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225 // Making Home Your Happy Place - with Katy Joy Wells from The Maximized Minimalist

If you feel like you’re always decluttering and never making progress, perhaps it’s because you haven’t looked at the stuff behind the stuff. In this episode, I chat with Katy Joy Wells, host of The Maximized Minimalist podcast and author of Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm to explore the deeper emotional roots of clutter and discover practical strategies for creating a peaceful home. Katy shares her powerful personal story and introduces her Holistic Decluttering Method that goes far beyond simple organizing tips.

We discuss: - how Katy realized she was using clutter as a shield after a car accident rocked her family’s world in 2017 - her Holistic Decluttering Method including root awareness, the four types of clutter, and designing our homes for follow-through - how we can find freedom by letting go of identity clutter - arguably the hardest type of clutter for moms

Katy Joy Wells is a declutter expert, podcaster, simplifier, hype-woman, and boy mom. Through her best-selling declutter courses and globally recognized podcast, The Maximized Minimalist, Katy inspires a grace-filled, practical and self-affirming sense of "Wow! I really can do this!" for over 250,000 families across the world. Her new book Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm helps families overcome overwhelm with actionable strategies, declutter with confidence, uncover the deeper roots of clutter and create effortless systems to maintain a peaceful home.

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Connect with Katy on her website, Instagram, and her podcast Pre-order her new book Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm and snag some amazing bonuses here. **GIVEAWAY ALERT! Katy has graciously agreed to give away a signed copy of her new book. In addition, next week’s guest Joshua Becker will be giving away a signed copy of his new book Uncluttered Faith! If you want to enter, follow these steps: Please leave a 5-star written review of the Moms Overcoming Overwhelm podcast in Apple Podcasts (only if you haven’t left one before), or a rating/comment in Spotify. Here’s a tutorial on how to leave a written review in Apple Podcasts. OR share it with a friend via text or social media! Screen shot the review BEFORE you submit a review (as it can take a few days to show up in Apple Podcasts) OR after you share with your friend and e-mail me at info@simplebyemmy.com before 8 PM EST on Monday, February 9th, 2026. Please let me know in the e-mail if you’re interested in Making Home Your Happy Place, Uncluttered Faith, or either book.

The winners will be announced on the next episode on Thursday, February 12, 2026. Good luck!

Related Episodes:

Episode 10: The MOST Challenging Type of Clutter for Moms! 4 Kinds of Aspirational Clutter and How to Finally Let Go Episode 35: The One Habit That Keeps Your Home Clutter-Free with Lisa Lizotte from the Habits and Home Show

Episode 16: “My Husband Doesn’t Want to Get Rid of Anything!” How to Get Your Spouse on Board with Decluttering in 5 Simple Steps

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