Hey everyone, welcome back to the Power Outer podcast. It is so good to be back after a season break with a brand new series and a whole host of incredible guests. Today we're kicking off with Chris Lovett, the author of Discovery of Less, how I found everything I wanted under everything I

owned. We're going to be talking about minimalist living, simplicity and the attitude and the

mindset of how living with less can really help us to live more. I really enjoyed this conversation.

I'm certainly not going to say that I live a minimalist

lifestyle. I don't. I admit. I confess that I love to consume. I do. I love to shop. I love things.

But I also love the attitude, the philosophy, the approach to really thinking about living

intentionally less busyness, less stress,

less commitments, less to-dos and more freedom, more time, more adventure and more life.

So let's dive into this week's conversation with Chris Lovett.

Welcome to The Power Hour. I'm Adrienne Herbert, wellness coach, international speaker and

author. Each week I speak to a variety of guests from business founders to Olympic athletes, leading

coaches, change makers and innovators to find out their daily habits, their rules to live by

and what motivates them to get

up out of bed each day. Personally, I am on a mission to encourage, motivate and inspire,

so I hope that the Power Hour will help you to achieve your personal and professional goals.

Chris Love It. Welcome to the Power Hour podcast. Thank you so much for joining us.

Oh, it's my pleasure, Adrienne. It's lovely to be here.

Really looking forward to this conversation. I think it is very timely, but certainly is for me.

And today, we are going to talk about minimalism, simplicity simplicity and how living with less can in fact allow us to live more.

So before we dive into all of that, Chris, could you kick it off by telling us, firstly, do you consider yourself a minimalist and what is your definition of minimalism?

I do consider myself a minimalist, yeah, self-proclaimed, I suppose.

But minimalism to me is almost a little bit like voluntarily simplifying.

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