Talking in Spirals

20: Brennan & Maria close out season two discussing the results of the 2024 presidential election in the United States and how to move forward.

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19: Vote for people and planet, donate to hurricane relief funds, and also reduce food waste.

Maria & Brennan chat all about ways to reduce food waste and preserve food, from stepping foot in a grocery store to composting in your backyard.

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18: The holidays generate more waste & overconsumption than any other time of year.

Let's chat all about how to celebrate the holidays between October and January a little more sustainably.

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17: Maria & Brennan dissect the world of ecofriendly weddings and challenging traditional expectations surrounding the big day.

From venues to favors, flowers and more, we chat about aligning values with wedding celebrations, while also minimizing environmental impact.

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Maria loves the Primavera Vessel & Magia scent 🕯️

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16: Let's chat all about positive life changes we've made in our 20s to set us up for success!

Some of these changes have helped us get through some tough times & burnout.

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15: This one gets a bit emotional and a bit vulnerable.

TW: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Health Anxiety, Mental Health. Take care of yourselves, and feel free to skip 🫶🏻

We discuss our individual journeys struggling with body image throughout our lives, and how we have begun to heal.

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14: The housing crisis, sourdough bagels, and the unrealistic standards set by internet tradwives—the perfect combo! Join us as we do a deep dive into the rise of traditionalism as two people who are both trying to live more self-sustainable lives.

Tradwives Video by Abbie Richards

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13: Let's chat about the expectations placed on women to conform to beauty standards! We discuss the "Hot Girl Hamster Wheel," overconsumption, double standards and money spent.

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12: All about our never-ending journey to sustainable financial wellness. Maria & Brennan break down the steps they take to ensure financial wellness with climate friendly banks, high yield savings, mortgages emergency funds, debt payoff, investing & more.

They also chat about gardening, and the rise of far right traditionalism, ya know. Lot's of fun stuff.

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11: TIS is back for season two—chatting all about building a community, with some chaos of course.

Brennan & Maria catch up on life updates and talk all about Mango Season and their Oura Ring obsessions.

Get ready for an in-depth conversation about:

- The overlap of building a community & sustainability

- How to make friends as adults

- Buy Nothing Groups & Coworking Spaces

- The Death of Third Places

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Shoutout to this episode's sponsor, Everly, who makes sustainable candle refill kits—Maria & Brennan are big fans and hope you are too! Use the code SPIRALS10 to save on your purchase.

Maria loves the Primavera Vessel & Magia scents 🕯️