Thanks for having me ❤ loved our conversation!

I saw this video and realized I still had dishes to do, so I made it a goal to finish my dishes before your podcast. AND I DID!! I am dealing with colon cancer. Sometimes I wake up in the night and can't sleep. So, I find one of these videos, listen to your calming voice, and I'm able to go back to sleep. You and your guests give me lots of advice, so maybe that's why I can stop worrying and get to sleep. Keep it up.

I'm a homeschooling mom of 7. Living simple has been the best gift I've ever given myself. It 100% started with me watching clutter bug!

I lived in NYC for a few years after my marriage to my Canadian husband. He started chatting with the mail carrier one day and her jaw literally dropped. She was humming the rest of the block 😂😂😂 when we visit his family and the light turns green, everyone quietly waits for the first car to remember to start driving. It's berserk to us new Yorkers

Cas I'm so happy you introduced me to Madisun's channel today, I originally found you by watching Dawn's channel (Minimal mum), now through you I have just followed Madisun 😍 I'm still at the beginning of my organizing and decluttering path, I follow you from the UK, but being originally from Sardinia, where my parents still live, I absolutely loved this video especially, I miss my childhood slow life, I was so lucky I grew up there and so happy other people around the world are talking about it. Thank you both for inspiring me to try to get back to my roots in a way, with your podcast, and thank you for talking about my home island. I absolutely loved it ❤

I love when my favorite youtubers collab! It makes my heart sing :)😍🤩

Sabbath is a wonderful day. A day to be with family, friends, spiritual growth, and rest. I can’t do without it.

Loved this! Madisun Gray was my Peter Walsh. She is so inspiring & I hang on her KZfaq videos coming out. Slow living & minimalism are the antithesis of the life I was living. But I am a homeschool mom & really related to her values & weariness of consumer culture. So I let her inspiration guide me toward a more minimal home & lifestyle, & it continues to be a magical process. I am very grateful. Thank you for hosting this interview. Love & respect you both so much! 🙏

Our beautiful people in the Canadian east coast are the salt of the earth. They are amazingly beautiful and kind inside and out. I am not from there but have visited a few times and they are amazingly good people!

Great interview. I see comments that say to KZfaqrs, “I’m so inspired to work harder. You get so much done in a day. I’m on the grind. Your worth ethic is amazing.” etc. Just own less and enjoy LIFE more. The materialism over everything is a bit much. Don’t get me wrong, we have 3 kids who are very involved in sports with full time working parents, but we prioritize owning less and being more minimal with other aspects of our life to accommodate a slower and simpler life. Less clothes, toys, screen time and stuff frees up so much time and energy.

I’m moving into slow simplified life via decluttering and it most definetly opens up space time to process past and present emotions. It’s the main value of this process for me. The emotional processing can be extremely challenging. I’m doing it slowly but surely with lots of ups downs.

As an ADHDer, I'm starting to get into the slow simple living lifestyle, and it's so ADHD friendly. I got rid of lots of clothes that I didn't wear (impulsive shopping) and now it makes it so easy to get ready in the morning, that the morning overwhelm is gone. I want to keep decluttering and setting up other areas in my house in order to make it more ADHD friendly. Cooking is another thing I have trouble with, but I still wanna try it, so searching quick healthy meals to cook at home might be the best approach. The more we can make easy the everyday stuff, the better for our brains.

I live in ns. I went to England 20 yrs ago and this is exactly how I described their way of life. Slower pace. No racing. I find ns is so far behind the times. Cas I love your shows

This was a fantastic podcast, I just recently came across Madison Grays KZfaq channel and I absolutely adore her way of life. I would have loved to have raised my kids like that but I had to work. I had a licensed daycare so at least I was able to be home but so busy with all the kids. Thanks so much for all your hard work making these incredible videos, can't wait for the next one.

You're both speaking about the issues I've dealt with my whole life - I'm 70 and retired. But it was a long haul getting here. My Mom worked but she didn't have to and she stopped by the time she was 50. Dad was totally willing and able to support the whole family. However she worked to help us 4 kids go to college. My parents didn't pay for college, they paid for our room and board. (College wasn't the expense it is today) I went to 1 year of college. After the first year I lived with my 'boyfriend' and started working to support myself. We were married young, had 2 children and divorced in less than 4 years. Then I HAD to go back to work with 2 babies. He was gone, child support wasn't being enforced, there was no fairy godmother. That's when I realized the value of what it takes a human being (usually a woman) to take care of a home, kids and family. Lifestyles today - where everyone is encouraged to do everything - we forget to include we need time to take care of home and family. Because of the way women 'think' (which is very different than the way men 'think') we carry the burden of 'getting it all done'. We also carry the stress load of HAVING to get it all done. We need to make time for simple living, down time, puttering, one on one time with kids and spouse and self care. Seldom do we structure our day with that in mind. We spend money on stuff or fast food and convenience. Then all of a sudden we have stuff we don't need. Or maybe we're unhealthy or overweight, because there's no time to plan food or life. I think that's what slow and simple living is all about. Now that I'm retired, I FINALLY get to have slow and simple living.

