Simplify, Organize, and Thrive
by Nicole Callahan, The Maximizing Momma
The Simplify, Organize, and Thrive podcast is a deep dive into what it takes to overhaul the mess, simplify the clutter and get organized so you can reduce your mental load and have quality time with your family. Hosted by Nicole, The Maximizing Momma, a mom of 4 who spent years wading through the chaos, living on fast food, and always running late because her house was a wreck and it impacted every other area of her life. With health issues and a busy life, it was crucial for Nicole to get her house in order for her own peace of mind and sanity. After many years of trying everything, she finally uncovered a series of methods that helped her home run like a well-oiled machine. Now, she's honored to share what she's learned so you, too, can have a home and life where you can thrive instead of always having to clean up after everyone.
Episodes
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The Truth About Clutter and Disorganization
In this episode, Nicole breaks down the four stages of home organization and how to finally get your home running smoothly so you can reduce your mental load and have quality time with your family. If it feels like you're carrying the entire house on your shoulders, this is an episode you don't...
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Getting Organized
In this episode, Nicole shares why all the bins, labels, and color-coded systems in the world won’t fix a messy home. You’ll learn the real reasons your house keeps getting cluttered, and the step-by-step approach that actually works even if life feels busy and stressful. 🪄🏠 Get your free…
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Why Bins, Checklists, and Cleaning Schedules Don't Give You a Tidy Home
You’ve bought bins and baskets, you’ve downloaded decluttering checklists, and you’ve tried cleaning schedules, but your house still doesn’t stay tidy. In this episode, find out why those tools only create temporary results and what your home is actually missing to stay organized for good. If...
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Organizing Secrets for Messy Homes
Listen to the masterclass replay for 3 steps to clean up the mess and clear out the clutter so you can finally have an organized home. 🏠🔁 Reset Your Home and Lighten Your Mental Load So You Can Have Quality Time with Your Family Because cleaning up shouldn't be your full-time job! Click here to...
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When Your House is Tidy One Day and Trashed the Next
In this episode, we're uncovering the real reason your house keeps getting cluttered, why the mess keeps coming back, and why tidying, decluttering, and organizing isn't working. 👩🏻🍳🤎 Declutter Your Kitchen in One Day and Watch it Become the Heart of Your Home Because cleaning up shouldn't…
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Why Your Kitchen Should Be the First Place You Declutter
Feeling overwhelmed by clutter but not sure where to start? In this episode, I’m sharing exactly why your kitchen is the best place to begin when you’re ready to simplify your home. 👩🏻🍳🤎 Declutter Your Kitchen in One Day and Watch it Become the Heart of Your Home Because cleaning up…
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A New Era: What’s Changing, What’s Staying the Same, and What This Means for You
When I started my business as The Maximizing Momma, I was deep in the thick of mom life, overflowing laundry, and trying to balance it all. But as my kids grew, I grew too. And what I’ve learned about home, motherhood, and real-life balance has completely transformed the way I live and the way I...
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Your Tidy Home Shortcut
Not all clutter is the same and that's why your house keeps getting cluttered. In this episode, Nicole shares what's coming over the next two months, the Big 3 Messes, a simple plan for all the messes and the clutter, plus a new free guide that will give you a shortcut to a tidy home with...
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How to Stop the Endless Mess When the Clutter Keeps Coming Back
Are you always cleaning, tidying, and decluttering your home, but never getting ahead? This episode explains why the clutter keeps coming back and 3 simple steps to start to break out of this cycle right away. 🎙️🎧🌀 Listen to the Break the Clutter Cycle podcast Want to put a stop to the...
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Discover Your Clutter Blind Spot
Feeling overwhelmed by clutter? Discover your clutter blind spot in just 5 minutes and get personalized tips to finally take control of your home. 🤔🔎 Take the quiz and find out your clutter blind spot in less than 10 minutes CLICK HERE to take the free quiz so you can create lasting change and...
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How to Overhaul Your Messy Home
Learn the 4-stage roadmap for overhauling the mess, clearing your clutter, and taking back your home even if it's a total mess and you don't know where to start. 📦🏆 Make decluttering a piece of cake and reset your home. Declutter Like a Boss is now called The Home Reset Method. It's your secret...
