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Podcast Ep. 517 | Bad Thoughts

✇The Minimalists
The Minimalists
2025年12月8日 21:00

The Minimalists speak with Judah Smith about how other people’s perception of us can be upsetting, the biggest things that send people into a mental spiral, advice for minimizing when you’re stressed out, and much more.

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Discussed in This Episode

  • Should I read my mother’s diary after she dies?
  • What sends you into a mental spiral?
  • Right Here, Right Now: The Minimalist’s new TEDx Talk, “Scrolling Is the New Smoking,” is live!
  • Listener Tip: Clearing the external clutter often helps with the mental clutter.
  • What does it take to recognize enough and walk away from the rest?
  • Where’s the line difference between “body positivity” and thickheaded delusion?
  • How do you deal with people who possess contrary political, religious, and ideological beliefs?
  • How do you minimize when you’re stressed and under pressure?
  • Talkaboutable: No matter how hard you try, you cannot buy happiness for your child.
  • Added Value: A Christmas classic.

Minimal Maxims

Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.

  • No one has the power to upset you, unless you give them the keys to your heart.
  • Stillness isn’t optional—it’s oxygen.
  • To worry is to pray for something bad to happen.
  • To accept the things you can change is a recipe for dissatisfaction.
  • Every opinion is an opportunity to let go.
  • The first step in letting go is to loosen your grip.

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5 Sneaky Ways Stores Get You to Spend Money on Stuff You Don’t Need

✇The Minimalists
The Minimalists
2025年12月3日 22:00

The Minimalists discuss sneaky tricks retail stores use to get people to spend money.

What’s the last purchase you made that you didn’t need? Let us know in the YouTube comments.

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Podcast Ep. 516 | Hoarder Moms

✇The Minimalists
The Minimalists
2025年12月1日 21:00

The Minimalists talk about being overwhelmed by other people’s clutter, dealing with hoarder family members, why a pound of experiences is worth more than a pound of Christmas gifts, five sneaky ways stores get you to spend money on stuff you don’t need, and much more.

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Discussed in This Episode

  • Why are T.K. and Joshua opening fortune cookies on the podcast?
  • How can I deal with my hoarder mom’s cluttered house?
  • Who’s the biggest hoarder in your family?
  • Right Here, Right Now: the 30-Day Minimalism Game, Sunday Symposium, and Zoom calls with The Minimalists
  • Listener Tip: Getting into the school spirit.
  • When is discipline helpful for decluttering, and when does it get in the way?
  • Why do people buy so many gifts that their loved ones don’t actually enjoy?
  • Talkaboutable: You have been tricked into consumerism by Starbucks.
  • Talkaboutable: A pound of experiences is worth more than a pound of Christmas gifts.
  • Sucky Ad: YouTube started putting ads on our videos…
  • Obsolete Object: Tossing our fancy bed set.
  • More About Less:  Sneaky Ways Stores Get You to Spend More Money on Stuff You Don’t Need.
  • Added Value: “Last Christmas”

Minimal Maxims

Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.

  • If the cost of admission is misery, the price is too high.
  • It’s not what you notice—it’s what you do with what you notice.
  • Discipline flows through your boundaries.
  • Obligation is the most ambitious partypooper.
  • A pound of experiences is worth more than a pound of Christmas gifts.

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Silence

✇The Minimalists
T.K. Coleman
2025年11月28日 22:00

By T.K. Coleman

I recently attended a silent retreat at a monastery.

At one point, while sitting outside in meditation, I saw a beautiful image hanging on the wall of a chapel. My immediate thought was: I should take a picture of that and share it on social media.

As I reached for my phone, I paused and asked myself:

“Do I ignore my phone and continue to bask in the richness of this silence?”

Or…

“Do I get online and make some noise about the richness of this silence?”

I ignored the phone and returned to the silence.

I grew up on, “Dance like no one is watching.”

Now I navigate a world that says, “Hey kid…you gotta dance! Everyone is watching!”

Each one contains a kind of truth.

When we unplug from the commotion of crowds, we discover the moves and grooves of the soul. We learn to dance to the rhythms of our true self.

When we reach out and connect with others, we master the steps that only a community can teach. We learn to move in harmony with the world.

Silence is like a dance with yourself; connection is like a dance with others—and both are beautiful.

The beauty isn’t found in renouncing one or the other—it’s in knowing when to join each dance.

Without silence, we lose ourselves.

Without connection, we lose each other.

It’s a delicate dance.

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Podcast Ep. 515 | Holiday Shopping Season

✇The Minimalists
The Minimalists
2025年11月24日 21:00

The Minimalists talk about celebrating the holidays without consumerism, our craziest Black Friday stories, the willingness to walk away from anything, six often-overlooked spaces in your home to declutter right now, and much more.

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Discussed in This Episode

  • How does a minimalist enjoy the holidays without falling into the trap of consumerism?
  • What’s your craziest Black Friday story?
  • Right Here, Right Now: Sunday Symposium and the Gift of Less.
  • Listener Tip: The willingness to walk away.
  • What does the perfect minimalist home office look like?
  • Sucky Ad: How are sponsorships different from advertisements?
  • How can I stay minimal with my holiday decor when my family wants otherwise?
  • Talkaboutable: Every time I walk into my house, this is the decluttering energy I’m on.
  • Talkaboutable: Did you know that Charlie Sheen is a minimalist now?
  • Amass It or Trash It: Getting rid of holiday decorations.
  • More About Less: 6 Often-Overlooked Spaces in Your Home To Declutter Right Now
  • Added Value: Let’s gift wrap this episode with a little snow.

Minimal Maxims

Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.

  • Gift-giving is not a love language any more than Pig Latin is a Romance language.
  • When Santa Claus turned corporate, the holiday season metamorphosed into the holiday shopping season.
  • Sale price is a fool’s price.
  • The best position is the next position.
  • A minimalist workspace is shaped by space as much as it is shaped by work.

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Monthly Zoom Calls with The Minimalists

✇The Minimalists
The Minimalists
2025年11月16日 21:00

By The Minimalists

Mark your calendar! Our next Friday Afternoon Minimalist Zoom will be December 5 at 3 PM ET.

Everyone who attends will have the opportunity to interact face-to-face with Joshua, Ryan, and T.K., so bring your questions, comments, and tear-jerker decluttering stories (if you prefer not to interact, you can turn off your camera and watch silently).

These monthly FAMZ calls take place on the first Friday of every month and are available to anyone who subscribes to our Audio+ tier on Patreon. Patrons will receive a Zoom link via email one hour before the call.

While we prefer you join us live so that you can participate in the conversation, we record each FAMZ session and make it available for folks who can’t watch live.

See you soon!

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Half-Empty

✇The Minimalists
T.K. Coleman
2025年11月14日 22:00

By T.K. Coleman

A boy comes home from his first philosophy class.
He asks his mom: “Is the glass half empty or half full?”
She smiles. “It depends. Are you drinking, or are you pouring?”

The condition of the glass is framed by the intention of the observer.

Half-empty isn’t always lack. Sometimes it’s an invitation to awareness.

A half-empty glass can mean…

You’ve already made progress.
There’s still work to be done.
You’re in the middle of the story.
It’s time to decide whether to savor or refill.
You’ve shared part of what you had.
You still have something left to give.
The moment isn’t finished yet.

Emptiness—and fullness—are in the eye of the beholder.

The important thing isn’t how you name it, but what you do with it.

What are your half-empty glasses telling you?

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