Curious Freedom with Kirsty Farrugia & friends

This week we chat about Weddings! What ours were like and how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. We chat about how to not buy into consumerism when it comes to weddings and how you can look to Instagram for inspiration but not to get sucked into keeping up with the Joneses. What was your wedding like? What did you do that was out of the ordinary? Make sure you come over to our Facebook page and share your wedding stories and photos with us.

Things mentioned in this episode: 

Visually Creative for wedding flowers and props in Sydney: www.visuallycreative.com.au

Keepsakes by Nicoleta: www.keepsakesbynicoleta.com.au

Angel Gowns: www.angelgownsaustralia.org.au

Box to store your wedding dress: Skubb Boxes from Ikea

Gift Registry with a twist: So Kind Registry and Karma Currency

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This week we chat about Grace and Freedom! These are some of our favourite words and topics, so when Lauren Osborne, one of our awesome listeners asked us to unpack these ideas as a podcast, we jumped at the chance. We talk about what is Grace to us, that it is something we can extend to ourselves and others. How we are all a work in progress, that it is function over perfection and that it is honesty over unreal expectations. We chat about what Freedom means to us, that it is throwing off the shackles that clutter puts on us. When we live in a decluttered home we have freedom of time, freedom with money and freedom to create. We would love to hear what the concepts Grace and Freedom mean to you so make sure you come over to our Facebook page and share your ideas with us. 

Big shout out again to Lauren Osborne for this great topic idea!

Things mentioned in this episode: 

Slow Your Home Podcast

Becoming Minimalist Blog

UCLA Research on Clutter

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This week we chat about Meal Planning! What it is and what it is not. How different it can be in each unique home. Amy chats about how they do meal planning in the Revell house and Kirsty chats about the different ways in which Meal planning works in the Farrugia household. Do you do the cooking in your home or does your partner do the bulk of the cooking? Do your kids whine at every meal like Kirsty's do? Do you do meal planning different to Kirsty and Amy, make sure you come over to our Facebook page and share your tips with us.  

Things mentioned in this episode: 

Grocery App: www.ourgroceries.com

Meal Service in Sydney: www.dinneronthetable.com.au

Baked Risotto: 

https://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/spicy-chicken-pumpkin-and-roasted-garlic-rice/baked-mushroom-bacon-and-spinach-risotto

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This week we chat about Sentimental Items! In this episode, we acknowledge the different generations and their different philosophies underpinning their mindset towards things. We also give you some really helpful questions to ask yourself to reframe your thinking towards items you hold dearly and some different ways of honouring our things without holding onto absolutely everything. We want you to keep things that are sentimental to you, we want you to be intentional and mindful of what you do keep and what you let go of by understanding your why.

Big shout out to Meggan Gascoigne for the topic idea!

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This week we chat about Baby Supplies! We give you tips on what you need to get when you are having a baby and how to store items in between children. We reminisce those early years of parenthood, you'll hear about Kirsty's favourite purchase as a new mum and how Amy didn't buy anything :-) We rant a bit about the influence that social media has on our perceptions of parenthood and chat about minimalism with babies. We hope you laugh along with us and learn a tip or two to help you create your new life with your precious new life and how and what to store in between kids.

Big shout out to Katrina Borg for the topic idea!

Mentioned in the podcast:

Finnish Baby Box www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22751415 

Pure Prams www.facebook.com/pureprams 

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This week we put a call out for a listener who wanted to come and interview us in our studio and the amazing Sophie Walker put her hand up and joined us for a fun conversation! Sophie is also the creator and host of her own podcast Australian Birth Stories which is awesome, so you all need to go listen up to it!

Sophie is a mum of 2 gorgeous young boys and lives in a rental property with her hubby. She is a self-confessed clutterer so asked us plenty of questions to get our tips and tricks for her own unique home and family. We adore Sophie and we had such a fun time recording this episode, so we hope you enjoy it too!

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This week we are talking about Kids' parties- Minimalist Style! We give you tips on how to create parties on a budget, create beautiful family traditions and give gifts that won't clutter others' homes. We have some big laughs this week with some word stumbles and we share memories of our childhood parties. We hope you laugh along with us and learn a tip or two to help you create your next minimalist kids' party.

Big shout out to Teagan McFarlane for her Facebook review.

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This week we are talking about Dress Ups, kids and adults (yes we go there but it's still kid friendly listening!) We give you tips on how to store them, creative ways to display them, what else to include as part of your kids imaginative play. We rant about dress-ups being overly stereotyped gendered and encourage you to view imaginative play as building empathy in our children. We have a good many laughs during this episode, so we hope you do too!

Big shout out to Kim Lut for her iTunes review.

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What is the inside scoop? Cal Revell, Amy's husband, is our guest today and man does he have so many truth bombs to drop! Amy started off nervous that Cal and Kirsty would roast her, but we would never do that and the episode is more about Cal than it is about Amy. You will hear just how much love is in their marriage and how supportive Cal is of Amy and her gift to the world. Partners around the world will resonate with Cal's experience and be inspired to join their partners in their decluttering journey. Listen up with your partner today and enjoy the freedom!

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Photos! In our generation alone, we have had slides, Polaroids, Film with negatives, Digital cameras, phone camera (and this isn't even touching Super 8's & videos!) so we know the task of decluttering and organising your photos can be overwhelming so this week we bring your some tips and tricks.

Big shout out to Kate Haines for this topic idea and to Meggan Gasciogne for the Facebook review! We hope you enjoy it!

Here are some questions to ask yourself:

• Can you name anyone in the photo?
• Do you remember where that scenery is?
• How many photos do I need to remember this moment?
• Do I want to remember this moment?
• Do I want to remember this person?
• Is this a really unflattering photo of me? (a note of caution though: You are keeping photos for future generations, not just yourself. So will your kids wish they had more photos of you in those embarrassing teenage years, even if you don’t)
• How can I give honour to this photo?
• Is this a duplicate (or triplicate) of a photo?

We always recommend decluttering first before you organise your photos!

Curious Freedom can help you to declutter and there is www.thefilingfairies.com.au & https://simplyinorder.com.au/ who specialise in helping you sort out your photos!

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