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

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


Latest Episodes

Facilitation in Small Groups: How to Have More Influence and Action with Less Stress and Conflict – SASM 130
April 17, 2019

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.

How to Be Human and Our 9 Core Needs with Ry Edwards – SASM 129
September 27, 2018

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.

My 12 Favorite Podcast Episodes Ever – SASM 128
June 20, 2018

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 ...

How to Ask Better Community Questions: It’s as Easy as ABCD with Cormac Russell – SASM 127
May 31, 2018

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.

Dear Isolated, Detached, and Helpless Individual – SASM 126
March 22, 2018

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.

How the Modern Simplicity Movement Thrives with Dan Hayes – SASM 125
February 27, 2018

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,

How to Believe in Yourself and Everyone Else with Nazrin Thompson – SASM 124
December 19, 2017

This episode features Nazrin (Naz) Thompson on how to consistently do hard things because they’re hard, why the best of life doesn’t live in a comfortable bubble, and the greatest gift you might ever give someone (it's free!).

Full Life Integration, Non-Negotiables, and Your Powerful Lens with Kristoffer “KC” Carter – SASM 123
December 06, 2017

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.

How to Give a Great Hug – SASM 122
November 06, 2017

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),

4 “C”s That Make Sustainability Possible with Ma’ikwe Ludwig – SASM 121
October 23, 2017

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,