How Minimalism Won Me Over | Sarah Therese (EP411)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms
Diane Boden
4.8 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder how minimalism could actually make motherhood easier? In this episode, we dive into the real-life benefits of simplifying with kids—from decluttering clothes and toys to creating calmer routines and smoother family transitions. You’ll hear practical tips for starting small (like tackling your wardrobe or kitchen), plus honest stories about the challenges and wins of raising kids with less stuff and more intention. Whether you’re curious about minimalism or ready to embrace it fully, this conversation will inspire you to clear the clutter and create more space for what truly matters in motherhood.
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- Diane's Resource: Intelligent Change
- Sarah's Resource: Instructions in Righteousness
- Sarah Can't Stop Talking About: Raven's Roast
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- Youtube
About Sarah |
Sarah is a mother of five who creates content around homemaking, homeschooling and minimally minded living.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Can't be a minimalist because I have children and I hate the color white. So it's not going to work for me. |
| 0:04.4 | And I'm like, man, like if we can instill minimalism into ourselves, that naturally hits our kids and they're thrilled about it. |
| 0:12.6 | So I think kids are really, really flexible and in some ways they can hold you back, but in some ways they can propel you. |
| 0:19.9 | Nothing in my morning up into the afternoon |
| 0:22.7 | has anything to do with the items in my home. It has to do with the people in my home. And I'm able to do that |
| 0:28.1 | because I don't have a lot of items in my home. The core of what I do as a mom is not feeling |
| 0:34.4 | overwhelmed by what I have to do in the home because I have so many items. I love that. I can |
| 0:40.6 | actually give myself to my kids and my family well because I have the mental and emotional |
| 0:47.3 | energy to do it because it's not being wasted on the items in my home. If there's items in your home |
| 0:52.9 | that don't serve you, you're serving those items and you don't need them. |
| 0:58.0 | I've had people actually take me aside and go, this is a terrible idea. |
| 1:03.7 | But if you are grounded in minimalism, doing wild things like this, it's tangible. |
| 1:13.9 | It's easy. Hello and welcome to the Minimalist Mom's podcast. YouTuber and mom Sarah Terese is trading her family home for life in a trailer, |
| 1:20.7 | and she's taking us behind the scenes of what it actually takes to downsize with kids. |
| 1:25.1 | In today's conversation, Sarah gets honest about why she's choosing less, |
| 1:29.1 | what she's learned about attachment and identity through decluttering, and how minimalism |
| 1:33.3 | looks different when real life and real mess are involved. We talk about the mental load of |
| 1:37.8 | motherhood, the emotional side of letting go, and the unexpected freedom that comes from owning |
| 1:43.0 | fewer things. Sarah also shares the small systems that comes from owning fewer things. |
| 1:48.8 | Sarah also shares the small systems that keep her home and mind organized, from kids' clothing bins to simplified routines, and the mindset shifts that made it all possible. |
| 1:52.8 | But before we get there, I quickly want to share a minimalist resource of the week. |
| 1:56.9 | I recently discovered the website, Intelligent Change. |
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