Minimal-ish: Minimalism, Intentional Living, Motherhood

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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 Jill Winger of The Prairie Homestead is my guest. She is dedicated to helping others learn how to grow their own food and live a more fulfilling, old-fashioned life. Her practical and authentic style of teaching and storytelling has ...

Minimal-ish: Minimalism, Intentional Living, Motherhood episodes:

06.08.2023 The Benefits of Living a little more "Old-Fashioned" on Purpose + Homesteading with Jill Winger Today Jill Winger of The Prairie Homestead is my guest. She is dedicated to helping others learn how to grow their own food and live a more fulfilling, old-fashioned life. Her practical and authentic style of teaching and storytelling has ...
06.01.2023 4 Pillars to a Minimal-ish Summer: Your Intentional Summer Planning episode Today we're planning our summer! Not the tangible kind of planning where we're looking at a calendar or planning tips. Instead, we're going through 4 pillars of minimal-ish living and applying them to our summer. The result will be a ...
05.25.2023 Minimalism Stories: Career Change, Meal Planning, and More with Tara Saunders Today I'm bringing you a different episode of our "minimalism stories" series. My guest, Tara, shares her story of minimalism, but also how minimalism helped give her permission to make big changes in her life. We also talk about ways ...
05.19.2023 Declutter With Me: The Living Room \| What Works for Us + Tips for Your Uncluttered Living Room Today I'm starting a new series! Each month, I plan to dedicate one solo episode to a behind the scenes of what is working (or not) in my family's minimal-ish lifestyle. I'll start the first several of these by going ...
05.11.2023 Simple Home Management Routines + Habits (without the Perfectionism) with Kelly Briggs Today I have Kelly Briggs of Simple Home Mom as my guest to share her tips on simplifying home management and habits in our homes. I love Kelly because her perspective on home management is a breath of fresh air: ...
05.04.2023 What is Perfectionism Stealing from You + How to let Go of Perfectionism in Your Home + Life Today I'm bringing you a solo episode about a topic that has been on my mind lately - perfectionism and what it steals from us. Lately I've seen a shift in my ability to feel content and a lot of ...
04.27.2023 On "Decluttering" and Coping with the Stress in our Lives with Stacey Littlefield Today we're talking about stress - something 2/3 of us experience to an extent that it is actually effecting our health. We live in a stressed out society, and dealing with our clutter is one way to help lessen the ...
04.22.2023 Embracing The Mess of Minimalism with Kids - My Interview on Moms Overcoming Overwhelm Today I'm bringing you an interview of...myself. I know it sounds strange, but what I mean is I was on another podcast and I loved our conversation so much, I wanted to make sure you heard it here if you ...
04.13.2023 Minimalism and Our Relationships (With the Other People Who Bring Stuff into our Homes) Today I'm bringing you a mindset shift that I hope will help ease the stress we might feel when other people we have close relationships with or who even live in our homes don't see eye to eye with our ...
04.06.2023 Q&A: Why We Moved + Getting Things Done With Little Ones Today I'm bringing you a Q&A where I answer two longer winded questions - one that I have gotten a lot since our family's most recent move. I hope you enjoy this more personal episode! I'll be doing a Q&A ...
03.31.2023 Impactful Mindset Shifts for Minimalism + Easier Decluttering with Dawn Madsen (The Minimal Mom) Today I have Dawn Madsen of The Minimal Mom on the show to share her Minimalism wisdom with us. We focus in on impactful mindset shifts that can help us get rid of more stuff we don't need, even in ...
03.23.2023 For When Your Decluttering Energy Runs Out - Tips To Keep You Going Today's episode stems from a question from a cousin of mine: How do I keep going whenever I'm losing steam? I'm bringing you six tips to keep you going whenever you've run out of energy in your decluttering journey. I'm ...
03.16.2023 Simple Routines to Help Get Our Kids Outside and Adventure Together as a Family with Holly Horch We've talked recently about the benefits of getting ourselves outside on the podcast, so today's episode is full of practical steps to make it more of a routine for our entire family. We talk about fostering a love of nature ...
03.09.2023 3 "C's" of Contentment: Action Steps You Can Take to Get More Content with Your Home + Life Today Today I'm talking about one of my favorite topics when it comes to minimalism: Contentment. I love talking about how we can be more grateful and content with what is right in front of us. We discuss three ways we ...
02.23.2023 Why is Minimalism (and Decluttering) so Life Changing? Sharing The Life Changes Minimalism Has Brought Me Along My Journey I've been thinking about how minimalism and decluttering can sometimes feel like a surface-level, irrelevant topic in the midst of scary headlines and difficult things that may be going on in our world and our individual lives. I thought a ...
