Find Simplicity With These Inspirational Minimalist Podcasts

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I find more wisdom in minimalist podcasts than in any other genre. With a sea of options to choose from, I tend to be drawn to podcasts that don’t just give me fluff, but which actually give me tangible, stepwise advice that I can use to improve my life. These podcasts really do that for me!

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Hi, I’m Ryan

Minimalist-themed podcasts are a helpful addition to my day-to-day life. I’ll listen to them in bits and pieces in my car or on a walk as a way to keep oriented to my minimalism goals and to maintain the minimalist lifestyle.

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The Best Overall Minimalist Podcasts

The Best Overall Minimalist Podcasts

When I first started adopting a minimalist lifestyle, I quickly found out that there are so many different ways to simplify your life. If you’re just starting out, you’ll want to look for a podcast that covers all the basics. Check out these minimalism podcasts to help you get started.

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The Minimalist Podcast

Started by Ryan Nicodemus and Joshua Fields Millburn, The Minimalist Podcast is a great listen if you’re looking to explore all different kinds of minimalist living. The podcast has over 20 million listeners and covers a wide range of topics, from decluttering to financial minimalism to maintaining happiness in daily life.

The Cozy Minimalist Podcast

The Cozy Minimalist Podcast

The Cozy Minimalist Podcast was created by Angie Kikstra and focuses on bringing minimalist ideals into your home. Angie covers topics like getting rid of clutter and creating a minimalist home that feels like a peaceful sanctuary.

Millennial Minimalists Podcast

Millennial Minimalists

Created by two Canadian millennials, Kelly and Lauren, the Millennial Minimalists podcast follows these women as they discuss the ways that minimalist living and intentional thinking have improved their daily lives.

Wannabe Minimalist Show

Wannabe Minimalist Show

The Wannabe Minimalist Show, also known as “Wannabe Clutter Free.” is a minimalist podcast created by Deanna Yates, who uses her platform to provide minimalist living and decluttering tips for those who are new to the practice.

I actually had the honor of being featured on the June 2022 episode of the Wannabe Minimalist Show. Deanna does a lot to help others begin to simplify their lives, especially taking those important first steps.

The Effective Minimalist Podcast

The Effective Minimalist Podcast

The Effective Minimalist podcast is hosted by Edward Bilodeau, and it focuses on specific tips and tangible steps you can take to simplify your life and adhere to a more minimalist lifestyle. In each episode, the host shares their own experiences of trying out different minimalist concepts. I appreciate hearing the honest reviews, challenges and all.

The Best Decluttering Podcasts To Listen To

The Best Decluttering Podcasts To Listen To

Decluttering and organization are huge parts of the minimalist lifestyle, but a lot of people feel they fall short here. That’s because it’s hard work! It took me about six months to fully declutter my space. These decluttering podcasts will give you tips and tricks that should help you clear that clutter from your home in no time.

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Curious Freedom Podcast

Curious Freedom Podcast

Kirsty Farrugia is a top-notch decluttering coach whose podcast takes you on a journey to get your own space in order. Each episode features a chat between Kristy and her friends about ways to make your home more organized, and tips to keep it that way!

Be Uncluttered Podcast

Be Uncluttered Podcast

With 200 episodes to date, the Be Uncluttered podcast is hosted by Bec and Tara, who take the time to explore direct ways to remove both physical and psychological clutter from your life and integrate simplicity back in. Some of their episodes focus on decluttering and cleaning the home, while others dive into ways to achieve peace of mind.

Organize 365 Podcast

Organize 365 Podcast

This one is for the serious organizers. Hosted by home organization expert and productivity specialist Lisa Woodruff, the Organize 365 podcast was created to give listeners new strategies to get their home in order, no matter how cluttered or messy it may be. I like that Lisa also offers her tips for boosting productivity — for me, the two go hand in hand.

