Modern Distractions

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We are taught from an early age that contentment is found in possessions. But lasting peace comes from within, and meditation is a powerful (and free!) way to find what so many of us seek. Yet thanks to All. The. Distractions, modern life has engineered out opportunities to go inward. And at the same time? Meditation has never been more needed or necessary. On today's show, a conversation with Brett Koon about the #1 way to boost happiness, reduce stress, hop off the consumerist bandwagon for good and - most importantly - find out who you really are. Here's a preview: [7:00] Happiness isn't in stuff, and life isn't a scavenger hunt to amass 'things' [10:30] Feelings are just thoughts with lag time (and they aren't the real YOU!) [14:00] The separation of awareness and mind takes time. Enter modern distractions [26:00] Is the solution to climate anxiety as simple as surrendering? [33:00] Common meditation myths debunked, plus: quick wins for getting started Resources mentioned: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (by Eckhart Tolle) A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (by Eckhart Tolle) This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
0:06.4	sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds
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1:00.9	Well, hello my friends and welcome back.
1:05.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 426 of sustainable
1:10.5	minimalist.
1:11.5	This is a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:16.9	On today's show, we're discussing the ways in which a routine meditation practice fits into our life of intention.
1:26.2	Now I want to say at the outset, this is a different type of episode than normal.
1:30.8	It's deeply spiritual in nature, it's not religious. I want to be clear about that. And specifically, this episode seeks to drill down the number one free, as in cost no money way to help us come back to ourselves in a world
1:48.7	in which we are distracted and which we are pulled away from ourselves and towards the next shiny, glitzy, shimmery
1:58.0	thing at every turn.
2:00.7	And so if you hate this episode, the good news is we'll be back next week with our regularly scheduled programming. If you love it, that's amazing. Let me know and we'll add more of such content into the rotation. Today I'm speaking with Brett Kuhn. Brett is a meditation
2:16.4	teacher and an inspirational speaker. Now before we get into the interview a
2:21.2	quick plug for Thursday's episode. On Thursday's episode we're discussing
2:26.8	New Year's resolutions, yes, but we're also talking about our annual January no spend reset it's not a challenge you don't have to
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