About Terri Lynn

Teri Lynn Mabbitt is a Professional Organizer, and the owner of Chaos 2 Calm, a full service Residential Organizing Company founded in 2003. She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and currently serves on the board for the Colorado Chapter of NAPO.

Teri Lynn’s work has been seen on the hit show, Mission: Organization!™ on HGTV, Home and Garden Television. She is a frequent guest on local news and television shows such as Colorado and Company and 7 News. She is an author, has written numerous articles and has appeared in nationally syndicated newspapers. Teri Lynn is also a dynamic and entertaining speaker and enjoys teaching how to “Get Organized!” to a variety of local Colorado companies and organizations.

Her company, Chaos 2 Calm offers organizing services for every room in the home as well as the home office. The core component of Chaos 2 Calm’s service is to identify the “root causes” of disorganization in order to facilitate true, lasting, organization. These root causes include not only room layout and space planning challenges but can include psychological and lifestyle changes as well. The Chaos 2 Calm company objective is to help clients organize their home and gain control of their time to enable them to simplify their lives, reduce their stress and make time for what truly makes them happy

Teri Lynn’s Personal Story

It took me 30 years to remember what I already knew in 2nd grade...

Like many people, I followed a traditional path, climbing the corporate ladder for many years with great success. I had worked in sales and marketing and had an extensive background of working with successful entrepreneurs in high-intensity, quick growth, start-up companies. Then I had my first child. I had planned to return to work but slowly began to realize that I could not go back to corporate life. I had always believed that everyone has an innate ability or true calling and this turned out to be the beginning of my search for mine.

Several years later, while folding towels and organizing my linen closet I finally had an epiphany. While organizing my closet, I realized… “THIS” is what I do!” “This” is what I’ve always done!” “This” of course, was ORGANIZING! (At that time, I had no idea that “Organizing” was a profession let alone that there are over three thousand Professional Organizers worldwide with a well established National Association.) Then I began to laugh as I flashed back to second grade and remembered arranging my crayons so that the labels were all matching and facing up! So many things now made perfect sense! I realized that I was always the kid with the neatest room, the most organized locker and in later years the cleanest car.

I also realized that each job I had undertaken within my professional career had required complex organizational skills. In my very first job, I was fortunate enough to learn the skills of time management and to appreciate the value of structured schedules. Managing people had developed my teaching and coaching skills and taught me how to motivate people to get things done. (A vital skill as an Organizer!) As a database consultant, I was organizing as well. This time I was simply organized data rather than people or things! But becoming a mother taught me the best skills of all..... to get the most done in the shortest amount of time! (In-between naps, feeding and diapers) and what to do with all the “stuff” that comes along with kids! Who would have thought that kids would be the master teachers of efficiency, time management and space planning (among many other lessons)!

That day in my linen closet, I was amazed to realize that every job and skill I had ever mastered was perfectly aligned with the skills required of a Professional Organizer. It had taken me nearly 30 years to remember what I obviously understood way back in 2nd grade!

From Me To You...

Disorganization has become a way of life for too many of us. In our quest to make our lives easier by becoming successful and having more things, we have unintentionally and unknowingly made our lives more complex. Many of us are completely overwhelmed by how much we are supposed to get done each and every day. We wish that we had “more time.” It IS possible to create “more time” when you learn how to simplify your tasks and get things done quickly and easily. Being more organized can help you create the time to do what you truly love, to have quality time to spend with your family and friends, and to enjoy the simple life you yearn for.