3683: 3 Ways Mindfulness Simplifies Life by Catherine Beard with SimplyFiercely on Cultivating True Inner Peace

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3683: Catherine Beard shares how mindfulness helped her move beyond the surface-level calm of minimalism to cultivate true inner peace. By living in the present, she’s learned to prioritize what matters, make more intuitive decisions, and feel deeply content with what she already has offering practical insight for anyone seeking simplicity on a deeper level. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.simplyfiercely.com/3-ways-mindfulness-simplifies-life/ Quotes to ponder: "Though my life looked calm and clutter-free on the outside, I was still overwhelmed and anxious on the inside." "Mindfulness helps me to clearly see what’s important." "I’ve become a lot more content with what I already have in my life." Episode references: Un-Fancy by Caroline Rector: https://www.un-fancy.com Marie Kondo (KonMari Method): https://konmari.com The Blissful Mind: https://theblissfulmind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily. Three Ways Mindfulness Simplifies Life by
0:06.9	Catherine Beard with Simplyfearsely.com, and I'm Justin Mollick. Happy Monday and welcome back to Optimal
0:12.5	Living Daily or the OLD podcast, where I read to you from some of the best blogs I can find
0:17.6	and get permission from, mostly covering personal development and minimalism on
0:21.5	this show. We cover a bunch of other topics in the Optimal Living Daily podcast network,
0:26.2	which includes four other shows. Definitely subscribe to those if you like this one. Just search
0:30.6	for optimal living daily to find them. For now, let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:40.3	Three ways mindful. For now, let's get right to it and start optimizing your life. Three Ways Mindfulness Simplifies Life by catherine Beard with Simplyfiercely.com.
0:47.1	A few years ago, I felt massively overwhelmed with life.
0:50.8	Though nothing particularly overwhelming was going on,
0:53.9	I felt like there was something weighing
0:55.3	me down. The days seemed to merge into each other when I was going through the motions of my daily
1:00.1	routine without even noticing what I was doing. As I searched endlessly on the internet for ways to
1:05.6	make myself feel calmer, I came across the likes of Marie Condo, Light by Coco, and Caroline Rector of Unfancy.com.
1:13.9	All three of these ladies has something in common. They spoke of how minimalism and downsizing
1:18.6	can greatly improve your life. Though it was never the type of person to hold on to sentimental stuff,
1:25.1	I had clothes in my closet that still had the tags on them because I told
1:28.7	myself I might wear them someday. I had moved around a few times in the previous years and only realized
1:34.7	how much stuff I owned when it came time to pack everything up. Once I learned about minimalism,
1:40.1	I was convinced that downsizing would be the answer to all of my problems. After all, maybe the
1:45.7	clutter around me was weighing me down. I immediately started to declutter everything. I pared down
1:52.2	my belongings and embraced a capsule wardrobe. I dubbed 2015 the year of less, and I felt great about
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