Maximized Minimalist Podcast

TUNE IN FOR A DOOZY! We chat about: 
🧠 Manufactured dissatisfaction, and why you feel like what you have is never enough 
🔍 The one-question filter to tell a new product launch from a manipulative one 
🎁 How to protect your home (and your wallet) heading into the holidays 
🏡 Want personalized 1:1 help in your own home this January? Join the free Inner Circle waitlist to apply a full week before anyone else → https://www.katyjoywells.com/innercircle-waitlist-682206?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes&utm_campaign=ic-jan-2027&utm_content=1111-shownotes

Digital anhedonia.....I had never heard the term until recently, and once I learned about it - it TRULY changed how I use my phone and finally broke the "I'm just gonna scroll for 5 minutes turns into 20" habit (iykyk).
I'm breaking down what "digital anhedonia" is, what short-form video does to our brain's reward system, why researchers are calling dopamine-scrolling a public health challenge, and more! Please share this episode with a loved one and anyone who uses a device!
🎯 Want personalized 1:1 help decluttering your home this January? Join the free Inner Circle waitlist to apply to work with me  → https://www.katyjoywells.com/innercircle-waitlist-682206?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes&utm_campaign=ic-jan-2027&utm_content=1104-shownotes

We spend years helping kids with ADHD succeed in school, but are we actually teaching them how to function independently once parents, teachers, and accommodations aren't there to help?
Michael McLeod is an executive function specialist and the founder of GrowNOW ADHD, and he believes ADHD support needs to go beyond reminders, accommodations, and getting through the next assignment. With more than 20 years working with kids and families, Michael shares how parents and educators can help children build the self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, and problem-solving skills they need to manage real-life responsibilities independently.
In this episode:
→ How executive function gets built through relationships and experiences rather than reminders, accommodations, and worksheet strategies
→ The four skills kids need to manage real life: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, and problem solving
→ The difference between getting your kid through the next homework assignment and preparing them for the years after school
📩 Check out Michael's Website & Resources: https://www.grownowadhd.com/
🧡 Want personalized 1:1 help in your own home this January? Join the free Inner Circle waitlist to apply a full week before anyone else: →https://www.katyjoywells.com/innercircle-waitlist-682206?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes&utm_campaign=ic-jan-2027&utm_content=1028-shownotes

Potty training can be stressful! The standoffs, the accidents, the power struggles and more. Andrea Olson, founder of Go Diaper Free, has helped over 100,000 families take the pressure out of it, with fewer diapers and a fraction of the stuff the baby aisle says you need. In this episode she walks us through what actually works, what you can skip entirely, and how to start from wherever you are right now.
In this episode:
→ What elimination communication is, and how it works
→ Where the "wait until they're ready" advice came from, and what happens when families start earlier
→ The potty training supplies you actually need, and the ones you can skip
→ The simplest way to start this week, even if your first try didn't stick
→ How to share this with your daughter or daughter-in-law without overstepping
Find Andrea:
📲 Follow Andrea on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/godiaperfree/
🩲 Tiny Undies → tinyundies.com
📘 Go Diaper Free, the EC book → godiaperfree.com/thebook
📗 The Tiny Potty Training Book → godiaperfree.com/ptbook
🎧 The Go Diaper Free Podcast → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-go-diaper-free-podcast/id663607202
💛 Courses, books, challenges and Q+As → godiaperfree.com/community
🎯 Take the free Decluttering Style Quiz + get your custom 3-step action plan → home.katyjoywells.com/quiz
📩 Join the Internet's Most Fun Declutter Newsletter: Ready, Set, Simplify → home.katyjoywells.com/simplifynewsletter
🧡 Join Clutter Cure Club: The Only Membership Designed to Keep Your Home Clutter-Free For Good → home.katyjoywells.com/cluttercureclub
📕 Order My Book, Making Home Your Happy Place → home.katyjoywells.com/declutterwithouttheoverwhelm
📲 Follow me On Insta → instagram.com/katyjoywells

You know that feeling when you're standing in front of a closet full of clothes and somehow still thinking, "I have nothing to wear"?
In this episode, we're talking about why a packed closet can make getting dressed way harder and why buying one more "perfect" piece usually doesn't fix it.
I'm sharing what my much smaller 90s closet taught me about creativity, why we've been taught how to shop but not how to style, and how constantly consuming other people's version of "cool" can leave you with a wardrobe that doesn't actually feel anything like you.
And if your closet feels overwhelming because you're not sure what to keep or why letting go feels so hard, take my free Decluttering Style Quiz! In just two minutes, you'll discover your clutter type and get a customized 3-step action plan to help you move forward.
Take the quiz at home.katyjoywells.com/quiz