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 friend, welcome back to another episode. It's me, Katie, and if you can, grab your coffee

or tea and let's talk because this is something that's been

on my heart lately. One thing I want everyone to hear today is that being a simplifier is counterculture.

So what do I mean by that? See, a simplifier is one who creates space for what truly matters. A simplifier is someone

who is driven by intention and lives their best life. A simplifier thinks in terms of abundance

and a simplifier is someone who believes that they already have everything they need.

And unless you've been living under a rock, you might notice that a ton of the messaging we get

around the holidays and truly any time of the year leads people and leads so many of us to

believe or think the opposite of that, right? The I'll be happy

when dot, dot, dot, I'll be happy when I have a bigger home. I'll be happy when I make more money.

I'll be happy when I get that new pair of shoes or that new purse. The marketing and sales tactics from clothing companies,

toy stores, and retailers is so truly relentless.

It just boggles my mind.

And it's this constant barrage of messaging telling us that we'll be happier,

we'll be more loved, we'll be more beautiful, we'll be smarter, we'll be more loved, we'll be more beautiful,

we'll be smarter, we'll be envied by our friends if you buy whatever it is that they're

selling us, right? And the general idea of these messages is what? It's that your life will be

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