[REPLAY] 'Spark Joy': Is It Really the Best Approach to Decluttering? | Sarit Sela
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms
Diane Boden
4.8 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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This week I want to have a discussion on the idea of our possessions 'sparking joy' as we declutter. The method comes from author, Marie Kondo in her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. The idea has become a mainstream thought; however, is it really the best way to approach decluttering? I bring you some personal thoughts on this subject, as well as dive into a discussion with Marie Kondo consultant, Sarit Sela. I wanted to give you the opportunity to make the decision for yourself after listening to two sides of the method!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that today's episode is a special re-air. |
| 0:06.7 | This is one of the most loved conversations from the archive, and since so many of you are new to the show or may not have heard it the first time around, I wanted to go ahead and bring it back. |
| 0:15.6 | It's still just as relevant today, and I think you'll get a lot out of it. So let's get to it. |
| 0:28.3 | Thank you. relevant today and I think you'll get a lot out of it. So let's get to it. Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. I'm Diane. I'm a mother of three |
| 0:33.6 | living in Columbus, Ohio. I'm trying to make room in my life for what matters by getting rid of |
| 0:38.6 | the clutter and living life with purpose. I hope you'll join me on the journey to think more and do |
| 0:43.9 | with less. This week, I want to have a discussion on the idea of our possessions sparking joy |
| 0:50.2 | as we declutter. The method comes from author Marie Kondo in her book, The Life-Changing Magic, |
| 0:56.1 | of Tidying Up. The idea has become a mainstream thought, however, is it really the best way |
| 1:00.9 | to approach decluttering? I bring you my conversation with Marie Kondo consultant, Surit |
| 1:06.8 | Seela, as well as some of my personal thoughts on the subject, I wanted to give you guys the opportunity |
| 1:12.6 | to make the decision for yourself after listening to two sides of this method. |
| 1:18.0 | But before we get to the interview, I wanted to just encourage you to leave a rating and review |
| 1:22.7 | if you haven't done so yet. |
| 1:24.5 | It really helps others find this podcast and really allows me to just continue to bring |
| 1:29.8 | you quality content and creators. And I did want to give you a bit of a heads up. This interview was |
| 1:35.3 | actually recorded a couple of months ago, kind of at the height of when everyone was home during |
| 1:40.1 | quarantine. So I wouldn't say that we had the best Zoom connection. And Sarit was actually |
| 1:45.3 | calling from Sweden. So I don't know if the glitch came from too many people being on the |
| 1:49.2 | internet, working from home, or if it was just a long distance phone call. But I just did want to |
| 1:53.9 | give you that heads up. Hopefully we can fix that on next week's episode. But I think that's it for |
| 1:59.7 | now. So here is my conversation with Surite, followed by |
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