Life Lessons Learned From Plants

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Life provides countless opportunities each day to practice self-awareness and reflection. For some of us, such introspection happens when we exercise or meditate. For others, it naturally occurs when we're in touch with nature. Today I speak with author Marcus Bridgewater, also known as the uber-popular Garden Marcus on social media. Marcus argues that nurturing plants also helps us grow as people, and so he's on the show to divulge 5 life lessons he's learned that are rooted in his time in his garden. Here's a preview of the life lessons discussed today: [4:30] You can't make anyone flourish, but you can nurture an environment conducive to flourishing. Here's how [6:30] The importance of patience, awareness, and self-observation in the garden and in life [11:30] Repotting: Giving yourself room to grow as a means of maximizing potential [17:15] Sharing the fruits of your success with others for the benefit of both your community and yourself [20:00] How to foster an environment conducive to your personal growth Resources mentioned: How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself Garden Marcus on TikTok and Instagram * Join our (free!) community here. * Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. * Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. 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	Well, hello and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to
0:04.5	episode 276 of Sustainable Minimalists, a twice-weekly show about intentional
0:10.4	and eco-minimalist living. On today's show we are discussing life lessons learned in the
0:16.8	garden. Now for the non-gardeners out there I know what you're thinking you are thinking
0:21.6	oh heck no this is not the show for me I am not
0:24.9	interested in a show about gardening well I have to say right off the bat this is not an
0:30.3	episode about gardening it is a conversation about living and more specifically
0:35.7	it's a conversation about living well. So stay with me. There is something for everyone today
0:41.7	and that's because every moment of every day
0:44.2	offers the opportunity for reflection and introspection
0:48.4	and learning.
0:50.6	Today I am speaking with author and motivational speaker Marcus Bridgewater, aka the super popular Garden Marcus on social media.
1:00.0	Marcus has a new book out. It dropped last week it is called How to Grow
1:05.1	Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Your Self, and he's on the show today to offer up the life
1:10.3	wisdom not the gardening wisdom not the how to grow a
1:14.1	basil plant. No, no, no. He's offering up the life wisdom
1:17.4	he has accumulated while caring for his nearly 700 plants.
1:23.4	Marcus, I'm so thrilled to have you on the show.
1:25.9	Tell us for anybody who's not yet acquainted with you,
1:29.9	who you are, what do you do and just for fun,
1:33.0	tell us one fact about you that you do not traditionally
1:37.2	share on social media.
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