3-4 Instruction, Coaching & Brain-Based Education Strategies for Students with ADHD (NAPO)

3-4 Organizing the Invisible: Women, ADHD, and Emotional Labor

3-4: Organizing the Invisible: Women, ADHD, and Emotional Labor

Regina Lark, CPO

Mind & Behavior

INTERMEDIATE

Emotional Labor is a valuable component to the well-being of every family system, and yet it is invisible. The workplace would not function at the human level without it, and yet it is unwritten and unwaged. Society calls it “a labor of love.” Sociologists and journalists call it “emotional labor.” Our clients with ADHD call it “overwhelm.” This session begins the conversation.

Session Objectives:
- Identify the components and tasks associated with emotional labor;
- Understand the value of emotional labor at home and in the workplace;
- Compare the division of physical and emotional labor in the household by gender;
- Identify the impact of emotional labor and behaviors related to ADHD, and develop strategies for starting emotional labor conversations with clients.
- Consider how Organizers can create a dialogue and role playing with client in the context of the ADHD client’s relationship to emotional labor.

Regina Lark, CPO

Dr. Regina Lark, CPO, is the founder and owner of A Clear Path: Professional Organizing and Productivity. Regina earned a Ph.D. in U.S. Women’s History from the University of Southern California then worked with the UCLA Women’s Studies program.

In 2008 she left higher education to start A Clear Path. Regina is a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO) and a Certified Professional Organizer in Chronic Disorganization (CPO-CD). She is a graduate of the Organizer Coach Foundation Training Program, and is a Professional Member of the National Speakers’ Association. Regina specializes in working with chronic disorganization, ADHD, and hoarding, and is NASMM accredited senior move manager, She is a speaker and trainer on issues ranging from hoarding, time management and productivity, women’s leadership, and the power of positive thinking.

In 2017, Dr. Lark released the 3rd edition of first book, Psychic Debris, Crowded Closets: The Relationship between the Stuff in your Head and What's Under your Bed (now available on Audible). She is also the author of Before the Big O: Professional Organizers Talk about Life Before Organizing. For fun, she plays golf and tennis, and writes goofy songs about clutter.