You're listening to Minimalish, a podcast where we talk about simplifying our stuff,

our lives, our motherhood, all in a realistic way so that we can make room for what matters.

We're not here for perfectly tidy homes or seeing how much we can possibly declutter.

We're here for living with less.

Realistically, it's going to look different for all of us, but we're not really

focused on how our version of minimalism looks anyways. We're focused on how it feels. I'm your

host, Desiree. I'm a mom tattoo and on my own journey of living with a little less clutter so I can

have more space for an intentional life. I'm no expert, and I like to think of this as a corner of the

internet where we're learning and growing together. So let's walk towards a more simple and

intentional life. Here's this week's episode. Welcome back to Minimalish. I'm so glad that you're

here today, and I'm so excited to be bringing you a guest episode with Deanna Yates. She is the podcast host of

the wannabe clutter-free podcast. She is a mom. She is an author. And I just think our conversation

is one that so many of us are going to be able to take and put into practice right away.

Deanna and I are talking about decluttering with our kids.

And if you have kids stuff to declutter in your home, which I'm going to guess that's most of us,

even if you are a person who considers yourself a minimalist, your kids probably bring more and more stuff in your house, no matter how much you try to minimize the amount of stuff they are bringing in your house.

So today, Deanna and I are really diving in to just some strategies to get our kids involved in decluttering their stuff. I just really

love Deanna. I love her very realistic perspective. And this conversation is just overall one that

we can all use, especially with back-to-school time among us. So it is that time of year where

there's just like more kid stuff coming in. And then a couple

months down the road, we've got the holidays. This conversation is going to help us through

these busy times of year where more stuff is coming in the home. So let's dive into my

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