Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms

For those that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience, so if this content is something that doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, check out the other episodes that dropped this week or join me back here next Tuesday for a conversation that you don’t want to miss!
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Is it really possible to build a meaningful career without sacrificing your presence at home? In this conversation, Diane sits down with venture capitalist and conscious investor Eva Yazhari to talk about the tension between entrepreneurship and motherhood - and why “work-life balance” often isn’t the goal in either space. After a decade on Wall Street managing billions in hedge fund investments, Eva stepped away from the traditional finance path to co-found Beyond Capital Ventures, a purpose-driven impact fund investing in ethical companies around the globe - all while becoming a mother of two. Together, they explore how motherhood reshaped Eva’s approach to leadership, risk, and success; why holding your self-worth high matters in both parenting and business; and how simplicity, boundaries, and long-term thinking can create more sustainable ways to grow—at work and at home.

Links Discussed in This Episode |
Checkout the podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane.
Previous Episode: Breaking Free from the Trap of Overachievement | Keren Eldad (EP17)
Connect with Eva:
Website 
Instagram
Book: The Good Your Money Can Do: Becoming a Conscious Investor

About Eva |
Eva Yazhari is an experienced investor, author, and advocate for conscious capitalism. As Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Ventures, she leads early-stage investments in East Africa and India, focusing on essential sectors with the potential to impact millions. Her investment portfolio spans over 50 equity and 9 debt deals, reaching more than 100 million customers and championing equitable ownership for all founders.
Eva began her career on Wall Street as Vice President at EnTrust Capital, managing over $5 billion in investments. She now brings that institutional expertise to mentoring founders and scaling purpose-driven companies in emerging markets. She serves on the boards of Viebeg Medical, Lal10, and CarePoint, and contributes strategic oversight across the BCV portfolio. She’s also a member of the Athena Leadership Council at Barnard College.
Eva is the author of The Good Your Money Can Do and co-hosts The Beyond Capital Podcast and The BCV Podcast, where she features global impact leaders. Splitting her time between London and Los Angeles, Eva combines financial rigor with values-driven leadership.
She holds a BA in Mathematics from Barnard College, with additional credentials from MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School.
Episode Sponsors |
The Minimalist Moms Podcast would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal!
Enjoy the Podcast?
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Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity.
You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook.

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This podcast is part of the Clear Intentions series of the show.
In this episode, we’re joined by speaker and author Justin Jones-Fosu to explore how respectful disagreement can be a powerful antidote to today’s growing loneliness epidemic. With half of Americans reporting just three or fewer close friends, we examine how fear of judgment, cancel culture, and surface-level conversations are driving disconnection. Justin unpacks concepts like the “dotted line dilemma” and the “illusion of asymmetric insight,” showing how our assumptions often block true connection. He also shares practical strategies to foster curiosity, embrace open-hearted dialogue, and stay present—even when we disagree. This conversation is a compelling reminder that we don’t have to agree to connect—we just have to keep talking.

Links Discussed in This Episode |
Checkout the podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane.
Book: What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah and Dr. Bruce Perry
Connect with Justin:
Website
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Book: I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World

About Justin |
Justin Jones-Fosu brings energy everywhere—whether scaling one of the famed 7 Summits, dancing with his wife, or chasing after his four turbocharged kids. But his real passion? Elevating workplaces, one keynote, one training, and one course at a time.
As the CEO of Work. Meaningful. Justin delivers 50+ keynotes a year, helping organizations climb higher with enchanting employee experience through meaningful engagement, belonging, and leadership that actually sticks.
An author and workplace researcher, he’s written Your WHY Matters NOW, The Inclusive Mindset, and his latest, I Respectfully Disagree, a guide to navigating tough conversations in a divided world.
With humor, insight, and research-backed wisdom, Justin doesn’t just speak—he creates experiences that leave participants not just informed but transformed.

Episode Sponsors |
The Minimalist Moms Podcast would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal!

Enjoy the Podcast?
Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast, then do not hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your fellow mothers so that they can be inspired to think more and do with less. 
Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity.
You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook.

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://AvocadoGreenMattress.com/MINIMALIST
* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com
* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com
* Check out Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-content

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If you’ve ever decluttered your home only to find the mess creeping back weeks later, you’re not alone - and it’s not a willpower problem. In this episode, Diane sits down with Katy Wells, author of Making Home Your Happy Place, to explore why traditional organizing methods often fail busy moms. After realizing clutter was keeping her from connecting with her toddler, Katy began uncovering the deeper emotional and behavioral roots behind accumulation. We talk about why some spaces feel impossible to manage, what “good enough” really looks like in a home with kids, and how to stop tying your self-worth to the state of your home.
Links Discussed in This Episode |
Checkout the podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane.
Book: How to Deal with Your ____ So Your Kids Don't Have to: An Encyclopedia for Ditching Your Emotional Baggage
Eli Harwood
Connect with Katy:
Website
Instagram
Book: Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm

About Katy |
Katy Wells, author of Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering without the Overwhelm, created Holistic Decluttering—an approach that tackles clutter at its roots and pairs it with simple, sustainable systems. As host of The Maximized Minimalist podcast (5 million listens), Katy helps families break the cycle of clutter that keeps coming back. Her work has been featured on NBC News Daily, Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple and more. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband and two sons.
Episode Sponsors |
The Minimalist Moms Podcast would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal!

