Feeling Paralyzed? Find a New “P” and Change Your Reality with Kelly Exeter – SASM 099

This episode features Kelly Exeter on how her total breakdown led to a less frantic life, a gift that every parent can (should?) give their kids, and why more “doing” is not the solution to feeling overwhelmed.

The More of Less and Generosity as an Act of Bravery with Joshua Becker – SASM 098

This episode features Joshua Becker on why generosity is an act of bravery (even though everyone wants it), how minimalism lets you pursue happiness or fulfillment where you want, and the three layers of clutter … and how to get rid of each one.

Alexx Stuart: from World’s Best Bartender to Low Tox Life Champion – SASM 097

This episode features Alexx Stuart on why food as love can be unhealthy – especially for children, how to align what’s best for you with what’s best for our planet, and the #1 tip to give your kids ownership over what and how they eat.

Being Happily Replaceable, Spreadsheet Poets, and Fertility Challenges with Emily McDermott – SASM 096

This episode features Emily McDermott on why asking for help early prevents getting overwhelmed later, how having an accountability partner can change your life (even if you’ve never met), and whether happiness can come from making yourself replaceable at work.

The 5 Elements of Your Full Voice and Saying Yes to Our Biggest Fears with Barbara McAfee – SASM 095

This episode features Barbara McAfee on why fear is like an outfit that looks bad on everyone, the five distinct elements of your voice and how to use them, plus how innate talents are trained out of you (and how to get them back).

Finding and Aligning Your Core Values with Jeff Sandquist – SASM 093

This episode features Jeff Sandquist on how to uncover your core values and live in alignment with them, why relying on external validation is such a dangerous trap, and how tasting life’s brittleness is both a curse and a blessing.

Slow Food, Social Obesity, and Why Nobody Wins a Parenting Race with Carl Honore – SASM 092

This episode features Carl Honore on how to prevent social obesity while gorging on meaningful connections, how to make your smartphone your servant instead of your master, and who wins the parenting race: the tortoise … or the hare?

How to Be Alive and Embrace Your Personal Power with Colin Beavan – SASM 090

This episode features Colin Beavan on how to help people wake the heck up to their personal power (and what happens when we do), how the “monk and the merchant” paradox applies to you, and how to participate in an eco-Sabbath – No Impact Project style.

5 Secrets to Quick and Consistent Mindfulness with Toku McCree – SASM 089

This episode features Toku McCree on why self-awareness is the most powerful catalyst for change, what his one universal truth is, and – of course – Toku’s five secrets of super-fast mindfulness.

Why Simplicity Helps You Reach Your Life’s Purpose(s) with Tsh Oxenreider – SASM 088

This episode features Tsh Oxenreider on how pretending to move overseas can help you declutter, where to find freedom when you’re tethered to your town, and why simple-living can be as simple as living holistically with your life’s purpose.

How Scott Dinsmore’s Connections, Passion, and Work Changed Our World (a Tribute) – SASM 087

This episode pays tribute to Live Your Legend’s founder and my friend, mentor, and hero – Scott Dinsmore. Remember his legacy with me and discover how to change the world by doing work you love, where to find the most amazing people in your local community, the fastest way to do things you don’t think can be done, and why life sometimes comes down to this: bring people together.

Essentialism with Greg McKeown: The Priorities Problem, Creating Space, and Your Highest Contribution – SASM 085

This episode features Greg McKeown on why you need to create s-p-a-c-e to discern what’s essential, how a “personal quarterly offsite” helps you find consistent clarity, and the best way to become an Essentialist.

The Joy of Cravings, Intimate Acts in Public, and Surprising Science with Alex Jamieson – SASM 084

This episode features Alex Jamieson on how to have cravings that empower you instead of enslave you, the four root causes of cravings – and what to do about each one, plus why eating food is the most intimate thing we do with others (in public).

How to Grow Food Anywhere and Build Community Everywhere with Eugene Cooke – SASM083

This episode features Eugene Cooke on why you need a food abundance system more than abundant food, how to ease poverty with local solutions and NO legislation, how to make nature your church, and why the men who spoke the least influenced Eugene the most.

5 Strategic Steps to Streamline Your Life with Miriam Ortiz y Pino – SASM 082

This episode features Miriam Ortiz y Pino on why clutter is really just unresolved piles of decisions, the five simple steps to streamline your stuff and life, and how Miriam went from a “pack-rat stacker” to an organized simplifier.

The 4 Pillars of Survival and How to Reconnect to Nature with Cliff Hodges – SASM 080

This episode features Cliff Hodges on the benefits of “moving at the pace of nature,” how to reconnect with your primal, animal heritage, and the 4 pillars of survival (one of them unique to humans).

How to End the Undeclared War on Childhood and Simplicity Parenting with Kim John Payne – SASM 079

This episode features Kim John Payne on how our chronically overwhelmed culture creates an undeclared way on childhood, giving kids the gift of wandering or boredom, and the shifting parental role from Governor to Gardener to Guide.

The Gratitude Journal, Vision Board, and Tension between Hustle and Slowness with Vernon Foster – SASM 078

This episode features Vernon Foster on why attachment to outcomes can hold you back from best ones, how Costa Rica made him feel like he landed on another planet, a dynamite question that can change everything, and (perhaps my favorite) why you don’t have to be Jean-Claude Van Damme every day.

Want a Thriving Community? Share More, Own Less, and Join the Economy of Human Connection with Sash Milne – SASM 077

This episode features Sash Milne on how to break down the new, hidden barriers to human connection, why you have to act locally to be felt globally, what the “Economy of Human Connection” is (and how to participate), plus how the invisible walls of privilege can come crashing down.

How to Go Carbon Neutral, Grow from Rejection, and Have the Pope Ask for Your Prayers with Jared Brock – SASM 076

This episode features Jared Brock on how living at an eco-resort or intentional community can change everything, what happens when a little kid loses a $20 bet (with money he doesn’t have), why you need to do a full life audit to become carbon neutral, and why Pope Francis asked Jared to pray for him.