Kelly and Lauren share in a fun and candid Q&A discussion where they talk about all things living simply including their minimalist lifestyle tips and stories! In this first part of a two-part Q&A, Kelly and Lauren ask each other some of the following questions: What is an old behavior you have started to unlearn since adopting a minimalist lifestyle? What are a few items you stopped buying as a minimalist? And, how do you manage temptations to buy things you don’t need? Plus, they each respond to the question: “I am not myself without...” Be inspired by Kelly and Lauren's minimalist lifestyle tips and stories and be motivated to continue to join them in embracing a simpler way of life! Follow Millennial Minimalists: Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube Find a Simple Living Consult, The Closet Course, and Partner Discounts: Mastersimplicity.com!   

Kelly and Lauren speak with famed decluttering expert, blogger, and YouTuber, the inspiring and humorous, Dana K. White! Dana is most widely recognized for her blog called, A Slob Comes Clean, where she shares reality-based cleaning, decluttering and organizing advice that can work for everyone! After struggling with keeping her own home under control, it became Dana’s goal to help others adopt realistic home management strategies and to share a message of hope for ‘the hopelessly messy!’ You will learn about how to remove any feelings of shame about the clutter in your spaces, why it’s important to understand your clutter threshold, and how to break free of the cycle of constantly decluttering and organizing. Plus, Dana shares tips on how to get started with decluttering, how to manage the constant influx of things coming into our homes, and how to go from hopeless to hopeful! Be inspired by what Dana calls her ‘deslobification journey’ and be motivated to give yourself grace and finally get your home under control! Read Dana's New Book: Jesus Doesn’t Care About Your Messy House! Dana's Blog: A Slob Comes Clean Follow Millennial Minimalists: Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube Find a Simple Living Consult, The Closet Course, and Partner Discounts: Mastersimplicity.com! 

Be inspired by Kelly and Lauren's minimalist lifestyle tips and stories and be motivated to adopt a more meaningful life with less! Kelly and Lauren are interviewed on The Simple & Intentional Podcast with host Sarah Horgan who is a celebrated decluttering expert, wife, mom, and teacher. Sarah’s journey to simplicity began in 2014 when she was diagnosed with cancer, and after becoming a mom 6 years ago, her desire to live simply deepened even further. In this discussion, Kelly and Lauren share their early minimalist lifestyle stories as well as the various ways embracing minimalism has improved their lives (e.g. greater self-awareness, reduced anxiety, less stress, fewer distractions and improved focus).  Kelly also shares inspiring insights and quotes from recent guest interviews and Lauren shares helpful tips on how to simply your wardrobe and start loving the clothes you already own again.  Plus, Kelly and Lauren reveal their favourite minimalist lifestyle quotes, the stuff they can’t live without, and their best advice to help you get started with this lifestyle!  Learn more about Sarah HoganListen to the Simple + Intentional Podcast Follow Millennial Minimalists: Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube Find a Simple Living Consult, The Closet Course, and Partner Discounts: Mastersimplicity.com!   

Tom Turcich, the tenth person to walk around the world and author of 'The World Walk,' shares his epic journey covering 28,000 miles across six continents with his dog, Savannah. He discusses the deep bond they formed, the transformative power of minimalism, and how travel reshaped his perspective on life's essentials. Tom recounts harrowing moments, including a life-threatening encounter in Turkey, and emphasizes the importance of experiences over material possessions. His reflections inspire listeners to let go of excess and embrace a simpler, more meaningful life.

If you find yourself caught in the cycle of overbuying excess things and/or if you are seeking the motivation to consume more consciously, this episode is for you!  Kelly and Lauren share their reflections on the new Netflix documentary, called Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy! In this discussion, Kelly and Lauren bring awareness to the importance of becoming a more conscious consumer and they share practical tips to help you buy less and reduce your carbon footprint.  Together they discuss 1) the environmental impact of overconsumption, 2) the challenges with recycling and waste management today, 3) the marketing tactics corporations use to make us overconsume, and 4) how we can become more conscious consumers and inspire change.  You will be encouraged to critically examine your consumption habits, challenge the culture of materialism, reduce waste, and adopt more conscious lifestyle practises. Be inspired to consume less and contribute to a healthier world! Sign-up Now: Lauren’s Closet Course Challenge Buymeonce.com Similar Past Episodes: Ep.206: Escape excess consumerism! Ep.170: Break Impulse Spending & Own Your Attention with Anthony Ongaro! Ep.195: Let’s Talk about Second Hand Shopping and Selling with Poshmark! And so many more if you scroll through the pod!

Kelly and Lauren are joined by the Sustainable Minimalists' Stephanie Seferian to talk about eco-minimalism, which combines eco-conscious living and minimalism to create a lifestyle that is both simplified and good for the planet! Stephanie is the host of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast, the author of the best-selling book, Sustainable Minimalism, and a wife and mom to two! Together they talk about simple sustainable habits, easy sustainable household swaps, conscious consumerism, what a sustainable future looks like, and more! Be inspired by Stephanie’s sustainable lifestyle tips and be motived to create tidiness without the trash!  Learn more about Stephanie Seferian at mamaminimalist.com Listen to Stephanie's podcast, Sustainable Minimalists Simple Household SwapsEco-conscious Clothing Brands Follow Millennial Minimalists: Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube Find a Simple Living Consult, The Closet Course, and Partner Discounts: Mastersimplicity.com!  

