EP49: How to Become a Minimalist from the Inside Out with Dana Knox Wright
Throughout life, unsolicited expectations and identity beliefs influence us. The key is to carefully evaluate if those things are true or worth keeping to prevent clinging onto things that drain us. On this Wise Walk, Mary Tess Rooney and Dana Knox Wright take a moment to slow down and check our reality to honor your choice to stop showing up in ways that don\u2019t serve you and let go.
Where in your life do you hold onto fear, and where in your life do you need to release things in order to invite in the experiences that you actually want? Mary Tess and Dana talk about the idea of living minimally internally, honoring transparency, and growing from expansion experiences.\xa0
After being forced to let go, and then feeling the release, Dana Knox Wright reviews lessons in her book \u201cHolding on Loosely: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Seeing Something Else\u201d to give everyone tools to reframe life into something more fulfilling. Tips on how to turn unfavorable viewpoints loose are woven into this book as a collection of parables based on real experiences. Every chapter in Dana\u2019s book reveals an \u201cAha!\u201d moment from encounters that left an impact in her life. Having those memories allows her to pass the message on to everyone else.
How can you figure out the way to turn yourself loose of things you need to release? Maybe you need to release one big thing or a million little tiny things to set yourself free. Sometimes you need to look beneath what is apparent. When you recognize what\u2019s gnawing inside of you and causing dissonance, you can begin to see things differently. Therefore, you give yourself space to choose differently.
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In this episode:
[00:23] - Welcome to the show!
[02:20] - Dana Knox gives her background and shares what in her life lights her up.
[04:48] - Dana introduces her book and explains why her new book is a collection of parables based on real experiences.
[06:43] - Humans take and carry expectations and meanings without carefully evaluating them for ourselves.
[08:40] - Dana mentions that there is a middle path between the extremes in our lives.
[10:46] - Expansion experiences can help us connect with people on a much more intimate level.
[12:17] - Dana shares the concepts of \u201cTurn it loose\u201d and \u201cThe Great Humbling\u201d.
[14:55] - Every chapter in Dana\u2019s book reveals an \u201cAha!\u201d moment from encounters that left an impact in her life. Having those memories allows her to pass the message on to everyone else.
[17:21] - Dana hopes readers of her book consider the idea that they can find joy in life after releasing what is weighing them down.
[19:21] - Slow down to recognize the state of your life. There may be things you didn\u2019t notice yet.
[21:52] - Dana guides everyone through an approach to handle dissonance.
[24:25] - How can anyone step into being fully immersed and excited for living an authentic life?
[26:24] - Embrace the package that you are. If you shy away from who you are, you are missing out on experiences.
[29:13] - Dana shares why living simply connects with letting go. What does it mean to live minimally on the inside?
[31:13] - Dana encourages more transparency in the way people handle the events of life.
[33:17] - Reclaim your power by letting go. Hear Dana\u2019s hack to moving forward in life.
[35:36] - Thank you for listening!
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Memorable Quotes:
- \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re meant to walk through life with our stomachs clenched, and our fists clenched, and holding tightly onto things. Through a series of events that sort of led me to this place of wandering and wondering, led me to this place of \u2018I think there\u2019s a better way, and I really want to see it\u2019.\u201d - Dana
- \u201cWe can only expand through testing ourselves and through seeing what we\u2019re made of, or really getting in tune with the emotional contrast that surfaces as a result of whatever it is we\u2019re going through.\u201d - Mary Tess
- \u201cIf you\u2019re delivering value consistently, but it\u2019s to please others... it\u2019s probably not a joyful experience. If you\u2019re delivering value and it lights you up, then you are in the presence of joy. Then, everybody else gets to benefit from your energy.\u201d - Mary Tess
- \u201cWe are these wonderful, unique individuals created with our own special sauce.\u201d - Dana
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Holding on Loosely: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Seeing Something Else by Dana Knox Wright