Today I am honored to have Dana K White of A Slob Comes Clean as my guest! Dana is (much to her surprise) a messy person turned decluttering expert, and she brings so many actionable tips in this episode to help us see decluttering in a new way. Instead of taking everything out and making more mess in the process, what if we did things differently? This episode is full of tips for the overwhelmed, messy person who wants to declutter but doesn't have much time to be making and cleaning up more messes in the process. Listen in and then go declutter something!

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Today we are taking a break from your typical weekly minimal-ish episodes to bring you a preview of what is to come next week - our first challenge in the minimal-ish patreon community + the happy mom summit. I would love to see you in either one of these places, and hope I do! Either way, I'll talk to you next week right back here for our regularly scheduled programming.

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Happy Mom Summit (free 5 day summit with 32 speakers)

Minimal-ish Collective Maintenance Decluttering Challenge

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Today we are approaching a hard topic: Grief. While it's hard to talk about, it is important. Many of us don't even want to think about what my guest, Krista, experienced through losing her husband, but for many others, it is a reality. Krista now helps other women struggling through loss, and today she shares about her story, post traumatic growth, and how stuff, clutter, and decluttering plays a role in the grieving process.

Links:

Minimal-ish Collective/ Minimal-ish + Coffee Podcast

Krista on Instagram

Krista’s Website

The Widowed Mom Podcast

Grief Plateau Quiz

Desirae on Instagram

Minimalish Podcast Website

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In today's Minimalism Stories edition of Minimal-ish, I talk with Jordan Jones, mom of three, business owner, and podcast host of the Work + Worship Podcast. I recently stumbled across Jordan's story of her cross country move TWICE in one year with three little ones, and I had to hear more about how minimalism has played a role in her family's ability to say yes to big adventures.

We talk about so many different things: from minimalism before kids vs. minimalism after kids, to living in smaller spaces vs. larger spaces, to simplifying our wardrobe and Jordan's biggest advice to anyone starting out. This is such a fun conversation, and I know you'll love learning from Jordan!

Links:

Minimal-ish Collective

Jordan on Instagram

Jordan's Podcast

Jordan's Website

Desirae on Instagram

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Today is a "declutter with me" style episode, but it's a little different than typical. Instead of focusing on one area of the home, I'm sharing 7 of my top tips for decluttering that I've learned over the years. I'm also sharing where my focus will be with decluttering this year. At the end of the episode, I announce the minimal-ish collective - a place where we can declutter and walk towards a minimal-ish life together. Head to patreon.com/minimalish to find out more about the minimal-ish collective.

Links:

Minimal-ish Collective

Episode on changing your shopping habits (this year) (last year)

Free Minimal-ish Starter Guide

Desirae on Instagram

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Today we're taking some time to pause and think about our goals again because goal setting is an important part of a minimal-ish, intentional life. We often have a push to set goals at the beginning of the year, but the real progress comes when we revisit those goals and refine them throughout the year.

In this episode, we go through a series of questions to help us reflect on our progress, decide which goals still matter and which we can let go of. We also make a little plan to continue this type of reflection throughout the year.

This episode is a guilt and shame free revisiting of our goals - if you haven't made any progress yet, the opportunities are endless to start when you're ready.

At the end of the episode, I revisit the goals that I shared with you on the first episode of the year and do my own version of this exercise as an example and a reminder that I'm always on this journey with you!

Links:

Podcast Website

Desirae on Instagram

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Today I'm talking with Rachel Nielson, host of the 3 and 30 podcast, all about ways we can "declutter our motherhood." We talk about topics that range from a practical way to find joy in the everyday, mundane moments, to decluttering all the "shoulds" we put on ourselves in motherhood. Rachel also shares about her struggle with depression in early motherhood. I know this is a conversation that will leave you feeling encouraged and less alone after you listen.

Links:

Simple Change Summit

Rachel's website

Rachel on Instagram

Rachel's course she mentioned

3 in 30 podcast

Desirae on Instagram

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Today we're diving deep into the reason why we so often feel the temptation to over consume things we don't actually need, why we would want to change these habits, and how we can become more conscious consumers in an "influencer world."

This episode was inspired by the craze of the "Stanley Cup" - a trendy reusable water bottle. I'm digging into the story of this cup, what it says about influencer marketing, and more importantly, how we have the power, as a consumer, to change our habits. The second half of the episode is full of actionable steps like questions to reflect on and different ways we can challenge ourselves so we can have real, lasting habit change in our buying habits - starting with thinking or pausing before we buy.

Links:

Desirae on Instagram

Vox article mentioned

Podcast Website

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Today I'm excited to share my conversation with Alli Williams of FinancALLI Focused. Alli has one of my favorite perspectives I've heard on budgeting, paying off debt, and working towards our financial goals, and that is one that is free of a depravation mindset. Today we talk all about why budgets often fail, what we should be doing BEFORE we budget, and we also spend a lot of the episode discussing knowing our values when it comes to our finances so we don't find ourselves caught in comparison and spending our money on things that don't truly matter to us.

Wherever you're at in your financial goals and whatever your financial literacy looks like, I know this conversation will encourage you as we start a new year.

Links:

Alli's Group Coaching Program, Flourish FinanciALLI

Alli on Instagram

Desirae on Instagram

Podcast Website

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Today's episode is my personal pause as we start the new year. It's a chance for me as your host to reflect, celebrate some minimalish milestones, and share what I've got planned for the podcast in 2024.

In the 2023 Podcast Recap segment of today's episode I share:

-the top 5 episodes of the year

-Fun statistics to celebrate

In the "looking ahead" segment, you'll hear:

-A few fun things coming up on minimal-ish this year

-Some of my goals for the year and how I'm approaching goal setting this year.

I hope you enjoy this episode. I'm looking forward to 2024 here on the minimal-ish corner of the internet with you!

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