You're listening to the Decluttered Mom podcast.

A podcast built specifically for busy moms by a busy mom.

I'm your host, Diana Renee.

And in 2017, I had my second daughter and it felt like I was literally drowning in my home. Okay, not literally,

but I felt like I couldn't breathe with all of the stuff surrounding me. Over the next 10 months,

I got rid of approximately 70% of our household belongings and I have never looked back. I kind of feel like I hacked the mom system,

and I'm here to share all the tips, tricks, and encouragement. Let's listen to today's show.

Welcome to another episode of the Decluttered Mom podcast. I am Diana Renee and I am really happy that you are here. The last two episodes that we have released were nerve-wracking for me because they were semi-controversial. I don't think they should be controversial, but they are. But I just wanted to say thank you for all of the

nice DMs that you sent me after listening to them. It was so, it was just, it was comforting.

And it was nice to hear the positive feedback. And it was also just, it's always great to get a kind DM but especially

when I had two like vulnerable episodes in a row to then get those DMs it's just it's just extra

nice so thank you that meant a lot today i want to talk about something called body doubling

which i briefly mentioned on instagram a couple of weeks ago and the number of dms i got

being like w tf are you talking about i i can't even count. So I wanted to kind of go

into what body doubling is, how it can be helpful and effective, and how I am using it in my own

life and how the members of my program are also using it to increase their productivity when it comes to

decluttering their homes. So I first want to just read you a definition. I don't know if this is

like the official definition. This is just something I found on Google. I forgot to write down

the source. I think it was health line,

but there were about 75 different definitions of body doubling, and this was one that kind of made

the most sense to me. So it says body doubling is a tool some adults use to help them start

and complete projects, sometimes referred to as an accountability

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