Overwhelmed Lately? How to Declutter Your Life as a Christian Mom

When Everything Starts Feeling Heavy

Have you ever walked into your house, looked around, and felt an immediate weight settle on your shoulders? Not because anything catastrophic happened, but because life just feels… heavy. Messy. Loud. A little too full.

A few months ago, I found myself feeling that exact way. Overwhelmed. Drained. Stretched thin in all the places that matter most — my home, my health, our homeschool rhythm, and honestly, my own heart.

And I didn’t need a new planner, new system, or new diet.
I needed space.
Space to breathe.
Space to think.
Space to heal.

That shift — that quiet, faithful nudge from the Lord — led me into a season of decluttering that changed everything.

Today, I want to share that process with you, not as a checklist, but as an invitation. An invitation to step out of the overwhelm and into a simpler, more peaceful rhythm with the Lord.

1. Decluttering My Home: Making Space for Peace

I didn’t start with a huge project. No color-coded bins. No Pinterest-worthy systems.
I started with one small area that had been bothering me for weeks.

And something happened.
As I put away what didn’t belong and tossed the things that weren’t serving our family anymore, I felt a lightness that had nothing to do with the stuff.

When your home is cluttered, your mind feels cluttered.
When your space is chaotic, your thoughts often follow.

I began noticing:

• I could think more clearly.

• My patience increased.

• My stress dropped.

• My kids felt calmer too.

I wasn’t just organizing drawers.
I was creating margin — space where I could breathe again.

Decluttering my home became a physical expression of what God was doing in me internally: clearing out what didn’t belong so something healthier could grow.

2. Decluttering My Health: Returning to the Basics That Help Me Feel Human

Next came my health — not the polished “perfect habits” version of health we see online, but the real-life rhythms that help a Christian mom feel energized, present, and grounded.

For me, that meant revisiting the basics I already knew I needed:

• Consistent meals that nourish instead of drain

• More protein

• Movement that builds strength instead of punishes my body

• Water (way more than I thought)

• Sleep that supports healing

These weren’t aesthetic goals.
They were survival goals.

When life feels overwhelming, your health often becomes one more thing on the list that you “should” be doing but can’t seem to manage. But what I found was this:

Simplifying my health actually helped me show up to everything else better.

My mood improved.
My energy returned.
My brain fog lifted.
My motivation resurfaced.

Not because I pushed harder, but because I removed the pressure to be perfect.

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is eat a real meal and go on a walk.

3. Decluttering Our Homeschool: Creating Rhythms That Support Real Life

Homeschooling is a gift — but it’s a lot.
And when I’m overwhelmed, our homeschool day is the first place it shows.

I started gently evaluating the pieces that felt complicated or tense:

• Were we overcommitting?

• Were the lessons too long?

• Was I trying to imitate someone else’s style instead of honoring our family’s?

I simplified, trimmed, and put first things first.
Not academically first — spiritually and emotionally first.

What surprised me most was how small tweaks changed the atmosphere in our home:

• Mornings felt lighter

• My kids felt calmer

• I wasn’t rushing through lessons

• I was actually present

Homeschool became less about doing more
and more about creating a peaceful rhythm where we could all breathe.

4. Decluttering My Heart: Letting God Clean Out What I Was Carrying

This part wasn’t tidy.
It wasn’t labeled or color-coordinated.
It wasn’t something I could schedule or check off.

This was the heart work.

This was the Lord gently revealing the emotional clutter I’d been carrying — fear, fatigue, pressure, expectations, self-reliance, and yes… even hidden anxiety.

What I didn’t realize was that God had already been preparing my heart for a deeper season of healing.
Because shortly after, I received my breast cancer diagnosis.

It was sudden.
It was shocking.
It was the kind of moment that rearranges every internal drawer you didn’t know you had.

But here’s the part I want you to hear:

Even in that, God was present.
Even in that, He was clearing out what needed to be cleared.
Even in that, He was strengthening what needed to stand.

The emotional decluttering I had started became a spiritual anchoring I desperately needed.

And through every appointment, treatment plan, tear, and prayer, God stayed close.

What This Season Taught Me About Healing

Healing — physical, emotional, mental, spiritual — rarely comes through pushing harder.
It comes through release.
Through slowing down enough to listen.
Through saying, “Lord, show me what needs to go and help me let it go.”

Decluttering isn’t about minimalism.
It’s about discipleship.
It’s about removing what’s blocking you from hearing God clearly.

This season taught me:

• Healing happens when we make space for it.

• Strength grows quietly, not just through grit.

• God prepares us long before we realize we’ll need it.

• Peace comes when we surrender the parts we can’t control.

And none of this is about being more disciplined.
It’s about being more dependent on Him.

A More Peaceful Way Forward

If you’re overwhelmed, exhausted, or feeling unlike yourself… there is a way forward.

Not through a massive overhaul.
Not through trying harder.
Not through perfection.

But through gentle, faith-filled decluttering — one area at a time.

Your home.
Your health.
Your routines.
Your heart.

Each one is an invitation.

Not to do more.
But to let God show you where to release, where to rest, and where to rebuild.

You’re not broken.
You’re not behind.
You’re being strengthened — in ways you can see and in ways you can’t yet.

And as you declutter what’s weighing you down, you’ll start to feel like yourself again… the woman God made you to be.