Let It Be

Brooke is just home from an amazing Canadian adventure with her family and is ready to hit the road again soon - this time for much longer. Kelly, on the other hand, talks about the challenge of leaving behind her daily routines when travelling and why she gets the most out of a trip when she's prepared ahead of time.

Both Kelly and Brooke love travel and the opportunities it brings, so it's interesting to hear their different perspectives, particularly when they end up with a very similar philosophy - that of slow travel.

They also talk about the benefits of travelling like a local, avoiding the historical site burnout of constant touring, and why they both love setting up a home base and exploring a region in-depth rather than being on the move every day or two.

This is definitely a lighter look at letting it be, and one that just might get the wanderlust burning!

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Kelly starts this week's episode with a gorgeous poem by Portia Nelson and the girls dive right in to a conversation about what it means to be honest with ourselves.   As usual, they go deep, never knowing entirely where they will end up. In this show they talk about the stories they tell themselves (about themselves) and how they both need to balance their self-awareness with a big dose of chill - because constant existential angst is tiring!    Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

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Both Kelly and Brooke have big problems with the notion of living a 'balanced' life, as it adds several layers of stress and expectation to lives that already feel full to the brim with 'shoulds' and 'have to's'.    Plus, as Kelly talks about, trying to find a work/life balance forces us to compartmentalise our lives - and it's incredibly tough to live intentionally when we're too distracted trying to keep the weight balanced evenly across all segments of our lives.   Brooke is a big proponent of the idea of tilting rather than balancing, and she talks about how she applies it to her daily life, and how tilting stops the feeling of overwhelm.   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

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As a society, we are obsessed with the idea of finding happiness. In today's show Kelly and Brooke talk about what they see when they envisage happiness, and whether it's possible or desirable to aim for that level of face-splitting joy every day.    They also talk about the difference between contentment and happiness, and how their views on both of those things has changed as they've gotten older (and wiser? Maybe?)    Kelly also works through a list of 10 specific behaviours that attribute directly to our happiness, and it's interesting to see the different perspectives Kelly and Brooke bring to this list:   

• Let go of the need for specific outcomes
• Define your own success and happiness
• Commit 100% to the things that make you happy
• Be grateful for what you already have
• Say "I love you" more
• Have hobbies directed toward your dreams
• Dont wait til tomorrow for what you can do today
• Do something every day that terrifies you
• Put the important before the urgent
• Forgo the good to pursue the best

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Brooke and Kelly have lived mostly comfortable lives, relatively speaking. But they have both also grappled with uncomfortable situations, realisations and periods in time. But we so often go to great lengths in order to avoid discomfort, so in today's episode we ask why.

Why do we avoid discomfort? Or DO we avoid it? Brooke tends to run into the unknown while Kel likes understanding what's ahead, but does this carefree/cautious approach apply to when things feel hard too?

The girls also discuss whether our modern fixation with comfort and convenience is costing us opportunities for growth and learning.

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If Brooke is asked one question more than any other, it's this: "How does living a simple life actually simplify life? It looks a lot like hard work!"

In today's show, Brooke and Kelly look at this idea of simple, slow living and the reality of it, as opposed to the #simpleliving we see on social media. They talk about the importance of understanding why we want to slow down and the values we want to live by as a result, as well as offering some super practical ways to simplify life that don't involved farms or chickens or colour co-ordinated neutrals.

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A listener tweeted in a few weeks ago and asked us about the "facade of being OK" and why we all struggle so much with the notion of coping, or rather, Not Coping.

After both experiencing post-natal depression, the idea of just coping was central to both Kelly and Brooke making it through each day, but it also kept them trapped in this cycle of needing to have it all together for fear of looking like a failure.

Today's episode really dives in to what coping means to them and why it's a difficult behaviour to change. Brooke and Kelly are both copers and talk about where that mechanism stemmed from, how it serves them, and importantly, how it doesn't serve them. They also talk about the fear and ego tied up in admitting we're not OK, and the permission to actually be just OK.

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What does it actually mean to "have it all"? And why are we almost killing ourselves to try and achieve it?

Brooke and Kelly look closely at a recent post on the modern idea of "having it all" and it turns out it hits a little too close to home.

Why are we killing ourselves to try and achieve this "all"? And what does it look like anyway? The girls look at how to extricate ourselves from the harmful ideal of a successful life and the ways in which they both appear to have it all, versus the reality.

Kelly particularly goes deep into what it actually takes to maintain her work, family and home life and why it's not all it's cracked up to be.

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This episode could not be any more perfect for Brooke (unless it was about the Walking Dead). In this show, Kelly and Brooke take a good look at clutter and their relationship to stuff.

Why do we accumulate stuff at such a rate? How can we learn to let go? Do we, in fact, want to let go?

It's a thoroughly modern problem to own too much stuff, but it's one so many of us face. Today Brooke and Kelly both talk about their thoughts on stuff and clutter, as well as some really practical suggestions for how to best start dealing with it, letting go and getting free.

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Ignorance is bliss - or so they say. But what happens when we realise we've actually been the ignorant ones? When we see we've been making judgements and assumptions about people when we have no right to?   In today's show Brooke talks about her realisation that being a judgemental person had cost her happiness, friendships and connection. She also talks about how advice from her mum has helped turn it around.   On the flip side, Kelly and Brooke also talk about how quick we are to feel judged, when in fact we're simply facing a difference of opinions.   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

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