Podcast - The Practical Minimalists

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 Myquillyn Smith, AKA “The Nester!” She is an author, mom, wife, speaker, and home styling EXPERT! She 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. It is a dream to talk to her today and we can’t wait to share this conversation with you today!

TPM - Episode #76 - Heather's September Favorites

It is with a tender heart that we give you this episode. We talk about: what its like to be in relationship with someone when they don’t believe what you believe. What its like when you burn it all to the ground. How infertility relates to spiritually. What we think of when we think of God. We aren’t offering answers or doctrine. We are sharing our journeys and opening up so that, perhaps you might feel less alone and that you may receive permission to crack open and keep moving.

Today I'm sharing all of my summer favorites!  Think of this as an extended version of our recommendations segment on our show; 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! 

Listen in as we chat with today's guest, singer-songwriter, Amy Stroup. Amy's is an artist, singer-songwriter, and business owner at Milkglass Creative. Her songs have been featured on hit TV shows like This is Us, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Pretty Little Liars, Vampire Diaries and more. Today we get vulnerable with Amy as we talk about following your dreams, being true to yourself, what it means to be creative, and our biggest insecurities. We hope you love it as much as we did!

n 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.

Today we are discussing letting things go. The longer we keep making this show, the more we realize this is what our show is all about; the practice of letting things go so that we can expand and live more creative, free and fulfilling lives. Stick around for a special bonus at the end!

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!

There is a lot of content out there about making the 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. Maybe time is abundant. Sound confusing and/or too good to be true? Listen up while we break it down today.

Today we are talking about what we do behind the scenes. Have you ever wondered how we come up with our content, how we connect with our guests, or just what it takes to make this show happened behind the scenes? We are spilling it all today. Additionally we’ll share more about the businesses behind the podcast, and some dreams for the show.