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Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

"Is Target Getting in the Way of Your Values?" | Tyler More (EP374)

Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

Diane Boden

Leisure, Education, Parenting, How To, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

A father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet: disorganized and overly busy behind the tidy, closed doors. When it all became too much—for their 750-square-foot apartment and his nerves—he set out to unpack the physical and emotional mess around him. In today's conversation, we explore the broader concept of tidiness beyond physical decluttering, touching on mental health, personal values, and routines. The conversation also delves into balancing career, creative pursuits, and family life, highlighting the importance of grounding one's lifestyle in core values.


About Tyler |

Tyler Moore is the creator of the hugely popular “Tidy Dad” Instagram, TikTok, and website. A public school teacher in New York City, husband, and father of three young daughters, he has been featured on Good Morning America and in The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York Post, Better Homes & Gardens Secrets of Getting Organized magazine, Apartment Therapy, and many podcasts including HGTV and Minimalist Moms. During the school year, he lives with his wife, Emily, a pediatric occupational therapist, and daughters in Queens, New York. In the summer, they spend as much time as possible in their small but tidy cottage in the Poconos.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

trying to showcase a life of perfection was never why we got into sharing what we did in the first

0:08.3

place. I have to get off that hamster wheel and just allow myself to be present where I am right now

0:14.7

and say that I'll figure out what's next, when next sort of come. When you're motivated by numbers, there's always a

0:23.5

number that's higher. You have to sit with the mess and unearth why you think the way that you do, why you may

0:31.3

behave the way that you do, balancing home and career and family and relationships, plus this feeling of self, that self is so often

0:42.8

lost in all of those other priorities.

0:46.8

Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast.

0:49.3

As a father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet,

0:55.5

disorganized and overly busy behind the tidy closed doors.

0:59.1

When it all became too much for his 750-square-foot apartment and his nerves, he set out

1:04.4

to impact the physical and emotional mess around him.

1:08.1

In today's conversation, we explore the broader concept of tinieness beyond physical

1:12.6

decluttering, touching on mental health, personal values, and routines. The name Tyler Moore may

1:18.3

be familiar to you, but I'm assuming the name Tidy Dad might be a little bit more familiar,

1:23.1

as Tyler has grown the brand and has been featured on Good Morning America, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Better Homes and Gardens, and so many more.

1:31.8

This is actually his second appearance on the show as he joined me for episode 264, Just Enough Stuff, back in 2023.

1:38.6

As you'll hear from the very beginning of our conversation, Tyler is a joy to talk to, so kind and thoughtful and all of his

1:46.4

responses and just incredibly down to earth. So I can't wait to get into this conversation, but before we

1:52.6

get there, I quickly want to share a minimalist moment slash resource with all of you.

1:58.1

I know I've shared a lot of metaphors, both here and on social media,

2:02.5

and reframing of thought. So this is another one of those things that falls in line with that,

2:06.8

and it's a quote from Sydney Banks. And the quote is, thought is not reality, yet it is through

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