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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

185: Letting Go: Dealing with the Death of a Loved One, Part 2 by Joshua Fields Millburn of The Minimalists

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2016

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff for 4 million readers. As featured on: ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, TODAY, NPR, TIME, Forbes, The Atlantic, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and National Post. They live in Missoula, Montana. Episode 185: Letting Go: Dealing with the Death of a Loved One, Part 2 by Joshua Fields Millburn of The Minimalists (Grief, Loss & Love). The original post is located here: http://www.theminimalists.com/dealing Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:10.4

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0:15.1

yet so incredibly relaxing that you'll have no choice but to fall asleep.

0:19.6

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0:25.6

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0:29.6

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0:55.6

I had previously recorded the whole book and the minimalist were kind enough to let me use any of it

1:04.0

on the podcast, so I've been playing that to you instead of narrating because it was a little

1:08.9

too difficult for me after my cat died. But I felt up to it yesterday and wanted to make it a

1:13.8

little more meaningful for me, so I thought this post on dealing with the death of a loved one

1:18.2

would be not only helpful for you, but also kind of cathartic for me. So thank you for

1:23.3

bearing with me for the last eight days. I really appreciate it. And I know I think you in previous

1:28.2

episodes that week, but I just want to say it again. I know it's not the easiest thing to listen to,

1:33.6

and we often look to podcasts for positivity and good vibes or whatever you want to call it. So

1:39.0

for you to stick through when I'm having a rough week really means a lot to me. I didn't know how

1:43.4

you'd take it, but I'm so happy with the way it worked out and appreciate you being there for me.

1:48.8

But enough of the sappy stuff. Well, that's not totally true because I'm going to

1:52.3

continue this post on the death of a loved one, but you get what I'm saying. So let's continue

1:56.7

yesterday's post and start optimizing your life. Letting go dealing with the death of a loved one,

2:05.9

part two by Joshua Fields Millburn of the minimalist calm. Suddenly it occurs to me for the first time.

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