072: Paring Down to Create More with Melissa Coleman
Feel Good Effect
Robyn Conley Downs
4.9 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week’s guest is Melissa Coleman from The Faux Martha.
Today we’re digging into simplifying, organizing, and paring down so you can create more with less.
In this conversation, we talk about everything from what minimalism is to how to separate minimalism from perfectionism, taking a step back from the hustle, and then some tactical tips for creating a framework for a minimalist kitchen and minimalist eating-- making this whole lifestyle work in real life.
We also talk about everyday magic and creating frameworks tailored to help you achieve minimalism.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Feel Good Effect. Fresh year, fresh episode, and we're digging into |
| 0:05.2 | simplifying, organizing, and pairing down so you can create more. Let's make it happen. |
| 0:14.6 | Welcome to the Feel Good Effect. I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs, and I help people find time and create space in their lives |
| 0:22.6 | for what matters most by sharing simplified strategies for wellness. This podcast is all about |
| 0:29.3 | real talk, real wellness, and unpacking what it really means to be healthy. |
| 0:37.6 | Hey, feel good effect community. |
| 0:39.6 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:40.7 | Thank you for listening for giving time to yourself for being part of this conversation |
| 0:44.4 | and this movement about what it really means to be healthy. |
| 0:47.7 | We are kicking off 2019 in a big way. |
| 0:50.5 | We're talking with Melissa Coleman from the faux Martha.com. Melissa is a designer, a home |
| 0:55.8 | cook, a baker, a dishwasher, a wife, a mom, and what she calls a cozy minimalist. She believes |
| 1:01.9 | in everyday magic and AeroPress coffee. And her work's been featured all over the place, |
| 1:07.2 | real simple, better homes and gardens, the Wall Street Journal, and she published her first |
| 1:11.4 | book, The Minimalist Kitchen in 2018, which we're going to talk all about. This episode is brought to you |
| 1:16.1 | by a free little cheat sheet that I put together for you guys, a little gift to kick off the new year. |
| 1:21.4 | It is all about meal prep hacks that will simplify your life. So this little cheat sheet has a ton of good ideas and simplified |
| 1:29.3 | suggestions to get you meal prepping without getting overwhelmed. So if real food or healthy eating |
| 1:33.9 | is part of your plan for the new year, this will help get you there. It's totally free. You can grab it |
| 1:38.1 | on realfoodolife.com slash FGEE Episode 72. So if you just look for episode 72 or the one with Melissa Coleman, you can |
| 1:46.6 | click on it and download that free cheat sheet. Realfood whole life.com slash FGE. This is such a juicy |
| 1:52.6 | episode. We're talking about everything from minimalism and how to kind of separate minimalism |
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