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The Decluttered Mom Podcast

137: Guest Interview - Jess

The Decluttered Mom Podcast

Diana Rene

Education, Mom Life, Leisure, Self-improvement, Home & Garden, Busy Mom, Parenting, Minimalist, Kids & Family, Routines, Decluttering

4.9681 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Are you drowning in baskets, dressers, and "important" boxes that never get opened? In this episode, Diana chats with Jess, a mom of three (including twins!) who transformed her home from an overwhelming storage facility to a peaceful living space. In this episode, you'll hear: Why moving to a bigger house DIDN'T solve Jess's clutter problem (spoiler: you can't organize junk!)The moment when Jess's friend made her remove everything from her mantle—and how it changed everythingThe hilarious re...

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0:00.0

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,

0:23.7

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

0:30.3

I got rid of approximately 70% of our household belongings and I have never looked back.

0:42.7

I kind of feel like I hacked the mom system, and I'm here to share all the tips,

0:44.4

tricks, and encouragement.

0:46.6

Let's listen to today's show.

1:11.4

All right, you guys, so we have Jess here, and I got really, it was really funny because when she came on, I saw that she had the first and last name of one of my best friends since high school. And so I wanted to talk to you just today because you are a member of Minimalish starts here, right? I am.

1:12.0

Awesome.

1:18.8

Can you share with us just a little bit about yourself, your family, kind of where you're located and all those fun things?

1:21.3

Sure.

1:22.0

So I was born and raised in Waco, and that's where I am raising my children.

1:26.3

That's Waco, Texas, which is

1:28.5

Central Texas. And I am a mama of three children. I've got five-year-old twins and an almost

1:37.0

two-year-old. We have kind of always, even before kids had what I would call sort of a messy house.

1:45.4

Yeah.

1:45.7

My parents are very attached to things.

1:49.5

I think there are probably a variety of psychological reasons behind that.

1:52.7

I know I've certainly got my own.

1:55.2

But really, like, I grew up in very full cluttered houses.

1:59.2

So did my husband.

2:00.2

And so it really wasn't until after our

2:04.2

twins were born that I started feeling really overwhelmed by the stuff I was having to manage.

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