What to do when you're overwhelmed by a room before you even start organizing
The Mother Like a Boss Podcast
Kendra Hennessy
4.8 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever walked into a room with the intention of a total overhaul only to become overwhelmed almost instantaneously?
You’re not alone.
The overwhelm that comes with visual clutter and messes is real and I have a simple exercise you can do in under 5 minutes that will almost eliminate the overwhelm and allow you get started immediately.
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| 0:00.0 | It's okay to admit that mom life feels harder than you ever thought it would be. |
| 0:05.0 | It's also okay to want it to feel easier. We're surrounded by mixed messages all day. |
| 0:10.0 | Keep a clean house, but not too clean. |
| 0:12.0 | Take a rest mama, but not too long, that's just selfish. |
| 0:15.0 | Homemaking is dead, but you better still take care of everything every day. |
| 0:19.0 | We're told you have two choices. |
| 0:21.0 | Be Pinterest perfect or a 24-7 hot mess. |
| 0:24.0 | I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted and over it. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm Kendra Hennessy, founder of Mother Like a Boss, |
| 0:29.0 | and I put reluctant homemakers back in the driver's |
| 0:31.4 | seat of motherhood with realistic routines and |
| 0:33.8 | practical mindset shifts. I believe in empowering you to create a home that feels like a |
| 0:37.7 | safety net, not a tight rope. I believe in martyr-free motherhood that puts you |
| 0:41.3 | behind the wheel of your own life. As a mom of two, |
| 0:43.9 | I'm here to give you judgment-free strategies and have honest conversations that |
| 0:47.8 | equip you with what you need to live your absolute best mom life. Welcome to the |
| 0:52.1 | Mother Like a Boss podcast. |
| 0:55.1 | Totally ready to start that cleaning or decluttering or |
| 0:58.3 | organizing project and you walk in the room and you immediately think not today I am overwhelmed already there is too |
| 1:06.7 | much to do I'm leaving and going to do anything else like watch some Netflix yeah then this episode is for you because we are going to talk about what to do when you're overwhelmed by a room |
| 1:17.0 | Before you even start organizing, cleaning, tidying, decluttering, whatever word you want to use. So hello friends, I'm Kendra Hennessy, |
| 1:25.0 | and I'm the host here at the Mother Like a Boss podcast. |
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