Edit Your Life (Part 1)
Millennial Minimalists
What if a few simple shifts could bring you more calm and clarity every day? Kelly and Lauren share their minimalist lifestyle practises, insights and stories in response to a range of minimalist topics that you, our listeners, asked for! In the most recent one-on-one episode, titled , Kelly and Lauren asked you to complete a quick feedback survey where you shared the topics you would like to hear more of, and based on your responses, Kelly and Lauren put together a ton of great questions and share their lifestyle tips! In this first half of a two-part discussion, Kelly and Lauren discuss: ...
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Make Money Simple with Harry Sale
Millennial Minimalists
Tired of money feeling complicated? Kelly speaks with her dear friend and financial advisor and educator, Harry Sale, who helps professionals, business owners, and families simplify and maximize their wealth. Because many of us didn’t learn how to manage money or invest in school, today I’m speaking with Harry to simplify some of the most common questions about money and give you clear, practical answers. Please note that this conversation is for educational purposes only and is not personal financial advice. Harry shares general insights and approaches that have worked for him and...
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Essential: Uncover & Break Your Mental Blocks with Brandon Epstein
Millennial Minimalists
What if the fastest way to change isn’t adding more, but rather letting go? Today we’re talking about how to break your mental roadblocks so you can think and feel better. This snippet from Episode 211 features world-class mental performance coach and international bestselling author Brandon Epstein. A former football player, Brandon now helps leading athletes, founders, and creators think more clearly and feel better by upgrading their thoughts and emotional habits. Together, Kelly and Brandon explore the overlap between mental performance and minimalism, including how our default is to...
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Seven Years of Simplicity (Behind the Mic)
Millennial Minimalists
Kelly and Lauren celebrate 7 years and over 250 episodes of the Millennial Minimalists Podcast! This is a special episode where Kelly and Lauren reflect on their podcasting journey, share behind-the-scenes stories, and highlight the influential minimalist lessons that have shaped their lives over the years. Kelly and Lauren specifically discuss the guests that impacted their lives most deeply, the powerful ideas they shared, and how talking about minimalism week after week has deepened their own minimalist practises. Plus, they answer a few rapid-fire questions, including:...
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Essential: Ease Your Anxiety with Dr. Lauren Cook
Millennial Minimalists
How would your life change if anxiety wasn’t an enemy to fight, but a whole-body signal you could learn to move through? In this Essential Series episode, you will learn that anxiety is a whole-body experience and how you can train your mind to move through anxiety instead of fighting it. This is a snippet from Episode 181, where Kelly speaks with licensed clinical psychologist, bestselling author, speaker, and TikTok therapist, Dr. Lauren Cook, to share insights from her international bestselling book, Generation Anxiety. In Generation Anxiety, Lauren describes the “three...
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Essential: Less Stress in Love, More Connection with Thais Gibson
Millennial Minimalists
Want less stress in love and more connection? Start by knowing your attachment style! In this snippet from Episode 201, Kelly sits down with relationship expert and best-selling author, Thais Gibson, to unpack attachment theory and how understanding your own style and the style of the people you care about can make relationships calmer and closer. Thais explains the four main attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant, dismissive avoidant and fearful avoidant) and shows how early formed patterns can linger as unconscious “relational clutter” that shapes how we ask for needs and...
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Essential: Clean Up Your Digital Life
Millennial Minimalists
Are you feeling weighed down by endless emails, messy desktops, or an overflowing photo library? In this Essential Series episode, Kelly shares a snippet from a longer conversation back in episode 212, where she speaks with internationally recognized digital decluttering expert and productivity coach, Amanda Jefferson, who helps her clients go from digital mess to digital peace! Together, they explore how simplifying your digital world can help you reclaim your time and focus and your peace of mind. You will learn why digital clutter builds up so easily, how it impacts your productivity and...
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The Pursuit of Less, But More
Millennial Minimalists
What would your life look like if you embraced less, but gained more? In this one-on-one conversation, Kelly and Lauren explore the idea of “The Pursuit of Less But More.” Together, they reflect on the areas of life where simplifying has brought them greater meaning, such as less mental clutter and more peace, and the places where excess has come at a cost, like too much work and less time with loved ones. They also discuss the hidden toll of “more but less,” from overconsumption to burnout, and share what their recent summer experiences have taught them about the importance of slowing...
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Essential: Let’s Talk FOMO & FOBO with Patrick J. McGinnis
Millennial Minimalists
What if you could make your FOMO (fear of missing out) and FOBO (fear of better options) work for you instead of against you? In this Essential Series episode, Kelly revisits a conversation with international best-selling author, speaker, and venture capitalist Patrick J. McGinnis—the man who coined both terms. Together, they explore the complicated truth about FOMO and FOBO: how these feelings can drain our energy, fuel constant comparison, and even cause decision paralysis, but also how they can point us toward what truly matters. This is a snippet from episode 92, titled , where Patrick...
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Anxiety 101 with Humble the Poet (Part 2 of 2)
Millennial Minimalists
In this second part of last week's discussion, you will continue to learn about anxiety and be inspired to ease your feelings by paying closer attention to them. Kelly speaks with fellow Canadian minimalist, spoken word artist, musician, international best-selling author, and former elementary school teacher, the incredibly insightful , to share insights from his latest book, . As Humble shared in the first half of their discussion, anxiety isn’t something we should try to eliminate, but something we should get curious about. In this second half, Humble explains how anxiety can also show up...
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In this first part of a two-part discussion, Kelly and Lauren open up about the messy, real side of living a minimalist lifestyle.
You will be reminded that living a minimalist lifestyle is about surrounding yourself with what you need and love and letting go of the rest, whatever form that clutter takes. And since excess will always come and go, this lifestyle requires regular check-ins, and yes, mistakes happen!
Kelly and Lauren each answer the following questions:
- Can you share something that you decluttered that you later regretted?
- Can you share a recent story of an impulse purchase that you regretted and what you learned?
- What’s one minimalist principle you admittedly haven’t perfectly followed?
- Has a minimalist lifestyle ever felt unattainable to you?
- Can you share a moment where you felt like Minimalism didn’t fix everything?
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