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Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

Minimalist Journaling: A 20-Minute Weekly Practice That Can Change Everything | Erin Loechner (EP426)

Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

Diane Boden

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

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What if living more intentionally didn’t require a total life overhaul - just 20 minutes a week? In this episode, Erin Loechner shares how a simple journaling practice has shaped her minimalist journey and helped her slow down, clarify her beliefs, and make more intentional daily choices. We talk about letting go of perfection, asking better questions, and using reflection - not productivity - as a tool for meaningful change. If you’re craving more clarity, presence, and simplicity this year, this conversation offers a gentle place to start.

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Author of The Opt-Out Family and Chasing Slow and founder of Other Goose, Erin Loechner has been writing online for two decades. Her heartfelt words and design work have been showcased in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, Huffington Post, and a two-season HGTV.com web special, garnering over one million fans worldwide. She has spoken for and appeared in renowned international events for clients such as Walt Disney World, IKEA, and Martha Stewart. Now living off-grid in the mountains, Erin, her husband, and kids strive for less in most areas except three: joy, grace, and pickles.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I think that we really confused for a long time documenting our lives with reflecting on our lives.

0:05.5

And I think there's been a shift with like we maybe don't have to document everything.

0:09.9

Not everything has to happen for social media purposes or to sort of kind of promote or publicize our life as much.

0:17.9

I think we're really craving the privacy that comes from something that

0:20.8

can't be seen all the time. You know, the fruits are not constantly in season. And so I think that

0:25.8

we're maybe becoming more adapted at the idea of sort of secret change and then the fruits of those

0:33.5

labors kind of revealing themselves over the course of years and years and years. This is Diane Bowden and you're listening to the minimalist moms podcast. Today's guest has

0:41.3

learned that the smallest daily practices can quietly change the way we live, think, and decide.

0:47.3

After years of writing, teaching, and living in front of an audience, she realized something

0:52.0

quietly powerful. A simple journaling practice can change

0:55.6

the way you live, not by fixing you, but by helping you tell the truth to yourself.

1:00.6

Erin Lochner is a writer, speaker, and longtime advocate for living intentionally in a noisy

1:05.8

world. You may know her from her work around minimalism, faith, and slow living, but today she's here

1:11.2

to talk about a practice she's returned to for over a decade, one that revolves around just two

1:16.4

questions. You're going to love how grounding and accessible her approach is, no perfection,

1:21.2

no aesthetic pressure, just honest reflection. In today's episode, we talk about why journaling

1:26.5

doesn't have to be fancy or time

1:28.5

consuming to be transformative, how questioning our assumptions can free us from mental clutter,

1:33.6

and how small, consistent habits can lead to meaningful change. I'm thrilled to bring you this

1:38.6

third conversation with Aaron, but before we get into it, I quickly want to share a minimalist

1:42.4

resource with all of you.

1:53.3

The resource today is a book called The Good Life, Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger and Mark Schultz. One of the most powerful findings from this book is that the quality of our relationships matters more for long-term happiness and health than wealth, success, and

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