[REPLAY] Conquering Post-Holiday Chaos: Decluttering with Intention for a Fresh New Year! | Shannon Leyko
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Feeling overwhelmed by the thought of post-holiday clutter? This episode is for you! Joining me this week is host of the Paring Down podcast, Shannon Leyko. The conversation emphasizes the importance of creating calm spaces, managing holiday chaos, and setting realistic goals for the new year. Shannon also offers advice on handling unwanted gifts and fostering gratitude in children while maintaining a minimalist lifestyle.
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About Shannon |
Shannon Leyko is an author, podcast host, mother of three, and military wife. Her book, You’re Completely Normal, debuted as an Amazon Top 50 hot new release in 2020, and her podcast, Paring Down, has reached the top 5% of all podcasts in under a year. She is a former Miss New York in the Miss America Organization, former professional vocalist, and was also a reality television development producer before working in social media and on her podcast. Her online platform, Paring Down, is built around helping people declutter their homes and schedules in order to make room for what matters-- without the judgment, shame, or comparison.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The end of the year naturally invites reflection and reset, making it the perfect moment to replay this episode. |
| 0:06.1 | With holiday clutter building and New Year's goals on the horizon, Shannon's perspective on |
| 0:10.9 | cultivating calm, handling the gift overwhelm, and simplifying family life offers the grounding |
| 0:15.7 | so many listeners need right now. It's a gentle reminder that simple, realistic steps can make the transition |
| 0:21.6 | into January feel lighter and more intentional. Be gentle with yourself during those weeks |
| 0:27.7 | right after the holidays to know that like this isn't a reflection of you being a failure |
| 0:32.5 | at managing your home or living with less. It's just life. The idea of living with less isn't to |
| 0:39.0 | stress ourselves out. That's missing the bigger picture of what minimalism and decluttering is all about. |
| 0:45.0 | Everything is urgent in the world we live in because people are trying to sell us stuff. I think that's |
| 0:49.5 | what people forget is that the way our country in particular, but Western societies operate, is |
| 0:56.6 | 100% based on consumer. |
| 1:00.0 | I think the most rewarding part of just getting through the stuff, as slow as you need to, |
| 1:06.6 | but actually doing it, not just sitting on your couch and hoping that it will magically get |
| 1:10.3 | cleaned up, |
| 1:17.0 | you know, that I think is that sense of accomplishment that can trickle into other areas, right? |
| 1:22.3 | Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the thought of post-holiday clutter? Well, this episode is for you because joining me today is host of the |
| 1:27.8 | Paring Down podcast, Shannon Laco. In this conversation today, we talk about the importance |
| 1:32.8 | of creating calm spaces, managing that holiday chaos, and setting realistic goals for the new |
| 1:38.4 | year. Shannon also offers advice on handling unwanted gifts and fostering gratitude and children |
| 1:43.8 | while maintaining a minimalist |
| 1:45.1 | lifestyle. I can't wait for you to hear this episode with Shannon because she offers a ton of practical |
| 1:49.4 | advice, but before we get there, I quickly want to share a minimalist resource with all of you. |
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