How to Live More with Less w/ the Afro Minimalist
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Whenever you see a book or popular documentary on minimalism, there is usually a white face behind it. Minimalism has almost become synonymous with whiteness (literally and figuratively) in our culture. Today we talk with Christine Platt the @afrominimalist about how to reclaim minimalism in the Black community and ultimately live more with less. Christine’s most recent book, The Afrominimalist’s Guide To Living With Less, is a radical re-envisioning of minimalism that focuses on authenticity over aesthetics.
In This Episode We’ll Cover:
- How to get to the root of your overconsumption
- Why minimalism should center authenticity over aesthetics
- How to practice minimalism without making it a full-time job
- Can you shop on Amazon and still be a minimalist?
- How spending habits are a reflection of how we were raised
- & MORE
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a deer media production. |
| 0:03.0 | Hi, I'm Wendy. |
| 0:04.1 | And I'm Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Your online resource for inclusive and accessible wellness. |
| 0:20.8 | So Wendy, when do you think of minimalism, what is the first thing that comes to mind? |
| 0:24.0 | I think of white walls with tropical plants and one of those like little poofy floor pillows. |
| 0:35.4 | Yep, same. |
| 0:38.1 | I think of that documentary on Netflix with those two white guys who are |
| 0:43.2 | telling us all to get our lives together and be minimalist, which I love the idea of |
| 0:48.6 | minimalism, but that doesn't really resonate with me so much, which is why we are so excited to have |
| 0:55.5 | the one and only Afro minimalist on our podcast. Her name is Christine Platt. |
| 1:03.8 | Yes, we're having Christine Platt on and her most recent book, The Afro Minimalist Guide to |
| 1:09.5 | Living with Platt is a radical re-envisioning of minimalism that focuses on authenticity over aesthetics. |
| 1:17.6 | We covered so much on this episode where we're so excited to jump in, but before we do, |
| 1:23.9 | we want to highlight a listener review. |
| 1:25.7 | So this review was from Beat Lewis 73. They write helpful and informative. |
| 1:31.9 | I recently listened to two particular podcasts. Help my doctor keep telling me to lose weight |
| 1:36.2 | and tips for eating healthier if you have limited food access. Both really opened my eyes and |
| 1:41.2 | brought in my views as a health coach. These shows were reminders that to truly be helpful, |
| 1:46.0 | we have to consider that everyone does not have the same access or experiences |
| 1:49.6 | when trying to improve their health. And the more we know about these inequities, the better we |
| 1:54.0 | can be allies and advocates to push for reform in the areas of healthcare. Thanks Wendy and Jessica. |
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