Minimal-ish: Minimalism, Intentional Living, Motherhood

Today I chat with Catherine Williams, a minimalist mom & counseling professional, about how minimalism can affect our relationships (both positive & negative) and what to do when we have people close to us not on board with our lifestyle change. We also dig into the issue of gifts in a timely way (holidays right around the corner!)   Find Catherine at @theminimalcolonial  Join the launch team for Simple Morning Lists Desirae on Instagram Get a free starter guide to a Minimalish home & life Today's Sponsors: Warby Parker: Get your free at home try on Native: Get 20% off your first order - use code MINIMALISH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm coming to you solo, which I do about once a month now, on the topic of social media. This is something I've reflected with and experimented on and off with over the course of this year - how does social media fit into an intentional life and present days? My goal with this episode is to help you reflect on your own values & purpose, the current state of your social media usage, and how to align the way you use social media to your personal values.  I think we all want to be present with our people and live intentional days that we love- social media is a very prevalent thing within many of our days- so it's worth taking a look at how we're using it and what might need to change. I talk about: 3 questions to evaluate how you're currently feeling about social media Steps to take to evaluate how much you are on your phone & how make change to align that to our values A bunch of tips to help you get there! There's a free resource that contains the reflection questions and tips from this episode: desiraeendres.com/social Other Links: Free Making Room resource (get started with realistic minimalism) Podcast website/ show notes Desirae on Instagram Today's Sponsors: FamilyAlbum: Free photo and video sharing app EverlyWell: At home health tests (use code MINIMAL for 15% off) If you want to support the show, consider checking out our sponsors! I hand pick the companies I work with and believe in their mission! I'm grateful for their support - The show wouldn't go on without them! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I chat with Amanda Anderson, author of All My Friends Have Issues all about simplifying the process of making friends in the season of motherhood. I loved this conversation as it was truly one I didn't know I needed- and I'm betting a lot of us are struggling with similar issues when it comes to finding friendship and community in any season, really. Amanda has so many insights on this topic and we really go wide and deep at the same time on the topic of friendship. I hope you enjoy the conversation and gain new confidence in finding community in your life! What we talk about: -Why friendship matters (with people in the same season and different seasons) -How to simplify the process of making friends -Inviting people into our lives -Dealing with toxic friendships well/ boundaries -Next steps with finding community -A question about race and friendship that she leaves us with at the end (Absolutely something worth noting and something to think about more deeply) Links: Amanda's Website All My Friends Have Issues (her book) Amanda on Instagram Desirae on Instagram The podcast website/ show notes Free Guide to getting started with decluttering & realistic minimalism Today's Sponsors: Bombas get 20% off your first order of the most comfortable socks in the history of feet.  Prepdish get 2 weeks of meal plans/prep instructions for free to try it out! Thank you so much for listening! If you want to support the show, a great way to do so is to check out our sponsors! We couldn't keep putting out content without their support, and I hand pick the companies I work with and truly believe in their missions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The word productivity usually scares me away. It feels like another way I don't measure up or another way I can feel "not enough" if I don't check all the boxes. When I stumbled upon Tonya Dalton's message in her newest book JOMO, I learned that true productivity shouldn't feel like that - and it includes creating space for what you love in your days and actually enjoying your life. Much different from the message of productivity being the "always busy" image so many of us have in our heads.  