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Do you ever feel bogged down by all the stuff inside your house? Hosted by Shannon Leyko, Paring Down is a podcast aimed at helping you declutter not only your home, but any area of your life that’s overwhelming. Here, we’re having interesting and honest conversations about the physical and mental clutter that drowns out what truly matters to each of us. The goal is to lean into a realistic version of minimalism— where it’s not a matter of less for the sake of less, but instead is about having the perfect amount to guide us toward a life of deep contentment. Instagram: @paring_down
In this episode, we talk through 5 ways to keep traditions from becoming overwhelming -- from focusing on the big picture instead of the details, to creating a fair divide of responsibilities with your partner.
Here's to a less stressful, more magical holiday season!
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Other Paring Down episodes:
Avoiding the Christmas Clutter
Making Holiday Decor Meaningful
What the Bible Says About Our Stuff
Leaning Into the Season of Giving
Why We Celebrate the Birth of Jesus
Where Do Popular Christmas Traditions Come From?
Paring Down resources:
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Free Gift Request Email Template
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
MORE OF PARING DOWN:
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
CODES:
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We often declutter from a place of frustration with all of the stuff in our homes, but the process is not only more enjoyable - but more sustainable, too - if we approach decluttering out of gratitude.
In this episode, Deanna Yates from the Wannabe Clutter Free podcast shares some of the ways she takes a gratitude-led approach to decluttering. We also talk about how living with less sparks more thankfulness in our hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
The L.E.S.S. Express Newsletter
Deanna Yates Instagram @wannabeclutterfree
MORE OF PARING DOWN:
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Free Gift Request Email Template
CODES:
40% off luxurious bedsheets & loungewear from Cozy Earth: https://cozyearth.com - use code PARING
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This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of Better Help therapy: www.betterhelp.com/paring
10 Free Meals from Hello Fresh: www.hellofresh.com/freeparing
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If I’ve learned one thing since creating a public platform about decluttering, it’s that a LOT of people have misconceptions about what it means to declutter.
So today, we’re getting into 10 decluttering myths and why they’re not true - from “decluttering is wasteful” to “decluttering means you can’t be sentimental.”
OTHER EPISODES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
Getting Past the "Wasted Money" When Decluttering
Home Organization Tips with Kenika Williams
Know Your Why Worksheet HERE under "freebies"
MORE OF PARING DOWN
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Newsletter The L.E.S.S. Express
CODES:
40% off luxurious bedsheets & loungewear from Cozy Earth: https://cozyearth.com - use code PARING
$300 off Air Doctor Pro air purifier: https://airdoctorpro.com/ - Use code PARING
20% OFF any AquaTru water purifier when you go to AquaTru.com and use promo code PARING
This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of Better Help therapy: www.betterhelp.com/paring
10 Free Meals from Hello Fresh: www.hellofresh.com/freeparing
15% off your first order at PACT (sustainable, ethical clothing): https://wearpact.com/ - Use code PARINGDOWN
PARING DOWN RESOURCES:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Free Gift Request Email Template
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You lucky ducks get to hear from Jen Smith of the highly popular Frugal Friends podcast! In this episode of Paring Down, she teaches us all about values-based spending so that you can Buy What You Love Without Going Broke - which also happens to be the name of her book coming out in January (alongside cohost and coauthor Jill Sirianni).
How we spend our money is often directly related to the clutter in our homes and schedules, so you don't want to miss this motivating conversation that underscores my favorite theme that threads together every episode: Intentional living.
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Newsletter The L.E.S.S. Express
Jen Smith Instagram: @moderfrugality
Frugal Friends Podcast: https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/
Buy What You Love Without Going Broke book preorder HERE
40% off luxurious bedsheets & loungewear from Cozy Earth: https://cozyearth.com - use code PARING
20% OFF any AquaTru water purifier when you go to AquaTru.com and use promo code PARING
This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of Better Help therapy: www.betterhelp.com/paring
10 Free Meals from Hello Fresh: www.hellofresh.com/freeparing
$300 off Air Doctor Pro air purifier: https://airdoctorpro.com/ - Use code PARING
15% off your first order at PACT (sustainable, ethical clothing): https://wearpact.com/ - Use code PARINGDOWN
Paring Down Resources:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
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Learn 5 ways to be a conscious consumer, along with some of the dangers of taking minimalism to the extreme in this episode of Paring Down!
