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.