Mess And Stress

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

When the clutter in your immediate physical environment becomes just another major stressor that bombards your autonomic nervous system, you may be stuck in the mess-stress cycle. My children are almost on summer break and this means extra messes and excess stresses. On today's show: 5 steps to bare-bones home maintenance that will get your home back to functioning in 20 minutes or less. Here's a preview: [2:30] Are you stressed, or are you in a stress cycle? Here's how to know [5:30] The warning signs and symptoms of the mess-stress cycle [13:00] 5 steps to getting your home back to functioning in under 20 minutes Resources mentioned: How To Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach To Cleaning And Organizing by K.C. Davis Caught in a Stress Cycle (via Psychology Today) Episode #076: The Shoebox Method Episode #152: How To Organize For Your Personality Join our (free!) community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
0:06.4	sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds
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1:02.4	Hello there, welcome back.
1:04.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 375 of sustainable
1:09.0	minimalist, a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:14.4	On today's show, we are discussing the stress mess cycle,
1:18.4	as well as five steps to get our homes back to functioning. Now as of today as of this recording my
1:26.6	daughters have only six days of school left in the school year and of course I'm
1:31.9	super excited to make memories with them this summer, but
1:35.6	there is one thing I am decidedly not excited about and that is the messes that
1:42.1	they are inevitably going to make.
1:45.0	When their home more, my home, our home becomes more unmanageable,
1:51.0	right?
1:52.0	Said another way, the state of our home on the weekends when everybody's
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