Clutter Free Academy Podcast

Clutter Free Academy Podcast

The Clutter Free Academy podcast is hosted by Kathi Lipp and was built to give listeners methods and rules to get rid of all the excess clutter in their lives. I appreciate that Kathi doesn’t shy away from the hard questions of why we hang on to so much stuff. As well as hosting the podcast, Kathi is the author of 20 different books about decluttering and productivity.

This Organized Life Podcast

This Organized Life Podcast

Hosted by organizing expert Laurie Palau, This Organized Life takes listeners through many different kinds of organization, including calendar planning, goal setting, organizing your kitchen, organizing your closet, decluttering a home, and more. This makes it easy to pick out the episodes that will be most relevant to you.

The Best Podcasts On Living Waste Free

The Best Podcasts On Living Waste Free

Living a waste free life is a huge part of my minimalist journey– while I’m not zero waste yet, I’ve cut down on trash pretty significantly. These podcasts will provide you with tangible tips to live a more sustainable lifestyle.

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The Zero Waste Countdown Podcast

The Zero Waste Countdown Podcast

Hosted by Laura Nash, The Zero Waste Countdown podcast features scientists, business owners, activists, entrepreneurs, cooks, and other experts from around the world who have found ways to live more sustainably. In each episode, Laura interviews a new guest and seeks advice from them about sustainable living.

Practical(ly) Zero Waste Podcast

Practical(ly) Zero Waste

The Practical(ly) Zero Waste podcast is hosted by Elsbeth Callaghan and provides listeners with the most practical, rational, easy-to-try ways to integrate sustainable living into their modern lives. Each episode addresses small, straightforward changes listeners can make that eventually add up to a big impact.

Love Zero Waste Podcast

Love Zero Waste

The Love Zero Waste podcast focuses on waste-free living at a more macro level. In this podcast, hosts Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist talk through the latest zero waste developments in the business world. They openly explore business models, innovations, and trends that bring waste-free living into the business sphere and look at the disruptors making big changes.

Financial Minimalism Podcasts Worth Listening To

Financial Minimalism Podcasts Worth Listening To

Saving money is one of the main reasons that people try minimalism for the first time — in fact, it’s what started my whole journey into simplifying my life. Tune into these podcasts for that can save you big in the long run.

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Frugal Friends Podcast

The Frugal Friends Podcast

The Frugal Friends Podcast dedicates every episode to helping listeners control their spending habits without the guilt or shame that is often directly connected to strict budgeting. The goal of this podcast, hosted by Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni, is to help you feel confident about your financial stability so you can start to afford more of the valuable things in life: the things money can’t buy.

ChooseFI Podcast

ChooseFI Podcast

The ChooseFI (Choose Financial Independence) podcast provides listeners with tangible advice and small actions they can take every day to own their finances, and eventually move closer to a place where working is optional. In the episodes of this podcast, hosts Jonathan and Brad outline what the freedoms of financial independence can truly look like, and ways to help listeners get there.

Money Mindset Podcast

The Money Mindset Podcast

The Money Mindset podcast is geared towards families seeking help managing their personal finances, but anyone can gain wisdom from it. The podcast is about reworking your mindset toward money and helping you learn to budget, save money, and pay off debt quickly.

The Best Podcasts On Digital Minimalism

The Best Podcasts On Digital Minimalism

Digital minimalism has become a huge part of my own minimalist lifestyle, and cutting back on screen time helps me reduce stress and improve my focus. Check out these podcasts that encourage you to take a digital detox.

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Digital Detox Podcast

The Digital Detox Podcast

The Digital Detox podcast focuses on our relationship with our phones and social media in the modern world. Each episode features a one-to-one interview with high-profile individuals from the worlds of media, health, business, and academia.

Host Tanya Goodin picks guests’ brains about their relationship to media in their respective field, and experts share research on screen time and provide tricks to create a more screen-balanced life.

