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Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Conquering Post-Holiday Chaos: Decluttering with Intention for a Fresh New Year! | Shannon Leyko (EP370)

Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Feeling overwhelmed by the thought of post-holiday clutter? This episode is for you! Joining me this week is host of the Paring Down podcast, Shannon Leyko. The conversation emphasizes the importance of creating calm spaces, managing holiday chaos, and setting realistic goals for the new year. Shannon also offers advice on handling unwanted gifts and fostering gratitude in children while maintaining a minimalist lifestyle.


About Shannon |

Shannon Leyko is an author, podcast host, mother of three, and military wife. Her book, You’re Completely Normal, debuted as an Amazon Top 50 hot new release in 2020, and her podcast, Paring Down, has reached the top 5% of all podcasts in under a year. She is a former Miss New York in the Miss America Organization, former professional vocalist, and was also a reality television development producer before working in social media and on her podcast. Her online platform, Paring Down, is built around helping people declutter their homes and schedules in order to make room for what matters-- without the judgment, shame, or comparison.


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If you’ve been struggling with motivation to declutter or work through bad habits that keep you stuck, I’d love to help you achieve your goals! We’ll work together (locally or virtually) to discover what areas in your life are high priority to get you feeling less overwhelmed right away. For more info on my processes, fees, and availability please contact!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

be gentle with yourself during those weeks right after the holidays to know that like this isn't a

0:05.4

reflection of you being a failure at managing your home or living with less. It's just life.

0:11.7

The idea of living with less isn't to stress ourselves out. That's missing the bigger picture

0:17.2

of what minimalism and decluttering is all about. Everything is urgent in the world we live in

0:22.5

because people are trying to sell us stuff. I think that's what people forget is that the way

0:27.3

our country in particular, but Western societies operate, is 100% based on consumerism.

0:35.2

I think the most rewarding part of just getting through the stuff, as

0:40.8

slow as you need to, but actually doing it, not just sitting on your couch and hoping that it will

0:44.7

magically get cleaned up, you know, that I think is that sense of accomplishment that can trickle

0:51.0

into other areas, right? Hello and welcome to the minimalist mom's podcast. Are you feeling

0:56.0

overwhelmed by the thought of post-holiday clutter? Well, this episode is for you because joining me

1:01.5

today is host of the pairing down podcast, Shannon Laco. In this conversation today, we talk about

1:07.5

the importance of creating calm spaces, managing that holiday chaos, and setting

1:12.2

realistic goals for the new year. Shannon also offers advice on handling unwanted gifts and fostering

1:18.2

gratitude and children while maintaining a minimalist lifestyle. I can't wait for you to hear this

1:22.5

episode with Shannon because she offers a ton of practical advice, but before we get there, I quickly

1:26.4

want to share a minimalist resource with all of you. And I have to say I've never done this before,

1:31.4

but my minimalist resource is me. I'm here to help you. If you've been struggling with

1:36.9

motivation to clutter or to work through bad habits that keep you stuck, I would love to

1:41.4

help you achieve your goals in the new year. We'll work together either

1:45.0

locally or virtually to discover what areas in your life are high priority to get you feeling

1:49.4

less overwhelmed right away. So if this is something that you've been curious about, please

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