WELCOME!
Hello, I’m Antonia and a very warm welcome to my website and blog, Balance Through Simplicity. If you’re a busy woman juggling home, time and life, feeling overwhelmed but knowing you want to find a different way, you’re in exactly the right place – because I know how that feels!
For well over a decade I’ve been exploring ways to simplify my home, time and life and, for the past 8 years, I’ve been sharing my journey, my struggles and successes, here on this blog.
So, if you’d like to clear your clutter, find more time, space and freedom for doing what really matters to YOU and live intentionally in a busy, complicated world, you’re in the right place. I’d love to help you find a better balance through simplicity.
Here’s how I can help:
MY BACKGROUND
I have a humanities degree from the University of London and have worked many roles in the corporate and charity sectors. I now work with my husband running our own family business. I am married, have three daughters of my own (the eldest of which passed away as a baby) and several step-kids. We live in a neurodivergent household.
I was drawn to simplicity when I reached burnout years ago. I was a working parent with a busy career, struggling financially, an introvert and Highly Sensitive Person trying to show up for life in the noisy outside world and, if I’m honest, failing to keep my head above water.
It’s a varied life, where I’ve learned a lot, from managing employees, to managing my home to finding a way to love life every day, whatever the day may bring!
Everything I write about is based on personal experience and lots of research and reading. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to decluttering your home and simplifying your life and we all have different starting points, end goals and challenges to navigate.
ABOUT MY BLOG
I’ve been simplifying my own home, time and life and helping others do the same for years. I share gentle, realistic and practical tips for decluttering and living simply and intentionally and my blog, resources and regular emails have helped thousands of others find space, time and freedom for what matters to them.
- I’ve been featured in newspapers, podcasts and websites including the Observer, BBC Radio, Introvert Spring, Optimal Living Daily, New York Times Well, becomingminimalist.com and more.
- I have written nearly 400 blog posts and published well over 500,000 words (probably much, much more!).
- I’ve had over 5 million views to my site just in the last 3 years and have sent over 350 weekly newsletters to my email community.
- Above all, one of my own personal values is to support others and share what I’ve learned so that it may help others too. If you’re curious, here is some feedback from regular readers, which makes those 5am morning starts to write a blog post, before kids and work beckon, absolutely worthwhile!
NEXT STEPS
When you’re ready, here’s what you could do:
- Browse the blog for inspiration
- Start here to take your first step
- Subscribe to my newsletter for ideas and tips direct into your inbox for free (no clutter)
- Visit my Shop for tried-and-tested practical workbooks and planners
- Email me and introduce yourself. I love to hear from readers and other bloggers so please email me at [email protected] and say hello! I personally read every email and do my best to answer each of them, even if I’m a little slow sometimes. I don’t have a team so it’s just me.
Antonia x
P.S. I’m not currently accepting guest posts, links or reviews so requests for these may not be answered.