About Linda

I began my coaching business, Getting Clear, in 1994. I have been actively involved for over a decade in the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) – the leading ADHD organization focused on the needs of adults with ADHD. During the past four years, I have served on the ADDA board. This year I serve as President of ADDA.

When I graduated with a Master of Arts degree in English literature from Northwestern University in 1971, I had no idea I would one day become a dedicated coach. I spent the next 20 years working in the field of education as an early childhood teacher, curriculum coordinator and administrator. I now realize that my leader and facilitator style, even then, was that of a coach. My two daughters were born in the early 1980s. During the time of raising young children, I consulted, wrote and helped to found the Bucks County River Valley Waldorf School.

In 1993, after my own intense period of clearing out old stuff – a material and spiritual cleansing - an opportunity presented itself. A friend invited me into her professional organizing business. Within a year, I began my own business and called it Getting Clear. From the very beginning, my approach was different from the majority of professional organizers I was meeting at conferences. My clients were asking me to help them contain their lives, declutter their thinking and help them prioritize, focus and accomplish work-related and personal goals. Many of my clients also began sharing their ADHD stories with me. I called myself a professional organizer/coach, but quickly became, first and foremost, a coach.

This was the beginning of an intense and exciting period of education. I attended professional organizing conferences and ADHD conferences. I also led seminars on organizing, coaching and ADHD. I continuously read and networked with professionals and leaders in the ADHD field. I took coach training seminars at Coach University and completed the Optimal Functioning Institute program. In 2002, I was certified as a master coach – the highest of three certification levels – through the International Coach Federation (ICF)

Today, in addition to serving as president of ADDA, I am a member of the Philadelphia Area Coaches Association (PACA); a Golden Circle member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO); and a co-founder of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of NAPO. Currently, I present coaching seminars and speak on ADHD issues, as well as lead an advanced skills coach training seminar in ADHD. Into all of my work, I bring creativity and compassion, wit and wisdom.