Charting A Rich Life

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Despite our massive financial and material gains, happiness in the US has been in a consistent state of decline since at least the 1940s. The research is clear: Materialism is toxic to human happiness. On today's show author Jeff Golden suggests practical ways to nourish in our lives the things that can help us live well (while simultaneously avoiding the hooks of money and stuff). Here's a preview: [5:30] We live amidst unimaginable wealth, yet we are unhappier than ever before. Here's why [10:00] Materialism is toxic to happiness, and not for the reasons you think [16:00] Exactly why you should choose your neighborhood wisely [22:00] Want to be happier? Don't put your effort into amassing stuff; put it here instead [30:00] Are we overly concerned about owning stuff so that we don't have to face our internal lacks? This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
0:06.4	sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds
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0:58.3	code 25 sustainable. Well, hello there, my friends and welcome back.
1:07.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 478 of sustainable Minimalists.
1:14.3	This is a listener supported show about intentional and eco-friendly living.
1:19.0	And on today's show, we are charting the path. Yes, we are. We're charting the path to a joyful life.
1:25.0	Everybody wants to be happy.
1:29.0	We chase happiness, don't we?
1:31.0	And we parents, we especially want happiness for our children, don't we? And yet, surveys find
1:39.2	over and over again that on average, we Americans are less happy, more depressed and anxious, and
1:46.9	lonelier than ever before. So what on earth is going on here? It's safe to say that the way in which we Americans
1:55.8	tend to pursue happiness, which of course is in the amassing of stuff, the fancy
2:00.9	handbags, the second homes, the boats, the new clothes, you name it.
2:05.7	Amassing the stuff isn't working.
2:08.9	That isn't it.
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