About The Intuitive Assistant

Lina Akkerman, founder of The Intuitive Assistant smiling at the camera wearing rainbow glasses. Lina has a nose ring and a short rainbow colored buzzcut.

I'm Lina (they/them), and I want to help business owners and teams feel human and cared for.

Centering and supporting marginalized people and groups is important to me, including but not limited to anyone at the intersections of: Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, Latinx, 2SLGBQTIA+, sex worker, disabled, fat, or neurodivergent. I am anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, anti-prison and police, and try to embody that in my work.

I've worked in corporate for 12+ years, in admin and analyst roles, and am excited to bring that experience and knowledge to help small business owners. I’ve worked in tech, investment management (ew), furniture, architect firms, you name it.

Whatever role I am in, I genuinely enjoy building and nurturing relationships. This has been a common thread throughout all of my experiences and I've found that it’s been the key to successful projects and work experiences.

To view my extensive experience, check out my LinkedIn profile.

Zadie, a pitbull and the assistant to the assistant for The Intuitive Assistant, sitting on a concrete step wearing a black harness.

I’m a cancer sun, scorpio rising, aquarius moon

If we meet while I’m my desk, you’ll probably get the hot gossip about the birds and squirrels chillin outside my window.

Other than that, you can find me cuddling my pittie mix, Zadie, being outside with the plants and trees, thrifting, trying out new systems for my ADHD brain, reading all of the genres (I never go anywhere without a book), under a pile of blankets playing games on my phone, forcing myself to drink water (ew), and re-defining what being jewish means for me.

Community support and mutual aid is important in my work and personal life - I’ll be including people and orgs that I’m currently giving money/time/resources to in my newsletter.