Enjoy the Podcast?
Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast, then do not hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your fellow mothers so that they can be inspired to think more and do with less. 
Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity.
You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook.

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://AvocadoGreenMattress.com/MINIMALIST
* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com
* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com
* Check out Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-content

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For those that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience. This episode is coming from a Christian perspective, so if this content is something that doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, check out the other episodes that dropped this week or join me back here next Tuesday for a conversation that you don’t want to miss!
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What happens when you follow all the “right” rules of faith - make the right friends, attend church faithfully, marry the right person, seek God sincerely - and something still feels off?
In this episode, Diane sits down with Kendall Mariah, author of This Little Fire of Mine, to talk about what she calls “soul friction” - that quiet but persistent tension between what we believe and what we’re actually experiencing. Kendall shares how growing up as a “good Christian girl” didn’t shield her from doubt, disillusionment, or the pressure to stay silent when things didn’t align. Instead of ignoring that friction, she began to lean into it - asking harder questions, speaking more honestly, and discovering a deeper, more intimate faith on the other side.
We talk about why doubt can lead to discernment, how spiritual angst can refine rather than ruin your faith, and why it’s not only safe - but transformative -to bring your anger, fear, and confusion directly to Jesus. If you’ve ever felt tension between your values and your lived experience, or wondered whether questioning means you’re doing faith wrong, this conversation is an invitation to pursue a more integrated, authentic walk with God - one anchored in conviction, not performance.

Links Discussed in This Episode |
Checkout the podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane.
Connect with Kendall:
Instagram; https://www.instagram.com/kendallmariah 
Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/kendallmariahcreativestudio 
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kendallmariah 
Book: This Little Fire of Mine: How Flickers of Doubt Can Spark a Bolder, Brighter Faith

About Kendall |
Kendall Mariah is a lifestyle content creator, photographer, and brand strategist whose honest storytelling has cultivated a deeply connected online community. As a business owner, military spouse, and adoptive mom, she speaks authentically about the intersections of faith, identity, and everyday life. 
Episode Sponsors |
The Minimalist Moms Podcast would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal!

Enjoy the Podcast?
Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast, then do not hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your fellow mothers so that they can be inspired to think more and do with less. 
Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity.
You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook.

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://AvocadoGreenMattress.com/MINIMALIST
* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com
* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com
* Check out Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-content

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Did you know that shopping won’t solve your style struggles? If it did, you wouldn’t be struggling with a closet full of nothing to wear. The ultimate style solution starts with a mindset shift. Joining me today is former Hollywood stylist, Jammie Baker. Five years ago, she ditched the red carpet lifestyle to create a virtual styling business. Jammie empowers real women to find their unique style because she knows it’s not just about the clothes you wear, but the life you live in your clothes. Dressing from a mindset of appreciation and acceptance for your body will not only improve your experience with getting dressed but it will also boost your confidence.

Links Discussed in This Episode |
Checkout the podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane.
Order a Copy of Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity
Diane's Resource: EarlyBird CBD (Use code: MMP at checkout for 20% off of your first order)
Beneficial Resource: Book: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
Connect with Jammie:
Website
Instagram
Facebook

About Jammie |
Hi, I’m Jammie Baker. I help on-the-go moms feel confident and capable through thoughtfully curated wardrobes.
After years as a Hollywood stylist - working with clients like Kerry Washington and brands like the NBA - I realized my heart wasn’t in dressing celebrities. I wanted to support everyday women, especially moms, because that’s where real life (and real closets) live.
I saw how rigid fashion “rules” and boxed styling services left women frustrated - owning plenty of clothes, yet feeling like they had nothing to wear and still falling short of their goals. Style, I learned, isn’t just about what you put on - it’s about how you show up in it.
So I stepped away from the red carpet to build a virtual styling business for real moms. Through my signature Momiform™ program and virtual styling services, I help women define their personal style and move through life with more ease and confidence.
And along the way, I share my very real motherhood journey with my son, Max.

Episode Sponsors |
The Minimalist Moms Podcast would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal!

Enjoy the Podcast?
Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast, then do not hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your fellow mothers so that they can be inspired to think more and do with less. 
Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity.
You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook.

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://AvocadoGreenMattress.com/MINIMALIST
* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com
* Check out PharmaNutra and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: https://pharmanutra-us.com
* Check out Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast-simple-living-for-overwhelmed-moms/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy