The Purpose Show

Brian and I sat down to talk about how we've been handling this quarantine as a couple. We're being honest and real, while encouraging you to shift your perspective and let go of any high expectations you might have set for yourself during this weird time.

This episode is for anyone really but it's especially for my beautiful friends living the military life. I get so many questions from military wives and women in the military themselves who need advice on how to implement minimalism and rhythms and routines in their homes. The military life is so different from my life and from normal, civilian life and I have really wanted to have someone who kno...

This podcast interview was so, so important to me. I sat down with Stephanie, the host of the 500 Seconds To Joy Podcast , and she interviewed me about my faith journey with money. In most Christian circles money is viewed as kind of a dirty word. And I've definitely struggled with going from being a Christian and living below the American poverty line to being a Christian and living on the polar...

I've got a special guest with me today! Desirae from The Minimal-ish Podcast is here to talk about her morning routine. I know we talk about this a lot on my podcast and in my community but I always think it's helpful to get another perspective.  Desirae is a mom to a two-year-old so she's also in that early stage of motherhood that I'm kind of already out of so I think it will be helpful to hear...

Sometimes we have things in our lives that keep us feeling really overwhelmed and keep us from taking control and taking action.  Maybe everything is a mess and we just feel trapped and so we do nothing. Listen, girlfriend, that is not the life we are meant to live. That is not the life you are meant to live.  We are action-taking, problem-solving women and we can bust out of that trap and that wa...

Today I have a bonus episode for you! I'm talking with Kris Dovbniak, a busy mom of 3, about how she takes action despite obstacles.

Choosing to experience peace in the midst of panic and turmoil is so powerful. If you're feeling fearful or anxious during this weird time in our world, this is for you.

This is an incredibly important conversation. This topic is something that I have been really on a journey in, in myself, for the last three or four years. It's really become something that I've known is needed for me. To be my true self, and to understand that people won't be okay with that all the time, and that's okay. But how do you be your true self? Melissa Camara Wilkins is the author of Pe...

Dr. Heather Rhodes is a holistic pharmacist who works specifically with women to help them learn about and then treat hormone imbalances. I have PCOS, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and it is difficult to navigate. When I started sharing on social media that I was dealing with hormone issues, so many of you reached out asking for me to share what I was learning. I think this episode will benefit so ma...

I've got my hubby, Brian, here with me today and we are talking about liking your spouse! Not just loving each other, but genuinely liking each other and liking spending time together. We get asked about this a lot, so we're pulling back the curtain a little bit on our relationship, our friendship. And we hope this inspires you to start liking your spouse and working and investing in your relation...

I'm talking with Kendra Hennessy, founder of Mother Like A Boss, about the practices she cannot run her business without. We recorded this for IGTV but I just had to share it with you all as a bonus podcast episode!

Something I'm asked often is how to love where you are now instead of constantly waiting for the next season to be happy. I believe that we absolutely can feel content with our lives right now even if we're waiting for something to happen that just hasn't happened yet.  Even in that discomfort, in that stretching, we still have so much control over how we choose to think about what is or isn't hap...

I asked you guys what you wanted to hear in an episode and the overwhelming response surrounded friendships—how to have them, how to keep them, how to cultivate authentic ones. And so, I'm highlighting four of my own friendships and how I've loved my friends in different seasons of life. Real authentic friendship is a choice. It's a hard choice, but it's so, so rewarding. Let's jump in! Everything...

The way we talk about things in our lives, the way we speak about the people in our lives has an effect on our reality. So, I really want to dive deeply into that and really get specific with self-fulfilling prophecies that people speak out all the time, and the power in those words and what they do to our families.  I've talked about the power of our words multiple times on the show but I have th...

One thing that comes up a lot in my business and my community is the question of downsizing. A lot of times it's the obvious next step after decluttering, but it can be a really hard step to take for a lot of reasons.  Patrice Washington is a best-selling author, speaker, and host of the podcast, Redefining Wealth. She and her husband decluttered their 7,000 square foot home in CA and moved into a...

I'm a very ambitious person. I'm really goal-oriented and I'm really good at looking ahead and casting vision for what I want to do and what I want our life and my business to look like. But I can't say that this energy doesn't ever fail me, because it does. There are times when I just lose my drive and I have to get it back.  If you've ever felt like you've lost your drive and you don't know why...

I'm so excited to share with you this conversation I had with my friend, Emily Ley! She is an author and the founder of Simplified—a brand of planners and organizational tools for busy women, which I obviously love. Her new book, When Less Becomes More, just came out recently and I'm so excited for her to share how she came to write this book because the story is so raw and so vulnerable. Let's ju...

I feel like a misconception that's made about me is that I want a simple, small life. But that is 100% the opposite of what I want. I want to live a fricking big, full, ambitious, extravagant life. And sometimes I hear people say, "Well, I don't want to be a minimalist because I don't want to have nothing, and be nothing." And I'm right there with you! That's not what I want either. At all. So, if...

Parkinson's Law states that the time you give yourself to complete a task is how long you will take to complete a task. However long you decide you're going to spend on a project is how long you're going to spend on that project. This thought, this way of living can really change everything for us. It is so, so empowering because it means we are in control of so much more than we give ourselves cr...

It's the day after Christmas a.k.a the best day of the year to declutter. Your kids are super busy with their new toys and way more willing to let go of their old ones. So, quick! Get going, mama! I'm re-releasing this pep talk to encourage and guide you in your post-Christmas decluttering efforts. You ready to face the new year feeling fresh? Then let's do this! Everything I talk about in this ep...

I've been thinking a lot lately about how we're in the thick of the holiday season and a lot of people are just really happy that the holidays are almost over. The holidays are just a time that they dread because they have to spend time with their families and they are difficult to deal with.  I want you to enjoy the season with your family. I want you to feel confident and happy this time of year...

I think it's important to ask yourself hard questions, to reevaluate life and how you do things and see if you're really where you want to be and if you're really happy with the way you're doing things. And today I want to help you reevaluate the space you live in—your home.  How we feel in our homes, or how we spend our time in our homes is a choice that we make. Even if we make it unintentionall...

Something I get asked about often is Sunday Night Prep or the Sunday Night Reset. It's something that Brian and I started years ago and I've talked about it before on my blog. I believe it is such an important and life-changing practice. It's essentially a way to look ahead at the week and be responsive, not reactive. Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish." If you don't...

I get asked so many questions about decluttering—which is what I'm most known for. Lately, there have been a lot of questions about people getting stuck in their decluttering efforts. So, I hosted live Q&A workshop online and answered a bunch of these questions live! I couldn't answer every single one but I answered the ones that are the most common. Decluttering is doable for everyone. A minimali...

I love doing business coaching. I do it really exclusively on the side. It's not a main part of my business. I'm very focused on motherhood, minimalism and my courses. But I have learned so much from turning my blog into a multiple seven figure business in a very short amount of time. And I think there's something to be said for that.  Recently a woman reached out to me on Instagram and wanted to...