Episodes
Monday May 08, 2023
Let’s Reflect & Laugh Together (20 Questions)
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
In this immersive one-on-one conversation, Kelly and Lauren ask you to join them as they ask each other 20 questions about life, minimalism, and their friendship!
You will get to know Kelly and Lauren better and you will be motivated to reflect on your own lifestyle patterns and goals.
Together they ask each other questions including ‘what do you need more in your life?’ and ‘what do you need less of?’ to ‘what fears do you experience?’ and ‘what obstacles have you recently overcome?’
Plus, they share questions around their favourite moments in their friendship and the traits they appreciate in one another.
Be inspired by Kelly and Lauren’s reflections and wisdom and be prepared to laugh and smile with them along the way.
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Want to Play 20 Questions with a Friend? See below:
- What do you remember most about how and when we met?
- What’s your favourite memory or memories from our friendship so far?
- What’s your favourite part of our friendship?
- What is your favourite trait in me?
- If you had a whole day where you could do anything you wanted, what would you do?
- If you had no WIFI or data for one week, how would you spend your time?
- What do you need more of in your life?
- What do you need less of in your life?
- What fears do you experience? What is one thing you find most challenging in your life right now?
- What do you feel has been your greatest “win” so far in your life?
- If you could meet anyone in the world, alive or deceased, who would it be?
- What makes your life feel purposeful? Or what values are most important to you?
- What would you like to accomplish in life? Or what mark on the world would you like to leave?
- What is a lifestyle quote you live by?
- What obstacle have you overcome in recent memory?
- What’s the best career advice you’ve ever been given?
- What’s the best personal advice you’ve ever been given?
- What to-do list item have you been putting off for a while?
- How are you helping the environment?
- Do you have a five-year plan? If so, what’s on it?
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Adopt a Minimalist Mindset
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Kelly and Lauren discuss the ways a minimalist lifestyle influences their values and the decisions they make each day.
You will learn about the daily habits they carry out to help them save time, money, and energy, and give them the space to focus on what matters most.
Plus, in addition to their lifestyle tips and to dos, they also discuss some of the habits to avoid when it comes to living a minimalist lifestyle.
Be inspired by Kelly and Lauren's minimalist mindsets and start reaping the great rewards that come will practising a simpler, more intentional way of life!
Links:
Closet Decluttering E-Guide: Mastersimplicity.com
Get 10% off BetterHelp: Betterhelp.com/minimalists
Try Viome Gut Health Test: tryviome.com/minimalists
Try Future Personal Training App: tryfuture.co/minimalists
Episodes Mentioned:
Overcome FOMO and FOBO with Patrick J. McGinnis
Unwind Your Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer
How to Break Up with Your Phone with Catherine Price
Simple Sustainable Swaps with Tara McKenna
Books:
The Power of Scarcity: How the Science of Less Can Help You Achieve More by Mindy Weinstein
Lessons from Madame Chic by Jennifer L. Scott
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Let’s Navigate Online Dating with OKCupid’s Michael Kaye
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Whether you are single and on the dating apps or simply want to learn more about the online dating world, this episode is for you!
Kelly and Lauren are joined by the Director of Brand Marketing and Communications at OkCupid, Michael Kaye, to talk about how to navigate the complex world of online dating to help you or someone you know better their odds at finding quality matches!
Michael shares a ton of helpful online dating tips to help you or someone you know work the algorithms to your/their advantage. Plus, he shares his own online dating success story and some fascinating online dating stats and trends he is seeing.
You will learn strategies on how to build a better profile, how to communicate more effectively, how to politely decline a date, when ghosting is and isn’t okay, how to stay safe when online dating, common online dating mistakes to avoid, and much more!
Kelly and Lauren also express their own online dating curiosities and personal experiences using dating apps.
Be inspired by Michael’s findings and strategies to help you or someone you know use the apps more intentionally and get closer to finding that perfect match.
Get 3-months of OkCupid Premium for Free (First 50 listeners to submit!)
1) Create an account on OkCupid.
2) Email subscriptions@okcupid.com using the email you used to sign up.
3) Let OkCupid know you heard about them through Millennial Minimalists.
4) You will be upgraded to OkCupid Premium for 3 months to unlock features!
This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/minimalists to get 10% off your first month.
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Your Minimalist Lifestyle Stories
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Share in a few inspiring messages from our Millennial Minimalists podcast listeners!
In episode 154, Improve Your Life with Less, Kelly and Lauren asked you (the listeners) to share all the ways that living a simpler, more intentional lifestyle has benefited you, and in this episode Kelly shares your motivating and heartfelt stories.
You will be reminded that the benefits that come from living a minimalist lifestyle go well beyond having less stuff and keeping an organized home.
Whether you are just adopting this lifestyle or already living this way, we hope that by sharing your stories we can further spread the word about all the great rewards that come with living with less.