02.16.2023 Simple Family Memory Making + Photo Organization with Vanessa Quigley Today I have Vanessa Quigley, co-founder of Chatbooks and mom of 7, as my guest. We talk all about the importance of photos to our kids' "sense of self" and our family culture. We also talk about memory making and ...
02.09.2023 Creating Your Dream Home On Your Own with Noell Jett Today my guest, Noell Jett, tells us the story of how she and her family built their own dream home with no experience, and encourages us that we are capable of home renovations, or even building a home, too. Noell ...
01.26.2023 Simple Ways to Start Changing Your Shopping Habits (Bring Less into Your Home) Today I'm coming to you with a solo episode about how we can begin to change our shopping habits. It's so easy to find immediate gratification through shopping in our modern world. We can get an impulse idea to search ...
01.19.2023 Simplifying "Sticking to" your Budget + Tips for Your Grocery Budget Woes with Carly of Debt Free Mom Today my guest is Carly of Debt Free Mom. Setting up a budget for ourselves is one thing, but actually following through with it is a while different beast. Carly brings us helpful and attainable tips to help us making ...
01.13.2023 Get Yourself Outside in Any Weather and Live a More Open Air Life with Linda Mcgurk Today my guest is Linda McGurk, author of There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather and The Open Air Life. Today we talk about "Friluftsliv" and how this aspect of Nordic culture can benefit us wherever we're from. If you've ...
01.06.2023 One Small, Impactful Change to Start the Year (Changing the New Years Narrative) Today we're shifting the New Year, New You narrative. This episode is for you if you're weary from the new year new you marketing, or just don't have the energy for a whole life overhaul/ big resolutions as we start ...
12.30.2022 End of Year Q&A! Going from 1-2 Kids, 2023 Goals, Social Media Boundaries, + More I hope you enjoy this end of year Q&A! Thank you for sending in questions. This was a fun way to end the year and I hope to do it more often in the new year! Links: Simple Morning Lists ...
12.15.2022 A Word For the Year + Grace Filled Morning Routines with Emily Ley Today I am honored to have Emily Ley as my guest. She recently wrote a devotional book titled Sure as the Sunrise, and in today's episode, we focus in on the idea of creating a word for the year along ...
12.09.2022 Let's Set Some Deep, Meaningful Goals Together (That You'll be More Likely to Work Towards) Today I'm taking you through a reflection to help you set a meaningful goal or two (or three) that you'll be more likely to keep for 2023. We reflect a bit on this past year and then dive right into ...
12.01.2022 Minimalism Stories: Mary Simpson Today's episode is the second in the Minimalism Stories series. My guest, Mary Simpson, shares her story about how downsizing and a health scare brought her into minimalism. She also gives great advice for getting started along with tackling sentimental ...
11.24.2022 Series Finale: What Will Your Intentional Holiday Season Look Like? A Recap and Reflection Today we're recapping and reflecting on some of the main points of the last several episodes as we get specific on what matters most to us this holiday season, what we can plan for so we make sure it happens, ...
11.17.2022 Making the Holidays Intentional and Special in a Low Pressure, Low Budget Way with Tasheena Ticer Warning: As with many holiday episodes, we are talking about gifts, the emphasis of gifts, and gifts under the tree. If this might be something you don't want your kids to hear, you may want to listen with earbuds in! ...
11.10.2022 How to Hygge this Winter + Holiday Season with Diane in Denmark We are getting Hygge again on the show because it has been one of the most popular topics recently on minimal-ish, and I personally wanted to learn even more. This time, I went straight to the source: Denmark. I started ...
11.03.2022 Minimalism and Gifts This Holiday Season - Reflecting, Planning, and Mindset Shifts Around Our Gift Giving This Year How are you feeling about gifts this holiday season? Whether you're all about simplifying your gift giving (and receiving) for your family, or you just want to get more intentional and planned out, today's episode is for you! Gift giving ...
10.27.2022 Minimal and Meaningful Home Decor + Simplifying Holiday Decorating with Sharon Marcus Today I talk with Sharon Marcus of The Realized Home. Sharon is an interior designer with a philosophy that we can keep our decor simple, within our budgets, and still allow it to be incredibly meaningful as it reflects us ...
10.20.2022 Decluttering Our Kids' Stuff Part 2 - Decluttering WITH our Kids Today I'm bringing you part two of this series of what I've learned while decluttering with my daughter. I'm bringing you my process and what has made decluttering easier with my 5 year old as I've handed over the reigns ...
