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Minimal-ish: Minimalism, Intentional Living, Motherhood

291: Simplifying Showing Up and Going Deeper in Our Friendships with Ashlee Gadd (Making Friends as an Adult Part 2)

Minimal-ish: Minimalism, Intentional Living, Motherhood

Cloud10

Education, Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I am so happy to welcome back Ashlee Gadd for an encouraging and practical conversation about friendship in motherhood and showing up for your people. Ashlee is a mother, writer, and founder of Coffee + Crumbs, and she has spent years helping women tell honest, beautiful stories about motherhood. In this episode, we talk about the role friendships play in our lives as moms—and how they naturally shift and evolve through different seasons of parenting, as well as her new book You’re in Good Company: The Gift of Friendship, Motherhood, and Showing Up. We share personal experiences with friendship in early motherhood, busier seasons, and everything in between. Ashlee also offers such a helpful perspective on being intentional in our relationships, including the power of being specific when offering support to a friend. If you’ve been loving these conversations about friendship as an adult like I have, you will love this chat filled with tangible takeaways to try right away. Links from this episode: Ashlee’s new book: You’re In Good Company (released March 2026) Ashlee on Instagram (@ashleegadd) (@coffeeandcrumbs) Ashlee’s website Desirae on Instagram Minimal-ish Podcast Website More Episodes on Friendship in Motherhood: Ep 287: Making Friends as an Adult: The Good, the Hard, and the Awkward with Kristen Strong Ep 281: Building Lasting Community with Palak Dave Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hader, it's your big McDonald's hunger calling, and it's not just any kind of hunger.

0:04.9

It's the kind that calls for big arch.

0:07.0

Start with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and big arch sauce.

0:10.3

Oh, and don't forget those crispy onions.

0:12.6

Hungry?

0:13.3

You are now.

0:16.7

Saved from 11 a.m. subject to availability.

0:18.7

Price and participation may vary.

0:20.8

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

0:25.7

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

0:31.2

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

0:35.4

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 much we can possibly declutter. We're here for living with less. Realistically,

0:38.2

it's going to look different for all of us, but we're not really focused on how our version

0:42.4

of minimalism looks anyways. We're focused on how it feels. I'm your host, Desiree. I'm a mom

0:49.1

to two and on my own journey of living with a little less clutter so I can have more space for an intentional

0:54.9

life. I'm no expert and I like to think of this as a corner of the internet where we're learning

0:59.8

and growing together. So let's walk towards a more simple and intentional life. Here's this week's

1:05.6

episode. Welcome back to minimalish. Today I have a guest episode for you and I am going to just take a minute to kind of reintroduce what Minimalish is all about. And that's because my last episode, I did a solo episode where I just redefined Minimalish. And I have felt like I needed a little bit of a fresh start on the podcast.

1:30.6

So I'm just doing this for myself and for you if you're a new listener around here.

1:35.6

So on minimalish, we talk about decluttering minimalism, a realistic version of minimalism, at least,

1:42.5

and intentional living.

1:49.8

And so there are four pillars to minimalish living that I like to think of as declutter your stuff, declutter your mind, declutter your time and your schedule.

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