Hoarding: It's So Much More Than Clutter

Hoarding - 'It's So Much More Than Clutter'

• Become more aware of the issue of hoarding

• Learn how to help your loved one or friend

• Gain clarity on the health, legal, and financial consequences of this real issue

Laurel's Sagen's goal is to provide the information and resources you need to tackle the very real issue of hoarding. If you have a family member or friend who hoards, you might not know where to start. This book will help you better understand this mental disorder, handle the consequences, and shed light on solid solutions.

Hoarding has serious repercussions, but there is hope! This book helps you gain clarity, suggests practical steps that work, and provides peace of mind, knowing that a loved one's hoarding problem can be helped.

With more than 20 years of real estate experience, Laurel takes pride in helping seniors and their families navigate the difficult path of life transitions. She buys, renovates, and sells home while helping other find the solutions for their housing needs. In addition to being a frequent speaker at a local real estate investment and Mastermind clubs, Laurel has presented to real estate conferences across the country and internationally. <br><br>Laurel is a graduate of Sacramento State University, a Landmark-trained coach, licensed state contractor, and a proud member of the Elder Services Network. She lives in Sacramento with her spouse and their fur-baby, a lemon beagle named Isabella "Izzy" Lemondrop. Sheila Buff is a highly experienced writer, ghostwriter, developmental editor, and book doctor specializing in the areas of health, medicine and social issues. When she's not working with independent authors to create their books, she writes about birdwatching, gardening, the outdoors, and the Hudson Valley. She is the author of NYS Canalway Water Trail Guidebook, the official paddling guide to the Erie Canal system, published in 2019. With her husband Joe, she is the coauthor of You Bet Your Life: Your Guide to Deadly Risk, published by Abbeville Press in 2022. Sheila, Joe, and their dog Daisy live in the small town of Milan in the beautiful mid-Hudson Valley. Following a long career as a chief executive officer managing state-wide professional<br>associations, chambers of commerce, and non-governmental organizations, in 2013, Linda<br>Gillman earned a doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University in Palo Alto,<br>California. Her academic research included a formal research dissertation — The Psychospiritual<br>Dimensions of Living with Life-Threatening Illness — which was published by ProQuest and to<br>date has been referenced over 5,000 times by graduate students seeking advanced degrees in<br>psychology.<br>While a doctoral candidate at Sofia University, Gillman served as a teaching aid for a fourth year<br>doctoral-level class titled: Self, Collective, and Global Psychologies. In this role she helped<br>graduate students develop a synthesis of the course content and hone their writing skills. Dr.<br>Gillman is a life member of Phi Gamma Mu and Psi-Chi and a member of the Society of<br>Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association and other professional<br>groups.<br>Gillman continues to offer her writing skills as a contributing writer/editor and enjoys the<br>challenge of bringing words to life. Her writing skills reflect a unique perspective informed by<br>her life experience and work in the mental health field. She possesses a comprehensive<br>understanding of the lived experiences affecting seniors and their families in today's world.<br>Gillman's experience as a nonfiction writer/editor and researcher includes several years in<br>publishing. She has written book reviews for an international nonprofit's online bookstore, as<br>well as white papers, blog posts and web-based content for executive clients in other settings.<br>Always up for new challenges, Gillman is currently facilitating a memoir writing group for an<br>independent living community. She also facilitates a cancer support group and maintains a<br>private practice working with the aging challenges of seniors and their loved ones and<br>caregivers.<br>When Linda Gillman is not writing or working in her private practice or other business interests,<br>she enjoys, reading, gardening and an active lifestyle in northern California. She is the proud<br>mother of an adult son and adult daughter and grandmother to four grandsons and lives in the<br>Sacramento area with her big orange cat, Lucy.