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Kendra and Tsh chat about what to expect here on The Simple Show in 2018… In short, let’s change the definition of simple, shall we? Woot!

We’ve been talking about “simple living” around here for ages. And that’s all good. But now, we’re ready to talk about other stuff. We’re gonna hold on to the tried-and-true definition of simple: easy to understand.

We’re stoked for what’s in store!

Links From This Episode

• The Simple Show on Instagram
• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Enneagram
• Ink + Volt Planner
• Kendra's definition of self-care
• Lisa Congdon's game-changing post
• Deep Work, by Cal Newport
• Alias Grace (update: I finished it. It's good, but... it gets disturbing near the end.)
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

To ring in the new year, we’re gonna talk about… goals. So original, I know, but don’t change the channel just yet.

Erin and I talk about whether we’re even into goals—and if we are, how we think about them differently so that they’re useful and not ridiculous dogma we’re “supposed” to care about (especially this time of year).

This was a fun conversation, and Erin had some good insight I hadn’t thought of before… Spoiler alert: we don’t know what we’ll care about in 12 months. (That should give you an idea of what we think about resolutions.)

Plus, a chat with my new friend Sara about what it means to live in the unseen parts of our lives, instead of the instagram-able highlight reel.

Links From This Episode:

• Follow The Simple Show on Instagram
• Erin’s blog, Design for Mankind
• Erin on Instagram and Twitter
• Tsh (me) on Instagram and Twitter
• Reflect on your last year; prepare for your new year
• Whole 30
• 5-year journal
• Kaizen
• Sara Hagerty
• Sara’s book, Unseen
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

And get ready… Like Your Life opens tomorrow! In this self-paced class, we talk about finally understanding your real vocation (hint: it’s not just your job), the healthy, useful way to set 90-day SMART goals, and more. It’s a great way to focus on what really matters, especially in the new year.

Head here and sign up to be notified the minute doors open (space is limited), and I’ll also send you a secret coupon code.

Wrapping up our series on What's Saving Our Lives right now... In this episode, Stephanie and I chat fireplaces, yoga, smoothies, makeup, and more. She's sick, and she's in the midst of a snowstorm, so our connection wasn't 100%. But what's the holidays without a little flu-blizzard combo?

Links From This Episode:

• Follow The Simple Show on Instagram
• Stephanie on Instagram
• Tsh on Twitter and Instagram
• Designated Survivor, This Is Us, The Crown
• 321 smoothies
• Ep. 96: Exercise
• Eyebrow pencil
• Mineral Fusion makeup
• They Both Die at the End, by Adam Silvera
• Also Elsewhere, Tell Me Three Things, The War That Saved My Life, The Alchemyst + series
• Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, by Jonathan Auxier
• Ep. 74: Capsule Wardrobes
• Catch the other two What's Saving My Life episodes, here and here
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here!

Continuing on our series called What's Saving My Life, this time I'm chatting with Haley, and we talk drugs, jeans, TV binges, audiobooks, not doing something, and a fun little find on Etsy.

Links From This Episode:

• Follow The Simple Show on Instagram
• Haleys blog, Carrots for Michaelmas
• Haley on Instagram and Twitter
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Boyfriend jeans
• Stasia's Style School
• Broadchurch
• The Crown
• Harry Potter on audiobook
• Tuesdays at the Castle
• Juniper & White's return address stamp
• Cranberry Old-Fashioned
• Simple homemade hot chocolate
• Be sure to check out our Gift Guide
• Shopping on Amazon? Head here first.
• What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here!

With the holidays in full swing and with only a few weeks left of the year, we thought we'd end 2017 with a fun, short series: What's Saving My Life! We'll share the things—big and small—that are making our lives better, happier, and well, more life-giving.

First up is Tsh with Kendra, where they talk about deep, significant issues like skin, hair, sounds, smells, books, and bread.

Links:

• The Simple Show on Instagram
• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Higlow life
• Some Call Me Crunchy skincare goods
• The oil-cleansing method: a 101
• Pixie cut de-mulleting razor
• How to Bake Bread, by Paul Hollywood
• Plant Therapy's essential oil Christmas blends
• The Lunar Chronicles
• Annie Raser-Rowland's book, Frugal Hedonism
• For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here

Well, it’s officially the holiday season—American Thanksgiving was last week, Advent starts a week from this Sunday, and Christmas comes along soon after. How to enjoy it all without spiraling into overwhelm?

