, that voice and word had been around for years. I pushed it away because, as I kept telling myself, “Hey, organizing isn’t a job.” I pushed it away because I thought of my natural organization skills as growing out of some rigid uncreative side of myself. I pushed it away because organizing, whatever I thought that entailed, couldn’t possibly engage my favorite talents and feed my soul’s desire to be of service to others.
Well, I finally couldn’t drown out that “organizing” word and voice any longer. It was as the Swiss Jesuit Hans Urs von Balthasar said “. . . you have nothing to choose, you have been called…”
Once I started organizing for others, I was immediately immersed in a sense that this work had always been a part of me. It felt like me. I quickly discovered that all those presumptions I had been harboring were outrageously erroneous and contrary to my organizing style. My organizing is all about being creative and flexible. What works for one client isn’t the best solution for the next client. And on top of all that I get to bring others more clarity, energy, and peacefulness. This work is truly and simply a natural extension of my passions, talents, longings, and sensibilities.
That’s how it happened!
Every day I feel blessed that I have finally found the place where my gifts and the pressing needs and yearnings of others meet.
Has it been a smooth road?
Some bits have been smooth and organic. Other parts have not. I find it challenging to find the right people to join my team, meaning those who work at the parts of my business that are not my juicy talent and that I am not jazzed up about doing.
Creating the right harmony of client work with longer-term, fun projects that are crying out to me is something I find challenging. For instance, right now, I am shifting my business to be more virtual, and getting to the tasks in that area, is not always easy for me.
I wouldn’t say “were,” for there are challenges every day still.
So, as you know, we’re impressed with Living Harmony – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
I work with people who want to get organized so they can live their desires and purposes. This is done by using signature systems grounded in holistic and coach-centered processes and organizing strategies that are proven to get lasting results. With the EmpoweredTime™ process people are guided to create a blueprint that lets them take control of their time, and the result is a rhythm and order to their days for a healthier, more serene, extra productive, best self. The JetPac© system transforms packing and traveling from stress to simplicity for all kinds of vacationers, trekkers, and business travelers.
I’m different than the average organizer because the combination of my holistic and coach-centered approaches get results that change people lives, not just their spaces and their time.
Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
Most:
The culture
The people from all over the world
Least:
Conservative bent
A lot of people in their head a lot of the time
Contact Info:
- Address: 24 Harvey St.
Cambridge, MA 02140 - Website: www.living-harmony.org
- Phone: 617-945-0704
- Email: transform@living-harmony.org
- Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/living-harmony-cambridge-2
- Other: https://www.youtube.com/user/LivingHarmonyLLC
Image Credit:
One photo for Erika on the job: by Paul Specht
All before and afters: by Erika Salloux
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