The Intentional Organiser

17/04/2026

Hello beautiful people,

As you know, I closed The Intentional Organiser in January 2025, after 13 years running my profession organisation business; taking some time out for life to evolve.

My expertise and knowledge has also changed over the years as I've incorporated my life experiences and growth in to my approach to supporting people ✨️ I am now studying counselling and it feels like a deepening and affirmation of my organic approach and knowledge base.

I would love you to listen to my story - it is vulnerable to share but I do so in the hope that it may inspire healing and growth, help others to express their authenticity and explain my passion area and why I am optimally positioned to offer auDHD coaching.

I know I have a lot to offer and I look forward to helping people transform their lives through this offering 🫴 ✨️

29/03/2026

How cool is this new service offered by Onkaparinga Council.

The clutter and unfinished business of old VHS tapes, slides and film that you wish you could access for the lovely memories can be dealt with for free!

Time and organisation can also be a barrier. I love organising physical memories and can advise on services that can convert your treasured memories safely. Let me know if you need any help on this. I am available just one day a week for professional organisation services so DM me if you'd like to secure a session 🥰.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1H2Yp2yntT/

Bring out your old VHS tapes! The much-anticipated Media Conversion Station is here, allowing you to convert old media into a digital format.

This is a self-guided station at Noarlunga Library, where customers can book in to convert:
✨VHS tapes
✨Camcorder tapes (VHS-C Cassette only)
✨Photographs
✨Documents
✨Film (positive, colour negative, B&W negative) - Medium format film, 4 x 5-inch film, 35mm film strips, oversized film of up to 8 x 10 inches.
✨Slides - 35mm slides

For those confident enough, you can book your own self-guided session, available during regular library opening hours from today, 30 March.

For those who want more guidance, a 1:1 training session with a library staff member can be booked on a Wednesday afternoon from 2-3pm.

Find out more about the Media Conversion Station here: https://www.onkaparingacity.com/Community-facilities-support/Libraries/Media-conversion-station

22/03/2025

{ not goodbye but fare-thee-well }

You may not have heard from me (Mary) in a while as I have been taking some leave for a chronic illness that has been plaguing me for a number of years. Mast cell activation syndrome (only recently 'diagnosed') causes chronic inflammation and affects all body systems, and is triggered by a wide range of food intolerances, stress and hormonal fluctuations, and in my body, causes chronic insomnia.

My body reacts to dairy, gluten, table sugar, refined grains and ALL processed foods like they are an invasive virus and in reaction, over-produces and activates 'mast cells'. They affect my muscles, energy, breathing, skin, gut, mood and all body systems, leading to 'flare ups' where is is difficult to function. During a flare up, I struggle to physically get off the couch and do the most basic of activities and the brain fog is incredible. The worst symptom though is the inability to go into REM sleep for nights on end when I have a flare up. Not sleeping for nights on end is pure torture.

For the last few years (up to four years), I have been suffering in waves and largely masking my symptoms, extreme sleep deprivation and exhaustion (as I had no clear diagnosis to share). I didn't know what else to do but simply get on with it?!

Obviously, I have tried many things (almost everything) to heal and have had many positives breakthroughs and become very in tune with my body. Surviving on little to no sleep is hard for the average person, but doing so with a newborn - toddler and a daughter with a disability and my own disability (autism/ADHD) while running a business has been challenging to put it mildly!

I am proud of the work I have done during these years to support my clients; even scaling my business for a couple years to 2 employees and a few subbies. However, while I have the knowledge, know-how and passion to expand my business, my body and mind simply could not cope with the demands while so unwell.

2024 was a big year for me; one of transformation and letting go. I made the tough decision to separate from my partner of 5 years, Marley's father and go it solo as a parent, again.

I started winding down the business that I had spent so much energy successfully scaling up.

I let go of clever business ideas (launching one of the first in-home body-doubling services) and (self) upgrading my website and branding.

However during this time a different dream and calling has been niggling away at me and I felt on a soul level that somehow I had gotten off track

My purpose is to WRITE and share with a wider audience what I have learned during an almost decade-long career as a Professional Organiser, as a solo parent, an entreprenuer, a late diagnosed auDHD-er, a survivor of chronic illness. I have also healed myself of alcoholism (5.5 years sober), obesity and depression and gone on a massive spiritual and holistic journey back home to my true SELF.

Saying GOODBYE to The Intentional Organiser doesn't feel like an ending but a natural evolution.

To write and content-create has been something on my heart for many years; toshare what I have learned and healed through my life and career in the hope that others can be lifted up on their own healing journeys back to their authentic selves, particularly neurodivergent folk like myself.

So this IS goodbye for The Intentional Organiser, my business of over 9 years....

I would like to thank all the clients who have trusted me to help them along the way by allowing me to transform spaces in their home and support their inner transformations also.

I want to thank my colleagues, former employees and subbies for also joining me in transforming lives through less clutter and more intention.