That’s the topic of this week’s episode. Stephanie and Tsh share how they do the holidays in their own homes—both do their best to keep things simple, but they do things pretty differently. They talk about gift-giving, card-sending (or not), easing into decor vs. doing it all at once, how to honor Advent without going nuts, and more.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Let’s keep it that way without feeling the need to do All The Things.

Links from This Episode:

• Follow The Simple Show on Instagram
• Stephanie on Instagram
• Tsh on Twitter and Instagram
• All things Advent and Christmas prep here on AoS
• Episode 49: Guilt-free Holidays
• Episode 51: Christmas on the Road
• World Market
• Why Do We Call it Christmas?
• Mike and Anne Howard: HoneyTrek and their Ultimate Journeys for Two
• Also, check out our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide!

In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, this week’s episode is on… not spending money. It’s perfectly fine to spend money when it’s good to do so—but how often do we ask whether it’s needed?

Haley is big on something called “buy nothing” groups, Tsh is a fan of thrift stores, and they both have still other ideas in between. What does it mean to live frugally? When is it a healthy, common sense, for-the-common-good practice, and when does it become a burden and a dogma?

In this chat, they talk about how they incorporate a frugal spirit into our daily choices while steering clear of curmudgeon-ery. Don’t worry, there’s no guilt trip here—but there is encouragement to not assume every thing is worth shelling out hard cash for.

It’s good for all of us to remember this, right before the holidays.

p.s. - Before heading out with gusto on Black Friday, consider checking out our Ethical Shopping Guide, and be on the lookout for our annual Ethical Holiday Gift Guide—coming soon!

Links From This Episode:

• Follow The Simple Show on Instagram
• Haleys blog, Carrots for Michaelmas
• Haley on Instagram and Twitter
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Buy Nothing Groups
• The thrift store can be your (nearly free) storage unit
• 3 questions I ask before buying something
• Beauty in what remains

....and also, never miss an episode by getting Tsh's weekly email, 5 Quick Things! She shares whatever they've created the previous week (like Simple Show episodes), plus other goodness you might enjoy. (You can read it in under a minute, pinky-swear.)

Tsh chats with Jonathan Fields of the Good Life Project about their favorite episodes on each other's podcasts!

Feast on these shows @ www.Wondery.com/Thanksgiving  

Simple Show Binge:

• The Popcast - Ep 181: Misheard Song Lyrics
• Good Life Project - Ep: To Read Emotion, Don’t Look, Listen
• How I Built This - Ep: Airbnb: Joe Gebbia
• The Liturgists - Ep 34: Black & White in America
• The Next Right Thing - Ep 11: Wear Better Pants

Good Life Project Binge:

• How I Built This - Patagonia: Yvon Chouinard
• The Tim Ferriss Show - Debbie Millman
• Dirty John - All Episodes
• On Being - Atul Gawande
• Design Matters - Elle Luna Episode

Maybe this is you… It’s hard for you to admit the natural shifts in life because it means needing to quit something—and quitting feels like failure. (Spoiler alert: It’s not.)

Or maybe once you decide to end something so you can move on to something new, you just want it to happen already. Quitting the old and starting the new feels really good. “Why hasn’t it already happened?”

Here, we’re talking about the why—why it’s okay to move on from things. Even good things.

Tsh loves to quit things. And at first, Kendra thinks she’s bad at quitting. But by the end of this episode, she admits that maybe she’s not so bad at this after all.

Links From This Episode:

• The Simple Show on Instagram
• Kendra’s blog + podcast, The Lazy Genius Collective
• Kendra on Instagram
• Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
• Ep. 40: Knowing When to Quit
• Ep. 87: Quitting Can Be Good
• Enneagram
• The Next Right Thing episode, Make The Most Important List
• Like Your Life, Tsh's course created to help you Figure Things Out
• The Lazy Genius Podcast #35: The Holiday Game Plan
• Deep Work, by Cal Newport
• On partial solutions
• Say goodbye with a bridge
• Jack Johnson (But I’ve since changed my answer to Lord Huron)
• Stacy Lantz
• Kendra on Spotify
• Tsh on Spotify
• Get Aaptiv free for 30 days by heading here and using the code THEARTOFSIMPLE
• Get Skillshare free for a month by heading here and using the code SIMPLE