The Work
Both businesses under the Collective share a common foundation: a strengths-based, collaborative approach that respects your intelligence and assumes you are capable of solving your own problems with the right support.
I’m Amy.
I’m a Chicago-based Certified Professional Organizer® and coach. I work primarily with ADHD and other neurodivergent adults who want to better understand how they function and create meaningful change in their lives.
I came to this work the long way around. I spent twenty years in a demanding career, rose to a senior level, and eventually burned out completely. When I rebuilt, I started with organizing. It was concrete, useful, and I was good at it.
Over time, I became increasingly curious about the patterns I kept seeing. Some clients made tremendous progress while others found themselves struggling with the same challenges again and again. Not because they didn't care or weren't trying, but because something deeper seemed to be getting in the way.
That curiosity eventually led me to coach training and a deeper understanding of how people create lasting change.
Both businesses grew from the same question: why do some efforts last while others don't? I built them for people who are thoughtful, capable, and tired of solving the same problems over and over again.
My Work
Amy Louise Organizing helps ADHD and neurodivergent adults understand why organizing has been difficult and what to do differently.
Most organizing approaches focus on creating order. My work focuses on understanding what gets in the way of maintaining it. Through my Unlocking Home program, we explore the challenges you're experiencing at home, the patterns that keep repeating, and the habits, routines, structure, and support that might help. Between sessions, you experiment with new approaches in your own home and learn from the results.
Over time, many clients develop a clearer understanding of how they function, what helps, and what allows organizing efforts to last.
Amy Louise Coaching works with ADHD and neurodivergent adults who want to better understand how they function and create meaningful change in their daily lives.
Many clients come to coaching because they know what needs to happen, yet certain goals, responsibilities, and priorities remain difficult to act on consistently. Through weekly coaching conversations and the work that happens between sessions, clients gain insight into what is getting in the way and what helps them move forward more consistently.
Over time, many clients begin building a Personal Operating Manual: a growing body of knowledge about how they function, what helps, and what allows life to work better.
