Category: Motherhood Simplified

It’s hard to declutter, but it’s even harder NOT to if you are overwhelmed.

The ONLY right way to declutter is to ultimately get the stuff out of your home and possession for good.

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grief and decluttering go hand in hand and make people experience grief over things they might not have ever considered. This is totally normal and okay! 

Do you ever feel like you’re doing a TON of work and not making any progress? You are not the problem. Your workload is just too high!

This is a trouble shooting episode for you to figure out why you’re not making decluttering progress.

How to declutter as a mom when everything feels overwhelming.

It sounds like it will be magical, but before you try – listen to this!

Let’s talk about eco-friendly decluttering and how to set boundaries with older generations who give us way too much stuff.

Settling into a new home can feel overwhelming and daunting. You just adjusted and rearranged everything in your life and now you have to figure out how to piece together a new home.

Now how do you actually move quickly or as a military family?
Getting ready to move and feel overwhelming and daunting

These two routines are golden for moms, and make it so the things you have to do are taken care of so you can do what you want to do.

Specifically, let’s two under two. Because it’s hard and I wan you to know you’re not alone in feeling that way.

Some routines are good for everyone, even if you are routine averse. The nightly (or morning) reset is one of them and helps moms a ton.

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Is waking up before the kids best for you right now, or not? Let’s figure it out together in this episode!

When to DIY your decluttering, and when to hire a professional

Self care as a mom is intentionally doing the things that energize you, and removing the things in your life that deplete or exhaust you.

Chelsea and I got the chance to sit down and talk about simplified investing.

Having a planner doesn’t make you productive and it doesn’t make you organized. It CAN if you use it.

How to get your spouse to help more around the house- without nagging, yelling or ultimatums.

How to get help at home.

I know you want to declutter, but maybe you just haven’t yet. If you are a mom, let’s talk about what those reasons are!

Moms often take on the burden of labor in the home and this is one of the top reasons to declutter your home if you are mom.

It can be really hard to declutter toys, so here are 7 reasons you have so many to begin with and how to start letting them go!

Here are my best 3 post holiday decluttering tips for you! It’s the best time of year to leverage your decluttering efforts.

Janelle is a second generation homeschooling mom of 4. She went from drowning in laundry to road-schooling with what fits in her mini van!

Decluttering motivation and excuses go hand in hand and are just two sides of the same coin. Learn how to reframe your excuses into reasons!

Erica is a stay at home mom of  2 year old daughter. She left her career to be at home with her daughter and realized that her home was very overwhelming to be in.

The story of how Leela decluttered her home. She is a mom of 3 and shares how her outer clutter affected her inner landscape.

But we also don’t want the pressure of living up to Pinterest perfect standards. How do we figure out what a normal amount of mess with kids is? 

Leah is a second generation homeschooling mom of three. Her clutter chronicles episode shares how she managed to declutter her home. 

Clutter Chronicles: Amanda is the story of how she simplifies so she can more easily balance it all. And how you can, too!

Clutter is a constant encroachment of your boundaries. It is constantly taking your time, energy, space.

Clutter Chronicles: Alison is a formerly ALWAYS anxious mom to 2 children and many plants. Learn how you can declutter like Alison!

Clutter and time might not seem related, but I promise you they are. 5 ways clutter costs you time, and 3 ways decluttering saves you time. 

Money is one of the biggest things moms think about when trying to declutter. Of course it is, here are two truths about clutter and money.

Learn how to get control of your photo clutter in this episode with Leslie Alder!

Digital clutter for moms is about 99% photos on our camera rolls, right? 

So let’s prepare for the giving and receiving season now. Clutter and gifts can turn any overwhelmed mom into a scrooge. 

Sometimes you just need a good old list to check off! So, today here are 22 things to declutter right now!

What if, and just in case clutter can show up in a lot of different ways for moms. Here is everything you need to know to move past it!

This is one simple strategy that I teach inside of my course Decluttering Simplified. It is an inside peak and just one small taste of what you get inside as far as training and support in learning exactly how to declutter your home as a mom. And it’s called the half it method of decluttering! 

This episode and blog is going to teach you how to declutter your clothes in a very simple way. But first, let’s get clear on some reasons why it can be such a challenge to declutter clothes. 

Do you know how to include kids in decluttering. We first need to understand why it’s difficult for kids to declutter, and to include them.

Do you believe these things about self care as a mom? 

Mom guilt is when you feel like you are doing something wrong as a mom, and aren’t. Get the steps to release your guilt now!

Can you pour from an empty cup? Of course not. We know this, and we even agree with it. That doesn’t mean that when we are struggling, maybe even asking for help that hearing “you can’t pour from an empty cup” is helpful.