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16th Jan 2025

110. Decluttering Tips for Busy Moms: Breaking Through Emotional Attachments & Overwhelm with Courtney

Ever look around your home and feel instantly overwhelmed by all the STUFF? You're not alone! In this enlightening episode, I chat with decluttering coach and military wife Courtney from @declutteredanddwell about why letting go of items feels so emotionally heavy - and how to break free from the cycle of clutter that's keeping you stuck in overwhelm.

If you've ever:

  • Set "declutter the house" as a goal but never started because it feels too overwhelming
  • Felt guilty about getting rid of gifts or sentimental items
  • Struggled to define what "enough" looks like for your family (or never thought about it and keep impulse shopping!)
  • Found yourself organizing the same piles over and over

...then this episode is your permission slip to start small and create the peaceful home environment you deserve.

Chapters

[0:00] How decluttering is linked to our emotional wellbeing

[3:00] The reason busy moms find it so hard to declutter

[9:00] Practical tips to start decluttering your home

[12:00] Why it's so difficult to get rid of some items & 3 questions to ask yourself to make it easier

[15:00] Ditching comparison and finding contentment through simplicity

Key Topics We Cover:

  • The crucial difference between decluttering and organizing (and which to do first!)
  • 3 powerful questions to help release emotional attachment to items
  • How comparison steals your contentment & affects your purchasing habits
  • A simple framework for the overwhelmed mom to finally start decluttering
  • Practical tips to maintain a clutter-free home with kids

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Beyond Awareness: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Beyond Awareness (formerly Journal Entries) is for successful women in leadership and business who know exactly what they need to do but can't make themselves do it.

You know you need to prioritize yourself, delegate more, set boundaries, stop bringing work home. You've tried therapy, coaching, retreats. You know the solution - but you either can't follow through, or when you DO, it doesn't stick.

Host Samantha Hawley helps business owners and executives earning $100k+ excavate the root beliefs underneath the execution gap. Why do you keep not doing the thing? Why doesn't it feel better when you do? Using strategic journaling and emotional excavation, we go beyond awareness into why you're actually stuck in the pattern.

This isn't about more tactics or tips. This is about understanding why awareness isn't enough and what actually needs to shift for you to change.

You'll hear about: decision fatigue, why you can't prioritize yourself, nervous system regulation, being present with your kids, root cause of overwhelm, why boundaries don't stick, self-sabotage patterns, and how your internal state impacts everything.

Perfect for: Female CFOs, VPs, directors, executives, business owners, and women in leadership who are tired of knowing what's wrong but not being able to change it.
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