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The Formula for How to Know Where to Declutter First
When it comes to taking charge of your home, where you should start will be different for everyone depending on the shape of your household. In this episode, Nicole shares her formula for exactly where to start and what to do to get a tidy, clutter-free home. 📦🏆 Make decluttering a piece of…
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Where Should You Start Decluttering
If you have ever wondered where to start decluttering, it's probably because you have a combination of messes and clutter that are making your house look cluttered and chaotic. In this episode, Nicole breaks it down so you never again have to wonder where to declutter first. 📦🏆 Get ready to…
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Prioritizing Your Health When Life Feels Hard
In this episode, Nicole shares some updates on where she's been, how she's taking care of herself during the hardest year of her life, and some exciting updates that are coming through the rest of 2024. ✏️🎒 Get your house in order before the coming school year The Back-to-School Challenge is a...
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Breathing Room Challenge Day Four
Have you tried getting organized, only for your house to get cluttered all over again? The secret to staying organized lies in the Organized Trifecta. In this episode, you'll learn exactly how to organize the 3 main areas so you can easily find what you need, stay on top of everything that has to...
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Breathing Room Challenge Day 3
Find out how to easily ditch and demolish the true clutter from your entire house without making a bigger mess and without taking up all of your time. In this episode, we go over some methods to make decluttering super easy. 🙏🏻✌🏻 Want to have a peaceful, organized home in less than 30 minutes…
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Breathing Room Challenge Day 2
Have you ever felt like you can't get started decluttering because you don't know what to do with the things you want to keep, you don't have room for them, or you're having trouble figuring out where to put them? These are homeless items, and in Day 2 of the Breathing Room challenge, you'll find...
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Breathing Room Challenge Day 1
Learn a simple way to get more breathing room by overhauling the everyday messes that keep getting left out around your house. 🙏🏻✌🏻 Want to have a peaceful, organized home in less than 30 minutes a day? Cluttered to Calm is a step-by-step home management system that will give you a tidy home,...
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Why Tackling Your Home in Phases Makes it Easy to Get a Tidy, Peaceful Home
If there's no rhyme or reason behind when you're decluttering, organizing, and tidying certain spaces in your home, you're going to be stuck in an endless cycle, spinning your wheels, feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. And that's exactly why it seems like you're not making any decluttering...
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The Step Zero that Needs to Come Before Decluttering
If your house keeps getting messy week after week, decluttering is ❌ not the solution. There's a step zero that needs to come first BEFORE you focus on clearing your clutter. Tune into this episode to find out what this step zero looks like and how it can help you get a tidy home with everything...
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Tidying, Decluttering, and Organizing Are Not the Solution
Let's face the facts: Tidying, decluttering, and organizing don't work when your house is both messy and cluttered. That's why we need a new home life concept that will help you tackle and overhaul all the things you want to keep that you don't know what to do with so you can finally keep a tidy...
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The Proven Way to Get a Neat and Tidy Home
If you've ever wondered why your house keeps getting messy and cluttered no matter how often you declutter and organize, tune in to find out the proven way to master the clutter and overhaul the messes so you can finally get a neat and tidy home. Download the corresponding workbook Grab the...
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Stop Treating All Your Clutter the Same
Is your house messy or is it cluttered? Are you trying to tidy the clutter and declutter the messes? Tune in to find out why you need to treat them both separately in order to get a neat and tidy home. Sign Up to Watch the Replay of the Free Masterclass - The Proven Way to Get a Neat and Tidy…
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Do You Believe this Decluttering Myth?
There's a big myth in the home life industry that is keeping millions of people stuck in the clutter cycle, where they think they're decluttering, but they're not making any progress toward an organized home. Let's dive into what this myth is so you can finally take charge of your home. 🥳 Save...
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Why Decluttering and Organizing Aren't Working for You
Feel like no matter how many times you declutter and organize, your house keeps getting cluttered all over again? Tune in to find out why decluttering and organizing aren't working and why instead, you need a plan to unify all of your belongings. 🥳 Save Your Seat for the free workshop, 3 Little...