Kelly and celebrity decluttering expert and best-selling author, Tracy McCubbin, discuss the importance of working through our clutter blocks to help us let go and create clutter-free spaces for good! Tracy is the Founder and CEO of Los Angeles’s premier organizing and decluttering firm called, dClutterfly, and she has been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, Fast Company, Inc., The Wall Street Journal, House Beautiful, Goop and more! You will learn about the connection between clutter and your emotional state, common clutter blocks that may be keeping you from letting go or causing you to acquire more, and practical tips on how to keep your home decluttered and organized. Plus, Tracy shares her responses to some of the most common questions including “how do I deal with living with a messy partner?” and “how do I let go of meaningful sentimental items?” and more! Be inspired to realize your own clutter obstacles and start adopting some of Tracy’s practical systems to help you create a clutter-free home for good! Past Episode with Tracy: Ep.158 Solve Your Clutter Problems with Tracy McCubbin TracyMccubbin.comTracy’s helpful ResourcesBooks by Tracy NYT Article: My Partner is Messy, Help!Forbes Article: Overwhelmed by Clutter? The Fix Can Be Simpler than you Think! Follow Millennial Minimalists: Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube Find a Simple Living Consult, The Closet Course, and Partner Discounts: Mastersimplicity.com!

In this one-on-one episode, Kelly and Lauren share simple holiday tips to help you create a calm, joyful and stress-free holiday season! Together they talk about their favourite holiday experiences and gifts to give, their simple and sustainable décor ideas, and they discuss how to navigate the busyness of this season and create more calm.  Plus, they share their responses to common questions that come about this time of year including: How do I let my loved ones know that I don’t want any physical gifts or any at all? And how do I politely receive a gift even though I don’t want or need it? And more!  You will be inspired to eliminate the unnecessary commitments, traditions, or other holiday pressures that don’t serve you so that you can focus on what’s most important to you this holiday. Previous Episodes: Adopt Zen Habits with Leo Babauta Pursue What Matters Most with Joshua Becker Simplify the Holidays with Meg Nordmann Meg Nordmann’s book: Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas Articles/Videos:5 Questions to Simplify Your Life During the Holidays by Leo Babauta 10 Things to Get Rid of for The Holidays by Joshua Becker Planning a Simple Holiday Season with The Minimalist MomCreate a Minimalist Christmas Sustainable Gifts: Christmas Cookies in a JarCandle Jar CentrepiecesDried Orange Garland Follow Millennial Minimalists: Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube Find a Simple Living Consult, The Closet Course, and Partner Discounts: Mastersimplicity.com!

Kelly speaks with New York Times best-selling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix filmmaker, writing professor, international speaker, and the front man of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, Joshua Fields Millburn. Joshua’s accolades include his podcast The Minimalists (with cohosts Ryan Nicodemus and TK Coleman), which has over 140 million listens, his documentary called Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things, which has over 90 million views between Netflix and YouTube, and his New York Times best-selling book, Love People, Use Things, to name a few. In this discussion, Joshua shares an up-close and personal look into the lessons he learned while letting go of over 80% of his possessions, and the minimalist lifestyle systems he carries out today to maintain a simpler and more intentional every day. You will be encouraged to uncover the excess things or outdated beliefs that may be holding you back, and you will be inspired to let go and pursue what matters most to you. Be inspired to design a more meaningful life with less! JoshuaFieldsMillburn.comTheMinimalists.com Download the Free Minimalist Rulebook (16 rules for living with less)Check out The Minimalists Live Events (including Sunday Symposiums) Follow Millennial Minimalists on Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeBook a Simple Living Consult with Kelly & Lauren, check out The Closet Course, or find MM Partner Discounts on Mastersimplicity.com!

This is part two of last week’s discussion where Kelly and Lauren are interviewed on the Your Life! Your Terms! Show with host Anthony Molinaro to discuss all things simple living and how we can find greater meaning and freedom through simplicity! Last week, in this laid back and immersive discussion, Kelly and Lauren discussed the benefits of simple living, common minimalist lifestyle principles, how to be a minimalist in different areas of your life, how to know when it’s time to let go, and practises they follow to help them let go. And in this second and final half of their discussion, you will learn about how to live a minimalist lifestyle in our modern world, and they share their responses to a ton of rapid-fire questions related to minimalist living including each of their responses to the question: what would you each do differently today if we could start your lives over with zero possessions? Plus, they each share why it’s so satisfying when we let go, and they touch on some of their favourite celebrity minimalists, minimalism quotes and more! Be inspired to let go and be more with less. Follow Millennial Minimalists on Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube Book a Simple Living Consult with Kelly & Lauren, check out The Closet Course, and find Millennial Minimalist Partner Discounts on Mastersimplicity.com!