The REAL price of your clutter

The REAL price of your clutter

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.  

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This ONE thing is causing you massive amounts of clutter

Variety is causing you massive amounts of clutter

 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. 

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Your clutter isn't that special

Your clutter isn’t that special

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. 

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A kid's perspective on decluttering and simplifying - with my kid!

How kids declutter their stuff

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! 

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Decluttering is not wasteful - here is what is

Decluttering is not wasteful: here is what is

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. 

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Decluttering for a peaceful home

How decluttering promotes peace in the home

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. 

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Mom burn out

Mom burn out – we all know it and feel it and have had it at some point or another. It leaves us feeling helpless,

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Why you should declutter BEFORE you have your baby

How to declutter before maternity leave

 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.

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How to get on the same page as your spouse about decluttering

When your spouse won’t declutter

  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.  

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Listen to this if you want to declutter but you don't have time

How to declutter with minimal time

  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. 

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How long it takes to declutter and why it feels like forever

How long does it take to declutter your home?

  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. 

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THE secret to making mom friends

How to make mom friends

  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.

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Make your kids your reason, not your excuse

The reason moms don’t declutter

 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.

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Knowing what season of motherhood you are in and maximizing it!

The different seasons of motherhood

  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.

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Generational hoarding and how to break the cycle

Generational clutter: how to break the cycle

  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.

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Routines and habits for moms

Routines and habits for moms

 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. 

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Just in case clutter and how to let it go

Just in case clutter and how to let it go

 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. 

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Listen to this when you're feeling overwhelmed and unmotivated

Decluttering motivation for busy moms

 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!

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Decluttering Vs. Organizing

Organizing vs. decluttering

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.

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How to declutter your crafts so you can actually BE crafty

Crafty moms need to declutter, too

 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.

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Decluttering with kids in the home

 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.

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Clutter free gifts, family and friends

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-

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Sentimental clutter: what to keep

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. 

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