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Sustainable Minimalists

Fewer But Better Adult Friendships

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The global pandemic may have reduced the scope of your social circle. And while pandemics can indeed lead to isolation and loneliness, they may also usher in clarity about what—or in this case, who—is truly important. There are deep friendships and there are not-so-deep ones: are there benefits to intentionally nurturing fewer friendships while simultaneously giving your soul-level connections your best? On today’s show we apply the principles of minimalism to adult friendships with Lifestyle Optimization Coach Meredith Keith-Chirch. Meredith argues there... Read More Read More The post Fewer But Better Adult Friendships appeared first on Sustainable Minimalists. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0

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code 25 sustainable. Well, hello there and welcome back.

1:05.7

My name is Stephanie Safarian and you were listening to episode 201 of the Sustainable

1:11.2

Minimalist Podcast, a weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

1:17.2

On today's show, we're discussing how to apply the principles of minimalism to our friendships.

1:26.1

If you're like me a 14-month and counting pandemic may have likely changed or I should rather say reduced your social circle.

1:34.6

How can we take the lessons learned in quarantine

1:37.6

and apply a less is more philosophy

1:40.1

to our social life going forward? Why would we even want to? I'm posing these questions

1:46.5

and many more to my guest today. My guest is Meredith Keith Church. She is a lifestyle

1:52.2

optimization coach who's here to discuss all things related

1:56.4

to intentional adult friendships.

1:59.4

Before we get into today's interview, a quick note and a quick thank you to one of today's interview, a quick note, and a quick thank you to one of today's two episode

2:06.5

sponsors. Quince.

2:09.8

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