Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms

A new series focused on 'real' minimalist moms: It’s odd to refer to this series that way but I wanted to encourage the everyday mom that you don’t have to go to extremes (or have a giant platform) to influence minimalism to those around you.Today I bring you my conversation with mama, Kasey Ciesiensky. Kasey is a homeschooling mom of four that has been on a journey to minimize toxic chemicals in her life for the past 9 years. She loves researching all things pertaining to a less toxic and more natural lifestyle and sharing what she learns with others. She is the founder and CEO of Red’s Gone Green, a company that handcrafts all natural cleaners so that you can breathe safer air that smells deliciously fragrant.Find all the resources mentioned in this show:Show Notes for Minimalist Mom Spotlight: Kasey CiesienskyLet’s keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, I bring you my conversation with Heather Brown. Heather is the creator and editor at My Life Well Loved! A website created out of a passion to empower women, inspire confidence, and elevate living a life well loved. Today, Heather will bring us some of her best tips on budgeting from a minimalist perspective. She'll chat about tips and tricks to help keep grocery and meal planning minimal on the budgeting end and beyond!Let's keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Link to listener survey: https://survey.libsyn.com/minimalistmomspodcast (Thank you so much for taking the time to fill this out!) Also, follow me over @theminimalistmomspodcast on Instagram! Share the podcast with a friend, too! ------------------------------------- When faced with unexpected downtime, it's important to craft a plan to make the days run a little smoother. For a lot of us, the endless hours of togetherness is uncharted territory. Today, I bring back previous guest, Hunter Clarke-Fields to provide you with a handful of ways to maintain sanity (and even enjoyment) during the next few weeks (and maybe for future snow days!) Find all the resources mentioned in this show: Show Notes for Bonus Episode: Surviving School Closings Let's keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, I bring you my conversation with Sarah Therese. Sarah is a well-known YouTuber with over 860,000 subscribers. Her videos focus on minimalism, food, beauty, and motherhood. She herself is mom to three littles. They all reside (including her hubby of five years) on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Today we'll have a discussion about thrifting! Sarah has great advice to share in this area as she has been an avid thrifter for years! Don't Miss:- The importance of thrifting- Why we should participate in the second hand market...- Starting points for those who have never before thrifted.- The best and weirdest thing Sarah has found while thrifting. Let's keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram!  Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Link to listener survey: https://survey.libsyn.com/minimalistmomspodcast (Thank you so much for taking the time to fill this out!) Also, follow me over @theminimalistmomspodcast on Instagram! Share the podcast with a friend, too! ----------------------------------- This week, I bring you my conversation with Sara Dean. Host of the top-rated Shameless Mom Academy podcast, Sara inspires women to stop shrinking and start shining in all aspects of their lives. After enduring her own identity crisis following the birth of her son, Sara took her background in psychology, health, and wellness and rebuilt her identity, one step at a time. When she’s not serving women inside of her thriving Momentum Mamas membership community, her Tenacious Mamas business & leadership mastermind and her annual event, Shameless Mom Con! Today, we’ll discuss shame in motherhood - the what, the why, the 'how to overcome', we'll also discuss creating space in the day-to-day and learning from experiences to go into ‘data collection mode’! Don't Miss: What does is mean to be a shameless mom? Curating the many influences in our lives Collecting 'data' from our past in order to move forward Find all the resources mentioned in this show: Show Notes for EP104: Becoming a Shameless Mom Let’s keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram!  Episode Sponsored By: BetterhelpOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Also, follow me over @theminimalistmomspodcast on Instagram! Share the podcast with a friend, too!-----------------------------------This week, I bring you my conversation with author, blogger, podcast host, Anne Bogel. Anne is the author of Reading People and I'd Rather Be Reading, creator of the blog Modern Mrs. Darcy and the podcasts What Should I Read Next? and One Great Book. She has been featured in O, the Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Bustle, Refinery 29, The Washington Post & more. Her popular book lists and reading guides have established her as a tastemaker among readers, authors, and publishers. Today, we'll discuss her latest book, Don't Overthink It in which Anne addresses how overthinking really has begun to overtake peoples’ lives and how we can take actionable steps to make easier, more confident decisions! Don't Miss:Tips for overcoming decision-making fatigueWhy overthinking affects more women than menDo your thoughts keep you up at night? Putting your mind at easeThe role of compassion in overthinkingLet’s keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, I bring you my conversation with author, Meredith McDaniel. Meredith is a licensed professional counselor and owner of her private practice, Milk and Honey. She is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, she has also served on staff with Young Life and as the Lead Counselor with Inheritance of Hope. Today, she's here to discuss the importance of cultivating a habit of journaling, how we can use journaling as a tool to overcome 'roadblocks' in our lives and much more! Don't Miss:The importance of journaling + how we can cultivate the habit of journaling'Back to Basics' questions we can ask ourselvesHow to look back to move forwardHow journaling can help us overcome 'roadblocks' in our livesLet’s keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, I bring you my conversation with Amanda Warfield. If you're looking for help with simplicity and organization, she's your girl —simplicity lover, capsule wardrobe expert, online educator, and host of The Live Organized, Live Simple Podcast. Most days you can find her curled up with a good book and a giant mug of coffee, daydreaming about Disney, or snuggling with her cats and husband. On this episode Amanda will specifically speak to common mistakes that women make when creating capsule wardrobes.We discuss:Common mistakes when creating a capsule wardrobe and how to correct themLet’s keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In celebration of our one hundredth episode I’d bring back one of the leading experts in this community, author Courtney Carver. If you’re not familiar with Courtney, pause the episode and do a quick Google search as you’ll see Courtney has done/and is doing important things in the minimalist community around the world. Her work has been featured in countless articles, podcasts and interviews on simplicity. She is here today to discuss her latest book Project 333: The Minimalist Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More that releases in March.While you may have heard of the challenge before, this book truly dives deep into the cyclical nature of consumerism and consistent lack of satisfaction with our purchases, along with tips, solutions and inspiration that shows us that we are so much more than what we wear!Find all the resources mentioned in this show:Show Notes for EP100: Project 333Let’s keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

I decided to drop this episode a little earlier than normal because we only have a couple of days left in the year and I wanted to provide you with some encouragement for post-holiday decluttering. Take advantage of this special time of year - a lot of you may not have work OR you may be able to utilize your children that are home on holiday break. Whatever the case may be, I am here to assist you as you calm the chaos of the holidays!My tips to declutter:- Kitchen- Holiday boxes- Holiday decorations- Christmas Cards- Old toysLet’s keep the conversation going on our Facebook page or Instagram! Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns Early: https://acornsearly.com/MINIMALISTMOMS* Check out Bioma Health and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://gobioma.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Everyday Dose and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://everydaydose.com* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/MINIMALIST* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com* Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/minimalistSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy