Happy Holidays everyone! We are back with you today with some insight on how we are approaching the holidays as "practical minimalists" and are also giving everyone an update on our lives and the show. Additionally The Nester is BACK with us to talk all things holiday. We hope you enjoy the show!
Today we are chatting with a guest that’s honestly been a dream guest for us. Myquillyn Smith, AKA “The Nester” is an author, mom, wife, speaker, and home styling EXPERT! She’s wrote the book The Nesting Place which focuses on beauty and letting go of perfection when it comes to curating your home. In her next book, Cozy Minimalist Home, she explore the idea of being a stuff manager vs. a home curator, loving your stuff vs. letting your stuff own you, and tactical advice on how to get started….so basically she’s speaks our language! So it’s a dream to talk to her today and we can’t wait to share this conversation with you today.
Welcome to another mini "solo-sode!" This week Heather' talking about all her favorite things from September. From podcasts, to book to TV to things you don't even have to buy, listen in as co-host Heather dishes.
This episode is marches to the beat of its own drum and it might just be our most vulnerable episode yet. We’ve been wanting to share about our spiritual journeys and how the process of letting go has supported us throughout our experience. The time is right and it is with a grateful, loving, and tender heart that we give you this episode. In it you’ll hear about our own spiritual paths as well as the viewpoints of a few others. We talk about what its like to be in relationship with someone when they don’t believe what you believe. We talk about what its like when you burn it all to the ground. We talk about how infertility relates to spiritually. We talk about what we think of when we think of God. We aren’t offering answers or doctrine. We aren’t trying to sway or convince you of anything. We are simply sharing our own journeys and opening up to the paths of others so that, perhaps you might feel less alone if any of this resonates and that you may receive the permission you need to crack open and keep moving down your own trail.
It's just me, Heather today and I'm sharing all of my summer favorites! So many of you love the recommendations portion of our show, so think of this as an extended version of that; a mini "solo-side" if you will with fun book, podcast, show and other miscellaneous things that have added value in some way to my life over this past summer. In a world where it's sooo easy to unconsciously consume things, I know I appreciate recommendations from trusted friends, so this is my attempt to do that for you, our awesome listeners. I hope you enjoy!
We are back and so pumped to catch up with you guys and let you know what you can expect in season 4 of The Practical Minimalists. Listen in as we discuss what happened over our summer break, how we're growing, what to expect in season 5 and a roundup of summer favorites from each of us! Feels good to be back!
Welcome to the season 3 Finale of The Practical Minimalists! Today we are talking about the difference between letting things go and letting things lie dormant in our lives. We are also sharing a pretty huge announcement that you don't want to miss! This episode is perfect for you if you want to hear more about the practice of letting things lie dormant, if you want to hear about our experience with this practice or if you simply want to hear a big announcement about the show. We hope you enjoy!
Welcome to the season 3 Finale of The Practical Minimalists! Today we are talking about the difference between letting things go and letting things lie dormant in our lives. We are also sharing a pretty huge announcement that you don't want to miss! This episode is perfect for you if you want to hear more about the practice of letting things lie dormant, if you want to hear about our experience with this practice or if you simply want to hear a big announcement about the show. We hope you enjoy!
Today we are talking with Amy Stroup. Amy is a singer, song writer, designer and creative. Amy Stroup is a Boston born, Abilene, Texas raised independent artist, living in Nashville who has had her songs featured on more than 30 TV shows (This Is US, Parenthood, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Vampire Diaries, Walking Dead, One Tree Hill, Pretty Little Liars) as well as National TV ads for Calvin Klein, New Balance, Lexus & more. Amy has released 3 digital EPs and one nationally distributed full length solo recorded entitled Tunnel. She is the newest member of the TEN OUT OF TENN tour where she is one of ten featured artists along side Andrew Belle, Katie Herzig, Joy Williams and more. Recently Amy released a single called 'This Is My Time’ featured on NBC’s hit show This is US she co-wrote with Mary Hooper her creative partner and co owner of their design boutique Milkglass Creative.
In today's episode we are discussing pressure; internal pressure, external pressure, expectations. We dig deep as we discuss how these pressures can effect us, what role they've played in our own lives and what we are doing to let go. This episode is perfect for you if you struggle with internal or external expectations and want some practical ideas for starting to loosen the pressure, or you are simply interested in hearing us work it out!
Today we are talking about creating family values and rituals. Since the show’s beginning, sharing how we strive to live an intentional life is something that’s been at the heart of our show. We and several of our guests have referenced family values and we thought it would be fun to share our personal family values and the process we used to create them. Additionally we’ll be chatting about how we incorporate rituals into our families lives and how to maintain a growth mindset through that process.
