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

episode 256 of sustainable minimalists, a twice-weekly show about intentional and

eco-minimalist living. On today's show we are continuing our limited series foray into

what's best in life is also free by discussing sleep. Now full disclosure here we are talking about mattresses

about what we should be looking for in our mattresses what we should not have in

our mattresses even we spend eight hours a day, give or take on our mattresses.

It is arguably one of the most important purchases we can make for our health. And yes, a mattress is an expensive purchase. So if you're

thinking to yourself, wait a minute, Stephanie, mattresses are not free. They're not

free. But quality sleep is one of the best things in life in my humble opinion.

And so if we can make some intentional purchases on the front end, that quality sleep,

that best thing in life can be fully enjoyed. I am speaking with Tim

Masters. Tim is the chief mattress maker at my Green Matress,

which is a company that sells organic latex matrices.

Tim has so much wisdom,

and he's gonna share it with us in our conversation today.

Tim, I'm so thrilled to talk to you today.

How are you?

Good, how are you and thank you for having them?

I'm great.

Thank you for asking.

I must say off the bat, I have known for a while that my mattress, my conventional

mattress, is not doing anything for my health and it's not doing anything for the planet, but it's an expensive purchase that I'm not necessarily dying to replace.

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