You're listening to episode 26 of the Sustainable Minimalist podcast.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and

sustainably with your family. Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and thank you for tuning in. Now perhaps you're like me.

Perhaps you've purged and donated and decluttered and organized your heart out,

but you still find yourself stressed and anxious.

If so, this episode is for you.

It has been established that minimalism is good for kids and it's good for parents too.

But sometimes minimalism just isn't enough.

And if you're like me,

you may sometimes view minimalism as a bandaid

for a much larger problem and that's stress and anxiety.

Today my guest and I legitimize the connection between clutter and anxiety

by highlighting research that has found a positive correlation

between the two concepts. Then we outline real specific strategies on how to

manage it. My guest today is Anna Seewald. She's a parent educator, a

keynote speaker, an author, and a podcaster with backgrounds in both psychology and education.

She really blew me away with her common sense and not so obvious strategies

that work well alongside minimalism in your life.

And because Anna's background and passion is for children,

I thought she would be the perfect guest

to ask the questions that I am most asked as this

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