Now is the perfect time to revisit this conversation with Nicole Jakes. As summer schedules fill up with

gatherings, vacations, and kids home more often, many of us are looking for practical ways to keep

our homes feeling manageable without spending all day cleaning. Nicole shares simple, non-toxic

cleaning solutions, easy hosting tips, and realistic strategies for creating a home environment

that feels both functional

and welcoming. If you've been feeling overwhelmed by clutter, household upkeep, or preparing

your space for your guests this summer, this episode offers tangible, actionable ideas to

help you simplify your routines and enjoy your home more this season. So with that, let's get into

this replay of episode 333 with Nicole

Jakes. Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. Today, I'm thrilled to bring you my

conversation with Nicole Jakes. I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with her Instagram account.

She graciously agreed to come on and share some of her best tips, tricks, and hacks for the home

with all of you today.

Nicole places a heavy emphasis on living a non-toxic lifestyle and how she started sharing her knowledge on social media. We also talk a lot about hosting in our home and what she

would say is one of her favorite kitchen hacks. There are a few times during this interview that

I was just blown away by her knowledge. And I also felt like this was one just full of practical

takeaways that you could implement after you hit stop. So I can't wait to get into this episode.

But before we get there, I quickly want to share my minimalist resource of the week. And this week

I want to share the new book by Cal Newport. You might be familiar with him. He wrote the book,

Deep Work. This one is called Slow Productivity, the Lost Art of

Accomplishment Without Burnout. So I'm about halfway through this new book, but I really like how

he bases it on three principles of doing fewer things, working at a natural pace, and obsessing

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