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The Real Reason You Have Clutter
Have you ever thought that your house is messy and cluttered because you're naturally disorganized or because you need to do a better job of cleaning, tidying, and organizing? Tune in for a major truth bomb as you find out the real reason why you have clutter. Save Your Seat for the free…
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3 Simple Ways to Declutter Your Home Without the Overwhelm
If you feel like decluttering is complicated and overwhelming, you don't want to miss this episode where Nicole shares 3 simple ways to clear the clutter with ease. Join Simplified Decluttering to make decluttering a piece of cake 🍰 Click here to enroll for just $27 so you can clear the clutter...
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The One Where I Convince You to Have a Declutter Plan
Going in blind and trying to clear the clutter from your entire house without a strategic plan of action is a recipe for disaster. In this episode, Nicole convinces you why a declutter plan will save you time, energy, and stress. Get a Free Declutter Planner Click here to sign up for a free...
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Stop Organizing Your Home and Focus on Reducing Your Clutter
Here's how to know if you're caught in the organizing trap and why that will never make a difference or help you actually get an organized home. Trade in the Clutter for an Organized Home Click here to add your name to the Simplified Decluttering VIP and get ready to have an organized home…
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The Invisible Mental Load of Clutter
Is the invisible mental load of clutter making you unhappy? Let's break it down and share some signs that you need to make it a priority to get the clutter under control. 🌿 Make Decluttering Simple and Trade in the Piles for Peace of Mind This will give you the resources and tools to clear away...
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3 Biggest Decluttering Mistakes I Made So You Don't Have To
In this episode, Nicole shares the 3 biggest decluttering mistakes she made so you can rapidly reduce your clutter without banging your head against the wall. 🙌🏻 Get a Step by Step Roadmap to Trade In Your Clutter This Year Click here for $75 off my step-by-step decluttering plan and in less…
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The Number 1 Hack to Trade in Your Clutter for Peace of Mind and Sanity
If you've been looking for random decluttering and organizing ideas, this is the #1 strategy to help you finally get a neat and tidy home that is free of clutter. 🙌🏻 Get a Step by Step Roadmap to Trade In Your Clutter This Year Click here to join Decluttering Made Easy for 35% off and get an...
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New Year, New Space Challenge, Day 7 Bedroom Closet
In this episode, Nicole shares a powerful strategy for decluttering your bedroom closet, even if you have no clue what's lurking back there. 🙌🏻 Clear Your Clutter With Ease and Get an Orderly Home This Year Join Decluttering Made Easy for 35% off and get everything you need to organize your…
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New Year, New Space Challenge, Day 6 Dining Room
In this episode, Nicole shares another super simple strategy to help you declutter a pile of stuff that you've been putting off for a while. 🙌🏻 Clear Your Clutter With Ease and Get an Orderly Home This Year Join Decluttering Made Easy for 35% off and get everything you need to organize your…
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New Year, New Space Challenge, Day 5 Toys
In this episode, Nicole shares how you can quickly and easily declutter your kid's toys. No kids? No problem! You can substitute toys for books or craft supplies and continue on your decluttering challenge in the new year. 🙌🏻 Clear Your Clutter With Ease and Get an Orderly Home This Year Enroll...
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New Year, New Space Challenge, Day 4 Nightstand
Clutter next to your bed signifies a deep desire for change. If you have items you've been avoiding and you're not quite sure how to let them go, this is an episode you won't want to miss. 🙌🏻 Clear Your Clutter With Ease and Get an Orderly Home This Year Enroll in Decluttering Made Easy for 35%...
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New Year, New Space Challenge, Day 3 Bathroom
Tune into a pep talk on money mindset and clutter as you're decluttering your bathroom in the new year. 📋 Missed Day 1 and Day 2 of the Decluttering Challenge? Click here to browse all the tasks and bookmark this page. 🎧 Please Rate and Follow on Spotify: Click here to rate and follow on…
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New Year, New Space Challenge, Day 2 Kitchen
For Day 2 of the New Year's Decluttering Challenge, follow this quick and powerful strategy to help you let go of the clutter from your kitchen with ease and abundance. 🎧 Please Rate and Follow on Spotify: Click here to rate and follow on Spotify 🎙️ Please Rate and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:...
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New Year, New Space Challenge, Day 1 Holiday Cleanup
Here's a quick and simple way to clean up from the holidays and reset your house back to normal so you can start the new year off with a tidy, fresh space. 🎧 Please Rate and Follow on Spotify: Click here to rate and follow on Spotify 🎙️ Please Rate and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Follow along...
