225 // Making Home Your Happy Place - with Katy Joy Wells from The Maximized Minimalist
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If you feel like you’re always decluttering and never making progress, perhaps it’s because you haven’t looked at the stuff behind the stuff. In this episode, I chat with Katy Joy Wells, host of The Maximized Minimalist podcast and author of Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm to explore the deeper emotional roots of clutter and discover practical strategies for creating a peaceful home. Katy shares her powerful personal story and introduces her Holistic Decluttering Method that goes far beyond simple organizing tips. We discuss:- how Katy realized she was using clutter as a shield after a car accident rocked her family’s world in 2017- her Holistic Decluttering Method including root awareness, the four types of clutter, and designing our homes for follow-through- how we can find freedom by letting go of identity clutter - arguably the hardest type of clutter for moms Katy Joy Wells is a declutter expert, podcaster, simplifier, hype-woman, and boy mom. Through her best-selling declutter courses and globally recognized podcast, The Maximized Minimalist, Katy inspires a grace-filled, practical and self-affirming sense of "Wow! I really can do this!" for over 250,000 families across the world. Her new book Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm helps families overcome overwhelm with actionable strategies, declutter with confidence, uncover the deeper roots of clutter and create effortless systems to maintain a peaceful home.
Resources Mentioned: Connect with Katy on her website, Instagram, and her podcastPre-order her new book Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm and snag some amazing bonuses here. **GIVEAWAY ALERT! Katy has graciously agreed to give away a signed copy of her new book. In addition, next week’s guest Joshua Becker will be giving away a signed copy of his new book Uncluttered Faith! If you want to enter, follow these steps:Please leave a 5-star written review of the Moms Overcoming Overwhelm podcast in Apple Podcasts (only if you haven’t left one before), or a rating/comment in Spotify. Here’s a tutorial on how to leave a written review in Apple Podcasts. ORshare it with a friend via text or social media!Screen shot the review BEFORE you submit a review (as it can take a few days to show up in Apple Podcasts) OR after you share with your friend and e-mail me at [email protected] before 8 PM EST on Monday, February 9th, 2026. Please let me know in the e-mail if you’re interested in Making Home Your Happy Place, Uncluttered Faith, or either book. The winners will be announced on the next episode on Thursday, February 12, 2026. Good luck! Related Episodes: Episode 10: The MOST Challenging Type of Clutter for Moms! 4 Kinds of Aspirational Clutter and How to Finally Let GoEpisode 35: The One Habit That Keeps Your Home Clutter-Free with Lisa Lizotte from the Habits and Home Show Episode 16: “My Husband Doesn’t Want to Get Rid of Anything!” How to Get Your Spouse on Board with Decluttering in 5 Simple Steps *** I help moms declutter their homes, heads, and hearts. Contact - > [email protected] Podcast -＞ https://momsovercomingoverwhelm.podbean.com/ Learn -＞ https://www.simplebyemmy.com/resources Connect -＞ Join our free Facebook group Decluttering Tips and Support for Overwhelmed Moms Instagram -＞ @simplebyemmy and @momsovercomingoverwhelm
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I’m excited to bring you this bonus episode with my friend Michelle Byrd from The Busy Vibrant Mom podcast and a regular guest on Moms Overcoming Overwhelm. It’s the 16th episode of Coffee and Tea with M&E! Grab your coffee or tea, pull up a chair, and join us. Hope you enjoy this honest conversation between two moms who GET IT! NOTE: I will be pausing the podcast to focus on my health and will let you know when new episodes are coming out. *** I help moms declutter their homes, heads, and hearts. Contact - > [email protected] Podcast -＞ https://www.simplebyemmy.com/podcast Learn -＞ https://www.simplebyemmy.com/resources Connect -＞ Join our free Facebook group Decluttering Tips and Support for Overwhelmed Moms Instagram -＞ @simplebyemmy and @momsovercomingoverwhelm
You tell yourself that you’re going to get your life together - drink more water, journal, exercise, declutter. You do great for a few days and then your kid gets sick, or there’s an emergency at work. You feel like a failure and wonder if you can ever create habits that will actually stick. If this sounds familiar, don’t despair. Traditional habits wisdom, largely created by men, fails women because it ignores invisible labor and praises consistency that relies on perfection. Monica Packer is a mom of five and the founder of About Progress, a top-rated podcast about adopting progress over perfection. She has served thousands of women online as a certified habits and identity coach. In this episode, we dive into her new book Sticky Habits: A Woman’s Guide to Reclaim Happiness, Ditch Perfectionism, and Create Habits That Last. We chat about:
What happens when your partner has a completely different idea of how much stuff you should own? Today I’m answering a listener question about what to do when your stuff/clutter threshold is far different than your spouse’s - and the intentionality behind what we own. Have a question you’d like answered on the show? Just e-mail me at [email protected]. Resources Mentioned: To find out more about monthly virtual decluttering coaching, e-mail me at [email protected] The Diderot Effect More about clutter thresholds (from Dana K. White) Related Episodes: Episode 16: “My Husband Doesn’t Want to Get Rid of Anything!” How to Get Your Spouse on Board with Decluttering in 5 Simple Steps Episode 152: Getting Family Members on Board, Intentional Purchases, and Capsule Wardrobes - a Coaching Call with Vanessa Gurrusquieta Episode 203: Is Kids’ Stuff Taking Over Your House? Top Tips for Getting Your Family Involved with Decluttering - with Laura Forbes Carlin *** I help moms declutter their homes, heads, and hearts. Contact - > [email protected] Podcast -＞ https://momsovercomingoverwhelm.podbean.com/ Learn -＞ https://www.simplebyemmy.com/resources Connect -＞ Join our free Facebook group Decluttering Tips and Support for Overwhelmed Moms Instagram -＞ @simplebyemmy and @momsovercomingoverwhelm
Do you feel overwhelmed in your home, even after you’ve decluttered? It may be that you need to “hush” it instead. Today I’m speaking to bestselling author Myquillyn Smith about her new book House Hushing: The Simple Method to Declutter and Decorate for a More Peaceful Home. Hushing your home isn’t just about decluttering - it also quiet decorating, soulful styling, and living seasonally. It’s about finding harmony and being able to hear what your house is saying to you. Myquillyn and I discuss:- why backwards decluttering is the high-reward, low-risk approach you’ve been looking for- how quiet decorating allows us turn down the volume of our house without getting rid of things- how to create a soulful home over time by layering in soul of the past, present, and futur- the edit/audit and plan/pick aspects of living seasonally and how to intentionally choose how you want to live in this season Go to Amazon or your favorite book retailer to get your copy of the book…or check below to see how to enter the book giveaway.
It’s the 250th episode of Moms Overcoming Overwhelm! To celebrate, I’m sharing 25 questions to ask yourself to help you live a clutter-free life! Thanks for all your support over the (almost) four years I’ve been doing this podcast.