Cohesive Home Podcast : Minimalism | Families | Adventure | Intentional Living

Fight the glut of food nonsense on the internet to cultivate simple menus, feed your family well, and keep everyone happy. In this episode, Kate and Melissa chat about why they're trusting their own intuition when it comes to food and encouraging you to do the same. They also share their favorite 5 tips for creating family rituals around mealtime to cultivate a positive and lasting love of good food and company.

Creativity, curiosity, and unconditional love: making parenting simple by choosing to cultivate these important traits in our children. Kate and Melissa talk about how parenting has changed from their childhoods to today and why it is important to meet our kids' needs to explore their creativity, find freedom to explore and satiate their curiosity, and above all, to feel unconditionally loved. No Harvard checklists on this podcast episode, just the simple reminders we all need to hear.

Fantasies for the rest of us: why you should embrace the quirky ideas you have about what makes a place your home. Kate and Melissa share the offbeat homes they're cultivating in this podcast as they talk about moving beyond home design to creating a home that reflects your values. At the end of the podcast, Melissa announces a giveaway of 3 copies of Francine Jay's newly released book, "The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify."

Outta control schedules and frazzled families: how simplifying your schedule and saying no to unnecessary commitments lets you say yes to a more cohesive family home.

Do this daily: why simple rituals and traditions are the foundation of a cohesive home and will help your family to bond and make memories. In this episode we're covering one of our favorite topics, family traditions. At the end of the show, we'll also share how you can enter our next giveaway!

"One more show, Mom!" Why taking intentional steps to reduce and monitor your kids' tech use will lead to a simpler and happier home. In this episode, Kate and Melissa chat about being intentional with our kids' tech use. Hang onto your headphones because we're going to cover all the topics you really want to know about! Later on in the episode we'll also answer some of your questions from the last two weeks on Instagram.

Glued to your phone? Minimize your tech use and find sanity in your daily life through these practical tips. Kate and Melissa chat about being intentional with tech use, then they turn the table and answer one of the community questions from Instagram and share YOUR answers.

In Episode 2 we're chatting about family heirlooms, the real reason why storage units are a bad idea, and handling the guilt and emotions that often enter our homes with the unwanted items. In the latter half of the episode, we also chat about our kids' paper clutter, how we secretly deal with it, and of course, mom guilt. Find a cozy spot, grab a hot drink, and pop on your headphones--you'll love this episode!

Overflowing closets and jam-packed schedules? Minimalism is for everyone; learn how we kicked our clutter to the curb and simplified our homes and schedules for happier family life. We're kicking off our premiere episode with a look at how we became minimalists, our journey toward creating Cohesive Home, and how you can start living with intention right now. Grab something hot to drink and gather around for a short chat with us!