New York Times best-selling author and soon-to-be podcast host Greg McEwen shares with me today some of the

philosophies that he teaches in his well-known book Essentialism, a book that quite honestly

transformed my life. He talks about the art of saying

no, of really getting back to what matters most in life and how that can set you

free to live the life you were intended to live. He shares some fun examples of how

essentialism has guided him as a father and how he and his wife have seen their

family and children take on this mindset of essentialism and the great blessings and rewards that have come from doing so.

This is one of my all-time favorite episodes and if you enjoy it as much as I did,

be sure to check out Greg's brand new podcast that's linked in today's show notes too.

Okay, today I, this is such a treat for me. I have probably the number one author who I would have loved to have on this

podcast say yes to an interview on this podcast so I am thrilled and his name is

Greg McEwen did I say say that right? You did. Awesome. And he is the New York bestseller

author of the book Essentialism, which this really is going to sound so cliche, but it's not. It changed my life and my

dads and my husbands and so many other people who I love who I've insisted, you must read this book.

So I'm just absolutely thrilled to have him on the podcast today. And Greg, tell us what when you meet someone, what do you tell them you're all about?

Oh, normally when somebody says what I'm all about I'll just

talk to them about my wife Anna and our children. These are the these are the really

important people to me.

One of the big takeaways when I was writing essentialism,

I really only had two deep personal takeaways

from the experience of doing it.

And one was that those relationships aren't a little more important or even a lot more important they're just absurdly more important than the next most important activity in my life. And so that was really

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