Today I share how we have gone digital to simplify the papers in our home, and how we manage all the papers coming in before they get the chance to die in a pile.

As moms we already have limited time and energy. We are pulled here, there and everywhere and feel like there is just never enough time OR energy to actually declutter. Let alone the time and energy at the same time to get things done. 

 How much do you actually play with your kids versus how much you actually WANT to play with them?

Your clutter is NOT true security!! We cling to clutter in the hopes of it being our savior one day. We think that it is financial security. We think that the power lies in our stuff – and I am here to tell you that is not true!! 

You know I stalk you guys, right? Like I get to know you and your stories and what you’re struggling with and I used to be you – overwhelmed by too much stuff and then having the best of intentions and still staying stagnant and stuck under all the clutter.

So today I am going to give you some of my best moving tips – and I know a thing or two about moving because we’ve moved seven times in the last six years and we are VERY efficient. 

Have you avoided decluttering because all you can see is the money spent on it all?? You’re not alone. This is such a common block when it comes to letting go of your clutter so today we are going to get to the root of how your clutter has cost you so much money over they years, how decluttering SAVES you money and how to shift your perspective of only seeing your clutter in the form of dollar signs.  

Today I share with you why I actually DON’T believe that any more based on the experience of less books in my home and in my classrooms when I was a teacher.  

 After watching over 5,000 moms declutter their homes and decluttering my own home I can confidently say there is ONE commonality behind all the clutter we have and that is…. Our insastiable desire for variety and having ONE thing for every ONE specific need. 

Time, energy, kids, overwhelm…. after HUNDREDS of responses from moms like you, what I found was everyone has the same excuses.

Would you be brave enough to this episode and dare to shift your mindset about your clutter and see it for what it really is? An overabundance of stuff designed to steal your time, energy and in essence, your life. 

My oldest daughter volunteered to answer several of your questions about decluttering from a kid’s perspective. She gives her best insight into what it’s like to live in a simplified home. She had a lot of fun with it, so much fun that she wants to start an entire series on how to help your kids do this for themselves, so watch for that coming soon! 

NOT decluttering is actually more wasteful than decluttering – because when you declutter you are being brave and bold enough to actually look at your consumption habits and past shortcomings and realizing that you don’t actually have a problem of not enough, but a problem of too much. 

This is NOT a parenting episode teaching you how to change or manage behavior in your kids. It is just my personal experience through teaching in many classrooms all over the country and within my own home and the anecdotal evidence I have collected that proves our environments can literally make or break us. 

You see SO many things that need to be done, and you want to get to them all. So you get to them.. that’s not the problem, but you never finish them. In this episode I give you my best tips for finishing what you start. 

Do you know there has to be a more efficient way to do things instead of running in circles and being “busy” all day yet accomplishing next to nothing?

Warning: In this episode I share with you what those are and what the foundation of the Motherhood Simplified movement is based on. 

 This community is called Motherhood Simplified – so obviously we are in the seasons of having babies. One question I get often is “should I declutter before my maternity leave or during”. I wholheartedly believe that BEFORE is the answer.

  You WANT to declutter but your spouse disagrees and has different viewpoints as you when it comes to the stuff in your home. That is okay! You are not trapped, you are not helpless and you CAN make progress even if your spouse doesn’t want to.  

  This episode is a series of truth bombs about how you are spending your time. I get it, we are moms, we juggle A LOT. But to wave your white flag in defeat and NOT do the things that will ultimately give you more time and energy is something I am passionate about pushing you through. 

  This episode is meant to prepare for how long it’s really going to take you to declutter your home. There is not a specific timeline BUT I help you realize why you have so much stuff, how much there really is so that you can understand WHY it is going to take you more than one weekend or purging ten bags of stuff. 

 In this episode I share my old perfectionist life, how it negatively affected my life and how much more I enjoy my life, and how much more I actually do now that I have dropped the perfectionist label.

  In today’s episode I share my history of making mom friends and how I went from team no friends, don’t need them, no time for them to having a strong support system of friends I love and cherish.

I’ll be totally honest and LOVE being the one who “does it all”, I am a 3 on the enneagram and it just is what it is and I am who I am. BUT I know the secret – and it’s this… we do NOT do it all. 

 As moms we have SO much to do, and it feels like there is never enough time or energy to do it… BECAUSE kids.

But what if we switched that story and started telling ourselves, no, I am going to do this becuase KIDS.

  In today’s episode we talk about the different seasons of motherhood and what they require of us. As moms they are constantly changing and evolving BUT we can also get stuck in believing that we can’t do certain things, or as much as we’d like because of that season.

  Today we talk about the REAL issue behind your parents, grandparents, friends and others pushing their clutter onto you!! Yes, it’s frustrating BUT it is not your responsibility to take on their clutter and all their complex emotional ties with their clutter.

 In this episode I let you know how hard decluttering is – I get it. But the truth is that NOT decluttering is significantly harder! 

 In this episode I help you understand that difference between schedules, routines, and habits and why they haven’t worked for you in the past – and how without you even realizing it probably, how they have. 

 Come hear the super fun AND impactful story of my friend Savanna and how she decluttered her home! Her story is especially fun to me because we decluttered her home together!

 In this episode we talk about the reality of just in case clutter and how to let it go. Just in case comes from the wildest parts of your imagination and keeps you staying stuck, overwhelmed and living from a place of fear and procrastination. 

  Come learn FINALLY how I rotate toys for our kids of varying ages (1.5-13 years old), what toys we have and WHY.

I share something kinda scary to admit… I don’t believe moms should have to choose between having a clean house OR spending time with their family. 

 This episode is special for YOU when you have those days where everything just feels like it’s too much. When you are feeling unsupported, overwhelmed and like you just can’t get things done. Spoiler alert – you can! I share my best tips for doing it!