Smart and Simple Matters: Creating Community, Simplicity, and Authenticity with You

Smart and Simple Matters: Creating Community, Simplicity, and Authenticity with You


Latest Episodes

Delight is Right in Your Hands with Annie Raser-Rowland – SASM 120
October 09, 2017

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.

A Path to Money, Meaning, and Variety for Multipotentialites with Emilie Wapnick – SASM 119
September 25, 2017

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.

Why I Vanished and What’s Next for the Show – SASM 118
September 11, 2017

This special solo episode features where I've been on my podcasting break and what's coming up now that the show is revived.

The Not So Big Way to Have Useful Beauty Every Day with Sarah Susanka – SASM 117
January 09, 2017

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.

Why the Future of Work Is Working for Yourself with Stephen Warley – SASM 116
December 26, 2016

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.

When “Being” Your Way into Action Is Better Than Thinking with Julie Gray – SASM 115
December 12, 2016

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.

Death Literacy, Enoughness, and Why Life Is Long with Humaira Hamid (#CConDD) – SASM 114
November 28, 2016

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.

How to Be Social, Selective, and Simple with Ryan Nicodemus – SASM 113
November 14, 2016

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.

Why and How to Run an Offers and Needs Market – SASM 112
October 31, 2016

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 Role of Slow in “No,” Letting Go, and Laziness with Brooke McAlary – SASM 111
October 17, 2016

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.