What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist

podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to

rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take

back your motherhood

and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show.

Welcome to another episode of the Maximized Minimalist. On the show today is a really, really special

guest, and it's my mother, Paula. Paula is a hands-on

horticulturalist, and she has been working with tropical and subtropical plants for the past 20

years with a focus on interior plants. And this episode topic was actually requested because many of you want

to incorporate plants into your home just because you recognize there are so many benefits of

them. They purify the air. They improve your mood. They lower stress levels. They can help you

sleep better. And honestly, they're just

pretty to look at. My mom has been helping me keep my plants alive for a long time and is an

absolute plant whiz. And on the show today, we'll be talking how to choose the right plants for you

so that you don't end up with too much work or yet again

another TED orchid. Let's dive in. All right, Paula, well, welcome to the show. Well, thank you,

Katie Bug. That is my nickname since gosh, since I can remember a Katie Bug and Katie dead after the little insect. So I'm either a

bug or an insect or I guess that's the same thing, but I can't complain with the nickname. So thank you

again for being on the show today. I'm curious because I haven't really heard your real backstory about how you got into plants.

I know growing up, it was really clear you were always interested in plants.

We always had plants in our home and you always had like a decent sized garden outside.

And it was just really clear from like even as a young child, you had a huge appreciation for plants and living things.

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