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.

Defining yourself is basically this idea of knowing who you are, what you stand for, your identity,

and what rules you stand by. This could be morals you have,

or what you define as integrity. Even what you consider to be good and bad things mean your beliefs

and so much more. And I was recently going through some incredible testimonials that were shared by

students who have gone through my toy clutter cure program.

A lot of them frequently sent before and after pictures of their play spaces and toy,

of their kids' toys after they go through the program and implement it. And it's just so amazing to see the transformation, not only in these parents' home,

but also the transformation the parents have and the kids have. It's

just such a beautiful thing. So inspiring. One thought that kept coming up for me as I'm scanning

these before and after pictures is really what inspired me to spark this conversation and have this

conversation with you today. And that thought is, is that your home does not define you.

If you are looking around as you're listening to this episode right now and your home is a mess and there's

toys everywhere and you have babies spit up on your shirt and the beds are unmade and there's a

zillion loads of laundry to do, that does not define you. It means you have

a home that's well loved and well used. Your home does not define you and neither does your clutter

and your stuff. And as I, again, keep pinning back and forth from these before pictures and after

pictures, one thing kept coming up for me, and that is in the

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