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Smart and Simple Matters: Creating Community, Simplicity, and Good Vibes

Joel Zaslofsky: Community Animator, Connector, Multipotentialite, and Spreadsheet Guy

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Joel Zaslofsky – your community-animating, convention-challenging show host – wanders through time-tested and quirky strategies on a variety of topics. In general, we’ll explore the slower side of life: think mindfulness, real connections, and meaningful conversations. No new episodes since 2019, but it’s still going strong with chats on meditation (hi, Andy Puddicombe), belonging (hey, Cormac Russell), and even death (yep, with Humaira Hamid) … among many other things.
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This special solo episode features how to kick start any conversation, keep it humming, and leave people buzzing. Plus, how to have influence without the need for power or control and the key qualities of great facilitators. The post Facilitation in Small Groups: How to Have More Influence and Action with Less Stress and Conflict – SASM 130 appeare…
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This episode features Ry Edwards to explore the nine core human needs that govern everything in life, simple questions that will help you understand why you do what you do, and why love is helping others meet their core human needs. The post How to Be Human and Our 9 Core Needs with Ry Edwards – SASM 129 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This special solo episode features what wins the water wars: distilled, reverse osmosis, tap, or spring water. Plus why your light environment is more important than food, exercise, and sleep. AND how grief is culturally learned and when empathy isn’t serving anyone. The post My 12 Favorite Podcast Episodes Ever – SASM 128 appeared first on JoelZas…
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This episode features Cormac Russell to explore why our unexpressed gifts can do tremendous harm, how an institutionalized five-year-old changed his life direction, and why community makes a better verb than a noun. The post How to Ask Better Community Questions: It’s as Easy as ABCD with Cormac Russell – SASM 127 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.co…
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This special solo episode features what the loneliness industry is rubbing your nose in (often successfully), some eye-opening stats about how much our isolation costs us, and what the President of the Rugged Individualists Society needs you to know. The post Dear Isolated, Detached, and Helpless Individual – SASM 126 appeared first on JoelZaslofsk…
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This episode features Dan Hayes on how to be a strong believer without an organized belief system, why a walk can be better for your head than your body, how the origins of our modern simplicity movement started with the Industrial Revolution, and how Dan and his wife lived in 40 square feet for seven months. The post How the Modern Simplicity Move…
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This episode features Kristoffer "KC" Carter on which sacred life ingredients are needed for full life integration, why self-care is about consistency – not duration, and why the numbers 1:5:10 are so meaningful. The post Full Life Integration, Non-Negotiables, and Your Powerful Lens with Kristoffer “KC” Carter – SASM 123 appeared first on JoelZasl…
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This special solo episode features the subtle similarities and wild differences in how cultures greet each other, how to telegraph your hugging intentions to help your fellow huggers, how long your hug should last (and how to relax into it), plus much more. The post How to Give a Great Hug – SASM 122 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Ma’ikwe Ludwig on how Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage happily uses 90% less resources than the average American, how competing cultures and classes can mix in beautiful ways, and why the economics, equality, or sustainability of resource-sharing works so well in intentional communities. The post 4 “C”s That Make Sustainability Possi…
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This episode features Annie Raser-Rowland on how a frugal lifestyle can be the highest form of luxury, how to own your pleasure-seeking urges without paying for it, and what lesser known pollution may be doing to you. The post Delight is Right in Your Hands with Annie Raser-Rowland – SASM 120 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Emilie Wapnick on how to have the three pillars of a great multipotentialite work life – money, meaning, and variety – with approaches as diverse as the Group Hug, Slash, Einstein, or Phoenix. (And maybe even join her band of weirdos.) The post A Path to Money, Meaning, and Variety for Multipotentialites with Emilie Wapnick – …
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This episode features Sarah Susanka on how to bring useful beauty to every room in your home, how to schedule your passions and actually act on them, plus why Sarah emphasizes "not so big" over small. The post The Not So Big Way to Have Useful Beauty Every Day with Sarah Susanka – SASM 117 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Stephen Warley on how to make big changes without a major crisis forcing them on you, why we learn best when things are hard, and how to deprogram yourself to take on the "risk" of self-employment. The post Why the Future of Work Is Working for Yourself with Stephen Warley – SASM 116 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Julie Gray on how to create systems so you can work less and contribute more, why stress management seems so stressful, and how to tap into the power of your innate intelligence. The post When “Being” Your Way into Action Is Better Than Thinking with Julie Gray – SASM 115 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Humaira Hamid on why just about everything in life comes back to death and dying, how and where to become death literate, plus how to surf the waves of "identity death" throughout your life. The post Death Literacy, Enoughness, and Why Life Is Long with Humaira Hamid (#CConDD) – SASM 114 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Ryan Nicodemus on a surprising path from minimalism into environmentalism, why he doesn't do anything for anyone else on the Internet before 12:30 p.m., and three circles of relationships to guide who to connect with. The post How to Be Social, Selective, and Simple with Ryan Nicodemus – SASM 113 appeared first on JoelZaslofsk…
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This special solo episode features five simple, powerful benefits of an Offers and Needs Market, why your friends, family, and neighbors are counting on you to own your gifts, and how to elevate your own and other people's gifts. The post Why and How to Run an Offers and Needs Market – SASM 112 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Brooke McAlary on how to consistently question what's necessary in your life, a surprising (and rare) hallmark of the slow-living community, and why the minimalism label can be limiting – even if you own it. The post The Role of Slow in “No,” Letting Go, and Laziness with Brooke McAlary – SASM 111 appeared first on JoelZaslofs…
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This special solo episode features what the food industry is rubbing your nose in (often successfully), what Citizens against Quiet, Idle Hands, and Saving needs you to know, and some eye-opening stats about how much stuff Americans actually own. The post Dear Mindless, Busy Consumer and Buyer of Fleeting Joy – SASM 110 appeared first on JoelZaslof…
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This episode features Daniel Vitalis on the difference between natural, wild water and processed water, how to see yourself as and act like a sovereign being, and why we're not biologically designed for houses, jobs, or modern institutions. The post Rewilding, Sovereignty, and the Heart of Domestication with Daniel Vitalis – SASM 109 appeared first…
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This episode features Shanna Mann on how to strategically use constraints to pole-vault over your obstacles, how she got left on the side of the road with a traumatic brain injury, and how to grow your own intentionally small bonsai business. The post From Mindless in a Rocker to Rocking Bonsai Business with Shanna Mann – SASM 108 appeared first on…
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This episode features Warren Talbot on how to borrow bravery when you're coming up short, how to make conscious decisions to have your "Plan A" life, and how to tell fear, "I hear you … but this is still happening." The post How to Get a “Plan A” Life with Bravery and Bravado – SASM 107 with Warren Talbot appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This special solo episode features why and when social security is more important than Social Security, the history of Social Security and how the word "social" got attached to it, and why your social capital is literally keeping you alive. The post Social Security vs. social security – SASM 106 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.…
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This episode features Charlie Gilkey on what's required to talk reasonably and openly about self-identity, race, and discrimination, how to say, "What about this?" without discounting others' views, and why Charlie shifted his focus to engage would-be allies more than current allies. The post How to Discuss Identity, Race, and Prejudice with Charli…
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