Brilliant! This course offers a powerful framework to channel creative chaos. Combined with the mind mapping tool, recommended by Kim, I have gained clarity to analyze, tackle and prioritize projects; it makes me a more concise communicator and a more effective collaborator. Once I grasped the methodology, I see endless applications in my personal and professional life. I also love Kim's humor and encouragement.
Kim’s approach helped me see that my brain is not in fact broken and gave me tools that I will use for the rest of my life. I can now see a path forward to becoming a more skilled writer. While I'm not quite there yet, I believe I can get there and that is everything. The doors I had closed for myself because I needed to avoid writing are starting to open again. I am so full of gratitude - I wish that every neurodivergent person could have someone like Kim in their corner.
This class is life changing! Kimberly Stewart, MS CCC-SLP explains organization explicitly as it relates to tangible things as well as time management and best practices with learning and studying and even as it relates to interpersonal interactions. The course is aptly paced, appropriate examples are relayed for each section, and practice suggestions are relayed after each lesson. Kim also circles back and highlights the main ideas within each module which allows this rather esoteric idea (teaching the method of organization) to be attainable to anyone wanting to learn this missing piece of the process of getting organized from the inside out! Kim also creates a community that can help one not to feel alone along the way. I highly recommend this course. Thank you Kim!
Worth it! This course is excellent. This isn’t some forgettable workshop or set of stale activities. It’s a powerful framework, solidly rooted in neuroscience, that is engaging, adaptable, and applicable to many areas and levels of language organization and executive functioning. Highly recommend it!
This course meant so much to me! How can I sum up its usefulness? Speaking as an instructional designer, the structure of the course is very well thought out and clearly explained by Kim in the beginning. The fact that it's laid out so that you cannot just skip to the next thing is a testament to Kim a) knowing her audience well, and b) knowing how to layer and "spiral" learning in a deliberate way. I learned so much -- that I am a bottom-up thinker, that I can take my thoughts and put them together into categories and then organize those categories in a logical way, that I am, indeed, not a mess. It's a tall order to be able to deliver all this content AND empathy asynchronously and in a small space. But Kim did it! And I thank her for it. Her course and parallel work with me has just been life changing.
Kimberly Stewart is one of the brightest, most insightful and caring educators I have ever met. Her approaches to organization were among the most valuable lessons my son learned in all of high school. Her methodology went far beyond schoolwork and touched every aspect of his life, giving him clear tools and strategies to harness, evaluate and express his ideas. Without a doubt, this course should be an essential part of the curriculum for all students.
Working with Kim on understanding organization taught me how to get myself unstuck in breaking down a problem of any size, so I can put my efforts into solving the problem rather than attempting to unscramble it. Kim’s approach lets me be in control when I don't understand something, helping to clarify what I understand and what I don't, allowing me to start learning up on my feet.
Kim's approach helped me learn that organizing doesn't have to be a source of stress. My lifelong tendency was to shy away from organizing, because I found it stressful. I had been resigned to simply thinking of myself as disorganized, but I am now breaking out of that mindset—seeing that organization is a skill anyone can learn. Taking these lessons to heart in my work calms my mind and leads to better results.
Kim is a masterful teacher and a genuine person. Her top down and bottom up organizational methodology helped me to understand structure, work on my inefficiency, and develop reliable skills to consistently draw upon. She led me to discovering my own strengths and to the realization that my feelings of “less than” or “not getting it,” were from not having a clear methodology and strategic skills in place - not from being a flawed person. I am so grateful.
Kimberly Stewart is the resource and expert in effectively communicating and teaching this critical way of thinking about organization. Her "Bottom Up" approach and tools have made a difference for so many of my clients over the years. I cannot more highly recommend this course!