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Is your home feeling overwhelming, chaotic, or just too full? In this special crossover episode, Family Simple meets The Calm, The Storm, and The Whimsy for a funny, honest, and practical conversation about decluttering, simplifying, and creating a home that feels more restful.

This episode originally aired on The Calm, The Storm, and The Whimsy Podcast, and we are sharing it here on Family Simple because it fits so well with the heart of Family Simple — building simple rhythms that help bring peace back into your home.

In this conversation, we talk about the journey toward a more decluttered and restful home, including the realization that too much stuff can make everyday life feel heavier. From dishes and laundry to clutter and chaos, we share practical habits that can help make home feel more manageable again.

You’ll hear about the One Per Person Rule, the importance of choosing quality over quantity, and the five daily habits that help keep a home from feeling overwhelming.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• How the journey toward a simpler home began
• Why too much stuff can make everyday life feel chaotic
• The “One Per Person” rule and how it can transform your home
• Why quality over quantity matters
• Five simple habits for maintaining a clutter-free home
• Real-life stories and plenty of laughs along the way

Five Daily Habits for a Clutter-Free Home:

1. Make your bed — A quick win to set the tone for the day.
2. Clean up messes as they happen — Keep small messes from becoming big ones.
3. Clean as you cook — Make the kitchen feel less stressful.
4. Put things back where they belong — Give everything a home.
5. Do one load of laundry daily — Help prevent the laundry mountain.

Decluttering is not about having a perfect home or owning nothing. It is about making space for peace, rest, and the life you are building. Start small, choose one space, build one habit, and let your home become a place that helps ground you again.

This is a previously released episode from The Calm, The Storm, and The Whimsy Podcast, shared here as part of Family Simple.

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If you are in the thick of May right now and running on fumes — this episode is for you.

I planned to get this one out in April. And then April happened. So here we are, fully in May, and honestly? I think this conversation is needed now more than ever.

In this episode we are talking about the very real exhaustion that hits in May, why that feeling is actually telling you something important, and what it looks like to ground yourself before summer arrives — because if we don't do it now, we won't magically find it when the kids are home all day.

We also talk about what an intentional summer actually looks like for your kids — including what's happening in our house this summer with my oldest starting her first job as a lifeguard, and my younger two launching their very own lemonade stand featuring fresh flowers, mini loaves, and LMNT lemonade alongside Simply Harvest.

This episode covers:

— Why May hits so hard and why that feeling isn't a character flaw

— The difference between a managed life and a felt one

— How grounding starts with you — not your house or your schedule

— Finding the one thing that fills you and building it in on purpose

— Direction vs. control when it comes to your kids this summer

— What Simply Harvest is and how our whole family is getting involved this season

— Why LMNT has become one of my daily non-negotiables for energy and hydration

🍋 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

LMNT Electrolytes — my daily non-negotiable for hydration, energy, and honestly just taking care of myself on purpose. I use it every single day and I only share things I actually love. Try it here:

http://elementallabs.refr.cc/default/u/crystaluhl

Simply Harvest — my small summer stand featuring fresh flowers and homemade mini loaves, grown and made with care. Follow along on social for updates this summer!

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