“Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.” Leo Babauta Life is made up of cycles. You may have begun your journey into the world of minimalism full of inspiration and clear focus on the essentials…but you’ve likely hit a couple bumps along the way. It’s [read more]

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver Yes, minimalist living is a long-term project. There’s no getting out of the fact that you’re going to need to regularly renew your commitment to living simply. Not because you’re not committed [read more]

“Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit experience and the last effort of genius.” George Sand Have you been on the minimalist lifestyle path for a while now? Do you need a little boost of inspiration or recentering on the essentials? [read more]

“Simplicity means to choose ways of living that touch the Earth more lightly and that reduce our ecological footprint.” Duane Elgin One of the great things about choosing a holistic minimalist lifestyle is that, even if you’re not trying specifically to reduce your ecological footprint, you will! Reducing consumption in [read more]

Minimalism and simple living are definitely gaining speed as valid lifestyle choices (which, as you know, makes a whole of sense on so many levels given the context of today’s world!). Nevertheless, there are still a lot of people who dismiss it as yet another passing trend. Of course there [read more]

“Simplicity involves unburdening your life, and living more lightly with fewer distractions that interfere with a high quality life, as defined uniquely by each individual.” Linda Breen Pierce. In making the leap to a holistic minimalist lifestyle you may have to deal with a bit of backlash from people in [read more]

“I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.” Chaim Potok Let’s get one thing straight. Silence and nature immersion are good for everyone! While some people claim to be more comfortable in bustling, busy, [read more]

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this [read more]

“Get yourself grounded and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace.” Steve Goodier Grounding.That elusive feeling of being centered and in balance, no matter what whirlwind of activity or chaos is swirling around you. How do you cultivate groundedness in a world that seems be constantly picking up [read more]

“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”Leo Tolstoy Holistic minimalism mimics many principles we can find in the greater natural world. When you look at the way natural ecosystems organize themselves you can easily see how minimalism is [read more]

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie It may not be immediately obvious how gratitude and abundance connect to minimalism. [read more]

“A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.” Christopher K. Germer Guilt can be a very powerful emotion. When dealing with a major lifestyle change it’ very possible that if guilt is one of your go-to reactions, [read more]