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.

Hey there. Welcome back to another episode and the first maximized minimalist episode of 2021.

I'm your host, Katie Wells. I am so happy you're here, so grateful to be

kicking off a brand spanking new year with you guys. I've been thinking a lot about you,

my amazing listeners. If you're new here, welcome. So happy to have you. I've got an amazing

lineup of show topics coming up this year, some really wonderful guests. I'm so excited.

And as usual, really quick, I want to kick off this episode with a listener spotlight.

Heather Feakin left me a sweet five-star iTunes review saying, so much knowledge and applicable

tips to make my life easier. I love this podcast. Thank you. And Jill Kav wrote in saying,

this podcast has helped me so much. It's very simple and quick tips. Katie has a great story and it is

worth a listen. Thank you, ladies, so much. So let's dive into today's topic, which revolves around how do we know if we are

living out our values in real time? Today is about turning the volume down on all the noise,

examining your core beliefs, removing those which aren't working and focusing on the ones that are and the ones you want to keep.

Joshua Becker says, I'm paraphrasing here, when the contents in your home don't reflect the purpose

you have for it, that causes frustration. When I started writing this podcast and writing my notes

for it, that statement really aligned with

values. So when the choices we make in our life don't reflect our true values, it causes

frustration too. It causes this what I call like mal alignment, this misalignment. It doesn't

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