I'm going to give you three areas, especially as a young mom, there are three areas that I think if you could zero in on these, your house is going to feel completely different.

Welcome to the Minimal Mom podcast. Dawn has become well known for her practical approach to decluttering and simple living.

My mom actually introduced me to the minimal mom a couple of months ago

when I started getting very overwhelmed with life. I'm expecting our second child. My husband

was just diagnosed with a chronic illness and I was taking on the bulk, the lion's share of

the household chores. Coming across minimal mom,, I started just watching. And that day,

I started purging my house. And as soon as I started purging, I felt such an intense sense of

relief. Mentally, I am relaxing more and simplifying my life before this little one comes has been such a

blessing. Today, Dawn answers two questions submitted by viewers. Here's the first. Hello, my name is Sarah,

and I have been having trouble with motivation for decluttering the house. I am four months pregnant and I have

three other little ones at the house with me, so little toddlers. And it just is difficult sometimes

just doing all the other daily activities that I have to do with other littles and being pregnant.

So what are some

tips and tricks to help me be able to get the home decluttered while still enjoying this season

with my littles? So when Tom and I were doing marriage counseling before we got married,

they had to do one of those personality tests. It gave a lot of different

metrics and told us different things about ourselves. But the thing that will always stick

with me is that I'm the type of person that gets overwhelmed by big projects. And Tom, on the

other hand, his brain is wired in a way where he can see a big project, like a whole remodeling

project that we're doing, and he can break it down into steps and see the big picture

and then make an action plan. And for me, when I look at all of that, that big picture,

I just, I feel overwhelmed. And I'm like, can somebody just tell me, like, can

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