Our journeys to a simpler, more intentional life can be influenced by many things - including books, podcasts, our faith, other thought traditions, and more.

Today I have the pleasure of speaking to my friend Diane Boden from the top-rated podcast, Minimalist Moms, where she spreads her ideas and interviews in regards to living a life in the pursuit of less.

For more than a decade, Diane’s goal has been simple to think more and do with less. Her journey has incorporated aspects of her Christian faith, as well as nature, Stoicism, Buddhism, and other faith traditions and philosophies to help her live a more intentional life.

We talk about our guilty pleasure Love Is Blind, as well as the importance of discomfort and boredom, as well as the values we’ve imparted onto our children due to a simpler, more minimal lifestyle.

Diane has been featured on other popular podcasts: The Spillover with Alex Clark, The Mom Hour, Find the Magic, With Intention, and many others. She has also been featured in Simplify Magazine in March 2023. Her first book Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity released in March 2021. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and three children.

Resources Mentioned (NOTE: affiliate links may be included):

Connect with Diane on her website, her podcast, or Instagram

Diane’s book: Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity

There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather by Linda Åkeson McGurk

Reconnected by Carlos Whittaker

The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

Awareness by Anthony De Mello

Related Episodes:

Episode 44: 8 Important Values Decluttering Teaches Our Kids

Episode 128: How a Personal Inventory Can Help You Calm the Chaos and Live More Intentionally - with Kari Davis from The Well - Health and Wholeness Podcast

Episode 130: Make Minimalism Your Own with Desirae Endres from Minimal-ish

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