Want to share your story? Please email us at millennialminimalists@gmail.com
Follow Us on Instagram: @millennialminimalists
Website: mastersimplicity.com/closet-eguide
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Let’s Manage Distractions in a Noisy World
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
What if there was a mute button for the mind?
Kelly and Lauren share strategies to help you manage both the internal and external distractions in your life. Plus, they discuss the importance of setting boundaries with yourself, others, and your technologies.
You will learn about the benefits that come with managing the noise including reclaimed focus, greater clarity, and the ability to reach a flow state, and more.
Be inspired to find peace and calm in your every day.
Past Related Episodes:
Ep. 90 Minimize Detractions
Ep. 97 Conquer Distractions with Nir Eyal
Books:
The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo
GOLDEN: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise by Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn
The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Solve Your Clutter Problems with Tracy McCubbin
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/minimalists to get 10% off your first month.
If you have too much stuff or find yourself constantly decluttering and can’t keep up, this episode is for you!
Kelly speaks with decluttering expert to the stars and best-selling author, Tracy McCubbin, to help you declutter with purpose and achieve a clutter-free home for good!
Tracy is the Founder and CEO of Los Angeles’s premier organizing and decluttering firm, dClutterfly, and she is the author of two best-selling books including, Making Space, Clutter Free and her latest, Make Space for Happiness.
Unlike most decluttering methods, Tracy and her team help their clients keep their homes clutter-free by working with them to discover the obstacles that got them there.
You will learn that clutter is an emotional issue and that we must let go of what Tracy calls, our ‘emotional clutter blocks’ that keep us from decluttering, as well as our ‘emotional clutter magnets’ that cause us to buy things we don’t need.
Be inspired to adopt Tracy’s simple and realistic decluttering techniques so that you can start reaping all the great rewards that come with owning less.
About Tracy
dClutterfy.com
Book: Make Space for Happiness (2022)
Book: Making Space, Clutter-free (2019)
Follow Tracy on IG
Closet E-Guide
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Unexpected Benefits of Letting Go
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Be inspired to let go and gain more!
Kelly reads a journal article she wrote for minimalism.com titled, "Unexpected Benefits of Letting Go: How you gain more than you may think," to share a list of rewards that come with living with less.
You will learn that the benefits of owning less go well beyond keeping a simple space and reducing stress.
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Let’s Simplify Food with The Nutrition Junky
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Be inspired to simply your food, kick-start a meal prep routine, save time and money, and optimize your health!
Kelly and Lauren are joined by their dear friend and Registered Dietitian and ADHD Nutritionist, Becca Harris, otherwise known as The Nutrition Junky to help you build healthier, more mindful, and cost-saving food and nutrition habits.
Together they discuss how to simplify meal planning (including simple meal and snack ideas), tips to eat more mindfully, how to shop on a budget, and how to streamline your grocery shopping experience!
Becca also shares how to identify trigger foods and food tolerances and how to break the binge eating cycle and other disordered eating patterns. Plus, she shares some eye-opening stats around food labelling!
Be inspired to simplify your food and eating regimes and start optimizing your health for the long-term.
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Subtract: The Science of Less with Leidy Klotz
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/minimalists to get 10% off your first month.
Instead of piling on ‘to-dos’ and accumulating more, this episode will inspire you to consider ‘stop-doings' and choosing less!
Kelly speaks with American scientist, engineering professor, and international best-selling author, Leidy Klotz, to discuss how subtraction can help us let go of unhealthy habits and make room for more of what matters.
You will learn that we often overlook subtraction and default to more in an attempt to feel better, and in Leidy's latest international seller, Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less, he shares numerous evidence-based studies to prove how using subtraction to solve problems is a powerful option.
Be inspired by Leidy’s insights on the power of subtraction and start paving your way to a more meaningful life.
Book: Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less
Website: Leidyklotz.com
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Improve Your Life with Less
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/minimalists to get 10% off your first month.
This is one of Kelly and Lauren's favorite on-on-one conversations to date! In this laid-back and reflective discussion, Kelly and Lauren each share the top 5 ways that living a minimalist lifestyle has improved their lives for the better.
Together they work to inspire you to think about all of the life-changing benefits that come with living with less, including personal growth and greater meaning and fulfillment.
You will learn that the greatest benefits that come from living a minimalist lifestyle go well beyond owning less and keeping an organized home. Rather these advantages arise through the process of letting go and the great reflection that follows.
Whether you are in the process of adopting minimalist habits or managing the excess in your life, Kelly and Lauren motivate you to reflect on all of the great rewards that come with living with less.
Interested in sharing your story? Please send us an email to: millennialminimalists@gmail.com
Mentioned
Book: The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
Lynne Twist on Oprah's Super Soul Conversations
Article: To Anyone Who Thinks They're Falling Behind by Jamie Varon