Becoming the "Gentle You" is Real Self-Care, Not a Quick Fix | Courtney Carver (EP)
Clear Intentions with Diane Boden
Diane Boden
4.8 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, author, Courtney Carver and I dive into a question that feels more urgent than ever: When was the last time you gave yourself permission to pause, rest, and truly reset? In a world that tells us happiness and success come from doing more and pushing harder, many of us are left feeling like we’re never enough. But what if there’s another way? Today, we’ll explore the transformative wisdom of Courtney's new book, Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want. Courtney’s message is simple yet profound: by embracing rest, releasing what weighs us down, and redefining success, we can step into the life we truly desire—with less overwhelm and more ease.
Links Discussed in This Episode |
- Diane's Resource: Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
- Connect with Courtney:
- Book: Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less and Live the Life You Actually Want
- Website
About Courtney |
Courtney Carver is the founder and creator of bemorewithless.com and The Simplicity Space, a membership community supporting and celebrating people as they simplify their lives. She co-hosts the Soul & Wit podcast with her daughter, Bailey, and is the bestselling author of Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More and Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More. She has been featured by Good Morning America, the New York Times, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She lives with her husband in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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| 0:00.0 | I often see cracks in this kind of all or nothing mentality because life has shown us that all or |
| 0:09.1 | nothing is really, you're just setting yourself up for failure. Why are we managing so much? |
| 0:14.4 | And are we doing it effectively? And wouldn't it be better? Couldn't it be better if we were |
| 0:20.6 | managing fewer things? What is that |
| 0:23.8 | anxiety that we're running around with in terms of trying to keep it all together and never |
| 0:30.7 | taking time for ourselves doing to our kids? It's really setting this example of like when you |
| 0:36.9 | grow up, you better go for it too. |
| 0:40.1 | And you're going to be exhausted all the time. |
| 0:42.9 | But it doesn't matter. |
| 0:44.4 | That's just what moms do. |
| 0:45.7 | We don't want to go to bed. |
| 0:46.9 | Like we're rebelling against our childhood bedtimes or something. |
| 0:53.3 | And really, we just always tell ourselves that we could get one more |
| 0:57.6 | thing done. Breaking news is breaking us. It's everywhere. It's on TV. It's on Instagram. It's everywhere you |
| 1:08.7 | look, unless you're really being boundaryed around it. |
| 1:12.2 | I just don't want everybody's thoughts before I have my own. |
| 1:17.3 | Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. |
| 1:20.3 | In today's episode, author Courtney Carver and I dive into a question that feels more urgent than ever. |
| 1:26.2 | When was the last time you gave yourself permission |
| 1:28.4 | to pause, rest, and truly reset? In a world that tells us happiness and success come from |
| 1:34.5 | doing more and pushing harder, many of us are left feeling like we're never enough. But what if |
| 1:39.1 | there's another way? Today we'll explore the transformative wisdom of Courtney's new book, |
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