The Tiny Tweaks That Actually Create a Happier Life with Erin Port
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Katy Wells
4.8 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Happiness might be the most expensive word in the English language. We chase it, buy things in its name, and rearrange our lives trying to get closer to it. In this episode, I sit down with Erin Port, author of Tiny Tweaks, Happy Life, and we talk about why the big overhaul never works, why happiness guideposts are key, and where to start when you're so depleted you're not even sure what makes you happy anymore.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Katie Wells, host of the Maximized Minimalist podcast. I escape the hamster wheel of modern day |
| 0:08.6 | motherhood, overwhelmed by clutter and buried under the mental load. Now I live in a home that |
| 0:14.1 | feels calm, manageable, and made for real life. I have margin in my days, energy for who matters most, |
| 0:22.3 | and time for slow mornings and silly dance parties in the kitchen with my family. With over 5 million listens, |
| 0:27.4 | the show has helped women around the world turn their homes into their happy place. Around here, |
| 0:33.0 | we simplify for more peace, more presence, and more joy. We choose grace over guilt and progress |
| 0:39.4 | over perfection. And we believe your home should give back more than it takes. I'm here to help |
| 0:45.5 | you do the same. Come along with me and my guests as we share the real stories, habits, and strategies |
| 0:50.9 | that help you lighten the load from the inside out. Pull up a seat, friend, |
| 0:55.0 | and let's do this together. Ready, set, simplify. Happiness might be the most expensive word |
| 1:05.3 | in the English language. We chase it, we post about it, we buy things in its name, and sometimes we rearrange |
| 1:13.1 | our whole lives just to get closer to it. And most of us never stop to ask the question, |
| 1:18.4 | what does happiness mean to me? So that's where we're starting today with that really powerful, |
| 1:23.1 | important question. My guest today is none other than the amazing Aaron Port. I met her, |
| 1:29.6 | had the privilege of being on her show earlier this year. She's so incredible. She's the founder |
| 1:34.3 | of simple, purposeful living and the author of Tiny Tweaks, Happy Life, Such a Great |
| 1:39.5 | Book for all my readers out there. And selfishly, I also really love her because we were born in the same |
| 1:46.4 | city in Iowa. I will tell you, I left Iowa to move to North Carolina nearly 15 years ago. |
| 1:53.7 | And I maybe have met two people in that time from the state of Iowa, not even from my city. |
| 2:00.3 | People don't leave. I think it's a great |
| 2:02.1 | place. And so to know someone from your hometown is just like so much fun. So we have that, |
| 2:08.1 | so many connection and points in alignment. So welcome, Erin. It's so nice to see you again, |
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