“Values help unravel problems and tricky situations. You look at things differently when you look at them through the lens of your values.”

“It’s not until you bring people together that change actually happens.”

Since returning to Australia and moving in to a new home, we've found there's a lot of curiosity about our stuff. Or more specifically, whether we've accumulated a lot of it since settling down.

“It’s much better to have five minutes of discomfort by saying no, than having months of resentment.”

“If we really want to change the world, we need to slow down.”

Katie Patrick

Is there a link between the rise in consumerism, the endless advertising messages and the increase in body image issues? Kali Gray believes the answer is a resounding yes.

“What’s right about you? What’s working well? Where are you whole? What does feel good? Let’s start to amplify that rather than marketing to your pain points.”

Meg Berryman

Erin Rhoads is a low-waste living genius and drops all kinds of knowledge nugs on us in this episode.

“My definition of balance has failure in it.”

Jacki Carr

In the last hostful of 2019, Ben and I look back over what has been a massively transformative year for both of us.

Can you live slow if you’re someone who enjoys being busy? What if you’re a Type A, go-getter? Or someone who prides themselves on setting goals and kicking them every single time?

If you’ve ever tried to reduce your food waste or cut back on plastic and found yourself overwhelmed and frustrated at the lack of realistic low-waste options – this episode is for you.

For anyone who has ever found themselves wondering how to establish stronger boundaries or how to more evenly weight the scales across all their values.

Lauren is in her mid-twenties and wants to know whether slow living can apply to someone her age? Or is burnout a rite of passage?

When we look around and see the myriad environmental crises facing the world it can be easy to slip in to despair, as we wonder, “What difference can I make? I’m only one person.”

Nancy recently moved from the UK to Kuala Lumpur with her family, and is afraid that her introversion, combined with her desire to live a ‘slow life’ is holding her back from making friends.

Kate Mildenhall wants to know whether slow living and some of its adjacent elements – mindfulness, self-care, increased peace and patience – can actually rob us of ambition.

“On your slow journey don’t forget to give yourself permission to fail.”

Ben

“The wisdom we need now is buried in history.”

Beth Kempton

One of the best ways we as individuals can reduce our carbon footprint is to stop supporting the producers of fast fashion and start buying second-hand clothes.