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032: How to Recreate the ‘Vacation Sensation’

032: How to Recreate the ‘Vacation Sensation’

On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast we offer concrete strategies backed by research to bring vacation home with us and into our everyday lives.

On vacation, time slows + senses heighten. Slowly but surely, we find ourselves utterly relaxed.

I call this the Vacation Sensation. 

But there’s a major glitch, + it’s this: Upon returning home, the stresses we ran from inevitably catch us yet again. 

Is it possible to keep vacation mode alive well after returning home? If so, how?

I’ve done the research for you. This week, I’m thrilled to offer 13 empirically-based strategies to bring the Vacation Sensation into our daily lives.

Enjoy! 

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Enter Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy, a hard-hitting new Netflix documentary that forces viewers to look at our waste-related woes. On today’s show producer Flora Bagenal offers a behind-the-scenes look at the documentary’s creation; she also answers your pressing, post-viewing questions.

A note from Stephanie: This episode was recorded before the Los Angeles wildfires. If you're able, please consider donating to one of these organizations

 

Here’s a preview:

[7:00] People find it hard to look at waste, and yet the film makes us look. A behind-the-scenes examination all those hard-hitting images

[16:30] Adidas, Amazon, Unilever, and Apple: Here's why the film featured former employees-turned-whistleblowers

[26:00] Corporate execs must show growth, and corporations are on a treadmill of extracting more and more $$ by pushing unnecessary and redundant products. Is not buying an effective act of resistance?

[30:00] Mindset shifts! Quality is a climate issue, and once you press ‘Buy Now’ you become responsible for the item’s end of life

[36:00] Exactly how to Use. Your. Rage!

 

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