Today, Juliana Ong of Stories of Play is my guest, and we talk all about the importance of play for our kids and how we can foster creative, open ended, independent play. While this is a fun, somewhat light hearted topic, it's also one where intentionality can make all the difference. I can vouch for this because after my conversation with Jules, I changed a lot about our family's play space and the way I approach and view play in our home, and I've seen so much more focused play from my girls.
Jules has so much knowledge when it comes to this topic and she gives us permission to simplify things as she brings a wealth of ideas for us to implement to get started in simplifying play.

Links:
Jules Website
Jules on Instagram
Desirae on Instagram
Podcast Website


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198: Fostering more Creative, Independent Play in our Kids (with less stuff and less clutter) with Juliana Ong

Minimal-ish is a podcast hosted by Desirae Endres about striving to live with less of the things that don't matter, more of what does, and pursuing intention in every area of our everyday lives and motherhood. We'll talk about a realistic version of minimalism, family life, motherhood, work, caring for ourselves, budgeting and intentional finances, and everything in between.

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Today we have a solo episode where we are taking time to celebrate the routines that help me stay intentional at home, which ranges from self-care to productivity to home management style routines. As always, you will leave this episode with some encouragement + reminders to celebrate your own wins instead of always focusing on what’s not working. 

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Desirae on Instagram
Minimal-ish Podcast Website

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230: 6 Routines That Help Me Get Intentional at Home

Today I’m bringing you my conversation with special guest Myquillyn Smith where she is talking all about simplified home decor. She’s sharing several realistic tips and tricks from her new book ‘House Rules’, such as how to redecorate or reconfigure a room on a budget, adding layers of “coziness”, or the importance of decluttering a space to make it feel more clean and simple. I was so encouraged by her down-to-earth, walk-with-me approach for any woman who feels like they aren’t a “naturally inclined” home decorator. I know you’ll love this episode as much as I did!

Myquillyn’s new book: House Rules
Myquillyn’s website
Myquillyn's 'House Rules' Podcast
Desirae on Instagram
Minimal-ish Podcast Website
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229: House Rules for Minimal-ish, Cozy Home Decor with Myquillyn Smith

Today I'm doing a special edition of "declutter with me" where we're focused on trouble shooting the commonly cluttered areas of our home and answering the question "Why do I still have Clutter." 
Links:
Decluttering Action Plan
Podcast Website
Desirae on Instagram
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228: Declutter with Me - Why Do I Still Have Clutter?

Today we are kicking off our Getting Intentional At Home series with Lyndsey of Treehouse Schoolhouse who shares her personal experience with minimalism + simplicity for her and her family as a work-from-home business owner and homeschool mom of 4 kids. In this episode, we talk about maintaining a clutter-free home with systems and routines, intentional home design and arranging spaces purposefully, hosting and boundary setting, and so much more! I hope you love learning from Lyndsey’s personal journey as a minimal-ish mom as much as I did!
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227: Helping Our Kids Declutter, Hosting with Less Stress, Minimal-ish Homeschool and More with Lyndsey Mimnagh

Today I'm introducing our new series that we will be focusing on for the next several weeks: Getting Intentional at Home. The goal of this series is to work towards contentment and gratitude for the home we have as we also work on one simple improvement we can make to the way we take care of our homes or use our homes. I explain of that in this episode, and I also take you through some reflection questions and mindset shifts to get us started.

Links:
Join the Minimal-ish collective and book club
Desirae on Instagram
Podcast Website
Minimal-ish Ep. 176: Q&A: Why We Moved + Getting Things Done With Little Ones

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198: Fostering more Creative, Independent Play in our Kids (with less stuff and less clutter) with Juliana Ong

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