My switch flippers are Peter Walsh, and you Cas!!

What an amazing collab! I absolutely love both of you, so fun to watch you interact together! ❤

Love your Podcast so much!! I truly appreciate all you bring to the conversation!! Regarding Slow Food, we have "Slow Food First Coast" in Northern Florida geared towards local farm to table through restaurants and other organic businesses. The program sponsors a "Tour de Farm" which is a dedicated day when farms open up to locals to come see where and how food is grown. Can be the farm of grass feed cows, or the adorable goats or an awesome herb farm full of herbs and flowers. There's local vendors selling there fresh made goods and activites for kids. It's educational, and supports local businesses and sustainability. Pretty awesome day! Thanks again Cas for introducing us to new people and new ideas! Keep being AWESOME!!

This video was so beautiful, Cas! The containers of water in the boat metaphor was particularly helpful. How do you minimize people??? What does that - and does that not- look like in love? Thank you for your content and kindness!

Cas, you give me something useful in every podcast. Today it is the analogy about the mountain. I am trying to use the shovel and make my mountain smaller. One shovel at a time.

Purging together all at once - like when they moved…That’s a win win. Husband and wife together. It took a house fire to Achieve that for us. Me and my husband forced to start over. I loved it, he went into a mental funk LOL

I love both you and Madisun! This was a great listen. Thank you. ❤

Stuff accumulates so fast too. It had to be a conscious daily effort for at least five minutes to keep it moving out of the house if it isn't being used. Also, don't buy stuff you don't really need. It is just more to manage. Learn this before leaving your parents home.

I love Costco, but I don't buy anything processed, ready-made meals, etc. (Mostly, I still buy cereal for the kids.) But I get the packaged chicken, because it freezes well, and the coffee is cheaper there, etc. I do the best I can to buy ingredients, not ready-made/frozen/just-heat-it-up "food". I cook dinner as much as I can, instead of heating it up. It is much less expensive, in the long run, and not too difficult. Anyone can learn to look up a recipe and follow it (or tweak it to your liking).

They aint stressing about their lives. Things will get done when they get done. But if there was a disaster, everyone would come together to help each other out.

I have been interested in slow living and voluntary simplicity since the late '70's. It's more Bee friendly than minimalism. Have only been to Costco once.

I soooooo need this...

I hate Costco too, but recently had to get a membership, to get our prescriptions… We don’t go often. And Yes!!!!! We live ONtario now too, but we’re FROM Nova Scotia, and we’re Considering moving back. And it’s exactly like you were saying… Ontario feels …. Like “Anxiety” and NS feels “calm”. It’s VERY different there.

Yes y’all, look up the Blue Zones!! (Dan Buetner?) A big part is diet. Mainly whole food plant based 🌱 being social with other friends and family. Resting. Being very active. Being spiritual/Christian Etc. there’s a Blue Zones cookbook that is not only beautiful on the counter but tons of yummy healthy recipes 👍

Look up Dan Buettner, and he is the one that started with the blue zones. And he actually works with National Geographic on this too

Omg I LOVE Madison!! What a great collaboration!

My ultimate goal is to live like the Andy Griffith days!!! Neighbors know each other personally, living outside mostly, dinner together, just slow-paced.

This is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you so so much

Hello cas, I am really enjoying this video. I am sitting on my porch listening to this. I some times feel energetic but most of the time I live the slow country living. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓

Yes to Blue Zones! Dan Buettner would be an amazing podcast guest!

Fresh food always tastes better. My Canadian cousin grows a lot of fresh vegetables and stores it in jars for the Winter.

Absolutely !😁

I read Marie kondos book when I was 23 and had my first baby and it changed my life, I knew how to clean but to declutter was never a skill I was taught.

Great podcast 🌝

Cas, so interesting the concepts of blue zone and slow food. How can we adapt your philosophy of house maintenance to weight loss ?

Look at giant 🐢 tortoises. They live long lives, slow paced.

I was so excited to check out Madisun's content after listening to this, but I was put off by her immediate deletion of my well-meaning comment about this tip on her website: "Nurture your faith by attending a local Bible-based church." < : - ( I believe when we're privileged to belong to the dominant religion in our area (e.g. Christianity in the U.S.), it's especially important as a person of faith to use language and actions that are welcoming to all. Things that feel good or neutral when we're in the majority can be like a stop sign reading "Your kind not wanted here" to people who've experienced exclusion or even violence for the religion they happen to have been born into. And given the horrific amount of suffering caused by religious discrimination currently and throughout the millennia, I believe no truly thoughtful life of faith can ignore the vital role of acceptance and inclusion. Ironically, showing vs. telling those Christian values is often the best way to get Jesus' teachings across, and the same is true for most religions.❤

Cass you look beautiful 😍

Making choices, what is more important people or things ? Hahaha, no one is perfect is all make believe.

Just wait these jogging ladies will still have to deal with the menopause