How to make people get rid of stuff (with Matt Paxton & Zoe Kim)

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Find Matt & Zoe's Master Class Here: https://resources.raisingsimple.com/keepthememoriesWhether you're anxious about inheriting unwanted items or overwhelmed by the thought of passing on a stockpile of stuff, this episode will help you navigate the emotional and practical side of managing family possessions.IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 Introduction :40 Are some people just more sentimental? 4:07 Letting go of the pressure to keep things 7:38 How do we help our parents get rid of stuff? 10:30 About the legacy list 15:04 ...but everything is sentimental! 18:21 Navigating family members that think we should keep things 20:51 Artifcts 22:52 A bit about hoarding 25:58 - Should we keep things that make us sad? 28:06 Matt and Zoë's master class 31:14 To the person feeling guilty ABOUT THE PODCAST GUEST: Zoë’ is the author of Minimalism for Families, minimalist mom of four, and the voice behind Raising Simple. She is married to Matt Paxton, a downsizing and cleaning expert, speaker, author, radio personality, and host of the 2-time Emmy nominated television show Legacy List with Matt Paxton. LINKS: Save the stories with Artifacts: https://artifcts.com/ Keep the Memories Lose the Stuff Book: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/Keep-the-Memories Minimalism for Families Book: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/minimalism-for-families Zoë’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raisingsimp... Zoë’s Blog: https://raisingsimple.com/ More info about Legacy List TV show: https://www.mylegacylist.com/

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0:00.0	How do I get my mom or dad or parents to let go of this stuff, already anticipating the day when it's going to be our own burden to deal with?
0:08.9	Welcome to the Minimal Mom podcast. Today, Dawn is joined by Matt Paxton. He is the host of the two-time Emmy-nominated TV series Legacy List.
0:18.3	Matt is also the author of the best-selling book, Keep the Memories, Lose the
0:22.5	Stuff. Today, Dawn is joined by Zoe Kim, the author of Minimalism for Families. Zoe partners
0:28.7	with individuals to tackle the challenges of cluttered home and life. She believes in developing
0:34.1	a minimalist lifestyle through positive perspective changes and practical solutions.
0:39.3	Well, Matt, I want to pick your brain today and then we're going to talk with Zoe too and kind of tie minimalism into decluttering sentimental stuff.
0:45.3	But will you clear this up just to get started?
0:48.3	Are some people just naturally more sentimental and more attached to heirloom items, things from childhood,
0:56.4	things that have been passed on than other people.
0:58.4	Yes.
0:58.7	Some people are naturally more inclined to, I think, better people, like quality, better people
1:04.3	are more sentimental.
1:06.6	That's my personal view.
1:08.8	Is they have feelings?
1:09.8	Well, I will say this.
1:11.2	We have, so we look at generationally, right, we got to look at like the last three generations, our grandparents, our parents, and now us.
1:17.7	If we're looking, if we're at 45, that takes us up to 95, actually, in some situations.
1:21.6	Yeah.
1:22.0	And so you remember, like, families were born on this stuff.
1:25.5	Like, the dining room is the room I always talk about sentimental.
1:29.3	Like, my mom and my grandma were deeply sentimental about the dining room.
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