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Newsletter The L.E.S.S. Express
Episode: How to Make Sustainability Less Complicated with Shila Wattamwar
40% off luxurious bedsheets & loungewear from Cozy Earth: https://cozyearth.com - use code PARING
This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of Better Help therapy: www.betterhelp.com/paring
10 Free Meals from Hello Fresh: www.hellofresh.com/freeparing
$300 off Air Doctor Pro air purifier: https://airdoctorpro.com/ - Use code PARING
15% off your first order at PACT (sustainable, ethical clothing): https://wearpact.com/ - Use code PARINGDOWN
Paring Down Resources:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
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Lala Hairston lives in the Tampa Bay area, which was ravaged by both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. She shares her powerful story of coming to terms with the possibility of losing everything she owns, and how that gave her new perspective on living a more decluttered life. She also shares valuable and vulnerable outlooks on the meaning of "stuff" from lessons in her childhood, starting at age 6 when she and her mom arrived in the United States with only 4 suitcases.
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Website: theexpertbeginner.com
Paring Down Newsletter The L.E.S.S. Express
Lala Hairston Instagram: @bestofthebaycleaning
10 Free Meals from Hello Fresh: www.hellofresh.com/freeparing
This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of Better Help therapy: www.betterhelp.com/paring
$300 off Air Doctor Pro air purifier: https://airdoctorpro.com/ - Use code PARING
Paring Down Resources:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
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Have you ever considered how your home either helps you or hinders you when it comes to your goals?
Is it helping you be the kind of parent you want to be, or making it harder?
Is it helping you have a stronger marriage, or distracting you from your partner?
Clutter can affect us in ways we may not even realize. So can our routines and boundaries.
In this episode, author Laura Forbes Carlin shares her insight on this ripple effect of clutter, and offers different concepts that can help us figure out how to choose what stays and what goes (like “everything is alive”). She also shares a framework for deciding when and how to include your kids in the decluttering process.
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Website: theexpertbeginner.com
Paring Down Newsletter: The L.E.S.S. Express
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Laura Forbes Carlin Instagram: @inspired.everyday.living
Inspired Everyday Living Website: https://www.inspiredeverydayliving.com
Buy Laura’s books, Decluttering for Parents or Declutter & Manifest: https://www.inspiredeverydayliving.com/books
Paring Down Resources:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
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Somehow, inanimate objects seem to grow legs and find their way back into our homes and onto our counters. Decluttering can feel like fighting a losing battle-- barely scooping the water out of the boat before it comes rushing back in.
This episode covers 5 reasons clutter might keep coming back in your home, and ways to make sure you can finally keep it out for good.
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Website: theexpertbeginner.com
Paring Down Newsletter The L.E.S.S. Express
Paring Down YouTube Talk, Tidy, Tune
10 Free Meals from Hello Fresh: www.hellofresh.com/freeparing
This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of Better Help therapy: www.betterhelp.com/paring
Paring Down Resources:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
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Decluttering is the first step to an organized home, but today we're diving into the organization piece of home management head first.
What product should we use? Where should we start? How do we make it look pretty?
Professional home organizer, Kenika Williams of Tidied by K answers all of those questions and more to set you up for success as you create a home that is functional and beautiful.
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Website: theexpertbeginner.com
Paring Down Newsletter The L.E.S.S. Express
Join the Photo Declutter Community on Facebook (by Picta)
Kenika Williams Website: https://tidiedbyk.com/
Kenika Williams Instagram: @tidiedbyk
Kenika Williams Tik Tok: @tidiedbyk
Pretty Good Box song by The Holderness Family
Paring Down Resources:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
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If you struggle with decluttering because it feels like watching bags of money go out the door, then this episode is for you!
In it, I share not only helpful mindset shifts, but practical ways that decluttering actually helps us financially in the long run.
Paring Down Podcast Instagram: @paring_down
Paring Down Website: theexpertbeginner.com
Join the Photo Declutter Community on Facebook (by Picta)
Paring Down Resources:
Complete Guide to Decluttering Kid Stuff
Free Know Your Why Worksheet
Free Baby Essentials List
Free 15 Clutter-Free Gift Ideas
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