10.13.2022 Decluttering Our Kids Stuff Part 1 - A Mindset Shift - Can it Become Selfish? I'm bringing you a two part series on what I'm learning as I declutter with my 5 year old daughter. First, we are starting with a reflection. Next week we will get a little more practical with the how. As ...
10.06.2022 Decluttering Your Clothes by Creating a Uniform (And How I'm Using This Method Postpartum) My first solo episode of each month will cover something I'm simplifying - today, that is my wardrobe. I've talked about creating a uniform on this podcast before, about three years ago, so I felt it was time to update ...
09.29.2022 Minimalist Moving: Selling Everything & Refurnishing Fully Secondhand with Kat Steck Today I'm talking with Kat Steck all about her cross country move from LA to Nashville. She's a mom to two young kids who sold nearly everything her family owned and refurnished her new home completely secondhand. This conversation is ...
09.22.2022 Hygge: Creating a Space (and Life) that Offers Comfort, Connection and Contentment as the Weather gets Colder Today I'm talking with Jamie Erickson of The Unlikely Homeschool all about the concept of Hygge and how we can apply it to our homes and lives. We go beyond the aesthetics of Hygge and talk about how we can ...
09.15.2022 Learning When to Call it Enough \| Striving for Perfection vs. Choosing Contentment Today I'm bringing you a solo episode of something I've been learning lately. I hope this idea of learning when to call it enough, stop trying so hard and stop striving for perfectionism resonates with you if you've been feeling ...
09.12.2022 Introducing the "3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms" Podcast Today I'm bringing you a mini episode to share a podcast I've been loving that is a part of Cloud10 Media - the network Minimal-ish is a part of. I've been so grateful to work alongside of amazing podcasters like ...
09.08.2022 Minimalism Stories: Emily McDermott Today starts our minimalism stories series which will return every 5 or so episodes. I am so excited to be starting this series that is all about sharing our stories and being encouraged by the journeys of others. My guest ...
09.02.2022 How Yoga Can Help Us Through Parenthood and Ease Our Kids Back into School with Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts In today's episode, we are bringing you a unique topic that we haven't approached on the podcast: Yoga, breath-work, and meditation. My guest, Dr. Chelsea Jackson Robert, is an internationally celebrated Peloton yoga teacher, and she's the perfect one to ...
08.25.2022 5 Things I'm Simplifying Right Now (Back to School Edition) Some of my favorite things to hear from guests on the podcast? The two questions I always ask - what are they simplifying? What are they loving? Today I answered one of those questions as I went through 5 things ...
08.19.2022 Simplifying Time Blocking with Cara Harvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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08.05.2022 What Matters Most This School Year? Getting Intentional as Life Gets Busier Today I'm taking you through a reflection that I did myself as I started to think about the upcoming school year. Life gets busier for many of us - how can we make sure to make it about what matters ...
07.28.2022 Tips for Organizing Kids Spaces and Sentimental Items + How to Make Organizing Your Life Less Overwhelming with Carly Adams Today I talk with Carly Adams of Tidy Revival all about how to get organized when you're not an organized person. We focus in on organizing the kids spaces and sentimental items. Links: Carly's Website Carly on Instagram Podcast Website ...
07.22.2022 Declutter and Organize Your Closet with Me + 6 Questions to Ask Yourself to help you Declutter Anything Today I'm giving you action steps to help you give a purpose to each closet in your house, declutter it, and organize it. Closets tend to be a place where clutter gathers, and this episode can be a companion to ...
07.14.2022 Thrifting Tips + The World of Reselling with Lydia of Love This For You Today I'm talking with Lydia of Love This For You all about her best thrifting and secondhand shopping tips. Lydia has created a thriving clothing reselling business which she does part time, in addition to working in marketing. She loves ...
07.12.2022 Bonus Episode: Getting Intentional about our Gut Health with Tina Anderson Today's episode is a bonus episode where we are approaching a topic a little off the norm for minimal-ish, but one I think is important! It's also different because I got to interview the owner of a company that I ...
07.08.2022 Make Room for Rest: Where does burnout come from + A quick exercise to help us make room for the things that recharge us Today is a reflective episode where I go through some questions to help us look at our days currently and rearrange to find space for things that are restful and recharge us. I also discuss a quote about burnout that ...
06.30.2022 Traveling with Less: Applying Minimalism to how you Pack and Travel with Rachelle Crawford When I heard Rachelle Crawford of Abundant Life with Less talk about how she travels with carry-ons only anytime she does air travel, even with a family of five, I knew I had to have her on the show to ...
06.23.2022 Creating a Laundry System that Works with Amy Eilers Laundry is one of those household chores that we can't avoid. It seems to always be waiting for us. How can we fit it into our days without letting it take up too much of our time (but also getting ...

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