The Minimalists speak with Dr. Maya Shankar about letting go of insecurities, the consequences of jealousy, why you’ve wasted so much money on things you don’t need (and what to do about it going forward), how clinging to just-in-case items negatively affects well-being, and more.
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Discussed in This Episode
- How do you let go of insecurities that create mental clutter?
- When’s the last time you felt jealous, and how did that change your behavior?
- Right Here, Right Now: The Simple Newsletter and Simplify Everything
- Listener Tip: When we finally let go, we discover the blockage those things had on our well-being.
- How do I become a content creator if I’m paralyzed by fear?
- Why do I feel melancholy after I share a peak experience with my closest friends?
- How do I let go of the past hurts that haunt me?
- Talkaboutable: You’ve wasted so much money on things you don’t need.
- Talkaboutable: A well-organized prison cell is still a prison.
- Added Value: “I can play it so cool, but there’s a storm raging in my mind.”
Minimal Maxims
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- Every insecurity is a product of the ego.
- Self-confidence appears when the finish line disappears.
- Jealousy is a wasted emotion.
- To be filled with jealousy is to be void of self-respect.
- To worry is to pray for something bad to happen.
- Mood follows experience, not the other way around.
- There’s a direct relationship between your discontent and the number of shoulds you have in your life.
- Sorrow is time traveling to the past in your mind; anxiety is time traveling to a future that doesn’t exist.
- You’ve wasted so much money on things you don’t need. But you don’t get that money back if you cling to the clutter.
- All that clutter used to be money.
- Letting go feels hard, but clinging is much harder in the long run.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Emotional Clutter
- Book: The Other Side of Change
- Counseling: Clutter Counseling
- Course: Simplify Everything
- Instagram: Maya Shankar
- Podcast: A Slight Change of Plans
- Resource: Minimalist Rulebook
- Watch: Instagram Clip
- Watch: Talkaboutable #1
- Watch: Talkaboutable #2
- Website: Maya Shankar
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