187 // Benefits of Minimalism

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 187 of The Mindful Kind podcast!

In this episode, I'll be sharing some of my own experiences with the benefits of minimalism, including:

valuing things (like relationships and meaningful work) other than material things (I also mention a book called Lost Connections by Johann Hari and some interesting research starting at Chapter 8)
more time
more financial freedom
less time spent cleaning and organising
less overwhelm

Don't forget to head over to my blog to also discover 8 minimalism hacks: https://www.rachaelkable.com/blog/minimalism-benefits-and-hacks

I'd also like to say a huge thank you to all my listeners - The Mindful Kind just reach 4 million downloads! I'm completely blown away:)

Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.3	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.9	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.7	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.6	mindful techniques.
0:31.5	You're listening to episode 187 of the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:37.2	Welcome to the benefits of minimalism and how it can change
0:40.5	your life for the better. I'll be honest, I don't take minimalism too seriously. I love the idea of
0:47.6	having less things and organizing my life in simpler ways and focusing more on the things which
0:53.9	are really important to me.
0:55.5	But when it comes to implementing minimalism rules, I tend to be pretty relaxed.
1:02.3	And the reason for this is because I've been too strict with myself in the past about different
1:07.0	things with really good intentions, like eating well or exercising but I found that
1:13.4	having too many rules took all the joy and fun away. I think it can be important to set
1:19.7	helpful intentions and make small and meaningful changes but when it comes to minimalism rules
1:25.4	I've seen like you must only buy something that you've
1:28.5	thought about for 30 days or you can't have two of the same thing, I tend not to be too strict.
1:35.6	Not only does it take the happiness away from implementing something like minimalism,
1:40.0	but if you don't follow the rules, you might end up feeling ashamed or guilty or stressed.
1:45.6	So I really want to dive into this topic of minimalism with permission to implement it imperfectly.
1:52.9	So you might be wondering what minimalism actually is.
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