I'm Stephanie Safarian and this is episode 94.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.

Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and welcome back.

The concepts of minimalism and parenting might sound like polar opposites at first glance, right? Between all the stuff that kids need and

accumulate and all the appointments and extracurriculars and playdates and of course birthday parties, both a mother and a minimalist may seem

impossible but it isn't. On today's show I am speaking with Diane Bowden.

Diane is a mother of three and the host of the minimalist mom's podcast.

Diane is here to offer up what slow parenting looks like in her house, not what it looks like on

Instagram, but what it really looks like in real life. And what I love about Diane and

I's conversation today is that we hit the concrete things. We talk about the strategies

for the birthday parties, for example. But we also go a bit abstract in our conversation today

and we get into what it's like to raise children who value conversation today's

to raise children who value simplicity in a culture that glorifies

consumerism.

Now before we get right into today's interview just a quick heads up that if you think

you are hearing a cooing or a gurgling as Diane and I are talking you You're not going crazy. It is a baby and Diane is an

absolute super mom who is recording a podcast interview while holding and

cuddling with her one week old son. So the cooing is there, to have you on the podcast.

One of my favorite things in the world is to talk to fellow minimalists and mothers.

So thank you so much for coming on. How are you doing?

I'm doing well. I was telling you before we hit record that I have a week old so I'm just in the midst of chaos a little bit right now.

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