If you would like to follow along the next phase of my offerings to the world please follow me at www.instagram.com/audhd_lifehacks/

I will be giving practical heart-felt life hacks for auDHD friendly home organisation, holistic living, and healing and living with chronic illness. Website will be launched in good time. For now I am unfolding my next offering gradually as I come out of deep rest mode. P.s I am sleeping again.

Much love,

Mary xx

Pictured: Mary holds Cookie her favourite chicken while looking slightly puffy under the eyes but quietly optimistic.

10/12/2024

{ online booking is back }

It's been a long time between posts! How the hell are you?! 😁

If you are wondering where I have been, the short answer is: going through a separation, raising a toddler and a 10 auDHD year old & still working (albeit quietly through word of mouth only) 2 days a week with some wonderful clients decluttering, organising and getting them back on track holistically.

So 2025! Not far away! I have just one appointment I have kept open for emergencies on the 18th Dec, please click the link below if you want to grab it!

The great news is that in 2025, I have reopened my booking link and you can now see my availability and simply book through the link below:

https://the-intentional-organiser.splose.com/booking

or use the booking link on my recently pared back website:

www.theintentionalorganiser.com

Bookings go crazy when New Years hits so why not get ahead of the crowd and book for Jan/Feb now for a home declutter and refresh?! Start 2025 clear, calm, confident and organised ✅.

I also have the holistic option for auDHD specific organisational coaching through video or telehealth to build skills, routines and executive functioning strategies that will transform your life with a neuroaffirming expert (moi) and you can book that through the link also.

Hope you all are surviving the work and kids end of year parties. Have fun friends,

Love Mary

x

06/10/2024

It's been a while....

Do you know what's lurking in the back of your laundry cupboard? One question more, can you even get to it?

This laundry got a makeover to make it accessible and functional by simply moving the shelf down, categorising and sorting everything into clear handled baskets which made everything easy to see and lift down.

I also, pre-sorted everything and helped the client declutter step by step with out the stress and overwhelm.

Decluttering and organising is achievable with the right support, hands on solutions and products.

You can trust a pro...professional organiser that is 😉.

13/12/2023

Hey lovely people,

A note about Christmas holidays - we will be closed and not responding to emails over the holiday period from 21/12/23 to 03/01/24.

If you would like to make a forward booking for the New Year you can still contact Mary directly on phone or text or make a booking via the online booking system!

Declutter your life and get organised for your dream lifestyle in 2024:

https://www.theintentionalorganiser.com/book-online

Jingling all the way,

Mary, Tash, Natasha, Jack & co. x

04/12/2023

*high functioning*

Kristy Forbes - Autism & ND Support's post is very helpful - it explains why high/low functioning labels do not explain someone's experience or support needs and why they are in fact, harmful.

I do understand that there can be a significant difference between individuals with autism in regard to their capabilities and support needs and there are ways of explaining these (when needed) without the 3 level system. Sometimes people can have an intellectual disability as well as autism, or not, for example. For the most part, unless you are giving support or medical treatment to an autistic person, it is not helpful or necessary for an outsider to label the severity of someone's autism.

Someone is either autistic or not autistic - simply that.

There is no need for us to quantify their experience in a reductive way from what we can observe from the outside.

As a late-diagnosed autistic adult who can speak well most days (except some days I slur, mispronounce or can't recall words when I'm in autistic burnout), my disability is well hidden (as it's behind my skull lol) and I follow most of the usual social habits and expectations.

However, my capacity changes dramatically from day to day, for example I have a co-morbid condition, PMDD (pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder), like many autistic women, and on these days each month I am completely debilitated. For me, PMDD also worsens food intolerances, triggers past trauma, causes intense anxiety, RSD and insomnia. I am unable to function for a few days and then when my period comes again I am, like magic, able to function again (albiet feeling a lot of shame and exhaustion).

Being neurodivergent affects a person holistically and changes from day to day based on many factors including hormone fluctuations.

We can't assume because someone is intelligent and meets social expectations that they don't have struggles or do not need extra supports. Nor can we assume that someone who is non-verbal, makes unusual noises or doesn't maintain eye contact is unintelligent or cannot participate in the usual activities of life.

We have so much to learn about how autism presents. It's great that there are many highly communicative autistics, some of whom are 'lived-experience educators' who bust myths and help us gain a better understanding of autism.

29/11/2023

Sharing this from another group because the responses were hilarious...can't wait to read yours...

01/11/2023

Thank you. Thank you! 😘😘

28/10/2023

{ really helpful if you are on the NDIS }

The Growing Space puts out some really helpful info on how to use your plan and the rules involved. It is also great for busting myths. They have some great seminars too to help inform

We work with a lot of NDIS clients so I think this information may be really useful to many....

https://www.facebook.com/100067379592559/posts/653758443546803/?mibextid=CDWPTG

Click on the title of each event for more info and to book. Please look in your junk or spam mail box for registration and confirmation emails (especially if you use a gmail, hotmail, bigpond or yahoo email address, sorry!)