Transform your gardening journey in just five minutes a day.

On today's You Can Heal Your Life podcast, enjoy an inspiring excerpt from The Five

Minute Gardner, the brand new audiobook by Gardnery Inc. founder, Nicole

Jonsie Burke. Discover how small, consistent habits, aligned with your personal goals and the natural

rhythm of the seasons, can bring meaningful growth and lasting joy. Whether you're planting,

tending, or harvesting, this episode offers practical tips to make gardening easy, rewarding, and

sustainable. Listen to the full audiobook free with a trial of Empower You Unlimited Audio at

at hayhouse.com slash empower you and start your journey today.

Introduction. All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. James Clear. When asked, most of us say we don't garden because we're not any good at it,

that we're born with a at it, that we're born

with a brown thumb, that we're too busy.

But we know, deep down, that with time we could learn to grow, at least a few plants.

The problem then is that in our current go, go, go lives, we just can't find the time to

start learning, or the endurance to keep a garden going.

Because what can you actually accomplish in just five minutes? More than you'd think. As I strive

to build new habits into my life, I've noticed that the hardest ones to maintain are the ones I

do on an irregular basis. Tasks I do once a week or once a month become

things I do once and never again. However, the tasks I do daily are the habits that stick,

going on a walk with my dogs every morning, grabbing some greens for a morning smoothie, making a cup of herbal

tea and stretching before bed. Tasks easily become part of my routine when I do them daily,

and when they only take a few minutes. Before long, these habits become second nature, such a big part

of the way I spend my time that they start

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