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.

What's up, friend? Welcome back to another episode of the Maximized Minimalist. It's your

good friend, Katie. And on today's episode, I'm going to be giving you a

sneak peek inside my brand new toy clutter cure system, which is an online course that's

going to help you transform your kids' playspace from chaotic to organized in just one weekend.

So back in 2015, if you've been a podcast listener for any length of time, you've

probably heard me say, that's when I became a new mom for the first time. And very quickly,

just like so many of you listening, I was drowning in the sea of baby gear inside my house

and toys and blankies and burq cloths and all the stuff that comes along

with having a kiddo, right? I remember my first son wasn't even one year old and his play space

was overflowing with toys and it constantly triggered me and gave me anxiety and stressed me

the heck out. And to make matters worse, instead of playing with

these toys for long periods of time, like 10, 15, 20 minutes, he would literally just throw them

all over the house. I honestly, at the end of the day, felt like he was this mini, like tiny human

size tornado. Like, that's how I pictured my Sun River. And I would,

instead of playing with him and connecting with him and sitting on the floor and playing games,

I would just follow him around and try and stop the destruction, right? He was just tossing his

toys everywhere. All my girlfriends I talked to would say, like, oh, I just love playing

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