The longer we do this show, the more our vision for it is revealed. More than practical tips for clearing out your basement or your closet, we’ve come to realize what our show is really about is letting things go that are holding us back so that we can live a more fulfilling, creative, and free lives. So today we are going to expand on that topic and share with you how we’ve done that in our own lives and ways in which you can start that practice as well. BONUS: stick around for the whole episode, because we have something special for you at the end. A while back we asked for stories about letting things go from our very own listeners and we’re sharing some of their stories with THEIR voices with you today! You don’t want to miss it!
Elise is a powerlifting world record holder, business owner, home schooling mama and world traveler. Last year Elise and her husband Justin made the scary decision to sell all their stuff and become a traveling family, or gym gypsies as they refer to themselves. So today we’re going to chat with Elise about what it means to her to define and live by your values, the challenges that can come along with not a permanent home, and for fun we’ll talk about simple, healthy meal planning too since that’s what their business is built around!
Today we are talking to Priscila Smith! Priscila is a wife, mama, wellness enthusiast and personal style maven. You guys loved our capsule wardrobe episode with Suzy Holman, so we are revisiting the topics of clothing, and this time instead of talking about capsule wardrobes specifically, we are talking about what to do AFTER you’ve whittled down your wardrobe into those items that you just LOVE. We’re so excited to share our conversation with you today!
We are talking about a topic the topic of time. There is a lot of content out there about making he most of your time, how we don’t have enough time, and on being productive, but today we are going to talk about time in a way that maybe you haven’t considered before. TIME ABUNDANCE. What does this mean? Maybe the story that we don’t have enough time is not serving us. Maybe we have all the time that we need. Maybe we don’t have to feel so rushed and we don’t need 12 productivity planners to help us manage our time. Maybe time is abundant. Sound confusing and/or too good to be true? Listen up while we break it down today.
Today we are going behind the scenes at TPM! Find out what it takes to get this show into your earbuds. Today we talk about our productions schedule, how we procure guests, how we create content and we reveal some of our deepest insecurities around sharing our lives through the lens of the show.
Today we are chatting with Maria Failla. Maria is a woman who wears many hats. When she’s not in concert, auditioning, or on broadway, she can be found hosting her podcast Bloom and Grow radio. Bloom and Grow radio is a show for plant lovers where Maria, a self proclaimed plant mom newbie interviews plant experts on all things keeping your plants alive and thriving. She also offers a series within her podcast called “plant side chats” where she gets into the spiritual side of keeping plants and drawls parallels between life and plants. We’ve been wanting to do a show on letting things die, bloom, and lie dormat, and we couldn’t think of a more perfect guest to come on and chat about this and love how this interview has unfolded. We can’t wait to share our conversation with you today; hopefully you’ll come away feeling inspired about life’s seasons and learn a little something about plant parenting as well
Today we are chatting with Krystle Cobran of yourbravebox.com Krystle is a former lawyer, mom, teacher, speaker, writer, researcher and joy seeker. Krystle coaches both individuals and organizations on having judgement free conversations about race. We wanted to treat this topic with the utmost respect and love and we feel that Krystle is the right person to help us in doing that.
In this episode we are interviewing health and wellness coach Beth Clayton. Beth is a former actress turned heath coach where she helps people at www.soulbodylife.com She helps people heal their relationship with food through a truly integrative approach guiding people down a path of more joy, freedom and love. Food, weight, body image…even things like meal prep and planning can be an area where we have a wide array of clutter and we couldn’t think of a more perfect person to come on and talk about how to release that clutter.
Today we are welcoming guest Erica Gellerman to the show. We have had requests since day one from listeners to have a show on money. And to be honest nothing felt quite right until we both stumbled upcoming Erica Gellerman’s work. Erica Gellerman is the woman behind www.theworthproject.co where she talks about all things money, negotiation, living the life of your dreams, minimalist budgeting and more. With a background in finance and a love abundance, Erica set out to empower people to stop looking at their money as an obstacle in their way but rather a tool to help people live the life they want. We couldn’t be more excited to share our conversation with her with you today!
Today we are kicking off the new year by having a chat with our first second-time guest Laura Parrott Perry. Laura first appeared on our podcast in episode #23 and we talked about letting go of the stories that aren’t serving you and we talked with her about how Say it Survivor, a non profit supporting survivors of sexual abuse that she co founded came to be. Whether you are a survivor of sexual abuse or not, Laura’s work is powerful and can impact positive change. As we start the new year, often people are thinking about making strides towards improved mental and emotional health. Laura’s new book She Wrote it Down is launching soon and we couldn’t think of a more perfect person or time to talk about mental and emotional health. Survivor or not, this book and this episode is for everyone. We talk deeply about the role shame can play in our lives, how to set boundaries with those closest to us, and why it's crucial that we are truth tellers in our own lives.