The Rich Roll Podcast

The Rich Roll Podcast: Cal Newport On Digital Minimalism

This is just one featured episode of The Rich Roll podcast, but I felt it was worth a mention because of all the wisdom surrounding digital minimalism packed within it.

The episode is a two-hour-long extensive interview with Cal Newport, author of Digital Minimalism: Choosing A Focused Life. Rich Roll asks Cal all the right questions to dig into why digital minimalism matters.

The Digital Diet Podcast

The Digital Diet Podcast

Follow along with digital wellness coach Marisha Pink as she explores all the intricate ways that technology affects our daily experience. In each episode, Marisha shares tips and tricks to help you minimize digital distractions, build healthier digital habits, and achieve less screen time overall.

Podcasts On Finding Happiness That Lasts

Podcasts On Finding Happiness That Lasts

At the end of the day, maintaining your own happiness should be the primary reason behind anything you do. These podcasts will provide you tips for how to integrate happiness into your life.

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Ten Percent Happier Podcast

Ten Percent Happier Podcast

Dan Harris, author of the book 10% Happier, created the Ten Percent Happier podcast after having a panic attack on live national television that led him to a tool he had never considered before: meditation.

In each episode of this podcast, Dan talks with meditation teachers, top scientists, and even celebrities to uncover the way true happiness might be achieved.

The Happiness Lab Podcast

The Happiness Lab

The Happiness Lab podcast is hosted by Yale University psychology professor Laurie Santos and provides listeners with insightful, evidence and science-based explanations behind the human relationship with happiness.

In these episodes, Laurie dives into the ways that finding your own happiness can be more complex than you initially think, and how to keep your mind from sabotaging your chance at a full life.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

In this podcast, author of the bestselling novel The Happiness Project walks listeners through practical, easy-to-adopt advice about incorporating happiness into your daily experience. Gretchen gives listeners tangible ways to build good habits that will help their happiness in the small moments.

Ryan’s Personal Favorite Minimalist Podcasts And More

Ryans Favorite Minimalist Podcasts

These are some of the podcasts that I come back to time and time again. Some are specifically geared to minimalist living, while others are podcasts that I love for other reasons. I hope you enjoy them too!

The Good Dirt Podcast

The Good Dirt

The Good Dirt is one of my favorite podcasts that I’ve come across. Each one of The Good Dirt’s episodes features a lively, intentional discussion with an expert about making our own lives and the planet better in every way we can. The hosts are mother and daughter team Mary and Emma, and I always appreciate the way they dig deep in each episode’s topic.

Entre Leadership Podcast

Entre Leadership

Hosted by the well-known financial guru Dave Ramsey, the Entre Leadership podcast is a great listen if you’re seeking advice on group leadership and business growth. In each episode, Dave gives listeners tangible advice to help them overcome challenges surrounding leadership.

The Future Belongs To Creators Podcast

The Future Belongs To Creators

This is a podcast created for creators and aspiring creatives alike. I like it because it gives me inspiration for my business, but there are lots of reasons to dive into this podcast. For anyone who is trying to market themselves creatively, this is a great listen.

Impact Theory Podcast

Impact Theory

Impact Theory is truly one of my favorite podcasts to listen to when I’m looking for a quick, easily digestible nugget of wisdom to apply to my life right here and now. It’s hosted by Tom Bilyeu, and each episode features an interview on topics like self-improvement and making the most of your time in life.

Why Listen To Minimalist Podcasts? What Can You Gain?

Why Listen To Minimalist Podcasts

Taking the time to listen to these minimalist podcasts gives me small doses of the motivation that carry me throughout the day.

I rarely listen to podcasts all the way through in one sitting. Instead, I listen to them in small moments of free time and take in the wisdom I get in bits in pieces. I find that doing this really improves my day and, in turn, my overall life.

Your Turn!

  • What minimalist podcasts will you start listening to?
  • How could the wisdom from these podcasts improve your life?

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