Hi, Elise Loonon here. I'm the co-host with Gwyneth of the Goop Podcast. I'm pumped for you guys to hear from my guests today. The very wise Kim John Payne.

First though, I want to say a quick thank you to the team at Serovsky, who we partnered up with to bring you today's episode.

We did a really fun editorial piece with Serovsky a few weeks ago. It revolved around their new Mother's Day collection.

We featured a few first time moms for the story and shared some favorite pieces from the new Serovsky collection.

The collection itself includes stockable ring sets, oversized studs, and a pendant necklace in the shape of a bursting sun.

And yes, there is just as much sparkle everywhere as you'd want from Serovsky. To check out their Mother's Day collection, visit a local Serovsky store or head to Serovsky.com.

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I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers, and seekers, here to start conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power to change the way we see the world.

Today is no exception, I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary guest.

All right, over to Elise.

Kim John Payne's work focuses on the feeling of overwhelm that a lot of us walk around with today.

The sense that we can't keep up with the pace of our own lives, which is definitely a sentiment I can relate to.

As an educator, school consultant and family counselor, Kim looks for ways that we can build deep connections with our children, which he writes about in his book, Simplicity Parenting, using the extraordinary power of less to raise calmer, happier, and more secure kids.

And today, Kim is sharing practical strategies and tools that can help us all bring more resiliency and joy to our lives.

Sometimes people, I feel misunderstand having balance in family life, simplicity by saying, oh, that's so nice, but that's not the way the world is.

It actually is not only the way the world is, it's the way the world is going to be, and if we want to have our kids be able to cope with that, we need to give them space to actually cultivate those skills.

And they won't cultivate those skills if they're always in superstructure activity.

Let's cut to my chat with Kim John Payne.

Thanks so much for being here. I have to say it's a little, I feel a little naked in front of you as a parent, because of, I think about my own house and the abundance of stuff, and the well-being of my kids.

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