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A Step by Step Guide to Declutter and Organize Your Messy House
Learn the exact steps to overhaul the mess, demolish the clutter, and organize every nook and cranny of your entire house. 🙏🏻✌🏻 Get a peaceful, organized home in less than 30 minutes a day I'm taking all the guesswork out of decluttering and organizing and giving you EVERYTHING you need to get…
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The Ultimate Roadmap to Declutter, Organize, and Thrive
In this episode, Nicole shares the complete roadmap you need to take your entire home from messy to organized without the overwhelm. 🙏🏻✌🏻 Join Cluttered to Calm and get a peaceful, organized home in less than 30 minutes a day I'm taking all the guesswork out of decluttering and organizing and...
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Why You Need to Overhaul the Messes
In this episode, Nicole shares what overhauling means and how it will help you create a tidy-ish, manageable household. 🎧 Please Rate and Follow on Spotify: Click here to rate and follow on Spotify 🎙️ Please Rate and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Follow along and leave a review on Apple Podcasts...
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You Need a Plan for Both the Clutter AND the Messes
If you have both clutter and messes in your home, you need to have a plan for both of them. In this episode, Nicole shares the plan to tackle the messes without frustration or overwhelm. 🧘🏻♀️ Ready to Have a Tidy, Peaceful Home that Gives You More Breathing Room? You'll want to join us for our...
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The Different Types of Clutter Will Change the Way You Deal with Your Belongings Forever
When your house is both messy and cluttered, the traditional decluttering and organizing advice doesn't apply to you. Instead, you need to start by identifying the different types of clutter and messes. In this episode, Nicole breaks down the Big Three Messes and what you need to do with each of...
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Constantly Tidying Will Never Create a Tidy Home
If you're always tidying up because you want to have a more orderly home, in this episode, Nicole will shift your perspective on why that will never make a difference. 🏠 Ready to Keep a Neat and Tidy Home for Good? Click here to save your seat for the free workshop where you will unlock a…
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All Clutter Is Not Created Equally
Are you accidentally trying to declutter the messes and tidy the clutter? In this episode of the Take Charge of Your Home Show, you will learn what happens when you blur the lines between how to ditch and demolish the clutter and how to tackle and overhaul the mess. Ready to Keep a Neat and Tidy...
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Organizing Mistakes with a Messy Home
In this episode, Nicole goes over the top organizing mistakes people make with their homes and how to avoid them. Ready to Keep a Neat and Tidy Home for Good? Click here to save your seat for the free workshop where you will unlock a strategy for all of your belongings so you can have a calm and...
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Lessons Learned from Losing Everything in a House Fire
In this episode, Nicole shares the devastating story of their house fire and some of the lessons she's learned as a decluttering coach who lost almost all of her belongings. Ready to Keep a Neat and Tidy Home for Good? Click here to save your seat for the free workshop where you will unlock a...
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3 Mistakes You Make Trying to Keep House
Managing your home can feel really heavy. Between cleaning, tidying, organizing, decluttering, and teaching your kids to help out, it can seem impossible to do it all. In today's episode, we're covering three mistakes that you may inadvertently be making when trying to get organized and keep a...
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Get Organized Even if Your House is a Mess
In this episode, Nicole shares some exciting things that are coming up this summer, like some free, live workshops that will help you ditch the clutter and get organized. Free Live Workshop, Organizing Secrets for Messy Homes Click here to save your seat for the free workshop to find out how to...
About this show
The Simplify, Organize, and Thrive podcast is a deep dive into what it takes to overhaul the mess, simplify the clutter and get organized so you can reduce your mental load and have quality time with your family. Hosted by Nicole, The Maximizing Momma, a mom of 4 who spent years wading through the chaos, living on fast food, and always running late because her house was a wreck and it impacted every other area of her life. With health issues and a busy life, it was crucial for Nicole to get her house in order for her own peace of mind and sanity. After many years of trying everything, she finally uncovered a series of methods that helped her home run like a well-oiled machine. Now, she's honored to share what she's learned so you, too, can have a home and life where you can thrive instead of always having to clean up after everyone.
Hosted by
Nicole Callahan, The Maximizing Momma