Today, Tonya and I talk about: -Her new book, The Joy of Missing Out -Why the culture of busy is dangerous -What true productivity looks like -What it looks like to create whitespace in your days -Whitespace in your days with your kids -How to begin creating time for whitespace. Links for today's show: Get The Joy of Missing Out Where to find Tonya... Her website Her Facebook Her Instagram Inkwell Press Where to find Desirae... Instagram Website Facebook Join the Facebook Community Get the free guide to getting started with realistic minimalism Today's Sponsor: FamilyAlbum - a free photo and video sharing app If you want to support the show, check out our sponsors! We hand pick the companies we work with and we're grateful for them and their support of the show each and every week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I hope you enjoy this celebratory 50th episode and the tips on how to declutter your home FAST! Check out my online course - doors are open for 5 days - if you want to declutter your home & life with accountability and guidance! desiraeendres.com/makeroom Thank you to Today's Sponsors: Prepdish FamilyAlbum Support the show by checking out the sponsors - they help minimal-ish happen each week and we are super grateful for their support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm chatting with you about some lies we believe about hosting & inviting people into our homes (and why we might have anxiety around that) and how Minimalism can help you be a better host. Spoiler alert: You don't need to get rid of ALL your extra dishes, cups, etc. if you know you'll use them to serve your people well. Links: Decluttering Challenge The Podcast on Instagram Show notes   Today's sponsors: Get 15% off your Everlywell lab test: everlywell.com/minimal promo code: MINIMAL Get 40% off your first delivery of LOLA: mylola.com promo code: MINIMALISH   One of the best ways to support the show is to support our sponsors! I choose them carefully as a podcast about realistic minimalism and I believe in the companies that I choose to work with! Check out these companies that are doing good work with worthy missions and support them if their product is something that would serve you well and be helpful to your everyday life! Our sponsors help make Minimal-ish possible! If you're loving the show, you can also support Minimal-ish by leaving a positive rating/review & sharing with a friend! I'm so thankful each time you do!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is the "finale" of the Work & School series - I wanted to end it by helping you give yourself permission & "declutter" your mindset when it comes to changing our minds in our work and the choices we make for our kids when it comes to school. We talk about questions to ask to discern bigger decisions/ changes and steps we can take to actually move towards the change we want to make. Hope this helps equips you with the permission you need to let go and move forward.  Links: Minimal-ish on Instagram Show Notes Prepdish free 2 week trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I am sharing my interview with Erin Loechner, author of Chasing Slow and founder of Other Goose, an international homeschooling co-op. We talk about simplifying everything, especially early learning for our children, and we dig into homeschooling a bit as well. How can we do all of these things without HAVING all the things? How can we teach our children in the context of our everyday lives? We answer these questions as we chat and I think you'll love our conversation - Erin is so very insightful and lovely! Links: Sign up for Other Goose:https://othergoose.com/~access/a1c757f/ Other Goose Free Workshop: www.othergoose.com/workshop Free Trial Offer: https://othergoose.com/14-day-trial/ 5-Day Challenge (Other Goose) here Chasing Slow Other Goose on Instagram Erin on Instagram   Desirae on Instagram Get the podcast Newsletter Get the free ebook on getting started with Realistic Minimalism Join the Giveaway!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I hope you enjoy this coffee date with Amber of Delighted on a Dime! We got to chat in person, so excuse the background noise of my creaky table that happens from time to time in this episode! If you enjoy the show, share with a friend or on social media! I'm so grateful each time you do! Links: Amber on Instagram Desirae on Instagram Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Minimal-ish, we like to talk about the things that matter and making room for the things that matter. Throughout August (and some of September) we'll be focusing on work & school, two things that matter, and that we can find purpose in when we get intentional about our roles and choices in these areas of our life.  So far we've talked to work at home moms, full time working moms, and today, we're focusing in on the work of homemaking and stay at home motherhood. We'll talk about ways we simplify work at home motherhood, and we'll also talk about finding purpose in our roles of stay at home motherhood. We even talk about ways we can care for ourselves when so much of our focus each day is on our children.  My guest, Celeste, has a perspective on homemaking and motherhood that any mom can resonate with, and she also works from home as well, so her perspective branches out into the work at home mom life as well.  Most of all, Celeste is just a JOY FILLED person! I left our conversation feeling so positive and happy, and I think you'll feel the same after you listen in to our conversation! She's honestly such a light and I absolutely loved chatting with her! Follow Celeste: Instagram Lessy's World Follow the Podcast: Instagram Website Show Notes Cleaning Resource   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices