239: Slow Living - Creating your Inner Peace and Dream Life with Paola Merrill

The Lavendaire Lifestyle

Aileen Xu

Self-help, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Health & Fitness, How To, Mental Health, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In our fast-paced digital world, it can be difficult or even sometimes counter-intuitive to think about slow living. We want to keep pace with everything and stay ahead. But how do we balance this with our desire to be at peace with ourselves and our lives? In this episode, Aileen and Paola talk about the importance of slowing down, being aware of how you perceive yourself, and how you can create your inner peace on your own terms.

Paola Merrill is a Puerto Rican American writer, artist, and the creator of the youtube channel TheCottageFairy. She creates meditative short films focused on slow living and bringing awareness to the beauty of wild lands.

Timestamps:

1:50 Growing up and what led to slow living
12:18 How Paola’s Youtube channel The Cottage Fairy grew
15:31 How Paola’s love of fairytales influenced her art and life
19:50 Changing location can help change your mindset
22:32 Being aware of how you perceive yourself
24:14 Paola’s dream life growing up
27:08 Being your own safe space
31:03 The invisible journey to find your courage
35:10 The story of when Paola worked at a bookstore
36:03 How Paola’s book was written
40:55 The importance of taking care of yourself and slowing down
44:23 Being peaceful and mindful as a business owner and content creator

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0:00.0	It's about finding beauty. It doesn't mean that life is all easy and simple, and we can't
0:05.4	escape those challenges. And even out here, it's always so easy to romanticize a life
0:12.3	that we do not have.
0:14.5	Welcome to The Lapendera Lifestyle, the podcast on personal growth and lifestyle design.
0:23.1	My name is Eileen and I'm here to guide you to shine as your bright as self and create
0:27.4	your dream life. We all have a light within and the power to create a life we love. Every
0:33.2	Sunday, we'll share thoughtful conversations exploring how we can build a better future
0:37.0	for ourselves and our world. Life is an art. Make it your masterpiece.
0:44.8	Hello, my loves. Welcome back to The Lapendera Lifestyle podcast. It's Eileen. Have you ever
0:49.7	fantasized about living in a small cottage in the woods? Today's guest is truly the embodiment
0:55.6	of that lifestyle. In this episode, we talk about slow living, rural living, and the internal
1:01.6	work it takes to achieve inner peace and happiness. Our lovely guest today is Paola Merrill.
1:08.2	Paola Merrill is a Puerto Rican American living in a rural valley in Washington state.
1:13.4	She is a writer, artist, and the creator of the YouTube channel, The Cottage Fairy. She
1:18.9	creates meditative short films focused on slow living and bringing awareness to the beauty of
1:24.4	wild lands. Before we begin, I just want to let you know that we are launching our 2024 Artist of
1:30.1	Life workbook on October 18th. The Artist of Life workbook is our guided journal to help you
1:35.4	create your most intentional year in 2024 filled with so many exercises and journaling prompts,
1:41.0	so you can find it at shop.lavendera.com October 18th.
1:46.8	Hello, Paola. How are you doing? I'm doing very well today. Yeah, it's just a wonderful time
1:54.0	of year where, you know, it's not too cold, not too hot, so just settling into autumn very soon,
2:00.8	hopefully. Amazing. Okay, why don't we start today with your story? So, were you always into slow
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