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!

 In this episode I tell you the story of my ever changing wardrobe – from stay at home mom to professional working mom.

This episode is the perfect place for you to start decluttering your home, and simplifying your life!

In this episode we talk about the pressure we put on ourselves as mom to “be organized”. We cover all the Pinterest boards, organizational bins, and idealistic organizational solutions that you TRY to implements into your every day life that just all comes undone in about half the time it took you to put together.

 In this episode I help you tackle your crafts! As a former teacher mom, I get it. Crafts are a big deal. They are how we create and express ourselves, but this is the truth.. too much of a good thing is never a good thing.

 If you’re listening to this podcast chances are you are a mom with kids still in the house and you WANT to declutter… but you have kids. And when you declutter or try to get ahead your kids go behind you and undo the rest of it and it feels like it’s just a giant waste of time.

When it comes to shopping we buy and buy, often without giving any intentional thought to what it is that we are buying and why we continue to buy things that we don’t need

 In this episode we talk all about what it really feels like when you declutter your home! I tell you the story of how we did it as a family and the ups and downs of the entire process.

In this episode we get honest about WHY you have to stop letting your kids be the excuse you don’t declutter, or the REASON that you are going to declutter! When it comes to successfully decluttering with kids you have to understand the difference between a goal list and a to do list-

Save the sentimental decluttering for last so that you can clear out all the distractions around it FIRST and gain experience in making decisions about what is actually sentimental and what you are just used to having around or are clinging to for reasons disguised as sentimental. 

Today I help you simplify it all and create a simple wardrobe of clothes that fit your body well AND your style. 

 In this episode I help you get honest with yourself about why you haven’t decluttered yet and what it comes down to is not giving yourself permission to declutter for so many reasons. These reasons are just fluffed up excuses that you are allowing to hold yourself back from taking action against your clutter and feeling the relief in your days and life that you deserve. 

 In this episode we talk about how to get past all the money you spent on the toys that you want to declutter. This episode is about decluttering but its about so much more and that is the mindset behind why you haven’t decluttered yet.

 In this episode we talk about why we tell our kids we are going to donate their toys to kids who don’t have any, or who don’t have a lot and the twisted up message that unintentionally sends.

 In this episode we talk about how LOUD your clutter is and how it makes you internalize negative qualities and labels about yourself that just aren’t true. 

Mia Danielle says it perfectly – give ourself sugar coated excuses and submit to defeat against the clutter before we really have a chance to live without it.