Why You Can't Let Go of Your Clutter (And How to Finally Do It Without the Guilt)

You know you should declutter. You feel better when you do it. And yet the stuff just keeps piling up — on the counters, in the closets, on that one chair that's basically a clothes hanger at this point. JoAnn sits down with Emily McDermott, decluttering coach and host of the Moms Overcoming Overwhelm podcast, to dig into why letting go feels so hard — and why it has almost nothing to do with laziness. From the guilt of getting rid of gifts to the psychology behind why Target and Costco are basically designed to fill your home with things you'll never use, this conversation is equal parts validating and genuinely actionable. What you'll learn: ✅ Why we have so much more stuff than previous generations — and why it just keeps coming ✅ The real reason decluttering gets put off again and again ✅ How to handle the guilt when someone asks where their gift went ✅ Why keeping a gift out of guilt doesn't actually honor the relationship ✅ The photo trick that lets you release a gift without the weight of it ✅ What Costco and Target are actually selling you (it's not the stuff) ✅ The "aspirational self" trap — why buying for who you wish you were is filling up your home ✅ What to do if you catch the pattern after the fact, not in the moment ✅ Why holding onto something you feel guilty about buying is costing you more than letting it go ✅ Your permission slip to release anything you're keeping out of guilt Listen on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LrH9CY... Follow No Guilt Mom: Instagram:   / noguiltmom   Website: https://noguiltmom.com Remember: the best mom is a happy mom. Take care of you.