Well, hello and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to

episode 265 of sustainable minimalists, a twice-weekly show about

intentional and eco-minimalist living. On today's show we are discussing inner stillness and

simplicity as essential aspects of an intentional life. If you consider yourself a minimalist, you already know that when it comes to

possessions, when it comes to our external world, less is more and simpler is almost always better.

The same also goes for our internal selves,

our internal world, when we slow down,

when we remove the mental and emotional clutter and when we learn to just sit with what is instead of how we want things to be

that's when things start to change for us for the better. Now that is easier said

than done. I know firsthand it's easier said than done. Today I'm speaking with

Jesse Kanser.

Jesse is the author of the new book,

Don't just sit there, do nothing,

healing, chilling, and living with the Dowdaging.

Jesse argues that there's peace to be found

when we slow down and when we embrace stillness and so she's on the show to help us do just that.

Jesse, so excited to talk to you. How are you?

I'm great. Thank you so much Stephanie. Great to talk to you as well.

I always start my episodes the exact same way which is having you introduce yourself.

Please introduce yourself but also please tell us how did you find

yourself writing this book? Sure, so my name is Jesse Asia Kanser. I was born in the former Soviet Union, the country is Latvia now,

and my family left as refugees when I was just shy of eight years old and waiting in other countries, eventually getting

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